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  The Devil's Pool

  George Sand

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  George Sand (the pen name of Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin 1804-1876) is famous for flaunting the convertions of behaviour expected of women of her standing in France at the time and for her numerous romantic liaisons including her long standing affair with Frederic Chopin. The Devil’s Pool (published in 1846 as La Mare au Diable) is one of several short pastoral novels drawn from her childhood experiences in the rural French region of Berri. It tells the story of a young widower, Germain, who, at the insistence of his father-in-law, sets out to remarry so that he will have someone to help raise his three young children. (Summary by J. M. Smallheer) 
  Une version française est disponible : La mare au diable.

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  Dark Dignum - From their pens to...

  Bernard Capes

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  Bernard Edward Joseph Capes was born on the 30th August 1854 in London.  He was one of 11 children. 
  His early work was as a journalist and this developed into writing many short stories for the periodicals of the time including Blackwood's, Cassell's, Cornhill Magazine, Illustrated London News, Macmillan's Magazine, Mall Magazine, Pearson's Magazine, The Idler, and The Queen. 
  It took him many years to decide that writing full-time could be a sustainable career path.  His initial success came with ‘The Mill of Silence’.  As well as being published it garnered second prize at a competition sponsored by the Chicago Record.  He exceeded that by winning it the following year with ‘The Lake of Wine’.   
  Capes quickly became both prolific and popular.  As well as his stories and articles for the periodicals he wrote around 40 volumes across novels, poetry, history as well as romance and mystery novels. 
  Bernard Capes died on 2nd November 1918 in the flu epidemic.

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  Napoleon and the Spectre - From...

  Charlotte Brontë

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  The bookshelves of British literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors.  From these Isles their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure.  Charlotte Bronte still has worldwide fame for her novels and poetry and as the long surviving of the three sisters and a brother and their incredible literary talents from their home in Haworth in Yorkjshire.

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  The Hound

  H. P. Lovecraft

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  Title: The Hound 
  Author: H. P. Lovecraft 
  Narrator: Jonathan Dunne 
  Original Publication: 1924 
  Public Domain: Yes 
  Series Placement: Timeless Terrors No. 70 
  Description: 
  The Hound is one of H. P. Lovecraft’s most visceral and nightmarish tales — a relentless descent into obsession, blasphemy, and cosmic dread. Two decadent antiquarians, bored with the world of the living, seek forbidden thrills among the dead, desecrating ancient graves in their pursuit of aesthetic and occult sensation. But when they steal a mysterious amulet from a centuries-old tomb, they awaken something far older and more terrible than death itself. 
  What begins as intellectual arrogance spirals into paranoia and terror as an unseen pursuer stalks them across continents, heralded by baying winds, clawed footprints, and the growing certainty that some ancient guardian has been unleashed. Lovecraft’s prose is dense, feverish, and unrelenting — a pure expression of his philosophy that humanity is insignificant before the vast, indifferent horrors of the universe. 
  Narrated by Amazon-bestselling horror author Jonathan Dunne, this performance captures the story’s mounting hysteria, grotesque imagery, and suffocating sense of cosmic doom. While the original text is in the public domain, this narration and production are copyright © 2025 Jonathan Dunne. 
  Part of Timeless Terrors, a series devoted to reviving the most enduring and disturbing works of classic horror, The Hound is a grim warning against forbidden knowledge — and a reminder that some graves are guarded for a reason. 🐺

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  Foreordained - From their pens...

  Anthony Hope

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  Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins was born on 9th February 1863 in Clapton, London.  
  He was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead, Marlborough College and Balliol College, Oxford.  Hope trained as a lawyer and barrister and was called to the Bar by the Middle Temple in 1887. Despite what was thought to be a promising legal career he had literary ambitions and wrote in his spare time. 
  His early works appeared in various periodicals of the day but for his first book ‘A Man of Mark’ (1890), with no publisher interested, he published with his own resources.  
  More novels and short stories followed, including the mildly successful ‘Mr Witt's Widow’ in 1892. Hope even found time to run as the Liberal candidate for Wycombe in the election that same year but was unsuccessful. 
  His first major literary success came with ‘The Dolly Dialogues’, a collection of previously published magazine pieces followed very quickly by his instant classic, ‘The Prisoner of Zenda’. He now gave up the vestiges of his legal career to pursue writing full-time. 
  Despite never again reaching the same pinnacle of success he was popular and wrote prolifically across novels, plays and of course, short stories though his writing output rapidly diminished after the war. 
  In 1918 he was knighted for his contribution to propaganda efforts during World War I.  
  His short stories are delicate, mannered and often surprising with their wit, humour and interplay of characters who say one thing and usually mean another.  He was very definitely a writer of escapist rather than serious fare but they are no less enjoyable for that. 
  Anthony Hope died of throat cancer on 8th July 1933 at his country home, Heath Farm at Walton-on-the-Hill in Surrey. He was 70.

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  Anne of the Island

  Lucy Maud Montgomery

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  Anne Shirley’s adventures continue with new friends and a new setting as she fulfills her lifelong dream of attending college. Phillipa Gordon, Aunt Jamesina, Roy Gardner, a houseful of cats, and others become beloved friends. Through both wonderful and painful years at Redmond, Anne comes to an important realization about love that changes the course of her life.

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