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  The Burial of the Rats

  Bram Stoker

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  Title: The Burial of the Rats 
  Series Name: Timeless Terrors 
  Series Entry: 140 
  Author: Bram Stoker 
  Narrator: Jonathan Dunne 
  Original Publication: 1896 
  Public Domain: Yes 
  Description: 
  The Burial of the Rats is a grim and suffocating tale of desperation, decay, and the hidden horrors that fester beneath the surface of civilization. Set in the shadowy outskirts of Paris, the story follows a wandering artist who strays too far into a desolate quarter where society’s forgotten souls dwell among refuse and ruin. 
  At first, the place seems merely squalid — a wasteland of dust-heaps and ragged figures scratching out a living from what others have cast aside. But as the artist ventures deeper, he becomes aware of something far more sinister lurking beneath the filth: watchful eyes, silent pursuit, and a growing sense that he has crossed into a domain where mercy does not exist. 
  What begins as curiosity turns to dread, and dread to sheer terror, as he realizes he is no longer an observer… but prey. 
  Stoker crafts a relentless descent into panic and claustrophobia, where the boundaries between human and scavenger blur, and escape becomes a desperate race against something unspeakably patient. In this world of rot and ruin, even the smallest misstep may lead to a fate far worse than death — a fate that waits, hungry and unseen, beneath the rats.

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  The Metropolitan Touch

  P. G. Wodehouse

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  Dealing with the romantic impulses of Bingo Little is usually where sanity ends and Bertie Wooster's wardrobe begins to suffer.
  In The Metropolitan Touch, clueless high-society confidence collides head-on with the stubborn realities of a country parish. The panic arrives via a frantic cry for help from Bingo, who has fallen in love with a lady of a dangerously serious nature. Desperate to impress her, he decides to unleash his so-called city sophistication on the local countryside, dragging Bertie along as a highly reluctant accomplice. What follows is a brilliant game of romantic chess where every player thinks they are a grandmaster, yet no one has any idea where the pieces actually are.
  You don't listen to this story for the adrenaline; you listen for the flawless deadpan delivery and the crisp, snobbish charm of the narrative. It is sharp, wonderfully atmospheric, and deliciously doomed from the very first sentence.

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  The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

  Mark Twain

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  "The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up."
  The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is considered one of the great American novels, an entertaining combination of coming-of-age story and adventure yarn that provides a humorous yet critical commentary on the social issues of its day.
  
  Tom Sawyer – full of mischief but pure of heart – lives with his aunt and half-brother in small-town Missouri on the banks of the Mississippi river. His days are filled with treasure hunts and adventure, often in company with his friend, Huck Finn, the son of the town drunk. But Tom and Huck's carefree lives are changed when they witness a murder and the darkness of the adult world impinges upon Tom's harmless childhood adventures.
  
  More than just a tale of youthful adventure, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer presents a vivid portrait of friendship, freedom, and the joys of discovery as we follow its young protagonist on his journey from childhood to maturity.
  Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain (1835–1910), grew up along the banks of the Mississippi River, and his early experiences inspired many of his most famous works, including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Widely celebrated as America's greatest humorist, Twain captured the spirit of a rapidly changing nation, and his sharp wit, keen eye for human nature, and gift for storytelling made him not only a beloved novelist but also a popular lecturer and essayist.
  
  Twain's innovative style, character-driven storytelling and ability to interweave humour with profound social critique laid the groundwork for modern American literature and has inspired countless authors, including Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Indeed, Hemingway famously declared that "all modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn."
  Please note that this story includes language and stereotypical character portrayals that reflect the time at which it was written.

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  The Interlopers - From their...

  Saki Saki

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  Hector Hugh Munro, more familiarly known by his pen-name ‘Saki’ was born in what was then Akyab in British Burma on 18th December 1870. His father was an Inspector General for the Indian Imperial Police, and his mother the daughter of a Rear Admiral. 
  When he was 2 his mother died and he and his siblings were sent back to England to be raised by their grandmother and paternal maiden aunts in a strict, puritanical household near Barnstaple, Devon. Educated by governesses Saki used many of these women as character models for his later writing. 
  At 17 his father retried and returned to England and then embarked on a series of European travels with Saki and his siblings. 
  After a short stint working in Burma with the Indian Imperial Police Saki decided to move to London to make a living as a writer. Initially he wrote as a journalist for a number of newspapers and magazines before attempting an historical study, ‘The Rise of the Russian Empire’, whose real value lay in directing him to writing short stories instead, the first of which, ‘Dogged’, he published in 1899. 
  From here it was a short stab of the pen to writing political satire before in 1902 he became the foreign correspondent for The Morning Post, first in the Balkans, then Russia, Paris and back to London in 1908, where 'the agreeable life of a man of letters with a brilliant reputation awaited him.'  
  Collections of his short stories full of witty, mischievous and often macabre stories that satirized Edwardian society and two novels now appeared in the years up to the Great War.  At its’ outbreak he was 43 but managed to join as an ordinary trooper. More than once he returned to the battlefield when officially too sick or injured.  
  On 14th November 1916 Hector Hugh Munro was sheltering in crater during the Battle of the Ancre, when he was shot and killed by a German sniper. According to several sources, his last words were "Put that bloody cigarette out!"

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  Rashomon - From their pens to...

  Ryunosuke Akutagawa

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  Ryūnosuke Niihara was born in Kyōbashi, Tokyo in Japan on the 1st March 1892.  Sadly, his mother suffered severe mental illness after his birth and so, at only eight months old, he was sent to be raised by his maternal uncle and aunt, from whom he received the Akutagawa family name.  
  He was fascinated by classical Chinese literature from his early years and began writing after entering what was then the Tokyo Imperial University in 1913 to study English Literature.   
  The following year Akutagawa and his friends revived the literary journal ‘New Currents of Thought’ which published their own works and translations of such icons as W B Yeats and Anatole France. 
  Akutagawa published "Rashōmon" in 1915 and whilst it was disliked by his friends everyone else knew better.  As other short stories followed so did his growing literary reputation as the father of the Japanese short story. 
  Much of his work reinterpreted former classical works and incidents and this, melded with his strong dislike of naturalism, produced a writer of rare and genuine quality.  His character palette featured strong and domineering women, mainly based on his mother and the aunt who helped raise him. 
  In 1921, he spent four months in China as a reporter.  Whilst there his health was compromised by several illnesses and both his physical and mental health spiralled downwards.  He began to suffer from hallucinations and dreaded that he might have inherited his mother’s mental disorders.  
  Although he survived one suicide attempt Ryūnosuke Akutagawa died on the 24th July 1927 in Tokyo from an overdose of Veronal, a barbiturate.  He was 35.

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  The Baroness of Cabo Verde -...

  Affonso Botelho

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  The bookshelves of European literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors.  From this continent their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure.  Among them is Affonso Botelho.

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