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  The Thimble

  D H Lawrence

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  In 'The Thimble', Lawrence moves to the world of the affluent middle classes, a world to which he perhaps aspired. The story is a touching one of a disfigured husband returning home from the war to a beautiful new wife. The thimble of the story can be seen to represent purposeless, surface beauty, which has no function. The husband casts the thimble away but can this marriage survive the surface damage and find a deeper meaning?

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  The Law of Life

  Jack London

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  Step into the snowy silence of the Arctic tundra and witness a profound meditation on aging, mortality, and the natural order in Jack London’s unforgettable short story, The Law of Life. 
  In this powerful work of literary fiction, London strips human existence to its elemental truths. We meet Koskoosh, an aged Inuit chief left behind by his tribe as they continue their journey across the unforgiving northern wilderness. Alone with only a small pile of firewood and his memories, Koskoosh reflects on his past, his people, and the inevitability of death. His observations are neither bitter nor sentimental—only honest, wise, and hauntingly beautiful. 
  Through this stark yet deeply human lens, London examines the laws that govern all life: survival, adaptation, and ultimately, acceptance of nature’s final verdict. This is not just a story of one man’s end—it is a philosophical exploration of life’s cycle, told in a voice both timeless and universal. 
  Narrated with quiet intensity and reverent tone, this full audiobook immerses listeners in London’s rich narrative style, blending existential insight, naturalistic detail, and emotional depth. It’s a literary experience that transcends the boundaries of time and culture, inviting you to consider your own place in the vast scheme of nature. 
  The Law of Life delivers a journey of introspection and connection with the primal forces that shape us all. 
  So sit back, breathe deep, and let the icy winds of Jack London’s prose carry you into the heart of the wilderness—and the soul of what it means to be alive.

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  Second Best

  D H Lawrence

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  'Second Best' was written by D H Lawrence in 1912. In this delicate story of boy-girl love, Lawrence is at his best, intertwining the feelings of the two lovers with the natural world around them, the countryside, flowers and fields and the moles who are sacrificed to bring the lovers together. The young girl may consider her lover 'second best' but his passion and honesty ring true.

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  Hadji Murat

  Leo Tolstoy

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  In 1851 Leo Tolstoy enlisted in the Russian army and was sent to the Caucasus to help defeat the Chechens. During this war a great Avar chieftain, Hadji Murád, broke with the Chechen leader Shamil and fled to the Russians for safety. Months later, while attempting to rescue his family from Shamil's prison, Hadji Murád was pursued by those he had betrayed and, after fighting the most heroic battle of his life, was killed.
  
  Tolstoy, witness to many of the events leading to Hadji Murád's death, set down this story with painstaking accuracy to preserve for future generations the horror, nobility, and destruction inherent in war.

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  The Willberry Inn

  Kimberly Thomas

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  Cora had it all, a doting husband, two wonderful daughters, an amazing career, and a beautiful home. She was living the dream; until . . . it all came crashing down like a stack of cards. 
   
   
   
  Starting over was never in her plans—not when she'd spent more than half of her life with a man she'd planned to grow old with. Yet here she was in her prime getting divorced from a husband who'd ignored their vows. 
   
   
   
  Old wounds return when she receives word of the passing of her estranged father. 
   
   
   
  Making the trip back to her childhood hometown of Oak Harbor, memories resurface, and she is forced to relive the day everything changed. 
   
   
   
  Now unable to run away from the responsibility of running the family business, and taking care of her sick mother, Cora must make time to mend her relationship with the woman whom she partly blamed for not being there when she needed her the most. She'll also have to make amends with her sisters that have become more like acquaintances than blood. 
   
   
   
  Will old betrayals sully the path for the sisters to reconcile, or will Cora be able to convince them that she's a changed woman, prepared to be there for them this time? 
   
   
   
  Is a happy ending still possible for her?

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  Top 10 Short Stories The - The...

  Mikhail Bulgakov, Franz Kafka, D...

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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. 
   
  In this decade Europe is recovering from the Great War yet already the poisonous seeds for the next, even greater calamity, are taking root.  Our literary leviathans bring tales of pain and heartache, sorrow and humanity into every narrative.  Genius has many names. 
   
  1 - The Top 10 - The 1920's - The Europeans - An Introduction 
  2 - Morphine by Mikhail Bulgakov 
  3 - A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka 
  4 - The Horse Dealer's Daughter by D H Lawrence 
  5 - Twilight Alley by Stefan Zweig 
  6 - The Tale Of The Stairs by Hristo Smirenski 
  7 - The Imbecile by Luigi Pirandello 
  8 - My First Goose by Isaac Babel 
  9 - The Loathly Opposite by John Buchan 
  10 - Vampire's Prey by Hanns Heinz Ewers 
  11 - Rhapsody by Dorothy Edwards

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