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  The Shell of Sense

  Olivia Howard Dunbar

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  First published in Harper’s Magazine in 1908, The Shell of Sense is a quietly devastating supernatural tale that explores what remains of love, jealousy, and moral awareness after death. 
  Newly released from the physical world, a woman finds herself lingering invisibly within her former home—watching, thinking, feeling with an unnerving clarity she never possessed in life. As she observes her husband and her sister moving through grief, tenderness, and unspoken devotion, she begins to understand how limited her living perceptions once were—and how dangerous her lingering emotions have become. 
  This is not a story of rattling chains or violent hauntings. It is a ghost story of consciousness, of the pain of knowing too much too late, and of the fragile boundaries between possession and love, pity and control. The haunting unfolds through psychological tension and moral reckoning rather than spectacle, culminating in a quiet, transcendent release that reframes loss, loyalty, and forgiveness. 
  Narrated with restraint and emotional intelligence by Myriam Berger, The Shell of Sense is a luminous Edwardian meditation on perception beyond death—a haunting of conscience rather than place, and a classic of literary supernatural fiction that lingers long after it ends.

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  Twilight Alley - An early 20th...

  Stefan Zweig

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  Stefan Zweig was born on the 28th November 1881 in Vienna, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and into a wealthy Jewish family with interests in banking and textiles. 
   
  He studied philosophy at the University of Vienna and achieved his degree in 1904. 
   
  Zweig first published in 1900 and two decades later was a popular and highly regarded author in many parts of the world, although not in England.    
   
  During the Great War he served in the Archives of the Ministry of War and supported Austria's war effort through his writings in the ‘Neue Freie Presse’.  Whilst his work praised his Country’s progress and, on occasions, its excesses and massacres, he later claimed, in his memoir, that he was a pacifist. 
   
  In 1912 he began an affair with the married, and mother or two, Friderike Maria von Winternitz, but it was only in 1920 that circumstances allowed them to marry.  She took care of much of his business interests and supported him artistically.  In this decade too many of his most famous works including the short stories; ‘Amok’, and ‘Letter from an Unknown Woman’ (filmed in 1948 by Max Ophüls), novels; ‘Confusion of Feelings’ and biographies including that on Marie Antoinette (filmed by MGM in 1938) were published. 
   
  He was also the librettist with Richard Strauss of two operas and a keen collector of autographed musical manuscripts.  His collection of over two hundred pieces was later donated to the British Library.  
   
  In 1934, Zweig, as a Jew, and finding life very difficult under his anti-Semitic government and the neighbouring Nazi’s persuaded him to leave Austria for England.   
   
  In 1940 Zweig, now divorced and married to his second wife, and former secretary, Lotte Altmann, left London and via New York moved to Petrópolis, a German-colonized town 50 miles north of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.  Although he continued to write he became, along with his wife, increasingly depressed about the situation in Europe and the future for humanity,  
   
  His memoir ‘The World of Yesterday’ was completed on the 22nd February 1942. 
   
  The following day the Zweig’s were found in their house dead of a barbiturate overdose, holding each other’s hand.  He was 60.

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  Women Who Wrote - Stories and...

  Louisa May Alcott, Jane Austen,...

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  Meet the women who wrote.   
  They wrote against all odds. Some wrote defiantly; some wrote desperately. Some wrote while trapped within the confines of status and wealth. Some wrote hand-to-mouth in abject poverty. Some wrote trapped in a room of their father’s house, and some went in search of a room of their own. They had lovers and families. They were sometimes lonely. Many wrote anonymously or under a pseudonym for a world not yet ready for their genius and talent.   
  We know many of their names—Austen and Alcott, Brontë and Browning, Wheatley and Woolf—though some may be less familiar.  They are here, waiting to introduce themselves.  
  They marched through the world one by one or in small sisterhoods, speaking to each other and to us over distances of place and time. Pushing back against the boundaries meant to keep us in our place, they carved enough space for themselves to write. They made space for us to follow. Here they are gathered together, an army of women who wrote and an arsenal of words to inspire us. They walk with us as we forge our own paths forward.     
  These women wrote to change the world. The perfect keepsake gift for the reader in your lifeAnthology of stories and poemsBook length: approximately 90,000 words

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  Jane Eyre - A Courageous Journey...

  Charlotte Brontë

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  From the moment Jane Eyre steps into the harsh world of Victorian England, her story captivates with courage, resilience, and a relentless search for love and self-respect. This timeless audiobook brings to life one of the most enduring classics in literature, combining rich gothic romance with a heroine whose strength and independence continue to inspire generations. Listeners searching for classic romance audiobooks and Victorian literature will find themselves immersed in a narrative that resonates across time. 
  As you follow Jane from the orphaned hardships of Gateshead to the complex halls of Thornfield Hall, you experience a profound journey of personal growth and emotional discovery. This audiobook allows you to witness how determination, moral integrity, and self-discovery shape a life defined by courage and love. Along the way, you gain insights into female empowerment classics, Gothic romance, and the enduring appeal of stories that explore both heart and principle. 
  Listeners of this audiobook will enjoy:Experiencing a deeply emotional and transformative story of love, independence, and self-worthUnderstanding the struggles and triumphs of a strong, principled heroine navigating Victorian societyEngaging with themes of moral courage, personal growth, and enduring human resilienceImmersing in a richly atmospheric setting brought vividly to life through narration 
  Written by Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre has endured for over a century as a literary masterpiece. Its exploration of love, morality, and self-discovery remains profoundly relevant, cementing its place as a cornerstone of classic literature. This audiobook preserves the elegance, depth, and emotional intensity of the original text while offering a listening experience that feels immediate and alive

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  A Pelican at Blandings

  P. G. Wodehouse

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  Clarence, ninth Earl of Emsworth, sank back in his chair looking like the good old man in a Victorian melodrama whose mortgage the villain had just foreclosed. He felt the absence of that gentle glow which customarily accompanied the departure of one of his sisters. Lord Emsworth needed Galahad. There are tricky corners to be rounded and assorted godsons, impostors, and pretty girls to be paired off. Fortunately, many years' membership of the Pelican Club means the Honourable Galahad Threepwood is able to keep cool, stiffen his upper lip, and always think a shade quicker than the next man.

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  Witch's Loaves - From their pens...

  O Henry

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  William Sydney Porter was born on 11th September 1862 in Greensboro, North Carolina. At age 3 his mother died from tuberculosis. From an early age it was clear Porter had a large appetite for reading as he absorbed the world around him. 
  He first attended at a school run by his aunt before enrolling at the Lindsey Street High School and then worked at his uncle’s drugstore and gained a pharmacists’ license in 1881.  
  A persistent cough took him to Texas in the hope that a change of climate would help his symptoms. He took on various types of work, initially from ranch hand and cook and then as varied as pharmacist, draftsman, bank teller and journalist. He also began to write, though for now, purely as a hobby. 
  He was a member of several singing and dramatic groups when he met 17 year old Athol Estes, daughter of a wealthy Austin family. Despite her mother’s objection owing to Athol’s tuberculosis, they began courting and in July 1887, they eloped and soon married. 
  Athol, impressed by his writing, encouraged him to get them published. A job as a draftsman at the Texas General Land Office paid a healthy $100 dollars per month and life was good. 
  But then life turned cruel. His son died a few hours after birth although a daughter, Margaret, came the following year.  His job had to be vacated but another was found at the First National Bank of Austin. The bank operated informally and Porter was careless in keeping the books. He lost that job but began writing for the humourous weekly The Rolling Stone and the Houston Post. Some time later the federal Bank auditors went through his former accounts and he was arrested on charges of embezzlement. 
  Porter fled the day before his trial to Honduras. Holed up for several months he began to write.  Athol had become too ill to travel to meet him and learning that her health was deteriorating he surrendered to the court in February 1897.  Bail was obtained so that he could stay with Athol during her final days.  
  Porter was sentenced to five years at the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus. His pharmacy qualifications got him the job of night druggist.  His sentence also gave him time to write and publish fourteen short stories. In December 1899 in McClure’s Magazine he published a short story as O Henry.  
  He was released two years early in July 1901, and reunited with Margaret, now 11, in Pittsburgh.  He now began his most prolific period of writing; a short story per week for the New York World, while also publishing works in other magazines.  Eventually over 600 of his short stories were published. 
  Porter was a heavy drinker and in 1908 his health, which had deteriorated for several years, took a dramatic turn for the worse, as did his writing.  
  O Henry died of cirrhosis of the liver complicated by diabetes and an enlarged heart on 5th June 1910.

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