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Interlopers Part 2 by Thomas Hardy

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The Plagues of Egypt

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Interlopers Part 1 by Thomas Hardy

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Crudely, Badly, Cheaply Part 2

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Crudely, Badly, Cheaply Part 1

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The Falcon Part 2

Alphonse and Emina have become lovers. His desire to please her makes him drop his guard and appear in public places. As a double act they go to local villages, beginning to make money and plans for the future: until the past catches up with them...
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The Falcon Part 1

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By chance, young dancer Emina meets equally youthful, trumpet-playing soldier Alphonse in a barn in the mountains of war-torn Southern Spain. They are both innocent and experienced in entirely different ways. Initially wary, they tell each other stories that weave fact and fiction. She lies and he believes her. He tells the truth and she mistrusts him. But when he plays and she dances, they und...

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Interlopers Part 2 by Thomas Hardy

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After the dramatic series of arrivals and events at the Knap on marriage engagement night in Part 1, the triangle of relationships between Sally Hall, her ex sister-in-law Helena, and Farmer Charles Darton becomes tangled still further by marriage, death, and more courtship interloping. The path to an eventual denouement highlights the problematic position of women in 19th Century Victorian soc...

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The Plagues of Egypt

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There 's nothing like a good biblical story...and this is NOTHING like a good biblical story! Mary Poppins jokes aside, this is a short story relating how Pharoah Contraraoh fared whilst trying to Make Egypt Great Again (MEGA). It contains one or two ripe parallels for our 21st century world - delivered with humour.

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Interlopers Part 1 by Thomas Hardy

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On a dark night, Farmer Charles Darton and his friend Japheth Johns are riding on their way to The Knap to meet Sally Hall, Charles' bride-to-be. Losing their way is the prelude to a series of unexpected arrivals and events that potentially changes lives forever. Send us a text (www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/899386/open_sms)

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Crudely, Badly, Cheaply Part 2

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Having ended Part 1 with his business plan "in the air", Jimmy 'Skiver' McIver at last gets the backing and support of his old school friend and businessman Roger Soul and Denise, Roger's glamorous PA. They launch the dry cleaning business with a fanfare. Sadly, the venture has attracted renewed attention from loan shark Mo Greensmith, who has hatched a dastardly plan of deceit and revenge-by-e...

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Crudely, Badly, Cheaply Part 1

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Jimmy ‘Skiver’ McIver is back! Last heard from in “Ashes to Ashford”* sunning himself on a Caribbean beach, “Crudely, Badly, Cheaply” takes us back 15 years to less lucky times for our feckless Cockney wheeler-dealer. In Part 1 of the prequel, Jimmy bumps into old school mate and businessman, the decidedly-successful Roger Soul and pitches a money-making idea for a dry cleaning business to him....

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Ashes to Ashford Part 2 by Nigel Banks

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Left in a state of confusion at the end of Part 1, Jimmy “Skiver” McIver manages to kick start his quest to inherit old school mate Roger Soul’s considerable fortune. By way of an Italian volcano via an East Kent hillside, Jimmy (and occasionally, his trusty side-kick Spud Murphy) face their sternest challenge yet - from an unlikely source. Hear how love (aided and abetted by bucket loads of mo...

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Ashes to Ashford Part 1 by Nigel Banks

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Ashes to Ashford is a “quest” story…with a difference. Instead of a heroic Odysseus, Sir Lancelot or Luke Skywalker, we have Jimmy McIver, a feckless Cockney failure living in 21st Century England. Having made very little of his existence thus far, Jimmy is given one last chance to “make it big” by a now-deceased old school friend and success story, Roger Soul. To inherit his earth, McIver must...

A Christmas Carol Part 2 (Remastered) by Charles Dickens

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A Christmas Carol Part 2 (Remastered) by Charles Dickens

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Having seen off the first ghost, Scrooge's education in the current lives of others during the festive season proceeds to the houses of the Cratchit family and his nephew, courtesy of a jolly Ghost of Christmas Present. With a grim parting from him, the final, mysterious spectre appears to show Scrooge a series of visions for life after death, in which his focus on money and gain "leave not a w...

A Christmas Carol Part 1 (Remastered) by Charles Dickens

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A Christmas Carol Part 1 (Remastered) by Charles Dickens

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Charles Dickens' classic Yuletide tale is presented in a two-part adaptation that gives you more of the story, focusing particularly on the corrosive effects of early Victorian capitalism. In Part 1, we see Scrooge in all his business and money-focused selfishness - until Jacob Marley and the Ghost of Christmas Past show up, confronting him with long-forgotten events that end with violent conse...

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The Three Strangers by Thomas Hardy

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On a dark, stormy Victorian night atop a Wessex hill, Shepherd and Mrs Fennel are holding a christening party at their cottage for a second-born child. Proceedings are interrupted by the consecutive arrival of three strangers to shelter from the elements. One of these men is not who he seems - but which one is it? Send us a text (www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/899386/open_sms)

Somebody's Luggage Part 7 by Charles Dickens

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Somebody's Luggage Part 7 by Charles Dickens

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In this final part of the series, called "His Wonderful End", our waitering hero Mr Christopher returns - and he is a worried man. He has successfully sold the stories discovered in Somebody's luggage to a publisher. Now he waits in fear lest the author should show up and claim them as his rightful own. A new guest does arrive; the fateful Room 24B is mentioned; the tension mounts. Is he Somebo...

Somebody's Luggage Part 6 by Julia Cecilia Stretton

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Somebody's Luggage Part 6 by Julia Cecilia Stretton

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In the second and final part of "The Tale of the Obliging Mr Blorage" (discovered in His Hatbox), Dick Blorage is still not on board with the revelatory properties of Lady Verita's magical Chair of Truth. There is a harsh lesson to be learned from her before Dick grows a pair, deals with those who exploit his niceness, and finds his true partner for life.

Somebody's Luggage Part 5 by Julia Cecilia Stretton

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Somebody's Luggage Part 5 by Julia Cecilia Stretton

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"The Tale of the Obliging Mr Blorage" is the amusing contribution of female Victorian writer Julia Cecilia Stretton to Dickens' "Somebody's Luggage" short story compendium. In two parts, Part 1 (discovered in His Portmanteau) introduces the listener to Mr Richard Blorage - probably the nicest man ever to succeed in business: a quality which, sadly, does not translate into a happy love life. Des...