The Book of Dreams and Ghosts

The Art of Worldly Wisdom

300 short maxims by Spanish Jesuit Baltasar Gracian (1601-1658). The advice is still useful and insightful for our modern world.

Lady Audley's Secret

Mary Elizabeth Braddon's first novel, Lady Audley's Secret, tells the story of the lovely Lucy Graham, who becomes Lady Audley at the beginning of the novel, and who conceals a scandalous secret from her new husband and his family.

Lady Susan by Jane Austen - A Dramatic Reading

Lady Susan (Dramatic Reading) Jane Austen demonstrated her mastery of the epistolary novel genre in this Dramatic Reading of Lady Susan, which she wrote in 1795 but never published.

David and the Phoenix - Edward Ormondroyd - Full Audiobook

David knew that one should be prepared for anything when one climbs a mountain, but he never dreamed what he would find that June morning on the mountain ledge. There stood an enormous bird, with a head like an eagle, a neck like a swan, & a scarlet crest