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  Dracula

  Bram Stoker

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  Chills race up and down young solicitor Jonathan Harker's spine as he enters the eerie castle of a Transylvanian count. His host, Count Dracula, is a curious creature that becomes enamored with the photograph of Harker's fiancee, Mina. Dracula decides he must find the enchanting Mina and have her as his own. He boards a boat and makes the long journey to find Mina as the ship's crew mysteriously disappears one by one. Van Helsing, called to care for Mina's friend Lucy, senses there is something different about Dracula. Mina is drawn to Dracula's seduction and tries to fight this overwhelming power. But can she?

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  The Mysterious Stranger

  Mark Twain

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  This story is told by Theodor Fischer, a boy who lives in a small Austrian village and quietly exists with his friends, relatives and community. One day a stranger appears in the village and befriends Theodor and his chums. He tells them that his name is Satan and he is the nephew of "the Satan". He is capable of all types of magic, predictions and apparitions that he reveals in various ways to the boys. But throughout the story Satan expels his wisdom on the character and futility of mankind.
   
  While this work contains the wit and humor typical of Mark Twain, the story line is considered a serious social commentary on Twain's criticism of organized religion.

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  Frankenstein or The Modern...

  Mary Shelley

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  Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by English author Mary Shelley (1797-1851) that tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a grotesque but sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition of the novel was published anonymously in London on 1 January 1818, when she was 20. Her name first appeared on the second edition, published in France in 1823.

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  The Chessmen of Mars

  Edgar Rice Burroughs

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  Tara, Princess of Helium—beautiful, fiery-tempered, and impetuous—found that following a whim could be dangerous. Lost in her flier in the midst of a Martian tempest, she was at the mercy of the mad wind and could only pray to be set down unharmed. Her hope of survival in the ancient, mysterious region of Barsoom would have been small indeed had she known of the strange inhuman customs of its inhabitants: A chessboard manned by humans who must contest each square to the death. Heads without bodies, and bodies without heads. And meet Gahan of Gathol, a hero worthy of the immortal warlord's daughter.

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  50 Classic Thriller Short...

  Edgar Allan Poe, Edgar Wallace,...

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  This Audiobook contains the following works:The Builder [Frank L. Packard],The Man Who Didn't Count [Frank L. Packard],Red Petals [Frederick Merrick White],The Other Man's Story [Frederick Merrick White],The Shebeeners [Frederick Merrick White],The Waterwitch [Frederick Merrick White],The Brand of the Wild [G.B Lancaster],A Fair Smuggler [George Newnes],A Castaway of the South [Gilbert Parker],As Deep As the Sea [Gilbert Parker],The Gift of the Simple King [Gilbert Parker],The Treasure of Sacramento [Nick Guy Boothby],A Personal Problem [H. Bedford-Jones],Gallegher of Beaver [H. Bedford-Jones],Sun, Sand and Soap [H. Bedford-Jones],The Image of Earth [H. Bedford-Jones],Said Afzel's Elephant [H. A. Lamb],Sir Albert's Fall [H. C. Bailey],The Devil of Marston [H. C. Bailey],The Lone Hand [H. C. Bailey],The Treasure in the Forest [H. G. Wells],Through a Window [H. G. Wells],The Jungle's Accolade [Charles Haven Liebe],An Unofficial Affair [Harold Edward Bindloss],Gillatly's March [Harold Edward Bindloss],The Man Who Wouldn't Stay Put [Harold Titus],Confession [Algernon Blackwood],S. O. S. [Algernon Blackwood],B. 24 [Arthur Conan Doyle],The Spider Arthur [O. Friel],The Vulture Arthur [O. Friel],Statement of Gabriel Foot, [Highwayman Arthur Quiller-Couch],The Affair of Bleakirk-on-Sands [Arthur Quiller-Couch],The Countess of Bellarmine [Arthur Quiller-Couch],The Adolescence of Number Eighty-Seven [Arthur Stringer],The Wire-Tappers [Arthur Stringer],The Nth Power [Arthur Cheney Train],The Mysterious Card [Cleveland Moffett],The Mysterious Card Unveiled [Cleveland Moffett],Carnage [Compton Mackenzie],A Locomotive as a War Chariot [Cy Warman],A Wild Night at Wood River [Cy Warman],Wakalona [Cy Warman],John Charrington's Wedding [Edith Nesbit],The Man at the Wheel [Edith Nesbit],The Man Who Died Twice [Edgar Wallace],Allan Poe],,The Man Who Died Twice [Edgar Wallace]The Man Who Hated Earthworms [Edgar Wallace],The Man Who Lived at Clapham [Edgar Wallace],The Man Who Was Acquitted [Edgar Wallace].

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  The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

  Washington Irving

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  "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving is a captivating and timeless tale that transports readers to a bygone era of superstition and ghostly folklore. The story follows Ichabod Crane, a bumbling but endearing schoolteacher, as he becomes entranced by the haunting legend of the Headless Horseman, a phantom rider who terrorises the small town of Sleepy Hollow. Irving's lyrical and evocative prose paints a vivid picture of a world where reality and myth intertwine, where reason gives way to fear and imagination. As Ichabod's obsession with the legend grows, the stage is set for a thrilling and unforgettable encounter with the ghostly apparition, leaving readers breathless and captivated until the very end. "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is a masterful work of fiction that continues to enchant and enthral readers of all ages. 
  This new audio edition is brought to life for 21st century audiences by narrator Jake Urry.

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