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  The Tin Woodman of Oz

  L. Frank Baum

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  The Tin Woodman sets out to discover what became of the pretty Munchkin girl he was to marry before the Wicked Witch of the East enchanted his ax and traded his flesh and bone body for one of tin.

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  The Mirror and The Greedy Man

  Ridhhaan Jaiin

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  "The Mirror And The Greedy Man" is story of a poor man whose greed converts his blessings to major distress. The story gives the moral of how one should not take things for granted and how greed can take away everything from you. This is the second book of the moral short stories by Ridhhaan. 
  About Author and Narrator Ridhhaan Jaiin 
  Ridhhaan Jaiin is one of India’s youngest and most talented authors. At just 9 years old, he is already an accomplished author, audiobook narrator, and motivational speaker. He is also a passionate child philanthropist, using his platform to raise awareness and funds for causes close to his heart. 
  His parents encouraged him to put his thoughts to paper, and he created magic! His first book – ‘Once Upon in My Mind’ – was published when he was just 8 years old, making him one of India’s youngest authors. 
  In 2022, three more books by Ridhhaan were released: “The Mirror and The Greedy Man”, “The Despicable Virus”, and “Penny and the Monsters”. All these stories have happy endings with good morals, adding values. He has also narrated audiobook of same titles. 
  As a motivational speaker, Ridhhaan has visited numerous schools, clubs, events and hosted motivational sessions for over 1000 children and 250 adults.  
  Ridhhaan Jaiin is an author who believes in giving a platform to other children to express themselves through story writing. In 2022, he founded a story writing competition for children aged 5 to 12 and sponsored the book publishing of all the winners.  
  Ridhhaan also donates portion of his income from audiobooks with blind students for their welfare. Additionally, Ridhhaan is officially signed as Brand Ambassador of BVJSS Foundation, an orphanage based in Pune providing shelter and education to children of 6 to 16 years of age.

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  Gooseberries

  Anton Chekhov

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  "Gooseberries" by Anton Chekhov is a short story about Ivan Ivanovich, a man who visits his brother and reflects on his own life. While picking gooseberries, Ivan compares his unsatisfied life to the abundant berries and realizes that he has been living for material wealth and social status, instead of finding true happiness and fulfillment. He also reflects on the futility of life and the inevitability of death. Through Ivan's musings and introspection, Chekhov explores themes of mortality, materialism, and the search for meaning in life. The story ends with Ivan feeling a sense of contentment and appreciation for the simple joys of life, such as the taste of ripe gooseberries. Read in English, unabridged.

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  Ligeia

  Sampi Books, Edgar Allan Poe

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  In Edgar Allan Poe's "Ligeia," the narrator recounts his intense love for the intelligent and beautiful Ligeia. After her mysterious death, he remarries, but Ligeia's presence haunts him, leading to a chilling climax that explores themes of love, death, and the supernatural.

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  The Plymouth Express

  Agatha Christie

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  In Agatha Christie’s short story, “The Plymouth Express,” a rich young American woman is found murdered on the train from Bristol to Plymouth and her valuable jewelry missing. Poirot’s suspects include her indebted gambler husband, her French adventurer lover, and her maid. But where is the murder weapon? This short story originally appeared in the April 4, 1923 issue of The Sketch magazine.

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  Frankenstein - Digitally...

  Mary Shelley

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  This recording is presented by AudioWhale Classics and has been digitally produced, by DeepZen Limited, using a synthesized version of an audiobook narrator’s voice under license. DeepZen uses Emotive Speech Technology to create digital narrations that offer a similar listening experience to human narration.Frankenstein; or, "The Modern Prometheus" is a novel written by Mary Shelley about a creature produced by an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was nineteen, and the novel was published when she was twenty-one. The first edition was published anonymously in London in 1818. Shelley's name appears on the second edition, published in France in 1823.Shelley had travelled in the region of Geneva, where much of the story takes place, and the topics of galvanism and other similar occult ideas were themes of conversation among her companions, particularly her future husband, Percy Shelley. The storyline emerged from a dream. Mary, Percy, Lord Byron, and John Polidori decided to have a competition to see who could write the best horror story. After thinking for weeks about what her possible storyline could be, Shelley dreamt about a scientist who created life and was horrified by what he had made. She then wrote Frankenstein.

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