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  HOMER: The Iliad & the Odyssey

  Homer

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  Nearly three thousand years after they were composed, The Iliad and The Odyssey remain two of the most celebrated and widely read stories ever told, yet next to nothing is known about their author. He was certainly an accomplished Greek bard, and he probably lived in the late eighth and early seventh centuries BCE Authorship is traditionally ascribed to a blind poet named Homer, and it is under this name that the works are still published. Greeks of the third and second centuries BCE, however, already questioned whether Homer existed and whether the two epics were even written by a single individual. 
  Most modern scholars believe that even if a single person wrote the epics, his work owed a tremendous debt to a long tradition of unwritten, oral poetry. Stories of a glorious expedition to the East and of its leaders’ fateful journeys home had been circulating in Greece for hundreds of years before The Iliad and The Odyssey were composed. Casual storytellers and semiprofessional minstrels passed these stories down through generations, with each artist developing and polishing the story as he told it. According to this theory, one poet, multiple poets working in collaboration, or perhaps even a series of poets handing down their work in succession finally turned these stories into written works, again with each adding his own touch and expanding or contracting certain episodes in the overall narrative to fit his taste.

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  Candide Or Optimism

  Voltaire

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  Join Candide on a wild ride through life! This young man believes the world is the best it can be, but guess what? The world has other plans. Torn from his cozy life, Candide embarks on a journey through palaces and battlefields, across continents and seas. He sees war, gets betrayed, loses everything, and yet he keeps searching for meaning and love. 
  Voltaire, the master of wit, takes aim at blind faith and empty ideals. As Candide faces challenges and tests, we too are forced to confront the mysteries of fate and human nature. 
  This audiobook brings Voltaire’s original text to life with clear and powerful narration. It’s not just about following Candide’s adventures -- it’s about grappling with his questions, sharing his laughter, and finding wisdom in his quiet conclusion.

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  The Mother's Recompense

  Edith Wharton

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  "The Mother's Recompense" is a novel written by Edith Wharton, an American novelist known for her works exploring the lives and morals of the American upper class during the Gilded Age. "The Mother's Recompense" was first published in 1925. The novel revolves around the character Kate Clephane, a woman who has spent many years in Europe away from her son, Lawrence. As she returns to the United States, she is determined to reestablish a relationship with her estranged son. The narrative explores themes of motherhood, societal expectations, and the consequences of choices made in the pursuit of personal happiness.

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  Master Humphrey's Clock

  Charles Dickens

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  'Its very pulse, if I may use the word, was like no other clock. It did not mark the flight of every moment with a gentle second stroke, but measured it with one sledge-hammer beat, as if its business were to crush the seconds as they came trooping on…'
  
  Originally published in instalments between 1840 and 1841, Master Humphrey's Clock was a weekly periodical tracing the life of Master Humphrey and his small circle of friends. It was the place in which future classics – such The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge, were born – cementing its place as one of Dickens's most important works.
  
  Master Humphrey, an elderly man who lives by himself in London, decides one day to start a club dedicated to reading manuscripts. He and a few friends begin a ritual of reading their various tales aloud to each other, while sitting beside Humphrey's antique clock – an ever-present reminder of the passing of time. Including stories of mystery, adventure, love, tragedy and everything in between, Dicken's compellingly investigates themes of memory, fate and mortality. A clever comment on the act of storytelling in itself, Master Humphrey's Clock is an exemplary example of Dickens's genius. This audiobook is brilliantly narrated by Malk Williams.
  Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and, by the twentieth century, critics and scholars had recognized him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are widely read, performed and adapted today.

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  Barry Pain - Six of the Best -...

  Barry Pain

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  Six has always been a number we group things around – Six of the best, six of one half a dozen of another, six feet under, six pack, six degrees of separation and a sixth sense are but a few of the ways we use this number. 
   
  Such is its popularity that we thought it is also a very good way of challenging and investigating an author’s work to give width, brevity, humour and depth across six of their very best. 
   
  In this series we gather together authors whose short stories both rivet the attention and inspire the imagination to visit their gems in a series of six, to roam across an author’s legacy in a few short hours and gain a greater understanding of their writing and, of course, to be lavishly entertained by their ideas, their narrative and their way with words. 
   
  These stories can be surprising and sometimes at a tangent to what we expected, but each is fully formed and a marvellous adventure into the world and words of a literary master. 
   
  1 - Six of the Best - Barry Pain - An Introduction 
  2 - Barry Pain - An Introduction  
  3 - The Extermination by Barry Pain 
  4 - The Diary of a God by Barry Pain 
  5 - The Act of Heroism by Barry Pain 
  6 - The Bet by Barry Pain 
  7 - Murder, from The Memoirs of Constantine Dix by Barry Pain 
  8 - Post Mortem by Barry Pain

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  The Minister's Black Veil and...

  Nathaniel Hawthorne, H.P....

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  Step into the eerie and mysterious world of "The Minister's Black Veil and Other Stories" digital audiobook collection, where chilling tales and haunting narratives await you. 
   
  Embark on a journey through the shadows with Nathaniel Hawthorne's timeless classic, "The Minister's Black Veil," as you unravel the enigma of a minister who veils his face, shrouding himself in secrets that will leave you questioning the nature of sin and guilt. 
   
  Delve into the depths of cosmic horror with H. P. Lovecraft's gripping tales, "The Alchemist" and "The Statement of Randolph Carter," where ancient terrors and forbidden knowledge collide to ensnare the unwary in a web of cosmic dread. 
   
  Explore the eerie isolation of "The Haunted Island" by Algernon Blackwood, where the line between the living and the dead blurs, and the haunting presence of the unknown lurks around every corner. 
   
  Experience the mystical allure of "The Ensouled Violin" by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, where music holds the power to transcend the ordinary and transport listeners to realms beyond imagination. 
   
  Each story in this collection is expertly narrated, immersing you in a world of dark secrets, supernatural encounters, and existential mysteries that will linger in your mind long after the final chapter. 
   
  Indulge your senses and embark on an unforgettable literary journey with "The Minister's Black Veil and Other Stories" digital audiobook collection. 
   
   
   
  The Minister's Black Veil	Nathaniel Hawthorne 
   
  The Alchemist	H. P. Lovecraft 
   
  The Statement of Randolph Carter	H. P. Lovecraft 
   
  The Haunted Island	Algernon Blackwood 
   
  The Ensouled Violin	Helena Petrovna Blavatsky

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