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Forgotten Authors, The - Volume 9

Rina Ramsay to James Stephens

by Rina Ramsay, William Pett Ridge, Herbert C Ridout, Tod Robbins, Morley Roberts, Gertrude Minnie Robins, Sax Rohmer, Benjamin Rosenblatt, George Sand, Bruno Schulz, Matilde Serao, Ömer Seyfettin, Evelyn Sharp, Oswald Sickert, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Hristo Smirenski, Lady Eleanor Smith ...

Narrated by Robert Maskell, Elliot Fitzpatrick, Stephen Hogan ...

Unabridged

14 hours 36 min

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. ... Read more

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Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading.
... Read more
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Lettice Galbraith - A Short Story Collection

A gifted supernatural author whose identity remained a mystery for almost 100 years

by Lettice Galbraith ...

Narrated by Robert Maskell ...

Unabridged

3 hours 46 min

Lettice Galbraith is yet another of those mysterious women of British literature of whom little was recorded.Lizzie Susan Gibson was born on the 27th January 1859 in Kingston-Upon-Hull in Yorkshire into a comfortable middle-class family.Her education was primarily private but at fifteen her father died, and life became rather different.After several years in London, she moved with her mother to ... Read more

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Lettice Galbraith is yet another of those mysterious women of British literature of whom little was recorded.Lizzie Susan Gibson was born on the 27th January 1859 in Kingston-Upon-Hull in Yorkshire into a comfortable middle-class family.Her education was primarily private but at fifteen her father died, and life became rather different.After several years in London, she moved with her mother to
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Ghost-Ship, The

A unique and humorous take on a ghost story

by Richard Middleton ...

Narrated by Robert Maskell ...

Unabridged

22 min

Richard Barham Middleton was born on the 28th October 1882 in Staines, Middlesex.His education was primarily at Cranbrook School in Kent before he began work as a clerk, in 1901, at the Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation in London. There he struggled with constraints and boundaries and by night he took to a bohemian lifestyle.Middleton moved into rooms in Blackfriars and joined the New Bohemians ... Read more

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Richard Barham Middleton was born on the 28th October 1882 in Staines, Middlesex.His education was primarily at Cranbrook School in Kent before he began work as a clerk, in 1901, at the Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation in London. There he struggled with constraints and boundaries and by night he took to a bohemian lifestyle.Middleton moved into rooms in Blackfriars and joined the New Bohemians
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Foundations of Fiction, The - Dystopian

The stories that created one of the most popular genres in fiction

by H G Wells, Alexander Kuprin, Robert Duncan Milne, Robert Duncan Milne, Owen Oliver, Valery Bryusov, Simon Newcomb, Robert Barr, Stella Benson, Robert W Chambers ...

Narrated by Elliot Fitzpatrick0, Robert Maskell1, Christopher Ragland2 ...

Unabridged

7 hours 41 min

In this series we turn the pages of classic short stories to put together the literary building blocks of how a particular genre or theme began, how it built its foundations to become the well-loved and well-worn genre that it is today.Do authors have the same ideas at more or less the same time? Or can they sniff out an opportunity as to which way the tastes of an audience are moving.Success ... Read more

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In this series we turn the pages of classic short stories to put together the literary building blocks of how a particular genre or theme began, how it built its foundations to become the well-loved and well-worn genre that it is today.Do authors have the same ideas at more or less the same time? Or can they sniff out an opportunity as to which way the tastes of an audience are moving.Success
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Media, The - A Short Story Collection

Classic stories before the age of social media

by Henry James, E M Delafield, E M Delafield, Frank R Stockton, H D Everett, W F Arnold, Barry Pain, Dorothy Edwards, Robert Duncan Milne, Owen Oliver, Winifred Holtby0, Charlotte Perkins Gilman1, C E Montague2 ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley3, Robert Maskell4, Eric Roberts5 ...

Unabridged

7 hours 49 min

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 ... Read more

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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
... Read more
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Parlour Tricks

From their pens to your ears, genius in every story

by Ralph Plummer ...

Narrated by Robert Maskell ...

Unabridged

17 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 Ralph Plummer. ... Read more

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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 Ralph Plummer.
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3 Stories with Deep conversations

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

by Vladamir Korolenko, Bernard Capes, Leo Tolstoy ...

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

Unabridged

1 hour 35 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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Amputated Arms, The

A Danish classic of academic pursuit gone wrong

by Jørgen Vilhelm Bergsøe ...

Narrated by Robert Maskell ...

Unabridged

40 min

The bookshelves of European literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors. From this continent their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure. Among them is the Danish writer Jørgen Vilhelm Bergsøe. ... Read more

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The bookshelves of European literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors. From this continent their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure. Among them is the Danish writer Jørgen Vilhelm Bergsøe.
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Six of the Best – Charles Dickens

Their legacy in 6 classic stories

by Charles Dickens ...

Narrated by Robert Maskell ...

Unabridged

3 hours 2 min

Charles Dickens was born on the 7th February 1812, in Portsmouth, England, the second of eight children. The family endured many financial struggles and, when he was just 12, his father was sent to Marshalsea debtors' prison, the result of which was Dickens finished his education and went to work in a rat-infested boot-blacking factory to help pay off the debt. These experiences of neglect and ... Read more

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Charles Dickens was born on the 7th February 1812, in Portsmouth, England, the second of eight children. The family endured many financial struggles and, when he was just 12, his father was sent to Marshalsea debtors' prison, the result of which was Dickens finished his education and went to work in a rat-infested boot-blacking factory to help pay off the debt. These experiences of neglect and
... Read more
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Chivalry

From their pens to your ears, genius in every story

by Ricardo Fernandez Garcia ...

Narrated by Robert Maskell ...

Unabridged

8 hours 37 min

The bookshelves of World literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors. From their countries and continents their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure. Among them is Ricardo Fernandez Garcia. ... Read more

$1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The bookshelves of World literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors. From their countries and continents their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure. Among them is Ricardo Fernandez Garcia.
... Read more
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When the Door Opens

From their pens to your ears, genius in every story

by Sarah Grand ...

Narrated by Robert Maskell ...

Unabridged

19 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 the Suffragette Sarah Grand. ... Read more

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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 the Suffragette Sarah Grand.
... Read more
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Narcissus

A tale of redemption exploring vanity and beauty

by Count Stanislaus Eric Stenbock ...

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 Walter Besant. ... Read more

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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 Walter Besant.
... Read more

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