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  The Mystery of the Blue Train

  Agatha Christie

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  In Agatha Christie's six installment of the Hercules Poirot series, our titular detective will once again showcase his brilliant investigative skills as he untangles the mystery of the blue train.A luxury train is headed to Nice with several well-to-do passengers on board. Most are living, breathing people with their own mysterious motivations, but the train will also deliver one silent victim. Somewhere along the route, Ruth Keeting was robbed and murdered, and it's up to Poirot to find her killer. Is it Ruth's estranged husband? Her French lover? Or someone else altogether . . . In this classic murder mystery filled with twists and turns, Poirot will stage a chilling reenactment of the fatal journey in order to expose hidden truths and bring the true culprit to justice.

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  Mansfield Park - A Story of...

  Jane Austen

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  Fanny Price is sent at ten to live with rich relations who never let her forget the favor, and grows into the only person in the house with a working conscience. Austen gave her heroine no wit and no charm and dared the reader to prefer her anyway; the theatricals, the ha-ha and the estate in Antigua have kept scholars arguing for a century. Fifty-eight plates from Constable to Lawrence, spanning 1782 to 1850, gather the landscapes, cottages and country houses of Austen's England into the world of Mansfield Park.

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  Wuthering Heights

  Emily Brontë

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  On the wild Yorkshire moors, where the wind never quite stops and the past never quite dies, two souls are bound together in a love that is closer to a force of nature than a human feeling. Heathcliff, a foundling raised above his station and then cast brutally back down, dedicates his life to revenge against the families who humiliated him — and to reclaiming the woman he never stopped loving. Catherine Earnshaw is no passive victim: she is passionate, contradictory, and complicit in every disaster that follows. Emily Brontë's only novel explodes every Victorian convention about how stories of love and class should be told. It is savage, strange, and unforgettable — a book that seems to generate its own weather. The ghosts here are not metaphors. The cruelty is not redeemed. And the love, if that is what it is, survives everything, including death.

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  Truth is Not Sober - From their...

  Winifred Holtby

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  Winifred Holtby was born on 23rd June 1898 to a prosperous farming family in the village of Rudston in Yorkshire.  
  A governess provided her early education before she went to Queen Margaret's School in Scarborough.  After passing the entrance exam for Somerville College, Oxford in 1917, she decided to join the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in early 1918.  However, soon after her arrival in France, the War ended. 
  She returned to study at Oxford and met fellow student Vera Brittain.  After graduating from Oxford, in 1921, Winifred and Vera moved to London, hoping to establish themselves as authors. 
  Her early novels met with only moderate success but as a journalist she was both prolific and increasingly well-known.  Her articles graced more than 20 newspapers and magazines, including the Manchester Guardian newspaper.   
  Winifred was a committed feminist, socialist and pacifist.  She gave many lectures for the League of Nations Union.  She was also active in the Independent Labour Party and was a campaigner for the unionisation of black workers in South Africa. 
  In 1931 the symptoms of high blood pressure, recurrent headaches and bouts of lassitude brought forth a diagnosis of Bright's disease.  She was given two years to live and now put all her efforts into what was to become her crowning achievement: South Riding.  Released posthumously it received lavish praise and enormous sales.  Her canon of works tackle difficult subjects head on, many in unusual ways, brimming with verve and usually strong female protagonists. 
  Winifred Holtby died on 29th September 1935 in London.  She was 37.

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  Joseph Conrad - Six of the Best...

  Joseph Conrad

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  Joseph Conrad was born on 3rd December 1857 in Berdychiv in the Ukraine, then part of the Russian Empire.  His birthplace had been part of Poland which its neighbours dismembered into their own Empires. 
  Conrad’s early years were spent in constant moveme

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  Little Women - Experience the...

  Louisa May Alcott

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  “Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents,” grumbled Jo... and so begins the most beloved story of sisterhood ever told. 
  With their father away at war and their mother working tirelessly to keep poverty at bay, the four March sisters are left to navigate the trials of coming-of-age in Civil War-era America. From the headstrong and fiercely independent writer, Jo, to the beautiful, traditional Meg, the tragically shy Beth, and the vain but talented Amy, each sister must fight her own "bosom enemies" to find her place in a rapidly changing world. As they stage theatrical tragedies, befriend the lonely boy next door, and confront shattering heartbreak, their unshakeable bond becomes their ultimate salvation. 
  Listeners will be entirely captivated by this masterpiece of Classic Fiction. Whether you are discovering the charm of the March household for the first time or revisiting an old friend, the blend of warm domesticity, progressive feminist ideals, and heart-wrenching emotional stakes makes this audiobook an essential addition to your library. It is a stunning exploration of family, ambition, and the timeless struggle between personal freedom and familial duty. 
  About the Author: Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist and transcendentalist whose pioneering work championed abolition, women's suffrage, and social reform. Drawing heavily from her own childhood experiences in Concord, Massachusetts, her writings continue to resonate worldwide, leaving an indelible legacy on feminist literature and the literary canon.

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