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  The Duel and Other Stories

  Anton Chekhov

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  Anton Chekhov was a Russian short story writer and a playwright. His playwriting career produced four classics, while his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics alike. As his writing evolved, Chekhov made formal innovations that have influenced the evolution of the modern short story.This collection of short stories consists of "The Duel," "Excellent People," "Mire," "Expensive Lessons," "The Princess," and "The Chemist's Wife."

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  Madame Bovary

  Gustave Flaubert

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  Written over a century and a half ago, Madame Bovary is still an extraordinarily fresh, exciting and shockingly frank novel, at once an acute psychological study of a woman drawn into adultery through circumstances we can partly understand, and a sharply-observed comedy that offers a fascinating glimpse of the social and cultural divisions running through French provincial society in the mid nineteenth century. This translation is by Eleanor Marx-Aveling, a prominent social activist and literary translator. She was the youngest daughter of Karl Marx.Gustave Flaubert was a highly influential, he has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country. According to the literary theorist Kornelije Kvas, "in Flaubert, realism strives for formal perfection, so the presentation of reality tends to be neutral, emphasizing the values and importance of style as an objective method of presenting reality".He is known especially for his debut novel Madame Bovary (1857), his Correspondence, and his scrupulous devotion to his style and aesthetics. The celebrated short story writer Guy de Maupassant was a protégé of Flaubert. On the occasion of Flaubert's 198th birthday (12 December 2019), a group of researchers at CNRS published a neural language model under his name.

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  Betty Zane

  Zane Grey

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  Betty Zane is the story of the first settlers in the Ohio Valley and their fight for survival during the Revolutionary War. The British have organized and incited the various eastern tribes to attack American "Rebels" in this lesser-known theater of the war.  
  Betty is a fiery beauty whose quest for romance with Alfred Clarke is interrupted time and again by Indian raids and battles. In an unexpected twist, it is Betty who turns the tide at the final battle of Fort Henry.  
  Inspired by the life and adventures of his own great-great-grandmother, Betty Zane is Zane Grey's first novel. This and the other two books in the Ohio River series are considered some of Grey's best work.

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  The Brothers Karamazov

  Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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  "The most magnificent novel ever written." —Sigmund Freud"‘The Brothers Karamazov’ made a deep impression on me..." —James Joyce"Dostoyevsky is the only psychologist from whom I have anything to learn." —Friedrich Nietzsche"‘The Brothers Karamazov’ is maybe the greatest novel of all time." —Walker Percy"Dostoyevsky is one who has not only influenced me a lot, but that I have got a great deal of pleasure out of reading." —William FaulknerFyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky is regarded as one of the finest Russian authors of the modern era. The Brothers Karamazov was Dostoevsky's final novel, and considered by many to be his greatest. This audiobook edition of the classic is translated by Constance Garnett.

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  Sherlock Holmes: The Griffin...

  Pennie Mae Cartawick

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  Three Compelling Sherlock Holmes Mysteries in One Audioook. Narrated by the celebrity actor Simon Prebble who is also known as an award winner for the best voice in fiction.Story One: "Dirty Laundry in Paradise"For a moment, my estimation of the good Mr. Brae had increased somewhat, as I gathered he didn’t want one of his servants taking the blame for a deed the poor soul hadn’t perpetrated. I glanced at Holmes to determine his take on the situation, but I wasn’t surprised that he had taken little notice of Mr. Brae. “Would you pass the milk, Watson?” Ignoring the man completely as one could ignore a bumbling buffoon, as Holmes had dubbed him after our previous encounter. Dutifully, I passed him the cream which he slowly poured into his tea.Story Two: "Death in the Tropics of an English Explorer"“And I suppose you expect me to solve the whole case on that information alone? Surely there is something more you can give me.” Replied Holmes; quickly losing interest in the subject. Mycroft continued, “Suppose I said that it is possible, while studying the lives of an indigenous tribe known as the Koburu, that the great explorer, Sir Hughes Blakefield, was murdered in cold blood, poisoned with his evening scotch.Story Three: "Not So Merry in Good Ol' Scotland"I awoke groggily, the surroundings looking dim. My vision was blurry, and I wondered where I was. I tried to move my arms and legs, but they felt as heavy as lead. "Holmes?" My voice rang out through the dark room, until a light was shone in my face. I could scarcely see beyond it. I still could not move my arms, nor my legs, and a growing sense of fear took over my thoughts.

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  The Suitable Surroundings

  Ambrose Bierce

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  Can a tale of terror invoke such horror that under the right circumstances it can scare its reader to death? Two gentlemen are about to find out.

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