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  Waverley

  Sir Walter Scott

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  Embark on an epic adventure through the Scottish Highlands with "Waverley" by Sir Walter Scott, a timeless tale of love, loyalty, and revolution. Set against the backdrop of the Jacobite uprising, this audiobook follows the journey of Edward Waverley, a young Englishman torn between his romantic ideals and the harsh realities of 18th-century Scotland. 
  Scott's masterful storytelling brings to life a rich tapestry of characters and landscapes, from the charismatic Highland clans to the political intrigues of the time. Through vivid descriptions and captivating dialogue, "Waverley" immerses listeners in a world of honor, betrayal, and the quest for personal identity. 
  Narrated with eloquence and passion, this audiobook preserves Scott's lyrical prose and narrative brilliance. Whether you're a history enthusiast, literature lover, or simply seeking an enthralling tale, "Waverley" promises an unforgettable listening experience. 
  Perfect for long journeys or quiet evenings, let "Waverley" transport you to a bygone era filled with adventure and romance.  
  Start Listening to "Waverley" today and lose yourself in one of the greatest novels of Scottish literature.

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  Benediction - From their pens to...

  F Scott itzgerald

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  Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born on 24th September 1896 in Saint Paul, Minnesota into an upper-middle class family. Whilst his mother was pregnant with him, his two young sisters tragically died.  Fitzgerald once said this was when his destiny as a writer was ordained. 
  His intelligence and talent was recognised from an early age, with his first story, about a detective being published in the school magazine when he was just 13.   
  In 1913 he enrolled at Princeton but his devotion to his own literary pursuits resulted in him leaving and, rather bizarrely, joining the Army.  In 1918, stationed at Fort Sheridan near Montgomery, Alabama he met and became infatuated and then inseparable from Zelda Sayre.  Initially though she refused to marry him but with the success of ‘This Side of Paradise’, the fame and the flow of money enabled them both to begin a gilded life.  For them this was The Jazz Age.  For Fitzgerald he was already an alcoholic. 
  He continued to write with great mastery and the titles of his novels and many of his 164 short stories are household names.  The Great Gatsby, often cited as The Great American Novel was published to mixed reviews.  As America moved from the Great Depression to the slaughter of the Second World War his works and himself were seen as far too entwined with the decadent twenties. The world had moved on and he hadn’t.   
  Further tragedy was never far from his life. Zelda after years of erratic and now intolerable behaviour was committed to an institution in 1936.  His own sales began to decline and he became a hack for hire in Hollywood, dependent on increasing amounts of booze and the weekly pay check.  His drunken state had often resulted in arrest or hospitalisation, further imperiling his talents.   Despite his contribution to many MGM films he received only one credit. 
  The end came all too soon for one of America’s greatest ever writers.  On 21st December 1940, at only 44 years of age in Hollywood, F Scott Fitzgerald succumbed to a heart attack.

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  The Diary of a God - From their...

  Barry Pain

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  Barry Eric Odell Pain was born at 3 Sydney Street in Cambridge on 28th September 1864. He was one of 4 children. 
  He was educated at Sedbergh School and then Corpus Christi College, Cambridge where he read classics and contributed to and edited Granta. 
  Four years of service as an Army coach followed before he moved to London. In 1889, Cornhill Magazine published his short story ‘The Hundred Gates’.  This opened the way for Pain to advance his literary career on several fronts. He became a contributor to Punch and The Speaker, as well as joining the staff of both the Daily Chronicle and Black and White.  
  In 1897 he succeeded Jerome K Jerome as editor of To-Day but still contributed regularly, until 1928, to the Windsor Magazine. 
  It is often said that Pain was discovered by Robert Louis Stevenson, who compared his work to that of Guy de Maupassant.  It’s an apt comparison. Pain was also a master of disturbing prose but able to inject parody and light comedy into many of his works.  A simple premise could in his hands suddenly expand into a world very real but somehow emotionally fraught and on the very edge of darkness as many of these short stories demonstrate.   
  Despite applying his talents to several genres and forms today Pain is more readily thought of, especially during the first decade of the 20th Century, as perhaps the leading British humorist of his day.  These stories reveal a darker side and beg to differ. 
  Barry Pain died on 5th May 1928 in Bushey, Hertfordshire.

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  Transformation and other stories...

  Mary Shelley

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  “But power, in all its shapes, is venerable to man. Awe, curiosity, a clinging fascination, drew me towards him.”

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  Two Tales from Stephen Crane -...

  Stephen Crane

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  Stephen Crane was an American novelist, poet and journalist. Crane is noted for his early employment of naturalism, a literary style in which characters face realistically portrayed and often bleak circumstances, but Crane added impressionistic imagery and biblical symbolism to the austere realism. Here are two of his most famous stories, The Open Boat and An Episode of War.

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  Heroes Heroines Mythos and...

  Anonymous, Mary E. Burt,...

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  About this AudiobookCover Design by David Earl DeWitt | ZacaPublishing.comAvailable at Spotify & Other Distributors!Public Domain Source Material was used in the Publication of this AudiobookAvailable at Spotify & Other Distributors! 
  -  “Heroes , Heroines, Mythos and Reality - 13 Stories of High Adventure” is Narrated by Kennedy Center Award winning actor Dennis Edward Delaney and contains classic adventures from literature, myth and real life! 
  Our Stories: 
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  1) The 7 Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor 
  by Anonymous 
  18the - 19th Century or 1914 
  2) Hercules 
  Adapted by Mary E. Burt and Zenaide A Ragozin 
  1900 
  3) Annie Oakley 
  Police Gazette (No byline) 
  May 14, 1892 
  4) Ursula Pendrill 
  by Evelyn Everett-Green 
  1903 
  5) Jesse Varcoe 
  by Evelyn Everett-Green 
  1903 
  6) Leiningen Versus the Ants 
  by Carl Stephenson 
  1937 
  7) Midwatch 
  by David Earl DeWitt 
  1978 
  8) Tarzan A Jungle Joke 
  by Edgar Rice Burroughs 
  1919 
  9) The Adventure of the Creeping Man 
  by Arthur Conan Doyle 
  1923 
  10) The Man Who Would Be King 
  by Rudyard Kipling 
  1888 
  11) The Mark of Zorro 
  by Johnston McCulley 
  1919 
  12) Thor's Day 
  by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 
  1863 
  13) A Desperate Street Fight 
  by Richard Rule 
  1881 
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