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Title: The Cost of Kindness

Author: Jerome K. Jerome

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 20 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-27-15

Publisher: Red Door Audiobooks

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Jerome Klapka Jerome (1859-1927) was an English writer and humourist.

The Cost of Kindness is an ironic tale about a congregation desperate to see the back of their cantankerous and highly unpopular vicar. Fortunately the dreadful man has agreed to leave and is preparing a vituperative final sermon admonishing his ungrateful flock for ousting him.

But then the churchwarden's wife decides it would be only Christian to show the horrid man some sympathy...an act of kindness which unleashes awful consequences.

Members Reviews:

Entertaining

I went on a Jerome Jerome kick and decided to read everything he wrote, in no particular order. I don't recommend this practice, because after a few you realize that it's all a blur! And now I have trouble distinguishing this title from the rest. But I can say that they are all clever, witty and outdated in a fun way (learn something about "olden" times - and that people and their cares have been the same for centuries). As the author ages his circumstances change (marriage, kids, etc.), so it would have helped to know their chronological order and follow it before I started the endeavor. It's been a few months (and dozens of books) since I read this, and I don't remember the premise - which may be all you need to know as a recommendation on whether or not to read it :).

Not as hilarious as Jerome's best know works

Amusing situation comedy, set in post Victorian England. Not as hilarious as Jerome's best know works, but an enjoable read. Ricardo Silverburn, children's author.

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Title: The Strange Case of Mr. Todmorden

Author: F. Britten Austin

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-24-15

Publisher: Red Door Audiobooks

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Frederick Britten Austin (1885 - 1941) was a popular British fiction writer, whose crime and mystery stories were very much influenced by his experiences as a soldier. He had enlisted in the London Rifle Brigade on 4 August, 1914, the day war was declared on Germany. By war's end he had reached the rank of captain.

In 'The Strange Case of Mr. Todmorden' an elderly and wealthy woman has been mysteriously murdered in her bed. The only clue is that a particular diamond brooch is missing from her dressing table. Her oldest friend and solicitor, Mr. Todmorden, sets out to solve the mystery and discovers a terrible...truly terrible...secret, which he is desperate to conceal.

Members Reviews:

Dumb and dumb

Not worth even the bargain price the narration is poor and the plot does not exist

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Title: The Dust That Was Barren

Author: Percival Christopher Wren

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 20 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-24-15

Publisher: Red Door Audiobooks

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Percival Christopher Wren (1875 - 1941) was an English writer of adventure fiction mostly dealing with colonial soldiering in Africa. He is remembered best for Beau Geste, a much filmed book of 1924, involving the French Foreign Legion in North Africa.

'The Dust That Was Barren' is a strange tale of a peculiar incident in the French Foreign Legion. Commandant Le Sage comes across a legionnaire who has fallen behind his comrades and has laid himself down in the sand, saying he is dying. But when the Commandant's back is turned, the legionnaire attempts to shoot him in the head. He misses, and Le Sage whips out his pistol and shoots the treacherous man dead.

Shortly after this, a tombstone appears on the spot on which is written: On this spot on the 1st of December 19-- Le Légionnaire Barren was murdered by Captain Le Sage.

Outraged at the lie, the General orders the stone removed and destroyed. But before long a replica stone is erected. This too is removed...and a third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh stone appear to replace the destroyed one. Nobody knows where the stones come from, who makes them and why they say what they do. And then, one day, the solution to the mystery is explained... and it is a very peculiar tale indeed.

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Title: The Lovely Lady

Author: D. H. Lawrence

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-13-15

Publisher: Red Door Audiobooks

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

David Herbert Richards Lawrence (1885-1930) was one of England's greatest novelists, poets, playwrights, and writers of short stories. His works often explored emotional health, vitality, spontaneity and instinct.

"The Lovely Lady" is a short story which tells of an unnervingly dysfunctional family, including the elderly mother and an aunt, the lovely lady who looks much younger than her 72 years. Her son, Robert, and niece, Ciss, are dominated by the charming but manipulative old lady.

But one day Ciss discovers her aunt's terrible secret...and soon after this, Ciss commits an act which changes everything in the household...and changes her aunt beyond recognition.

Members Reviews:

I'd pass on this one...

The Kindle version that I downloaded is very strange. There is a space after every two lines which makes it awkward to read and every few pages there is a picture depicting American Indians on horseback hunting buffalo... which has nothing to do with 1920's England. And so far I find the story to be very odd too. I wish I could get my .99 cents back.

Abridged and therefor useless for me

I did not realize that this is an ABRIDGED adaptation rather the entire novel when I ordered it. My bad, but really why would anyone want to skip so much of Lawrence's novel? The woman reading is just fine, but it's impossible to follow along with the book, and I finally gave up when I realized I had to stop the recording and read the book.

Good

A story as old as time. I enjoyed it at would recommend it to other readers who enjoy classic love stories.

Excellent inexpensive version for Kindle

I'm not reviewing Lady Chatterley's Lover - it's a classic and has been reviewed by those who are far more literary and articulate than I am. I'm primarily reading it because it is a classic yet was banned for so many years.

What I'm reviewing is this particular Kindle edition:

For only .99, I was a little apprehensive regarding what I would get for my money. I've seen other free/inexpensive e-books that were full of typos and were very difficult to read. I haven't gotten very far into this book. (What page am I on? I don't know! But this is because I'm reading it on an iPod using the Kindle app, not on an actual Kindle.) But so far it is typo-free. I don't know how I got so lucky to pick this particular version!

Consatance is marry to Clifford who is paralysed. There ...

Consatance is marry to Clifford who is paralysed. There is no sexual relation between them. She had an affair with Oliver who leads her into sexual realization. Oliver was a worker and she belongs to the upper class.

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Title: Lady Susan [Swedish Edition]

Author: Jane Austen

Narrator: Johanna Fridell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-15-15

Publisher: Viatone

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Lady Susan (1793-94), skriven under Jane Austens unga r, är en underhllande brevroman med rötter i 1700-talets värld. Genom brev som utväxlas mellan romanens karaktärer, mlas upp en bild av den vackra änkan Susan Vernon och hennes försök att skaffa bde sig själv och sin dotter ett gott parti. Temat är allts detsamma som i Austens senare romaner, och karaktärsstudier och moraliska frgor är i fokus ocks här, men i övrigt saknas det gemensamma nämnare med Austen senare verk. Lady Susan är en självisk, hänsynslös och intrigerande kokett som cyniskt spelar spel med männen och utmanar alla hjältinnekarakteristika som är typiska för den romantiska genren: Hon spelar en aktiv roll, hon är inte bara utomordentligt vacker utan ocks intelligent och kvick, kärlek är inte mlet för henne och hennes friare är alla betydligt yngre än hon själv. Dessutom straffas Lady Su-sans omoraliska beteende inte alls s hrt som liknande uppträdanden i Austens senare författarskap.

Please note: This audiobook is in Swedish.

Critic Reviews:

"Liksom de flesta av hennes ungdomsberättelser handlar den om dligt uppförande, men den är fullbordad och polerad, sofistikerad i sin analys av uppförande och helt annorlunda frn allt annat som hon dittills hade skrivit och ngonsin kom att skriva igen. Ett helt och hllet ovanligt verk för-fattat av en landsbygdsprästs dotter." (Claire Tomalin, Jane Austen: A Life)

"Att ha eller inte ha! Förmögenhet och make avgör en kvinnas lott, ett öde som Austen fngar i en underhllande samling brev. Sanningen om Lady Susans heder och ära förvandlas till en svrfngad reflex som kastas fram och ter mellan korrespondenterna." (Sara Danius, Dagens Nyheter)

Members Reviews:

Austen at her most sharply satirical!

I'll join fellow reviewers in warning potential readers that the romance in Lady Susan is minimal. It's the Austen least likely to make you swoon (did I just use the word 'swoon'?! I really have been reading too many classics lately!), but in many ways I think Lady Susan features Jane Austen at her most purely clever, sharp and satirical.

As others have noted, the book takes place entirely in the form of letters that various characters exchange, but rest assured that there's still a lot of Austen's trademark dialogue rather than just summaries of various events. A lot of the humor and cleverness comes from seeing how some of the same people and events are perceived differently by various characters, and how Lady Susan's rosy view of herself differs so radically from the increasingly clear reality of who she is.

This isn't just a series of meandering musings; there's an actual narrative and, for me, a surprisingly satisfying resolution to it.

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Title: The Clock

Author: W. F. Harvey

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-13-15

Publisher: Red Door Audiobooks

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

William Fryer Harvey (1885-1937) was an English writer of short stories, most notably in the mystery and horror genres.

Born into a wealthy Quaker family in Yorkshire, he went to Balliol College, Oxford, and took a degree in medicine at Leeds. Ill health dogged him, however, and he devoted much of his recuperation to writing short stories.

The Clock is an atmospheric tale of the supernatural where a young woman finds herself alone in an empty house, searching for a missing clock. When she finds it she realises that something is wrong...terribly wrong...and that there must be someone or something else in the house...but what?

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Title: The Horror Stories of W. F. Harvey

Author: W. F. Harvey

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 20 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-13-15

Publisher: Red Door Audiobooks

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

William Fryer Harvey (1885-1937) was an English writer of short stories, most notably in the mystery and horror genres, in which many of his works are recognized as masterpieces of the genre.

This collection includes his two most famous works, 'August Heat' and 'The Beast with Five Fingers', as well as others which are true undiscovered gems.

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Title: Sherlock Holmes: The Curse of a Native

Subtitle: A Short Mystery

Author: Pennie Mae Cartawick

Narrator: Ian Whitcomb, J.W. Terry, Barbara Goodson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-22-15

Publisher: catherine kimball

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

An enhanced audiobook, with complete music score and extensive sound effects to add to your listening experience.

Adams had violently slapped Kimilu so hard that the sheer force had floored the waiter and the usually humble waiter had lost it. He had stood up and angrily talked back at him in his native language which Adams did not understand. But Butler had lived in Africa for over two decades and he understood every word. His translation was confirmed by other native workers who witnessed the drama. It was chilling to say the least.

A Roger Rittner Production. Pulp Radio - Audio Dramas.

Members Reviews:

Sherlock Returns!

A must read for Sherlock Holmes fans. The author of this short story has remained true to the original literary Holmes and style of writing, while breathing fresh life into the character with new adventures. This story is told by Holmes. He has already solved the mysterious death while he was away on an African safari. On his return to Baker Street, he challenges Watson to solve the riddle.

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Title: Sherlock Holmes: Death in the Tropics of an English Explorer

Author: Pennie Mae Cartawick, Pennie Cartawick Cartawick

Narrator: Ian Whitcomb, J.W. Terry, Barbara Goodson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-22-15

Publisher: catherine kimball

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

An enhanced audiobook, with complete music score and extensive sound effects to add to your listening experience.

"And I suppose you expect me to solve the whole case on that information alone? Surely there is something more you can give me," replied Holmes; quickly losing interest in the subject.

Mycroft continued, "Suppose I said that it is possible, while studying the lives of an indigenous tribe known as the Koburu, that the great explorer, Sir Hughes Blakefield, was murdered in cold blood, poisoned with his evening scotch."

A Roger Rittner Production. Pulp Radio - Audio Dramas.

Members Reviews:

Sherlock returns!

A must read for Sherlock Holmes fans. The author of this short story has remained true to the original literary Holmes and style of writing, while breathing fresh life into the character with new adventures. Mycroft sends the duo to Africa to investigate the poisoning of anthropologist, Sir Hughes Blakefield.

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Title: Mad Monkton

Author: Wilkie Collins

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-23-15

Publisher: Red Door Audiobooks

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

William Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and author of short stories.

Mad Monkton is a bizarre ghost story. It is said that a strain of hereditary madness blights the Monkton family, heirs to the huge domain of Wincot Abbey. Rumours in the neighbourhood are that Alfred, the youngest scion, has inherited this insanity. His odd behaviour certainly points that way. Alfred is engaged to his childhood sweetheart, Ada Elmslie.

But at the very moment when various obstacles to the match are overcome, Alfred suddenly departs for Italy on what appears to be a wild goose chase, seeking the corpse of his disreputable uncle, who is believed to have been killed in a duel.

But what could have driven Alfred to do this? And why does he so desperately want to find his late uncle's remains? The mystery is bizarre and gruesome...and the tale takes on one weird twist after another.