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  The Swimmer

  John Cheever

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  Here is one of twelve magnificent stories, originally part of The John Cheever Audio Collection, in which John Cheever celebrates—with unequaled grace and tenderness—the deepest feelings we have. 
  As Cheever writes in his preface, ""These stories seem at times to be stories of a long-lost world when the city of New York was still filled with a river light, when you heard the Benny Goodman quartets from a radio in the corner stationery store, and when almost everybody wore a hat.""

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  Tender is the Night (Unabridged)

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

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  Dick and Nicole Diver are a glamorous couple who rent a villa in the South of France and surround themselves with a coterie of American expatriates. Rosemary Hoyt, a 17-year-old actress, and her mother are staying at a nearby resort. Rosemary becomes infatuated with Dick and becomes close to Nicole.

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  The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

  Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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  While contemplating his life and deeming himself ridiculous, a man on the verge of suicide is interrupted by a young girl begging for his help. In his dark mood, he brushes her away, but when he returns home to commit the act he cannot move past his feelings of guilt over his treatment of the girl.
  
  The Dream of a Ridiculous Man was adapted into a 1990 BBC production entitled The Dream, starring Jeremy Irons.
  
  Fyodor Dostoyevsky was a Russian novelist, journalist, and short-story writer who had an immense influence on 20th-century fiction. He is commonly regarded as one of the finest novelists who ever lived, penning classics that include: Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, Demons, and The Brothers Karamazov. His ideas profoundly shaped literary modernism, existentialism, and various schools of psychology, theology, and literary criticism.

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  After Many a Summer Dies the...

  Aldous Huxley

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  A Hollywood millionaire with a terror of death, whose personal physician happens to be working on a theory of longevity—these are the elements of Huxley's caustic and entertaining satire on man's desire to live indefinitely. 
   
  "A highly sensational plot that will keep astonishing you to practically the final sentence." —The New Yorker.

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  The House At Pooh Corner

  A. A. Milne

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  "The House at Pooh Corner" is a classic children's book written by A.A. Milne, first published in 1928. This enchanting work is the second collection of stories featuring the beloved characters from the Hundred Acre Wood, including Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, Tigger, and Christopher Robin. Set in the idyllic and timeless world of the Hundred Acre Wood, the book is a series of episodic tales that revolve around the endearing adventures and friendships of Winnie the Pooh and his companions. The stories are often gentle, whimsical, and infused with a sense of innocence. 
   
  The "House at Pooh Corner" refers to the residence of Eeyore, one of the characters in the stories. It becomes a central gathering place for the friends as they embark on various escapades and share moments of joy, reflection, and camaraderie. The house symbolizes the warmth and comfort of friendship that permeates the entire narrative. One of the poignant themes of the book is the passage of time and the inevitable changes that come with growing up. Christopher Robin, the human friend of the animals, is on the cusp of leaving childhood behind, and this transition is delicately explored in the stories. The tales capture the bittersweet essence of growing up while cherishing the enduring qualities of friendship. 
   
  Milne's writing style is whimsical and filled with gentle humor, making it accessible to both children and adults. The characters' distinct personalities come to life through Milne's charming prose, and E.H. Shepard's iconic illustrations further contribute to the timeless appeal of the book. Here" is a celebration of friendship, imagination, and the simple joys of life. It has become a cherished classic in children's literature, continuing to enchant readers of all ages with its endearing characters and timeless charm.

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  The Stranger of the Night - A...

  Edgar Wallace

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  Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was born on the 1st April 1875 in Greenwich, London.  Leaving school at 12 because of truancy, by the age of fifteen he had experience; selling newspapers, as a worker in a rubber factory, as a shoe shop assistant, as a milk delivery boy and as a ship’s cook.  
   
  By 1894 he was engaged but broke it off to join the Infantry being posted to South Africa. He also changed his name to Edgar Wallace which he took from Lew Wallace, the author of Ben-Hur.  
   
  In Cape Town in 1898 he met Rudyard Kipling and was inspired to begin writing. His first collection of ballads, The Mission that Failed! was enough of a success that in 1899 he paid his way out of the armed forces in order to turn to writing full time.  
   
  By 1904 he had completed his first thriller, The Four Just Men. Since nobody would publish it he resorted to setting up his own publishing company which he called Tallis Press. 
    
  In 1911 his Congolese stories were published in a collection called Sanders of the River, which became a bestseller. He also started his own racing papers, Bibury’s and R. E. Walton’s Weekly, eventually buying his own racehorses and losing thousands gambling.  A life of exceptionally high income was also mirrored with exceptionally large spending and debts.  
   
  Wallace now began to take his career as a fiction writer more seriously, signing with Hodder and Stoughton in 1921. He was marketed as the ‘King of Thrillers’ and they gave him the trademark image of a trilby, a cigarette holder and a yellow Rolls Royce. He was truly prolific, capable not only of producing a 70,000 word novel in three days but of doing three novels in a row in such a manner. It was estimated that by 1928 one in four books being read was written by Wallace, for alongside his famous thrillers he wrote variously in other genres, including science fiction, non-fiction accounts of WWI which amounted to ten volumes and screen plays. Eventually he would reach the remarkable total of 170 novels, 18 stage plays and 957 short stories. 
   
  Wallace became chairman of the Press Club which to this day holds an annual Edgar Wallace Award, rewarding ‘excellence in writing’.  
   
  Diagnosed with diabetes his health deteriorated and he soon entered a coma and died of his condition and double pneumonia on the 7th of February 1932 in North Maple Drive, Beverly Hills. He was buried near his home in England at Chalklands, Bourne End, in Buckinghamshire.

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