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Russian Literature - The Golden Age - The Romantics - A Short Story Collection

The holy trinity of a hugely influential literary period

by Nikolai Gogol, Alexander Pushkin, Mikhail Lermontov ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Elliot Fitzpatrick, Tom McLean ...

Unabridged

4 hours 21 min

In terms of literature the Russian author is almost a class apart. In this volume we bring together the Holy Trinity of Russian Romance from its Golden Age with short stories from the very talented pens of Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostovesky and Ivan Turgenev.1 - The Golden Age of Russian Literature - The Romantics - An Introduction2 - The Cloak by Nikolai Gogol also known as 'The Overcoat'3 - The ... Read more

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In terms of literature the Russian author is almost a class apart. In this volume we bring together the Holy Trinity of Russian Romance from its Golden Age with short stories from the very talented pens of Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostovesky and Ivan Turgenev.1 - The Golden Age of Russian Literature - The Romantics - An Introduction2 - The Cloak by Nikolai Gogol also known as 'The Overcoat'3 - The
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Top 10 Short Stories, The - Eastern Europe

The top ten short stories of all time written by authors from Eastern Europe.

by Franz Kafka, Boleslaw Prus, Ivan Turgenev, Anton Chekhov, Alexander Pushkin, Fyodor Sologub, Jaroslav Hasek, Leonid Andreyev, Moritz Jokai, Nikolai Gogol ...

Narrated by David Shaw-Parker, Tom McLean, Ghizela Rowe ...

Unabridged

4 hours 32 min

The Top 10 – Eastern Europe - An IntroductionFrom the Central plain of Europe to the Urals, many thousands of miles away, the nations of Eastern Europe have risen to become Empires and fallen underfoot to others. Their literary tradition has always been strong and vibrant, bold and beguiling. Within the many cultures and societies the narrative of the human condition is told in many startling and ... Read more

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The Top 10 – Eastern Europe - An IntroductionFrom the Central plain of Europe to the Urals, many thousands of miles away, the nations of Eastern Europe have risen to become Empires and fallen underfoot to others. Their literary tradition has always been strong and vibrant, bold and beguiling. Within the many cultures and societies the narrative of the human condition is told in many startling and
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3 Stories - Gothic Seduction

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

by Robert Louis Stevenson, F Marion Crawford, F Murray Gilchrist ...

Narrated by Robbie McNab, Elliot Fitzpatrick, Tom McLean ...

Unabridged

2 hours 55 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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Short Stories of Franz Kafka, The

Jewish master of the bizarre and creator of Kafkaesque

by Franz Kafka ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Mark Rice-Oxley, Tom McLean ...

Unabridged

1 hour 59 min

Franz Kafka was born on 3rd July 1883 in Prague, then in Bohemia, the eldest of 6, into a middle-class Jewish family.Life for the young Kafka and his passion for literature was often made an ordeal by his over-bearing and domineering entrepreneur of a father.In 1889 Kafka was sent to the Deutsche Knabenschule, an elementary school in Prague. His father would only allow him to be educated in German ... Read more

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Franz Kafka was born on 3rd July 1883 in Prague, then in Bohemia, the eldest of 6, into a middle-class Jewish family.Life for the young Kafka and his passion for literature was often made an ordeal by his over-bearing and domineering entrepreneur of a father.In 1889 Kafka was sent to the Deutsche Knabenschule, an elementary school in Prague. His father would only allow him to be educated in German
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Top Ten, The - Anton Chekhov

The top 10 short stories of all time written by Anton Chekhov.

by Anton Chekhov ...

Narrated by David Shaw-Parker, Richard Mitchley, Tom McLean ...

Unabridged

4 hours 23 min

Anton Chekhov is amongst the most vaunted of authors. His tales can take a small fragment of a person’s life and turn it into a narrative of unrivalled and compelling power. This volume perfectly illustrates Chekhov and his miniature masterpieces.1 - The Top Ten - Anton Chekhov2 - The Bet3 - Vanka4 - Misery5 - The Lady with the Dog6 - The Kiss7 - The Death of a Government Clerk8 - Volodya9 - The ... Read more

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Anton Chekhov is amongst the most vaunted of authors. His tales can take a small fragment of a person’s life and turn it into a narrative of unrivalled and compelling power. This volume perfectly illustrates Chekhov and his miniature masterpieces.1 - The Top Ten - Anton Chekhov2 - The Bet3 - Vanka4 - Misery5 - The Lady with the Dog6 - The Kiss7 - The Death of a Government Clerk8 - Volodya9 - The
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Bet, The

From their pens to your ears, genius in every story

by Anton Chekhov ...

Narrated by Tom McLean ...

Unabridged

16 min

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was born on 29th January 1860 in Taganrog, on the south coast of Russia.His family life was difficult; his father was strict and over-bearing but his mother was a passionate story-teller, a subject Chekhov warmed to. As he later said; ‘our talents we got from our father, but our soul from our mother’.At school Chekhov was distinctly average. At 16 his father mis-managed his ... Read more

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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was born on 29th January 1860 in Taganrog, on the south coast of Russia.His family life was difficult; his father was strict and over-bearing but his mother was a passionate story-teller, a subject Chekhov warmed to. As he later said; ‘our talents we got from our father, but our soul from our mother’.At school Chekhov was distinctly average. At 16 his father mis-managed his
... Read more
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3 Stories About - Art

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

by Franz Kafka, Washington Irving, Virginia Woolf ...

Narrated by Eric Meyers, Eve Karpf, Tom McLean ...

Unabridged

59 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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Poets & Their Inner Demons – Alcoholism

Poems by poets all linked by suffering similar issues

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Charles Baudelaire, Khalil Gibran, Dorothy Parker, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, James Whitcomb Riley, Thomas Dermody, Thomas Parnell ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Jake Urry, Tom McLean ...

Unabridged

1 hour 42 min

The stereotypical image of a poet is one of unknown talent starving in a garret and who’s faithfulness and legacy to the art is discovered only after their death.In some cases this is undoubtedly true, but Poets being human and with the same building blocks of physical and mental health as the rest of us, also had the same afflictions and problems as the rest of us.The long roll call of names and ... Read more

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The stereotypical image of a poet is one of unknown talent starving in a garret and who’s faithfulness and legacy to the art is discovered only after their death.In some cases this is undoubtedly true, but Poets being human and with the same building blocks of physical and mental health as the rest of us, also had the same afflictions and problems as the rest of us.The long roll call of names and
... Read more
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The Heart Beats in Time

Time Travel Powered by Music

by Steve Moretti ...

Narrated by Bethany Mason, Tom McLean, Louisa McLean, Erica Vogt, Ania Hejnar, Marc Moretti ...

Series Audiobook 3 - Song for a Lost Kingdom
Unabridged

11 hours 59 min

Two women connected by the same musical soul are transposed across time into each other’s world by the mysterious forces of a priceless 18th-century cello. A story of music, history, and love that finds a way to conquer the barriers of time.In the final instalment of the Song for a Lost Kingdom trilogy, Adeena Stuart and Katharine Carnegie search for the music neither can complete on their own ... Read more

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Two women connected by the same musical soul are transposed across time into each other’s world by the mysterious forces of a priceless 18th-century cello. A story of music, history, and love that finds a way to conquer the barriers of time.In the final instalment of the Song for a Lost Kingdom trilogy, Adeena Stuart and Katharine Carnegie search for the music neither can complete on their own
... Read more
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3 Stories - Artists vs Society

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

by Willa Cather, Franz Kafka, Louisa May Alcott ...

Narrated by Michael Lyons, Tom McLean, Ghizela Rowe ...

Unabridged

1 hour 48 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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Love Never Surrenders

Time travel powered by music

by Steve Moretti ...

Narrated by Tom McLean, Bethany Mason, Ania Hejnar ...

Series Audiobook 2 - Song for a Lost Kingdom
Unabridged

14 hours 44 min

Adeena Stuart is cellist in 2019 who finds herself living the life of another woman in 1746 Scotland, fighting to save a doomed man – the father of the woman's unborn child. Adeena is an alluring musician driven to compose and perform.But it’s not until she somehow becomes Katharine, an 18th century cellist and composer herself, that the music inside both women finds its timeless perfection.Their ... Read more

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Adeena Stuart is cellist in 2019 who finds herself living the life of another woman in 1746 Scotland, fighting to save a doomed man – the father of the woman's unborn child. Adeena is an alluring musician driven to compose and perform.But it’s not until she somehow becomes Katharine, an 18th century cellist and composer herself, that the music inside both women finds its timeless perfection.Their
... Read more
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Stephen Archer

From their pens to your ears, genius in every story

by George MacDonald ...

Narrated by Tom McLean ...

Unabridged

31 min

George MacDonald was born on December 10th 1824 at Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.The MacDonald family had proud and long historical roots. His father, was a farmer, was a direct descendant of one of the families that suffered in the infamous massacre of 1692 when the Campbells set upon the MacDonalds.George grew up with the Congregational Church, with its atmosphere of Calvinism to which George ... Read more

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George MacDonald was born on December 10th 1824 at Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.The MacDonald family had proud and long historical roots. His father, was a farmer, was a direct descendant of one of the families that suffered in the infamous massacre of 1692 when the Campbells set upon the MacDonalds.George grew up with the Congregational Church, with its atmosphere of Calvinism to which George
... Read more