"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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 - American Dream02 - Paul's Case by Willa Cather03 - Winter Dreams by F Scott Fitzgerald04 - The Egg by Sherwood Anderson01 - 3 Stories About - Appearance Versus Reality02 - The Lost Reflection by E T A Hoffman03 - The Looking Glass by Anton Chekhov04 - The Art of Book-Making by Washington Irving"
"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."
"In this series we listen to short stories that are NOT by perhaps the most well-known author of this type. But the many other rich talents in the volume may have treated the subject matter a little differently, or were perhaps just overlooked in the stampede to applaud the winner, but these authors are of equal merit. Each of their works is laden with talent, has purpose, and is rich and textured in this gloried niche of literature.1 - American Civil War Stories Not by Ambrose Bierce - An Introduction2 - The Locket by Kate Chopin3 - The Brothers by Louisa May Alcott4 - The Namesake by Willa Cather5 - The Veteran by Stephen Crane6 - The Man Without a Country by Edward Everett Hale7 - My Red Cap by Louisa May Alcott8 - Christmas Eve in War Times by Edward Payson Roe9 - The Gray Man by Sarah Orne Jewett"
"In this volume to be poor and living a life in squalor and destitution is examined by our many literary talents. Their insights help us to reveal and understand the difficulties of their lives and why so many of them are tragically cut short and riven with a never-ending burden of problems. 01 - Lessons From Literature - Stories That Show the Struggles of the Poor - An Introduction2 - An Honest Thief by Fyodor Dostoyveskey3 - A Piece of Steak by Jack London4 - Claude Geaux by Victor Hugo5 - Aloysha the Pot by Leo Tolstoy6 - According to Their Lights by O Henry7 - The Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol also known as 'The Cloak'8 - The Knitted Collar by Mary Anne Hoare9 - The Signal by Vsevolod Garshin10 - The Skylight Room by O Henry11 - Vanka by Anton Chekhov12 - Rashomon by Ryunosuke Akutagawa13 - In The Steppe by Maxim Gorky14 - The Servant by S T Semyonov15 - The Gift of the Magi by O Henry16 - In Affection and Esteem by Mary Webb17 - Ben Pitcher's Elly by Mary E Mann18 - A Strange Story by Ivan Turgenev19 - The Burglar's Christmas by Willa Cather"
"After the death of his parents, Jim was sent to live with his grandparents in Black Hawk Nebraska. There he befriended Antonia, the daughter of Bohemian immigrants. Years later, Jim, now a successful lawyer in New York, returns to his childhood home and Antonia. Jim's love for Antonia has endured, much as she herself has endured tragic circumstances."
"Widely recognized as Willa Cather's finest book and one of the outstanding novels of American literature, My Ántonia tells of the life of early American pioneers in Nebraska.
Through Jim Burden's endearing, smitten voice, we revisit the remarkable vicissitudes of immigrant life in the Nebraska heartland with all its insistent bonds. Guiding the way are some of literature's most beguiling characters: the Russian brothers plagued by memories of a fateful sleigh ride, Ántonia's desperately homesick father and self-indulgent mother, and the coy Lena Lingard. Holding the pastoral society's heart, of course, is the bewitching, free-spirited Ántonia.
Infused with a gracious passion for the land, My Ántonia is a deeply moving portrait of an entire community and its way of life."
"Alexandra Bergsons, the daughter of Swedish immigrants, inherits her family's ailing farm in Hanover, Nebraska upon the death of her father. Over the years, she turns the farm into a successful enterprise. However, success has not brought peace, as passion and love intervene."
"In this series we listen to short stories that are NOT by perhaps the most well-known author of this type. But the many other rich talents in the volume may have treated the subject matter a little differently, or were perhaps just overlooked in the stampede to applaud the winner, but these authors are of equal merit. Each of their works is laden with talent, has purpose, and is rich and textured in this gloried niche of literature.1 - Paris Short Stories Not by Guy de Maupassant - An Introduction2 - The Murders in the Rue Morgue - Part 1 by Edgar Allan Poe3 - The Murders in the Rue Morgue - Part 2 by Edgar Allan Poe4 - The Burial of the Rats by Bram Stoker5 - The Daughter of Lilith by Anatole France6 - The Namesake by Willa Cather7 - The Leather Funnel by Arthur Conan Doyle8 - A Terribly Strange Bed by Wilkie Collins9 - The Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe10 - His Secret Sin by Aleister Crowley11 - The Mysterious Card by Cleveland Moffet12 - The Sixth Bench by Robert Barr13 - The Supreme Illusion by Arnold Bennett14 - The Mystery of Marie Rogêt - Part 1 by Edgar Allan Poe15 - The Mystery of Marie Rogêt - Part 2 by Edgar Allan Poe"
