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  The Picture of Dorian Gray

  Oscar Wilde

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  Discover the captivating world of Oscar Wilde's 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' like never before! Immerse yourself in this timeless classic with our mesmerizing digital audiobook. Let the enchanting narration and spellbinding performances of our talented cast transport you to a realm of opulence, desire, and moral dilemmas. Don't miss this opportunity to experience the haunting tale of Dorian Gray as you've never heard it before. Get your digital audiobook now and embark on a journey of beauty, corruption, and the pursuit of eternal youth!

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  The House of the Seven Gables

  Nathaniel Hawthorne

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  A dark, many-gabled mansion in a small New England village— haunted by fraudulent dealings, accusations of witchcraft, and sudden death— houses the distinguished Pyncheon family. They are plagued by a centuries-old curse that casts the shadow of ancestral sin on its last four members. The arrival of Phoebe Pyncheon from the country breathes fresh air and sunshine into their musty, decaying home, but will her arrival come too late to rescue the family from a gloomy future?

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  A Journey of Little Profit -...

  John Buchan

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  The Scottish novelist John Buchan enjoyed a remarkable career as politician, historian and Governor General. He was born John Buchan on 26th August 1875 and later added 1st Baron Tweedsmuir PC GCMG GCVO CH to his name.  
  Buchan studied at Hutchesons’ Grammar School, Glasgow and at seventeen won a scholarship to the University of Glasgow to study classics. There he began to write poetry. In 1895 he transferred to Oxford to continue his study of Classics and in 1896 ‘Sir Quixote of the Moors’ was published followed by the non-fiction ‘Scholar-Gipsies’. His prolific literary output now hardly faltered. 
  He graduated in 1900 and became the private secretary to Alfred Milner, the High Commissioner for Southern Africa and other colonies. Buchan found the same inspiration in the African landscape as he had in the Scottish Borders, and would later set many works here. Returning to London he became a partner in a publishing house, and garnered an editorial role at The Spectator. He also completed his law studies. He was called to the bar in 1901 but never practiced.  
  On 15th July 1907 Buchan married Susan Charlotte Grosvenor, the cousin of the Duke of Westminster. In 1910 he wrote ‘Prester John’, the first of a series set in South Africa.  
  In 1911 Buchan entered politics as a Unionist candidate in the Scottish Borders advocating the support of free trade, women’s suffrage, national insurance, and reducing the power of the House of Lords.  
  The Great War saw Buchan writing for the War Propaganda Bureau and as Times correspondent in France. In 1915, he published ‘The Thirty-Nine Steps’, his most famous book and a follow-up Richard Hannay novel, ‘Greenmantle’, in 1916.  
  In 1916 Buchan enlisted in the Intelligence Corps which included writing speeches for Sir Douglas Haig. By 1917 he was Director of Information under Lord Beaverbrook. Buchan called it “the toughest job he ever took on”. He somehow found time to assist in a history of the war magazine. This was later published in 24 volumes: Nelson’s History of the War. 
  After the war his writing focused on historical studies. In 1927 Buchan became the Unionist Party Member of Parliament for the Combined Scottish Universities. In a speech to Parliament he said “I believe every Scotsman should be a Scottish nationalist. If it could be proved that a Scottish parliament were desirable… Scotsmen should support it.”  
  Over the next decade he continued to distinguish himself politically and in literature.  On the 1st June 1935 he became 1st Baron Tweedsmuir of Elsfield in the County of Oxford.  
  He was now also given the position of Governor General in Canada and resolved to travel all over Canada to gain a better insight of the country. Having crossed both length and breadth he saw the cultural shift between areas and their common ground and helped bring about a clear national Canadian identity. 
  On the 6th February 1940 he collapsed from a stroke and sustained a very serious head injury in falling. Two rounds of surgery to stabilise his condition were unsuccessful and Buchan died on the 11th February. After a state funeral in Ottawa his ashes were returned to his estate in Oxfordshire.

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  Wuthering Heights

  Emily Brontë

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  Wuthering Heights is a haunting story of passion, vengeance, and love that defies time and convention. Set amid the windswept moors of northern England, the tragic tale of Catherine and Heathcliff unfolds—a bond so intense it borders on the supernatural. Though their souls are inseparable, fate tears them apart, leaving a trail of obsession and madness. Can love be as destructive as it is powerful? The answer waits within the walls of Wuthering Heights.

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  One None and a Hundred-thousand

  Luigi Pirandello

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  A seemingly ordinary man's world shatters when his wife points out a minor physical flaw. This sparks an existential crisis in Vitangelo Moscarda, as he realizes everyone perceives him differently, creating "a hundred thousand" versions of himself. Trapped by societal masks and questioning his own sanity, Vitangelo embarks on a radical journey to break free and discover his true identity. This thought-provoking novel by Luigi Pirandello explores the fluidity of self, the power of perception, and the struggle for authenticity in a world obsessed with masks.

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  Top 10 Short Stories The - Men...

  O Henry, Maxim Gorky, Algernon...

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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 immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author?  
   
  The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme.  Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature. 
   
  Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made.  If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something. 
   
  In this new century expansion and turbulence are competing forces. Society is ripe for change, the elite are not.  In this fertile ground these very talented authors grabbed literature by the scruff of the neck and dragged it into new directions and new forms. 
   
  1 - The Top 10 - The  1900's - The Men - An Introduction 
  2 - Gift of the Magi by O Henry 
  3 - Her Lover by Maxim Gorky 
  4 - Oh Whistle and I'll Come to You My Lad by M R James 
  5 - To Build a Fire by Jack London 
  6 - The Fly In The Ointment by D H Lawrence 
  7 - The Scapegoat by Paul Laurence Dunbar 
  8 - The Kit Bag by Algernon Blackwood 
  9 - The Voice in the Night by William Hope Hodgson 
  10 - Silence by Leonid Nikolaevich Andreev 
  11 - The Diary of a God by Barry Pain

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