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  Clover - A Carr Sister Goes West

  Susan Coolidge

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  Katy Carr's sister goes west with an invalid brother to a Colorado valley, keeps house in a ranch hotel, and finds that the mountains have their own ideas about her plans. Susan Coolidge wrote the fourth Katy book in 1888 and gave the quiet sister the story. The illness that takes them there is real and unresolved, and the courtship is conducted almost entirely in the open air. Forty-eight plates by painters including William Merritt Chase and Childe Hassam carry the open-air light of the story, from gardens and bays to still lifes.

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  The Owls' House - Cornwall and a...

  Crosbie Garstin

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  A Cornish family of smugglers and wreckers over three generations, and a house on the cliff that outlasts all of them. Crosbie Garstin had been a horse-breaker in Canada and South Africa and a cavalry officer in the war before he wrote, and drowned at forty-three off Salcombe. The sea and the excise men are equally dangerous, and the comedy runs right up to the drownings. Fifty-nine plates by painters including Atkinson Grimshaw and Stanhope Forbes follow the harbour steps, moonlit lanes and home-along evenings of the Cornish coast Garstin knew.

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  Frankenstein - When Ambition...

  Mary Shelley

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  From the shadows of ambition to the haunting consequences of creation, Frankenstein immerses listeners in one of literature’s most enduring tales. This audiobook brings Mary Shelley’s classic to life, blending gothic horror, ethical dilemmas, and human emotion into a gripping audio experience. Perfect for fans of historical fiction, classic literature, and dark science fiction, it captures the story of a man who dares to defy nature and the monster he cannot control. Listeners searching for classic audiobooks, gothic fiction, or tales of obsession and morality will find every chapter rich with intrigue and suspense. 
  Through this audiobook, you will explore the profound consequences of unchecked ambition and the moral boundaries of creation. Experience the tension, isolation, and inner turmoil that define Victor Frankenstein’s journey, while discovering universal themes of responsibility, humanity, and obsession. This edition seamlessly delivers a gothic audiobook experience, perfect for anyone seeking classic literature audio or ethically complex tales. 
  Benefits of this audiobook include:A fully immersive experience of Mary Shelley’s gothic masterpieceExploration of the consequences of ambition, isolation, and obsessionInsight into ethical questions that remain relevant todayDramatic narration highlighting tension, emotion, and horrorUnabridged audio preserving the richness of 19th-century literature 
  Written by Mary Shelley, Frankenstein has endured for over two centuries as a landmark of gothic fiction and philosophical inquiry. Its exploration of science, morality, and humanity has influenced countless works of literature and film. This audiobook preserves Shelley’s authority and timelessness, offering listeners a trusted rendition of a universally acclaimed classic. 
  Step into a world where ambition meets consequence and creation confronts its creator.

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  Berenice

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  Berenice — A Tale. Misery is manifold. The wretchedness of earth is multiform. Overreaching the wide horizon like the rainbow, its hues are as various as the hues of that.
  Misery is manifold. The wretchedness of earth is multiform. Overreaching the wide horizon like the rainbow, its hues are as various as the hues of that arch, as distinct too, yet as intimately blended. Overreaching the wide horizon like the rainbow! How is it that from Beauty I have derived a type of unloveliness? — from the covenant of Peace a simile of sorrow? But thus is it. And as, in ethics, Evil is a consequence of Good, so, in fact, out of Joy is sorrow born. Either the memory of past bliss is the anguish of to-day, or the agonies which are, have their origin in the ecstasies which might have been. I have a tale to tell in its own essence rife with horror — I would suppress it were it not a record more of feelings than of facts.

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  The Jest of Droom-avista

  Henry Kuttner

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  The Jest of Droom-Avista is a very short Cthulhu Mythos story by Henry Kuttner, first appearing in Weird Tales in August 1937."The Jest of Droom-Avista" by Henry Kuttner is a short, poetic story set in the alien city of Bel Yarnak. It tells of a metallic doom that spreads from a single point, transforming the city's glory and beauty into a cold, lifeless state. The story evokes a sense of melancholic beauty and the irreversible nature of change.

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  Je Ne Parle Pas Français

  Katherine Mansfield

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  "Je ne parle pas français" is a short story by Katherine Mansfield. She began it at the end of January 1918, and finished it by February 10. It was first published by the Heron Press in early 1920, and an excised version was published in Bliss and Other Stories later that year.
  A French writer describes his encounter with an English writer, and the consequences thereof.

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