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Barron's EZ-101 Study Keys: American Literature

Author : Francis E. Skipp, Ph.D.

Performed By : Stuart Langton

Publisher : Blackstone Audio Inc

Runtime : 4 hours 30 minutes

Categories : Knowledge & Learning
Classic Literature
Classics

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An excellent introduction for students at the high-school or college levels.

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Designed to be compatible with virtually every standard textbook in their subject field,

Barrons EZ-101 Study Keys gives you a valuable overview of your college-level course.

Classroom-style notes emphasize important facts, remind you what you need to remember for

term papers and exams, and help guide you through the complexities of lectures and textbooks.



In American Literature, all main periods are covered, from the colonial period to the

present movement toward cultural diversity. Also covered are key themes and personalities,

with emphasis on major figures, including Ben Franklin, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman,

Emily Dickinson, Henry James, Edith Wharton, William Faulkner, Langston Hughes,

Tennessee Williams, Alice Walker, and many more.



Stuart Langton is an award-winning actor based in New York City. He works in theater, film, and TV and has narrated audiobooks for more than ten years.

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Ballet Shoes

Author : Noel Streatfeild

Performed By : Various

Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd

Runtime : 2 hours 20 minutes

Categories : Classics
Over 10s
Classic Literature
British

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Rosemary Leach stars in a BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Noel Streatfeild's children's classic.

 

These audio editions, especially dramatised for BBC Radio, are of timeless stories that have enchanted generations of readers both young and old. The wonder and excitement of these much-loved tales live on in these acclaimed full-cast dramatisations, complete with evocative music and sound effects.

When Sylvia and her old nurse Nana agree to keep house for Great-Uncle Matthew (or Gum, as Sylvia calls him), they know they will be looking after his fossil collection while he's away on his travels. But imagine their surprise when one day Gum brings them something completely different to look after ~ a baby! And then another.

And another

The three live happily with Sylvia and Nana until one day Sylvia realises that the money Gum left to take care of them has all gone. What are they to live on? Taking in boarders is the first step, but how can she afford to send the children to school? And that's when lodger Theo comes up with her great idea - Pauline, Petrova and Posy are to become pupils at the Children's Academy of Dancing and Stage Training, Now the adventures really begin!

Ballet Shoes is a classic of 20th-century children's literature. The lively humour and sense of fun that have made the novel such a perennial favourite are brought vividly to life in this enchanting BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation.

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Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Volume 1, The

Author : Arthur Conan Doyle

Performed By : Various

Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd

Runtime : 2 hours 55 minutes

Categories : Detective
Classics
Dramatizations
Drama
British

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Clive Merrison and Michael Williams star as Holmes and Watson in the first collection of stories from the unique fully dramatised BBC Radio 4 canon

 

A Scandal in Bohemia - The King of Bohemia seeks the return of a compromising photograph but the woman who has it proves more than a match for the great detective.

The Red-Headed League - Holmes and Doyle move into top gear in one of the finest stories in the canon. Why should a pawnbroker have to copy out the Encyclopaedia Britannica and what bearing can the knees of a man's trousers have on the case?

A Case of Identity - A squalid little story of greed, and a solid piece of professional work on Holmes' part in finding out why a City cashier should ditch his love on their wedding day.

The Boscombe Valley Mystery - Another dazzler with Holmes needing all his powers to solve a splendid murder case with Australian connections.

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Badgers in My Vest

Author : John Fletcher

Performed By : Various

Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd

Runtime : 1 hour

Categories : Dramatizations
Biographical
Drama
British
Humor

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Badgers in my vest is a new, darkly funny play by an acclaimed contemporary playwright, based on an incident in Dylan Thomas' life.

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Death of Arthur, The

Author : Sir Thomas Malory

Performed By : Philip Madoc

Publisher : Select Music & Distribution

Runtime : 4 hours

Categories : Classic Literature
Classics

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The glorious but tragic story of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table is one of the great legends of Western civilisation. Storytellers and poets down the cen­turies have returned repeatedly to the universal themes of the Quest of the Holy Grail and the love between Sir Launcelot and Queen Guenever.

Yet the first printed account, written by the 15th century knight Sir Thomas Malory, remains unmatched. In words which speak as directly to us today as they did to his own period, he brings to life a rich tale of heroism and ideals undermined by the poignance of human emotions.

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Ayres on the Air

Author : Pam Ayres

Performed By : Pam Ayres

Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd

Runtime : 2 hours

Categories : British
Humor
Radio Shows
Poetry

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Anecdotes, jokes, poems and sketches from the ever-entertaining Pam Ayres

Writer, poet and broadcaster Pam Ayres has been making her fans smile for more than thirty years since her first television appearance on Opportunity Knocks. This recording is taken from four of Pam's live shows for her BBC Radio 4 series Ayres On The Air, and is packed with her usual mix of comic poetry, prose and droll observations on life.

Pam Ayres has recently been 'rediscovered' via her appearances on Radio 4's just a Minute, That Reminds Me and Loose Ends, and Ayres On The Air has been celebrated on both Pick of the Week and Feedback. She regularly tours both the UK and abroad, performing to sell-out audiences.

Here, Pam can be heard delighting her public on such topics as holidays, families, ageing and country living. With sketches about being 'Topless at 60', getting shingles up the Orinoco and the joys of buying a tractor; and poems including 'The Wonderbra', 'Littering', 'Poor Dad' and 'The Voice at the Foot of the Stairs', this collection showcases one of the nation's most popular poets at her very best.

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Around the World in 80 Days

Author : Jules Verne

Performed By : David Colacci

Publisher : Brilliance Audio Inc

Runtime : 6 hours

Categories : Classic Literature
Classics

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Verne's most outrageous "voyage extraordinaire" - a hasty world tour taken up on a gentlemen's club wager! Mr. Phileas Fogg, master of precision, enters into the strangest wager ever made over the whist table - that he will circle the globe in 80 days. The news astounds Jean Passepartout, sometime wandering minstrel, bareback rider, funambulist, gymnast and fireman, now turned valet to Mr. Fogg in the expectancy of a quiet and well-regulated life. For the next 80 days, their lives are anything but quiet or well-regulated.

Jules Verne preferred to call himself an author of "voyages extraordinaires." An extraordinary voyage it is, from Fogg's announcement to Passepartout that they are to "leave for Dover in ten minutes," to his triumphant return to the Reform Club at the last second!

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Ayres On The Air 2

Author : Pam Ayres

Performed By : Pam Ayres

Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd

Runtime : 3 hours

Categories : British
Humor
Radio Shows
Poetry

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"Pam Ayres has a quality of fun which glows ever more brightly as newer, lesser entertainers make their bid for stardom" --- The Scotsman

Just over thirty years ago, a little-known poet named Pam Ayres made her debut on the ITV talent show Opportunity Knocks. Since then, she has taken the nation by storm, entertaining millions of people with her books, stage shows and radio and television appearances.

Her first BBC Radio 4 series, Ayres on the Air, was a huge success, and this second series proves to be every bit as droll and delightful. A mix of comic poetry, sketches, and observations on life, each programme is themed around a different subject: Fame, Animals, Travel, Motherhood, The Old Days, and Food.

Here are much-loved poems such as "Do You Think Bruce Springsteen would fancy me?" "I'm  Going to Be Surgically Enhanced", "Clamp the Mighty Limpet", "How Can That Be My Baby?", "The Dolly on the Dustcart", "With These Hands" and "Thoughts of a Late-Night Knitter"; and sketches about the frustration of calling rail enquiry lines, cracking the art of text messaging, and trying to stick to a diet.

These six programmes show the inimitable Pam Ayres at her warmest and wittiest, and are guarenteed to amuse and delight her many fans.

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Author : Lewis Carroll

Performed By : Fiona Shaw

Publisher : Select Music & Distribution

Runtime : 2 hours 25 minutes

Categories : Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Magic
Classics
Classics
Classic Literature

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Alice's adventures, funny, inventive and disturbing, have fascinated and delighted children and adults alike since their publication. The fantasy worlds in which she finds herself introduce her to characters as varied and well known as the White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter, the Queen of Hearts and the Cheshire Cat...

There are at least two ways of reading this classic children's tale. One may either regard it as an innocently inventive and diverting piece for readers of all ages - or one may choose to bring to bear on it the full weight of academic analysis, be it literary, mathematical, philosophical or psychoanalytical.

The book was first published in 1865 and 1871, and has been hugely popular ever since. Unlike most Victorian children's books (including Carroll's own Sylvie and Bruno), it is refreshingly unmoralistic and brilliantly imaginative. Perhaps one might see it as a pioneering work in the rich tradition of British children's writing which includes (for example) The Wind in the Willows, the Pooh books and the animal tales of Beatrix Potter. But Alice is in many respects more demanding and disturbing - even children unaware of symbolic interpretation may well be haunted or discomfited by the dream worlds Carroll has created, worlds where it is not quite enough to say that nonsense prevails since there is almost always a kind of perverse or inverted logic at work.

In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland the child heroine dreams the experiences which constitute the story, and (of course) wakes at the end to tell her sister what has happened. The dream world of Wonderland is peopled largely by creatures which speak, feel and behave much like caricatured human beings: the White Rabbit, for instance, is clearly neurotically obsessed by time and terrified of authority, while the playing-card King and Queen of Hearts bicker like an ill-matched, long-married couple. Anger, violence and the threat of violence are real enough within the dreamworld - the dormouse is scalded and dunked at the Mad Hatter's Tea Party -while irritation and disillusionment seem more common than contentment - witness the doleful narrative of the Mock Turtle. At times, Alice seems to be in real danger, whether from flying saucepans in the Duchess' kitchen or from the attentions of a gigantic puppy, but at last she is able to break free from the suffocating power of her fantasy by exclaiming, after she has regained her normal size, 'Why, you're nothing but a pack of cards!'

Child listeners will surely be delighted by the picaresque variety of the story, but adults may wonder about some possible deeper or unifying interpretation. Freudian readings are legion, but it may be more interesting to see the adventure as a disturbing challenge to our conventional notions of reality Carroll repeatedly asks questions about the nature of time or the meaning of names, poses mathematical paradoxes and semantic quibbles - and the effect of this is to promote an acute unease, a fundamental, perhaps existential, uncertainty about meaning and purpose. Martin Gardner (editor of The Annotated Alice) suggests that 'the last level of metaphor in the Alice books is this: that life, viewed rationally and without illusion, appears to be a nonsense tale told by a mathematician.'

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Auburn Eyes: A Tail of Unconditional Love

Author : Kevin McCourt

Performed By : Kevin McCourt

Publisher : Big Happy Family, LLC

Runtime : 30 minutes

Categories : Health & Recreation
Music Related
Inspiration & Devotion

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Honesty, self-acceptance and unconditional love: These are just a few qualities that I, as a human, have aspired to have in my life and in my relationships. A seeker of wisdom and enlightenment, I have wrestled with life's great mysteries but have yet to reach a state of inner peace. It's ironic that I have had the perfect teacher right here all along. She's the one who's been digging up my back yard.

A fun, lighthearted song and a humourous, insightful companion booklet exploring the "tail" behind it, make Auburn Eyes a delight for animal lovers everywhere.

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Dylan Thomas at the BBC

Author : Dylan Thomas

Performed By : Dylan Thomas

Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd

Runtime : 2 hours 5 minutes

Categories : Poetry

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Dylan Thomas reads his own prose and poetry in this unique collection from the archives.

 

Dylan Thomas is widely regarded as one of the 20th Century's most influential lyrical poets, his acclaim due in part to the idiosyncratic and surreal introspection which was his hallmark. Here Paul Ferris , biographer of both Dylan Thomas and his wife Caitlin, and editor of the poet's published letters, introduces a collection of fascinating archive material.

Primarily a poet, Thomas also published scripts and short stories. He publicly performed many of his works and took part in radio broadcasts. The rolling vigour of his voice, with its melodic subtlety and the almost hypnotic power of incantation, brought him almost as much fame as his poems.

The poems read include The Hand that Signed the Paper' , 'After the Funeral' and 'Poem In October' , whilst other material includes an extract from Under Milk Wood, featuring a young Richard Burton, its forerunner Quite Early One Morning , and Return Journey to Swansea , in which Thomas recalls the landscape of his youth.

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As You Like It

Author : William Shakespeare

Performed By : Full Cast Performance

Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd

Runtime : 2 hours

Categories : Dramatizations
Classic Literature
Shakespeare

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Helena Bonham Carter stars as Rosalind with David Morrissey as Orlando and Natasha Little as Celia in Shakespeare's festive comedy.

BBC radio has a unique heritage when it comes to Shakespeare. Since 1923. when the newly formed company broadcast its first full-length play, generations of actors and producers have honed and perfected the craft of making Shakespeare to be heard.

The trees and shrubs resonate with declarations of love and confessions of assumed identity in this exciting new production, where the intimacy of radio brilliantly recreates the closed-off, magical world of the Forest of Arden.

The play is introduced by Richard Eyre.

Revitalised, original and comprehensive, this is Shakespeare for the new millennium.

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12 Books That Changed the World

Author : Melvyn Bragg

Performed By : Patricia Hodge, Hugh Ross, Robert Powell & Bill Bingham

Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks

Runtime : 2 hours

Categories : Arts & Drama
History
British

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When we think of great events in the history of the world, we tend to think of war, revolution, political upheaval or natural catastrophe. But throughout history there have been moments of vital importance that have taken place not on the battlefield, or in the palaces of power, or even in the violence of nature, but between the pages of a book.

In our digitised age of instant information it is easy to underestimate the power of the printed word. In his fascinating new book accompanying the ITV series, Melvyn Bragg presents a vivid reminder of the book as agent of social, political and personal revolution.

Twelve Books that Changed the World presents a rich variety of human endeavour and a great diversity of characters.

There are also surprises. Here are famous books by Darwin, Newton and Shakespeare – but we also discover the stories behind some less well-known works, such as Marie Stopes’ Married Love, the original radical feminist Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman – and even the rules to an obscure ball game that became the most popular sport in the world . . .

Great Introduction

Nick Ashfield from Bristol - 19 Mar 2007

This is a great introduction to some books you might not have heard of before. It provides a 10 minute summary of each book. Excellent for listening to in the car on long car journeys. Would love to get it on DVD but unfortunately ITV have decided not to release it.

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As You Like It

Author : William Shakespeare

Performed By : Full Cast Production

Publisher : Harper Collins US

Runtime : 2 hours 30 minutes

Categories : Shakespeare

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As You Like It is quintessential Shakespearean comedy, complete with a loquacious clown, lovers, disguises, rifts and reconciliations, and all within the atmospheric confines of the enchanted Forest of Arden. As the title suggests, As You Like It is a play in which everyone gets their way, where sinners are redeemed and where love holds sway over all. And because it is Shakespeare, even so light a comedy contains a wealth of keen observations about humanity in general, and in particular about the age-old tension between so-called civilized society and the state of nature from which it evolved. No less poetically-accomplished than Shakespeare's more serious works, As You Like It is a stimulating literary pleasure from start to finish.

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Captain Blood - Episode 04: Pirates!

Author : Rafael Sabatini

Performed By : Colonial Radio Theatre

Publisher : Colonial Radio Theatre On The Air

Runtime : 25 minutes

Categories : Audio Theater
Drama
Dramatizations
Action & Adventure
Historical

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The Greatest Pirate Adventure Of Them All!

The Colonial Radio Theatre on the Air is proud to present Rafael Sabatini's adventure classic, "Captain Blood," fully dramatized for the first time. Dr. Peter Blood is arrested and sentenced to hang for treating a wounded rebel. Instead of death, he is sent to Barbados as a slave. When the Spanish attack the port city of Bridgetown, he and his fellow slaves capture the Spanish ship and set out to sea, where he becomes the notorious Pirate, Captain Blood. Battles on Sea and on Land, daring escapes, sword duels to the death, a touch of romance, and a magnificent score by Jeffrey Gage, �??Captain Blood�?� is a swashbuckling adventure on a very grand scale! Presented in 17 episodes.

The Colonial Radio Theatre on the Air presents Rafael Sabatini's Captain Blood.
Starring Jerry Robbins, Amy Strack, Deniz Cordell, J.T. Turner, Joseph Zamparelli Jr, Hugh Metzler, Aaron Smith, Tom Berry, James Turner, Leigh Berry and the Colonial Radio Players.

Executive Producer Mark Vander Berg.
Music by Jeffrey Gage.
Dramatized for Audio, Produced and Directed by Jerry Robbins
�? 2006 Colonial Radio Theatre.

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Arthur's Dream

Author : Fire Springs

Performed By : Various

Publisher : Awen Publications

Runtime : 2 hours

Categories : Historical
Dramatizations
Music Related
Poetry
Biographical

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A fresh vision of Britain's greatest story:

The epic of King Arthur-from his conception in sorcerous lust, to the shining wonder of his kingdom, to the scattering of his warriors in search of the Grail, to the tragic endgame of betrayal and bloodshed - all encompassed by the secret cave where Arthur still sleeps, waiting to return.

A magical blend of spoken word and music brings alive "The Matter of Britain" - the story of King Arthur and the Quest for The Grail, drawing on earlier sources than the well-known medieval versions - the Celtic Arthur depicted in the Welsh Cycle The Mabinogion being more darker and dynamic. Follow him as he harrows the Underworld to bring back the fabled Cauldron of Plenty - and how he suffers the consequences.


Fire Springs came into existence in 2000 through Bath Storytelling Circle and performances in Bath Fringe and the Bardic Festival of Bath.

Arthur's Dream premiered at the Rondo Theatre, Bath in May 2001.

Other Fire Springs product ions include The Thinning Veil, Finding the Thread, and Robin of the Wildwood.

Fire Springs

Anthony Nanson founded Bath Storytelling Circle in 1999. He has told stories and run workshops in venues around the country and teaches a popular course in storytelling and mythology at the University of Bath. His stories and critical writing have been published in several magazines and books.

Kirsty Hartsiotis is a former member of the theatre group The Lords of Misrule, which specialises in medieval drama. She has performed in and produced numerous plays, including the Arthurian romance Sir Launfal. She has a special interest in storytelling for heritage venues.

David Metcalfe is a folk musician and storyteller with a particular interest in the indigenous British tradition. He is a singer, guitarist, and bodhran player. A former field archaeologist, he maintains an active interest in the early medieval period.

Kevan Manwaring was drawn to Bath by the legend-filled landscape of the West Country. His epic poem Spring Fall won him the Bardic Chair of Caer Badon in 1998. He has performed and run workshops in venues around the Southwest and has produced seven collections of poetry, including one on CD.

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Captain Blood - Episode 06: Don Pedro Sangre

Author : Rafael Sabatini

Performed By : Colonial Radio Theatre

Publisher : Colonial Radio Theatre On The Air

Runtime : 30 minutes

Categories : Audio Theater
Drama
Dramatizations
Action & Adventure
Historical

Our Price : $1.50

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The Greatest Pirate Adventure Of Them All!

The Colonial Radio Theatre on the Air is proud to present Rafael Sabatini's adventure classic, "Captain Blood," fully dramatized for the first time. Dr. Peter Blood is arrested and sentenced to hang for treating a wounded rebel. Instead of death, he is sent to Barbados as a slave. When the Spanish attack the port city of Bridgetown, he and his fellow slaves capture the Spanish ship and set out to sea, where he becomes the notorious Pirate, Captain Blood. Battles on Sea and on Land, daring escapes, sword duels to the death, a touch of romance, and a magnificent score by Jeffrey Gage, �??Captain Blood�?� is a swashbuckling adventure on a very grand scale! Presented in 17 episodes.

The Colonial Radio Theatre on the Air presents Rafael Sabatini's Captain Blood.
Starring Jerry Robbins, Amy Strack, Deniz Cordell, J.T. Turner, Joseph Zamparelli Jr, Hugh Metzler, Aaron Smith, Tom Berry, James Turner, Leigh Berry and the Colonial Radio Players.

Executive Producer Mark Vander Berg.
Music by Jeffrey Gage.
Dramatized for Audio, Produced and Directed by Jerry Robbins
�? 2006 Colonial Radio Theatre.

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Around the World in 80 Days

Author : Jules Verne

Performed By : David Colacci

Publisher : Brilliance Audio Inc

Runtime : 6 hours

Categories : Classic Literature
Classics

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Verne's most outrageous "voyage extraordinaire" - a hasty world tour taken up on a gentlemen's club wager! Mr. Phileas Fogg, master of precision, enters into the strangest wager ever made over the whist table - that he will circle the globe in 80 days. The news astounds Jean Passepartout, sometime wandering minstrel, bareback rider, funambulist, gymnast and fireman, now turned valet to Mr. Fogg in the expectancy of a quiet and well-regulated life. For the next 80 days, their lives are anything but quiet or well-regulated.

Jules Verne preferred to call himself an author of "voyages extraordinaires." An extraordinary voyage it is, from Fogg's announcement to Passepartout that they are to "leave for Dover in ten minutes," to his triumphant return to the Reform Club at the last second!