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From their pens to your ears, genius in every story

by Alexander Kuprin ...

Narrated by Robert Maskell ...

Unabridged

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 ... Read more

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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

by Aleister Crowley ...

Narrated by Robert Maskell, David Shaw-Parker, Ghizela Rowe ...

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1 hour 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 ... Read more

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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

by Gustav Meyrink ...

Narrated by Robert Maskell, Mark Rice-Oxley, David Shaw-Parker ...

Unabridged

1 hour 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 ... Read more

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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
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Trio of Stories, A - Karl Hans Strӧbl

A great introduction to a great author

by Karl Hans Strӧbl ...

Narrated by Robert Maskell ...

Unabridged

1 hour 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 ... Read more

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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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by Daniel Sheehan ...

Narrated by Robert Maskell ...

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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, ... Read more

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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,
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Bolognese Tears

From their pens to your ears, genius in every story

by Gustav Meyrink ...

Narrated by Robert Maskell ...

Unabridged

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 ... Read more

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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
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Mary Shelley - A Short Story Collection

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

by Mary Shelley ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Robert Maskell, Janet Fullerlove ...

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3 hours 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 ... Read more

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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

by 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 ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Robert Maskell, Elliot Fitzpatrick ...

Unabridged

9 hours 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. ... Read more

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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.
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Philanthropy

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

by John Galsworthy ...

Narrated by Robert Maskell ...

Unabridged

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 ... Read more

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From their pens to your ears, genius in every story

by Nicholas Olde ...

Narrated by Robert Maskell ...

Unabridged

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. ... Read more

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

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

Narrated by Christopher Ragland, Robert Maskell, Michael Lyons ...

Unabridged

2 hours 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 ... Read more

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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
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Detective Stories – Mysteries

Truth and justice by way of clues

by 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 ...

Narrated by Mark Rice-Oxley, Robert Maskell, David Shaw-Parker ...

Unabridged

9 hours 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 ... Read more

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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
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