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  Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and...

  Oscar Wilde

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  A collection of short stories from the celebrated irish writer and dramatist: Oscar Wilde. Included within this collection are the stories:  
  Lord Arthur Savile's Crime: Lady Windermere's pet palm-reader delivers a fearful oracle to Lord Arthur, but being a resolute gentlemen he knows just what to do...  
  The Canterville Ghost: The Ghost of Canterville Hall has led a highly creditable undeath for centuries, but now, the worst has happened... american's have moved into the hall!  
  The Sphinx without a Secret: Just what was the secret of the mysterious woman that Lord Murchison wanted to marry?  
  The Model Millionaire: Poor Hughie, he'll never raise the money he needs to marry, but even so, he's not above giving a tramp his artist friend is painting a sovereign. Surely, after all, the poor man needs it more than Hughie?  
  The Portrait of Mr W.H. : Oscar Wilde delves into the mystery of Mr W.H. The recipient of William Shakespeares' series of Sonnets. Presenting through this story, a series of highly plausible, if unprovable theories on this literary mystery.  
  Narrated by Michael Ward.

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  The Napoleon of Notting Hill -...

  G.K. Chesterton

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  What happens when an entire society loses its sense of humor, and one man's monumental prank sparks a brutal, glorious revolution? 
  Welcome to a dull, dystopian future London where democracy has devolved into a randomized lottery, and a whimsical intellectual named Auberon Quin is unexpectedly crowned King. Desperate to cure the world's terminal boredom, King Auberon decrees that every London neighborhood must return to medieval feudalism—complete with city walls, towering halberdiers, and grand coats of arms. 
  The city's bureaucrats are furious, but they play along with the joke. Until they encounter Adam Wayne, a passionate nineteen-year-old fanatic who takes the eccentric edicts entirely to heart. As the Provost of Notting Hill, Wayne refuses to let developers build a modern road through his beloved neighborhood. Armed with a sword, unyielding zeal, and the legal backing of the King's own absurd charter, Wayne rallies the ordinary shopkeepers and dentists of Notting Hill to wage a bloody, spectacular war against the encroaching empires of Bayswater and Kensington. 
  Why you will love this: Fans of Satirical Speculative Fiction will be captivated by this prophetic, hilariously profound masterpiece. Chesterton brilliantly weaves political satire, classic dystopian tropes, and dark humor, creating a philosophical tale that is both deeply witty and surprisingly moving. If you enjoy thought-provoking, absurdly scaled battles over the mundane, this full audiobook will hold you captive to the very last word. 
  About the Author: G. K. Chesterton was a giant of early 20th-century literature, widely known as the 'prince of paradox.' His wildly inventive, philosophical works profoundly influenced modern speculative and fantasy authors around the world.

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  Twenty Thousand Leagues Under...

  Jules Verne

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  Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is Jules Verne's most iconic science fiction masterpiece—a thrilling voyage into the depths of the oceans that combines adventure, imagination, and visionary science. The novel follows Professor Pierre Aronnax, his loyal servant Conseil, and the skilled harpooner Ned Land as they set out to investigate a mysterious sea creature rumored to be attacking ships across the world's oceans.
  
  Their pursuit leads them aboard the Nautilus, an advanced submarine far beyond its time, commanded by the enigmatic and brilliant Captain Nemo. Taken on an extraordinary underwater journey, the travelers explore sunken civilizations, coral forests, and the wonders of marine life, while also confronting the dangers of the deep, including giant sea creatures and hostile human forces.
  
  As the voyage unfolds, Captain Nemo emerges as a complex and haunted figure—both a scientific genius and a man driven by profound personal loss. Through him, Verne explores themes of freedom, isolation, revenge, and the ethical use of technology. Rich in scientific detail and poetic description, the novel brings the underwater world vividly to life.
  
  A cornerstone of modern science fiction, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea remains a timeless classic, inspiring generations of readers with its sense of wonder, innovation, and the boundless mystery of the oceans.

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  Rue Barrée

  Robert W. Chambers

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. In the sunlit ateliers and cafés of the Latin Quarter, young American art student Selby is warned about her on his very first day: the beautiful, unapproachable music student the whole quarter calls "Rue Barrée" — named for the barred street where she lives, and for the invisible barrier she keeps between herself and every admirer in Paris. Even the irrepressible Clifford, conqueror of half the studios' hearts, has been coolly turned away. But Selby cannot let her go, and what begins as a student's infatuation deepens into something that unsettles them both. The closing tale of The King in Yellow trades cosmic dread for champagne, spring rain, and heartache, revealing Chambers as a master not only of weird fiction but of bittersweet Parisian romance — a story about the doors we bar against the world, and what it costs to open them.

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  Young Platitude - From their...

  William Pett Ridge

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  William Pett Ridge was born at Chartham, near Canterbury, Kent, on 22nd April 1859. 
  His family’s resources were certainly limited. His father was a railway porter, and the young Pett Ridge, after schooling in Marden, Kent became a clerk in a railway clearing-house. The hours were long and arduous, but self-improvement was Pett Ridge’s goal.  After working from nine until seven o’clock he would attend evening classes at Birkbeck Literary and Scientific Institute and then to follow his passion; the ambition to write.  He was heavily influenced by Dickens and several critics thought he had the capability to be his successor. 
  From 1891 many of his humourous sketches were published in the St James's Gazette, the Idler, Windsor Magazine and other literary periodicals of the day. 
  Pett Ridge published his first novel in 1895, A Clever Wife. By the advent of his fifth novel, Mord Em'ly, a mere three years later in 1898, his success was obvious.  His writing was written from the perspective of those born with no privilege and relied on his great talent to find humour and sympathy in his portrayal of working class life. 
  Today Pett Ridge and other East End novelists including Arthur Nevinson, Arthur Morrison and Edwin Pugh are being grouped together as the Cockney Novelists.   
  In 1924, Pugh set out his recollections of Pett Ridge from the 1890s: “I see him most clearly, as he was in those days, through a blue haze of tobacco smoke. We used sometimes to travel together from Waterloo to Worcester Park on our way to spend a Saturday afternoon and evening with H. G. Wells. Pett Ridge does not know it, but it was through watching him fill his pipe, as he sat opposite me in a stuffy little railway compartment, that I completed my own education as a smoker... Pett Ridge had a small, dark, rather spiky moustache in those days, and thick, dark, sleek hair which is perhaps not quite so thick or dark, though hardly less sleek nowadays than it was then”. 
  With his success, on the back of his prolific output and commercial success, Pett Ridge gave generously of both time and money to charity. In 1907 he founded the Babies Home at Hoxton.  This was one of several organisations that he supported that had the welfare of children as their mission.  
  His circle considered Pett Ridge to be one of life's natural bachelors. In 1909 they were rather surprised therefore when he married Olga Hentschel.  
  As the 1920’s arrived Pett Ridge added to his popularity with the movies. Four of his books were adapted into films.  
  Pett Ridge now found the peak of his fame had passed. Although he still managed to produce a book a year he was falling out of fashion and favour with the reading public and his popularity declined rapidly.  His canon runs to over sixty novels and short-story collections as well as many pieces for magazines and periodicals. 
  William Pett Ridge died, on 29th September 1930, at his home, Ampthill, Willow Grove, Chislehurst, at the age of 71. 
  He was cremated at West Norwood on 2nd October 1930.

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  The Celebrated Jumping Frog of...

  Mark Twain

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  "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is an 1865 short story by Mark Twain. It was his first great success as a writer and brought him national attention. The story has also been published as "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog" (its original title) and "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County". In it, the narrator retells a story he heard from a bartender, Simon Wheeler, at the Angels Hotel in Angels Camp, California, about the gambler Jim Smiley. 
  Jim loves to gamble and will offer to bet on anything and everything, from horse races to dogfights, to the health of the local parson's wife. He catches a frog, whom he names Dan'l Webster, and spends three months training it to jump. When a stranger visits the camp, Jim shows off Dan'l and offers to bet $40 that it can out-jump any other frog in Calaveras County...

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