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Prison Life - A Short Story Collection

The bars of a prison cannot contain the human spirit.

by Franz Kafka, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Ambrose Bierce, Arthur Conan Doyle, Auguste Villiers de I'Ísle-Adam, Vicente Blasco Ibanez, Victor Hugo, William Mudford ...

Narrated by Elliot Fitzpatrick, Richard Mitchley, Mark Rice-Oxley ...

Unabridged

4 hours 26 min

For almost all of us the idea of being locked away in prison is a dreadful thought to consider. To be in that position, to get put away, for whatever reasons, for whatever pain or injury that was caused, whatever law was broken, the probability of years in a small, cramped space holds no appeal to anyone of reason and is almost always an absolute deterrent.Whilst some of the characters in these ... Read more

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For almost all of us the idea of being locked away in prison is a dreadful thought to consider. To be in that position, to get put away, for whatever reasons, for whatever pain or injury that was caused, whatever law was broken, the probability of years in a small, cramped space holds no appeal to anyone of reason and is almost always an absolute deterrent.Whilst some of the characters in these
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The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories

Volume 9

by Alastair Gunn, William Mudford, John Yonge Akerman, Mary Ann Bird, Elizabeth Gaskell, Catherine Crowe, Emerson Bennett, Amelia B. Edwards, Henry James, John William De Forest, John Gladwyn Jebb, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, William Wilthew Fenn, Isabella Banks, G. L. Worrall, Wilkie Collins, F. Marion Crawford, Lettice Galbraith, M. R. James, Wilhelmina FitzClarence, J. E. P. Muddock ...

Series Book 9 - The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories
Twenty ghost stories from the supernatural masters of the Victorian age. Wimbourne Books presents the ninth in a series of rare or out-of-print ghost stories from Victorian authors. With an introduction by author Alastair Gunn, Volume 9 in the series contains stories published between 1841 and 1899, by British and American authors, including many not previously anthologized. Readers new to this ... Read more

$2.67 USD

Twenty ghost stories from the supernatural masters of the Victorian age. Wimbourne Books presents the ninth in a series of rare or out-of-print ghost stories from Victorian authors. With an introduction by author Alastair Gunn, Volume 9 in the series contains stories published between 1841 and 1899, by British and American authors, including many not previously anthologized. Readers new to this
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Iron Shroud, The

A pioneering buried alive story written in 1830

by William Mudford ...

Narrated by Elliot Fitzpatrick ...

Unabridged

40 min

William Mudford ws born in 1782. He was a writer, essayist, translator and journalist.This short story was first published in 1830 and, it is claimed, influenced Edgar Allan Poe. Such was its impact that it was reprinted many times over the succeeding decades.He died in 1848. ... Read more

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William Mudford ws born in 1782. He was a writer, essayist, translator and journalist.This short story was first published in 1830 and, it is claimed, influenced Edgar Allan Poe. Such was its impact that it was reprinted many times over the succeeding decades.He died in 1848.
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3 Stories - Set in Sicily

by Luigi Pirandello, William Mudford, Giovanni Verga ...

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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Forgotten Authors, The - Volume 7

R H Malden to Ward Muir

by Thomas Mann, Sadat Hasan Manto, Richard Marsh, Leonard Merrick, Richard Middleton, Kalman Mikszath, Robert Duncan Milne, Arthur Moore, Arthur Morrison, William Mudford, Richard Garnett, Mary Louisa Molesworth ...

Narrated by Mark Rice-Oxley, Janet Fullerlove, David Shaw-Parker ...

Unabridged

12 hours 20 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
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Lessons from Literature - Short Stories Exploring Peoples Greatest Fears

Learn from the oldest form of communication and education - storytelling

by Edgar Allan Poe, Richard Connell, William Mudford ...

Narrated by William Dufris, Christopher Ragland, Elliot Fitzpatrick ...

Unabridged

2 hours 44 min

We all have fears. They may be irrational, dark or even logically coherent, but we all believe that, at some point, we will be subject to their grasp and punishment. Here our classic authors ladle up stories that both shock and resonate.1 - Short Stories Exploring People's Greatest Fears - An Introduction2 - The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe3 - The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell4 ... Read more

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We all have fears. They may be irrational, dark or even logically coherent, but we all believe that, at some point, we will be subject to their grasp and punishment. Here our classic authors ladle up stories that both shock and resonate.1 - Short Stories Exploring People's Greatest Fears - An Introduction2 - The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe3 - The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell4
... Read more
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Forgotten Authors, The - The 18th Century

Don't let great literature die

by Carlo Gozzi, Mary Lamb, Charles Lamb, William Mudford, The Brothers Grimm, Richard Harris Barham, Catherine Crowe, John Willaim Polidori, Fernan Caballeron ...

Narrated by David Shaw-Parker, Mark Rice-Oxley, Robert Maskell ...

Unabridged

8 hours 8 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

$19.99 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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Dark Masters, The - Volume 5

Richard Middleton to Ernst Raupach

by Richard Middleton, Thomas Street Millington, Robert Duncan Milne, Edward Page Mitchell, Arthur Moore, Dick Donovan, William Mudford, Jan Neruda, Hume Nisbet, Amyas Northcote, Barry Pain, Edgar Alan Poe, John Willaim Polidori, T F Powys, Kate and Hesketh Pritchard, Eric Purves, James S Pyke-Nott, Ernst Raupach ...

Narrated by Eric Meyers, Robert Maskell, Elliot Fitzpatrick ...

Unabridged

10 hours 28 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
The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories

Volume 4

by Alastair Gunn, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Washington Irving, William Mudford, Thomas Hood, John Yonge Akerman, Bayle St. John, Dudley Costello, Fitz-James O’Brien, Charles Dickens, George John Whyte-Melville, James Hain Friswell, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Thomas Wilkinson Speight, John Berwick Harwood, Thomas Quiller Couch, Robert Stephen Hawker, George Manville Fenn, Tom Hood, George MacDonald, Nathaniel Hawthorne ...

Series Book 4 - The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories
Twenty ghostly tales from the supernatural masters of the Victorian age. Wimbourne Books presents the fourth in a series of rare or out-of-print ghost stories from Victorian authors. With an introduction by author Alastair Gunn, Volume 4 in the series spans the years 1835 to 1869 and includes stories from a wide range of male authors; English, Irish, Scottish and American. Includes tales by ... Read more

$2.99 USD

Twenty ghostly tales from the supernatural masters of the Victorian age. Wimbourne Books presents the fourth in a series of rare or out-of-print ghost stories from Victorian authors. With an introduction by author Alastair Gunn, Volume 4 in the series spans the years 1835 to 1869 and includes stories from a wide range of male authors; English, Irish, Scottish and American. Includes tales by
... Read more
The Forgotten Authors - Men - Volume 4: W G Kelly to William Mudford

by W G Kelly, Mikhail Lermontov, William Mudford ...

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

$8.99 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 Involving Torture

Listen now to these tales of human cruelty and evil

by Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, Bram Stoker, Aleister Crowley, Ambrose Bierce, Gustav Meyrink, William Mudford ...

Narrated by William Dufris, Robert Maskell, Elliot Fitzpatrick ...

Unabridged

3 hours 35 min

We often cite love as our greatest need, our most treasured accomplishment. Why then do some resort to the torture of themselves or others? What drives them to reduce life for the victims to such cruel circumstances? In this volume our classic authors explain, reveal and teach us much about this most difficult of narratives.1 - Stories Involving Torture - An Introduction2 - The Premature Burial by ... Read more

$17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

We often cite love as our greatest need, our most treasured accomplishment. Why then do some resort to the torture of themselves or others? What drives them to reduce life for the victims to such cruel circumstances? In this volume our classic authors explain, reveal and teach us much about this most difficult of narratives.1 - Stories Involving Torture - An Introduction2 - The Premature Burial by
... Read more
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Buried Alive Stories

Stories about many peoples worst fear imaginable

by Edgar Allan Poe, William Mudford, Honore de Balzac, Ambrose Bierce ...

Narrated by William Dufris, Bill Wallis, John-Michael MacDonald ...

Unabridged

3 hours 57 min

Deep within us is the dread of dying of moving on from life to another state of being. We assume it comes about through accident, perhaps even murder or disease that can be sudden or can take years to pull us into oblivion. But perhaps trumping all of these is the fear of being buried alive. The sheer terror of being totally trapped, unable to summon help and escape, fills one and all with a ... Read more

$19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Deep within us is the dread of dying of moving on from life to another state of being. We assume it comes about through accident, perhaps even murder or disease that can be sudden or can take years to pull us into oblivion. But perhaps trumping all of these is the fear of being buried alive. The sheer terror of being totally trapped, unable to summon help and escape, fills one and all with a
... Read more

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Prison Life - A Short Story Collection

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Forgotten Authors, The - The 18th Century

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