Publisher: Arthur Conan Doyle
"The Adventure of the Devil's Foot" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. It is one of eight stories in the cycle collected as His Last Bow. Doyle ranked "The Adventure of the Devil's Foot" ninth in his list of his twelve favorite Holmes stories.
Smitten with a beautiful and cultivated young woman, a bright but uncultured sailor determines to better himself intellectually and socially. Martin Eden turns his attention and energy from drinking and brawling to an aggressive pursuit of self-education through reading. Martin's determined striving leads to a resolve to become a writer himself, but his success comes at the price of disillusionment, leaving him stranded between his proletariat origins and the bourgeois world. Originally published in 1909, Jack London's semi-autobiographical novel reflects the painful struggles with learning that led to his eventual achievement of literary fame. Martin Eden addresses the author's internal conflict between his dream of a cooperative socialist utopia and his survival-of-the-fittest evolutionary views. Widely considered London's most mature work, the book abounds in memorable characters and settings as well as thought-provoking explorations of the nature of love, the importance of remaining true to personal aspirations rather than others' expectations, and the injustice of class divisions.Show book
Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935) championed women’s rights. Discover three of her works unabridged: The Yellow Wallpaper, which explored postpartum depression; the feminist utopian Herland; and Women and Economics, which established her as a sociologist, philosopher, ethicist, and social critic. Joins the Gibbs Smith Women's Voices series.Show book
HorrorBabble's complete "Horror at Sea" collection. 15 nautical nightmares: from the discovery and subsequent investigation of a mysterious vessel in The Derelict; to the terrifying ordeal of a lighthouse keeper stationed at the remote, Three Skeleton Key. "There’ll be restless nights for thee, upon these seven seas…" Contents: The Derelict by W. H. Hodgson (Red Magazine, Dec 1912) The Ocean Ogre by D. Carroll (Weird Tales, July 1937) -- A stranded ship. Ghouls of the Sea by J. B. S. Fullilove (WT, March 1934) -- Death aboard the "Kay Marie". The Voice in the Night by W. H. Hodgson (Blue Book Magazine, Nov 1907) -- A schooner, approached in the night. The Black, Dead Thing by F. B. Long (WT, Oct 1933) -- A dreadful thing came aboard the ship. The Temple by H. P. Lovecraft (WT, Sep 1925) -- A submarine on a strange descent. The Lure of Atlantis by J. M. Nichols, Jr. (WT, April 1925) -- An expedition into a lost city. The Uncharted Isle by C. A. Smith (WT, Nov 1930) -- A sailor lost at sea. The Night Ocean by H. P. Lovecraft (Californian, Winter 1936) -- An artist, unsettled by the ocean. Fire in the Galley Stove by W. Outerson (Atlantic, May 1937) -- An attack on the "Unicorn". The Black Kiss by R. Bloch (WT, June 1937) -- The thing that swam in black waters. Lost by A. M. Schnirring (WT, July 1943) -- A tale of the marshes. The Thing in the Weeds by W. H. Hodgson (Story-teller, Jan 1913) -- A Sargasso Sea story. The Brain-Eaters by F. B. Long (WT, June 1932) -- A horror from four-dimensional space. Three Skeleton Key by G. G. Toudouze (Esquire, Jan 1937)Show book
This early work by H. G. Wells was originally published in 1894. "In the Avu Observatory" is a short story of a man working in an observatory in Borneo who gets attacked by a strange bat-like creature.Show book
First published in 1892, Charlotte Perkins Gilman's semi-autobiographical story The Yellow Wallpaper is her best known work. Written from the perspective of a woman suffering post-partum psychosis, it draws the listener into a world which is both terrifying and fascinating, where strange events occur and where even the wallpaper takes on a sinister and creepy significance. The narration and language are masterful, but it is the way the listener is invited to empathise and almost experience the mental illness first hand which make a lasting impression.Show book
A flustered man gives a young woman some papers. Then the Lusitania sinks, and the young woman disappears. The result is a chain of events that could topple the very government. Meanwhile, Tommy and Tuppence, dear old friends, get to comparing notes. They find that neither one has two coppers to rub together, even if they wanted to. They form the company of Young Adventurers, LTD, and adventure comes knocking. With a bevy of colorful banter along the way, Tommy and Tuppence tackle a colorful cadre of villains, spies, and murderers with punchy British pluck.Show book
