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3 Stories - Family Conflicts About Inheritance

by Vera Jelihovsky, J J Connington, Mary Webb ...

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 ... 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
... Read more
The General's Will

by Jelihovsky Vera ...

The tale that portrays the deep anguish of a widow and her recovery from that sorrow. The narrative is about the sorry events that follow the death of head of the family. Heart-rending! ... Read more

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The tale that portrays the deep anguish of a widow and her recovery from that sorrow. The narrative is about the sorry events that follow the death of head of the family. Heart-rending!
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Lessons from Literature - Stories Dealing with Death and Loss

Learn from the oldest form of communication and education - storytelling

by Leo Tolstoy, Guy de Maupassant, Rudyard Kipling, Henry James, Mary Shelley, Anton Chekhov, Luigi Pirandello, Winifred Holtby, Winifred Holtby, D H Lawrence, Barry Pain0, Johann Hebel1, Stacy Aumonier2, Mary Butts3, Mary Cholmondeley4, O Henry5, Katherine Mansfield6, Gertrude Atherton7, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps8, Leonid Nikolaevich Andreyev9, Vera Jelihovsky0 ...

Narrated by Robert Maskell1, Richard Mitchley2, Eric Meyers3 ...

Unabridged

10 hours 54 min

Being curious, learning from all of our experiences, is one of our most pleasing traits as human beings.In this series we examine particular facets of ourselves and, with the aid of many classic authors, delve into characters and stories that not only entertain us, but inform us on how short stories can help us both deal and understand issues that touch and weave into our lives with the words and ... Read more

$29.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Being curious, learning from all of our experiences, is one of our most pleasing traits as human beings.In this series we examine particular facets of ourselves and, with the aid of many classic authors, delve into characters and stories that not only entertain us, but inform us on how short stories can help us both deal and understand issues that touch and weave into our lives with the words and
... Read more
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Foundations of Fiction, The - Russian Realism

Stories that helped shape one of literatures most acclaimed genres

by Leo Tolstoy, Anton Chekhov, Anton Chekhov, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Ivan Turgenev, Nikolai Gogol, Leonid Andreyev, Maxim Gorky, Ivan Bunin, Vsevolod Garshin, Mikhail Petrovich Artzybashev0, I N Potapenko1, Vera Jelihovsky2, Mikhail Bulgakov3 ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley4, David Shaw-Parker5, Mark Rice-Oxley6 ...

Unabridged

13 hours 44 min

In this series we turn the pages of classic short stories to put together the literary building blocks of how a particular genre or theme began, how it built its foundations to become the well-loved and well-worn genre that it is today.Do authors have the same ideas at more or less the same time? Or can they sniff out an opportunity as to which way the tastes of an audience are moving.Success ... Read more

$39.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

In this series we turn the pages of classic short stories to put together the literary building blocks of how a particular genre or theme began, how it built its foundations to become the well-loved and well-worn genre that it is today.Do authors have the same ideas at more or less the same time? Or can they sniff out an opportunity as to which way the tastes of an audience are moving.Success
... Read more
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Neglected Authors, The - Volume 4

Celebrated in their time, forgotten in ours

by Violet Hunt, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Vera Jelihovsky, Herbert von Kleist, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Perceval Landon, Ring Lardner, Amy Levy, Sinclair Lewis, George MacDonald, Mary E Mann, Sapper, Prosper Merimee, Charlotte Mew, Gustav Meyrink, Robert Duncan Milne, Edward Page Mitchell, C E Montague, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Elinor Mordaunt ...

Narrated by David Shaw-Parker, Janet Fullerlove, Richard Mitchley ...

Unabridged

13 hours 17 min

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. ... Read more

$24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading.
... Read more
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Family Conflicts About Inheritances - Short Stories

The root of all evil can poison any family tree

by Vera Jelihovsky, J J Connington, W W Jacobs, O Henry, Mary Webb ...

Narrated by Mark Rice-Oxley, Elliot Fitzpatrick, Christopher Ragland ...

Unabridged

2 hours 19 min

Death may bring a windfall of money and materials to those who stand to inherit but also, more often, it’s where the squabbles and troubles begin. Who got what becomes a sad tale of many beneficiaries asking why they got less and why less deserving others got more. They see it as an unfair judgement on their relationship with the deceased. But, those were the wishes expressed by them in the will. ... Read more

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Death may bring a windfall of money and materials to those who stand to inherit but also, more often, it’s where the squabbles and troubles begin. Who got what becomes a sad tale of many beneficiaries asking why they got less and why less deserving others got more. They see it as an unfair judgement on their relationship with the deceased. But, those were the wishes expressed by them in the will.
... Read more
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Neglected Authors, The - Women Born 1800-1849

Celebrated in their time, forgotten in ours

by Lady Augusta Gregory, Helena Blavatsky, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Rhoda Broughton, Mrs Craik, Bithia Mary Croker, Vera Jelihovsky, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Mary E Mann, Rosa Mulholland, Margaret Oliphant, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Charlotte Riddell ...

Narrated by Eve Karpf, Ghizela Rowe, Samya De Meo ...

Unabridged

8 hours 58 min

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. ... Read more

$24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading.
... Read more
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Stories About Money

Can money buy happiness?

by Jack London, William Makepeace Thackeray, Giovanni Boccaccio, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Anton Chekhov, Nikolai Gogol, Kate Chopin, James Joyce, Barry Pain, Maxim Gorky, D H Lawrence0, D H Lawrence1, Vernon Lee2, Stefan Zweig3, Alexander Pushkin4, Voltaire5, Aleister Crowley6, O Henry7, Vera Jelihovsky8, W W Jacobs9, F Scott Fitzgerald0 ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley1, Eric Meyers2, Elliot Fitzpatrick3 ...

Unabridged

14 hours 47 min

Money. Filthy lucre. The root of all evil. But it’s also the most useful resource to gain those things we really want, perhaps even need. In this volume our talented authors introduce characters and narratives that have individual views and thoughts on exactly what the use of money will do for them.01 - Stories About Money - An Introduction02 - A Piece of Steak by Jack London03 - A Little Dinner ... Read more

$29.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Money. Filthy lucre. The root of all evil. But it’s also the most useful resource to gain those things we really want, perhaps even need. In this volume our talented authors introduce characters and narratives that have individual views and thoughts on exactly what the use of money will do for them.01 - Stories About Money - An Introduction02 - A Piece of Steak by Jack London03 - A Little Dinner
... Read more
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Neglected Authors, The - Women - Volume 2

Celebrated in their time, forgotten in ours

by Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Clotilde Graves, Frances Watkins Harper, Eliza Haywood, Winifred Holtby, Pauline E Hopkins, Violet Hunt, Vera Jelihovsky, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Amy Levy, Mary E Mann, Charlotte Mew, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Elinor Mordaunt ...

Narrated by Kelly Burke, Janet Fullerlove, Ghizela Rowe ...

Unabridged

10 hours 46 min

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. ... Read more

$24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading.
... Read more
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3 Stories - Family Conflicts About Inheritance

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

by Vera Jelihovsky, J J Connington, Mary Webb ...

Narrated by Mark Rice-Oxley, Elliot Fitzpatrick, Ghizela Rowe ...

Unabridged

1 hour 44 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

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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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Stories About Inheritances

The death of a relative can bring about a range of emotions and outcomes

by Anthony Hope, M R James, Marjorie Bowen, Vera Jelihovsky, Giovanni Boccaccio, Sheridan Le Fanu, Saki, Mary Webb, Barry Pain, Sarah Orne Jewett, W F Harvey, Oscar Wilde, Wilkie Collins, Aleister Crowley, Edith Nesbit, W W Jacobs, O Henry, Louisa Baldwin ...

Narrated by Mark Rice-Oxley, Elliot Fitzpatrick, Ghizela Rowe ...

Unabridged

10 hours 44 min

Perhaps our first thought on learning of an inheritance is that we are receiving money or assets because we are loved and fully deserving it. In the talented words of our authors these stories may challenge that view.01 - Stories About Inheritances - An Introduction02 - Foreordained by Anthony Hope03 - The Tractate Middoth by M R James04 - Florence Flannery by Marjorie Bowen05 - The General's Will ... Read more

$29.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Perhaps our first thought on learning of an inheritance is that we are receiving money or assets because we are loved and fully deserving it. In the talented words of our authors these stories may challenge that view.01 - Stories About Inheritances - An Introduction02 - Foreordained by Anthony Hope03 - The Tractate Middoth by M R James04 - Florence Flannery by Marjorie Bowen05 - The General's Will
... Read more
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Lessons from Literature - Stories About the Dangers of Greed

Learn from the oldest form of communication and education - storytelling

by Leo Tolstoy, D H Lawrence, Guy de Maupassant, Kate Chopin, Anton Chekhov, Anton Chekhov, Alexander Pushkin, Oscar Wilde, Mary Shelley, Ambrose Bierce, W W Jacobs0, Barry Pain1, Vera Jelihovsky2, Maxim Gorky3 ...

Narrated by David Shaw-Parker4, Richard Mitchley5, Elliot Fitzpatrick6 ...

Unabridged

8 hours 34 min

Being curious, learning from all of our experiences, is one of our most pleasing traits as human beings.In this series we examine particular facets of ourselves and, with the aid of many classic authors, delve into characters and stories that not only entertain us, but inform us on how short stories can help us both deal and understand issues that touch and weave into our lives with the words and ... Read more

$29.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Being curious, learning from all of our experiences, is one of our most pleasing traits as human beings.In this series we examine particular facets of ourselves and, with the aid of many classic authors, delve into characters and stories that not only entertain us, but inform us on how short stories can help us both deal and understand issues that touch and weave into our lives with the words and
... Read more

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3 Stories - Family Conflicts About Inheritance

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Neglected Authors, The - Volume 4

Family Conflicts About Inheritances - Short Stories

Neglected Authors, The - Women Born 1800-1849

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Neglected Authors, The - Women - Volume 2

3 Stories - Family Conflicts About Inheritance

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