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  Short Christmas Stories

  Charles Dickens

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  Charles Dickens was a major contributor to the romantic revival of Christmas traditions that occurred in the Victorian era. With their heart, humor and good morals, Dickens' Christmas stories have made the author's name synonymous with the season. Here we present four charming novellas to complete his series that began with "A Christmas Carol", with echoes of sleigh bells throughout. The stories include "The Chimes", "The Cricket on the Hearth", "The Battle of Life", and "The Haunted Man" - the perfect companion for the yearly celebrations. David Timson has directed, produced and read a great number of Naxos AudioBooks recordings, and is an authority on Dickens in particular.

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  After Twenty years - From their...

  O Henry

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  William Sydney Porter was born on 11th September 1862 in Greensboro, North Carolina. At age 3 his mother died from tuberculosis. From an early age it was clear Porter had a large appetite for reading as he absorbed the world around him. 
  He first attended at a school run by his aunt before enrolling at the Lindsey Street High School and then worked at his uncle’s drugstore and gained a pharmacists’ license in 1881.  
  A persistent cough took him to Texas in the hope that a change of climate would help his symptoms. He took on various types of work, initially from ranch hand and cook and then as varied as pharmacist, draftsman, bank teller and journalist. He also began to write, though for now, purely as a hobby. 
  He was a member of several singing and dramatic groups when he met 17 year old Athol Estes, daughter of a wealthy Austin family. Despite her mother’s objection owing to Athol’s tuberculosis, they began courting and in July 1887, they eloped and soon married. 
  Athol, impressed by his writing, encouraged him to get them published. A job as a draftsman at the Texas General Land Office paid a healthy $100 dollars per month and life was good. 
  But then life turned cruel. His son died a few hours after birth although a daughter, Margaret, came the following year.  His job had to be vacated but another was found at the First National Bank of Austin. The bank operated informally and Porter was careless in keeping the books. He lost that job but began writing for the humourous weekly The Rolling Stone and the Houston Post. Some time later the federal Bank auditors went through his former accounts and he was arrested on charges of embezzlement. 
  Porter fled the day before his trial to Honduras. Holed up for several months he began to write.  Athol had become too ill to travel to meet him and learning that her health was deteriorating he surrendered to the court in February 1897.  Bail was obtained so that he could stay with Athol during her final days.  
  Porter was sentenced to five years at the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus. His pharmacy qualifications got him the job of night druggist.  His sentence also gave him time to write and publish fourteen short stories. In December 1899 in McClure’s Magazine he published a short story as O Henry.  
  He was released two years early in July 1901, and reunited with Margaret, now 11, in Pittsburgh.  He now began his most prolific period of writing; a short story per week for the New York World, while also publishing works in other magazines.  Eventually over 600 of his short stories were published. 
  Porter was a heavy drinker and in 1908 his health, which had deteriorated for several years, took a dramatic turn for the worse, as did his writing. 
  O Henry died of cirrhosis of the liver complicated by diabetes and an enlarged heart on 5th June 1910.<

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  FRUIT OF THE TREE THE - A...

  Edith Wharton

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  In The Fruit of the Tree, Edith Wharton delivers a powerful and deeply reflective novel about moral responsibility, compassion, and the unintended consequences of human choices. 
  Set in a growing industrial town at the beginning of the twentieth century, the story follows John Amherst, an idealistic man determined to improve the lives of factory workers while navigating the expectations of wealth, marriage, and social duty. When an accident at the mill changes several lives forever, questions of justice, mercy, and personal responsibility begin to blur. 
  As relationships grow more complicated and emotions run deeper, the characters must confront decisions that challenge both the law and their own conscience. What begins as an effort to do good slowly becomes a test of how far kindness can go before it leads to tragedy. 
  Blending psychological insight with social commentary, Wharton explores themes of industrial reform, ethical conflict, love, guilt, and the burden of choice. The result is a timeless literary drama that feels as relevant today as when it was first published. 
  This audiobook edition is narrated by Tracy Peace, whose calm and expressive voice brings new depth to this thoughtful and emotionally complex classic. 
  Perfect for listeners who enjoy classic literature, philosophical fiction, and character-driven stories filled with moral tension and human truth.

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  At the Mountains of Madness -...

  H. P. Lovecraft

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  More classic horror narrations on Jonathan's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@JonathanDunneHorrorAudiobooks 
  Title: At the Mountains of Madness — Part 3 of 12 
  Author: H. P. Lovecraft 
  Narrator: Jonathan Dunne 
  Original Publication: 1936 
  Public Domain: Yes 
  Series Placement: Timeless Terrors No. 84 — Part 3 of 12 
  Description: 
  In Part Three of At the Mountains of Madness, the Miskatonic University expedition presses deeper into its Antarctic investigations, yielding discoveries that challenge every known boundary of biology and history. The strange fossil specimens recovered from the ice reveal anatomies unlike any life forms previously catalogued—intricate, alien, and disturbingly advanced. 
  As the scientists analyze these findings, the narrative delves into detailed comparisons with known terrestrial life, uncovering evolutionary implications that stretch impossibly far into Earth’s prehistoric past. What should be a moment of academic triumph instead becomes a source of growing disquiet, as the evidence hints at an ancient dominance that predates humanity by unfathomable ages. 
  Lovecraft balances meticulous scientific exposition with a steadily tightening sense of dread, allowing the implications of the discoveries to resonate more strongly than any overt horror. The Antarctic setting remains stark and unforgiving, its frozen silence amplifying the unease that now shadows the expedition’s progress. 
  Narrated by Amazon-bestselling horror author Jonathan Dunne, this chapter deepens the mystery and reinforces the cosmic scale of Lovecraft’s vision, as knowledge itself begins to feel like a dangerous pursuit. 
  This is Part 3 of a 12-part complete audiobook series. The revelations grow darker—and the ice holds far more than fossils.

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  Northanger Abbey

  Jane Austen

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  Northanger Abbey was the first of Jane Austen's novels to be completed for publication, in 1803. However, it was not published until after her death in 1817, along with another novel of hers, Persuasion. Northanger Abbey is a satire of Gothic novels, which were quite popular at the time, in 1798-99. This coming-of-age story revolves around Catherine Morland, a young and naïve "heroine", who entertains the reader on her journey to a better understanding of the world and those around her. In the course of the novel, she discovers that she differs from those other women who crave wealth or social acceptance, as instead she wishes only to have happiness supported by genuine morality.
  Seventeen-year-old Catherine Morland is one of ten children of a country clergyman. Although a tomboy in her childhood, by the age of 17 she is "in training for a heroine" and is excessively fond of reading Gothic novels, among which Ann Radcliffe's Mysteries of Udolpho is a favourite.

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  The Lady in the Looking Glass

  Virginia Woolf

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  Isabella is a happy, middle aged woman

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