Audiobooks by Barry Pain

3 Stories - Madness in Diaries

"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 WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.From their pens to your your ears.01 - 3 Stories - Madness in a Diary02 - Diary of a Lunatic by Leo Tolstoy03 - The Diary of a God by Barry Pain04 - Diary of a Madman by Nikolai Gogol"

Barry Pain, Leo Tolstoy, Nikolai Gogol (Author), Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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Lessons from Literature - Stories About the Dangers of Greed

"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 narratives of many wise talents.In this volume greed and ambition are our classic authors guides to characters and narratives that turn hunger into want and excess. Enough for us is never enough for them. And whether its money, love, or any other asset they want to accrue, these stories illustrate the true cost of such behaviour. 01 - Lessons From Literature - Stories About the Dangers of Greed - An Introduction2 - How Much Land Does A Man Need by Leo Tolstoy3 - The Rocking Horse Winner by D H Lawrence4 - The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant5 - A Pair of Silk Stockings by Kate Chopin6 - The Lottery Ticket by Anton Chekhov7 - The Queen of Spades by Alexander Pushkin8 - The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde9 - Transformation by Mary Shelley10 - Oil of Dog by Ambrose Bierce11 - The Monkey's Paw by W W Jacobs12 - The Green Light by Barry Pain13 - The General's Will by Vera Jelihovsky14 - Gooseberries by Anton Chekhov15 - Chelkash by Maxim Gorky"

Alexander Pushkin, Ambrose Bierce, Anton Chekhov, Barry Pain, D.H. Lawrence, Guy De Maupassant, Kate Chopin, Leo Tolstoy, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Maxim Gorky, Oscar Wilde, Vera Jelihovsky, W W Jacobs (Author), David Shaw-Parker, Elliot Fitzpatrick, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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Lessons from Literature - Stories Dealing with Death and Loss

"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 narratives of many wise talents.In this volume our literary friends offer their talents and stories to help us deal, and perhaps reconcile, our feelings of loss with the reality that the world moves on and we must too, however painful that process may seem and even become. 01 - Lessons From Literature - Stories Dealing with Death and Loss - An Introduction2 - Where Love Is, God Is by Leo Tolstoy3 - A Dead Woman’s Secret by Guy de Maupassant4 - Mary Postgate by Rudyard Kipling5 - The Altar of the Dead by Henry James6 - The Mourner by Mary Shelley7 - Misery by Anton Chekhov8 - War by Luigi Pirandello9 - The Casualty List by Winifred Holtby10 - The Border Line by D H Lawrence11 - A Complete Recovery by Barry Pain12 - An Unexpected Reunion by Johann Hebel13 - Them Others by Stacy Aumonier14 - After the Funeral by Mary Butts15 - The Dark Cottage by Mary Cholmondeley16 - The Furnished Room by O Henry17 - The Canary by Katherine Mansfield18 - The Striding Place by Gertrude Atherton19 - Since I Died by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps20 - Silence by Leonid Nikolaevich Andreyev21 - The Vendetta by Guy de Maupassant22 - The General's Will by Vera Jelihovsky23 - The Man Who Hated God by Winifred Holtby"

Anton Chekhov, Barry Pain, D.H. Lawrence, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Gertrude Atherton, Guy De Maupassant, Henry James, Johann Hebel, Katherine Mansfield, Leo Tolstoy, Leonid Nikolaevich Andreyev, Luigi Pirandello, Mary Butts, Mary Cholmondeley, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, O Henry, Rudyard Kipling, Stacy Aumonier, Vera Jelihovsky, Winifred Holtby (Author), Eric Meyers, Richard Mitchley, Robert Maskell (Narrator)

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Psychological Stories

"What we have in front of us here in this volume is a simple premise but an author’s words may say one thing and mean another. With talents such as E T A Hoffman, Katherine Mansfield, Willa Cather, Mikhail Bulgakov and many others our minds are under almost permanent assault with words, characters and narratives that pursue us to the end. 1 - Psychological Stories - An Introduction2 - The Dream of a Ridiculous Man by Fyodor Dostovesky3 - Psychology by Katherine Mansfield4 - Diary of a Madman by Nikolai Gogol5 - The Yellow Wall Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman6 - The Bet by Anton Chekhov7 - The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe8 - A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka9 - A Respectable Woman by Kate Chopin10 - The Other Woman by Sherwood Anderson11 - Morphine by Mikhail Bulgakov12 - Paul's Case by Willa Cather13 - Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne14 - The Diary of a God by Barry Pain15 - Seeds by Sherwood Anderson16 - Was It An Illusion. A Parson's Story by Amelia Edwards17 - In The Dark by Edith Nesbit18 - The Cold Embrace by Mary Elizabeth Braddon19 - The Mines of Falun - Part 1 by E T A Hoffman20 - The Mines of Falun - Part 2 by E T A Hoffman21 - Shut Out by F Anstey22 - Hands by Sherwood Anderson23 - The Fly by Katherine Mansfield24 - Bobok by Fyodor Dostoyevsky"

Amelia B. Edwards, Anton Chekhov, Barry Pain, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, E T A Hoffman, Edgar Allan Poe, Edith Nesbit, F Anstey, Franz Kafka, Fyodor Dostovesky, Kate Chopin, Katherine Mansfield, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Mikhail Bulgakov, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Nikolai Gogol, Sherwood Anderson, Willa Cather (Author), Bill Wallis, Liza Ross, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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