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  The Picture of Dorian Gray -...

  Oscar Wilde, Gerhard Symons

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  This is an abridged audiobook of The Picture of Dorian Gray in English. It is intended for intermediate English-language students (CEFR: level B1/B2). 
  This audiobook is a simplified version of the classic story by nineteenth-century playwright and novelist Oscar Wilde (1854-1900). 
  It is abridged and narrated by Gerhard Symons, a native English speaker with a neutral English accent. 
  The audiobook run time is five hours and fifty minutes (350 minutes). The audiobook is enhanced with appropriate sound effects throughout. 
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  WHAT WOULD YOU DO FOR ETERNAL YOUTH? 
  Victorian London. One afternoon, a beautiful young man is sitting in an artist’s studio. His name is Dorian Gray. He is discussing life in the company of friends. 
  One of his friends convinces him that youth and beauty are the most important things in life. Dorian Gray fears growing old and ugly. He accepts this idea without question, and decides to make a terrible deal with the devil… 
  Every sin that Dorian commits has a cost. Every picture must be seen. Every pleasure that Dorian enjoys has a price. And Dorian will pay a terrible price for eternal youth… 
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  The General's Will - An emotive...

  Vera Jelihovsky

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  The Ukrainian writer Vera Jelihovsky was born on the 29th April 1835.  At that time Ukraine, or Little Russia as it was also called, was part of the Russian Empire.   
   
  Vera was also the sister of Helena Blavatsky, herself a noted writer and a co-founder of the Theosophical Society. 
   
  As a writer Vera’s works rests mainly on her children’s stories and little of any of her work is known in the West.   
   
  ‘The General’s Will’ is a fascinating story of a dying man who tries, with the writing of a new Will, to right the wrongs his second marriage has caused to the children of his first.   
   
  His scheming second wife attempts to change that.  But will her selfish plan succeed? 
   
  Vera Jelihovsky died on the 17th May 1896.  She was 61.

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  Little Men

  Louisa May Alcott

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  The story follows Jo March, now married to Professor Bhaer, as she opens a boarding school for boys called Plumfield. Together, Jo and her husband strive to create a nurturing environment that encourages learning, creativity, and kindness. The novel centers around the lives of the boys who attend Plumfield, each with their own unique personality and challenges. We follow the misadventures of Tommy, the mischievous boy with a good heart, Nat, the musical orphan, and Dan, the tough street kid with a troubled past, as they navigate their way through childhood and adolescence under Jo's guidance.

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  A Princess Of Mars

  Edgar Rice Burroughs

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  First published in 1912, "A Princess of Mars" is the debut novel in Edgar Rice Burroughs' Barsoom series. It follows the story of John Carter, a former Confederate captain, who inexplicably finds himself on the Red Planet, known to its inhabitants as Barsoom. There, he encounters strange alien races, including the Tharks, tall four-armed green beings, and the more humanoid Red Martians. John Carter is taken prisoner, proves himself in gladiatorial combat, and ultimately befriends Tars Tarkas, a Thark chieftain. As the tale unfolds, Carter meets and falls in love with Dejah Thoris, a princess of the Red Martian city of Helium. Together, they face numerous challenges in their quest for peace and unity on Barsoom.

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  Alexander Kuprin - A Short Story...

  Alexander Kuprin

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  Alexander Kuprin was born in Narovchat, Penza in Russia on 7th September 1870. 
   
  At 3 his Father died and he and mother moved to Moscow. By 10 he was enrolled at the Second Moscow Military High School and there his interest in literature began. The Alexander Military Academy followed and two years later he was a sub-lieutenant and posted to an Infantry Regiment for a further four years. 
   
  Despite his duties he was a now a keen writer and published his first short story at this time. His military duties also garnered him experiences for his breakthrough work ‘The Duel’.  Leaving the military he left for Kiev to work for local newspapers.  He continued to publish both stories and novels and by 1901 he was in St Petersburg becoming part of a group that included Chekhov, Ivan Bunin, Maxim Gorky and Leonid Andreyev.  
   
  In the years that followed further controversial works and acclaim followed.  His comments on the regime meant he was also put under secret police surveillance.   
   
  As World War I erupted, Kuprin opened a military hospital but was then given command of an infantry company in Finland. He was soon discharged on grounds of ill health.  
   
  The October Revolution saw him praise Lenin, but he warned that the Bolsheviks threatened Russian culture and might cause further widespread suffering to the peasants.  As Civil War raged he took his family to Helsinki and then on to Paris. 
   
  Exile saw his talents decline further and his succumbing to alcoholism. He became lonely and withdrawn. The family's poverty increased his malaise.   
   
  In May 1937, the Kuprin’s returned to Moscow.  He now saw his work published but wrote almost nothing new.  In 1938 his health rapidly deteriorated.  Already suffering from a kidney problems and sclerosis, he had now developed cancer of the oesophagus.  
   
  Alexander Kuprin died on 25th August 1938. 
   
  1 - Alexander Kuprin - A Short Story Collection - An Introduction 
  2 - A Slav Soul by Alexander Kuprin 
  3 - Cain by Alexander Kuprin  
  4 - An Evening Guest by Alexander Kuprin 
  5 - Demir Kaya by Alexander Kuprin 
  6 - A Legend by Alexander Kuprin 
  7 - Anathema by Alexander Kuprin 
  8 - The Garden of the Holy Virgin by Alexander Kuprin 
  9 - The Outrage by Alexander Kuprin 
  10 - The Park of Kings by Alexander Kuprin

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  Real Princess The - Story Time...

  Hans Christian Andersen

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  There was once a Prince who wished to marry a Princess; but then she must be a real Princess. He travelled all over the world in hopes of finding such a lady; but there was always something wrong. Princesses he found in plenty; but whether they were real Princesses it was impossible for him to decide, for now one thing, now another, seemed to him not quite right about the ladies. At last he returned to his palace quite cast down, because he wished so much to have a real Princess for his wife.

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