Audiobooks narrated by George S. Irving

Wonder Of Women - The Weird Stories - Volume 2

"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 Weird Stories - Volume 2 - An Introduction2 - The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman3 - Transformation by Mary Shelley4 - The Shadows on the Wall by Mary E Wilkins Freeman5 - The Blue Room by Lettice Galbraith6 - From the Dead by Edith Nesbit7 - The Death Mask by H D Everett writing as Theo Parker8 - The Last of Squire Ennismore by Charlotte Riddell9 - Sylvia by Bessie Kyffin Taylor10 - Whittington's Cat by Lady Eleanor Smith11 - Young Magic by Helen Simpson12 - No 5 Branch Line. The Engineer by Amelia Edwards13 - In Dark New England Days by Sarah Orne Jewett14 - A Wicked Voice - Part 1 by Vernon Lee15 - A Wicked Voice - Part 2 by Vernon Lee"

Amelia B. Edwards, Bessie Kyffin Taylor, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Charlotte Riddell, Edith Nesbit, H D Everett writing as Theo Parker, Helen Simpson, Lady Eleanor Smith, Lettice Galbraith, Mary E Wilkins Freeman, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Sarah Orne Jewett, Vernon Lee (Author), George S. Irving, Laurel Lefkow, Liza Ross (Narrator)

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The Victorian Ghost Story - The Women

"Almost always when we think of Ghost Stories, we first think of those written by the Victorians. When you consider the depth of literary talent available over the extraordinary length of Queen Victoria's reign, allied to the fascination with their all things spiritual on 'the other side', then perhaps it's simply right place, right time. Whatever the reasons given or proffered the reality and known facts are that if you want a really good ghost story to bring that edge of chill, that foreboding of dread, that feeling that in an empty house we are not quite alone and that sometimes the sharp, sheer shock of what just happened is upon us then look no further than 'The Victorian Ghost Story' for your reading and listening pleasure. 01 - The Victorian Ghost Story - The Women - An Introduction 02 - The Old Nurse's Story by Elizabeth Gaskell 09 - The Last House in C Street by Mrs Craik 04 - The Cold Embrace by Mary Elizabeth Braddon 05 - The Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing But the Truth by Rhoda Broughton 06 - Reality or Delusion by Mrs Ellen Wood 07 - Since I Died by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps 08 - Was It An Illusion. A Parson's Story by Amelia Edwards 09 - The Open Door - Part 1 by Margaret Oliphant 10 - The Open Door - Part 2 by Margaret Oliphant 11 - The Story of the RipplingTrain by Mary Louisa Molesworth 12 - The Last of Squire Ennismore by Charlotte Riddell 13 - To Let by B M Croker.wav 05 - From The Dead by Edith Nesbit 15 - In the Séance Room by Lettice Galbraith 16 - The Striding Place by Gertrude Atherton"

Amelia B. Edwards, B M Croker.Wav, Charlotte Riddell, Edith Nesbit, Elizabeth Gaskell, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Gertrude Atherton, Lettice Galbraith, Margaret Oliphant, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Mary Louisa Molesworth, Mrs Craik, Mrs Ellen Wood, Rhoda Broughton (Author), Elliot Fitzpatrick, George S. Irving, Janet Fullerlove (Narrator)

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The Victorian Ghost Story - Volume 3

"Almost always when we think of Ghost Stories, we first think of those written by the Victorians. When you consider the depth of literary talent available over the extraordinary length of Queen Victoria's reign, allied to the fascination with their all things spiritual on 'the other side', then perhaps it's simply right place, right time. Whatever the reasons given or proffered the reality and known facts are that if you want a really good ghost story to bring that edge of chill, that foreboding of dread, that feeling that in an empty house we are not quite alone and that sometimes the sharp, sheer shock of what just happened is upon us then look no further than 'The Victorian Ghost Story' for your reading and listening pleasure. 01 - The Victorian Ghost Story - An Introduction - Volume 3 02 - The Story of the RipplingTrain by Mary Louisa Molesworth 03 - The Last of Squire Ennismore by Charlotte Riddell 04 - At the End of the Passage by Rudyard Kipling 05 - To Let by B M Croker.wav 06 - The Man of Science by Jerome K Jerome 05 - From The Dead by Edith Nesbit 08 - In the Séance Room by Lettice Galbraith 09 - Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book by M R James 10 - The Striding Place by Gertrude Atherton 11 - Jerry Bundler by W W Jacobs 12 - The Tomb of Sarah by F G Loring 13 - The Case of Vincent Pyrwhit by Barry Pain"

B M Croker.Wav, Barry Pain, Charlotte Riddell, Edith Nesbit, F G Loring, Gertrude Atherton, Jerome K. Jerome, Lettice Galbraith, M.R. James, Mary Louisa Molesworth, Rudyard Kipling, W W Jacobs (Author), David Shaw-Parker, George S. Irving, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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The Top 10 Short Stories - The Twist

"Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author's brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted 'Top Tens' across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions - Why that story? Why that author? The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme. Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature.Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made. If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something.In this volume we enjoy a favourite device of authors; the story is heading one way and suddenly twists in another direction entirely. In the pens of Ambrose Bierce, Nikolai Gogol, Saki and a host of others where you end up is the very question they propose. 01 - The Top 10 - The Twist - An Introduction02 - Roman Fever by Edith Wharton03 - The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant04 - The Nose by Nikolai Gogol05 - Miss Brill by Katherine Mansfield06 - The Gift of the Magi by O Henry07 - Desiree's Baby by Kate Chopin08 - Man Size in Marble by Edith Nesbit09 - An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce10 - The Open Window by Saki11 - The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe"

Ambrose Bierce, Edgar Allan Poe, Edith Nesbit, Edith Wharton, Guy De Maupassant, Kate Chopin, Katherine Mansfield, Nikolai Gogol, O Henry, Saki (Author), Christopher Ragland, George S. Irving, Ghizela Rowe (Narrator)

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From the Dead

"Edith Nesbit is more famously known as a writer of children’s stories and ghost stories (some of which are available in other book and audiobook volumes from ourselves). But in this volume we explore her poetry. Born in 1858 in Kennington, then part of Surrey and now London. Her early life was one of constant house changes before meeting, age 17, Hubert Bland who she was to marry three years later – whilst she was 7 months pregnant. Additionally, Bland kept his affair with another woman going throughout. The two children of this relationship were raised by Edith as her own as well as their own three. They founded the Fabian Society in 1884. Thought of as the first modern writer for children she also wrote for adults producing over 50 books in total. Like many consummate writers who yearn to be recognised as poets their other works are given greater recognition."

Edith Nesbit (Author), George S. Irving (Narrator)

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Man-Size in Marble

Edith Nesbit (Author), George S. Irving (Narrator)

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A Diagnosis of Death. A Short Story Volume

"We sit. We lie. We wait. We are examined. We are left alone. Emotions fritter. The door re-opens. The face. Is it tinged with sadness or reassuring and open? The words. Are they easy to comprehend? Is it good news or bad? We can answer that. It's bad. Undeniably bad. None of our authors have good news for you. The diagnosis? You already know that. Death."

Ambrose Bierce, Edith Nesbit, Wilkie Collins (Author), George S. Irving, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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