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Title: Happy House

Author: Jane D. Abbott

Narrator: Sara Morsey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-31-15

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Happy House by Jane D. Abbott (1881-1968) was recently released into the public domain. It is a lovely, articulate look at life as a recent college graduate in 1920s America. Writing in the vein of Louisa May Alcott et. al., Ms. Abbott delights in this tale of two young women who share a name and decide on an identity switch that sends one of them on the trip of a lifetime. A plethora of high-spirited New Englanders peoples this tale performed by professional actor and narrator Sara Morsey. Rediscover Jane D. Abbott's "high, happy spirit of youth," in the time just after World War I.

Members Reviews:

A sweet story

Fans of Louisa May Alcott, L. M. Montgomery, Eleanor Porter, and Grace Livingston Hill will enjoy this story of a girl who finds a new family and a new calling in life, bringing change to a houseful of grumpy relatives.

Charming

Loved the simplicity. I didn't expect the twists SNF turns in the ploy. It took me to a different day and time.

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Title: The Altar of the Dead

Author: Henry James

Narrator: Mike Vendetti

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-14-15

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

The Altar of the Dead by Henry James, read by award-winning narrator Mike Vendetti, is the story of aging George Stransom, who is obsessed with observing the anniversary of his fiancée Mary Antrim's death, a fact that leads him to expand his commemorative pantheon to include all the other departed friends who live on in his memory. As in life, if we live long enough, the departed outnumber the living. When Stransom becomes the last of the living, who will light a candle for him? A charming story that becomes even more poignant as we ourselves grow older.

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Title: The Canvasser's Tale

Author: Mark Twain

Narrator: Glenn Hascall

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-09-15

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

If you are less than fond of telemarketing phone calls, door-to-door salesmen, and email spam, then you have something in common with beloved humorist Mark Twain. In this story, he encounters a "Canvasser" (essentially a door-to-door huckster). The man's story is compelling and it is only at the end that Twain connects the dots, but by then he's in line to buy something he doesn't need.

Narrated by Glenn Hascall.

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Title: Graves and Goblins

Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne

Narrator: Glenn Hascall

Format: Unabridged

Length: 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-09-15

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Acclaimed author Nathaniel Hawthorne weaves a short tale of a ghost, now old, that had died in youth. As with many such stories, there are things he must do to move beyond his predicament. This story finds him seeing those who roam for centuries and those who finish whatever tasks they were to perform moving on sooner than he would have liked. This ghost story is not so much terror driven as it seems a reflection on the thinking of a ghost. Intriguing.

Narrated by Glenn Hascall.

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Title: The Mysterious Card Unveiled

Author: Cleveland Moffett

Narrator: Mike Vendetti

Format: Unabridged

Length: 42 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-13-15

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

The Mysterious Card Unveiled by Cleveland Moffett narrated by award-winning narrator Mike Vendetti is the sequel to The Mysterious Card, which left the mystery unsolved. This sequel is far more evil than the original.

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Title: The Vision of the Fountain

Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne

Narrator: Glenn Hascall

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-13-15

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

An older man revels in the joy of finding beauty in the reflection of a pool. Was it a dream? Was it madness? Was it simply an overactive imagination? This classic short story by acclaimed author Nathaniel Hawthorne is masterfully narrated by Glenn Hascall.

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Title: Metzengerstein

Author: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrator: Mike Vendetti

Format: Unabridged

Length: 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-10-15

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Metempsychosis, the supposed transmigration and death of the soul of a human being or animal into a new body of the same or a different species is the key to this short story by Edgar Allen Poe, narrated by award-winning narrator Mike Vendetti. "Metzegerstein", the title of this short story by Edgar Allen Poe, is the name family name of a family that has carried on a long standing feud with the Berlifitzing family bitter rivals somewhere in Eastern Europe. When the patriarch of the Berlifitzing family dies in a fire that destroys the castle and stables. A mighty steed appears to escape the conflagration and become the property of the young Baron Metzegerstein, and now back to the Metempsychosis suspicion.

Members Reviews:

Irrelevant Illustrations

I bought this -- although I already own several copies and versions -- because it was illustrated. The preview gave no indication one way or the other what to expect from the illustrations, being a mere view of nature, but after purchasing the book I found the illustrations, which are sparse, have nothing whatever to do with the story. They couldn't be more irrelevant. The final illustration is clearly that of an oriental folktale involving some couple who find or adopt -- I'm guessing -- a child who is apparently born or grown out of something looking like a cantaloupe. All of the other illustrations are equally absurd. You would find images more closely resembling the story if you simply Googled the word "images" and looked up at one of them after every few paragraphs. The illustrations, too, are very small and difficult to see. So much for purchasing a book with illustrations.The story, of course, is great! I have no complaints about the author or his work.

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Title: Suite Homes and Their Romance

Author: O. Henry

Narrator: Glenn Hascall

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-04-15

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

In the classic humor stylings of O. Henry, this story follows a couple with a dubious reputation. They are disreputable cons who have played the game well enough to get by with more than they should, but when the wife seems to be spending more than she should the husband enlists the help of the police. She is, in fact, involved in nefarious deeds, but even then humor abounds in the cold hard facts of her choices. Narrated by Glenn Hascall.

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Title: Over an Absinthe Bottle

Author: W. C. Morrow

Narrator: Mike Vendetti

Format: Unabridged

Length: 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-18-15

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

A master hustler and bank robber befriends a starving gentleman on Market Street in San Francisco. He engages the man, who hasn't eaten for three days, in a game of dice over a bottle of absinthe. The starving man plays amazingly well as he warms his empty stomach with the liquor - so well in fact that the last hand has $148,000 on the table.

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Title: The Curious Republic of Gondour

Author: Mark Twain

Narrator: Glenn Hascall

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-12-15

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

It shouldn't come as a surprise that Mark Twain was ingenious at political satire. In this short story Twain recounts his learning of the political system of the fictional Republic of Gondour. Listeners will tell quickly that Gondour had some pretty unusual laws related to the vote of the people. We end up just as confused as Twain intended, but the twist at the end brings us exactly where Twain intended for us to be - in our own country with our own politics.

Narrated by Glenn Hascall.

Members Reviews:

Overpriced, but so what!

The title essay is not only the best of the batch but is is one of the few that are not hopelessly dated or so obscure it would take an historian to understand them. But I'm glad I now have this in my library.

Opinion of Mark Twain

I think Mark Twain is an extrodinary author with a taste for adventure! Mark Twain is one of the only authors that can turn an ordinary person into the most important person in the world! He also writes with various authors sometimes and writes both fiction and non-fiction books. I only wish I had read his "How to Write an Essay" book before I wrote my personal essay!