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  Normal Social Life The (Unabridged)

  H. G. Wells

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  Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 - 13 August 1946) was an English writer. Prolific in many genres, he wrote dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, history, satire, biography and autobiography. His work also included two books on recreational war games. Wells is now best remembered for his science fiction novels and is often called the "father of science fiction", along with Jules Verne and the publisher Hugo Gernsback.
  THE NORMAL SOCIAL LIFE: Produces an increasing surplus of energy and opportunity, more particularly under modern conditions of scientific organisation and power production; and this through the operation of rent and of usury tends to.

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  The Fall of the House of Usher

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  Title: The Fall of the House of Usher 
  Author: Edgar Allan Poe 
  Narrator: Jonathan Dunne 
  Original Publication: 1839 
  Public Domain: Yes 
  Series Placement: Number 45 in the Timeless Terrors series 
  Description: 
  The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe stands as one of the defining masterpieces of gothic horror — a tale where decay, madness, and the supernatural intertwine within the crumbling walls of a doomed mansion. When an unnamed narrator visits the melancholic Roderick Usher and his ailing sister Madeline, he becomes ensnared in a world where the line between reality and delusion dissolves, and the very house itself seems alive with a malignant sentience. 
  Poe’s prose conjures an atmosphere of suffocating dread, exploring the collapse of body, mind, and bloodline. Every shadow, every whisper within the Usher estate echoes the inevitability of ruin — a meditation on mortality, isolation, and the inescapable power of fear. 
  Narrated by Amazon bestselling horror author Jonathan Dunne, this performance captures the story’s haunting rhythm and the slow, irresistible descent into terror that has enthralled readers for nearly two centuries. While the text is in the public domain, this narration is an original performance and copyright © 2025 Jonathan Dunne. 
  Part of Timeless Terrors, a series devoted to resurrecting the masters of the macabre and uncanny, The Fall of the House of Usher endures as one of Poe’s most enduring works — a symphony of melancholy and madness that reminds us: when the house falls, it takes the soul with it.

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  Jilting of Jane The (Unabridged)

  H. G. Wells

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  The Jilting of Jane is a short story by H. G. Wells. Herbert George "H. G." Wells (21 September 1866 - 13 August 1946) was an English writer, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary, even writing textbooks and rules for war games. Wells is sometimes called "The Father of Science Fiction," as are Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback. His most notable science fiction works include The War of the Worlds, The Time Machine, The Invisible Man and The Island of Doctor Moreau. Wells's earliest specialised training was in biology, and his thinking on ethical matters took place in a specifically and fundamentally Darwinian context. He was also from an early date an outspoken socialist, often (but not always, as at the beginning of the First World War) sympathising with pacifist views. His later works became increasingly political and didactic, and he sometimes indicated on official documents that his profession was that of "Journalist."

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  Iron Heel The (Unabridged)

  Jack London

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  The story proper begins with Avis Everhard, a daughter of a renowned physicist, John Cunningham, and future wife of socialist Ernest Everhard. At first, Avis Everhard does not agree with Ernest's assertion that the whole contemporary social system is based on exploitation of labour. She proceeds to investigate the conditions the workers live in and those terrible conditions make her change her mind and accept Ernest's worldview. Similarly, Bishop Morehouse does not initially believe in the horrors described by Ernest but then becomes convinced of their truth and is confined to a madhouse because of his new views.

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  Fear - From their pens to your...

  Catherine Wells

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  Little information survives on Catherine’s life. 
  She was born Amy Catherine Robbins in 1872. 
  In about 1892 she was a student in a biology cramming class where the teacher was H G Wells.  Though married he was quickly attracted to his student and within a short time they were living together in Woking, Surrey.  He then divorced his first wife and married Catherine in October 1895 at St Pancras register office. 
  In the early years they were poor to the point that they could not afford to start a family.  When they did they had two children; Philip in 1901 and Frank two years later. 
  For much of her life she seemed to pursue other interests, being a mother, a gardener, running much of her husband’s business affairs and this seemed to leave little time for her own literary pursuits.  She published little during her lifetime apart from a few poems and some short stories.  Indeed her prodigiously talented husband even referred to her as ‘Jane’ and soon all around her did too, her writing life seemingly in another personality far, far away.   
  By the mid 20’s she was ill with cancer and succumbed to its advance in 1927. 
  Wells, although wayward and promiscuous during much of the marriage, now attempted to put his wife’s literary merits into book form and published ‘The Book of Catherine Wells’, a collection of short stories and poems.

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  Peter Pan - Peter and Wendy

  J. M. Barrie

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  J.M. Barrie created the story Peter and Wendy known the world over as Peter Pan and in doing so gifted the world one of the most beloved characters in literature. It was first published in 1911 as Peter and Wendy. It became almost an instant hit and has since become one of the world's most beloved classics. 
  Kevin Hayes The Story-Man brings J.M. Barrie's magical story of 'the boy who never grew up' 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 J.M. Barrie's classic novel Peter Pan, Peter and Wendy. 
  If you are not familiar with the story of Peter Pan, Peter and Wendy, it is about a boy named Peter Pan who never grew up because he always wanted to 'stay a boy and always have fun'. He lives on a magical island called Neverland with the Lost Boys. Neverland is a magical place we go to when we dream and as children we can actually fly there with the help of fairy dust from Peter Pan's fairy friend, Tinkerbell. The island is not full of only fun and games, but also many other characters including the wicked, Captain Hook and his band of nasty pirates. One memorable night, Peter and Tinkerbell fly into a window of the bedroom belonging to three children, Wendy, John, and Michael and with the help of Tink's magical fairy dust, helps them fly to Neverland where they take part in many exciting adventures. 
  This is a story that can truly be enjoyed by everyone even if you're an adult and have forgotten how to fly.

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