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  Burning Daylight

  Jack London

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  "Burning Daylight, a novel by Jack London, was published in 1910. It became one of the best-selling books of that year . The story unfolds in two distinct parts:    Yukon Territory and Alaska (1893): The first part of the novel takes place during the Alaskan Gold Rush in the rugged wilderness of the Yukon Territory and Alaska .    San Francisco    San Francisco and the Bay Area: The second part shifts to the bustling city of San Francisco and its surrounding region .  The central character, "Burning Daylight", draws inspiration from the real-life entrepreneur "Borax" Smith but is named after Elam Harnish  . This captivating tale of adventure, ambition, and transformation has also been adapted into films and continues to resonate with readers today.    If you're curious to explore this classic work, you can find it in various formats, including digital editions and printed copies. Whether you're drawn to the wilds of the Yukon or the vibrant streets of San Francisco, Burning Daylight promises an enthralling journey through time and place."

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  Tales of the Jazz Age

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

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  Tales of the Jazz Age (1922) is a collection of eleven short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Divided into three separate parts, according to subject matter, it includes one of his better-known short stories, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. All of the stories had been published earlier, independently, in either Metropolitan Magazine, The Saturday Evening Post, Smart Set, Collier's, the Chicago Sunday Tribune, or Vanity Fair.
  Included in this collection:
  1. The Jelly-Bean
  2. The Camel's Back
  3. May Day
  4. Porcelain and Pink
  5. The Diamond as Big as the Ritz
  6. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  7. Tarquin of Cheapside
  8. "O Russet Witch!"
  9. The Lees of Happiness
  10. Mr. Icky
  11. Jemina

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  Greats Abridged The: Wuthering...

  Emily Brontë

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  Step into the stormy moors of Yorkshire in this abridged retelling of one of literature’s most haunting love stories. The Greats Abridged: Wuthering Heights captures the dark romance and brooding passion of Emily Brontë’s original classic—condensed for modern listeners who crave the emotional intensity of the tale without sacrificing its poetic depth. 
  Follow the tormented saga of Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw, whose love defies social convention and even death itself. From windswept estates to spectral visits and bitter vengeance, this expertly narrated edition brings new life to a timeless tragedy. Perfect for those who want to experience the essence of Brontë’s masterpiece in a more accessible format. 
  Whether you’re a first-time listener or revisiting a favorite, this abridged edition delivers all the Gothic drama and psychological nuance that made Wuthering Heights a literary legend.

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  Top 10 Short Stories The - The...

  Fyodor Dostevesky, Mark Twain,...

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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. 
   
  The Century moves on decade by decade. War once again scars Europe, in America wagons roll west.  Social unrest continues even as conditions improve markedly for the few and only a little for the many.  The list of problems and of challenges described by our authors is long and their stories once again full of valuable and telling insights. 
   
  01 - The Top 10 - The 1870's - The Men - An Introduction 
  02 - Bobok by Fyodor Dostevesky 
  03 - A Ghost Story by Mark Twain 
  04 - God Sees The Truth But Waits by Leo Tolstoy 
  05 - Dickon the Devil by Sheridan Le Fanu 
  06 - The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller by Gustave Flaubert 
  07 - A Strange Story by Ivan Turgenev 
  08 - A Lonely Ride by Bret Harte 
  09 - Coward by Vsevolod Garshin 
  10 - The Man Without a Body by Edward Page Mitchell 
  11 - The Vampire by Jan Neruda

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  The Daughters of the Late Colonel

  Katherine Mansfield

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  "The Daughters of the Late Colonel" is a 1920 short story by Katherine Mansfield. It was first published in the London Mercury in May 1921.
  In bed, Constantia suggests giving her late father's top hat to the porter, but her sister Josephine disagrees. After thinking about letters to be sent to Ceylon, they hear a noise coming from a mouse. Constantia thinks how sad it must be for the mouse with no crumbs around. The last time the sisters saw their father, Nurse Andrews was stationed by the bedside; the Colonel opened only one eye, glaring at his daughters before dying. Nurse Andrews, whom they invited to stay for a week after the Colonel died, is annoying them by overeating. Mr. Farolles, a clergyman who offers to arrange the funeral, visits and suggests they take Holy Communion, to feel better, but the sisters demur.

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  Captain Rogers - From their pens...

  W Jacobs

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  William Wymark Jacobs was born on 8th September 1863 in Wapping, East London.  
  He was educated at a private school and then Birkbeck Literary and Scientific Institution, now part of the University of London. 
  In 1879, Jacobs began work as a clerk in the civil service, in the Post Office Savings Bank.  In 1885 his first short story was published but it was not until almost the turn of the century that he would abandon his post office career to that as a full-time writer. By then he was a very popular author, his collections selling extremely well and with an excellent income. 
  His best-known work is the macabre ‘The Monkey's Paw’ and he is also highly regarded for his ghost stories although much of his remaining short story output is streaked with humour.  His characters are immediately identifiable and we all know that life will take chunks out of them in no time at all.  
  Jacobs married the noted suffragette Agnes Eleanor Williams in 1900 at West Ham, Essex. They went on to have two daughters and three sons as they settled down to life.  
  By the outbreak of the First World War his literary output had declined and he now mainly spent his time rewriting his earlier stories for the stage.  In all he wrote 18 plays. 
  W W Jacobs died on 1st September 1943 at Hornsey Lane, Islington in London. He was 79.

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