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  Anna Karenina part 2 - A...

  graf Leo Tolstoy

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  A glittering facade hides the devastating cost of forbidden passion. 
  In this breathtaking second installment of a transcendent masterpiece, Imperial Russian society is a stage set for profound tragedy and awakening. Anna Karenina has crossed the threshold of no return. Entangled in a deeply scandalous affair with the dashing Count Vronsky, she finds herself isolated by her cold, politically calculating husband and increasingly trapped by a society that demands absolute discretion. Meanwhile, in the rural expanse of the provinces, Konstantin Levin seeks solace in the earth, burying his heartache over Kitty's rejection in the grueling, honest rhythms of farming and the profound beauty of the Russian spring. As their contrasting lives unfold in parallel, choices must be made that will shatter prominent families, alter destinies, and fiercely test the bounds of human morality. 
  Why you will love this: A towering pinnacle of Literary Fiction, this gripping audiobook immerses you in rich, character-driven drama. Listeners who adore classic literature will be utterly captivated by its masterful social commentary, the agonizing beauty of its tragic love story, and a level of psychological depth that remains unmatched centuries later. 
  Historical Note: graf Leo Tolstoy is widely considered one of the greatest novelists of all time. His legendary ability to weave vast philosophical insights with the intimate, heartbreaking struggles of daily human life has permanently cemented his legacy as a titan of global literature.

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  Seated One Day at the Organ -...

  Sir Andrew Caldecott

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  Sir Andrew Caldecott was born on the 26th October 1884 in Boxley, Kent. 
  After studying at Uppingham school in Rutland he was awarded several scholarships that allowed him to accept a place for Exeter College at Oxford University. 
  After graduation in 1907 he joined the Colonial Office and was posted to Malaya.  His career in administration now followed a path of rising through the ranks till he eventually served as the Chief Secretary of the Federated Malay States from 1931. 
  In 1935, he was appointed as Governor of Hong Kong, and a year later, such was his reputation at handling difficult positions, he was reassigned to Ceylon as its Governor. 
  Caldecott was a writer of both histories, as in ‘History of Jelebu’ but is perhaps better known for his supernatural short story fiction in the collections ‘Not Exactly Ghosts’ and ‘Fires Burn Blue’. 
  He received numerous honours for his services including a Knighthood and a GCMG (Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George) in 1941.  
  Andrew Caldecott died on the 14th of July 1951 at Itchenor in Sussex.  He was 66.

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  Notes from the Underground (Part...

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

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  Groundbreaking and intensely provocative, 'Notes from the Underground' serves as a fierce ideological attack on nineteenth-century rationalism. The narrative isolates the thoughts of an embittered, unnamed retired civil servant living in St. Petersburg. Through his brilliant, contradictory, and deeply human monologues, Dostoevsky explores the limits of free will, the necessity of suffering, and the dark corners of the human ego. Narrated with flawless psychological depth by George Baker.

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  The Horse Dealer's Daughter -...

  D H Lawrence

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  David Herbert Lawrence was born on the 11th September 1885 in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, a coal mining town where the reality of a harsh life was only useful as experiences for future literary works. 
   
  He was educated at Beauvale Board School and became the first local boy to receive a scholarship to attend Nottingham High School. After 3 years he became a junior clerk in Haywood’s surgical appliances factory. He was also attempting a literary career which, in the short term, led to a teacher training position in Eastwood and later a teaching qualification from University College, Nottingham.  
   
  Lawrence’s first efforts were poems, short stories and a draft of ‘The White Peacock’. Moving to London and a teaching position in Croydon his writing attracted the attention of Ford Madox Ford, editor of The English Review, and he commissioned him to write ‘Odour of Chrysanthemums’.  
   
  Wanting to write full-time he now began work on what would become ‘Sons and Lovers.   
   
  In 1912 he met the older and married mother-of-three Frieda Weekley. They eloped to Germany and here Lawrence could see for himself the growing tensions with France.  So keen was his interest that he was arrested and accused of being a British spy.  
   
  In early 1914 Frieda obtained her divorce and they returned to Britain to be married just days before the outbreak of war. Owing to her German parentage, and his own public dislike of militarism and violence, the couple were treated with contempt and suspicion throughout the war years.  
   
  Despite this he continued to write but his reputation in England was so tarnished and, mirrored by his own disdain for the country, he and Frieda left England in November 1919, first for Europe and then America via Ceylon and Australia. 
   
  They bought a ranch in Taos, New Mexico and visited Mexico several times. The third visit in March 1925 caused a near fatal attack of malaria. To convalesce they moved to Florence. Here he continued work on ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ which for many years would cause controversy. A renewed interest in oil painting resulted in an exhibition in 1929 which was raided by the police and several works were confiscated.  
   
  D H Lawrence died of complications arising from a bout of tuberculosis on the 2nd of March 1930 in Vence, France.  He was 44. 
   
  In ‘The Horse Dealers daughter’ a young woman begins a relationship with a young doctor and a friend of her brothers.  What should be straight forward is intimately investigated by Lawrence’s foraging pen.

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  The Unparalleled Adventures of...

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  "The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall" (1835) is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. The story is regarded as one of the early examples of the modern science fiction genre. The story traces the journey of a voyage to the Moon.
  The story opens with the delivery to a crowd gathered in Rotterdam of a manuscript detailing the journey to the moon by Hans Pfaall. The letter is brought by balloon by an inhabitant of the moon. He had been sent by Pfaall to Rotterdam with the letter for Burgomaster Superbus Von Underduk after an absence of five years. The manuscript, which comprises the majority of the story, sets out in detail how Hans Pfaall, a mender of bellows, contrived to reach the Moon by benefit of a revolutionary new balloon and a device which compresses the vacuum of space into breathable air. The journey takes him nineteen days.

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  The System of Doctor Tarr and...

  H. P. Lovecraft

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  🎬 Experience the atmospheric visual edition of this tale by searching "Jonathan Dunne Horror" on YouTube. 
  Title: The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether 
  Series Name: Timeless Terrors 
  Series Entry: 137 
  Author: Edgar Allan Poe 
  Narrator: Jonathan Dunne 
  Original Publication: 1845 
  Public Domain: Yes 
  Description: 
  A curious visitor arrives at a secluded French asylum renowned for its humane treatment of patients. Welcomed by the staff, he is introduced to the peculiar “system” devised by Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether—a method said to replace harsh restraints with kindness and freedom. Yet as the evening unfolds, strange behavior and unsettling inconsistencies begin to surface. In this darkly satirical tale, Poe masterfully blurs the boundary between sanity and madness, building toward a shocking revelation that turns order into chaos and reason into absurdity.

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