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I listened to a great episode of BBC Radio 4’s In Our Time about Christina Rossetti recently. I was fascinated by their brief discussion of her poem Goblin Market. Melvyn Bragg and guests described it as: ‘celebrated, fascinating, bizarre, extraordinary,… Read moreListen To Genius: Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti
Reprinted 150 times, according to ISFDB.org entry on it, I’m thinking Edgar Allan Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart may very well be the most reprinted story ever. It’s a pretty great story, so you can see why it would be, but… Read moreListen To Genius: The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
A horribly good story, narrated by a proper old school narrator, the great Alan Sklar. “‘It’s the stupidest story I’ve ever heard,’ said the bigger of the small girls, with immense conviction.” The Story-Teller By Saki; Read by Alan Sklar… Read moreListen To Genius: The Story-Teller by Saki (H.H. Munro)