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Miss Cayley’s Adventures follows the independent and resourceful Lois Cayley as she sets off on a journey around the world with only twopence in her pocket. From thrilling escapades to a desperate mission to save her falsely accused fiancé, Miss Cayley’s story is a delightful mix of adventure, romance, and detective work.

Join three literary scholars and award-winning professors as they introduce you to dozens of short masterpieces that you can finish - and engage with - in a day or less. Perfect for people with busy lives who still want to discover-or rediscover-just how transformative an act of reading can be, these 36 lectures range from short stories of fewer than 10 pages to novellas and novels of around 200 pages. Despite their short length, these works are powerful examinations of the same subjects and themes that longer "great books" discuss.

A sinister event from her past haunts a woman, one so horrifying she cant clearly recall -- witnessing her fathers murder. The trauma induced amnesia, erasing all memories leading up to that dreadful moment. She can only remember the crime scene and the lifeless body of her father in his library, but the murderers face remains a blank void in her mind. Over the years, fragments of memories start creeping back into her consciousness. But can she trust these recollections? Will these elusive memories help her unmask her fathers killer?

Join Seymour Wilbraham Wentworth, brother-in-law and secretary to the renowned South African millionaire, Sir Charles Vandrift, as he narrates this riveting tale of fortune and deceit. From humble beginnings as a small lawyer in Cape Town, Vandrifts rise to wealth is intrinsically linked with his trusted companion, Wentworth. Step into this world of wealth and intrigue, introduced by the illustrious Colonel Clay, a gentleman rogue who shares a striking resemblance with Arsène Lupin. This tale masterfully weaves together the fascinating elements of suspense, mystery, and adventure, as ...

Journey into the heart of mystery and intrigue in this early detective novel where the sleuth is none other than Hilda Wade, an enigmatic nurse making her debut at the hospital. From the moment she steps in, Dr. Hubert Cumberledge is drawn into her magnetic charm, becoming her staunch ally. Hilda is a woman on a mission, one that will lead her on a global chase from London to the far reaches of South Africa, Rhodesia, India, Nepaul, and Tibet. Armed with her unwavering logic, clear thinking, and the unwavering support of Cumberledge, she navigates through a maze of deadly challenges. But, will...

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society. In this volume we offer up a small selection of talents from the literary landscape of 1800 to 1849 and its male authors whose time has now come again.

This is the podcast where we discuss our different top-ten lists, and convince one another why we’re right.

The Woman Who Did, written in 1893 wholly and solely to satisfy the author's conscience, was perhaps the most controversial book of the late 19th century. Certainly, it was a succès de scandale and a commercial triumph. The heroine, Herminia Barton, chooses to live unmarried with her lover. When he dies, she endures many a trial for her beliefs - particularly after the stigma of bearing his child - being cast out from both families.

What a coincidence. The mummies wake up once a millennium, and who should stumble into the pyramid but our hero? This is a fun little story about a British ne'er-do-well who has found possible wealth and prosperity by becoming engaged to the rather plain - and plain is a nice word for it - daughter of a new English nobleman. But wait. He wanders into the pyramid when the mummies have their 24 hours of life once a millennium, and he falls madly in love with the Pharaoh's daughter, who is some 6,000 years old.

Charles Vandrift is a shrewd businessman who is never taken in by hocus-pocus. So when he hears of the Great Mexican Seer, a man who has taken all Nice by storm, he cannot wait to unmask him as a fraud. But is the Seer more than a commonplace conjurer?

Set against the international background of the late Victorian rich and privileged The African Millionaire is a far-fetched and farcical romp in which gullible Sir Charles Vandrift MP is slowly but steadily parted from his vast wealth by a series of confidence tricks and deceptions.

Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen was born on February 24th, 1848 at Alwington, near Kingston, Canada West (now part of Ontario). He was the second son of the Rev. Joseph Antisell Allen, a Protestant minister from Dublin, Ireland and Catharine Ann Grant, the daughter of the fifth Baron of Longueuil. Grant Allen is rarely heard of today, although an occasional short story can be heard on the radio or reprinted among magazine enthusiasts but in his time he did much to entertain the masses and push several genres along a richer journey they are still proceeding on today.

Kurz vor Weihnachten 1889: Die junge Maisie Llewelyn erhält von der Millionärin Mrs. West eine Einladung nach Wolverden Hall in Kent, einem der schönsten und besterhaltenen Herrenhäuser der elisabethanischen Zeit.

Die Gruselkabinett Box 36 beinhaltet die Hörspiele "Der Judas-Kuss", "Das Zeichen der Bestie", "Der Wolverden-Turm", "Der gewaltige Gott Pan".