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3 Stories About - Poverty and Struggle

by O Henry, Anton Chekhov, Mary Mackay ...

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 mo ... Read more

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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 mo
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Hired Baby, A Romance of the London Streets, The

by Mary Mackay ...

Narrated by David Shaw-Parker, Ghizela Rowe ...

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59 min

Mary Mackay was born on the 1st May 1855 in London.At the age of 11 she was sent to a Parisian convent to further her education and returned to Britain four years later in 1870.She began her career as a musician, giving piano recitals under the pseudonym of ‘Marie Corelli’ which she now also used as she turned to life as a writer. She published her first novel in 1866. From that point until World ... Read more

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Mary Mackay was born on the 1st May 1855 in London.At the age of 11 she was sent to a Parisian convent to further her education and returned to Britain four years later in 1870.She began her career as a musician, giving piano recitals under the pseudonym of ‘Marie Corelli’ which she now also used as she turned to life as a writer. She published her first novel in 1866. From that point until World
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Top 10 Short Stories – The 1890’s – The Women, The

The top ten Short Stories of the 1890's written by female authors

by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Edith Nesbit, Kate Chopin, Charlotte Mew, Ella D'Arcy, Mary Angela Dickens, Mary E Wilkins Freeman, Mary Mackay writing as Marie Corelli, Rosa Mulholland, Willa Cather ...

Narrated by Liza Ross, Laurel Lefkow, Ghizela Rowe ...

Unabridged

6 hours 43 min

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 ... Read more

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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
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Short Stories About Trickery & Deception

Tales of manipulation, broken promises and tests of faith

by Rudyard Kipling, Maxim Gorky, Edith Wharton, Saki, O Henry, Georgia F Stewart, John Davys Beresford, H P Lovecraft, Ivan Turgenev, Ella D'Arcy, Perceval Gibbon, Kate Chopin, Mary Mackay writing as Marie Corelli, Samuel Blas, Israel Zangwill, Anatole France, Barry Pain ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Mark Rice-Oxley, Warren Keyes ...

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11 hours 13 min

As a general rule we are a trusting lot. You say something and, whilst I might disagree, I believe you are acting in good faith. Of course this may be just the beginning of a ruse. If I trust you I might let down my guard, I might seek to share and to create a bond between us. But, if you can’t be trusted, if you have an ulterior motive I might lose out.In the hands of authors such as Maxim Gorky, ... Read more

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As a general rule we are a trusting lot. You say something and, whilst I might disagree, I believe you are acting in good faith. Of course this may be just the beginning of a ruse. If I trust you I might let down my guard, I might seek to share and to create a bond between us. But, if you can’t be trusted, if you have an ulterior motive I might lose out.In the hands of authors such as Maxim Gorky,
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3 Stories About - Poverty & Struggle

A trio of classic tales perfect for a commute, walk or quiet night in

by Anton Chekhov, O Henry, Mary Mackay ...

Narrated by Christopher Ragland, Tom McLean, David Shaw-Parker ...

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1 hour 22 min

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 ... Read more

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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
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Seventeen: A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William

by Newton Booth Tarkington ...

Seventeen: A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William is a humorous novel by Booth Tarkington that gently satirizes first love, in the person of a callow 17-year-old, William Sylvanus Baxter. Seventeen takes place in a small city in the Midwestern United States shortly before World War I. It was published as sketches in the Metropolitan Magazine in 1914, and collected ... Read more

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Seventeen: A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William is a humorous novel by Booth Tarkington that gently satirizes first love, in the person of a callow 17-year-old, William Sylvanus Baxter. Seventeen takes place in a small city in the Midwestern United States shortly before World War I. It was published as sketches in the Metropolitan Magazine in 1914, and collected
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Margaret Ogilvy

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*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS***Synopsis:A portrait of Barrie's mother, with insights into the effects of his brother's tragic early death ... Read more

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*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS***Synopsis:A portrait of Barrie's mother, with insights into the effects of his brother's tragic early death
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Noughts And Crosses

Stories, Studies And Sketches

by Arthur Quiller-Couch ...

Series series Arthur Quiller-Couch Collection
Dodo Collections brings you another classic from Arthur Quiller-Couch ‘Noughts and Crosses: Stories, Studies and Sketches.’Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch was a Cornish writer, who published under the pen name of Q. He published his Dead Man's Rock (a romance in the vein of Stevenson's Treasure Island) in 1887, and he followed this up with Troy Town (1888) and The Splendid Spur (1889). After some ... Read more

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Dodo Collections brings you another classic from Arthur Quiller-Couch ‘Noughts and Crosses: Stories, Studies and Sketches.’Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch was a Cornish writer, who published under the pen name of Q. He published his Dead Man's Rock (a romance in the vein of Stevenson's Treasure Island) in 1887, and he followed this up with Troy Town (1888) and The Splendid Spur (1889). After some
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The Library Window: 'It is just a very dead thing without any reflection in it''

by Margaret Oliphant ...

Margaret Oliphant Wilson was born on 4th April 1828 in East Lothian in Scotland but spent her childhood in Midlothian, Glasgow and Liverpool.She wrote from a young age and in 1849 had her first novel about the Scottish Free Church movement, a cause her parents sympathized with, published. Her next, ‘Caleb Field’, a couple of years later, led to a lifelong association with Blackwood Magazine to ... Read more

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Margaret Oliphant Wilson was born on 4th April 1828 in East Lothian in Scotland but spent her childhood in Midlothian, Glasgow and Liverpool.She wrote from a young age and in 1849 had her first novel about the Scottish Free Church movement, a cause her parents sympathized with, published. Her next, ‘Caleb Field’, a couple of years later, led to a lifelong association with Blackwood Magazine to
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Stories by English Authors London (Selected by Scribners)

by Various Authors ...

Frequently I have to ask myself in the street for the name of the man I bowed to just now, and then, before I can answer, the wind of the first corner blows him from my memory. I have a theory, however, that those puzzling faces, which pass before I can see who cut the coat, all belong to club waiters. ... Read more

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Frequently I have to ask myself in the street for the name of the man I bowed to just now, and then, before I can answer, the wind of the first corner blows him from my memory. I have a theory, however, that those puzzling faces, which pass before I can see who cut the coat, all belong to club waiters.
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Colonel Starbottle's Client

by Bret Harte ...

"Colonel Starbottle's Client" is a short story written by Bret Harte, an American author and poet known for his contributions to Western literature. The story is part of Harte's larger body of work, which often explores the lives of people in the American West during the 19th century.The story features Colonel Starbottle, a recurring character in some of Harte's works. Colonel Starbottle is a ... Read more

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"Colonel Starbottle's Client" is a short story written by Bret Harte, an American author and poet known for his contributions to Western literature. The story is part of Harte's larger body of work, which often explores the lives of people in the American West during the 19th century.The story features Colonel Starbottle, a recurring character in some of Harte's works. Colonel Starbottle is a
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The Library Window : A Story Of The Seen And Unseen

by Oliphant Margaret ...

In this narrative Oliphant has beautifully created a world where the boundaries of imagination and reality cannot be distinguished. An amalgamation of super-natural and psychological this is an account of a young girls fancy that leads her to stand against the real world. This work also comments on the situation of the fair sex during the Victorian era. ... Read more

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In this narrative Oliphant has beautifully created a world where the boundaries of imagination and reality cannot be distinguished. An amalgamation of super-natural and psychological this is an account of a young girls fancy that leads her to stand against the real world. This work also comments on the situation of the fair sex during the Victorian era.
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