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The scandalous marriage of the Countess Narona to Lord Montbarry takes place in London to the disgust of his family. Not least to his treatment of his former betrothed: Agnes Lockwood. But scandal turns to tragedy when he dies of illness in a Venetian Palace. Under a cloud of suspicion and...

A small collection of short ghost stories, penned by Charles Dickens, narrated here by Michael Ward. "The Haunted House" When the narrator witnesses a dreary house in rural England, he is soon told the place is deeply haunted. But is it really? "The Trial for Murder" Haunted by visions of a...

Want to flirt with women without coming across as creepy? The secrets to building strong chemistry, make her laugh, and get her chasing you. Is your dating life starting to feel stale? Are you struggling to make genuine connections with women you find attractive? Do you often come off as annoying, creepy, or desperate?

George Bernard Shaws most well known work, adapted multiple times by film and stage, such as My Fair Lady and Pretty Woman, "Pygmalion" premiered in Vienna in 1913 before coming to england in 1914 on London's West End. This 5 act play introduces us to the irascible Professor Henry Higgins, who...

White Nights, a tale of lonelyness by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Like many of Dostoevsky's stories, "White Nights" is told in the first person by a nameless narrator, a young man living in Saint Petersburg who suffers from loneliness. He gets to know and falls in love with a young woman, but the love...

In Cranford, society belongs to the women. Amazons of middle age, high refinement and "Elegant Economy". From the Jenkyn's sisters Deborah and Matilda, to Miss Pole; irascible and incredulous. From honourable Mrs Jamieson to Mrs Fitz-Adams. Elizabeth Gaskell shows us the insights and workings of...

A follow up to Arthur Conan Doyles well known novel, The Lost World, the Poison Belt is a short story set over a single 24 hour span of time. On the Anniversary of their momentous trip to the Plateau, as depicted in The Lost World, the irascible Professor Challenger calls his companions to his...

When Dorothy and her dog Toto are caught up in a whirlwind and carried far away to the land of Oz, the little girl has no idea of the strange adventure that awaits her! Lost in a strange land, she, and three strange friends she makes along the way, make their way to the Emerald City, home of the...

The timeless story of the beatific Dorian Gray, who never seems to age, and whose features never show the stains of life, no matter how debauched his existence becomes. What is is his secret? And what is the secret of a certain portrait that he keeps forever hidden, behind a curtain, in a locked...

a collection of short stories by Oscar Wilde first published in May 1888. It contains five stories: "The Happy Prince," "The Nightingale and the Rose," "The Selfish Giant," "The Devoted Friend," and "The Remarkable Rocket." Narrated by Michael...

Originally serialized from March 1869 through June 1870 in Pierre-Jules Hetzel's fortnightly periodical, the Magasin d'éducation et de récréation and wildly acclaimed on it's release, 20,000 Leagues under the Sea is perhaps Jules Verne most well known title. The world is abuzz with tales of a...

Peek into the mesmerizing imagination of C. S. Lewis with the world’s leading authority on the beloved author. With more than 100 million copies printed in 47 languages, The Chronicles of Narnia is one of the bestselling book series ever. Its enduring success is no accident, but rather the...

John Hannay, after surviving the actions of the Black Stone, the cabal of German spies from The 39 Steps, is now a soldier fighting in France during WW1. He receives a message from Bullivant, Head of the Foreign Office and his old ally from before the war. From there he and others are embroiled...

The first tale of this well known character, this story follows Tarzan's first adventures, from his childhood being raised by apes in the jungle to his eventual encounters with other humans and Western society. So popular was the character that Burroughs continued the series into the 1940s with...

A collection of twelve short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, first published on 14 October 1892. It contains the earliest short stories featuring the consulting detective Sherlock Holmes, which had been published in twelve monthly issues of The Strand Magazine from July 1891 to June 1892. The...

A classic tale from the inkwell of Joseph Conrad, the Secret Sharer is a short story set at sea. The narrator, a newly made Captain of his vessel, rescues a man he finds clinging to his ships rope-ladder. That man was once Chief Mate of a nearby ship Sephora, accused of murder during rough seas...

When bankrupt Mr Bedford departs to Lympne to try and turn around his fortunes by writing a play, he has little inkling that he is about to meet a man who will send him tumbling into space! Dr Cavor is a scientist without an ounce of common sense, hard at work to develop a substance opaque to...

Washington Irvings collected Christmas tales, telling of the Author and his holiday in a rustic country seat, Surrounded by all the good cheer and tradition the Geogian times can muster. A fine tale for the seasonal period! Narrated by Michael Ward...

The debut of the famous french gentlemen thief, Maurice Leblanc's Arsene Lupin. Arsene Lupin is a master of disguise, practitioner of oriental martial arts, consummate gentleman and the greatest thief and cracksman in the history of France. In each of these nine adventures we see him go from one...

An original fairy tale by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen; The Snow Queen centres on the struggle between good and evil as experienced by Gerda and her friend, Kay. The story is one of Andersen's longest and most highly acclaimed stories. It is regularly included in selected tales and...