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  Anne's House of Dreams

  Lucy Maud Montgomery

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  Anne's own true love, Gilbert Blythe, is finally a doctor, and in the sunshine of the old orchard, among their dearest friends, they are about to speak their vows. Soon the happy couple will be bound for a new life together and their own dream house, on the misty purple shores of Four Winds Harbor.A new life means fresh problems to solve, fresh surprises. Anne and Gilbert will make new friends and meet their neighbors: Captain Jim, the lighthouse attendant, with his sad stories of the sea; Miss Cornelia Bryant, the lady who speaks from the heart -- and speaks her mind; and the tragically beautiful Leslie Moore, into whose dark life Anne shines a brilliant light.

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  The Dead

  James Joyce

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  The main character in this short story is Gabriel Conroy and the entire short story takes place during his attendance at a holiday party, annually thrown by his aunts. Near the end of the party Gabriel sees his wife, Gretta, in a new and expanded way at the same moment when she is reminiscing on a song being sung at the party. Listen as James Joyce weaves harsh realities back into this story, as is characteristic with other stories in this series, Dubliners.

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  Joe Wilson and His Mates

  Henry Lawson

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  oe Wilson and His MatesBy Henry LawsonNarrated by Amy Soakes and Denis DalyThis collection was published in 1901 and contains some of Lawson's best known stories.Most of the stories are set in the Australian bush, and feature many of Lawson's iconic characters, like squatters, swagmen and struggling selector farmers. A persistent theme is the harshness of rural life and the inevitablity of personal tragedy.1) The Author’s Farewell to the Bushmen2) Joe Wilson’s Courtship3) Brighten’s Sister-In-Law4) "Water Them Geraniums"5) A Double Buggy at Lahey's Creek6) The Writer Wants to say a Word7) The Golden Graveyard8) The Chinaman’s Ghost9) The Loaded Dog10) Poisonous Jimmy Gets Left11) The Ghostly Door12) A Wild Irishman13) The Babies in the Bush14) A Bush Dance15) The Buck-Jumper16) Jimmy Grimshaw’s Wooing17) At Dead Dingo18) Telling Mrs Baker19) A Hero in Dingo-Scrubs20) The Little World Left Behind21) The Never-Never CountryText prepared by Denis DalyAudio edited by Denis DalyProduction copyright 2021 Voices of Today

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  Young Girl The (Unabridged)

  Katherine Mansfield

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  "The Young Girl" is a 1920 short story written by Katherine Mansfield. Mrs. Raddick's and her beautiful daughter waited on the steps of the casino. The daughter was incredibly beautiful with flushed cheeks, blue eyes, and golden curls. She "might have just dropped from this radiant heaven" (79), and Mrs. Raddick seemed to think so too - if her appreciative glances were any indication. The girl; however, appeared only bored as if heaven had been full of casinos and they no longer held any interest for her.

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  Livia - Or Buried Alive

  Lawrence Durrell

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  At the dawn of World War II, Livia and her sister Constance commit themselves to separate sides of a historic struggle in the second volume of the Avignon Quintet. The second book of Durrell’s inventive and inspiring Avignon Quintet, Livia follows the currents of longing and regret, and the shifting illusions of memory, that began in Monsieur. Two sisters, Livia and Constance, have already led remarkable lives as scholars, lovers of artists, and seekers of the forbidden wisdom of Gnostic sages. As Europe is shaken by the rise of fascism, the two sisters find themselves driven apart by shifting alliances. Livia is rich with Durrell’s unmistakable, gorgeous prose and breathtaking insights into love and the idiosyncrasies of the human heart. 

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  The Sensational Baron von...

  Rudolph Erich Raspe

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  Surprising, sensational, inexorable. These are the adventures of Baron Munchausen. See him escape from the jaws of a hungry lion, shoot a stag with cherry stones, climb a beanstalk to the moon and many other fantastical fables. Each tale is taller than the last, as we enter the world of Baron Munchausen.

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