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  Our School (Unabridged)

  Charles Dickens

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  Charles Dickens was a writer and social critic who created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity.
  OUR SCHOOL: We went to look at it, only this last Midsummer, and found that the Railway had cut it up root and branch. A great trunk-line had swallowed the playground, sliced away the schoolroom, and pared off the corner of the house: which, thus curtailed of its proportions, presented itself, in a green stage of stucco, profilewise towards the road, like a forlorn flat-iron without a handle, standing on end.

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  A Farewell to Arms

  Ernest Hemingway

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  Step into the gripping world of A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway's poignant tale of love and war. Set against the backdrop of World War I, this classic novel follows Lieutenant Frederic Henry, an American ambulance driver in the Italian army, as he navigates the horrors of battle and the solace of love with Catherine Barkley, a British nurse. 
  Hemingway's spare, evocative prose captures the intensity of human emotion in a time of profound chaos, creating a narrative both heart-wrenching and timeless. 
  This audiobook brings Hemingway's masterpiece to life, immersing listeners in a story of courage, sacrifice, and the enduring power of love. Perfect for fans of classic literature and compelling storytelling, this is a journey you won’t want to miss.

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  A Capitalist - From their pens...

  George Gissing

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  George Robert Gissing was born on November 22nd, 1857 in Wakefield, Yorkshire.  
  He was educated at Back Lane School in Wakefield. Gissing loved school. He was enthusiastic with a thirst for learning and always diligent.  By the age of ten he was reading Dickens, a lifelong hero. 
  In 1872 Gissing won a scholarship to Owens College. Whilst there Gissing worked hard but remained solitary. Unfortunately, he had run short of funds and stole from his fellow students. He was arrested, prosecuted, found guilty, expelled and sentenced to a month's hard labour in 1876. 
  On release he decided to start over.  In September 1876 he travelled to the United States. Here he wrote short stories for the Chicago Tribune and other newspapers. On his return home he was ready for novels. 
  Gissing self-published his first novel but it failed to sell.  His second was acquired but never published. His writing career was static.  Something had to change.  And it did. 
  By 1884 The Unclassed was published.  Now everything he wrote was published. Both Isabel Clarendon and Demos appeared in 1886. He mined the lives of the working class as diligently as any capitalist. 
  In 1889 Gissing used the proceeds from the sale of The Nether World to go to Italy. This trip formed the basis for his 1890 work The Emancipated. 
  Gissing's works began to command higher payments. New Grub Street (1891) brought a fee of £250.  
  Short stories followed and in 1895, three novellas were published; Eve's Ransom, The Paying Guest and Sleeping Fires. Gissing was careful to keep up with the changing attitudes of his audience.  
  Unfortunately, he was also diagnosed as suffering from emphysema. The last years of his life were spent as a semi-invalid in France but he continued to write. 1899; The Crown of Life. Our Friend the Charlatan appeared in 1901, followed two years later by The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft. 
  George Robert Gissing died aged 46 on December 28th, 1903 after catching a chill on a winter walk.

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  Sea Raiders The (Unabridged)

  H. G. Wells

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  '... slowly uncoiling their tentacles... and making a soft purring sound to each other' A disgusting account of a school of giant squid attacking a seaside resort, and two other examples of Wells' extraordinary imagination at work - 'The Magic Shop' and 'The Land Ironclads'.

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  Ring Around the Sun

  Isaac Asimov

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  "Ring Around the Sun" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. It was first published in the March 1940 issue of Future Fiction and reprinted in the 1972 collection The Early Asimov. "Ring Around the Sun" was the fifth story Asimov wrote, and also the fifth to be published.

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  Just So Stories

  Rudyard Kipling

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  "Just So Stories" by Rudyard Kipling is a whimsical collection of imaginative tales that explain the origins of animals and natural phenomena. Written with playful language and rhythmic prose, the stories explore how the leopard got its spots, the camel its hump, and the elephant its trunk, blending creativity with curiosity. Kipling’s narrative style invites readers into a world of wonder, where animals and nature are shaped by quirky adventures and lessons in adaptation. Each story carries a moral or insight, encouraging reflection on the interconnectedness of life. Filled with charm and humor, this timeless classic captivates both children and adults, celebrating the joy of storytelling and the magic of discovery in the natural world.

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