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  HG Wells Collection - The...

  H. G. Wells

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  Dive into the enchanting literary world of H.G. Wells with this captivating digital audiobook collection. "How Gabriel Became Thompson" invites you to witness a thrilling transformation that defies the boundaries of reality. "The Reconciliation" delves into the realm of human emotions, weaving a poignant narrative of forgiveness and redemption. 
   
  Embark on a gripping adventure with "The Rajah's Treasure" as you follow explorers on a quest for hidden riches in a far-flung, exotic setting. "A Perfect Gentleman on Wheels" takes you on a journey into a world of innovation and curiosity, where a remarkable character navigates the landscape of progress and change. 
   
  Finally, prepare to be enthralled by the mysterious "Mr. Marshall's Doppelganger," a tale that unravels the enigmatic duality of identity and existence. These stories showcase the full spectrum of H.G. Wells' literary brilliance, offering a rich listening experience that transports you to different times and worlds, engaging your imagination and intellect.

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  Hunchback of Notre-Dame The...

  Victor Hugo

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  Book 11: The Hunchback of Notre-Dame or Notre-Dame de Paris is a French Gothic novel by Victor Hugo, published in 1831. - The story is set in Paris in 1482 during the reign of Louis XI. The gypsy Esmeralda (born as Agnes) captures the hearts of many men, including those of Captain Phoebus and Pierre Gringoire, but especially Quasimodo and his guardian Archdeacon Claude Frollo. Frollo is torn between his obsessive lust for Esmeralda and the rules of Notre Dame Cathedral. He orders Quasimodo to kidnap her, but Quasimodo is captured by Phoebus and his guards, who save Esmeralda. Gringoire, who attempted to help Esmeralda but was knocked out by Quasimodo, is about to be hanged by beggars when Esmeralda saves him by agreeing to marry him for four years.

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  The Ernest Hemingway Collection...

  Ernest Hemingway

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  The Ernest Hemingway Collection brings together three of Hemingway's classic novels—A Farewell to Arms, The Sun Also Rises, and The Torrents of Spring—in an illustrated edition that highlights the emotional depth, iconic style, and thematic resonance of his work. Each novel captures Hemingway's unique approach to storytelling, balancing simplicity and poignancy in narratives that explore themes of love, identity, and the search for purpose in an often chaotic world.
  In A Farewell to Arms, Hemingway tells a story of love and sacrifice during World War I. The novel follows the relationship between Lieutenant Frederic Henry, an American in the Italian army, and Catherine Barkley, a British nurse. Their romance provides a fleeting refuge from the surrounding devastation, but the couple is ultimately challenged by the unrelenting realities of war, fate, and loss. With minimalistic prose and powerful imagery, Hemingway crafts a haunting portrayal of the human cost of conflict.
  The Sun Also Rises, one of Hemingway's most famous works, delves into the lives of disillusioned expatriates in post-World War I Europe. The story centers on Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley, whose unrequited love is complicated by a sense of existential detachment common among the "Lost Generation." Set in Paris and Spain, the novel explores the characters' pursuit of pleasure, purpose, and identity amid a world struggling to find meaning after the horrors of war. Hemingway's sharp, descriptive prose captures both the glamour and emptiness of their lives.
  Finally, The Torrents of Spring, a satirical work, reveals Hemingway's humorous side while serving as a parody of the romanticism that often permeated American literature of the time. Through witty characterization and exaggerated situations, Hemingway critiques the literary norms of his era, particularly the style of Sherwood Anderson.
  Illustrated with carefully selected imagery, this collection provides visual depth to Hemingway's layered storytelling, enriching readers' experience of each novel's setting and tone. This collection is ideal for those seeking to understand Hemingway's diverse styles and narrative power across romance, existential exploration, and literary satire.
   
  A Farewell to Arms
  The Sun Also Rises
  The Torrents of Spring

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  Tornado at Sea A (Unabridged)

  George Cupples

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  George Cupples (2 August 1822 - 17 October 1891) was a Scottish journalist and a writer, who became famous at the end of 19th century for his maritime novels. In particular, his novel The Green Hand: adventures of a naval lieutenant was considered "one of the best sea stories ever written" at the time. His wife, Anne Jane Cupples, also became a famous writer of juvenile and children books.
  A TORNADO AT SEA: "What was my horror when I saw the quicksilver had sunk so far below the mark, probably fixed there that morning, as to be almost shrunk in the ball! Whatever the merchant service might know about the instrument in those days, the African coast was the place to teach its right use to us in the old Iris.

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  The Tragedy of Timon of Athens

  William Shakespeare

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  The Tragedy of Timon of Athens (The Life of Tymon of Athens) is a play by William Shakespeare, probably written in collaboration with Thomas Middleton in about 1605–1606, which was published in the First Folio in 1623. It is about the fortunes of an Athenian named Timon. The central character is a beloved citizen of Athens who through tremendous generosity spends his entire fortune on corrupt hangers-on only interested in getting the next payout.
  The earliest-known production of the play was in 1674, when Thomas Shadwell wrote an adaptation under the title The History of Timon of Athens, The Man-hater. Multiple other adaptations followed over the next century, by writers such as Thomas Hull, James Love and Richard Cumberland. The straight Shakespearean text was performed at Smock Alley in Dublin in 1761, but adaptations continued to dominate the stage until well into the 20th century.
  ... Flavius arrives. He wants the money as well, but he also wants Timon to come back into society. Timon acknowledges that he has had one true friend in Flavius, a shining example of an otherwise diseased and impure race, but laments that this man is a mere servant. He invites the last envoys from Athens, who hoped Timon might placate Alcibiades, to go hang themselves, and then dies in the wilderness. Alcibiades, marching on Athens, then throws down his glove, and ends the play reading the bitter epitaph Timon wrote for himself, part of which was composed by Callimachus:
  "Here lies a wretched corpse of wretched soul bereft:
  Seek not my name: a plague consume you wicked caitiffs left!"
  Here lie I, Timon, who alive, all living men did hate,
  Pass by, and curse thy fill, but pass and stay not here thy gait...
  Among the most significant works William Shakespeare: Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, Orpheus, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Troilus and Cressida, The Tempest, Venus and Adonis, Antony and Cleopatra, Measure for Measure, The Winter's Tale and many more.

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  Champagne

  Anton Chekhov

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  Champagne is a short story by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, written in 1887.
  The story is written in the first person. The young head of a remote railway stop lived with his wife and without children in solitude, amusing himself with vodka and watching passing trains.
  Life was boring. One day before celebrating the New Year, he sat with his wife at the festive table, drank enough and thought about boredom. We waited for the clock to show the arrival of the New Year. At five minutes to twelve he uncorked the bottle, the cork flew out, and the bottle slipped out of his hands and fell to the floor. The wife greeted Happy New Year with frightened eyes. She knew that the falling bottle was a bad omen and meant that something bad would happen in the new year.
  After arguing with his wife, the narrator left the house thinking that this had already happened to them, that the worst could not happen. He remembered his dead parents, how he was kicked out of the gymnasium, how he wandered around with nothing to do and friends. He did not love his wife; he married when he was still a boy.
  Returning home, he saw his wife cheerful - "good aunt" Natalya Petrovna, the wife of the hero's wife's uncle, a woman of free behavior, came to them for three days. At dinner, "aunt" and "nephew" drank well, they became dizzy, and their romance began (a terrible, mad whirlwind). In this whirlwind, the hero loses his wife, mistress, and job. He asks "what else bad could happen to me?"

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