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3 Stories About - Marrying for Money or Happiness

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

by Khalil Gibran, Amy Levy, Tod Robbins ...

Narrated by David Shaw-Parker, Marie-Pierre, Elliot Fitzpatrick ...

Unabridged

2 hours 11 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
... Read more
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Forgotten Authors, The - Volume 9

Rina Ramsay to James Stephens

by Rina Ramsay, William Pett Ridge, Herbert C Ridout, Tod Robbins, Morley Roberts, Gertrude Minnie Robins, Sax Rohmer, Benjamin Rosenblatt, George Sand, Bruno Schulz, Matilde Serao, Ömer Seyfettin, Evelyn Sharp, Oswald Sickert, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Hristo Smirenski, Lady Eleanor Smith ...

Narrated by Robert Maskell, Elliot Fitzpatrick, Stephen Hogan ...

Unabridged

14 hours 36 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

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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
Freaks; Or Spurs (Fantasy and Horror Classics)

by Tod Robbins ...

Freaks; Or Spurs pulls back the curtain on the hidden world of a traveling European circus, a place of wonder and unspoken bonds. Here, the beautiful but cruel trapeze artist, Jeanne Marie, makes the mistake of mocking and then falsely marrying the kindly, wealthy dwarf performer, Jacques Courb, purely for his inheritance. But Jacques is not alone. His extended family--the "freaks" of the circus- ... Read more

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Freaks; Or Spurs pulls back the curtain on the hidden world of a traveling European circus, a place of wonder and unspoken bonds. Here, the beautiful but cruel trapeze artist, Jeanne Marie, makes the mistake of mocking and then falsely marrying the kindly, wealthy dwarf performer, Jacques Courb, purely for his inheritance. But Jacques is not alone. His extended family--the "freaks" of the circus-
... Read more
Tod Robbins

His Life and Work

by Tod Robbins, Osie Turner ...

Clarence "Tod" Robbins is best known for his short tales of the bizarre. However, his talent was not confined solely to human oddities and deranged criminals. This collection attempts to give the reader a full overview of his work.This book contains the most complete biography of Tod Robbins to date, as well as an anthology of his work. In addition to the biography, this collection contains three ... Read more

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Clarence "Tod" Robbins is best known for his short tales of the bizarre. However, his talent was not confined solely to human oddities and deranged criminals. This collection attempts to give the reader a full overview of his work.This book contains the most complete biography of Tod Robbins to date, as well as an anthology of his work. In addition to the biography, this collection contains three
... Read more
3 Stories About - Marrying for Money or Happiness

by Khalil Gibran, Tod Robbins, Amy Levy ...

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
... Read more
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Dark Masters, The - Volume 6

Tod Robbins to Israel Zangwill

by Tod Robbins, Phil Robinson, Sax Rohmer, Saki, Marcel Schwob, Walter Scott, M P Shiel, Robert Louis Stevenson, Bram Stoker, Ernest R Stuffing, E G Swain, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leo Tolstoy, Mark Twain, Allen Upward, Edgar Wallace, Hugh Walpole, H G Wells, Oscar Wilde, W J Wintle, Israel Zangwill ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, David Shaw-Parker, Elliot Fitzpatrick ...

Unabridged

12 hours 1 min

Life is to be lived. Experiences gained, pleasures sampled. But, troublingly, when you are a classic author your thoughts sometimes lean towards darker thoughts. Within the space of a few paragraphs these literary masters shape a new world; more difficult experiences, darker pleasures. Life becomes uneasy, a queasy feeling, perhaps a repulsion here, a disgust there and very soon what was cosy, ... Read more

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Life is to be lived. Experiences gained, pleasures sampled. But, troublingly, when you are a classic author your thoughts sometimes lean towards darker thoughts. Within the space of a few paragraphs these literary masters shape a new world; more difficult experiences, darker pleasures. Life becomes uneasy, a queasy feeling, perhaps a repulsion here, a disgust there and very soon what was cosy,
... Read more
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Stories From The Shadows - Volume 9

Embrace the darkness

by James S Pyke-Nott, Violet Quirk, Alicia Ramsay, Ernst Raupach, Katherine Rickford, Charlotte Riddell, Tod Robbins, Gertrude Minnie Robins, Phil Robinson, Sax Rohmer, Saki, Marcel Schwob, Walter Scott, Mary Shelley, M P Shiel, Dora Sigerson Shorter, Helen Simpson, May Sinclair, Lady Eleanor Smith, Harriet Prescott Spofford, Robert Louis Stevenson, Bram Stoker ...

Narrated by Ghizela Rowe, Elliot Fitzpatrick, Janet Fullerlove ...

Unabridged

12 hours 11 min

An author’s talents may seem obvious and indisputable as they move words and ideas into gathered phrases and stories.But where do these ideas and stories come from? A lonely thought that suddenly gathers form? An inspiration from a Muse? A suggestion from an everyday event?Perhaps in the case of their darker, more malevolent stories, other forces are at work. They help to nourish single words into ... Read more

$29.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

An author’s talents may seem obvious and indisputable as they move words and ideas into gathered phrases and stories.But where do these ideas and stories come from? A lonely thought that suddenly gathers form? An inspiration from a Muse? A suggestion from an everyday event?Perhaps in the case of their darker, more malevolent stories, other forces are at work. They help to nourish single words into
... Read more
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Neglected Authors, The - Men - Volume 4

Celebrated in their time, forgotten in ours

by I N Potapenko, Boleslaw Prus, Edwin Pugh, Arthur Quiller-Couch, Ernst Raupach, Ernst Raupach, William Pett Ridge, Tod Robbins, Nikolai Schedrin, Friedrich Schiller, Marcel Schwob0, S T Semyonov1, M P Shiel2, Fyodor Sologub3, Frank R Stockton4, Booth Tarkington5, Wallace Thurman6, Giovanni Verga7, Israel Zangwill8, Stefan Zweig9 ...

Narrated by Elliot Fitzpatrick0, David Shaw-Parker1, Richard Mitchley2 ...

Unabridged

10 hours 14 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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Neglected Authors, The - Volume 6

Celebrated in their time, forgotten in ours

by Charlotte Riddell, William Pett Ridge, Tod Robbins, Nikolai Schedrin, Friedrich Schiller, Olive Schreiner, Marcel Schwob, S T Semyonov, M P Shiel, Dora Sigerson Shorter, Helen Simpson, May Sinclair, Fyodor Sologub, Georgia F Stewart, Frank R Stockton, Netta Syrett, Booth Tarkington, Wallace Thurman, Ruth D Todd, Giovanni Verga, Mary Webb, Catherine Wells, Eudora Welty, Leonara Wodehouse, Israel Zangwill, Stefan Zweig ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, David Shaw-Parker, Elliot Fitzpatrick ...

Unabridged

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

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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The Unholy Three (Unabridged)

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by Tod Robbins ...

Narrated by Alvin Cummings, Jordan Lara, William Chapa, Walter Brown ...

Unabridged

5 hours 41 min

Ladies and gentlemen! Step right up and put your eyes on the most bizarre crime spree you will ever bear witness to! See the broad-shouldered beast with titanic strength, the strongman Hercules! Hear the deranged and multi-faceted vocal gymnastics of the mad ventriloquist, Echo! Meet the most devious and cruel criminal mastermind you will ever have the misfortune to tangle with! He may be ... Read more

$4.99 USD

Ladies and gentlemen! Step right up and put your eyes on the most bizarre crime spree you will ever bear witness to! See the broad-shouldered beast with titanic strength, the strongman Hercules! Hear the deranged and multi-faceted vocal gymnastics of the mad ventriloquist, Echo! Meet the most devious and cruel criminal mastermind you will ever have the misfortune to tangle with! He may be
... Read more
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Top 10 Short Stories, The - The 1920's - The Americans

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

by F Scott Fitzgerald, Sherwood Anderson, Ellen Glasgow, H P Lovecraft, Richard Connell, Ring Lardner, Robert E Howard, Rudolph Fisher, Tod Robbins, Zane Grey ...

Narrated by Christopher Ragland, Warren Keyes, Kelly Burke ...

Unabridged

8 hours 3 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

$14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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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Stories From The Shadows – The 1920’s

Embrace the darkness

by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Christopher Blayre, Mikhail Bulgakov, Marjorie Bowen, Izola Forrester, Radclyffe Hall, H P Lovecraft, Amyas Northcote, Eric Purves, Violet Quirk, Alicia Ramsay, Tod Robbins, Helen Simpson, Edgar Wallace, Mary Webb, Ethel Lina White ...

Narrated by David Shaw-Parker, Mark Rice-Oxley, Richard Mitchley ...

Unabridged

11 hours 9 min

An author’s talents may seem obvious and indisputable as they move words and ideas into gathered phrases and stories.But where do these ideas and stories come from? A lonely thought that suddenly gathers form? An inspiration from a Muse? A suggestion from an everyday event?Perhaps in the case of their darker, more malevolent stories, other forces are at work. They help to nourish single words into ... Read more

$29.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

An author’s talents may seem obvious and indisputable as they move words and ideas into gathered phrases and stories.But where do these ideas and stories come from? A lonely thought that suddenly gathers form? An inspiration from a Muse? A suggestion from an everyday event?Perhaps in the case of their darker, more malevolent stories, other forces are at work. They help to nourish single words into
... Read more

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