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Wonder Of Women - Supernatural Stories
"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 wealth and birthright but for the overwhelming majority your lot was to fall in with the rules and do as you were told. Many did.But whilst male society sought to place obstacles in the path to equality, it could not deny their literary talents, which many times they circumvented by using male pseudonyms. However, the soaring sales of magazines and periodicals during the Victorian Age meant they had voracious appetites for literature, whatever the sex of its gender.Dozens of authors appeared to fill the need. Narratives had new ideas. Characters were emboldened by societal changes and the female voice taking responsibility.The women included here are talents that dazzle. Put them up against anyone and they rise to the top. Whether they remain with an avid readership today or faded to obscurity with the passing of the times their quality remains undimmed. 1 - Women of Wonder - Supernatural - An Introduction2 - The Lifted Veil - Part 1 by George Eliot3 - The Lifted Veil - Part 2 by George Eliot4 - The Eyes by Edith Wharton5 - Dionea - Part 1 by Vernon Lee6 - Dionea - Part 2 by Vernon Lee7 - The Ebony Frame by Edith Nesbit8 - The Green Bowl by Sarah Orne Jewett9 - The Operation by Violet Hunt10 - Let Loose by Mary Cholmondeley.wav11 - The First Evening by Catherine Crowe12 - A Wicked Voice - Part 1 by Vernon Lee13 - A Wicked Voice - Part 2 by Vernon Lee14 - Marsyas in Flanders by Vernon Lee15 - Hodge by Elinor Mordaunt16 - A Spirit Elopement by Clotilde Graves17 - The Night of No Weather by Violet Hunt18 - The Mass for the Dead by Edith Nesbit19 - The Telegram by Violet Hunt20 - Amour Dure - Part 1 by Violet Paget writing as Vernon Lee21 - Amour Dure - Part 2 by Violet Paget writing as Vernon Lee"
Catherine Crowe, Clotilde Graves, Edith Nesbit, Edith Wharton, Elinor Mordaunt, George Eliot, Mary Cholmondeley, Sarah Orne Jewett, Vernon Lee, Violet Hunt, Violet Paget writing as Vernon Lee (Author), Elliot Fitzpatrick, Laurel Lefkow, Lisa Bowerman (Narrator)
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Wonder Of Women - The Darker Sex
"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 wealth and birthright but for the overwhelming majority your lot was to fall in with the rules and do as you were told. Many did.But whilst male society sought to place obstacles in the path to equality, it could not deny their literary talents, which many times they circumvented by using male pseudonyms. However, the soaring sales of magazines and periodicals during the Victorian Age meant they had voracious appetites for literature, whatever the sex of its gender.Dozens of authors appeared to fill the need. Narratives had new ideas. Characters were emboldened by societal changes and the female voice taking responsibility.The women included here are talents that dazzle. Put them up against anyone and they rise to the top. Whether they remain with an avid readership today or faded to obscurity with the passing of the times their quality remains undimmed. 1 - Women of Wonder - The Darker Sex - An Introduction2 - The Lifted Veil - Part 1 by George Eliot3 - The Lifted Veil - Part 2 by George Eliot4 - John Charrington's Wedding by Edith Nesbit5 - Luz by Elinor Mordaunt6 - Lena Wrace by May Sinclair7 - Tamar by Lady Eleanor Smith8 - Sylvia by Bessie Kyffin Taylor9 - The Old Nurse's Story by Elizabeth Gaskell10 - In the Mist by Mary E Penn11 - In the Séance Room by Lettice Galbraith12 - Behind the Curtain by Gertrude Barrows Bennett writing as Francis Stevens13 - Behind the Wall by Violet Jacob14 - Under The Electrics by Clotilde Graves writing as Richard Dehan15 - The Face in the Glass by Mary Elizabeth Braddon16 - The Strange Looking Man by Fanny Kemble Johnson17 - The Three Kisses by Violet Quirk18 - The Last of Squire Ennismore by Charlotte Riddell19 - Since I Died by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps20 - The Devil's Mother-in-Law by Fernan Caballeron21 - In Dark New England Days by Sarah Orne Jewett"
Bessie Kyffin Taylor, Charlotte Riddell, Clotilde Graves writing as Richard Dehan, Edith Nesbit, Elinor Mordaunt, Elizabeth Gaskell, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Fanny Kemble Johnson, Fernan Caballeron, George Eliot, Gertrude Barrows Bennett writing as Francis Stevens, Lady Eleanor Smith, Lettice Galbraith, Mary E Penn, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, May Sinclair, Sarah Orne Jewett, Violet Jacob, Violet Quirk (Author), Laurel Lefkow, Lisa Bowerman, Robert Maskell (Narrator)
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The Foundations of Fiction - Gothic Horror
"In this series we turn the pages of classic short stories to put together the literary building blocks of how a particular genre or theme began, how it built its foundations to become the well-loved and well-worn genre that it is today.Do authors have the same ideas at more or less the same time? Or can they sniff out an opportunity as to which way the tastes of an audience are moving. Success undoubtedly builds success and in literary terms we can more politely say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and the surest way to reach a hungry readership is to build on the fortune and flair of your literary colleagues. The mere placing of these two words together creates a picture and a feeling that dark times are coming. Something evil, perhaps unfathomable, will be launched upon us by an author’s imagination that is sure to bring consequences that may only unsettle but equally may go much, much further than anyone, at first, imagined. 01 - Foundations of Fiction - Gothic Horror - An Introduction2 - The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe3 - The Signalman by Charles Dickens4 - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving5 - Olalla by Robert Louis Stevenson6 - The Queen of Spades by Alexander Pushkin7 - The Dream by Mary Shelley8 - Green Tea by Sheridan Le Fanu9 - The Lifted Veil by George Eliot10 - Count Magnus by M R James11 - The Sand-Man by E T A Hoffman12 - The Striding Place by Gertrude Atherton13 - Thurnley Abbey by Perceval Landon14 - The Yellow Sign by Robert W Chambers15 - The Three Sisters by W W Jacobs16 - Vampirismus or Aurelia by E T A Hoffman17 - The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe18 - A Diagnosis of Death by Ambrose Bierce19 - Wake Not the Dead by Ernst Raupach"
Alexander Pushkin, Ambrose Bierce, Charles Dickens, E T A Hoffman, Edgar Allan Poe, Ernst Raupach, George Eliot, Gertrude Atherton, M.R. James, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Perceval Landon, Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert W Chambers, Sheridan Le Fanu, W W Jacobs, Washington Irving (Author), Eric Meyers, Mark Rice-Oxley, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)
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"Among the many fatalities attending the bloom of young desire, that of blindly taking to the confectionery line has not, perhaps, been sufficiently considered. How is the son of a British yeoman, who has been fed principally on salt pork and yeast dumplings, to know that there is satiety for the human stomach even in a paradise of glass jars full of sugared almonds and pink lozenges, and that the tedium of life can reach a pitch where plum-buns at discretion cease to offer the slightest excitement?"
George Eliot (Author), Lynne T (Narrator)
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Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe
"Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe is the third novel by George Eliot, published in 1861. Set in the early 1800s, Silas Marner, is a member of a small Calvinist congregation in Northern England. Falsely accused and convicted of stealing from the church, his fiance breaks their engagement and, shattered and heartbroken, Silas leaves his community. Beginning a new life in Raveloe, his withdrawal from the world is disrupted when he adopts the orphan of an opium addict. The novel is notable for its strong realism and its sophisticated depictions of religion, and the effects of industrialization on community."
George Eliot (Author), Gordon Griffin (Narrator)
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