A collection of four short stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne read by Emma Topping and Basil Rathbone.

An eclectic selection of short stories by masters of the genre including 'Eveline' by James Joyce and 'The Ash Tree' by M.R. James

A Collection of six classic chilling horror stories includingThe Phantom Coach by Ameia Edwards and The Open Window by Saki.

Written around the 6th century BC by the sage Laozi and read by Emma Topping.

Machiavelli's leading political and philiosophical treatise on the nature of power and the State in Renaissance Florence which continues to be relevant to modern political thinking.

An wonderful collection of short stories for children.

The highly accaimed collection of forty-four love sonnets written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning written in the period leading up to her 1846 marriage to Robert Browning. Read by Emma Topping and Katharine Cornell

A Collection of Katherine Mansfield's best loved Short Stories including "Miss Brill", "The Garden Party", "The Singing Lesson" and "Bank Holiday".

A selection of ten classic short stories including 'The Yellow Paint' by Robert Louis Stevenson and 'Toomai of the Elephants' by Rudyard Kipling

The Sheridan family is preparing to host a garden party. Laura is supposed to be in charge, but has trouble with the workers who appear to know better, and her mother (Mrs. Sheridan) has ordered lilies to be delivered for the party without Laura's approval. Her sister Jose tests the piano, and then sings a song in case she is asked to do so again later. After the furniture is rearranged, they learn that their neighbor Mr. Scott has died. While Laura believes the party should be called off,...

Scary tales to send a shiver up your spine!

A beloved tale of matchmaking and self-discovery in 19th-century England.In Jane Austen's Emma, headstrong Emma Woodhouse believes herself a skilled matchmaker, despite her own determination to never marry. As she navigates the social circles of Highbury, Emma's misguided attempts to orchestrate the lives of her friends lead to humorous complications and unexpected self-realizations. Will Emma ever recognize her own romantic desires and find true love?...