Classic American Short Stories
Author : Various
Performed By : William Roberts
Publisher : Select Music & Distribution
Runtime : 2 hours 35 minutes
Categories : Short Stories
Classic Literature
Classics
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Five great American short story writers, dating from the turn of the 19th/20th centuries, are represented here. Different in atmosphere and writing style, they nevertheless caught the mood and concerns of the day in a way that was distinctly American. Bierce's 'An Occurrence...' leaves echoes in the imagination; the stories by Crane and London recall the themes of the Civil War and the Klondike for which they are well known. Twain's humour is to the fore in The Notorious Jumping Frog.... And O. Henry's sharp observation makes his neat tales a joy to listen to. An attractive and accessible collection.
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Gin Palace, The
Author : Emile Zola
Performed By : Frederick Davidson
Publisher : Blackstone Audio Inc
Runtime : 7 hours
Categories : Classic Literature
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"Unsurpassable...heroically big...the intensity of her creator's vision...of the dense sordid life...is one of the great things the modern novel has been able to do."--Henry James
"The Gin Palace delighted me...full of color, movement, and life."--Anatole France
"A born writer, marvelously gifted."--Guy de Maupassant
The Gin Palace is the seventh novel in Zola's Rougon-Macquart cycle, about two branches of a French family traced through several generations. Introducing one of the most sympathetic heroines in nineteenth-century literature, it is also the work that made his reputation.
Abandoned by her lover and left to bring up their two children alone, Gervaise Macquart has to fight to earn an honest living. When she accepts the marriage proposal of Monsieur Coupeau, it seems as though she is on the path to a decent, respectable life at last. But with her husband's drinking and the unexpected appearance of a figure from her past, Gervaise's plans begin to unravel tragically.
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