Liberty Lit Podcast

An 'outside broadcast' of another story from Dubliners - download here.

 A short story of a uniquely Irish philosopher - duration 1hr 10mins.

Another story from The Garden Party.

Another poignant short story, this one by an Irish author and contemporary of Joyce, who is perhaps most famous for The Crock of Gold.

 This is a delightful story, from The Garden Party - thanks to Sinead Gleeson for the recommendation.

Read The Telltale Heart here. And you can listen to my dramatic reading here. 

The conclusion of The Dead. And because I love it so much, here's a sneak peek at the last line:

His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead.

[Edit 10/6/07: Unhappy with the background noise, I decided to re-record this. You can find the new version in three parts at Odeo. Thanks for listening!]

Here's more James Joyce - The Dead, climax of his short story collection, Dubliners. You can read the story here.

[Edit 10/6/07: Unhappy with the background noise, I decided to re-record this. You can find the new version in three parts at Odeo. Thanks for listening!]

from Celtic Tales, Told to the Children by Louey Chisholm. Download here. 

from Celtic Tales, Told to the Children by Louey Chisholm. Dowload here.

The final entry in my quartet from E Nesbit's Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare - The Scottish Play!

Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare is a collection adapted by E. Nesbit - you can read the entire book here. Download Much Ado About Nothing.

Download the MP3 - this is not the original play, but an abridged version written by E. Nesbit. You can read her reasoning for adapting these works here.

The Countess Katheen O'Shea by William Butler Yeats