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Prince Stepan Kasatsky experiences a disappointment with his fiancé and decides to become a monk! There is a story line, but beneath it, Father Sergius struggles to find peace and, if not happiness, then at least contentment. But he is always disillusioned and ultimately unsatisfied. Only in the end does he find his way by letting go of what he struggled to attain all his life, i.e. to be better than everyone else in whatever he did, and settle for the mundane.

Leo Tolstoy (Author), Kevin Mccarthy (Narrator)

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Family Happiness

Leo Tolstoy (Author), Kevin Mccarthy (Narrator)

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The Discovery Of The Future

The Discovery of the Future is a 1902 philosophical lecture by H. G. Wells that argues for the knowability of the future. It was originally delivered to the Royal Institution on January 24, 1902. Wells begins by distinguishing between 'two divergent types of mind,' one that judges and attaches importance principally to what has happened in the past and one that judges and attaches importance principally to what will happen in the future. To the former he attributes the adjectives 'legal or submissive,' 'passive,' and 'oriental,' and to the latter the adjectives 'legislative, creative, organizing, or masterful,' and 'active,' calling it 'a more modern and much less abundant type of mind.'... Confessing himself to be among 'those who believe entirely in the forces behind the individual' rather than in individuals themselves as determining causes, Wells argues that there is 'no reason why we should not aspire to, and discover and use, safe and servicable, generalizations upon countless issues in the human destiny.' Wells devotes the last part of his text to speculations about 'the question what is to come after man,' considering it 'the most persistently fascinating and the most insoluble question in the whole world.' He concludes with a statement of personal faith 'in the coherency and purpose in the world and in the greatness of human destiny.

H. G. Wells (Author), Kevin Mccarthy (Narrator)

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A Confession

'A Confession' is Tolstoy's chronicle of his journey to faith; his account of how he moved from despair to the possibility of living; from unhappy existence to 'the glow and strength of life'. It describes his spiritual and philosophical struggles up until he leaves the Orthodox Church, convinced that humans discover truth not by faith, but by reason. The story begins when at the age of 50, Tolstoy is in crisis. Having found no peace in art, science or philosophy, he is attacked by the black dog of despair, and considers suicide. His past life is reappraised and found wanting; as slowly light dawns within.

Leo Tolstoy (Author), Kevin Mccarthy (Narrator)

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Lady Windermere's Fan

Lady Windermere's Fan, A Play About a Good Woman is a four-act comedy by Oscar Wilde, first produced 22 February 1892 at the St James's Theatre in London. The play was first published in 1893. Like many of Wilde's comedies, it bitingly satirizes the morals of Victorian society, particularly marriage. The story concerns Lady Windermere, who discovers that her husband may be having an affair with another woman. She confronts her husband but he instead invites the other woman, Mrs Erlynne, to his wife's birthday ball. Angered by her husband's unfaithfulness, Lady Windermere leaves her husband for another lover. Or does she? Is it really possible to trust delicious gossip? Are all men really bad? These and many other questions are raised and if not answered, then held up for public scrutiny in this biting satire of morals and proper behavior. The best known line of the play sums up the central theme: We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. —Lord Darlington (from Wikipedia and the reader)

Oscar Wilde (Author), Kevin Mccarthy (Narrator)

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Dutch Courage and Other Stories

Just our luck! Gus Lafee finished wiping his hands and sullenly threw the towel upon the rocks. His attitude was one of deep dejection. The light seemed gone out of the day and the glory from the golden sun. Even the keen mountain air was devoid of relish, and the early morning no longer yielded its customary zest. 'Just our luck!' Gus repeated, this time avowedly for the edification of another young fellow who was busily engaged in sousing his head in the water of the lake. 'What are you grumbling about, anyway?' Hazard Van Dorn lifted a soap-rimmed face questioningly. His eyes were shut. 'What's our luck?' 'Look there!' Gus threw a moody glance skyward. 'Some duffer's got ahead of us. We've been scooped, that's all

Jack London (Author), Kevin Mccarthy (Narrator)

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The Battle of Life

The Battle of Life: A Love Story is a novella by Charles Dickens, 1st published in 1846. It's the 4th of his five 'Christmas Books', coming after The Cricket on the Hearth, followed by The Haunted Man & the Ghost's Bargain. The setting is an English village that stands on the site of a historic battle. Some characters refer to the battle as a metaphor for the struggles of life, hence the title. Battle is the only one of the five Christmas Books that has no supernatural or explicitly religious elements. (One scene takes place at Christmas time, but it isn't the final scene.) The story bears some resemblance to The Cricket on the Hearth in two aspects: it has a non-urban setting & it's resolved with a romantic twist. It's even less of a social novel than is Cricket. As is typical with Dickens, the ending is a happy one. It's one of Dickens' lesser-known works & has never attained any high level of popularity, a trait it shares among the Christmas Books with The Haunted Man.

Charles Dickens (Author), Kevin Mccarthy (Narrator)

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A Whiff of Wilde, a Pinch of Poe, and a Frisson of Frost: A Dab of Dickens, Vol. 3; Selections from

They are icons of the literary world whose soaring works have been discussed and analyzed in countless classrooms, homes, and pubs. Yet for most readers, the living, breathing human beings behind the classics have remained unknown-until now. In this utterly captivating book, Dr. Elliot Engel, a leading authority on the lives of great authors, illuminates the fascinating and flawed members of literature's elite. In lieu of stuffy biographical sketches, Engel provides fascinating anecdotes. You'll never look at these literary giants the same way again.

Edd Mcnair, Edgar Allan Poe, Elliot Engel, Oscar Wilde, Phd Elliot Engel, Robert Frost (Author), Alfre Woodard, Arte Johnson, Bronson Pinchot, Cassandra Campbell, Christopher Cazenove, David Warner, Efrem Zimbalist, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Elliott Gould, Gabrielle De Cuir, Gregory Hines, Jean Smart, Joel Grey, Kevin Mccarthy, Melissa Manchester, Michael Tucker, Michael York, Phd Elliot Engel, Roger Rees, Roscoe Lee Browne, Simon Vance, Simon Vance, Stefan Rudnicki, Stephen Fry, Various, Various Narrators, Various Narrators (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Kevin Mccarthy