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  Top 10 Short Stories The - Kate...

  Kate Chopin

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  Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart.  A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. 
   
  In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author?  
   
  The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme.  Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature. 
   
  Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made.  If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something. 
   
  It is difficult to propose a more gifted exponent of the short story than Kate Chopin. Her individual jewels may be but a few pages but are laden with atmosphere and character as they run their enchanted course.  Her genius will always endure.   
   
  1 - The Top 10 - Kate Chopin - An Introduction 
  2 - The Storm by Kate Chopin 
  3 - Desiree's Baby by Kate Chopin 
  4 - A Pair of Silk Stockings by Kate Chopin 
  5 - A Respectable Woman by Kate Chopin 
  6 - An Egyptian Cigarette by Kate Chopin 
  7 - The Kiss by Kate Chopin 
  8 - The Locket by Kate Chopin 
  9 - The Lillies by Kate Chopin 
  10 - The Story of An Hour by Kate Chopin 
  11 - Ma'ame Pelagie by Kate Chopin

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  Te Lake-- To--

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  Te Lake–– to––: Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories.
  
  In spring of youth it was my lot
  To haunt of the wide earth a spot
  The which I could not love the less—
  So lovely was the loneliness
  Of a wild lake, with black rock bound,
  And the tall pines that tower’d around.

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  Crooked Cross

  Sally Carson

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  "Sally Carson’s prescient novel offers an unflinching look at the early days of Nazism, resonating with today’s fears of lost boys, strong men and old hatreds... A remarkable novel: chilling, compelling, contained..." The Times"...warrants a permanent place in the growing canon of World War Two literature." Clare McHugh, BBC CultureIt is Christmas Eve 1932, and the Kluger family are celebrating at home. Their only daughter Lexa is excited about her upcoming summer wedding to Moritz Weissmann, a promising young doctor. 
  Lexa has many admirers, but her heart belongs to Moritz, who is initially welcomed by her parents and two brothers, Helmy and Erich. As the year progresses, Lexa enjoys skiing, swimming and going to parties with Moritz and her friends. But little by little Moritz is excluded from the pool, the library, and eventually his own home.As support for the Nazi Party grows rapidly across the country, Lexa’s own brothers, now fervent members of the Nazi Youth, turn against Moritz. Under immense pressure and desperate to be together, Lexa and Moritz have to meet in secret.By midsummer, the once close-knit Kluger family are now fractured by irreconcilable beliefs and differing loyalties. When legislation strips the town’s Jewish citizens of their rights and their livelihoods, Lexa remains steadfast in her determination to stay true to Moritz.Crooked Cross is part of the Persephone Audiobook Collection, a series of forgotten classics including neglected fiction and non-fiction by women writers. This novel was first published in 1934.

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  On Getting a Home (Unabridged)

  Booker T. Washington

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  Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 - November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author, orator, and adviser to several presidents of the United States. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the dominant leader in the African American community and of the contemporary black elite. Washington was from the last generation of black American leaders born into slavery and became the leading voice of the former slaves and their descendants. They were newly oppressed in the South by disenfranchisement and the Jim Crow discriminatory laws enacted in the post-Reconstruction Southern states in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  ON GETTING A HOME: Every coloured man owes it to himself, and to his children as well, to secure a home just as soon as possible. No matter how small the plot of ground may be, or how humble the dwelling placed on it, something that can be called a home should be secured without delay.

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  10 Masterpieces you have to read...

  George Orwell, Charles Dickens,...

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  This Audiobook contains the following works :1. 1984 by George Orwell Start at Chapters 12. Animal Farm  by George OrwellSt art at Chapters 263. The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason Start at Chapters 364. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court  by Mark Twain Start at Chapters 555. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens Start at Chapters 1006. Persuasion by Jane Austen Start at Chapters 1537. The Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft Start at Chapters 1778. The Law of Success by Napoleon Hill   Start at Chapters 1809. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Start at Chapters 21110. The Professor by Charlotte Brontë Start at Chapters 232

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  The Phantom Rickshaw and Other...

  Rudyard Kipling

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  "Not every ghost haunts a castle; some haunt the open road in the midday sun."
  
  In this chilling collection, Rudyard Kipling proves that the bright sun of the Indian subcontinent can be just as terrifying as a dark English manor. The title story, The Phantom Rickshaw, follows Jack Pansay, a man haunted by the literal apparition of the woman he spurned—a ghost that only he can see, appearing in a yellow-paneled rickshaw amidst the fashionable crowds of Simla. From the claustrophobic nightmare of a "living graveyard" in The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes to the eerie whispers of the supernatural in the barracks, Kipling explores the thin veil between reality and madness. These are not just ghost stories; they are psychological thrillers that examine guilt, isolation, and the uncanny friction between East and West.
  
  The Horror of the Mind: What makes Kipling's ghosts so effective is their ambiguity. Is Jack Pansay truly seeing a specter, or is he crumbling under the weight of his own moral failures? Kipling was a pioneer of the "psychological ghost," where the supernatural serves as a manifestation of a character's internal decay.
  
  The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes: Often considered a precursor to modern "weird fiction," this standout story features a man trapped in a literal pit of the "living dead." It is a visceral, terrifying exploration of social collapse and the loss of reason that remains one of Kipling's most disturbing achievements.
  
  Why It Is a Must-Read: The Phantom Rickshaw offers a unique perspective on the Victorian ghost story. By transplanting gothic tropes into the vivid, dusty, and complex landscape of India, Kipling created a brand of horror that feels both exotic and intimately human. It is essential reading for fans of classic suspense and anyone interested in the darker side of the colonial imagination.
  
  Experience the ghosts of the Himalayas. Purchase "The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Ghost Stories" today.

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