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We live in a spoken world... a world that is shaped by stories and storytellers. Join Thomas Sebald as he takes you through stories that have shaped our world, one chapter at a time.

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We live in a spoken world... a world that is shaped by stories and storytellers. Join Thomas Sebald as he takes you through stories that have shaped our world, one chapter at a time.

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English


Episodes
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Treasure Island (Part 5, Chapter 26) by Robert Louis Stevenson

6/11/2021
"Dead men don't bite..."

Duration:00:20:25

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Treasure Island (Part 5, Chapter 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson

5/11/2021
“And there’s an end to Captain Silver!...”

Duration:00:13:30

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Treasure Island (Part 5, Chapter 24) by Robert Louis Stevenson

5/6/2021
"What hope had I left of reaching land?..."

Duration:00:15:30

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Treasure Island (Part 4, Chapter 23) by Robert Louis Stevenson

5/4/2021
“But one man of her crew alive, What put to sea with seventy-five...”

Duration:00:12:57

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Treasure Island (Part 4, Chapter 22) by Robert Louis Stevenson

5/3/2021
"If I am right, he’s going now to see Ben Gunn..."

Duration:00:16:02

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Treasure Island (Part 4, Chapter 21) by Robert Louis Stevenson

4/30/2021
"Out, lads, out, and fight ’em in the open!..."

Duration:00:15:14

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Treasure Island (Part 4, Chapter 20) by Robert Louis Stevenson

4/27/2021
“We want that treasure, and we’ll have it..."

Duration:00:15:11

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Treasure Island (Part 4, Chapter 19) by Robert Louis Stevenson

4/26/2021
“First ship that ever I lost...”

Duration:00:15:02

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Treasure Island (Part 4, Chapter 18) by Robert Louis Stevenson

4/20/2021
“Strike my colours! No, sir, not I...”

Duration:00:13:00

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Treasure Island (Part 4, Chapter 17) by Robert Louis Stevenson

4/19/2021
"Israel was Flint’s gunner...”

Duration:00:12:06

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Treasure Island (Part 4, Chapter 16) by Robert Louis Stevenson

4/16/2021
“Jim Hawkins is gone...”

Duration:00:13:06

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Treasure Island (Part 3, Chapter 15) by Robert Louis Stevenson

4/15/2021
“Well, I don’t understand one word that you’ve been saying, but that’s neither here nor there..."

Duration:00:17:20

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Treasure Island (Part 3, Chapter 13) by Robert Louis Stevenson

4/13/2021
“It’s a black conscience that can make you feared of me..."

Duration:00:15:11

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Treasure Island (Part 3, Chapter 13) by Robert Louis Stevenson

4/12/2021
"Now, we’ve only one man to rely on.” “And who is that?” “Silver, sir...”

Duration:00:15:31

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Treasure Island (Part 2, Chapter 12) by Robert Louis Stevenson

3/30/2021
“Hawkins, I put prodigious faith in you...”

Duration:00:14:42

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Treasure Island (Part 2, Chapter 11) by Robert Louis Stevenson

3/30/2021
"A brave lad you were, and smart too, and a finer figurehead for a gentleman of fortune I never clapped my eyes on..."

Duration:00:16:16

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Treasure Island (Part 2, Chapter 10) by Robert Louis Stevenson

3/26/2021
“Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight!”

Duration:00:15:55

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Treasure Island (Part 2, Chapter 9) by Robert Louis Stevenson

3/25/2021
"I don’t like treasure voyages on any account, and I don’t like them, above all, when they are secret, and when the secret has been told to the parrot..."

Duration:00:14:44

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Treasure Island (Part 2, Chapter 8) by Robert Louis Stevenson

3/23/2021
“You and me should get on well, Hawkins..."

Duration:00:14:05

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Treasure Island (Part 2, Chapter 7) by Robert Louis Stevenson

3/22/2021
"I engaged him on the spot to be ship’s cook. Long John Silver, he is called, and has lost a leg..."

Duration:00:16:42