Dead at 40
Written by Edgar Allan Poe, Franz Kafka and Jack London
Narrated by Richard Mitchley and Christopher Ragland
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In previous times some diseases could only be slowed and not defeated. There toil of relentless attack on our physical forms brought misery and decay.
Add to this that within our number some will self-destruct, demons will pursue their inner thoughts and life will be too painful to bear. Some may shuffle off the mortal coil for no discernible reason, but life will end early, they will not take up their three-score year and ten.
In this collection of short stories some of our most popular and well-known authors are grouped together with an unfortunate tag: dead at 40.
These authors are not run-of-the-mill or ten a penny; many are literary leviathans who left enduring works of literature and sadly may have left us many more had they lived. We will never know.
Death for these authors was usually due to many health issues but primarily:—
Edgar Allan Poe — Several causes have been given but, in truth, it remains a mystery.
Franz Kafka — Tuberculosis
Jack London — Dysentery, late-stage alcoholism, and uremia
Mary Dods (writing as David Lyndsey) — Liver disease
William Hope Hodgson — Killed at the Fourth Battle of Ypres in World War 1
01 - Dead at 40 - An Introduction
02 - The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe
03 - In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka
04 - To Build a Fire by Jack London
05 - The Prediction by Mary Diana Dods writing as David Lyndsey
06 - Carnacki, The Ghost Finder - No1 - The Gateway of the Monster by William Hope Hodgson
Edgar Allan Poe
New York Times bestselling author Dan Ariely is the James B. Duke Professor of Behavioral Economics at Duke University, with appointments at the Fuqua School of Business, the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, and the Department of Economics. He has also held a visiting professorship at MIT’s Media Lab. He has appeared on CNN and CNBC, and is a regular commentator on National Public Radio’s Marketplace. He lives in Durham, North Carolina, with his wife and two children.
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