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  The Novices of Lerna

  Angel Bonomini

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  The Novices of Lerna introduces the enigmatic fictions of Ángel Bonomini to English listeners for the first time. Shot through with wry humor and tender absurdity, these meditations on identity, surveillance, and isolation remain eerily prescient. The collection's central novella follows Ramón Beltra, an unambitious scholar who receives a mysterious invitation to a lucrative six-month fellowship at the University of Lerna in Switzerland. After he reluctantly complies with the unusual qualifying paperwork requiring several pages of detailed measurements and photographs of his entire body, Beltra soon finds himself in the deserted university town of Lerna, together with twenty-three other "novices" subject to the same undisclosed project—all of them doppelgangers of Beltra himself. At first, Beltra is the only one to bristle at the school's dizzying array of rules and regulations, but this all changes with the onset of an uncontrollable epidemic, and the fellows begin dying off one by one . . . 
   
   
   
  An overlooked master of Argentine fantastic literature, Ángel Bonomini garnered praise among peers and contemporaries like Jorge Luis Borges, before slipping mysteriously into obscurity. Bonomini was forty-three years old in 1972 when he published The Novices of Lerna, the first of four books of short stories he released before his death at age sixty-four.

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  The Complete Works of Edith Wharton

  Edith Wharton

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  Step into a world of elegance, desire, ambition, and hidden truths.
  
  Discover the brilliance of The Complete Works of Edith Wharton, an extraordinary collection featuring the timeless novels, short stories, and literary masterpieces of one of America's greatest authors.
  
  Renowned for her sharp social insight and emotionally powerful storytelling, Edith Wharton captured the beauty and contradictions of high society with unmatched elegance. Her works explore love, class, freedom, loneliness, ambition, and the hidden struggles beneath polished appearances.
  
  This comprehensive collection brings together Wharton's most celebrated writings, offering readers a rich literary journey through unforgettable characters, sophisticated prose, and deeply human emotions. From tragic romances and psychological dramas to social satire and haunting stories, every page reflects the intelligence and artistry that made Wharton the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
  
  Praised for their timeless relevance and emotional depth, Wharton's works continue to captivate readers who appreciate classic literature, literary fiction, and powerful character-driven storytelling.
  
  Whether you are a longtime admirer of Edith Wharton or discovering her genius for the first time, this complete collection offers an immersive reading experience filled with beauty, complexity, and unforgettable insight into human nature.
  
  A masterful literary collection from one of the most influential voices in American fiction.
  Experience the complete legacy of Edith Wharton and rediscover the elegance of classic literature today.

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  Young Goodman Brown - From their...

  Nathaniel Hawthorne

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  Nathaniel Hawthorne was born on 4th July 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts, a town synonymous with the earlier Salem Witch Trials. It was instrumental in Hawthorne’s later use of American Gothic and dark romanticism in his writing. 
  He was a mere four years old when his father died and his mother took him and his two sisters to live with her family and then on to their own home in Raymond, Maine. The young Hawthorne had a passion for fiction and poetry and voraciously read the works of Ann Radcliffe, Henry Fielding and Lord Byron.  
  He was sent to college at his maternal uncle’s insistence. During these years he met and befriended Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and future U S president Franklin Pierce. These friendships were lifelong and to have a crucial impact on his writings and career.  
  At college Hawthorne had made attempts at writing short stories and essays but without opportunities to publish. It was only in 1828 that he finally published his novel ‘Franshawe’ to little success and so he began work as editor for the American Magazine of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge.  
  Hawthorne’s short stories were first published in magazines but in 1837 were collected and published as ‘Twice-Told Tales’. A steady literary career still did not come his way and so he worked in a good position at Salem’s port and married the love of his life Sophia Peabody. They moved to live in ‘The Old Manse’ at Concord, Massachusetts.   
  Finally. in 1850 came spectacular literary and commercial success with ‘The Scarlet Letter’ followed by ‘The House of the Seven Gables’ the following year.  
  In 1852, Hawthorne published a biography of presidential candidate Franklin Pierce. After Pierce’s victory he was appointed consul in Liverpool, a position that offered prestige, money and fame. At the end of this appointment he returned several times to Europe before settling in Massachusetts and resuming writing and publication. 
  During the early 1860’s his health declined and on 19th May 1864 during a trip to Plymouth, New Hampshire. He was 59 and was buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord, Massachusetts.

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  Before Insulin - From their pens...

  J Connington

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  The bookshelves of British literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors.  From these Isles their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure.  Among them is J J Connington.

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  Lost Hearts

  M. R. James

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. A quiet country house. A kind guardian. And a past that refuses to stay buried. 
   
  In Lost Hearts, M. R. James crafts a chilling tale of a young boy sent to live with his enigmatic cousin: an eccentric scholar with a troubling fascination for ancient rituals. At first, everything seems calm... but strange hints begin to surface, and something unseen starts to watch. 
   
  As the nights grow darker, the truth behind the house—and its previous “guests”—becomes impossible to ignore. 
   
  Subtle, eerie, and deeply unsettling, this is a ghost story that creeps up on you and doesn’t let go.

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  A Matter of Fact

  Rudyard Kipling

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  Three journalists witness the unbelievable. Their biggest problem is not surviving it—it is convincing anyone else that it happened. 
   
  Traveling from Cape Town to England aboard a small tramp steamer, three newspapermen expect an uneventful voyage home. Instead, a violent underwater disturbance sends a colossal wave across the sea and brings something extraordinary to the surface. 
   
  There, beside the ship, the men witness a massive sea creature unlike anything known to science. 
   
  For the journalists, the encounter should be the story of a lifetime. But once the danger has passed, another problem emerges: how do you report a truth so incredible that no reasonable reader will believe it? 
   
  As Keller, Zuyland, and the narrator debate evidence, credibility, sensationalism, and the expectations of the newspaper-reading public, Rudyard Kipling turns a fantastic maritime encounter into a sharp and witty meditation on journalism, storytelling, and the strange relationship between fact and fiction. 
   
  First published in 1892 and later collected in Many Inventions, A Matter of Fact blends sea adventure, speculative fiction, humor, and literary satire into one of Kipling’s most unusual short stories. 
   
  Narrated by Paul Landergan.

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