Audiobooks narrated by Ghizela Rowe

"Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin was born on the 30th August 1797 in Somers Town, London.Her mother, the famous feminist philosopher, educator, and writer Mary Wollstonecraft died when Mary was only 11 days old and she was raised by her father, the philosopher, novelist, journalist, and perpetually in debt, William Godwin.Though Mary received little formal education her father taught her a broad range of subjects and added to her bright and curious personality she easily absorbed a good and broad education.In July 1814, after conducting a secret affair with the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, who had earlier promised to pay off yet another round of her father’s business debts, the pair eloped to France. Within two months, penniless and pregnant they returned to England.Her husbands’ affairs caused her frequent heartbreak but despite all the travails, including the loss of her own child, Shelley’s recent inheritance gave them the opportunity to journey again to Europe.It was here that ‘Frankenstein’ was born and established Mary’s own name in literature.Her life hereafter was plagued with loss; the death of two further children and then her husband in a boating accident. Her writing continued through novels, travel pieces and biographies. Her short stories, some based in Europe, tackle difficult situations and genres as well the obstacles that women were burdened with in society. Her editorship of her late husband’s poetry was also widely praised. Mary’s radical politics continued to guide her journey throughout her life but, by 1840, illness had begun to haunt her years, depriving her of energy and vigour. Mary Shelley died on the 1st February 1851, at Chester Square, London of a suspected brain tumour. She was 53."

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Author), Ghizela Rowe (Narrator)

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The Mortal Immortal

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Author), Ghizela Rowe (Narrator)

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3 Stories - War at Home

"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 - War At Home02 - War by Luigi Pirandello03 - Them Others by Stacy Aumonier04 - The Casualty List by Winifred Holtby"

Luigi Pirandello, Stacy Amounier, Winifred Holtby (Author), David Shaw-Parker, Ghizela Rowe, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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3 Stories - Horror Stories in Letters

"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 - Horror Stories in Diaries02 - The Horror of the Heights by Arthur Conan Doyle03 - The Horla by Guy de Maupassant04 - The Tomb of Sarah by F G Loring"

Rhoda Broughton, Sheridan Le Fanu, Vernon Lee (Author), Elliot Fitzpatrick, Ghizela Rowe, Mark Rice-Oxley (Narrator)

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3 Stories - Set in Summer

"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 - Set in Summer02 - August by Bruno Schulz03 - August Heat by W F Harvey04 - Kew Gardens by Virginia Woolf"

Bruno Schultz, Virginia Woolf, W F Harvey (Author), Ghizela Rowe, Janet Fullerlove, Mark Rice-Oxley (Narrator)

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3 Stories - Success at What Cost

"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 - Success At What Cost02 - How Much Land Does A Man Need by Leo Tolstoy03 - Cohen of Trinity by Amy Levy04 - A Sucessful Rehearsal by Anthony Hope"

Amy Levy, Anthony Hope, Leo Tolstoy (Author), David Shaw-Parker, Ghizela Rowe, Mark Rice-Oxley (Narrator)

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3 Stories - Stream of Consciousness

"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 - Stream of Consciousness02 - The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe03 - The Mark on the Wall by Virginia Woolf04 - An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce"

Ambrose Bierce, Edgar Allan Poe, Virginia Woolf (Author), Bill Wallis, Christopher Ragland, Ghizela Rowe (Narrator)

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3 Stories - Parents Losing a Child

"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 - Parents Losing A Child02 - Silence by Leonid Nikolaevich Andreyev03 - The Vendetta by Guy de Maupassant04 - Misery by Anton Chekhov"

Anton Chekhov, Guy De Maupassant, Leonid Andreyev (Author), David Shaw-Parker, Ghizela Rowe, Tom McLean (Narrator)

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3 Stories - Describes Nature

"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 - Describes Nature02 - The Rendezvous by Ivan Turgenev03 - Blue & Green by Virginia Woolf04 - The Japanese Quince by John Galsworthy"

Ivan Turgenev, John Galsworthy, Virginia Woolf (Author), David Shaw-Parker, Ghizela Rowe (Narrator)

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3 Stories - Set in India

"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 - Set in India02 - The Maltese Cat by Rudyard Kipling03 - The Victory by Rabindranath Tagore04 - Toba Tek Singh by Saadat Hasan Manto"

Maud Diver, Rudyard Kipling, Saadat Hasan Manto (Author), David Shaw-Parker, Elliot Fitzpatrick, Ghizela Rowe (Narrator)

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3 Stories About - Death

"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 About - Death02 - Son by Ivan Bunin03 - The Last Leaf by O Henry04 - The Fly by Katherine Mansfield"

Ivan Bunin, Katherine Mansfield, O Henry (Author), Ghizela Rowe, Laurel Lefkow, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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Wonder Of Women - Victorian Ghost 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 - Victorian Ghost Stories - An Introduction2 - John Charrington's Wedding by Edith Nesbit3 - The Cold Embrace by Mary Elizabeth Braddon4 - Was It An Illusion. A Parson's Story by Amelia Edwards5 - The Old Nurse's Story by Elizabeth Gaskell6 - The Runaway by Marion Hepworth-Dixon7 - The Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing But the Truth by Rhoda Broughton8 - The Little Room by Madeline Yale Wynne9 - To Let by B M Croker10 - The Open Door - Part 1 by Margaret Oliphant11 - The Open Door - Part 2 by Margaret Oliphant"

Amelia B. Edwards, B M Croker, Edith Nesbit, Elizabeth Gaskell, Madeline Yale Wynne, Margaret Oliphant, Marion Hepworth-Dixon, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Rhoda Broughton (Author), Ghizela Rowe, Janet Fullerlove, Kelly Burke (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Ghizela Rowe