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  Barnaby Rudge

  Charles Dickens

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  Set against the backdrop of the Gordon Riots of 1780, Barnaby Rudge is a story of mystery and suspense which begins with an unsolved double murder and goes on to involve conspiracy, blackmail, abduction and retribution. Through the course of the novel fathers and sons become opposed, apprentices plot against their masters and Protestants clash with Catholics on the streets. And, as London erupts into riot, Barnaby Rudge himself struggles to escape the curse of his own past. With its dramatic descriptions of public violence and private horror, its strange secrets and ghostly doublings, Barnaby Rudge is a powerful, disturbing blend of historical realism and Gothic melodrama.

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  The Professor

  Charlotte Brontë

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  The Professor, A Tale. was the first novel by Charlotte Brontë. It was written before Jane Eyre, but was rejected by many publishing houses. It was eventually published, posthumously, in 1857, with the approval of Charlotte Brontë's widower, Arthur Bell Nicholls, who took on the task of reviewing and editing the text.

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  3 Stories About - Class & Status...

  Guy de Maupassant, Katherine...

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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 WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating. 
   
  From their pens to your your ears. 
   
  01 - 3 Stories About - Class and Status 
  02 - The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield 
  03 - The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant 
  04 - The Lost Reflection by E T A Hoffman

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  Top 10 Short Stories The - Anton...

  Anton Chekhov

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  Anton Chekhov is amongst the most vaunted of authors. His tales can take a small fragment of a person’s life and turn it into a narrative of unrivalled and compelling power.   This volume perfectly illustrates Chekhov and his miniature masterpieces. 
   
  1 - The Top Ten - Anton Chekhov 
   
  2 - The Bet 
   
  3 - Vanka 
   
  4 - Misery 
   
  5 - The Lady with the Dog 
   
  6 - The Kiss 
   
  7 - The Death of a Government Clerk 
   
  8 - Volodya 
   
  9 - The Student 
   
  10 - About Love 
   
  11 - Gooseberries

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  Great Historical Shakespeare...

  William Shakespeare

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  Historical recordings of actors from the beginning of the recording era.  1: Historical Shakespeare performances by Ainley, John Barrymore, Bourchier, Casson, Forbes-Robertson, John Geilgud (1920s and 1940s).  2: A miscellany. Some startling historical performances in a wide range of works from Edith Evans, Charles Laughton, Noel Coward, Sarah Bernhardt, Fred Terry, Laurel and Hardy, Edwin Booth, Bransby Williams, Jean Cocteau, Feodor Chaliapin and others.

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  A Chapel and a Hayhut Among the...

  D H Lawrence

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  'A Chapel and a Hayhut among the Mountains'. This piece of writing falls between the short story and travel writing but is presented here as a short story largely because it depicts the warm love between Lawrence and his wife Frieda (Anita in the story) as they begin their life of travel together.

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