In A Lodging for the night, a dissolute Parisian student finds himself forced into accepting the favors of a venerable and respected knight on a cold winter's evening in 1456. The ensuing dinner conversation is spellbinding.

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The Dupin Mysteries is the unabridged audio book read by the one and only Bill Nighy that introduces the brilliant detective C. Auguste Dupin. There are three gripping tales in this work by Edgar Allan Poe.

Murders in The Rue Morgue
Dupin is in Paris, and decides to solve the mysterious brutal murder of two women after a suspect has been arrested. Numerous witnesses are quoted as having heard a suspect, though each think they heard a different language. At the murder scene, Dupin finds a suspicious hair that does not appear to be human...

The Mystery of Marie Roget
The body of Rogêt, a perfume shop employee, is found in the Seine River and the media take a keen interest in the mystery…

The Purloined Letter
A letter, the contents of which - if revealed - would be highly compromising, has been stolen from the private sitting room of the Queen… police are baffled as to the whereabouts of the letter despite knowing who the culprit is. Once again Dupin has solved the mystery…

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This is a selection of D H Lawrence’s short stories, mostly about women. Although much wider known for his novels and in particular for his forthright attitude to sex, and its description, in literature, it is for his short stories that Lawrence has most commonly gained critical acclaim.

Set, as was Lawrence’s habit, within sight of the ‘great blue heap of Nottingham’ Love Among the Haystacks introduces us to the character of the wild and disobedient German governess mostly referred to as ‘the Fräulein’, whose passion and rarity drive two brothers to distraction with somewhat disastrous consequences.

Mother and Daughter is portrayal of that most difficult of roles, the mother-in-law, and The Rocking Horse WinnerThe Odour of Crysanthemums explores the other side of the equation with a son’s desperate attempts to help his overly acquisitive mother creating a sharply painful, almost parable-like tale. is one of Lawrence’s most famous short stories. It marked the beginning of his literary career when it was published in 1909 in the hugely influential magazine The Literary Review.

Julian Glover’s audio book version of Beowulf takes the poem back to its origins as a spoken tale. He has taken the essence of the poem and with a scholarly eye to the British Museum’s manuscript, created a truly Bardic performance. Beowulf’s battles against Grendel (the monster who takes you in your sleep) and the original lethal female – his mother who comes to avenge her son’s killing, are faithfully transformed into a roaring reality.

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The Chronicles of Clovis, published in 1911, was the third in Saki (H H Munro)’s series of delightfully vicious stories. As an insider, Saki was ideally poised to eviscerate the Edwardian middle class way of life, and his pitiless and magnetic sense of humour teamed with an ability to wield that sharpest of writer’s tools, the (very) short story, make these some of the funniest and most quotable of tales. Ian Richardson is simply stunning in what has become one of his last works - The Chronicles of Clovis audiobook by Saki (H H Munro)

A sense of humour runs blithely through The Real Thing and these other stories with Henry James’ ability to mix tragedy and comedy making for a superb set of tales. With one of James’ favourite themes, illusion and deceit, running though this specially selected collection of unabridged stories, and an exclusive recording by the inimitable Jeremy Northam with a wit that would cut glass, this is a classic audio book available for download immediately in MP3 or iPod audiobook format.