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  A Wicked Woman - From their pens...

  Jack London

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  John Griffith Chaney was born on January 12th, 1876 in San Francisco.   
  His father, William Chaney, was living with Flora Wellman when she became pregnant.  Chaney insisted she have an abortion.  Flora's response was to turn a gun on herself.  Although her wounds were not severe the trauma made her temporarily deranged. 
  In late 1876 his mother married John London and the young child was brought to live with them as they moved around the Bay area, eventually settling in Oakland where now, calling himself Jack, he completed grade school. 
  Jack worked hard at several jobs, sometimes 12-18 hours a day, but his dream was university.  He studied hard and borrowed the money to enrol in the summer of 1896 at the University of California in Berkeley. 
  In 1897, at 21, Jack searched out newspaper accounts of his mother's suicide attempt and for the name of his biological father. He wrote to Chaney, then living in Chicago, who claimed he could not be Jack’s father because he was impotent and casually asserted that London's mother had relations with other men.  Jack, devastated by the response, quit Berkeley and went to the Klondike. Other accounts suggest that his dire finances presented Jack with the excuse he needed to leave. 
  In the Klondike Jack began to gather material for his writing but also accumulated many health problems, including scurvy, which together with hip and leg problems he would carry for the rest of his life. 
  During the late 1890's Jack was regularly publishing short stories and by the turn of the century full blown novels. 
  By 1904 Jack had married, fathered two children and was now in the process of divorcing.  A stint as a reporter on the Russo-Japanese war of 1904 was equal amounts trouble and experience. But that experience was always put to good use in a continuing and remarkable output of work. 
  In 1905 he married Charmian Kittredge who at last was a soul and companion who brought him some semblance of peace despite his advancing alcoholism and his incurable wanderlust. 
  Twelve years later Jack had amassed both wealth and a literary reputation through such classics as ‘The Call of the Wild’, ‘White Fang’ and many others. He had a reputation as a social activist and was a tireless friend of the workers.   
  Jack London died suffering from dysentery, late-stage alcoholism and uremia, aged only 40, on November 22nd 1916 at his property in Glen Elen in California.

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  The Apparition of Mrs Veal -...

  Daniel Defoe

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  Daniel Defoe is most well-known for his classic novels Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders. Born around 1660, he was also a journalist, a pamphleteer, a businessman, a spy. His life was long and colourful, and the breadth of his work, still highly regarded, is infused with similar vigour. 
  It is said that only the bible has been printed in more languages than Robinson Crusoe. Defoe is also noted for being one of the earliest proponents of the novel. He was extremely prolific and a very versatile writer, producing several hundred books, pamphlets, and journals on various topics including politics, crime, religion, marriage, psychology and the supernatural. He was also a pioneer of economic journalism though was made bankrupt on more on one occasion and usually mired in debt. 
  In later life Defoe was often most seen on Sundays when bailiffs and the like could legally make no move on him.  Allegedly it was whilst hiding from creditors that he died on April 24th, 1731. He was interred in Bunhill Fields, London.

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  Colonel Chabert

  Honoré de Balzac

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  Colonel Chabert is a haunting and masterfully crafted novella by Honoré de Balzac that explores identity, betrayal, justice, and the crushing indifference of society. Set in post-Napoleonic France and part of Balzac's monumental series La Comédie Humaine, this gripping tale examines what happens when a man declared dead returns to reclaim his name, his honor, and his life — only to discover that the world has moved on without him.
  
  Colonel Hyacinthe Chabert, a heroic cavalry officer under Napoleon, was presumed killed during the Battle of Eylau. Left for dead beneath a pile of corpses, he miraculously survives, only to endure years of hardship, wandering, and suffering. When he finally makes his way back to Paris, he finds that his identity has been erased. His wife has remarried, his estate has been claimed, and the legal system recognizes him as nothing more than a ghost.
  
  Reduced to poverty and dismissed as an impostor, Chabert seeks the help of a young lawyer, Derville, in an attempt to restore his legal status and recover what was once his. Through courtroom negotiations, tense confrontations, and deeply emotional exchanges, Balzac unfolds a powerful drama of justice and moral compromise. The colonel's wife, now elevated in society through her new marriage, refuses to relinquish the wealth and status she has gained, setting the stage for a tragic conflict between love, greed, and survival.
  
  Balzac's narrative offers a penetrating critique of a society driven by ambition, social advancement, and self-interest. The novel exposes the rigid bureaucracy of the legal system and the moral decay beneath the glittering surface of Parisian high society. Colonel Chabert's struggle becomes more than a personal quest — it becomes a symbol of the forgotten heroes of a fallen empire and the casualties of political change.
  
  At its heart, Colonel Chabert is a deeply human story. Chabert is portrayed not merely as a wronged man, but as a figure of dignity and tragic nobility. His unwavering sense of honor contrasts sharply with the cold calculations of those around him. As he confronts the painful reality that time and society have erased him, readers are drawn into a poignant meditation on identity, loyalty, and the cost of survival in a world governed by power and appearances.
  
  Balzac's prose is precise, realistic, and psychologically rich. With sharp insight and emotional depth, he captures both the external mechanisms of law and the internal turmoil of a man fighting for recognition. The novella remains strikingly relevant, touching on timeless themes of displacement, bureaucratic injustice, and the fragility of personal identity.
  
  Powerful, tragic, and thought-provoking, Colonel Chabert stands as one of Balzac's most compelling shorter works. It is a story of resurrection without redemption, of heroism forgotten, and of a society that rewards cunning over courage. For readers who appreciate classic literature filled with emotional intensity and social commentary, this unforgettable narrative offers both heartbreak and profound reflection.

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  Carmilla - A Classic Gothic...

  Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

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  Are you ready to surrender to the shadows and feel the pulse of forbidden desire? "Carmilla" isn’t just a gothic story - it’s a hypnotic journey into the dark heart of passion, mystery, and fear. Step into the misty forests of Styria, where young Laura’s tranquil world is forever changed by the arrival of the enchanting and mysterious Carmilla. As you listen, you’ll sense the tension rise - the beauty of friendship twisting into something hauntingly deeper, the innocence of trust tainted by secrets that whisper in the night. You’ll feel every heartbeat, every shiver, every breath caught between fascination and terror. This isn’t merely an audiobook; it’s a mesmerizing experience that will awaken your imagination and stir the most hidden corners of your soul. By the time the final word fades, you won’t just know Carmilla’s story - you’ll have lived its spellbinding power, its longing, and its darkness. The night is calling… will you dare to answer?

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  By The Almshouse Window

  Hans Christian Andersen

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  By the Almshouse Window is one of Hans Christian Andersen’s most quietly devastating and deeply human tales—a story not of magic, but of memory. 
  From the window of a Copenhagen almshouse, an elderly woman gazes out upon a sunlit rampart where children play, laugh, and run barefoot through the grass. As she watches them, her own life unfolds in memory: youthful hope, first love, the slow passing of years, and the quiet sorrow of loss. The joy of childhood continues, unaware, while her own story has reached its stillness. 
  With gentle lyricism and profound emotional insight, Andersen captures the beauty and ache of a life fully lived—how innocence endures even as time carries everything else away. This reflective literary fairy tale explores aging, love, grief, and the tender coexistence of happiness and heartbreak. 
  Narrated with warmth and sensitivity by Laura Harris, this audiobook invites listeners into a single, timeless moment—where past and present meet at a window, and an entire lifetime is remembered.

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  King Richard the Second

  William Shakespeare

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  King Richard the Second has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher.

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