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Top Ten, The - 20th Century Women

The top 10 short stories of the 20th Century written by female authors.

by Willa Cather, Virginia Woolf, Alice Dunbar Nelson ...

Narrated by Liza Ross, Eve Karpf, Laurel Lefkow ...

Unabridged

1 hour 5 min

This century unfolds with a fast-changing world riven by immense wars and glutton hungry Empires. Women strive to win the most basic of rights, the right to vote. Their literary testament is now a vital part of our cultural world. They write on all manner of subjects with truth, with imagination and with undeniable talent. We are all the richer for their words.1 - The Top Ten - 20th Century Women2 ... Read more

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This century unfolds with a fast-changing world riven by immense wars and glutton hungry Empires. Women strive to win the most basic of rights, the right to vote. Their literary testament is now a vital part of our cultural world. They write on all manner of subjects with truth, with imagination and with undeniable talent. We are all the richer for their words.1 - The Top Ten - 20th Century Women2
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Short Stories of Anthony Trollope, The

A true titan of Victorian era literature, remaining hugely influential today

by Anthony Trollope ...

Narrated by Eve Karpf, Migel Lambert ...

Unabridged

1 hour 33 min

Anthony Trollope was an extremely prolific writer, producing forty seven novels and five volumes of short stories as well as travel books, biographies and collections of sketches. Trollope’s short stories encompass a variety of themes and are set in a number of different countries. Malachi’s Cove tells the story of Mally Trenglos and Barry Gunliffe who both earn their living by gathering seaweed. ... Read more

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Anthony Trollope was an extremely prolific writer, producing forty seven novels and five volumes of short stories as well as travel books, biographies and collections of sketches. Trollope’s short stories encompass a variety of themes and are set in a number of different countries. Malachi’s Cove tells the story of Mally Trenglos and Barry Gunliffe who both earn their living by gathering seaweed.
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3 Stories About Blackmail

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

by Ethel Lina White, Saki, Christopher St John Sprigg ...

Narrated by Mark Rice-Oxley, Eve Karpf, Robert Maskell ...

Unabridged

1 hour 19 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
... Read more
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Top 10 Poets, The - The English Women

Five poems each from some of the best English female poets ever

by Elizabeth Barrett Browning ...

Narrated by Eve Karpf, Ghizela Rowe, Nigel Planer ...

Unabridged

1 hour 39 min

The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives. Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today’s often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways, to better understand and to enjoy the many strands of our lives.But finding a starting point can be ... Read more

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The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives. Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today’s often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways, to better understand and to enjoy the many strands of our lives.But finding a starting point can be
... Read more
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Katherine Mansfield Stories on Women Suffering from Loneliness

An interesting psychological niche, from the master at writing it

by Katherine Mansfield ...

Narrated by Eve Karpf, Ghizela Rowe ...

Unabridged

1 hour 22 min

There is no doubting that Mansfield in her cruelly short life was a writer of immense talent, opening our minds in just a few pages to new thoughts and lines of inquiry in literature.In this volume her stories explore the lives of women who, for various reasons, were held prisoners in a web of loneliness.1 - Katherine Mansfield Stories That Deal with Loneliness - An Introduction2 - A Dill Pickle ... Read more

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There is no doubting that Mansfield in her cruelly short life was a writer of immense talent, opening our minds in just a few pages to new thoughts and lines of inquiry in literature.In this volume her stories explore the lives of women who, for various reasons, were held prisoners in a web of loneliness.1 - Katherine Mansfield Stories That Deal with Loneliness - An Introduction2 - A Dill Pickle
... Read more
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Elizabeth Gaskell: The Short Stories

Stories of real life in Victorian times from a womans perspective

by Elizabeth Gaskell ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Eve Karpf, Ghizela Rowe ...

Unabridged

2 hours 43 min

Elizabeth Gaskell is equally well known as Mrs Gaskell. When her mother died, she was three months old and she was sent to live in Knutsford, Cheshire with her Aunt Hannah, this setting would become the basis for her novel Cranford. At 22 she married and settled in Manchester to raise her family. Friends with Charlotte Bronte she went on to write her biography and was also highly regarded by a ... Read more

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Elizabeth Gaskell is equally well known as Mrs Gaskell. When her mother died, she was three months old and she was sent to live in Knutsford, Cheshire with her Aunt Hannah, this setting would become the basis for her novel Cranford. At 22 she married and settled in Manchester to raise her family. Friends with Charlotte Bronte she went on to write her biography and was also highly regarded by a
... Read more
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Short Stories of Katherine Mansfield, The

by Katherine Mansfield ...

Narrated by Eve Karpf ...

Unabridged

1 hour 16 min

These three stories are amongst the finest by Katherine Mansfield, a woman highly regarded as one of the greatest writers of short stories. In these bittersweet tales she gently reveals the emotions and feelings within the lives of apparently unexceptional people. Her stories offer a sensitive insight into human behaviour, achieved not by creating scenes of high drama, but by revealing the motives ... Read more

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These three stories are amongst the finest by Katherine Mansfield, a woman highly regarded as one of the greatest writers of short stories. In these bittersweet tales she gently reveals the emotions and feelings within the lives of apparently unexceptional people. Her stories offer a sensitive insight into human behaviour, achieved not by creating scenes of high drama, but by revealing the motives
... Read more

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Top 10 Short Stories, The - Louisa May Alcott

The top ten Short Stories written by celebrated female author Louisa May Alcott

by Louisa May Alcott ...

Narrated by Laurel Lefkow, Patricia Rodriquez, Eve Karpf ...

Unabridged

6 hours 7 min

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will ... Read more

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Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will
... Read more
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Obtaining Supplies

From their pens to your ears, genius in every story

by Louisa May Alcott ...

Narrated by Eve Karpf ...

Unabridged

23 min

Louisa May Alcott was born on 29th November 1832 in Germantown, Pennsylvania.She is most definitely a writer of her own experiences. Her father was a transcendentalist, philosopher and educational experimenter who founded, Fruitlands, a utopian community. Although poor, her liberal and progressive parents provided Louisa with much of her education, which was enhanced by many family friends that ... Read more

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Louisa May Alcott was born on 29th November 1832 in Germantown, Pennsylvania.She is most definitely a writer of her own experiences. Her father was a transcendentalist, philosopher and educational experimenter who founded, Fruitlands, a utopian community. Although poor, her liberal and progressive parents provided Louisa with much of her education, which was enhanced by many family friends that
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Roman Fever

From their pens to your ears, genius in every story

by Edith Wharton ...

Narrated by Eve Karpf ...

Unabridged

36 min

Edith Newbold Jones was born in New York on January 24, 1862. Born into wealth, this background of privilege gave her a wealth of experience to eventually, after several false starts, produce many works based on it culminating in her Pulitzer Prize winning novel ‘The Age Of Innocence’Marriage to Edward Robbins Wharton, who was 12 years older in 1885 seemed to offer much and for some years they ... Read more

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Edith Newbold Jones was born in New York on January 24, 1862. Born into wealth, this background of privilege gave her a wealth of experience to eventually, after several false starts, produce many works based on it culminating in her Pulitzer Prize winning novel ‘The Age Of Innocence’Marriage to Edward Robbins Wharton, who was 12 years older in 1885 seemed to offer much and for some years they
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Souls Belated

From their pens to your ears, genius in every story

by Edith Wharton ...

Narrated by Eve Karpf ...

Unabridged

1 hour 6 min

Edith Newbold Jones was born in New York on January 24, 1862. Born into wealth, this background of privilege gave her a wealth of experience to eventually, after several false starts, produce many works based on it culminating in her Pulitzer Prize winning novel ‘The Age Of Innocence’Marriage to Edward Robbins Wharton, who was 12 years older in 1885 seemed to offer much and for some years they ... Read more

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Edith Newbold Jones was born in New York on January 24, 1862. Born into wealth, this background of privilege gave her a wealth of experience to eventually, after several false starts, produce many works based on it culminating in her Pulitzer Prize winning novel ‘The Age Of Innocence’Marriage to Edward Robbins Wharton, who was 12 years older in 1885 seemed to offer much and for some years they
... Read more
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Flowering of the Strange Orchid, The

From their pens to your ears, genius in every story

by H G Wells ...

Narrated by Eve Karpf ...

Unabridged

19 min

Herbert George Wells was born on September 21st, 1866 at Atlas House, 46 High Street, Bromley, Kent. He was the youngest of four siblings and his family affectionately knew him as ‘Bertie’.The first few years of his childhood were spent fairly quietly, and Wells didn’t display much literary interest until, in 1874, he accidentally broke his leg and was left to recover in bed, largely entertained ... Read more

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Herbert George Wells was born on September 21st, 1866 at Atlas House, 46 High Street, Bromley, Kent. He was the youngest of four siblings and his family affectionately knew him as ‘Bertie’.The first few years of his childhood were spent fairly quietly, and Wells didn’t display much literary interest until, in 1874, he accidentally broke his leg and was left to recover in bed, largely entertained
... Read more