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  George MacDonald

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  George MacDonald was born on December 10th 1824 at Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.  
  The MacDonald family had proud and long historical roots. His father, was a farmer, was a direct descendant of one of the families that suffered in the infamous massacre of 1692 when the Campbells set upon the MacDonalds. 
  George grew up with the Congregational Church, with its atmosphere of Calvinism to which George never really attached himself. A story often told is that the young George on hearing that life was already mapped out and pre-destined burst into tears and was only comforted by the re-assurance that he was one of the elect. 
  When he was only 8, his mother Helen died. His father re-married 7 years later in 1839. The next year George was successful in obtaining a bursary to study at King’s College in Aberdeen and from which he also received his M.A.  
  In 1846 George was first published, anonymously, but his poem was there in print in the Scottish Congregational Magazine. 
  In 1848 he attended Highbury Theological College to study for the Congregational ministry.  That same year he became engaged to Louisa Powell. An enduring relationship that would see them as life long companions coupled with a marriage of over fifty years. 
  By 1850 George was appointed as the pastor of Trinity Congregational Church in Arundel. His sermons were however sometimes at odds with the Church and their more segmented views.  
  It is also at this time that George’s health becomes a major concern.  In November he suffered what would be termed ‘a severe haemorrhage’.  However Louisa was by his side and her support and nursing ensured his recovery. 
  On March 8th 1851 George and Louisa married.  As a Christmas gift to friends later that year he had printed his translation of Twelve of the Spiritual Songs of Novalis. 
  The year of 1852 started on a very bright note with the birth of his daughter on January 4th – Lilia.  
  Meanwhile George preached that with God’s universal love and the possibility that none would, ultimately, fail to unite with God were deemed to be almost heretical by the Church elders and as a punishment his salary was cut in half in June of 1852. 
  In May 1853 George could no longer reconcile with the Church’s demands and he resigned from the pulpit. Interestingly in his later novels, such as Robert Falconer and Lilith, there is common theme for distaste at the idea that God's electing love is limited to some and denied to others running through. 
  Happier news for 1853 was the birth of his daughter Mary Josephine born on July 23rd. 
  And with this the family decided to move to Manchester where he continued his ministerial work but his health again deteriorated. Another daughter, Caroline Grace was born on September 16th 1854.  In 1855 his collection of poems ‘Within and Without’ was published.  
  On 20th January 1856 his son Greville was born. The year brought further good news when Lady Byron decided to become his patron. However his health once more deteriorated and the family moved to Algiers to recuperate over the winter. 
  The following spring he was back in London and teaching at the University of London. 
  On August 31st 1857 a fourth daughter, Irene, was born and the family decided to settle in Hastings. 
  1858 brought bitter sweet times. His brother and Father both died but another daughter, Winifrid Louisa was born and his classic work ‘Phantastes’ was published. 
  The following year, 1859, George returned again to London and became the Professor of English Literature at Bedford College. 
  The following few years brought several more children into the ever growing family and a growing literary reputation. 
  In 1869 George accepted the editorship of Good Words for the Young and embarked on a lecture tour of Scotland. 
  In 1871 ‘At the Back of the North Wind’ was published followed by such other classics as Wilfrid Cumbermede, The Princess and the Goblin and in 1876, Exotics. 
  In 1877 came the beginning of a new chapter in

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  20 000 Leagues Under the Sea by...

  Jules Verne

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  This is a radio version of the famous Jules Verne classic about Captain Nemo and his submarine, the Nautilus, scouring the oceans of the world in a mad search for vengeance. This 1 hour version was originally broadcast on Historyradio.org, and is narrated by Michael Henrik Wynn.

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  The Selfish Giant

  Oscar Wilde

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  The Selfish Giant owns a beautiful garden which has 12 peach trees and lovely fragrant flowers, in which children love to play after returning from school. On the giant's return after visiting his friend the Cornish Ogre for seven years, he takes offence at the children and builds a wall to keep them out.

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  Adventures of Huckleberry Finn -...

  Mark Twain

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  Huckleberry Finn is the original American maverick. He chooses the things that feel the most comfortable for him, regardless of what others may say. But when he is forced to flee his home, and comes into company with Jim, a runaway slave, his sound heart collides with his ill-trained conscience. Together, Huck and Jim journey down the Mississippi River, on an odyssey that has become one of the finest American Classics in the world of literature. This timeless novel is performed by award winning Classic Tales narrator B.J. Harrison. It is an event you won't want to miss.

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  History of New Brunswick

  Peter Fisher

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  This fascinating work by Peter Fisher was published in 1825 when the Province of New Brunswick was still very young; and that's actually what makes it invaluable! The interested listener get's to know - comprehensively and in detail - about things such as the country, settlements, institutions, productions, the climate, inhabitants, the government, towns, trade, revenue, population... Essential stuff for those of us with a very wide range of interests and passions. Artist Bio Author: Peter Fisher (1782-1848), was a merchant and a historian, living in the British Colony of New Brunswick. Artist Bio Jack Brown: Jack Brown is a passionate reader of classic and genre oriented literature. He enjoys creating high quality audio books.

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  Gobseck

  Honoré de Balzac

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  In Gobseck, Honoré de Balzac delivers a powerful and penetrating exploration of wealth, obsession, and the hidden machinery of society. Set in post-Napoleonic Paris, this masterful novella—part of Balzac's monumental collection La Comédie Humaine—examines the corrosive power of money and the moral compromises people make in pursuit of status and survival.
  
  At the center of the story stands Jean-Esther van Gobseck, an aging and enigmatic moneylender whose life revolves around one unwavering principle: gold rules the world. Cold, calculating, and emotionally detached, Gobseck has built his fortune by lending money to desperate aristocrats and ambitious social climbers, watching with clinical fascination as debt exposes their secrets, weaknesses, and hypocrisies. To him, human emotions—love, honor, loyalty—are mere illusions, all ultimately subject to the authority of money.
  
  The narrative unfolds through the perspective of a young lawyer, Derville, who recounts Gobseck's life and his dealings with the aristocratic Countess de Restaud. As the Countess spirals into financial and moral ruin to sustain her extravagant lifestyle and illicit passions, Gobseck becomes both witness and silent judge. Through this tragic entanglement, Balzac reveals the fragile façade of high society and the devastating consequences of greed, vanity, and unchecked desire.
  
  Yet Gobseck is more than a portrait of a miser. It is a profound meditation on capitalism, power, and human nature. Gobseck himself is a paradox—both predator and philosopher, villain and observer. Though he accumulates immense wealth, he lives in stark austerity, hoarding treasures he never uses, revealing the emptiness at the heart of his obsession. His life poses unsettling questions: Is wealth power, security, or prison? Can a person truly possess riches without being possessed by them?
  
  Balzac's sharp realism, vivid characterizations, and incisive social commentary make Gobseck a timeless study of ambition and morality. With psychological depth and keen insight into the financial and emotional transactions that govern human relationships, this novella remains strikingly relevant in a world still driven by profit and power.
  
  Dark, intelligent, and unflinchingly honest, Gobseck is a compelling exploration of the price of wealth—and the cost of losing one's soul in its pursuit.

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