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An imaginative, feminist, and brilliantly relevant-to-today retelling of Orwell's 1984, from the point of view of Winston Smith's lover, Julia, by critically acclaimed novelist Sandra Newman.
Julia
...Settling in for a night of spine-chilling entertainment? Here's a gripping collection of classic American ghost tales by authors such as Edgar Allan Poe ('The Masque of the Red Death'), Francis Bret Harte ('The Ghosts of Stukeley Castle'), Edith Wharton ('Afterward'), Mark Twain ('A Ghost Story'),...
By the #1 New York Times bestselling author and unparalleled master of historical fiction, James Clavell's Shogun is soon to be a major FX/Hulu TV series!
Shogun, the classic epic novel of feudal Japan that captured the heart of a culture and the imagination of the world, is now available for the first time in serial format. Part One contains the first half of the complete novel.
After Englishman John Blackthorne is lost at sea, he
...This wonderful collection of short stories includes work by some of literature's most treasured names, with inspired readings by gifted actors.
This superlative treasury includes the following stories:
"Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, read by John Chancer"The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe, read by Robert Fass"Cousin William" by Harriet Beecher Stowe, read by Kate Fenton"How I Edited an Agricultural Paper" by Mark...By the #1 New York Times bestselling author and unparalleled master of historical fiction, James Clavell's Shogun is soon to be a major FX/Hulu TV series!
Shogun, the classic epic novel of feudal Japan that captured the heart of a culture and the imagination of the world, is now available for the first time in serial format. Part Two contains the second half of the complete novel.
After Englishman John Blackthorne is lost at sea, he
...The action starts and ends on the River Floss at Dorlcote Mill, home to the Tullivers for generations. But, for all the mill's beauty, Maggie Tulliver, the heroine, finds family life intolerably narrow. The Tullivers, for so long solidly prosperous, are soon beset by financial problems, the result of Mr Tulliver's misguided lawsuit and his feud with Wakem. Against this troubled background, Maggie's well-meaning attempts to reconcile her pursuit
...A treasure chest of the written and spoken word, this collection is read by brilliant actors who make this audio anthology a genuine treat for the listener.
This audio recording includes the following short stories:
"Reginald on House Parties" by Saki, read by Nigel Hawthorne"The Sphinx without a Secret" by Oscar Wilde, read by Martin Jarvis"Tobermory" by Saki, read by Barbara Leigh-Hunt"On Being Idle" by Jerome K. Jerome, read by Hugh
...A great new collection of classic short fiction, brilliantly read by a selection of narrators
This recording includes the following stories:
- "The Lightening-Rod Man" by Herman Melville
- "One of the Missing" by Ambrose Bierce
- "The Leopard Man's Story" by Jack London
- "Tennessee's Partner" by Bret Harte
- "The New Catacomb" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- "A Pair of Silk Stockings" by Kate Chopin
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