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  Sense and Sensibility

  Jane Austen

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  "John Dashwood promised his dying father that he would take care of his half sisters. But his wife, Fanny, has no desire to share their newly inherited estate with Belle Dashwood's daughters. When she descends upon Norland Park with her Romanian nanny and her mood boards, the three Dashwood girls—Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret—are suddenly faced with the cruelties of life without their father, their home, or their money.    As they come to terms with life without the status of their country house, the protection of the family name, or the comfort of an inheritance, Elinor and Marianne are confronted by the cold hard reality of a world where people's attitudes can change as drastically as their circumstances." Support Us and visit our site at https://manifoldmedia.net/donate

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  Treasure Island

  Robert Louis Stevenson

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  Set sail on a thrilling adventure with "Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson, an audiobook that transports listeners to a world of pirates, buried treasure, and high seas excitement. 
  Narrated with energy and excitement, this timeless classic follows young Jim Hawkins as he embarks on a daring voyage to discover the legendary treasure of the infamous Captain Flint. Along the way, Jim encounters a colorful cast of characters, including the cunning Long John Silver, whose loyalty and motives are as mysterious as the treasure itself. 
  Stevenson's masterful storytelling and vivid descriptions bring the world of buccaneers and buried gold to life, capturing the imagination of listeners of all ages. From swashbuckling battles to treacherous mutinies, "Treasure Island" is packed with action, suspense, and unforgettable moments that will keep you on the edge of your seat. 
  Whether you're a longtime fan of adventure stories or new to the genre, "Treasure Island" promises an exhilarating listening experience that will leave you craving more. So hoist the Jolly Roger, grab your compass, and set course for excitement and discovery. Start listening to "Treasure Island" today and embark on the adventure of a lifetime!

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  The Chimes

  Charles Dickens

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  Book #2 in Dickens' Christmas Books series.
  The Chimes is Charles Dickens 1844 novella that concerns the disillusionment of Toby "Trotty" Veck, a poor working-class man. When Trotty has lost his faith in Humanity and believes that his poverty is the result of his unworthiness he is visited on New Year's Eve by spirits who collectively help restore his faith and show him that nobody is born evil, but rather that crime and poverty are man-made creations.

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  A Christmas Carol

  Charles Dickens

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  Charles Dickens created the story A Christmas Carol known the world over as the story that helped create the modern Christmas season and in doing so gave the world one of the most recognized characters in literature, the miserly old Ebenezer Scrooge. It was first published in 1843. It became an instant hit and has since become one of the world's most beloved Christmas classics. 
  Kevin Hayes The Story-Man brings Charles Dickens' magical story of Ebenezer Scrooge and his visiting Christmas spirits to life in this audiobook version. 
  You may recognize Kevin Hayes The Story-Man from the Nightly Bedtime Story Podcast. Thousands of children and adults from all over the world listen as he tells them a Bedtime Story every night. You can now enjoy his storytelling as he narrates this audiobook version of Charles Dickens' Christmas classic, A Christmas Carol. 
  If you are not familiar with the beloved Christmas classic, A Christmas Carol, it is about a miserly, grouchy, mean old man named Ebenezer Scrooge. He is visited by several spirits, one by one, on Christmas Eve that show him how his life will be if he continues being the unpleasant, greedy man that he has chosen to be and in doing so they help him see how he needs to change. 
  We hope you enjoy this wonderful Christmas classic from Charles Dickens and Kevin Hayes The Story-Man. We wish you a very merry Christmas and as Tiny Tim said, " God bless us every one".

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  Kasimir Stanislavovitch - From...

  Ivan Bunin

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  Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin was born on 22nd October 1870 in Voronezh province, in the South-West of the Russian Empire. 
  His early life was plagued by his Father’s gambling habits which caused his education to be erratic and the family to lose most of their wealth. 
  Bunin published his first poem in 1887 in St Petersburg and later in Oryol he worked for the local paper and became its editor, handily allowing him to publish his own poems and short stories.  There he met and married Varvara Pashchenko.  Ivan Bunin's debut book of poetry ‘Poems (1887–1891)’ was published in 1891. 
  This poetry and his translation of Longfellow garnered him his first Pushkin Prize.  Now he switched to writing prose and his novella ‘Antonov Apples’ is regarded as his first masterpiece.  Many more would follow. 
  The October Revolution of 1905 found Bunin in the Crimea.  Scenes of ‘class struggle’ he saw more as the oppressed people's craving for anarchy and destruction. 
  In November 1906 he began a passionate affair with Vera Muromtseva, within a few months they were touring through Egypt and Palestine.  ‘The Bird's Shadow’ collection was the result.   
  His second Pushkin Prize came in 1909 for Poems (1903–1906) and further translations.  He was now elected to the prestigious Russian Academy. 
  More widespread fame came in 1910 with ‘The Village’, a controversial and bleak portrayal of Russian country life.  Travel too beckoned them back to the Middle East, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and for winters in Capri with their friend Maxim Gorky.  
  That friendship suddenly ended in April 1917 as the revolution began to ferment in war-ravaged Russia.  After the Bolsheviks took power and the upheavals continued, he decided to leave Russia, finally achieving that in early 1920.  
  It would take some time to heal the wounds and stress he had been under and for his writing to begin again.  Settled in France, Bunin published many of his previous works and collections of novellas.  He also made regular contributions to the Russian emigre press.  
  Although reluctant to become involved in politics, Bunin was now feted as both a writer and the figurehead of non-Bolshevik Russian values and traditions.  In 1933 he became the first Russian to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature ‘for following through and developing with chastity and artfulness the traditions of Russian classic prose.’  
  In 1938 Bunin began working on the celebrated cycle of nostalgic, and erotically themed stories known Dark Avenues (or Dark Alleys).  
  As World War II broke out he chose to remain in Grasse spending the war at his remote Villa Jeanette, high in the mountains.  
  Ivan Bunin was a staunch anti-Nazi, and often, under difficult conditions, sheltered fugitives after Vichy was occupied by the Germans.  He wrote but did not publish during these years until on August 23rd the Nazi’s fled Grasse without a fight.  The next day the Americans came.  
  In May 1945 he returned to Paris and, apart from convalescing at times in Juan-les-Pins, he stayed for the rest of his life. 
  After 1948, with his health deteriorating, Bunin concentrated upon writing his memoirs and a book on Chekhov.  His last years were overshadowed by bitterness and despair at the situation in Russia and the treatment of its peoples.  He was suffering now from asthma, bronchitis and chronic pneumonia. 
  Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin died in a Paris attic flat on 8th November 1953.  Heart failure, cardiac asthma and pulmonary sclerosis were given as the causes of death.  He was 83.

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  The Mystery of Marie Roget

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  "The Mystery of Marie Rogêt", often subtitled A Sequel to "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe written in 1842. This is the first murder mystery based on the details of a real crime. It first appeared in Snowden's Ladies' Companion in three installments, November and December 1842 and February 1843. Poe referred to it as one of his "tales of ratiocination".
  Poe's detective character C. Auguste Dupin and his assistant, the unnamed narrator, undertake the unsolved murder of Marie Rogêt in Paris. The body of Rogêt, a perfume shop employee, is found in the Seine, and the press takes a keen interest in the mystery. In the story, Dupin explains that "it is the object of our newspapers rather to create a sensation—to make a point—than to further the cause of truth",[2] and proceeds by exposing the contradictions in their theories. Even so, he uses the newspaper reports to get into the mind of the murderer.

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