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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.

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2:57

Christmas Reads - Henry Van Dyke - Keeping Christmas

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2025/12/18

Henry van Dyke's treatise on the nature of Christmas, the true value of humanity.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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30:47

Sir Walter Scott - The Tapestried Chamber

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2025/12/17

Christmas Ghost stories kick off with the classic and underrated Sir Walter Scott - The Tapestried ChamberThe Keepsake Stories is the title given to three short stories by Sir Walter Scott which appeared in The Keepsake for MDCCCXXIX, a literary annual published for Christmas 1828. The short stories were entitled "My Aunt Margaret's Mirror", "The Tapestried Chamber, or The Lady in the Sacque", and "Death of the Laird's Jock". Charles Heath had originally planned for Scott to become the editor of the

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5:52

Christmas Reads - Hans Christian Anderson - The...

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2025/12/17

A sad tale about those without at Chrisitmas, and the rest of the year.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.

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20:52

Fitz-James O'Brien - What Was It? (extract)

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2025/12/16

The strange things which lurk unseen in darkness and in the light. Fitz-James O'Brien was an Irish-American writer of works in fantasy and science fiction short stories. His career was marked by a significant contribution to the American literary scene in the mid-19th century.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.

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3:26

Christmas Reads - Charles Dickens - Christmas at...

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2025/12/16

The lesser known Mr Fezziwig from A Christmas CarolBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.

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6:15

Christmas Reads - A German Folk Tale - The Christmas...

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2025/12/15

Classic Christmas story about a Count and the Fairy QueenBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.

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16:46

Saturday Night Serial - F. Scott Fitzgerald - The...

Just Reads ·

2025/12/13

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

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0:32

Book of the Week - The Irritablity of Vegtables by...

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2025/12/13

Not to be confused with The Irritablity of Vegtables by James Edward Smith, Obviously.Sorry this is kind of a short one but there is scant available about Lyall. He was a Scottish explorer, although that was all I could find.Hated vegetables, though. Even the rude shaped ones.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.

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Just Reads will be back next week with a bulging sack...

Just Reads ·

2025/12/10

I have a very sore throat but not sore enough to let you down over the Festive seasonBEHOLD the treasures I will dowse you with. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.

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6:59

Saturday Night Serial - F. Scott Fitzgerald - The...

Just Reads ·

2025/12/06

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

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1:04

Book of the Week - Eleven Years A Drunkard, Or, The...

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2025/12/06

This autobiography by Thomas Doner, a man who lost both arms due to his struggles with alcoholism, serves as a cautionary tale about the devastating consequences of excessive drinking. He recounts his descent into addiction, the shame and despair it brought him, and the physical and moral decay it inflicted. Through his harrowing personal experience, Doner aims to warn others about the dangers of alcohol and encourage them to avoid the path that led to his misfortune. The book is filled with

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26:54

Rosemary Timperly - The Mistress In Black

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2025/12/04

Rosemary Timperley (20 March 1920 - 9 November 1988) was a British novelist, short story writer and screenwriter. She wrote a wide range of fiction, publishing 66 novels in 33 years, and several hundred short stories, but is best remembered for her ghost stories which appear in many anthologies. She also edited several volumes of ghost stories. Born in Crouch End, North London on 20 March 1920 to architect George Kenyon Timperley and teacher Emily Mary (née Lethem), she went to Hornsey High School,

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13:19

Simon Raven - The Bottle of 1912

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2025/12/02

Simon Arthur Noël Raven was an English author, playwright, essayist, television writer, and screenwriter. He is known for his louche lifestyle as much as for his literary output.Raven is remembered for his ten-novel sequence Alms for Oblivion and its baroque, supernatural sequels The Roses of Picardie and September Castle; as well as The Feathers of Death, an exploratory early army novel dealing with homosexuality between officers and "other ranks"Become a supporter of this podcast:

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18:18

Saturday Night Serial - F. Scott Firzgerald - The...

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2025/11/29

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

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112:16

Serial Catch up - The Great Gatsby

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2025/11/29

The first four chapters of the Great GatsbyChapter five to ffollow.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.

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1:32

Book of the Week - Feeding per Rectum as illustrated...

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2025/11/29

Marketed to what can only ever be described as a niche audience, this book talks much about enemas and the ability to feed yourself without putting anything in your mouth.BookBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.

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Saturday Night Serial - F. Scott Firzgerald - The...

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2025/11/21

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

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Saturday Night Serial - F. Scott Firzgerald - The...

Just Reads ·

2025/11/20

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

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12:13

Washington Irving - The Legend of Don Sancho Muncho

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2025/11/20

The Legend of Don Munio Sancho de Hinojosa is a historical and chivalric short story by Washington Irving, first published in Wolfert’s Roost and Miscellanies in 1855. The tale is set in medieval Spain during the time of the Reconquista, a period in which Christian kingdoms were battling the Moors for control of the Iberian Peninsula.Please forgive some of the pronounciation.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.

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Saturday Night Serial - F. Scott Firzgerald - The...

Just Reads ·

2025/11/19

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

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