The Neglected Authors - Men - Volume 3 (Audiobook)

Celebrated in their time, forgotten in ours

Read by Elliot Fitzpatrick, Tom McLean, Janet Fullerlove(Unabridged: 12:05mins)

Featuring stories by Herbert von Kleist, Perceval Landon, Ring Lardner, Sinclair Lewis, George MacDonald, Sapper, Prosper Merimee, Gustav Meyrink, Robert Duncan Milne & many more

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.

In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. Obviously for most of humanity’s time people couldn’t read and texts couldn’t be published in any great number.

In the 15th Century Gutenberg’s printing press began the revolution to address the second and by the 19th century had gathered pace with startling speed and mass distribution. Education for the many was brought in to help people understand more of their world and, with new skills, how to have a better place within it. Now, if the powers that owned the presses and means of distribution agreed an audience would now be able to avail themselves of your ideas, your printed words.

Whilst male authors were the overwhelming majority of beneficiaries in having their work printed time was their constant enemy. Your work could be immensely talented but if it was not to lure money into the coffers by gaining an audience of readers then your career would be one of pleasing yourself and was soon forgotten.

But the printed word is rarely without someone, somewhere busying themselves through piles of papers and books rediscovering what a good story is, whatever its age.

In this volume we offer up a small selection of talents whose time has now come again.

01 - The Neglected Authors - The Men - Volume 3 - An Introduction

02 - The Earthquake in Chile by Herbert von Kleist

03 - Thurnley Abbey by Perceval Landon

04 - The Golden Honeymoon by Ring Lardner

05 - Speed by Sinclair Lewis

06 - Stephen Archer by George MacDonald

07 - Spud Trevor of the Red Hussars by Sapper

08 - Mateo Falcone by Prosper Merimee

09 - The Man in the Bottle by Gustav Meyrink

10 - The Eidoloscope by Robert Duncan Milne

11 - The Tachypomp by Edward Page Mitchell