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  Top 10 Short Stories The - The...

  Nathaniel Hawthorne, Nikolai...

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  Talent bursts from this decade with astonishing ease.  From America across Europe to Russia each and every story is an indelible mark of story-telling flecked with genius that enthralls us all.  Whatever their chosen genre their stories break new ground, cover new topics and carry a legacy that cannot be disputed. 
   
  1 - The Top Ten - The 1840's 
   
  2 - The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe 
   
  3 - The Cloak by Nikolai Gogol 
   
  4 - Sextons Hero by Elizabeth Gaskell 
   
  5 - The Mummys Foot by Théophile Gautier 
   
  6 - Rappaccinnis Daughter by Nathaniel Hawthorne 
   
  7 - The Spectre of Tappington by Richard Harris Barham 
   
  8 - The Jew by Ivan Turgenev 
   
  9 - An Honest Thief by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 
   
  10 - Taman by Mikhail Lermantov 
   
  11 - The Return of Martin Guerre by Alexander Dumas

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  Aepyornis Island (Unabridged)

  H. G. Wells

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  'Aepyornis Island' is the strange tale of a naturalist who finds himself adrift in a canoe in the Indian Ocean, with three mysterious rare giant eggs which he has collected. He knows they are the eggs of the aepyornis - a bird which has been extinct for hundreds of years. He is amazed, when hunger forces him to try one of the eggs, to find that it is fresh. When he opens the second egg several days later, he is horrified to find a still live embryo inside it. Before he is forced to eat the third and final egg, his canoe is cast up on a deserted atoll, where he finds fresh water and plenty of fish in the lagoon. Then the final egg hatches, and the strangest part of the adventure begins.

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  Mask of the Red Death The...

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  "The Masque of the Red Death", originally published as "The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy" (1842), is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague, known as the Red Death, by hiding in his abbey. He, along with many other wealthy nobles, hosts a masquerade ball within seven rooms of the abbey, each decorated with a different color. In the midst of their revelry, a mysterious figure disguised as a Red Death victim enters and makes his way through each of the rooms. Prospero dies after confronting this stranger, whose "costume" proves to contain nothing tangible inside it; the guests also die in turn. Poe's story follows many traditions of Gothic fiction and is often analyzed as an allegory about the inevitability of death, though some critics advise against an allegorical reading. Many different interpretations have been presented, as well as attempts to identify the true nature of the titular disease. The story was first published in May 1842 in Graham's Magazine and has since been adapted in many different forms, including a 1964 film starring Vincent Price. Additionally, it has been alluded to by other works in many types of media.

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  Infamous Relations - A Pride &...

  Catherine Bilson

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  A Pride And Prejudice What If...? story. 
  What if... Mr Collins had been even more despicable than in Jane Austen's original tale? 
  Would such an infamous relation destroy Elizabeth and Darcy's chance of happiness forever, or would his actions set in motion an entirely different sequence of events?

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  Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

  Lewis Carroll

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  In 1862, during a boating party on the Thames River, a young Englishman named Lewis Carroll entertained three little girls by spinning a wondrous story of a disappearing cat, a mad tea party, and a croquet-playing Queen of Hearts. The story so enchanted one of the girls that she begged him to put it in writing. The result was overwhelming fame and fortune for the author and a beloved fantasy classic for children's literature. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland has captivated generations of children and adults with its unforgettable blend of laughter, magic and mischief. It is a hot summer afternoon when Alice spies a white rabbit hurrying across the riverbanks. "Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late!" he cries, glancing at a watch drawn from his waist-coat pocket. Of course, Alice has never seen a rabbit wear a waist-coat or a watch before. Curious, she follows the creature-and plunges down a rabbit hole into a strange and unforgettable world.

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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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