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The Great Gatsby is a 1925 tragedy novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with Jay Gatsby, a mysterious millionaire obsessed with reuniting with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan. The novel was inspired by a youthful romance Fitzgerald had with socialite Ginevra King a...

Oh, the cutting of the cheese given a fresh perspective in this highly immersive and fragrant work. Purchase your copy, get them while they're hot Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support . Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

I thought it would be apposite to look back to the values America espoused at the beginning of the 1960's. Yes, I know I am British, but it's the message JFK put out to the world. It's the words which matter. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support . Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

Stoker's classic story of the old Judges house. In “The Judge’s House” by Bram Stoker, Malcolm Malcolmson, a student seeking solitude to study, rents an old, abandoned mansion in a small town, ignoring local warnings about its dark past. The House once belonged to a notorious judge known for his harshness, and strange occurrences soon disturb Malcolmson’s peace, particularly the eerie presence of...

The Great Gatsby is a 1925 tragedy novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with Jay Gatsby, a mysterious millionaire obsessed with reuniting with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan. The novel was inspired by a youthful romance Fitzgerald had with socialite Ginevra King a...

A book about all the Nuns you know from history and then some more Nuns you didn't know also from history. Nun are missed out. Get your reprinted copy now! https://www.amazon.com/Historic-Nuns-Bessie-R-Belloc/dp/B002GRGSLK/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2LZF51CYADNWS&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.5nsZDz2gMR8GYtiTd0NAT-02TQdOhZFOo6oIpQ5KPYvGjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps. B4g3QmqAl-nX7-sP_kSxN94_-hbTlybMhM09O7IND-0&dib_tag=se&a...

The Great Gatsby is a 1925 tragedy novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with Jay Gatsby, a mysterious millionaire obsessed with reuniting with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan. The novel was inspired by a youthful romance Fitzgerald had with socialite Ginevra King a...

Thank you for being there. I hope you have enjoyed these stories as much as I have enjoyed bringing them to you. I shall return January 6th with a new collection of tales, macarbre, comic, dramatic and spooky. In the meantime please, enjoy your Christmas and be the best version of you in the New Year. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support...

Henry van Dyke's classic verses about the meaning of Christmas. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support . Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

A geologist visits North Wales. Apologies for some of the pronounciation. As you may hear, my Welsh pronounciation is not top notch. But far more prevelent, is my lack of ability pronouncing English. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support . Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

a story about how contentment comes from altruism, not money. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support . Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

Rolt's tale of love, loss and the eternal nature of canals Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support . Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

The Classic Christmas Poem. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support . Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

The Great Gatsby is a 1925 tragedy novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with Jay Gatsby, a mysterious millionaire obsessed with reuniting with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan. The novel was inspired by a youthful romance Fitzgerald had with socialite Ginevra King a...

Leadership isn't a destination reached overnight, but a journey of continuous learning and refinement. It's about cultivating essential qualities like loyalty, courage, desire, emotional and physical stamina, empathy, decisiveness, anticipation, timing, competitiveness, self-confidence, accountability, responsibility, credibility, tenacity, dependability, and stewardship. Book Become a supporter o...

The sad story, the original, of the Snowman Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support . Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

Does repentence and second thought allow one final chance to put right what in flesh we put wrong? Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support . Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

A cobbler learns the meaning of Christmas Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support . Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

In the second Christmas Ghost story we enjoy a game of 'Smee'. Twelve friends playing a hide-and-seek type game inside a huge, dark house, and then suddenly – there is this mysterious thirteenth player that hides with them! Alfred McLelland Burrage (1889–1956) was a British writer. He was noted in his time as an author of fiction for boys which he published under the pseudonym Frank Lelland, inclu...

A story how seemingly inanimate objects can be anything but... Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support . Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

Henry van Dyke's treatise on the nature of Christmas, the true value of humanity. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support . Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

Christmas Ghost stories kick off with the classic and underrated Sir Walter Scott - The Tapestried Chamber The Keepsake Stories is the title given to three short stories by Sir Walter Scott which appeared in The Keepsake for MDCCCXXIX, a literary annual published for Christmas 1828. The short stories were entitled "My Aunt Margaret's Mirror", "The Tapestried Chamber, or The Lady in the Sacque", an...

A sad tale about those without at Chrisitmas, and the rest of the year. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support . Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

The strange things which lurk unseen in darkness and in the light.  Fitz-James O'Brien was an Irish-American writer of works in fantasy and science fiction short stories. His career was marked by a significant contribution to the American literary scene in the mid-19th century. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support . Please click 'like' an...

The lesser known Mr Fezziwig from A Christmas Carol Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support . Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.