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Reads of classic stories, Occasionally reviews or brief biography of writers. But mostly me, reading stories.Remember: There are small booksellters who will usually be able to fulfill your order cheaper and with more care than Amazon.abebooks.co.uk is recommended.It would be nice if people could click 'like'. It costs nothing and makes an old man happy.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.

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    Dylan Thomas - The old lady upstairs

    A tale of greed, murder and madness.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

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    Book of the Week - Searching for Railway Telegraph Insulators

    Have YOU ever wanted a Railway Telegraph Insulator but been unable to satisfy that craving?Interesting reviewDespite the title this is not a joke book. The author is serious about his passion. Indeed in the preface he explains that he couldn't understand why he could not find a girl friend when he was a young man. This book has become a cult classic and becoming quite hard to obtain therefore likely to become a collectors item if there are no reprintsBookRelated WebsiteBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

  3. 261

    George Carlin - Book Club

    This is from an album called 'A Place for My Stuff'.George Carlin was one of the best comedians of all time.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

  4. 260

    Steve Martin - A Public Apology

    This is from Pure Drivel, which is a excellent set of monologues and short form pieces by Steve Martin.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

  5. 259

    Book of the Week: Truncheons - Their Romance and Reality

    Who doesn't like a nice, big truncheon?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

  6. 258

    Jerome K. Jerome - The Dancing Partner

    A story of good intentions and bad outcomes.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

  7. 257

    A.E. Coppard - Ahoy, Sailor Boy

    A drink, a walk in the park, a sailor on shore leave.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

  8. 256

    Book Of The Week - The Fangs of Suet Pudding

    A work of literary mastery combining world war 2 intrigue with a hint of pudding.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

  9. 255

    Edgar Wallace - The Man Of The Night

    A story of a crime, a criminal, and a womanBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

  10. 254

    Rosemary Pardoe - The Chauffeur

    A loyal employee returns to continue his work.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

  11. 253

    Book of the Week - Weymouth, the English Naples

    Be in Weymouth and confuse it with Naples. Learn how!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

  12. 252

    Ann Bridge - Station Road

    A story, a visitor, a confession.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

  13. 251

    The Brothers Grimm - Cinderella

    The proper story of Cinderella, not the rubbish Disney forced down ya throat.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

  14. 250

    Book Of The Week - Beards, shoes, cucumbers and Leprosy in Spanish Literature

    A fascinating if specialised guide.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

  15. 249

    Margaret Irwin - The Book

    Margaret Irwin's story of greed, obsession and possessionBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

  16. 248

    Mary Shelley - Frankenstein - The First Letter

    The first letter, and perhaps the most optimistic, from the classic gothic horror.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

  17. 247

    M.R. James - Whistle and I'll Come To You My Lad

    The classic story of found things best left where they lay.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

  18. 246

    Book Of The Week - The Potatoes of Bolivia, their breeding value

    These two subjects have been ignored too long.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

  19. 245

    Book of the Week - Sense by a Citizen of No Importance

    A new democracy for a new age!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

  20. 244

    Alexander Pope - The Letter from Stanton Harcourt

    A funny letter to a friend detailing the accomodation of the old house he had been invited to stay in. It displays Pope's legendary ability to create pictures just using a few words.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

  21. 243

    E F Benson - The Confession of Charles Linkworth

    The classic ghost story by E.F. Benson.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

  22. 242

    Book Of The Week - Blessed Be Drudgery

    Blessed be it.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

  23. 241

    Book of The Week - The Truth about Poultry

    Exposing all you need to know about poultry. All of it. ALL. PreviousBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

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    Book of Week - George R Scott - The Art of Faking Exhibition Poultry

    This antique text contains a treatise on the various methods and techniques employed for the faking of poultry for show and exhibition purposes, written with the aim of aiding judges of such competitions in the identification of fakes. A fascinating insight into this curious practice, this text will be of much value to those interested in the subject and would make for a interesting addition to collections of antique poultry literature. The chapters of this book include: Faking and its Problems, The Psychology of Faking, Modern Tendencies in Faking, The Detection of Faking, The Techniques of Faking, Dying Plumage, Bleaching Plumage, Faking Leg Colour, Inserting and Extracting Feathers, Faking Lobes, Colouring Eggs, Dyes Employed, Chemicals Used in Faking, etcetera. We are proud to republish this antique book now complete with a new introduction on the subject.BookBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

  25. 239

    Frederick Marryat - The Werewolf

    "The Werewolf," a short story extracted from Frederick Marryat's novel The Phantom Ship (1839) . Reprinted many times since, often under alternative title of "The White Wolf of the Hartz Mountains," the tale chronicles the misfortunes of Krantz, A Hungarian nobleman's steward, who flees from Transylvania with his three children after murdering his unfaithful wife and lover.Captain Frederick Marryat was a Royal Navy officer and novelist. He is noted today as an early pioneer of nautical fiction, particularly for his semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy (1836). He is remembered also for his children's novel The Children of the New Forest (1847).Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

  26. 238

    Robert Aickman - The Cicerones

    A tourist, a Cathedral, a crypt. What could go wrong?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

  27. 237

    The Whole Thing - F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby

    This is the whole file, the whole book in one, four hour marathon.Enjoy. The Great Gatsby is a 1925 tragedy novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with Jay Gatsby, a mysterious millionaire obsessed with reuniting with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan. The novel was inspired by a youthful romance Fitzgerald had with socialite Ginevra King and the riotous parties he attended on Long Island's North Shore in 1922.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

  28. 236

    V.S. Pritchett - A story of Don Juan

    Don Juan, the legendary lover, stays at a lonely widowers house and...Don Juan, also known as Don Giovanni, is a legendary fictional Spanish libertine who devotes his life to seducing women. The original version of the story of Don Juan appears in the 1630 play El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra by Tirso de Molina. The play includes most of the elements found and later adapted in subsequent works, including the setting, the characters, moralistic themes, and the dramatic ending in which Don Juan dines with and is then dragged down to hell by the stone statue of the father he had previously slain.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

  29. 235

    Arthur Gray - The True History of Anthony Ffryar

    Arthur Gray - The True History of Anthony FfryarBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

  30. 234

    3 Books of the Week

    Three books. THREE of themI am truely the reader of the titles.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

  31. 233

    Book of the Week - A Glowing and Graphic Description of The Great Hole by D.U.C. 1858

    Finally, a biography of The Great Hole.MUSIC - Theme Of Luxury - Fantastic Plastic MachineBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

  32. 232

    Elizabeth Bowen - Hand in Glove

    A story of love, impatience and loss. And gloves.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

  33. 231

    Saturday Night Serial - F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby - Chapter 9, Part 3

    The Great Gatsby is a 1925 tragedy novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with Jay Gatsby, a mysterious millionaire obsessed with reuniting with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan. The novel was inspired by a youthful romance Fitzgerald had with socialite Ginevra King and the riotous parties he attended on Long Island's North Shore in 1922.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

  34. 230

    Book Of The Week - Riggermortis by Frank Bruno

    I don;t have any idea what this is about beyond it's about Boxing.BookBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

  35. 229

    Brothers Grimm - The Seven Ravens

    While I am on my monthly week off, please enjoy these Grimm Fairy Tales."The Seven Ravens" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm. It is of Aarne–Thompson type 451, commonly found throughout Europe. Other variants of the Aarne–Thompson type include The Six Swans, The Twelve Wild Ducks, Udea and her Seven Brothers, The Wild Swans, and The Twelve Brothers.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

  36. 228

    The Brothers Grimm - The Shoemaker and the Elves

    While I take a short break, I will be putting up Grimm Tales which I recorded about two years ago."The Elves and The Shoemaker" is a set of fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm about a poor shoemaker who receives much-needed help from three young helpful elves. The original story is the first of three fairy tales contained as entry 39 in the German Grimm's Fairy Tales under the common title "Die Wichtelmänner". In her translation of 1884 Margaret Hunt chose The Elves as title for these three stories.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

  37. 227

    Saturday Night Serial - F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby - Chapter 9, Part 2

    The Great Gatsby is a 1925 tragedy novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with Jay Gatsby, a mysterious millionaire obsessed with reuniting with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan. The novel was inspired by a youthful romance Fitzgerald had with socialite Ginevra King and the riotous parties he attended on Long Island's North Shore in 1922.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

  38. 226

    Saturday Night Serial - F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby - Chapter 9, Part 1

    The Great Gatsby is a 1925 tragedy novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with Jay Gatsby, a mysterious millionaire obsessed with reuniting with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan. The novel was inspired by a youthful romance Fitzgerald had with socialite Ginevra King and the riotous parties he attended on Long Island's North Shore in 1922.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

  39. 225

    Book Of The Week - BISBA by Timothy Burr

    Seriously. I am not writing anything more about this book.It's out of print.MoreBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

  40. 224

    Saturday Night Serial - F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby - Chapter 8

    The Great Gatsby is a 1925 tragedy novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with Jay Gatsby, a mysterious millionaire obsessed with reuniting with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan. The novel was inspired by a youthful romance Fitzgerald had with socialite Ginevra King and the riotous parties he attended on Long Island's North Shore in 1922.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

  41. 223

    Book of the Week - Correct Mispronounciation Of Carolina Names

    Many towns, cities, and landmarks in Carolina can be tricky to pronounce. Here are some of the most commonly mispronounced names and their correct pronunciations.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

  42. 222

    Saturday-ish Night Serial - F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby - Chapter 7, Part 4

    The Great Gatsby is a 1925 tragedy novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with Jay Gatsby, a mysterious millionaire obsessed with reuniting with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan. The novel was inspired by a youthful romance Fitzgerald had with socialite Ginevra King and the riotous parties he attended on Long Island's North Shore in 1922.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

  43. 221

    Book of the Week - The Benefits of Farting Explain'd

    Oh, the cutting of the cheese given a fresh perspective in this highly immersive and fragrant work.Purchase your copy, get them while they're hotBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

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    JFK inaugural speech, 20 January 1961

    I thought it would be apposite to look back to the values America espoused at the beginning of the 1960's.Yes, I know I am British, but it's the message JFK put out to the world. It's the words which matter.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

  45. 219

    Bram Stoker - The Judge's House

    Stoker's classic story of the old Judges house.In “The Judge’s House” by Bram Stoker, Malcolm Malcolmson, a student seeking solitude to study, rents an old, abandoned mansion in a small town, ignoring local warnings about its dark past. The House once belonged to a notorious judge known for his harshness, and strange occurrences soon disturb Malcolmson’s peace, particularly the eerie presence of rats. As Malcolmson delves deeper into his studies, he is haunted by a giant rat with unsettling, human-like eyes that seem linked to the Judge’s malevolent spirit.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

  46. 218

    Saturday Night Serial - F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby - Chapter 7, Part 3

    The Great Gatsby is a 1925 tragedy novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with Jay Gatsby, a mysterious millionaire obsessed with reuniting with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan. The novel was inspired by a youthful romance Fitzgerald had with socialite Ginevra King and the riotous parties he attended on Long Island's North Shore in 1922.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

  47. 217

    Book Of The Week - Historic Nuns by Bessie Rayner Parkes

    A book about all the Nuns you know from history and then some more Nuns you didn't know also from history. Nun are missed out.Get your reprinted copy now!https://www.amazon.com/Historic-Nuns-Bessie-R-Belloc/dp/B002GRGSLK/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2LZF51CYADNWS&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.5nsZDz2gMR8GYtiTd0NAT-02TQdOhZFOo6oIpQ5KPYvGjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.B4g3QmqAl-nX7-sP_kSxN94_-hbTlybMhM09O7IND-0&dib_tag=se&keywords=historic+Nuns&qid=1767192587&s=books&sprefix=historic+nuns%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C982&sr=1-1Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

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    Saturday Night Serial - F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby - Chapter 7, Part 2

    The Great Gatsby is a 1925 tragedy novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with Jay Gatsby, a mysterious millionaire obsessed with reuniting with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan. The novel was inspired by a youthful romance Fitzgerald had with socialite Ginevra King and the riotous parties he attended on Long Island's North Shore in 1922.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

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    Thank you

    Thank you for being there.I hope you have enjoyed these stories as much as I have enjoyed bringing them to you.I shall return January 6th with a new collection of tales, macarbre, comic, dramatic and spooky.In the meantime please, enjoy your Christmas and be the best version of you in the New Year.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

  50. 214

    Henry van Dyke - Keeping Christmas

    Henry van Dyke's classic verses about the meaning of Christmas.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Reads of classic stories, Occasionally reviews or brief biography of writers. But mostly me, reading stories.Remember: There are small booksellters who will usually be able to fulfill your order cheaper and with more care than Amazon.abebooks.co.uk is recommended.It would be nice if people could click 'like'. It costs nothing and makes an old man happy.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.

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Reads of classic stories, Occasionally reviews or brief biography of writers. But mostly me, reading stories.Remember: There are small booksellters who will usually be able to fulfill your order cheaper and with more care than Amazon.abebooks.co.uk is recommended.It would be nice if people could...

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