Audiobooks by Ella D'Arcy

Wonder Of Women - Love Stories Audiobook

"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 - Love - An Introduction2 - Life of Ma Parker by Katherine Mansfield3 - Uncle Abraham's Romance by Edith Nesbit4 - Here We Are by Dorothy Parker5 - Some Ways of Love by Charlotte Mew6 - The Muse's Tragedy by Edith Wharton7 - The Sexton's Hero by Elizabeth Gaskell8 - A Middle Sized Artist by Charlotte Perkins Gilman9 - The Mortal Immortal by Mary Shelley10 - A Spirit Elopement by Clotilde Graves11 - A Story of a Wedding Tour by Margaret Oliphant12 - The Locket by Kate Chopin13 - On the Gull's Road by Willa Cather14 - The Canary by Katherine Mansfield15 - May Afternoon by Catherine Wells16 - The Night Before Thanksgiving by Sarah Orne Jewett17 - The Oculist by Catherine Wells18 - The Dream by Mary Shelley19 - The Dance by Zona Gale20 - The Dark Cottage by Mary Cholmondeley21 - The Way the World Is by Zona Gale22 - Psychology by Katherine Mansfield23 - The Shape of Fear by Elia W Peattie24 - Those Who Wait by Ethel Dell25 - An Unexpected Fare by Mary Tuttiett writing as Maxwell Gray26 - A New England Nun by Mary E Wilkins Freeman27 - White Magic by Ella D'Arcy28 - A Symphony in Lavender by Mary Wilkins E Freeman29 - The Mass for the Dead by Edith Nesbit30 - Fantomina or, Love in a Maze - Part 1 by Eliza Haywood31 - Fantomina or, Love in a Maze - Part 2 by Eliza Haywood"

Catherine Wells, Charlotte Mew, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Clotilde Graves, Dorothy Parker, Edith Nesbit, Edith Wharton, Elia W Peattie, Eliza Haywood, Elizabeth Gaskell, Ella D'Arcy, Ethel Dell, Kate Chopin, Katherine Mansfield, Margaret Oliphant, Mary Cholmondeley, Mary E Wilkins Freeman, Mary Tuttiett writing as Maxwell Gray, Mary Wilkins E Freeman, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Sarah Orne Jewett, Willa Cather, Zona Gale (Author), Eve Karpf, Laurel Lefkow, Lisa Bowerman (Narrator)

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Short Stories About Trickery & Deception

"As a general rule we are a trusting lot. You say something and, whilst I might disagree, I believe you are acting in good faith. Of course this may be just the beginning of a ruse. If I trust you I might let down my guard, I might seek to share and to create a bond between us. But, if you can't be trusted, if you have an ulterior motive I might lose out. In the hands of authors such as Maxim Gorky, Ella D'Arcy, Rudyard Kipling, Ivan Turgenev and may others reality may not be what it quite seems. 1 - Short Stories About Trickery & Deception - An Introduction 2 - The Man Who Would Be King - Part 1 by Rudyard Kipling 3 - The Man Who Would Be King - Part 2 by Rudyard Kipling 4 - Chelkash - Part 1 by Maxim Gorky 5 - Chelkash - Part 2 by Maxim Gorky 6 - Chelkash - Part 3 by Maxim Gorky 7 - Souls Belated by Edith Wharton 8 - The She-Wolf by Saki 9 - Jeff Peters as a Personal Magnet by O Henry 10 - The Wooing of Pastor Cummings by Georgia F Stewart 11 - Mrs Packletide's Tiger by Saki 12 - As the Crow Flies by John Davys Beresford 13 - The Rats in the Walls by H P Lovecraft 14 - The District Doctor by Ivan Turgenev 15 - Irremediable by Ella D'Arcy 16 - The Connoisseur by Perceval Gibbon 17 - The Kiss by Kate Chopin 18 - The Hired Baby, A Romance of the London Streets by Mary Mackay writing as Marie Corelli 19 - The Open Window by Saki 20 - Revenge by Samuel Blas 21 - Cheating The Gallows by Israel Zangwill 22 - Putois by Anatole France 23 - Post Mortem by Barry Pain"

Anatole France, Barry Pain, Edith Wharton, Ella D'Arcy, Georgia F Stewart, H.P. Lovecraft, Israel Zangwill, Ivan Turgenev, John Davys Beresford, Kate Chopin, Mary Mackay Writing As Marie Corelli, Maxim Gorky, O Henry, Perceval Gibbon, Rudyard Kipling, Saki, Samuel Blas (Author), Mark Rice-Oxley, Richard Mitchley, Warren Keyes (Narrator)

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Ella D'Arcy - A Short Story Collection

"Ella D'Arcy was born on 23rd August 1857 in London, one of nine children. Her education spanned London, Germany, France and the Channel Islands. A student of fine art, her poor eyesight meant a switch to literature was needed and with this she had hopes to be an author.She worked as a contributor and unofficial editor, alongside Henry Harland, to The Yellow Book, Aubrey Beardsley’s sensational quarterly magazine that combined art, stories, poetry, essays and much else besides. D'Arcy wrote several stories for the magazine and her stories have an undeniable psychological and realist style through her engagement with various themes from marriage, the family, imitation through to deception. Recognition of her talents grew after the publication of ‘Irremediable’, in the Yellow Book, where it received much praise from critics. She also wrote and published in the Argosy, Blackwood's Magazine, and Temple Bar. However, D’Arcy’s canon was small and, apart from her magazine stories, her book publishing was limited to ‘Monochromes’ (1895), ‘Modern Instances’ and ‘The Bishop’s Dilemma’ (1898). She also translated André Maurois's biography of Percy Bysshe Shelley entitled ‘Ariel’ (1924).Her diligence with work aside she was notorious for her inability to maintain relationships with friends. When she did appear to them it was often unannounced. This earned her the sobriquet 'Goblin Ella.'D'Arcy spent much of her life living alone, though she had a constant urge to travel, but usually she resided on the edge of poverty. Her writing was often motivated by this need.Much of her later life was spent in Paris before returning to London in 1937, where she died, in hospital, on 5th September 1937.01 - Ella D'Arcy - A Short Story Collection - An Introduction02 - At Twickenham by Ella D'Arcy03 - White Magic by Ella D'Arcy04 - Irremediable by Ella D'Arcy05 - The Death Mask by Ella D'Arcy06 - Sir Julian Garve by Ella D'Arcy"

Ella D'Arcy (Author), Elliot Fitzpatrick, Ghizela Rowe (Narrator)

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The Yellow Book - Vol 1

"During the Victorian era the publishing of magazines and periodicals accelerated at a phenomenal rate. This really was mass market publishing to a hungry audience eager for literary sustenance. Many of our greatest authors contributed and expanded their reach whilst many fledging authors also found a ready source for their nascent works and careers.Amongst the very many was 'The Yellow Book'. Although titled as 'An Illustrated Quarterly' it was sold as a cloth-bound hardback and within were short stories, essays, poetry, illustrations and portraits. It was edited by the American author Henry Harland, who also contributed, and its art editor was no less that the formidable Aubrey Beardsley, the enfant terrible of illustration.Its yellow cover and name gave it an association with the risqué and erotic yellow covered works published in France. It was a visual shorthand for ideas that would push many boundaries of Society to more open interpretations. Being complete in each volume and slightly aloof it stayed away from serialised fiction and advertisements. Within each lavishly illustrated edition were literary offerings that included works by such luminaries as Henry James, H G Wells, W B Yeats, Edith Nesbit, George Gissing and many others from the ascetic and decadent movements of the time. The other notable inclusion was women both as contributors and amongst its editing staff, which was at odds with the then patriarchal gender norms. Although it only survived for 13 issues its reach and influence were second to none."

Ella D'Arcy, Henry Harland, Henry James (Author), David Shaw-Parker, Ghizela Rowe, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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White Magic

"Ella D'Arcy (1856-1939) was a British short story writer, novelist and translator who grew up in the Channel Islands, France and Germany. 'White Magic' is a short story set in a rural part of the Channel Islands and tells the story of a pharmacist who provides a potent love potion to a young girl who has quarreled with her lover."

Ella D'Arcy (Author), Cathy Dobson (Narrator)

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