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  Top 10 Short Stories The -...

  Franz Kafka, Guy de Maupassant,...

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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. 
   
  Those taken away by their own hand leave many questions and many sorrows.  In this volume ten of our vaunted authors share stories of tragedy and the early demise of characters who take a tortured path of no return. 
   
  01 - The Top 10 - Suicide - An Introduction 
  02 - In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka 
  03 - Suicides by Guy de Maupassant 
  04 - The Victory by Rabindranath Tagore 
  05 - Paul's Case by Willa Cather 
  06 - Claude Gueux by Victor Hugo 
  07 - The Mourner by Mary Shelley 
  08 - A Slav Soul by Alexander Kuprin 
  09 - Cohen of Trinity by Amy Levy 
  10 - A Passion in the Desert by Honoré de Balzac 
  11 - The Quadroons by Lydia Maria Child

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  The Black-Bearded Barbarian

  Marian Keith

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  A fictionalized biography of George Mackay (1844-1901), an influential Presbyterian missionary in northern Taiwan. (Summary by Edmund Bloxam)

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  Devil's Manhunt

  L. Ron Hubbard

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  Tim Beckdolt, rangy and self-reliant, is as American as the frontier itself. He has spent eight hard months digging $175,000 in gold out of Arizona's Desperation Peak — but two strangers have taken his gold, and now they want to take his life. In a place where the only law is the law of survival, Beckdolt will have to live by his wits... or die by the bullet. The fists are flying and the guns are blazing as the audio version of Devil's Manhunt puts you hot on the trail of blistering Wild West action.

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  Omdurman - Soldier of the Queen...

  Griff Hosker

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  The third audiobook in Griff Hosker exhilarating Soldier of the Queen series.  
  Being a soldier of the queen at the end of the nineteenth century meant spending much of your time abroad. Jack Roberts is a hero and a good soldier but he is torn between his career and his son who is looked after in England. When the Mahdists begin to enlarge their empire Jack is recalled to the desert regiment he helped to form. Fighting behind enemy lines where nature is as much an enemy as the fierce Dervishes, Jack begins the campaign that will, ultimately, lead to the Battle of Omdurman in 1898.

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  My Lady Ludlow

  Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

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  This novella by the acclaimed Elizabeth Gaskell follows the reminiscences and life of aristocratic Lady Ludlow, told through the eyes of one of her charges, the young Margaret Dawson. Lady Ludlow epitomizes the unwillingness of the old English gentry to accept the progression of social reform and technology, such as education for the poor and religious leniency. She reminisces about her friends in the French revolution and tries to protect and guide the numerous young ladies she has taken under her care. [Summary by Rosie]

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  Mrs Dalloway

  Virginia Woolf

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  Mrs Dalloway 
  Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself." Join Clarissa Dalloway on a transformative day in post-war London, where the boundaries of time, memory, and reality blur. Virginia Woolf's modernist masterpiece weaves together the inner lives of Clarissa and Septimus Smith, a shell-shocked war veteran, as their paths converge in the city's vibrant streets. 
  In this immersive exploration of human consciousness, Woolf masterfully captures the fluidity of time and the intricate web of thoughts, emotions, and experiences that shape our lives. As Clarissa prepares for her evening party, memories of love, loss, and identity resurface, while Septimus grapples with the devastating impact of war. 
  Through Woolf's innovative stream-of-consciousness narrative, the past and present intertwine, revealing the profound connections between these two characters and the world around them. This meticulously edited edition, collated from all known proofs and manuscripts, ensures a rich and authentic listening experience. 
  Features: 
  - Elaine Showalter's insightful introduction and endnotes 
  - A map of Mrs. Dalloway's London, bringing the setting to life 
  - A catalog of emendations, ensuring textual accuracy 
  - Woolf's lyrical prose, expertly narrated 
  Limbur into the heart of London and the depths of the human experience with Mrs Dalloway, a timeless exploration of love, trauma, and the search for meaning.

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