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  Banner of the Upright Seven The...

  Gottfried Keller

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  "The Banner of the Upright Seven" is a novel by the swiss poet Gottfried Keller. The narration is divided into acts and scenes, almost like a theater piece. It contains remarkable speeches and many dialogs compared to other novels of Keller. In 1877 he added "The Banner of the Upright Seven" to his "Züricher Novellen" ("Zurich novels"). It is considered one of his most famous pieces and represents a fine example of poetic realism.

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  Sanditon

  Jane Austen

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  An English coastal town is the setting for this unfinished novel, the inspiration for the ITV series, by the author of Pride and Prejudice.Believed to be influenced by a town visited by Jane Austen herself, Sanditon is the story of Mr. Parker, an ambitious man intent on building a seaside resort town that will attract fashionable society; of Charlotte Heywood, a beautiful young woman who finds herself invited to Sanditon through an accident of fate; Mr. Parker’s extended family, including the handsome Sidney Parker and his three comical siblings; and the wealthy Lady Denham, who aims to marry off her impoverished nephew to an heiress from the West Indies. The final unfinished novel by Austen, Sanditon has inspired numerous adaptations and continuations, including the recent television series by prize-winning screenwriter Andrew Davies.

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  The Kreutzer Sonata

  Leo Tolstoy

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  One of Tolstoy’s most important shorter works, The Kreutzer Sonata presents a problematic view of the relationship between the sexes and promotes abstinence as the solution. Pozdnyshev jealously observes the intimacy that emerges between his wife and a violin player. Haunted by ‘The Kreutzer Sonata’ over which they bonded; it plays round and round in Pozdnyshev’s head driving him to distraction and to an unquenchable rage. The Kreutzer Sonata is a psychologically fascinating novella, offering interesting insights into the power play between the sexes.

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  The Outsider

  H.P. Lovecraft

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  Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937), more commonly known as H. P. Lovecraft, was an American writer renowned for his highly influential works of horror fiction. "The Outsider" is one of Lovecraft's earliest and creepiest stories. A man exists alone in a mysterious dark castle, with no memory of how or why he is there. One day he decides to climb the highest tower in the hope of seeing the sky... and in doing so briefly learns the terrible, ghastly, unbearable truth...

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  The Ringer

  Edgar Wallace

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  Edgar Wallace was one of the most prolific British authors of the 20th Century and yet his work is now little known, apart from perhaps his work on the story of King Kong in 1933. 
  “The Ringer” is a wonderful example of his work. Set in a 1920s London where the fog cloaked streets echo to the rumours that a ruthless and fiendishly clever assassin has returned to reek vengeance on his enemies. He is a man who takes on ever changing personas, so much so that some suspect he may even infiltrate the law itself! 
  Head Stories Audio presents Simon Hester’s stylish narration of this classic murder mystery. With original music.

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  Fear and Was It a Dream? -...

  Guy de Maupassant

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  Skeletons and corpses rise from their fitful sleep and share a haunting message from beyond the grave.

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