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Last Debut, The

From their pens to your ears, genius in every story

par Alexander Kuprin ...

Lu par Robert Maskell ...

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16 min

Alexander Kuprin was born in Narovchat, Penza in Russia on 7th September 1870.At 3 his Father died and he and mother moved to Moscow. By 10 he was enrolled at the Second Moscow Military High School and there his interest in literature began. The Alexander Military Academy followed and two years later he was a sub-lieutenant and posted to an Infantry Regiment for a further four years.Despite his ... En savoir plus

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Alexander Kuprin was born in Narovchat, Penza in Russia on 7th September 1870.At 3 his Father died and he and mother moved to Moscow. By 10 he was enrolled at the Second Moscow Military High School and there his interest in literature began. The Alexander Military Academy followed and two years later he was a sub-lieutenant and posted to an Infantry Regiment for a further four years.Despite his
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Aleister Crowley - The Shorter Stories

Stories from the hugely controversial yet fascinating author

par Aleister Crowley ...

Lu par Robert Maskell, David Shaw-Parker, Ghizela Rowe ...

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1 heures 20 min

Edward Alexander Crowley was born on 12th October 1875 to wealthy parents in Royal Leamington Spa in Warwickshire.He was educated at Malvern College, Tonbridge School, Eastbourne College and finally Trinity College, Cambridge where he focused on his passions of mountaineering and poetry and published several volumes.Life for Crowley was to abandon his parents’ Christian faith and instead to inject ... En savoir plus

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Edward Alexander Crowley was born on 12th October 1875 to wealthy parents in Royal Leamington Spa in Warwickshire.He was educated at Malvern College, Tonbridge School, Eastbourne College and finally Trinity College, Cambridge where he focused on his passions of mountaineering and poetry and published several volumes.Life for Crowley was to abandon his parents’ Christian faith and instead to inject
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Gustav Meyrink - A Short Story Collection

Austrian author with a huge influence in European supernatural fiction

par Gustav Meyrink ...

Lu par Robert Maskell, Mark Rice-Oxley, David Shaw-Parker ...

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1 heures 12 min

Gustav Meyrink was born in Vienna on the 19th January, 1868.As a young man he co-founded a bank in Prague, but a personal crisis and a suicide attempt turned his life away from commerce to a study of the occult and a career in literature.His early short stories, supernatural, occult and weird, are full of promise, menace and the unusual.In 1915 he published his landmark novel ‘Der Golem’ and ... En savoir plus

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Gustav Meyrink was born in Vienna on the 19th January, 1868.As a young man he co-founded a bank in Prague, but a personal crisis and a suicide attempt turned his life away from commerce to a study of the occult and a career in literature.His early short stories, supernatural, occult and weird, are full of promise, menace and the unusual.In 1915 he published his landmark novel ‘Der Golem’ and
... En savoir plus
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Trio of Stories, A - Karl Hans Strӧbl

A great introduction to a great author

par Karl Hans Strӧbl ...

Lu par Robert Maskell ...

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1 heures 35 min

Karl Hans Strӧbl was born in Jihlava, Moravia in the Czech Republic, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, on the 18th of January 1877.His education finished with his studies at the University of Prague, where he became involved in nationalist student politics, a precursor to his later right-wing and anti-semitic viewpoints.In 1910 he wrote an apocalyptic novel ‘Eleagabal Kuperus’, which was ... En savoir plus

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Karl Hans Strӧbl was born in Jihlava, Moravia in the Czech Republic, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, on the 18th of January 1877.His education finished with his studies at the University of Prague, where he became involved in nationalist student politics, a precursor to his later right-wing and anti-semitic viewpoints.In 1910 he wrote an apocalyptic novel ‘Eleagabal Kuperus’, which was
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Bludgeoned Heart, The

From their pens to your ears, genius in every story

par Daniel Sheehan ...

Lu par Robert Maskell ...

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7 min

One of the ‘truths’ about writers is that after a successful first book the agonies of the second devour both time and talent. For Daniel Sheehan that seems to have been turned on its head. Rather than go forward it was easier to look back, to dredge rather than furrow, gathering words, lines and phrases from the past and re-fashioning, distilling and evolving poems of simplicity, complexity, ... En savoir plus

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One of the ‘truths’ about writers is that after a successful first book the agonies of the second devour both time and talent. For Daniel Sheehan that seems to have been turned on its head. Rather than go forward it was easier to look back, to dredge rather than furrow, gathering words, lines and phrases from the past and re-fashioning, distilling and evolving poems of simplicity, complexity,
... En savoir plus
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Bolognese Tears

From their pens to your ears, genius in every story

par Gustav Meyrink ...

Lu par Robert Maskell ...

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16 min

Gustav Meyrink was born in Vienna on the 19th January, 1868.As a young man he co-founded a bank in Prague, but a personal crisis and a suicide attempt turned his life away from commerce to a study of the occult and a career in literature.His early short stories, supernatural, occult and weird, are full of promise, menace and the unusual.In 1915 he published his landmark novel ‘Der Golem’ and ... En savoir plus

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Gustav Meyrink was born in Vienna on the 19th January, 1868.As a young man he co-founded a bank in Prague, but a personal crisis and a suicide attempt turned his life away from commerce to a study of the occult and a career in literature.His early short stories, supernatural, occult and weird, are full of promise, menace and the unusual.In 1915 he published his landmark novel ‘Der Golem’ and
... En savoir plus
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Mary Shelley - A Short Story Collection

Best known for Frankenstein, but had so many other classics, explore them here

par Mary Shelley ...

Lu par Richard Mitchley, Robert Maskell, Janet Fullerlove ...

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3 heure 53 min

Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin was born on the 30th August 1797 in Somers Town, London.Her mother, the famous feminist philosopher, educator, and writer Mary Wollstonecraft died when Mary was only 11 days old and she was raised by her father, the philosopher, novelist, journalist, and perpetually in debt, William Godwin.Though Mary received little formal education her father taught her a broad range ... En savoir plus

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Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin was born on the 30th August 1797 in Somers Town, London.Her mother, the famous feminist philosopher, educator, and writer Mary Wollstonecraft died when Mary was only 11 days old and she was raised by her father, the philosopher, novelist, journalist, and perpetually in debt, William Godwin.Though Mary received little formal education her father taught her a broad range
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Authors - A Short Story Collection

Writers from a writers perspective

par Henry James, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Amy Levy, O Henry, George Gissing, D K Broster, Winifred Holtby, Cyril Ranger Gull writing as Guy Thorne, Richard Middleton, Hume Nisbet, Vernon Lee ...

Lu par Richard Mitchley, Robert Maskell, Elliot Fitzpatrick ...

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9 heure 2 min

One of the most oft-used themes for an author to explore is that of themselves and how they see authors in stories coping with everything around them. Whether it’s the actual writing of a book all the way through to how to deal with the fame of success and the fear that the next book might expose the dearth of your talents to the ridicule of both audience and critic alike. ... En savoir plus

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One of the most oft-used themes for an author to explore is that of themselves and how they see authors in stories coping with everything around them. Whether it’s the actual writing of a book all the way through to how to deal with the fame of success and the fear that the next book might expose the dearth of your talents to the ridicule of both audience and critic alike.
... En savoir plus
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Philanthropy

Known more for his epic works on the Forsythe family his short stories glimmer with brilliance.

par John Galsworthy ...

Lu par Robert Maskell ...

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10 min

John Galsworthy was born on the 14th August 1867 on the family estate, Parkfield, in Kingston-upon-Thames. His family’s wealth came from the shipping industryAt age nine he began his education at Saugeen, a Bournemouth preparatory school, before moving to Harrow school in 1881, distinguishing himself as an athlete.Galsworthy attended New College, Oxford to read law and left with a second-class ... En savoir plus

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John Galsworthy was born on the 14th August 1867 on the family estate, Parkfield, in Kingston-upon-Thames. His family’s wealth came from the shipping industryAt age nine he began his education at Saugeen, a Bournemouth preparatory school, before moving to Harrow school in 1881, distinguishing himself as an athlete.Galsworthy attended New College, Oxford to read law and left with a second-class
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Invisible Weapon, The

From their pens to your ears, genius in every story

par Nicholas Olde ...

Lu par Robert Maskell ...

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18 min

The bookshelves of British literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors. From these Isles their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure. Among them is Nicholas Olde. ... En savoir plus

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The bookshelves of British literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors. From these Isles their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure. Among them is Nicholas Olde.
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3 Stories About Ambitious Inventors

A trio of classic tales perfect for a commute, walk or quiet night in

par Nathaniel Hawthorne, Florence McLandburgh, Karl Hans Ströbl ...

Lu par Christopher Ragland, Robert Maskell, Michael Lyons ...

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2 heure 36 min

There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says ... En savoir plus

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There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says
... En savoir plus
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Detective Stories – Mysteries

Truth and justice by way of clues

par Arthur Conan Doyle, Nicholas Olde, Ernest Bramah, Jacques Futrelle, Rose Champion de Crespigny, G K Chesterton, Frank Howel Evans, Arthur Morrison, George Griffiths, Maurice LeBlanc, Arthur Gask, Headon Hill ...

Lu par Mark Rice-Oxley, Robert Maskell, David Shaw-Parker ...

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9 heure 54 min

The Detective has been a mainstay of fiction writing ever since we can remember.Their deductive powers, their intuition and fleet-footed grasp of every detail can often turn the unlikeliest situation, or bunch of red herrings, into a breakthrough to capture even the most ingenious and dastardly of criminals.In this series our classic authors explore not only various themes, such as Occult ... En savoir plus

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The Detective has been a mainstay of fiction writing ever since we can remember.Their deductive powers, their intuition and fleet-footed grasp of every detail can often turn the unlikeliest situation, or bunch of red herrings, into a breakthrough to capture even the most ingenious and dastardly of criminals.In this series our classic authors explore not only various themes, such as Occult
... En savoir plus