Just Reads

Just Reads

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.

Episodes

Daniel Defoe - Mrs Veal

September 9, 2025 • 20 mins
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Saturday Night Serial - HG Wells - The Time Machine - Epilogue

September 6, 2025 • 2 mins
The Time Machine is an 1895 dystopian post-apocalyptic science fiction novella by H. G. Wells about a Victorian scientist known as the Time Traveller who travels to the year 802,701. The work is generally credited with the popularization of the concept of time travel by using a vehicle or device to travel purposely and selectively forward or backward through time. The term "time machine", coined by Wells, is now almost universally ...
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Saturday Night Serial - HG Wells - The Time Machine - Chapter 16 - After The Story

September 6, 2025 • 8 mins
The Time Machine is an 1895 dystopian post-apocalyptic science fiction novella by H. G. Wells about a Victorian scientist known as the Time Traveller who travels to the year 802,701. The work is generally credited with the popularization of the concept of time travel by using a vehicle or device to travel purposely and selectively forward or backward through time. The term "time machine", coined by Wells, is now almost universally ...
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JS Fletcher - The Other Sense

September 4, 2025 • 19 mins
They have told me to-day, with obvious reluctance, and in the kindest fashion, that I am to go to-morrow to the house of a Dr. Schreiber, in whose care I am to remain until I am restored to health. Restored to health!—my God! 

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Ambrose Bierce - The Bottomless Grave

September 2, 2025 • 17 mins
A respectable family is forced into a life of crime, with unexpected consequences.

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Saturday Night Serial - HG Wells - The Time Machine - Chapter 15 - The Time Traveller Returns

August 30, 2025 • 2 mins
The Time Machine is an 1895 dystopian post-apocalyptic science fiction novella by H. G. Wells about a Victorian scientist known as the Time Traveller who travels to the year 802,701. The work is generally credited with the popularization of the concept of time travel by using a vehicle or device to travel purposely and selectively forward or backward through time. The term "time machine", coined by Wells, is now almost universally ...
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M.R.James - The Man Who Dwelt by The Churchyard

August 28, 2025 • 6 mins
The temptation of man can be his downfall. Even when those he has robbed are dead.

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Kenneth Grahame - Wind In The Willows - Toad Steals The Car

August 27, 2025 • 2 mins
Toad, thinking he has recovered from his automobile addiction, finds he is not.

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Kenneth Grahame - Wind In The Willows - The Cart and the Car

August 27, 2025 • 4 mins
Exerpt from the book where Toad has had an intervention regarding his obsession with cars.

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E G Swain - Bone to his Bones

August 26, 2025 • 19 mins
A Reverend from the past sends a message to a Reverend of the future

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Saturday Night Serial - HG Wells - The Time Machine - Chapter 14 - A Further Vision

August 23, 2025 • 11 mins
The Time Machine is an 1895 dystopian post-apocalyptic science fiction novella by H. G. Wells about a Victorian scientist known as the Time Traveller who travels to the year 802,701. The work is generally credited with the popularization of the concept of time travel by using a vehicle or device to travel purposely and selectively forward or backward through time. The term "time machine", coined by Wells, is now almost universally ...
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Lewis Carroll - Alice in Wonderland - The Tea Party

August 20, 2025 • 11 mins
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (also known as Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 English children's novel by Lewis Carroll, a mathematics don at the University of Oxford. It details the story of a girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world of anthropomorphic creatures. It is seen as an example of the literary nonsense genre.

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Amelia B. Edwards - The Phantom Coach

August 19, 2025 • 29 mins
Horror is perhaps best dictated to the senses – to the animal rather than the intellectual faculties. Amelia B. Edwards shoots for both in this cerebral but visceral tale by cushioning a quaint, fireside chat with a scholar of the natural and supernatural between two lonely, agonizing experiences of fear.

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Saturday Night Serial - HG Wells - The Time Machine - Chapter 13 - The Trap Of The White Sphinx

August 16, 2025 • 6 mins
The Time Machine is an 1895 dystopian post-apocalyptic science fiction novella by H. G. Wells about a Victorian scientist known as the Time Traveller who travels to the year 802,701. The work is generally credited with the popularization of the concept of time travel by using a vehicle or device to travel purposely and selectively forward or backward through time. The term "time machine", coined by Wells, is now almost universally ...
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Edgar Allen Poe - The Fall of the House of Usher (extract)

August 14, 2025 • 17 mins
"The Fall of the House of Usher" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1839 in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine, then included in the collection Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque in 1840. The short story, a work of Gothic fiction, includes themes of madness, family, isolation, and metaphysical identities.

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James Thurber - The Greatest Man In The World

August 13, 2025 • 16 mins
The themes in "The Greatest Man in the World" by James Thurber include the nature of heroism and appearances versus reality. Jack Smurch displays bravery and independence but lacks traditional heroic qualities, highlighting a discord between his actions and character. The story also critiques how society and media craft false appearances, questioning who is truly at fault—Jack or those who manipulate his image.

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Gertrude Atherton - The Dead and the Countess

August 12, 2025 • 29 mins
The dead sleep peacefully -- until a railway is built near their cemetery. While the old priest works to keep them at rest, the Count's dying wife begs to be buried near the railway. But when her last wish is granted, the priest finds that the sound of the train leaves the Countess far from at peace.

With apologies for poor French pronounciation.

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Saturday Night Serial - HG Wells - The Time Machine - Chapter 12 - In The Darkness

August 9, 2025 • 14 mins
The Time Machine is an 1895 dystopian post-apocalyptic science fiction novella by H. G. Wells about a Victorian scientist known as the Time Traveller who travels to the year 802,701. The work is generally credited with the popularization of the concept of time travel by using a vehicle or device to travel purposely and selectively forward or backward through time. The term "time machine", coined by Wells, is now almost universally ...
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Ray Bradbury - Zero Hour

August 7, 2025 • 19 mins
"Zero Hour" by Ray Bradbury is a science fiction short story published in the late 1940s. The narrative explores the imaginative world of children and their seemingly innocent game, which takes a darker turn as it intertwines with the realities of adult life and the concept of invasion. The story delves into the themes of childhood innocence ...

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Barry Pilton - In a Nutshell - Einstein's Watch

August 6, 2025 • 4 mins
The late Leonard Rossiter recorded these for Radio 3 in the early 1980s. They remain one of the finest bits of comedic social satire of the age. Writer Barry Pilton's musings on assorted topic are called in a Nutshell and available, I believe, on CD and DVD.

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