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  Northanger Abbey

  Jane Austen

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  Jane Austens tongue in cheek Coming of Age story, Northanger Abbey tells the story of Catherine Moorland and her first entry into society at Bath, and then of her time in the titular Northanger Abbey. 
  Narrated by Michael Ward.

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  Northanger Abbey (Unabridged)

  Jane Austen

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  Northanger Abbey was the first of Jane Austen's novels to be completed for publication, in 1803. However, it was not published until after her death in 1817, along with another novel of hers, Persuasion. Northanger Abbey is a satire of Gothic novels, which were quite popular at the time, in 1798-99.This coming-of-age story revolves around Catherine Morland, a young and naïve "heroine", who entertains the reader on her journey to a better understanding of the world and those around her. In the course of the novel, she discovers that she differs from those other women who crave wealth or social acceptance, as instead she wishes only to have happiness supported by genuine morality.

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  The Beast in the Cave

  H.P. Lovecraft

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  Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937), more commonly known as H. P. Lovecraft, was an American writer renowned for his highly influential works of horror fiction."The Beast in the Cave" is a typical example of Lovecraft's mastery and descriptive genius. A man is lost in an extensive cavern with his light about to run out. He has already given up hope of ever finding his way out. As he is plunged into darkness, he hears the sound of weird padding steps approaching...and they are not the steps of any type of creature he knows....

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  Christmas Stories - Tales of Joy...

  Willa Cather, Louisa May Alcott,...

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  Christmas may come but once a year but human emotions, the driving force of our characters are with us every day.   
   
  Yet, somehow these same emotions when they happen at Christmas, seem amplified, we seem more tender to their touch, their words. 
   
  Whether it’s a long-lost returning soldier wondering how best to return to the arms of his family without too great a risk of shock …….   
   
  Or a prodigal son whose taken path has driven pain into his own and others hearts…..  
   
  Or a murderer carrying out his thoughtless deed but then enmeshed in a dialogue for salvation….. 
   
  These stories reveal much about the human condition. The landscape of our lives reveals that we all have choices, and how we use those choices influences, nourishes, or decays those around us. 
   
  These stories are tidings of both joy and of terror . 
  1 - Christmas Short Stories. Tales of Joy and Terror - An Introduction  
  2 - The Beggar Boy at Christ's Christmas Tree by Fyodor Dostoevsky 
  3 - The Gift of the Magi by O Henry 
  4 - What the Bells Saw and Said by Louisa May Alcott 
  5 - The Burglar's Christmas by Willa Cather 
  6 - Vanka by Anton Chekhov 
  7 - The Dead by James Joyce 
  8 - Christmas Eve in War Times by Edward Payson Roe 
  9 - Markheim by Robert Louis Stevenson

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  Pride and Prejudice

  Jane Austen

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  Insight edition with engaging side notes that offer background on social customs, thoughts on the book's themes of faith, and other engaging information.

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  Hotel Savoy

  Joseph Roth

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  A POW meets other survivors of World War I in a Polish hotel in this acclaimed classic novel by the author of The Radetzky March. 
   
  Still bearing the scars from gulag experiences, a freed POW traverses Russia to arrive at the Polish town of Lodz. In its massive Hotel Savoy, he meets a surreal cast of characters, each eagerly awaiting the return from America of a rich man named Bloomfield. Like Europe itself at the time, the hotel is the stage upon which characters follow fate to its tragic destination . . .  
   
  Praise for Hotel Savoy 
   
  “Superb Roth: witty, elegant, invariably honing in on the point where history trickles down to the level of the individual character and turns into fate.” —The Nation 
   
  “Roth’s considerable gift lay in sketching myriad personal convulsions in that time of conflagration.” —Publishers Weekly

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