Lifted Veil (Version 2)-George Eliot

Strange Gentleman by Charles Dickens.Before he became a novelist, Dickens wrote several successful plays. This one from 1836, his first, he called, “A Comic Burletta in Two Acts”. Characters arrive at a village inn called “The St. James Arms” and much confusion ensues.Featured on Middlemarch - George Eliot.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Stories of King Arthur's Knights Told to the Children by Mary Esther Miller MacGregor.A collection of Arthurian tales retold for children.Featured on Middlemarch - George Eliot.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Tutankhamen and the Discovery of His Tomb by the Late Earl of Carnarvon and Mr. Howard Carter by Sir Grafton Elliot Smith.Featured on Middlemarch - George Eliot.This episode includes AI-generated content.

American Notes (Version 2) by Charles Dickens.Charles Dickens records his impressions of America during his 1842 journey.Featured on Middlemarch - George Eliot.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

History of Britain by John Milton.However, much of the scholarly documentation has been omitted from the reading—all except footnotes indicating the years—to avoid cumbersome interruptions. What will be obvious to a listener, though, is that Milton uses earlier chronicles with discretion. He doubts the very existence of Arthur and proposes an ingenious explanation of the origin of his supposed father's name, Uther. When obliged to cite George Buchanan, the world-renowned neo-Latin author and tutor (later detractor) of Mary Queen of Scots, he regularly uses more than a grain of salt, in view of that scholar’s Scottish bias. And as he carefully weighs the reliability of his sources, so he offers his candid opinion of the wisdom and integrity of historical figures. He sneers at the story of King Canute’s famously commanding the rising tide of waves to retire, but not for the reason one might suppose.Featured on Middlemarch - George Eliot.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

History of Britain by John Milton.However, much of the scholarly documentation has been omitted from the reading—all except footnotes indicating the years—to avoid cumbersome interruptions. What will be obvious to a listener, though, is that Milton uses earlier chronicles with discretion. He doubts the very existence of Arthur and proposes an ingenious explanation of the origin of his supposed father's name, Uther. When obliged to cite George Buchanan, the world-renowned neo-Latin author and tutor (later detractor) of Mary Queen of Scots, he regularly uses more than a grain of salt, in view of that scholar’s Scottish bias. And as he carefully weighs the reliability of his sources, so he offers his candid opinion of the wisdom and integrity of historical figures. He sneers at the story of King Canute’s famously commanding the rising tide of waves to retire, but not for the reason one might suppose.Featured on Middlemarch - George Eliot.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Hymns of the Christian Church by Charles William Eliot.A collection of classic Christian hymns spanning the centuries.Featured on Middlemarch - George Eliot.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Homage to John Dryden Three Essays on Poetry of the Seventeenth Century by T. S. Eliot.Featured on Middlemarch - George Eliot.This episode includes AI-generated content.

Short Poetry Collection 163.It also includes a long poem, The Legend of Jubal by George Eliot "And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ." - Genesis 4:21 Re-imagined from a few bare lines in Genesis, George Eliot’s epic poem describes man’s loss of innocense, the birth of animal husbandry, of industry, commerce, and art. In a surprise ending, she tells of human transcendence. Each of us has a divine gift to offer the world.Featured on Middlemarch - George Eliot.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Answers to Prayer, from George Müller's Narratives by A. E. C. Brooks, George Müller.Featured on Middlemarch - George Eliot.This episode includes AI-generated content.