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  The Hermit of Eyton Forest

  Ellis Peters

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  Shortly after he inherits the powerful position of Lord of Eaton, 10-year-old Richard Ludel disappears from Shrewsbury Abbey, where he had been a student. Did he run away or was he kidnapped? Brother Cadfael suspects the hermit of Eyton Forest, a mysterious man rumored to have holy powers, knows the answer.

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  Sons and Lovers - Unabridged

  D. H. Lawrence

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  Sons and Lovers is a famous novel by D. H. Lawrence. The refined daughter of a "good old burgher family," Gertrude Coppard meets a rough-hewn miner, Walter Morel, at a Christmas dance and falls into a whirlwind romance characterized by physical passion. But soon after her marriage to Walter, she realizes the difficulties of living off his meagre salary in a rented house. The couple fight and drift apart and Walter retreats to the pub after work each day. Gradually, Mrs. Morel's affections shift to her sons beginning with the oldest, William. As a boy, William is so attached to his mother that he doesn't enjoy the fair without her. As he grows older, he defends her against his father's occasional violence. Later he leaves for a job in London, and rises up into the middle class. He gets engaged, but dies. Mrs. Morel is heartbroken, but when Paul catches pneumonia she rediscovers her love for her second son…

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  The War of the Worlds

  H G Wells

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  This timeless science fiction classic, depicting mans struggle by technologically superior invaders from Mars. 
  Narrated by Michael Ward

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  The Jewel of Seven Stars

  Bram Stoker

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  From the author of Dracula, one of the first mummy stories and a classic of nineteent-century gothic fiction.   In a house full of Egyptian antiquities— A jeweled scarab, mummified cat, and severed hand . . . Unexplained claw marks and comas . . . A mysterious stranger’s wild tales of a hidden tomb and ancient warnings . . . Of violent deaths to everyone who sought the jewel . . . All linked to a forgotten queen’s 5,000-year quest for reincarnation . . . Malcolm Ross, pulled by his adoration of Margaret Trelawny, finds himself embroiled in a centuries old story that challenges human logic. Lovers of the supernatural, occult, and paranormal will enjoy this unique edition of Bram Stoker’s The Jewel of the Seven Stars, which includes the novel’s original 1903 ending as well as an abridged 1912 version.

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  William - an Englishman

  Cicely Hamilton

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  A satirical view of the suffragette movement and an unblinking yet compassionate story that chronicles the impact of the First World War on an ordinary young couple, William – an Englishman by Cicely Hamilton won the first Prix Femina-Vie Heureuse prize in 1919.Written in a hospital tent to the sound of gunfire and shells falling, Cicely Hamilton drew on her experiences working in France during WW1 to tell the story of William Tully and his new bride Griselda, who are wrenched away from their all-consuming interests – socialism and votes for women – and plunged into the almost dream-like horror of war. As brutal tragedy strikes, their attitude to both pacifism and patriotism is altered and their lives are changed forever.William - An Englishman is part of the Persephone Audiobook Collection, a series of forgotten classics that includes neglected fiction and non-fiction by women writers. First published in 1919, this edition includes a preface by writer and MD of Persephone Books, Nicola Beauman.

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  Narrative of a Ghost of a Hand

  Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

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  Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the leading ghost-story writer of the 19th century and was central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era.'Narrative of a Ghost of a Hand' is a strange story about a haunted house in Ireland. The only part of the sinister apparition which is visible is a white hand which becomes increasingly threatening as the tale goes on.

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