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ID: 772395

Title: Dear Diary - A Short Story Collection

Author: Barry Pain, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Guy De Maupassant, Leo Tolstoy, Mark Twain, Mikhail Bulgakov, Nikolai Gogol, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Virginia Woolf

Narrator: Ian Holm, Liza Ross, Richard Mitchley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:01:39

Language: English

Release date: 01-01-24

Publisher: The Copyright Group Ltd.

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Essays & Anthologies

Summary:

The diary is that most intimate of journals, of records.

Within its pages the writer records and gives expression to their thoughts, their feelings, their emotional state on all the things that make up and surround them in this world.

For most people the diary is a way to record the milestones of life; a birthday, a new love, the passing of someone as well as the minutiae of everyday life that seems worth passing into written memory.

It may be a daily task, or an occasional flurry of words whenever it's deemed necessary yet, apart from politicians and celebrities, these pages are never really shared. The truth they hold is personal to the writer, and others are not privy to its contents.

With authors of the calibre of Bulgakov, Woolf, Tolstoy, Twain and many others this volume explores characters who lives seemed dominated by these diaries, and the events that unfold are both compelling and literary journeys into the very personal and intimate side of their characters' lives.

1 - Dear Diary - A Short Story Collection - An Introduction

2 - Diary of a Lunatic by Leo Tolstoy

3 - The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

4 - The Diary of a God by Barry Pain

5 - Eve's Diary by Mark Twain

6 - Morphine by Mikhail Bulgakov

7 - The Horror of the Heights by Arthur Conan Doyle

8 - The Legacy by Virginia Woolf

9 - Diary of a Madman by Nikolai Gogol

10 - The Horla by Guy De Maupassant

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ID: 772416

Title: Holy Sonnets

Author: John Donne

Narrator: Ghizela Rowe, Peter Bardon, Robert Maskell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 00:26:25

Language: English

Release date: 01-01-24

Publisher: The Copyright Group Ltd.

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Poetry

Summary:

John Donne was born on the 22nd January 1572 in London, into a Roman Catholic family when Catholicism was illegal in England, and there was turbulence and unrest with both state and church throughout much of Europe.

His father, also named John, died when he was four, and his mother, Elizabeth Haywood, married a wealthy widower, ensuring the family were looked after. He received a good education at both Oxford and Cambridge but was unable to obtain a degree without taking the oath of supremacy, which as a Catholic he refused to do.

During the 1590s, Donne wrote a wide range of verses, including both erotic and sacred poems, creating two major volumes of work. His strong vivacious and sensual style fusing intellect and passion, as well as inventive use of subtle argument and syntax, provided a new radical perspective that reached beyond his contemporaries, and continued to chime and charm poetry lovers throughout the ages.

Difficult to believe that with this enormous talent, Donne lived in poverty for many years, exacerbated by his secret marriage to Anne Moore, which meant no dowry, and they having twelve children. Later he served in Parliament and became Dean of St Paul's in 1621, noted for his learned and charismatic sermons.

John Donne died in London on the 31st March 1631, but leaves an enormous legacy of many splendid influential poems. He was known as the founder of the Metaphysical Movement and is widely regarded as one of Britain's best-loved poets.

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ID: 720339

Title: Lantern in Her Hand

Author: Bess Streeter Aldrich

Narrator: Katherine Fenton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:45:34

Language: English

Release date: 01-01-24

Publisher: Findaway Voices

Genres: Kids, Classics

Summary:

The classic story of Abbie and Will Dealpioneers who left everything behind for a new life on Americas frontier.

Abbie Mackenzie dreamed of becoming a fine lady like her aristocratic grandmother, devoting herself to music and art. But at eighteen Abbie found a different dream, turning away from the promise of a comfortable life as a doctors wife to marry handsome, quiet Will Deal. Together, they eagerly accepted the challenge of homesteading in Nebraska territory, where the prairies stretched as far as the eye could see, and only the strongest survived for long.

For over 90 years, reader have cherished Abbies storyan inspiring story of struggle against unexpected perils, of love, of the land she helped nurture, and the family she raised.

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ID: 720589

Title: Clouds of Witness

Author: Dorothy L. Sayers

Narrator: Jonathan Keeble

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:16:27

Language: English

Release date: 01-01-24

Publisher: Findaway Voices

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics

Summary:

Book #2 in the Lord Peter Wimsey series.

A must-read for fans of Agatha Christie's Poirot and Margery Allingham's Campion Mysteries, Lord Peter Wimsey is the immortal amateur sleuth created by Dorothy L Sayers.

The Duke of Denver, accused of murder, stands trial for his life in the House of Lords. Naturally, his brother Lord Peter Wimsey is investigating the crime - this is a family affair. The murder took place at the duke's shooting lodge and Lord Peter's sister was engaged to marry the dead man. But why does the duke refuse to co-operate with the investigation? Can he really be guilty, or is he covering up for someone?

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ID: 772403

Title: Elinor Mordaunt - A Short Story Collection

Author: Elinor Mordaunt

Narrator: David Shaw-Parker, Elliot Fitzpatrick, Lisa Bowerman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 03:58:56

Language: English

Release date: 01-01-24

Publisher: The Copyright Group Ltd.

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Short Stories, Contemporary Women

Summary:

Evelyn May Clowes was born on 7th May 1872 in Cotgrave, Nottinghamshire.

Growing up in genteel circumstances, her early childhood was spent at Charlton Down House near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, and her teenage years near Heythrop in the Cotswolds.

She was educated at home by governesses, excelling at German, Latin, Greek, shorthand, landscape painting, and fabric and wallpaper design.

In 1897 she went to Mauritius as companion to her cousin Caroline and in 1898 married Maurice Wilhemn Wiehe, the owner of a sugar plantation. She gave birth to two stillborn children. After a few years of marriage, she found life difficult and returned to England. Shortly afterwards she went by herself to Australia, arriving in June 1902 and gave birth to a son a few months later.

She lived in Melbourne for about eight years. To earn a living she took on a wide and varied range of jobs; she edited a woman's fashion paper, wrote short stories and articles, made blouses, designed embroideries, tilled gardens, acted as a housekeeper, and did other artistic work. Her health was not strong, but she undertook any kind of work which would provide a living for herself and her infant son. This gained her an experience of life which was readily put to use in her literary works.

Her first book, 'The Garden of Contentment', was published in 1902 under her pen-name Elinor Mordaunt. It was the first of many works that covered fiction, short stories, travel and autobiography.

She changed her name by deed poll to Evelyn May Mordaunt on 1st July 1915 and gained a further reputation as a writer of short stories for magazines which display both her humour and sense of tragedy. Travel was always high on her priority and the experiences used not only for pleasure but in her writings and, as travel books, ideas in themselves.

On 27th January 1933 at Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, she married a retired barrister from Gloucestershire. In her own words, the marriage 'ended in tragedy.'

Elinor Mordaunt died on 25th June 1942 at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford. She was 70.

1 - Elinor Mordaunt - A Short Story Collection - An Introduction

2 - The Landlady by Elinor Mordaunt

3 - The Villa by Elinor Mordaunt

4 - The Inspired 'Busman by Elinor Mordaunt

5 - Luz by Elinor Mordaunt

6 - Hodge by Elinor Mordaunt

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ID: 772390

Title: Church - A Short Story Collection

Author: Alexander Kuprin, Alicia Ramsay, Anatole France, D.H. Lawrence, F G Loring, Frederick Cowles, Henry James, Honore de Balzac, Leonid Andreyev, Mary Butts, Mary Cholmondeley.Wav, R H Malden, Vernon Lee, Vladimir Korolenko, W F Harvey

Narrator: Eric Meyers, Mark Rice-Oxley, Richard Mitchley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:19:27

Language: English

Release date: 01-01-24

Publisher: The Copyright Group Ltd.

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Essays & Anthologies, Religious & Inspirational

Summary:

Faith is a wonderful thing. Whether its faith in each other or to a God, Gods, or whatever entity you believe in, it brings a familiar comfort and sustenance to heart, soul and mental well-being.

Whilst faith can be practiced anywhere religious faith is usually at a church or temple. The stories in this volume are centered both in houses of worship and with those with a strong association to its calling.

Of course, short story authors have a determined belief in their undoubted talents to make us look at this subject from different angles. In this volume they take us on literary journeys that are revealing and challenging yet always entertaining.

1 - The Church - A Short Story Collection - An Introduction

2 - The Altar of the Dead - Part 1 by Henry James

3 - The Altar of the Dead - Part 2 by Henry James

4 - A Fragment of Stained Glass by D H Lawrence

5 - Neccesity. An Eastern Tale by Vladimir Korolenko

6 - Let Loose by Mary Cholmondeley.wav

7 - The Haunted Church by Frederick Cowles

8 - Lucifer by Anatole France

9 - Anathema by Alexander Kuprin

10 - Lazarus by Leonid Andreyev

11 - The Black Crusader by Alicia Ramsay

12 - The Saint by Mary Butts

13 - Marsyas In Flanders by Vernon Lee

14 - The Ankardyne Pew by W F Harvey

15 - The Tomb of Sarah by F G Loring

16 - The Atheist's Mass by Honore de Balzac

17 - A Collector's Company by R H Malden

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ID: 720590

Title: Lord Peter Wimsey Collection: Books 1-5

Author: Dorothy L. Sayers

Narrator: Jonathan Keeble

Format: Unabridged

Length: 29:15:55

Language: English

Release date: 01-01-24

Publisher: Findaway Voices

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Detective Stories, Classics

Summary:

This audiobook includes unabridged recordings of the first five Lord Peter Wimsey detective books, read by Audie award-winning narrator Jonathan Keeble. A must-listen for fans of Agatha Christie's Poirot, Lord Peter Wimsey is the immortal amateur sleuth created by Dorothy L Sayers.

Whose Body?, Book One: In this, his first murder case, Lord Peter untangles the ghastly mystery of the corpse in the bath. What's more, the face appeared to have been shaved after death. The police assumed that the victim was a prominent financier, but Lord Peter Wimsey, who dabbled in mystery detection as a hobby, knew better.

Clouds of Witness, Book Two: The Duke of Denver, accused of murder, stands trial for his life in the House of Lords. The murder took place at the duke's shooting lodge and Lord Peter's sister was engaged to marry the dead man. But why does the duke refuse to cooperate with the investigation? Can he really be guilty, or is he covering up for someone?

Unnatural Death, Book Three: The wealthy Agatha Dawson is dead - a trifle sooner than expected - but there are no apparent signs of foul play. Lord Peter Wimsey, however, senses that something is amiss and refuses to let the case rest - even without any clues or leads.

Lord Peter Views the Body, Book Four: A delightful collection of 12 short Wimsey adventures.

The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, Book Five: Ninety-year-old General Fentiman was definitely dead, but no one knew exactly when he had diedand the time of death was the determining factor in a half-million-pound inheritance. Lord Peter Wimsey would need every bit of his amazing skills to unravel the mystery.

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ID: 772422

Title: Inventions - A Short Story Collection

Author: Ambrose Bierce, Bernard Capes, Edward Page Mitchell, Ethel Dell, Frank R Stockton, Herbert C Ridout, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Robert Duncan Milne, Winifred Holt

Narrator: Christopher Ragland, Elliot Fitzpatrick, Eric Meyers

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:38:38

Language: English

Release date: 01-01-24

Publisher: The Copyright Group Ltd.

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction

Summary:

The human mind has many amazing characteristics. It is logical and creative and able to make great leaps of imagination and turn many of its ideas into physical reality.

In this volume our authors, including Ambrose Bierce, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Winifred Holtby, Bernard Capes and many others bring forth creations and contraptions that are both amazing and abstract as well as diabolical and delightful.

1 - Inventions - A Short Story Collection - An Introduction

2 - The Artist of the Beautiful by Nathaniel Hawthorne

3 - Moxon's Master by Ambrose Bierce

4 - Those Who Wait by Ethel Dell

5 - The Freezing of London by Herbert C Ridout

6 - The Voice of God by Winifred Holtby

7 - The Tachypomp by Edward Page Mitchell

8 - A Tale of Negative Gravity by Frank R Stockton

9 - The Eidoloscope by Robert Duncan Milne

10 - Bullet-Proof by Bernard Capes

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ID: 734951

Title: Decline and Fall

Author: Evelyn Waugh

Narrator: Jonathan Keeble

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:19:46

Language: English

Release date: 01-01-24

Publisher: Findaway Voices

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics

Summary:

Sent down from Oxford for indecent behaviour, Paul Pennyfeather is oddly unsurprised to find himself qualifying for the position of schoolmaster at Llanabba Castle. His colleagues are an assortment of misfits, rascals, and fools, including Prendy and Captain Grimes, who is always in the soup (or just plain drunk).

Then Sports Day arrives, and with it the delectable Margot Beste-Chetwynde, floating on a scented breeze. As the farce unfolds and the young run riot, no one is safe, least of all Paul.

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ID: 772437

Title: Media - A Short Story Collection

Author: Barry Pain, C E Montague, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Dorothy Edwards, E M Delafield, Frank R Stockton, H D Everett, Henry James, Owen Oliver, Robert Duncan Milne, W F Arnold, Winifred Holtby

Narrator: Eric Roberts, Richard Mitchley, Robert Maskell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:49:35

Language: English

Release date: 01-01-24

Publisher: The Copyright Group Ltd.

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction

Summary:

The Modern Age is one of information overload. Bombarded, surrounded, and battered by facts, figures, opinions and seemingly whatever else comes out of anyone's head from all directions at all hours of the day and night. It's exhausting.

However, in this volume we go back a little way to when social media was an actual chat on the street corner or a dinner party, when breaking news was tomorrow's newspaper or something momentous when a TV or radio programme could be interrupted with the outbreak of war or the death of a leader or sovereign.

In the pens of such luminaries as Henry James, E M Delafield, C E Montague, Charlotte Perkins Gilman and many others we connect with old fashioned media from publishing and advertising to telegrams and radio and everything in between in ways that are surprising, enlightening but always entertaining.

1 - The Media - A Short Story Collection - An Introduction

2 - The Death of the Lion - Part 1 by Henry James

3 - The Death of the Lion - Part 2 by Henry James

4 - The Voice of God by Winifred Holtby

5 - Home Life Relayed by E M Delafield

6 - His Wife's Deceased Sister by Frank R Stockton

7 - Over the Wires by H D Everett

8 - The Night Wire by W F Arnold

9 - The Millionaire's Telegram by Barry Pain

10 - Mutiny by Dorothy Edwards

11 - The Eidoloscope by Robert Duncan Milne

12 - The Cloud-Men by Owen Oliver

13 - Why Herbert Killed His Mother by Winifred Holtby

14 - Looking at the Classics by E M Delafield

15 - Making a Living by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

16 - Two or Three Witnesses by C E Montague

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