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  The Reaper - From their pens to...

  Dorothy Easton

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  The bookshelves of British literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors.  From these Isles their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure.  Among them is Dorothy Easton.

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  Top 10 Short Stories The -...

  Nikolai Gogol, Guy de...

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  Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart.  A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. 
   
  In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author?  
   
  The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme.  Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature. 
   
  Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made.  If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something. 
   
  In this volume our classic authors share their narratives in the form of letters to create both intimacy and the knowing that the events unfolding, line by line, will bring both knowledge and revelation in very short order. 
   
  01 - Top Ten Stories - Epistolary - An Introduction 
  2 - Diary of a Madman by Nikolai Gogol 
  3 - Le Horla by Guy de Maupassant 
  4 - The Story of B 24 by Arthur Conan Doyle 
  5 - Eve's Diary by Mark Twain 
  6 - Diary of a Plain Girl by Amy Levy 
  7 - The Diary of a God by Barry Pain 
  8 - The Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing But the Truth by Rhoda Broughton 
  9 - Morphine by Mikhail Bulgakov 
  10 - The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 
  11 - Dionea - Part 1 by Vernon Lee 
  12 - Dionea - Part 2 by Vernon Lee

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  My Flirtations A Chapter - From...

  Ella Hepworth Dixon writing as...

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  The bookshelves of British literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors.  From these Isles their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure.  Among them is Ella Hepworth Dixon writing as Margaret Wynham.

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  A Descent into the Maelstrom

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  Venture into the swirling abyss of fear, awe, and survival with A Descent into the Maelstrom by Edgar Allan Poe—a gripping tale of nautical horror and existential revelation from the master of gothic fiction. 
  In this haunting and philosophical short story, Poe delivers a mesmerizing account of one man’s encounter with a terrifying natural phenomenon: the legendary Maelstrom, a monstrous whirlpool off the coast of Norway. As the narrator recounts his near-death experience—being swept into the vortex along with his brothers—listeners are taken on a harrowing journey through the relentless forces of nature and the fragile psyche of a man staring into the abyss. 
  More than just a suspenseful sea story, this tale explores the boundaries of human perception, the thin line between fear and reason, and the instinct for survival in the face of overwhelming terror. Poe’s masterful prose immerses you in a world of roiling seas, towering cliffs, and psychological dread, evoking both cosmic wonder and existential despair. 
  Whether you're a lover of classic literature, a fan of horror and gothic fiction, or someone who relishes tales of maritime suspense and psychological depth, this audiobook offers a powerful listening experience. The language is poetic, the setting is vast and vivid, and the emotional journey is unforgettable. 
  Brought to life with atmospheric narration and chilling intensity, this full-length audio performance captures every nuance of Poe’s dark vision. It’s a story of being pulled into literal and metaphorical depths—a meditation on mortality, humility, and the sublime terror of nature. 
  Settle in, press play, and let yourself be drawn into the swirling horror of one of Poe’s most breathtaking and philosophical adventures.

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  Jack London - Six of the Best -...

  Jack London

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  Six has always been a number we group things around – Six of the best, six of one half a dozen of another, six feet under, six pack, six degrees of separation and a sixth sense are but a few of the ways we use this number. 
   
  Such is its popularity that we thought it is also a very good way of challenging and investigating an author’s work to give width, brevity, humour and depth across six of their very best. 
   
  In this series we gather together authors whose short stories both rivet the attention and inspire the imagination to visit their gems in a series of six, to roam across an author’s legacy in a few short hours and gain a greater understanding of their writing and, of course, to be lavishly entertained by their ideas, their narrative and their way with words. 
   
  These stories can be surprising and sometimes at a tangent to what we expected, but each is fully formed and a marvellous adventure into the world and words of a literary master. 
   
  1 - Six of the Best - Jack London - An Introduction 
  2 - Jack London - An Introduction 
  3 - An Odyssey of the North by Jack London 
  4 - To Build a Fire by Jack London 
  5 - A Piece of Steak by Jack London 
  6 - The White Silence by Jack London 
  7 - A Thousand Deaths by Jack London 
  8 - In a Far Country by Jack London

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  Hearts and Bones - Love Songs...

  Niamh Mulvey

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  'Vivid, memorable and beautifully crafted’ - Sarah Moss, author of Summerwater'A brilliant collection, from a remarkable talent' - Joseph O'Connor, author of ShadowplayHearts and Bones is a book about relationships. It explores what love does to us, and how we survive it.A young woman learns to wield her power, leaving casualties in her wake, while a man from a small town finds solace in a strange new hobby. A watchful child feels a breaking point approach as her mother struggles to keep her life on track, and another daughter steps onto a stage while her family in the audience hope that she is strong enough now to take on the world.First-time lovers make mistakes, brothers and sisters try to forgive one another, and parents struggle and fail and struggle again. Teenage souls are swayed by euphoric faith in a higher power and then by devotion to desire, trapped between different notions of what might be true. Quiet revolutions happen in living rooms, on river banks, in packed pubs and empty churches, and years later we wonder why we ever did the things we did.Set between Ireland and London in the first two decades of this millennium, the stories in Hearts and Bones, Niamh Mulvey's debut collection, look at the changes that have torn through these times and ask who we are now that we’ve brought the old gods down. Witty, sharply observed and deeply moving, these ten stories announce an extraordinary new Irish literary talent.'Highly accomplished, inventive . . . what stands out is Mulvey's command of her own originality' - Irish Times'Honest, daringly fresh and stunningly written, these stories cut right to the very essence of what it means to be young’ - Jan Carson, author of The Raptures

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