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  A Story Without An End

  Anton Chekhov

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  Soon after two o'clock one night, long ago, the cook, pale and agitated, rushed unexpectedly into my study and informed me that Madame Mimotih, the old woman who owned the house next door, was sitting in her kitchen."She begs you to go in to her, sir…" said the cook, panting. "Something bad has happened about her lodger… He has shot himself or hanged himself…""What can I do?" said I. "Let her go for the doctor or for the police!"
  "How is she to look for a doctor! She can hardly breathe, and she has huddled under the stove, she is so frightened… You had better go round, sir."
  I put on my coat and hat and went to Madame Mimotih's house. The gate towards which I directed my steps was open. After pausing beside it, uncertain what to do, I went into the yard without feeling for the porter's bell. In the dark and dilapidated porch the door was not locked. I opened it and walked into the entry. Here there was not a glimmer of light, it was pitch dark, and, moreover, there was a marked smell of incense. Groping my way out of the entry I knocked my elbow against something made of iron, and in the darkness stumbled against a board of some sort which almost fell to the floor. At last the door covered with torn baize was found, and I went into a little hall...

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  Historic Doubts on the Life and...

  Horace Walpole

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  A provocative and influential reassessment of one of England’s most maligned monarchs. Challenging the traditional Tudor narrative—popularized by Shakespeare and chroniclers like Thomas More—Walpole argues that Richard III has been unfairly vilified as a tyrant and murderer. Through meticulous examination of historical sources, he questions the evidence behind accusations such as the murder of the Princes in the Tower and Richard’s physical deformities, suggesting bias and propaganda shaped his dark legacy. While not a full exoneration, Walpole’s work pioneered revisionist history and sparked debate about historical objectivity. Written with wit and scholarly rigor, Historic Doubts reflects Enlightenment skepticism and remains a landmark in the re-evaluation of medieval English history.

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  The Bell Jar

  Sylvia Plath

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  Performed by Maggie Gyllenhaal 
  One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels 
  “A coming–of–age masterpiece.” —Boston Globe 
  ""It is this perfectly wrought prose and the freshness of Plath's voice in The Bell Jar that make this book enduring in its appeal."" —USA Today 
  The Bell Jar is Sylvia Plath’s masterwork—an acclaimed and timeless novel about a young woman falling into the grip of mental illness and societal pressures. 
  The story chronicles the breakdown of Esther Greenwood, a bright, beautiful, enormously talented college student coming of age in 1950s America, as she navigates the pressures of society along with her own ambitions. While at a prestigious, competitively won position at a New York City magazine one summer, Esther finds herself struggling with the looming expectations of marriage, motherhood, and giving up on her dreams to achieve them. She becomes increasingly disillusioned and her mental health deteriorates, ultimately leading her to undergo harsh treatment and therapy. 
  ""Funny, intense, enormously human"" (Cosmopolitan), The Bell Jar is a poignant exploration into the darkest and most harrowing corners of the human psyche and remains an extraordinary accomplishment from one of the country's most luminous talents.

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  A Christmas Carol

  Charles Dickens

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  Charles Dickens created the story A Christmas Carol known the world over as the story that helped create the modern Christmas season and in doing so gave the world one of the most recognized characters in literature, the miserly old Ebenezer Scrooge. It was first published in 1843. It became an instant hit and has since become one of the world's most beloved Christmas classics. 
  Kevin Hayes The Story-Man brings Charles Dickens' magical story of Ebenezer Scrooge and his visiting Christmas spirits to life in this audiobook version. 
  You may recognize Kevin Hayes The Story-Man from the Nightly Bedtime Story Podcast. Thousands of children and adults from all over the world listen as he tells them a Bedtime Story every night. You can now enjoy his storytelling as he narrates this audiobook version of Charles Dickens' Christmas classic, A Christmas Carol. 
  If you are not familiar with the beloved Christmas classic, A Christmas Carol, it is about a miserly, grouchy, mean old man named Ebenezer Scrooge. He is visited by several spirits, one by one, on Christmas Eve that show him how his life will be if he continues being the unpleasant, greedy man that he has chosen to be and in doing so they help him see how he needs to change. 
  We hope you enjoy this wonderful Christmas classic from Charles Dickens and Kevin Hayes The Story-Man. We wish you a very merry Christmas and as Tiny Tim said, " God bless us every one".

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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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  My First Goose - From their pens...

  Isaac Babel

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  The bookshelves of European literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centu-ries of very talented authors.  From this continent their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure.  Among them is Isaac Babel.

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