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  This is the End

  Stella Benson

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  It is the story of a Family halfheartedly searching for a missing relation who does not want to be found, while just off-stage, World War I is raging on the continent. It is a story about ordinary people trying to live ordinary lives in extraordinary times. The things they do are less important than the ways in which they do them: often comic, occasionally tragic, but always touching and true to life. It reminds us that Poetry and Romance can be found anywhere, hidden beneath the surface of the most commonplace things.

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  Burning Daylight

  Jack London

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  Burning Daylight takes place in the Yukon Territory in 1893. The main character, Elam Harnish, nicknamed "Burning Daylight" was the most successful entrepreneur of the Alaskan Gold Rush. The story of the main character was partially based upon the life of Oakland entrepreneur "Borax" Smith. Bringing his fortunes to the States he is cheated out of it by a crowd of money kings, and recovers it only at the muzzle of his gun. Embarking on a new life in California, he makes another fortune by underhanded means . . . only to find his corrupt life suddenly turned around by the love of a woman.

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  A Wicked Woman - From their pens...

  Jack London

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  John Griffith Chaney was born on January 12th, 1876 in San Francisco.   
  His father, William Chaney, was living with Flora Wellman when she became pregnant.  Chaney insisted she have an abortion.  Flora's response was to turn a gun on herself.  Although her wounds were not severe the trauma made her temporarily deranged. 
  In late 1876 his mother married John London and the young child was brought to live with them as they moved around the Bay area, eventually settling in Oakland where now, calling himself Jack, he completed grade school. 
  Jack worked hard at several jobs, sometimes 12-18 hours a day, but his dream was university.  He studied hard and borrowed the money to enrol in the summer of 1896 at the University of California in Berkeley. 
  In 1897, at 21, Jack searched out newspaper accounts of his mother's suicide attempt and for the name of his biological father. He wrote to Chaney, then living in Chicago, who claimed he could not be Jack’s father because he was impotent and casually asserted that London's mother had relations with other men.  Jack, devastated by the response, quit Berkeley and went to the Klondike. Other accounts suggest that his dire finances presented Jack with the excuse he needed to leave. 
  In the Klondike Jack began to gather material for his writing but also accumulated many health problems, including scurvy, which together with hip and leg problems he would carry for the rest of his life. 
  During the late 1890's Jack was regularly publishing short stories and by the turn of the century full blown novels. 
  By 1904 Jack had married, fathered two children and was now in the process of divorcing.  A stint as a reporter on the Russo-Japanese war of 1904 was equal amounts trouble and experience. But that experience was always put to good use in a continuing and remarkable output of work. 
  In 1905 he married Charmian Kittredge who at last was a soul and companion who brought him some semblance of peace despite his advancing alcoholism and his incurable wanderlust. 
  Twelve years later Jack had amassed both wealth and a literary reputation through such classics as ‘The Call of the Wild’, ‘White Fang’ and many others. He had a reputation as a social activist and was a tireless friend of the workers.   
  Jack London died suffering from dysentery, late-stage alcoholism and uremia, aged only 40, on November 22nd 1916 at his property in Glen Elen in California.

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  Silas Marner

  George Eliot

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  Though brief in length, George Eliot’s (Mary Ann Evans) Silas Marner is a beautifully nuanced tale. It touches on many themes such as social acceptance, the harshness of legalistic religion, the equally harsh consequences of familial expectations and the power of a simple but fierce redemptive love. 
  The touching story is gently unfolded by Eliot in writing which beautifully captures the tragic disfunctions of the Cass family and the humorous characters of Raveloe who slowly grow to accept the strange Weaver in their midst. At its heart is Silas Marner himself, enigmatic and remote to those who don’t know him, but we who are allowed to glimpse his bruised heart, know that restoration may still be his. 
  Head Stories Audio presents Silas Marner by George Eliot. Narrated by Simon Hester. With original music.

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  The Complete Short Stories of...

  Guy de Maupassant

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  What can a single moment reveal about a lifetime?
  
  The Complete Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant brings together the full range of one of literature's greatest masters of the short story. With sharp observation and elegant precision, Maupassant captures love and betrayal, ambition and despair, vanity and compassion—often within just a few unforgettable pages.
  
  Set in nineteenth-century France, these stories explore everyday lives shaped by class, desire, war, and chance. Maupassant's style is clear, economical, and devastatingly effective, revealing human weakness and truth with irony, humor, and psychological insight.
  
  From tales of rural life and Parisian society to haunting stories of madness and the supernatural, this complete collection showcases the versatility and enduring power of Maupassant's art.
  
  Inside this eBook, you'll explore:
  
  All of Maupassant's short stories in one definitive collection
  
  Brilliant examples of realism, irony, and psychological depth
  
  Themes of love, greed, war, morality, and human folly
  
  A cornerstone of world literature and short fiction
  
  Studied worldwide and admired by writers such as Chekhov and Hemingway, Guy de Maupassant's stories remain essential reading for anyone who values clarity, insight, and emotional truth.
  
  Discover how much life can fit into a single story. Buy now and experience the complete short stories of Guy de Maupassant.

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  The Complete Collection of James...

  James Joyce

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  What if language itself became the adventure?
  
  The Complete Collection of James Joyce brings together the essential works of one of the most influential and challenging writers in world literature. A pioneer of literary modernism, Joyce transformed the novel through radical experimentation with language, structure, and stream of consciousness.
  
  This comprehensive collection includes Joyce's major novels, short stories, poetry, and essays—works that explore identity, memory, art, faith, and the rhythms of everyday life. From intimate portraits of Dublin life to bold reimaginings of myth and consciousness, Joyce's writing reshaped what literature could achieve.
  
  Demanding yet deeply rewarding, his works invite readers into the inner life of the mind with unmatched intensity and originality.
  
  Inside this eBook, you'll explore:
  
  All major works by James Joyce in one collection
  
  Iconic texts such as Ulysses, Dubliners, and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
  
  Groundbreaking modernist techniques and linguistic innovation
  
  A cornerstone of twentieth-century world literature
  
  Studied worldwide and endlessly discussed, James Joyce's writing remains essential for anyone seeking the boundaries of literary art.
  
  Read boldly. Think deeply. Buy now and experience the complete collection of James Joyce.

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