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From the private papers of Mark Twain and Mozart to those of Robert Browning and Nelson, Love Letters of Great Men collects together some of the most romantic letters in history.

 For some of these great men, love is a ‘delicious poison’ (William Congreve); for others, ‘a nice soft wife on a sofa with good fire, & books & music’ (Charles Darwin). Love can scorch like the heat of the sun (Henry VIII), or penetrate the depths of one’s heart like a cooling rain (Flaubert). Every shade of love is here, from the exquisite eloquence of Oscar Wilde and the simple devotion of Robert Browning, to the wonderfully modern misery of the Roman Pliny the Younger, losing himself in work to forget how much he misses his beloved wife, Calpurnia.

 Taken together, these Love Letters of Great Men show that perhaps men haven’t changed so very much over the last 2,000 years; passion, jealousy, hope and longing are all represented here – as is the simple pleasure of sending a letter to, and receiving one from, the person you love most.

Anton Lesser

Macmillan Digital Audio

Macmillan Collector's Library

Love Letters of Great Men

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Listen to this collection of celebrated classic cat stories read by an ensemble cast of beloved audiobook readers—including Samuel West, Lorelei King and Imogen Church.

Classic Cat Stories is an anthology that includes fairy tales and fables from the likes of Rudyard Kipling and Charles Perrault as well as comic tales from Saki and E. F. Benson. Cats, of course, have always had a dark and mysterious side which is explored to chilling effect by the likes of Edgar Allan Poe in The Black Cat. But above all, we love them and you’ll find here stories about all kinds of cats that tug at the heartstrings like The Man of the House by Ethel Colburn Mayne and other stories which celebrate their curious ways. 

This edition is edited by anthologist, editor and literary agent Becky Brown.

Stories included are:

The Cat That Walked By Himself by Rudyard Kipling
Dick Baker's Cat by Mark Twain
The Cat by Mary E Wilkins Freeman 
The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe
The Philanthropist and the Happy Cat by Saki
The Man of the House by Ethel Colburn Mayne
No. 25 to be Let or Sold by Compton Mackenzie
Puss in Boots by Charles Perrault
Dick Dunkerman's Cat by Jerome K Jerome
The White Cat by E Nesbit
The King of Cats by Stephen Vincent Benet
Puss-Cat by E. F. Benson
Broomsticks by Walter de la Mare
Tobermory by Saki

Thomas Judd

Imogen Church

Robert G. Slade

Lorelei King

Samuel West

Classic Cat Stories

Listen to this audio collection of classic dog stories read by an ensemble cast of treasured readers - including Lorelei King, Samuel West, Thomas Judd, Imogen Church and Gordon Kennedy.

From the grit of a frontier man’s dog, from pampered lapdog to wayward mongrel, from faithful guard dog to strong willed pet they’re all here in Classic Dog Stories – the perfect audiobook for dog lovers everywhere.

In this entertaining collection, dogs of all kinds are brought to life. Working dogs, dogs who are mistreated by humans, dogs who save lives and the ones that make us laugh; they all leap and bound on the page in stories by our most accomplished writers, including Mark Twain, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Jack London and Jerome K. Jerome.

This edition is edited by anthologist Ned Halley.

The stories included are:

A Dog's Tale by Mark Twain
Brown Wolf by Jack London
The Dog Hervey by Rudyard Kipling
Memoirs of a Yellow Dog by O Henry
Mr Donne's Exodus' from Shirley by Charlotte Bronte
Montmorency' from Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome
Little Girl Afraid of a Dog by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
Kashtanka by Anton Chekov
The Black Poodle by F. Anstey
Stickeen by John Muir

Gordon Kennedy

Classic Dog Stories

As the nights draw in and Halloween is just around the corner, what better to listen to than this collection of seriously spooky stories about ghosts, ghouls and things that go bump in the night. Read to you by an ensemble cast of unforgettable readers - including Imogen Church, Samuel West, Thomas Judd and Robert G. Slade.

Ghost stories became hugely popular during the nineteenth century and the Victorians became the masters of the genre. This deliciously chilling collection of Classic Hallowe'en Stories includes authors such as Charles Dickens, Edith Wharton, Edgar Allen Poe, Mary Cholmondeley, Mary E Wilkins Freeman and M. R. James.

So dim the lights, close the curtains and revel in the frisson of fear from these most chilling of anecdotes.

The stories included are:

Lost Hearts by M. R. James
The Phantom Coach by Amelia B. Edwards
A Far Away Melody by Mary E Wilkins Freeman
Bone to His Bone by E. G. Swain
The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth by Rhoda Broughton
The Signalman by Charles Dickins
The Cold Embrace by Mary E Braddon
The Monkey's Paw by W. W. Jacobs
The Eyes by Edith Wharton
The Nature of Evidence by May Sinclair
The Little Ghost by Hugh Walpole
The Furnished Room by O Henry
Let Loose by Mary Cholmondeley

Classic Hallowe'en Stories

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