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Live Stream: Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell
The Reader's Head of Learning and Quality, Dr. Clare Ellis, reads an extract from Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell which can…

Live Stream: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Reader's National Hub Leader, Esther Harsh, reads an extract from The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The live…

Live Stream: Outlook by Archibald Lampman
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Live Stream: The History of Mary Prince (extract)
Our Head of Learning & Quality, Dr. Clare Ellis, reads an extract from The History of Mary Prince. Published in…

Live Stream: The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster
The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete, by John Forster from CHAPTER II. HARD EXPERIENCES IN BOYHOOD. Read the…

Live Stream: A Summer Night by Matthew Arnold
A Summer Night In the deserted, moon-blanched street, How lonely rings the echo of my feet! Those windows, which…

Live Stream: The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave by Frederick Douglass
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave By Frederick Douglass Chapter One I was born…

Live Stream: Beauty by Edward Thomas
Beauty What does it mean? Tired, angry, and ill at ease, No man, woman, or child alive could please Me…

Live Stream: To Madame Curie by Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson
To Madame Curie Oft have I thrilled at deeds of high emprise, And yearned to venture into realms unknown, Thrice…

Live Stream: A Creole from Louisiana by George Marion McClellan
Lisa Spurgin reads an extract from A Creole from Louisiana by George Marion McClellan which you can find in the…

Live Stream: David Swan by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Dr. Clare Ellis, Head of Learning and Quality at The Reader, reads from the latest Bread and Roses anthology which…

Live Stream: If I could think how these my thoughts to leave by Sir Philip Sidney
XXI. If I could think how these my thoughts to leave IF I could think how these my thoughts…