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The Egoist & The Adventures of Harry Richmond: Two Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisations

"BBC Radio 4 adaptations of George Meredith’s classic tragicomic novel and his picaresque romantic comedy Novelist and poet George Meredith is widely regarded as the last great Victorian author. He influenced writers including Thomas Hardy, Robert Louis Stevenson and Henry James, and was nominated for the Nobel Prize seven times. This BBC collection features dramatisations of his most famous novel, The Egoist, and his witty bildungsroman The Adventures of Harry Richmond. The Egoist – Self-absorbed aristocrat Sir Willoughby Patterne wants a wife – and naturally assumes that whoever he chooses will want him. But when his chosen fiancée, Constantia, elopes, he is forced to look for another potential bride. Torn between the sentimental Laetitia and the strong-willed Clara, he finally pins one down to an engagement – only to find that she, too, has doubts… James Wilby stars as Sir Willoughby, with Keeley Hawes as Clara, in this satirical look at the Victorian marriage market. The Adventures of Harry Richmond – On a cold morning in February 1846, Richmond Roy arrives at Riversley Grange to claim his infant son, Harry, from the child’s grandfather, Squire Beltham. It is the beginning of a journey of self-discovery for the young boy, as he is rescued and abandoned by his charismatic father, escapes from a London boarding school, embarks on a Grand Tour of Europe and succumbs to the charms of a German princess… This lively coming-of-age tale stars James Aubrey, Anthony Newlands, Sebastian Shaw, Gina Bellman, Joanna David and Maev Alexander. First published 1871 (The Adventures of Harry Richmond), 1879 (The Egoist) Production credits Written by George Meredith The Egoist Sir Willoughby – James Wilby Clara Middleton – Keeley Hawes Mrs Mountstuart-Jenkinson – Hannah Gordon Laetitia Dale – Nickie Rainsford Vernon Witford – Simon Ludders Horace de Craye – Robert Patterson Dr Middleton – Bill Wallis Crossjay – Leo Brightmore Lady Busshe – Lawmary Champion Lady Culmer – Christine Pritchard Constantia – Anna North Dr Corney – Giles Thomas Lady Patterne – June Barrie Mr Dale – Paul Nicholson Crossjay – Leo Brightmore Dramatised by Jane Dauncey Directed by Alison Hindell First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 26 April-3 May 1998 The Adventures of Harry Richmond Harry Richmond – James Aubrey Sewis – Brian Carroll Richmond Roy – Anthony Newlands Squire Beltham – Sebastian Shaw Harry, as a boy – Howard Taylor Aunt Dorothy – Gwen Watford Janet, as a girl – Katherines Hughes Temple, as a boy – David Wilson Flo – Jacqui Burin Amy – Jo Manning Wilson Joe Double – Ronald Baddiley Capt Welsh – Haydn Jones Clara Goodwin – Roberta Symes Colonel Goodwin – Garard Green Ottilia, as a girl – Gina Bellman The Margravine von Rippau – Brenda Bruce Burgomeister – Milo Sperber Miss Sibley/Frau von Dittmarsch – Elaine Mitchell Princess Ottilia – Joanna David Mrs Waddy – Margot Boyd Captain de Witt – Michael Deacon Lady Wilts – Petra Davies Anna Penrhys – Liza Flanagan Janet Ilchester – Maev Alexander Mr Burgin – James Thomason Mr Peterborough – Jonathan Scott Baroness Turckems – Hilda Kriseman Prince Ernest – George Pravda Professor von Karsteg – Steve Plytas Prince Otto – Philip Sully Lieschen – Tammy Ustinov Countess Czezedy – Eva Stuart Kiomi/Lady Sampleman – Josie Kidd Augustus Temple – John Bull Marquis of Edbury – David McAlister Yachtsman – Gregory de Polnay Adapted by D.G. Bridson Directed by John Cardy First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 3 June-15 July 1979 © 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd"

George Meredith (Author), Anthony Newlands, Bill Wallis, Brenda Bruce, Full Cast, George Meredith, Gwen Watford, Hannah Gordon, Howard Taylor, James Aubrey, James Wilby, June Barrie, Keeley Hawes, Paul Nicholson, Sebastian Shaw (Narrator)

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3 Stories - Madness to Murder

"There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.From their pens to your your ears. 01 - 3 Stories - Madness to Murder02 - A Pastoral Horror by Arthur Conan Doyle03 - The Lie by Leonid Andreyev04 - The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe"

Edgar Allan Poe, Leonid Andreyev, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Author), Bill Wallis, Elliot Fitzpatrick (Narrator)

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3 Stories - Stream of Consciousness

"There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.From their pens to your your ears. 01 - 3 Stories - Stream of Consciousness02 - The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe03 - The Mark on the Wall by Virginia Woolf04 - An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce"

Ambrose Bierce, Edgar Allan Poe, Virginia Woolf (Author), Bill Wallis, Christopher Ragland, Ghizela Rowe (Narrator)

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3 Stories About - Cruel Tyrants

Edgar Allan Poe, Gustav Meyrink, W C Morrow (Author), Bill Wallis, Christopher Ragland, David Shaw-Parker (Narrator)

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Stories Exploring the Fear of Death

"That moment in time will come. It will be the end of this life and one of three things will happen. Nothing, Heaven or Hell. Somehow, for most people, the odds don’t look so good on laying back in Paradise for eternity. And we may be there alone or with people we never really liked or―or most probably, we don’t really have any coherent idea at all. Just the fear that the end is nigh.Our literary friends including Edgar Allan Poe, Leo Tolstoy, Mary Shelley and others probably mean well but their job here is to tackle fear head on and we may well end up not getting the answer we first thought of. 1 - Stories Exploring the Fear of Death - An Introduction2 - The Premature Burial by Edgar Allan Poe3 - The Coffin Maker by Alexander Pushkin4 - The Cobweb by Saki5 - Diary of a Lunatic by Leo Tolstoy6 - Cool Air by H P Lovecraft7 - The Mortal Immortal by Mary Shelley8 - The Sphinx by Edgar Allan Poe9 - The Dream by O Henry10 - The Looking Glass by Anton Chekhov11 - The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe"

Alexander Pushkin, Anton Chekhov, Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Leo Tolstoy, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, O Henry, Saki (Author), Bill Wallis, Patrick Barlow, William Dufris (Narrator)

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Psychological Stories

"What we have in front of us here in this volume is a simple premise but an author’s words may say one thing and mean another. With talents such as E T A Hoffman, Katherine Mansfield, Willa Cather, Mikhail Bulgakov and many others our minds are under almost permanent assault with words, characters and narratives that pursue us to the end. 1 - Psychological Stories - An Introduction2 - The Dream of a Ridiculous Man by Fyodor Dostovesky3 - Psychology by Katherine Mansfield4 - Diary of a Madman by Nikolai Gogol5 - The Yellow Wall Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman6 - The Bet by Anton Chekhov7 - The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe8 - A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka9 - A Respectable Woman by Kate Chopin10 - The Other Woman by Sherwood Anderson11 - Morphine by Mikhail Bulgakov12 - Paul's Case by Willa Cather13 - Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne14 - The Diary of a God by Barry Pain15 - Seeds by Sherwood Anderson16 - Was It An Illusion. A Parson's Story by Amelia Edwards17 - In The Dark by Edith Nesbit18 - The Cold Embrace by Mary Elizabeth Braddon19 - The Mines of Falun - Part 1 by E T A Hoffman20 - The Mines of Falun - Part 2 by E T A Hoffman21 - Shut Out by F Anstey22 - Hands by Sherwood Anderson23 - The Fly by Katherine Mansfield24 - Bobok by Fyodor Dostoyevsky"

Amelia B. Edwards, Anton Chekhov, Barry Pain, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, E T A Hoffman, Edgar Allan Poe, Edith Nesbit, F Anstey, Franz Kafka, Fyodor Dostovesky, Kate Chopin, Katherine Mansfield, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Mikhail Bulgakov, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Nikolai Gogol, Sherwood Anderson, Willa Cather (Author), Bill Wallis, Liza Ross, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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Stories About Mad Scientists Who Aren't Victor Frankenstein

"In this series we listen to short stories that are NOT by perhaps the most well-known author of this type. But the many other rich talents in the volume may have treated the subject matter a little differently, or were perhaps just overlooked in the stampede to applaud the winner, but these authors are of equal merit. Each of their works is laden with talent, has purpose, and is rich and textured in this gloried niche of literature.1 - Stories About Mad Scientists Who Aren't Victor Frankenstein - An Introduction2 - Herbert West - Reanimator - Part 1 by H P Lovecraft3 - Herbert West - Reanimator - Part 2 by H P Lovecraft4 - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - Part 1 by Robert Louis Stevenson5 - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - Part 2 by Robert Louis Stevenson6 - Doctor Heidegger's Experiment by Nathaniel Hawthorne7 - Carnivorine by Lucy Hamilton Hooper8 - The Mortal Immortal by Mary Shelley9 - The Man Without a Body by Edward Page Mitchell10 - The Facts in the Case of Monsieur Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe11 - A Thousand Deaths by Jack London12 - A Diagnosis of Death by Ambrose Bierce13 - The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne14 - Lost Hearts by M R James15 - The Moaning Lily by Emma Vane16 - The Blue Laboratory by L T Meade17 - Cool Air by H P Lovecraft18 - The Love Germ by Constance Cotterell19 - Rappaccini's Daughter - Part 1 by Nathaniel Hawthorne20 - Rappaccini's Daughter - Part 2 by Nathaniel Hawthorne"

Ambrose Bierce, Constance Cotterell, Edgar Allan Poe, Edward Page Mitchell, Emma Vane, H.P. Lovecraft, Jack London, L. T. Meade, Lucy Hamilton Hooper, M.R. James, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Robert Louis Stevenson (Author), Bill Wallis, Christopher Ragland, Garrick Hogan (Narrator)

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13 Unlucky Tales of Edgar Allan Poe

"Edgar Poe was born in Boston Massachusetts on 19th January 1809. His father abandoned his family the following year and within a year his mother had died leaving him an orphan. He was taken in by the Allan family but never formally adopted although he now referred to himself as Edgar Allan Poe. His father alternatively spoiled or chastised him and tension was frequent over gambling debts and monies for his education. His university years to study ancient and modern languages was cut short by lack of money and he enlisted as a private in the army claiming he was 22, it is more probable he was 18. After 2 years he obtained a discharge in order to take up an appointment at the military academy, West Point, where he failed to become an officer.Poe had released his 1st poetry volume in 1827 and after his 3rd turned to prose and placing short stories in several magazines and journals. At age 26 he obtained a licence to marry his cousin. She was a mere 13 but they stayed together until her death from tuberculosis 11 years after.In January 1845 ‘The Raven’ was published and became an instant classic. Thereafter followed the prose works for which he is now so rightly famed as a master of the mysterious and the macabre.Edgar Allan Poe died at the tragically early age of 40 on 7th October 1849 in Baltimore, Maryland. Newspapers at the time reported Poe's death as ‘congestion of the brain’ or ‘cerebral inflammation’, common euphemisms for death from disreputable causes such as alcoholism but the actual cause of death remains a mystery.1 - 13 Unlucky Tales of Edgar Allan Poe - An Introduction2 - The Fall of the House of Usher - Part 1 by Edgar Allan Poe3 - The Fall of the House of Usher - Part 2 by Edgar Allan Poe4 - The Facts In The Case of Monsieur Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe5 - Elenora by Edgar Allan Poe6 - Ligeia by Edgar Allan Poe7 - The Cask of Amontillardo by Edgar Allan Poe8 - The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe9 - Hop Frog by Edgar Allan Poe10 - William Wilson by Edgar Allan Poe11 - The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe12 - The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe13 - The Premature Burial by Edgar Allan Poe14 - The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe15 - The Murders in the Rue Morgue - Part 1 by Edgar Allan Poe16 - The Murders in the Rue Morgue - Part 2 by Edgar Allan Poe"

Edgar Allan Poe (Author), Bill Wallis, Eric Meyers, William Dufris (Narrator)

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Buried Alive Stories

"Deep within us is the dread of dying of moving on from life to another state of being. We assume it comes about through accident, perhaps even murder or disease that can be sudden or can take years to pull us into oblivion. But perhaps trumping all of these is the fear of being buried alive. The sheer terror of being totally trapped, unable to summon help and escape, fills one and all with a deeply unique terror. In this volume such icons as Edgar Allan Poe, Ambrose Bierce and Honoré de Balzac take us on a journey that will do our helpless fear of this no good at all. Buried Alive - Short Stories - An Introduction - The Fall of the House of Usher Part 1 by Edgar Allan Poe - The Fall of the House of Usher Part 2 by Edgar Allan Poe - The Iron Shroud by William Mudford - The Cask of Amontillardo by Edgar Allan Poe - La Grande Breteche by Honore de Balzac - One Summer Night by Ambrose Bierce - The Premature Burial by Edgar Allan Poe - 1 - Inside the Mind of Madness - An Introduction 2 - The Yellow Wall Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 3 - Diary of a Lunatic by Leo Tolstoy 4 - The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe 5 - Diary of a Madman by Nikolai Gogol 6 - The Devil In Manuscript by Nathaniel Hawthorne 7 - Miss Ogilivy Finds Herself by Radclyffe Hall 8 - The Red Egg by Anatole France 9 - The Diary of a God by Barry Pain 10 - A Red Flower by Vsevolod Garshin 11 - Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne"

Ambrose Bierce, Edgar Allan Poe, Honore de Balzac, William Mudford (Author), Bill Wallis, John-Michael Macdonald, William Dufris (Narrator)

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Classic Supernatural Stories

"Over the long course of literature there are many stories which stand out, maybe jump out would be a better analogy in this context, with a theme from another world, the other side, a world we usually cannot see but which can take over our personal space in a blink of irrational thought. Reason tends to dissolve and instead panic and fear become our likely partners. And this is all before we actually journey along the awkward story path the author has devised for us. 1 - Classic Supernatural Stories - An Introduction 2 - The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson 3 - The Facts In The Case of Monsieur Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe 4 - The Trial for Murder by Charles Dickens 5 - A Fight with a Cannon by Victor Hugo 6 - A Ghost Story by Mark Twain 7 - Mark of the Beast by Rudyard Kipling 8 - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving 9 - The Horla by Guy De Maupassant 10 - The Middle Toe of the Right Foot by Ambrose Bierce 11 - Lost Hearts by M R James 12 - The Ebony Frame by Edith Nesbit 13 - The Furnished Room by O Henry 14 - The Open Window by Saki 15 - The Upper Berth by F Marion Crawford 16 - Couching at the Door by D K Broster 17 - An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street by Sheridan Le Fanu 18 - My Adventure in Norfolk by A J Alan 19 - Hodge by Elinor Mordaunt 20 - The Bus Conductor by E F Benson 21 - The Phantom Coach by Amelia Edwards 22 - The Ankardyne Pew by W F Harvey 23 - N by Arthur Machen 24 - The Moon Bog by H P Lovecraft 25 - The Monkey's Paw by W W Jacobs 26 - The Sumach by Ulric Daubeny 27 - John Silence, Physican Extraordinary by Algernon Blackwood 28 - What Was It by Fitz James O'Brien"

A J Alan, Algernon Blackwood, Ambrose Bierce, Amelia B. Edwards, Arthur Machen, Charles Dickens, D.K. Broster, E F Benson, Edgar Allan Poe, Edith Nesbit, Elinor Mordaunt, F Marion Crawford, Fitz James O'Brien, Guy De Maupassant, H.P. Lovecraft, M.R. James, Mark Twain, O Henry, Robert Louis Stevenson, Saki, Sheridan Le Fanu, Ulric Daubeny, Victor Hugo, W F Harvey, Washington Irving (Author), Bill Wallis, Elliot Fitzpatrick, Robbie Mcnab (Narrator)

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Inside the Mind of Madness

"To have logic, to reason things out, to have a sense of what is and isn't and what can and can't is one of the traits we identify with being human. Sad to say that sometimes there are some amongst us who lose touch with this function, are unable to bring order and control to their world. That is not only a tragedy for themselves but can also have horrific consequences on those around them. Our wordsmiths in this volume, including Leo Tolstoy, Anatole France, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Barry Pain and others explore and exploit their stories and characters in a quest to share and shape our view and experience of what it may be like inside the Mind of Madness."

Anatole France, Barry Pain, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Edgar Allan Poe, Leo Tolstoy, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Nikolai Gogol, Radclyffe Hall, Vsevolod Garshin (Author), Bill Wallis, Richard Mitchley, Vincent Marzello (Narrator)

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Short Stories About Obsession

"It just keeps gnawing away. Really, it's the only thing of interest in our world. If others would only see it that way, if they would only open their eyes and see things as they really are. In this volume our classic authors including Henry James, H G Wells, Anton Chekhov, Mary Shelley and others dig deeply into the narratives and characters who just can't move on from this psychological addiction, who can't let go of its ever present whispers. 1 - Short Stories about Obsession An Introduction 2 - Reanimator - Part 1 by H P Lovecraft 3 - Reanimator - Part 2 by H P Lovecraft 4 - Gooseberries by Anton Chekhov 5 - The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne 6 - Rats by M R James 7 - The Premature Burial by Edgar Allan Poe 8 - Solid Objects by Virginia Woolf 9 - The Altar of the Dead - Part 1 by Henry James 10 - The Altar of the Dead - Part 2 by Henry James 11 - The Flowering of the Strange Orchid by H G Wells 12 - The Moaning Lily by Emma Vane 13 - The Mortal Immortal by Mary Shelley 14 - The Strength of God by Sherwood Anderson 15 - The Piece of String by Guy de Maupassant 16 - The Iliad of Sandy Bar by Bret Harte 17 - A Pair of Silk Stockings by Kate Chopin 18 - Carnivorine by Lucy Hamilton Hooper 19 - The Rocking Horse Winner by D H Lawrence 20 - The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe 21 - The Death of a Government Clerk by Anton Chekhov 22 - Rappaccini's Daughter - Part 1 by Nathaniel Hawthorne 23 - Rappaccini's Daughter - Part 2 by Nathaniel Hawthorne"

Henry James (Author), Bill Wallis (Narrator)

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