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  Immortal An - From their pens to...

  Sidney Benson Thorp

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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 Sidney Benson Thorp.

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  Morella

  SAMPI Books, Edgar Allan Poe

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  "Morella", by Edgar Allan Poe, shows the relationship between a man and his wife, whose fixation with the supernatural makes her almost a ghost. After she dies, her daughter, also called Morella, appears to be her reincarnation, continuing a frightening cycle of life, death and rebirth.

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  The Devoted Friend

  Oscar Wilde

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  Once upon a time, there was a kind and honest man named Hans. He lived alone in a tiny cottage.
  Hans was a little man who owned a beautiful garden, where he grew flowers of all kinds and colours which were sold in the market to make some money. He enjoyed the company of another man called Hugh, a miller who used to visit Hans very often during the summer time and with whom he shared thoughts about friendship and loyalty. Hans was so devoted to Hugh that he even gifted him whole bunches of flowers from his own garden.

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  The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

  Agatha Christie

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  Despite his best efforts to retire, the fourth book in Agatha Christie's famous detective series sees Detective Hercule Poirot returning for his next intriguing case.Detective Poirot is enjoying a quiet, peaceful retirement in a small village where he can focus on gardening and daily life. His plans are rudely disrupted when Roger Ackroyd, a wealthy widower, is murdered in his study shortly after the suspicious death of his fiancée. Ackroyd's niece and Poirot's new neighbor, Flora, begs for the detective's help on the investigation, and he can't bring himself to refuse. Poirot quickly finds himself pulled into another intriguing case filled with impossible alibis and dark secrets that he will have to unravel if he wants to discover who killed Roger Ackroyd.

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  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

  F Scott itzgerald

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  This short story by Francis Scott Fitzgerald depicts the strange and curious life of Benjamin Button, born an old man and aging backwards. 
  Narrated by Michael Ward

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  David Copperfield

  Charles Dickens

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  David Copperfield is a classic coming-of-age story following the life of its eponymous hero from his troubled childhood to his hard-earned success as an adult. Inspired in part by Dickens’s own experiences, it explores themes of perseverance, friendship, and identity through a vivid cast of characters—from the villainous Uriah Heep to the kindly Aunt Betsey. Dickens’s heartfelt and sometimes humorous narrative paints a rich portrait of Victorian society, while celebrating the resilience of the human spirit.

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