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  Imaginative Woman An - From...

  Thomas Hardy

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  Thomas Hardy was born in the hamlet of Upper Bockhampton about three miles east of Dorchester in Dorset, England, on 2nd June 1840.  
  Despite a fairly wide education and being an avid reader his parents thought it unlikely he would lead a successful scholarly or clerical career and he was apprenticed in 1856, at age 16, to a local architect whose speciality was in church restoration.  Hardy’s only opportunity to read was in the morning before work between the hours of five and eight.  
  On the back of a failed love affair he moved to London and spent five years working as an assistant to the architect Arthur Blomfield, also a restorer and designer of churches. Hardy though had by now become disillusioned with institutionalised forms of Christianity and abandoned any lingering hopes of ordination in the Anglican Church.  However, his writing of poetry was now flourishing, although it was still rejected for publication.  
  His novel ‘Desperate Remedies’, was published anonymously in 1871 and he now resolved to write full time though he was not yet in a position to achieve financial security or literary success. His second novel, ‘Under the Greenwood Tree’, appeared in 1872 and in 1873 ‘A Pair of Blue Eyes’, the most autobiographical of his works arrived. With ‘Far From the Madding Crowd’ in 1874, came critical acclaim, public attention and financial success. This was repeated in 1878 with ‘The Return of the Native’, and the ensuing years saw him rise to ever greater popularity.  
  His classic ‘The Mayor of Casterbridge’ arrived in 1886 and 5 years later ‘Tess of the d’Urbervilles’. The latter only saw publication after extensive alterations to its plot and the deletion of long passages to lessen the shock to the prudish Victorian audience who were dismayed by the seduction and ruin of a young girl by a rakish aristocrat.  
  ‘Jude the Obscure’, his last novel, suffered the same fate when it was published in 1895.  The uproar so disturbed him that he returned to poetry. In 1898 he had an earlier poetry collection, ‘Wessex Poems’ published. 
  Hardy spent the years between 1903 and 1908 writing ‘The Dynasts’, an epic poem on the Napoleonic Wars. 
  In his twilight years came honours and awards from the great and the good in recognition of his stature as one of the most outstanding of British authors across novels, short stories and poetry. George V conferred on him the Order of Merit in 1910. 
  From 1920 to 1927 he worked, in secret, on his autobiography, which was later published after his death as the work of his second wife, Florence Hardy.  
  Thomas Hardy OM died on the 11th January 1928. 
  His heart was buried alongside his first wife in Stinsford churchyard, Dorchester.

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  Washington Square

  Henry James

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  Embark on a journey to the heart of 19th-century New York society with "Washington Square" by Henry James. This audiobook takes you into the world of Catherine Sloper, a young woman navigating the complexities of love, family, and societal expectations. With James' exquisite prose and keen insight, the narrative offers a compelling exploration of character development and the human condition. It delves into themes of inheritance, self-discovery, and the clash between individual desires and social norms. Through its well-drawn characters and intricate plot, it provides a thought-provoking examination of the choices we make and their lasting consequences.

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  Reckless at Heart

  Zoe York

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  He's a grumpy silver fox who's about to become a grandfather, and she's the sunshiny young midwife who wants babies of her own . . . 
   
   
   
  Owen Kincaid knows how hard it is to have a kid when you're still a kid yourself, and eighteen years after the fact, the paramedic is watching his daughter go through the same thing. The last thing his daughter needs is Owen falling for the new woman in town—her midwife. 
   
   
   
  Kerry Humphrey finds her new client's father . . . unsettling. He's tall and brooding and always there, hovering in the background of appointments. And then there's the crackle of off-limits chemistry every time they're alone. She hates that, too, but Pine Harbour is a tiny place, and avoiding the young grandfather-to-be in a town of six hundred people and a single Main Street proves impossible. 
   
   
   
  Everything about their attraction is ill-fated. But it won't go away. 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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  Edgar Allan Poe - Selected Tales

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  Edgar Allan Poe will always be associated with the macabre and mysterious. In this selection of 11 of his short stories Poe's unique voice can be heard in all its Gothic splendour. 
  "The Fall of the House of Usher" a death obsessed man, in his desperate attempt to save his sister from premature burial, seals his own fate. 
  "The Masque of the Red Death" A nobleman uses his wealth to protect himself from the Red Death only to find it stalks his palace of pleasure and privilege as a guest. 
  " The Premature Burial" Fearful that his cataleptic illness may lead to premature interment, the narrator becomes obsessed with avoiding such an horrific end. 
  "The Tell-Tale Heart" A murderer's frenzied guilt over his deadly deed manifests itself in a bizarre incriminating manner. 
  "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" A macabre and violent double murder in Paris attracts the attention of Dupin, an amateur detective whose powers of deduction foreshadow the techniques of Sherlock Holmes nearly 50 years later. 
  "The Oblong Box" While on a sea voyage the narrator mistakes his old friend's mysterious reticence regarding his cargo of an "Oblong Box" for rudeness, with tragic consequences. 
  "The Oval Portrait" While convalescing in an old castle, a man becomes intrigued by a portrait of a young woman and soon learns of its sad history. 
  "The Black Cat" A Man spirals down into an existence of increasing drunkenness and violence. Those he once loved are dragged down with him, but one is bent on revenge. 
  "The Raven" A short poem in which a Raven enters a lovelorn man's room only to be the unexpected prophet of the poet's bleak and lonely future. 
  "The Sphinx" The oppressive atmosphere of a Cholera epidemic causes the writer to overestimate the evidence of his own eyes. 
  "The Pit and the Pendulum" A claustrophobic masterpiece, describing the experience of a man undergoing the tortures of the Spanish Inquisition.

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  Bury Your Gays: Book summary &...

  Alexander Pike

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  This content is an independent and unofficial summary created for informational and educational purposes only. It is not affiliated with, authorized, approved, licensed, or endorsed by the original author or publisher. All rights to the original work belong to its respective copyright holders. This summary is not intended to substitute the original book, but to offer a concise overview and interpretation of its main ideas. 
  Set in a world filled with love, loss, and societal rejection, Bury Your Gays tells the heartbreaking story of two young men who share an intense and forbidden love. As they navigate their relationship in a world that marginalizes their bond, they are forced to confront not only societal pressures but also the tragic forces that seek to bury their love beneath layers of grief and fear. With evocative prose, this emotionally charged story explores themes of love, sacrifice, and the struggle for acceptance, reminding us that love, though often fleeting, can be a powerful force that transcends even death.

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  You and Me: A gripping...

  Anonym

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  The perfect gripping, twisty suspense for fans of Netflix’s You and Lisa Jewell’s Watching You 
  This is not a love story… 
  Watching sunrises together should have been romantic. 
  But you were always inside with your wife, and I sat in your garden, in the shadows. 
  I thought you’d never know how I felt about you. 
  Until one night, I witnessed a terrible crime. 
  I wanted it to bring us closer together. 
  But now the secrets are tumbling out. 
  And they could tear everything apart…A breath-taking suspense full of twists and turns – if you think you know how this ends, think again… 
  ‘An engrossing and unsettling read with a totally unpredictable ending. Nicola Rayner is a skilled storyteller’ Lesley Kara, author of The Rumour 
  ‘I was blown away. An outstanding psychological suspense, beautifully written, brilliantly plotted and impossible to put down. Loved every word!’ Emma Curtis, author of The Night You Left 
  ‘Reels you in until you reach the nail-biting, show-stopping finale. I loved this book so much – the best thriller I’ve read this year’ S.E. Lynes, author of Mother 
  ‘The definition of “unputdownable” … Evocative, pacy and utterly gripping. I loved it’ Sara Collins, author of The Confessions of Frannie Langton 
  ‘A fantastic story, with clever story-telling, fabulous characters and a jaw-dropping plot. One of my top reads of the year’ Rona Halsall, author of One Mistake 
  ‘Excellent and emotional page-turning psychological suspense full of dark themes and a brilliantly conceived central character’ Jenny Quintana, author of The Missing Girl 
  ‘An instant winner for me. And that plot! Perfectly set up to make the ending a complete shock … One of those books that stays with you’ Caroline Corcoran, author of Through the Wall 
  ‘Claustrophobically gripping with an exquisitely-wrought narrator’ Kate Weinberg, author of The Truants 
  The thrillers genre is perfectly captured in this narrative, as the amateur detective unravels the mystery of life and family. The suspense of the fiction will keep you engrossed, as you delve into the world of siblings and their secrets. 
  For fans of Lisa Jewell (Don’t Let Him In), Gillian Mcallister (Just Another Missing Person), S. E. Lynes (The Ex), B. A. Paris (The Prisoner), and Ruth Ware (The Woman in Cabin 10).

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