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Top 10 Short Stories, The - The 1920's - The English - The Women

The top ten short stories written in the 1920s by female authors from England

by Virginia Woolf, Radclyffe Hall, Alicia Ramsay, Bessie Kyffin-Taylor.wav, Elinor Mordaunt, Helen Simpson, Marjorie Bowen, Mary Cholmondeley, Mary Webb, Violet Hunt ...

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

Unabridged

6 hours 26 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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Wonder Of Women - Suicide Stories

Celebrate the true pioneers of female literature

by Virginia Woolf, Katherine Mansfield, Willa Cather, Amy Levy, Amy Levy, Mary Shelley, Lydia Maria Child, Bithia Mary Croker, Mary Webb, Philippa Forest, Mary Elizabeth Braddon0, Catherine Wells1 ...

Narrated by Laurel Lefkow2, David Shaw-Parker3, Ghizela rowe4 ...

Unabridged

6 hours 4 min

Let’s be clear. We are all equal under the law. However, even in these more modern times that is not an absolute and still remains a distant ambition for many.In the days when Britain ruled the waves and bestrode the world as its policeman and plunderer in chief it also subjugated half of its own people to second class status. Women were chattel and property. There were some exceptions based on ... Read more

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Let’s be clear. We are all equal under the law. However, even in these more modern times that is not an absolute and still remains a distant ambition for many.In the days when Britain ruled the waves and bestrode the world as its policeman and plunderer in chief it also subjugated half of its own people to second class status. Women were chattel and property. There were some exceptions based on
... Read more
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Top 10 Short Stories – The 1920’s – The Women, The

The top ten Short Stories of the 1920's written by female authors

by Radclyffe Hall, Ellen Glasgow, Dorothy Edwards, Katherine Mansfield, Virginia Woolf, Alicia Ramsay, Elinor Mordaunt, Helen Simpson, Mary Cholmonderly, Mary Webb ...

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

Unabridged

6 hours 53 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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Precious Bane

by Mary Webb ...

Precious Bane was written by Mary Webb and first published in 1924. Narrated by the central character Prue Sarn, whose life is blighted by having a harelip. Only the weaver, Kester Woodseaves, perceives her inner beauty but Prue cannot believe herself worthy of him. Prue is wrongly accused of murder and only one man can save her and take her away to the happiness she believes she can never possess ... Read more

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Precious Bane was written by Mary Webb and first published in 1924. Narrated by the central character Prue Sarn, whose life is blighted by having a harelip. Only the weaver, Kester Woodseaves, perceives her inner beauty but Prue cannot believe herself worthy of him. Prue is wrongly accused of murder and only one man can save her and take her away to the happiness she believes she can never possess
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A Book of Ghosts: 2

by Bram Stoker, Robert W. Chambers, H. G. Wells, W. W. Jacobs, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Arthur Machen, Mary Webb, John Buchan, W. F. Harvey, Sir Hugh Walpole ...

"Some Spirits Return Not for Rest, but for Reckoning." The journey into the twilight world of S. Baring-Gould continues. In this second volume of his celebrated supernatural works, the master of the Victorian "weird tale" delves even deeper into the shadows of the English countryside. These are stories for the dead of winter—narratives where the past is a living, breathing entity that refuses to ... Read more

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"Some Spirits Return Not for Rest, but for Reckoning." The journey into the twilight world of S. Baring-Gould continues. In this second volume of his celebrated supernatural works, the master of the Victorian "weird tale" delves even deeper into the shadows of the English countryside. These are stories for the dead of winter—narratives where the past is a living, breathing entity that refuses to
... Read more
The Book of Shadows Vol 2

by Bram Stoker, H. G. Wells, Robert W. Chambers, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Arthur Machen, Mary Webb, John Buchan, William Fryer Harvey, Sir Hugh Walpole ...

Not every shadow hides a secret—but the ones in this collection just might. Enter a world where eerie mysteries, supernatural encounters, and unforgettable stories await. Discover "The Book of Shadows Vol. 2," a captivating anthology featuring classic tales by renowned authors including Bram Stoker, H. G. Wells, Robert W. Chambers, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Arthur Machen, Mary Webb, John Buchan, ... Read more

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Not every shadow hides a secret—but the ones in this collection just might. Enter a world where eerie mysteries, supernatural encounters, and unforgettable stories await. Discover "The Book of Shadows Vol. 2," a captivating anthology featuring classic tales by renowned authors including Bram Stoker, H. G. Wells, Robert W. Chambers, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Arthur Machen, Mary Webb, John Buchan,
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Seven for a Secret

by Mary Webb ...

The arrival of Ralph Elmer at the "Mermaid's Rest" disrupts the quiet love between eighteen-year-old farmer's daughter Gillian Lovekin and Robert Rideout, her father's shepherd. ... Read more

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The arrival of Ralph Elmer at the "Mermaid's Rest" disrupts the quiet love between eighteen-year-old farmer's daughter Gillian Lovekin and Robert Rideout, her father's shepherd.
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The British Countryside Collection – 4 Classic Rural English Novels

Enriched edition. The Moorland Cottage, Silas Marner, Cripps, the Carrier: A Woodland Tale, The House in Dormer Forest

by Elizabeth Gaskell, George Eliot, R. D. Blackmore, Mary Webb, Megan Flores ...

The British Countryside Collection – 4 Classic Rural English Novels is a rich anthology that explores the pastoral landscapes and rural mores of England through an array of literary styles. The collection captures the essence of the English countryside, reflecting on the life, challenges, and beauty of rural existence. From charming vignettes to intense narratives, these novels offer an intricate ... Read more

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The British Countryside Collection – 4 Classic Rural English Novels is a rich anthology that explores the pastoral landscapes and rural mores of England through an array of literary styles. The collection captures the essence of the English countryside, reflecting on the life, challenges, and beauty of rural existence. From charming vignettes to intense narratives, these novels offer an intricate
... Read more
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Precious Bane

by Mary Webb ...

Narrated by Justine Eyre ...

Unabridged

9 hours 21 min

A haunting tale of passion set in Shropshire in the 1800sBorn at the time of Waterloo in the wild countryside of Shropshire, England, Prudence Sarn is a passionate girl, cursed with a harelip—her “precious bane.” She is cursed for it, too, by the superstitious people amongst whom she lives. Prue loves two things: the remote countryside of her birthplace and, hopelessly, Kester Woodseaves, the ... Read more

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A haunting tale of passion set in Shropshire in the 1800sBorn at the time of Waterloo in the wild countryside of Shropshire, England, Prudence Sarn is a passionate girl, cursed with a harelip—her “precious bane.” She is cursed for it, too, by the superstitious people amongst whom she lives. Prue loves two things: the remote countryside of her birthplace and, hopelessly, Kester Woodseaves, the
... Read more

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The Book of Shadows Vol 2

by Bram Stoker, H. G. Wells, Robert W. Chambers, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Arthur Machen, Mary Webb, John Buchan, William Fryer Harvey, Sir Hugh Walpole ...

A captivating continuation of classic ghostly fiction filled with mystery and suspense. This volume presents another collection of unforgettable supernatural tales, featuring haunted places, mysterious apparitions, and eerie encounters that blur the line between reality and the unknown. Written by Various Authors, this anthology offers timeless thrills for lovers of supernatural literature. ... Read more

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A captivating continuation of classic ghostly fiction filled with mystery and suspense. This volume presents another collection of unforgettable supernatural tales, featuring haunted places, mysterious apparitions, and eerie encounters that blur the line between reality and the unknown. Written by Various Authors, this anthology offers timeless thrills for lovers of supernatural literature.
... Read more
Precious Bane

by Mary Webb ...

'She has a style of exquisite beauty which yet has both force and restraint, simplicity and subtlety she has fancy and wit, delicious humour and pathos. She sees and knows men aright as no other novelist does. She has, In short, genius' Mr. Edwin Pugh ... Read more

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'She has a style of exquisite beauty which yet has both force and restraint, simplicity and subtlety she has fancy and wit, delicious humour and pathos. She sees and knows men aright as no other novelist does. She has, In short, genius' Mr. Edwin Pugh
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Seven for a Secret

Enriched edition. Secrets of the English Countryside: Love, Betrayal, and Redemption in Mary Webb's Classic Novel

by Mary Webb, Levi Parker ...

In her evocative novel "Seven for a Secret," Mary Webb weaves a rich tapestry of rural life and human emotion against the backdrop of the early 20th century. The narrative unfolds in a pastoral English setting, intricately blending lyrical prose with deep psychological insights, as it explores themes of love, solitude, and the inexorable passage of time. Webb's use of vivid imagery and immersive ... Read more

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In her evocative novel "Seven for a Secret," Mary Webb weaves a rich tapestry of rural life and human emotion against the backdrop of the early 20th century. The narrative unfolds in a pastoral English setting, intricately blending lyrical prose with deep psychological insights, as it explores themes of love, solitude, and the inexorable passage of time. Webb's use of vivid imagery and immersive
... Read more

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