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  The Miniature - From their pens...

  J Y Ackerman

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  The bookshelves of British literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors.  From these Isles their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure.  Among them is J Y Ackerman.

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  A Midsummer Night's Dream

  William Shakespeare

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  "The course of true love never did run smooth."
  
  Step into a moonlit forest where the lines between reality and illusion blur. William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream is a dazzling celebration of love, magic, and the hilarious unpredictability of the human heart. When four young lovers flee the rigid laws of Athens for an enchanted wood, they unwittingly stumble into a civil war between the King and Queen of the Fairies.
  
  With the mischievous Puck pulling the strings and a magical flower juice causing havoc, the lovers find themselves in a tangled web of mistaken identities and sudden passions. Meanwhile, a group of bumbling amateur actors, led by the unforgettable Nick Bottom, prepares a play for the Duke's wedding—only to have Bottom transformed into a donkey by the playful sprites.
  
  This definitive edition captures the lyrical beauty and slapstick humor that has made this play a favorite for over four centuries. From the ethereal beauty of the fairy kingdom to the high-stakes drama of the Athenian court, A Midsummer Night's Dream remains the ultimate exploration of the madness of love.
  
  Lose yourself in the magic. Buy "A Midsummer Night's Dream" today and experience the world's greatest comedy.

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  Kate Chopin - A Short Story...

  Kate Chopin

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  Katherine O'Flaherty was born on the 8th February 1850 in St Louis, Missouri to parents of French and Irish descent. 
  At age 5, she was sent to the Sacred Heart Academy and, apart from a 2 year period at home when her father died, remained there until graduating in 1868.  Whilst there she began writing and became an avid reader of almost anything that crossed her path.   
  Kate married Oscar Chopin in 1870 and the couple moved to New Orleans, and later to the rural setting of Cloutierville, Louisiana to raise their 6 children.  
  In 1882 her husband died leaving her in a deep trench of debt.  Despite her best efforts to turn the businesses around they were sold, and she moved the family back to St Louis and the financial help of her mother.  Sadly, her mother died within the year.  Kate, now struggling with depression, pushed herself to write and gained a local reputation as a writer of short stories that captured the local color and vibrancy of her surroundings.   
  By the early 1890’s her short stories were published nationally.  With this widespread audience also came negative reviews, controversy, and cries of immorality as themes such as interracial relationships, the rights of women and other burning issues of the day were written about. 
  Despite the criticism, which unnerved her, she continued to write though in the main her works, around 100 short stories and two novels, were not attributed with any literary worth. 
  Kate Chopin died from a brain haemorrhage in St Louis Missouri on the 22nd of August 1904.  She was 54. 
  For much of the 20th Century her work was forgotten and out of print.  It was only in early 1970’s, with the rise of feminism and the call for a more just society that she was given the status her works had long described and shone a literary light at.  She is now safely revered as one of America’s great authors.

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  The Decameron Volume I

  Giovanni Boccaccio

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  "The Decameron" is a collection of novellas by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio, written between 1348 and 1353. It is a masterpiece of Italian literature and a significant work of early Renaissance literature. The frame narrative of "The Decameron" revolves around ten individuals who flee plague-ridden Florence and take refuge in a villa in the countryside. To pass the time, they tell one another stories—100 in total—over the course of ten days. These stories encompass a wide range of themes, from love and morality to wit and humor, and they offer a vivid portrayal of Italian society in the 14th century.

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  The Stranger

  Ambrose Bierce

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  🎬 Experience the atmospheric visual edition plus narrator intro and outro of this tale by searching 'Jonathan Dunne Horror' on YouTube.  
  Title: The Stranger 
  Series Name: Timeless Terrors 
  Series Entry: 117 
  Author: Ambrose Bierce 
  Narrator: Jonathan Dunne 
  Original Publication: 1893 
  Public Domain: Yes 
  Description: 
  The Stranger is a haunting Civil War tale of grief, memory, and spectral visitation set amid the quiet desolation of a rural Tennessee plantation. 
  The story centers on a Confederate soldier who returns home after the war, weary and altered by the horrors he has witnessed. Seeking refuge in the familiarity of family and hearth, he instead encounters something deeply unsettling — a silent, enigmatic figure whose presence stirs unease and long-buried sorrow. As evening shadows lengthen and conversation turns toward loss and the cost of conflict, the boundaries between the living and the dead begin to blur. 
  In this somber and atmospheric narrative, Ambrose Bierce explores themes of unresolved grief, the psychological scars of war, and the fragile veil separating this world from the next. With quiet restraint and mounting dread, the story builds toward a revelation both poignant and chilling, leaving the listener with a lingering sense of the uncanny. 
  Narrated by Amazon bestselling horror author Jonathan Dunne, this performance captures the story’s restrained tension, elegiac tone, and eerie subtlety, bringing Bierce’s meditation on loss and remembrance vividly to life.

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  George Orwell 1984+

  George Orwell

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  It was George Orwell's early writing that helped shape his worldview and writing style. Here we focus on his works "The Spike" and "A Hanging," and his time as a police officer in Burma. Orwell's first published work was an essay titled "The Spike," which appeared in 1931. The essay is a vivid and harrowing account of his time spent in a homeless shelter in London. Orwell, who was struggling financially at the time, chose to experience a homeless shelter firsthand, and his account is an indictment of the dehumanizing conditions he encountered. In "The Spike," Orwell describes the brutal reality of life in the shelter, where men were treated like animals and forced to endure hunger, cold, and violence. "Shooting An Elephant" is too tragically eye-opening.This would later inform his political views and writing, particularly his belief in the importance of social justice and his struggle against oppression. In his essay "How the Poor Die," Orwell describes his observations of the poor and their struggle with illness and death. He portrays a society where the poor are neglected and left to suffer in silence and without dignity. This essay is another example of Orwell's commitment to social justice and his belief in the importance of empathy and compassion. In 1931, Orwell joined the Indian Imperial Police in Burma, where he served for five years. There he witnessed the brutal realities of colonialism and oppression. In his essay A Hanging," (1931), Orwell recounts the experience of attending the execution of a prisoner. Orwell describes the prisoner's final moments with empathy and his account of the execution is a moving critique of the dehumanizing effects of state-sanctioned violence.Orwell's experiences with poverty oppression and violence informed his later political and social beliefsAs read by Emmy-nominated actor Geoffrey Giuliano. With a full biography of Orwell and selected quotations.

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