Best Sellers
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Rilke
- Selected Poems
- Written by: Rainer Maria Rilke, Stephen Mitchell
- Narrated by: Stephen Mitchell
- Length: 1 hr and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Rainer Maria Rilke has been called the most significant and compelling poet of spiritual experience of the 20th century. His exploration of the struggle between life and art and the supremacy of divine love over personal love has touched the hearts of men and women everywhere....
Written by: Rainer Maria Rilke,
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Letters to a Young Poet
- (Penguin Classics)
- Written by: Rainer Maria Rilke, Charlie Louth - translator
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens, Max Deacon
- Length: 1 hr and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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At the start of the 20th century, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on writing, love, sex, suffering and the nature of advice itself....
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Eye opener
- By Supriya on 21-03-22
Written by: Rainer Maria Rilke,
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A Doll House
- Written by: Henrik Ibsen
- Narrated by: Calista Flockhart, Tony Abatemarco, Tim Dekay,
- Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins
- Original Recording
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Nora Helmer has everything a young housewife could want: Beautiful children, an adoring husband, and a bright future. But when a carelessly buried secret rises from the past, Nora’s well-calibrated domestic ideal starts to crumble....
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Power-packed performance & thoroughly gripping
- By Apurva on 12-01-21
Written by: Henrik Ibsen
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Don Juan In Hell
- Written by: George Bernard Shaw
- Narrated by: Cedric Hardwicke
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
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Don Juan In Hell is Act 3, Scene 2 from Bernard Shaw's 'Man and Superman' which was written in 1903....
Written by: George Bernard Shaw
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Waiting for Godot
- Written by: Samuel Beckett
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett, David Burke, Terence Rigby,
- Length: 2 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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There is now no doubt that not only is Waiting for Godot the outstanding play of the 20th century, but it is also Samuel Beckett's masterpiece....
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Lovely Narration!
- By very good book for startup on 29-06-23
Written by: Samuel Beckett
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Candide [CSA Word]
- Written by: Voltaire
- Narrated by: Andrew Sachs
- Length: 3 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Candide and his tutor Pangloss travel the globe trying to follow the philosophy "All is for the best in this, the best of all possible worlds"....
Written by: Voltaire
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Rilke
- Selected Poems
- Written by: Rainer Maria Rilke, Stephen Mitchell
- Narrated by: Stephen Mitchell
- Length: 1 hr and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Rainer Maria Rilke has been called the most significant and compelling poet of spiritual experience of the 20th century. His exploration of the struggle between life and art and the supremacy of divine love over personal love has touched the hearts of men and women everywhere....
Written by: Rainer Maria Rilke,
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Letters to a Young Poet
- (Penguin Classics)
- Written by: Rainer Maria Rilke, Charlie Louth - translator
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens, Max Deacon
- Length: 1 hr and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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At the start of the 20th century, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on writing, love, sex, suffering and the nature of advice itself....
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Eye opener
- By Supriya on 21-03-22
Written by: Rainer Maria Rilke,
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A Doll House
- Written by: Henrik Ibsen
- Narrated by: Calista Flockhart, Tony Abatemarco, Tim Dekay,
- Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins
- Original Recording
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Nora Helmer has everything a young housewife could want: Beautiful children, an adoring husband, and a bright future. But when a carelessly buried secret rises from the past, Nora’s well-calibrated domestic ideal starts to crumble....
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Power-packed performance & thoroughly gripping
- By Apurva on 12-01-21
Written by: Henrik Ibsen
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Don Juan In Hell
- Written by: George Bernard Shaw
- Narrated by: Cedric Hardwicke
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Don Juan In Hell is Act 3, Scene 2 from Bernard Shaw's 'Man and Superman' which was written in 1903....
Written by: George Bernard Shaw
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Waiting for Godot
- Written by: Samuel Beckett
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett, David Burke, Terence Rigby,
- Length: 2 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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There is now no doubt that not only is Waiting for Godot the outstanding play of the 20th century, but it is also Samuel Beckett's masterpiece....
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Lovely Narration!
- By very good book for startup on 29-06-23
Written by: Samuel Beckett
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Candide [CSA Word]
- Written by: Voltaire
- Narrated by: Andrew Sachs
- Length: 3 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Candide and his tutor Pangloss travel the globe trying to follow the philosophy "All is for the best in this, the best of all possible worlds"....
Written by: Voltaire
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The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
- The Complete First Edition
- Written by: Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Jack Zipes - translator/editor
- Narrated by: Joel Richards, Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 19 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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For the very first time, The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm makes available in English all 156 stories from the 1812 and 1815 editions....
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Good collection of stories
- By Nicknet on 11-09-21
Written by: Jacob Grimm,
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Les Misérables. L'intégrale
- Written by: Victor Hugo
- Narrated by: Michel Vuillermoz, Élodie Huber, Pierre-François Garel,
- Length: 56 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Un enregistrement exceptionnel : les cinq volumes des "Misérables", un des plus grands romans de la littérature française, enfin disponibles en livres audio...
Written by: Victor Hugo
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Humour and Madness: Early Restoration Comedies
- Nine BBC Radio Full Cast Productions Including The Rover, The Country Wife and More
- Written by: William Wycherley, Aphra Behn, John Dryden,
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi, Prunella Scales, Maggie Smith,
- Length: 16 hrs and 32 mins
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Raunchy, risqué and rebellious, early Restoration comedies were a breath of fresh air for 17th century theatregoers. This scintillating anthology showcases six leading lights of early Restoration drama....
Written by: William Wycherley,
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How Proust Can Change Your Life
- Written by: Alain de Botton
- Narrated by: Nicholas Bell
- Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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For anyone who ever wondered what Marcel Proust had in mind when he wrote In Search of Lost Time (while bedridden no less), Alain de Botton has the answer....
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A must read for all the Proustian lovers
- By ARINDAM MAZUMDAR on 23-02-24
Written by: Alain de Botton
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Lord Jim
- Written by: Joseph Conrad
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 15 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Among the greatest novels ever written, Conrad’s Lord Jim is the iconic story of a romantic young man and his struggle with guilt and self-loathing....
Written by: Joseph Conrad
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The Oscar Wilde Collection
- Written by: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: James Marsters, Jacqueline Bisset, Alfred Molina,
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
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Four classic comedies from one of the wittiest playwrights in Western literature....
Written by: Oscar Wilde
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Tristram Shandy
- Written by: Laurence Sterne
- Narrated by: Anton Lesser
- Length: 19 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Laurence Sterne’s most famous novel is a biting satire of literary conventions and contemporary 18th-century values....
Written by: Laurence Sterne
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The Merchant of Venice
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- Written by: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Trevor Peacock, Bill Nighy, Haydn Gwynne,
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
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In Shakespeare's most controversial play, the opposing values of justice and mercy must be resolved....
Written by: William Shakespeare
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The Lamp Is Lit
- Written by: Ruskin Bond
- Narrated by: Elvis Mathias
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Autobiographical sketches and stories from India's best-loved writer, Ruskin Bond, in English....
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Golden advice to writers
- By G. Jayant on 20-12-23
Written by: Ruskin Bond
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The Life of Samuel Johnson
- Written by: James Boswell
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 51 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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The book is full of humorous anecdote and rich characterization, and paints a vivid picture of 18th-century London, peopled by prominent personalities of the time....
Written by: James Boswell
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Eugene Onegin
- A Novel in Verse
- Written by: Alexander Pushkin, James E. Falen - translator
- Narrated by: Raphael Corkhill
- Length: 4 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Set in 1820s imperial Russia, Pushkin's novel in verse follows the emotions and destiny of three men....
Written by: Alexander Pushkin,
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The Poems of T. S. Eliot
- Read by Jeremy Irons
- Written by: T. S. Eliot
- Narrated by: Jeremy Irons, Dame Eileen Atkins
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4, Jeremy Irons' perceptive reading illuminates the poetry of T. S. Eliot in all its complexity....
Written by: T. S. Eliot
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Goethe: A BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Six Full-Cast Dramatisations Including Faust, The Sorrows of Young Werther and More
- Written by: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Narrated by: Simon Callow, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jack Farthing,
- Length: 17 hrs and 5 mins
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Johann Wolfgang Goethe was a colossus of German literature and a true Renaissance man. A novelist, dramatist, poet, humanist, scientist and philosopher, he wrote the first international bestseller, The Sorrows of Young Werther....
Written by: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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100 Quotes by Pierre Corneille
- Written by: Pierre Corneille
- Narrated by: Brad Carty
- Length: 25 mins
- Unabridged
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"100 Quotes by Pierre Corneille" is a collection of thoughts, witticisms, and observations from one of France’s greatest playwrights. With...
Written by: Pierre Corneille
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The Canterbury Tales
- Penguin Classics
- Written by: Geoffrey Chaucer, Nevill Coghill (Translation)
- Narrated by: Lesley Manville, Daniel Weyman, Derek Jacobi,
- Length: 16 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Canterbury Tales Chaucer created one of the great touchstones of English literature, a masterly collection of chivalric romances, moral allegories and low farce....
Written by: Geoffrey Chaucer,
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Paradise Lost
- Penguin Classics
- Written by: John Milton, John Leonard
- Narrated by: Adrian Schiller
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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In Paradise Lost, Milton produced a poem of epic scale, conjuring up a vast, awe-inspiring cosmos and ranging across huge tracts of space and time....
Written by: John Milton,
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Charge of the Light Brigade
- Written by: Alfred Lord Tennyson
- Narrated by: Phillip J. Mather
- Length: 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Phillip J. Mather's masterful rendition of this timeless classic is a must-listen for any with an interest in and respect for the past....
Written by: Alfred Lord Tennyson
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A Doll's House
- Written by: Henrik Ibsen
- Narrated by: Robin LaRee Berry
- Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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This audiobook is the most affordable version of A Doll's House that also has high quality, masterfully engineered audio....
Written by: Henrik Ibsen
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The Importance of Being Earnest
- A Full-Cast Production Featuring Tim Brooke-Taylor
- Written by: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: Full Cast Audio Drama, Tim Brooke-Taylor
- Length: 1 hr and 56 mins
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The most renowned and wittiest of Oscar Wilde's comedies, The Importance of Being Earnest ridicules Victorian sensibilities and is still strikingly relevant to this day....
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hillarious, short, captivating and well Performed
- By Anonymous s r on 24-11-21
Written by: Oscar Wilde
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The History of English Literature
- Written by: Perry Keenlyside
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi
- Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins
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English literature may very well be the greatest body of imaginative writing the world has yet seen...
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brilliant
- By durba on 30-12-21
Written by: Perry Keenlyside
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H.C. Andersens samlede eventyr 1
- Written by: Hans Christian Andersen
- Narrated by: Troels Møller
- Length: 4 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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INDHOLD: Track: 1 Fyrtøjet; Track: 2 Gaaseurten; Track: 3 Flipperne; Track: 4 Gartneren og herskabet; Track: 5 Under piletræet...
Written by: Hans Christian Andersen
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An Experiment in Criticism
- Written by: C. S. Lewis
- Narrated by: Richard Elwood
- Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Why do we read literature and how do we judge it? C. S. Lewis' classic An Experiment in Criticism springs from the conviction that literature exists for the joy of the reader and that books should be judged by the kind of reading they invite....
Written by: C. S. Lewis
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Songs of Innocence and of Experience
- Written by: William Blake
- Narrated by: Douglas Harvey
- Length: 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Songs of Innocence and of Experience is a collection of 45 poems by English poet William Blake. "Songs of Innocence" is the first part of the collection and appeared in 1789 with engraved illustrations by Blake....
Written by: William Blake
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Pygmalion
- Written by: George Bernard Shaw
- Narrated by: Harriet Seed
- Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
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Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw is the fascinating tale of Henry Higgins, a professor of speech and phonetics who takes on the task of teaching Eliza Doolittle, a lower-class flower seller, how to "act like a lady"....
Written by: George Bernard Shaw
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La Reine Margot
- Renaissance 1
- Written by: Alexandre Dumas
- Narrated by: Loïc Richard
- Length: 19 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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ACTION, INTRIGUES, COMPLOTS, AMOURS : UN RÉCIT FOUGUEUX AUX MILLES PÉRIPÉTIES. Paris, 1572. Dans une époque secouée par les guerres de religion, le jeune roi protestant de Navarre épouse Marguerite de Valois, dite Margot. C'est un mariage purement politique qui a pour objectif d'établir durablement la paix entre protestants et catholiques. Les chefs du parti huguenot sont réunis à Paris pour les noces lorsque qu'éclate le massacre de la Saint-Barthélemy, fomenté par les Guise et le roi Charles IX.
Written by: Alexandre Dumas
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The Poetry of World War One
- Written by: Siegfried Sassoon, Thomas Hardy, Isaac Rosenberg,
- Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards, Lucy Scott
- Length: 3 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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In the midst of bombs and bullets, trenches and trauma, the soldiers of World War I, and those observing the horrors taking place from home, took pen to paper to record their experiences in verse. These poems - considered the greatest written during WWI and some of the greatest poetry of the twentieth century - show the horror of war but also shine a light on the strength of human courage, bravery, and virtue.
Written by: Siegfried Sassoon,
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Майк Йогансен. Найкращі твори - Собака Джан, Кіт Чудило, Як мураші наїлися цукру, Вовки і верблюжата, Старий вепер та інші
- Written by: Майк Йогансен
- Narrated by: Євген Кулик
- Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
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Майк Йогансен — український поет, прозаїк доби «Розстріляного відродження». Також перекладач, критик, лінгвіст, сценарист. Один із засновників літературного об'єднання ВАПЛІТЕ. На початку творчого шляху молодому поетові властивий мотив мрійних «островів хмар», що його Олександр Білецький назвав «запізнілим романтизмом». Та бурхлива доба швидко «перемагнітила» Йогансена. Сповнений сподівань на національне й соціальне оновлення поет видає збірку «Д'горі» (1921), в одному з розділів якої — «Скоро forte» — поетичними засобами у високих героїчних тонах відтворив добу революції і громадянської війни.
Written by: Майк Йогансен
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Hamnet
- Written by: Maggie O'Farrell, Concha Cardeñoso - traductor
- Narrated by: Nikki García
- Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Agnes, una muchacha peculiar que parece no rendir cuentas a nadie y que es capaz de crear misteriosos remedios con sencillas combinaciones de plantas, es la comidilla de Stratford, un pequeño pueblo de Inglaterra. Cuando conoce a un joven preceptor de latín igual de extraordinario que ella, se da cuenta enseguida de que están llamados a formar una familia. Pero su matrimonio se verá puesto a prueba, primero por sus parientes y después por una inesperada desgracia.
Written by: Maggie O'Farrell,
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Only Through Love Can You Understand
- Written by: Durlston School
- Narrated by: Colette Redgrave
- Length: 44 mins
- Unabridged
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"Your judging eyes interpret quickly with assurance upon the view, Yet what they tell you is not always true, Below our outer shield with structure and mind beats a heart honest and true, You cannot judge a person by view, Only through love can you understand."
Written by: Durlston School
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Lungo petalo di mare
- Written by: Isabel Allende
- Narrated by: Viola Graziosi
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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1939. Alla fine della Guerra civile spagnola, il giovane medico Víctor Dalmau e un’amica di famiglia, la pianista Roser Bruguera, sono costretti, come altre migliaia di spagnoli, a scappare da Barcellona. Attraversati i Pirenei, a Bordeaux, fingendosi sposati, riescono a imbarcarsi a bordo del Winnipeg, il piroscafo preso a noleggio da Pablo Neruda per portare più di duemila profughi spagnoli in Cile – il “lungo petalo di mare e neve”, nelle parole dello stesso poeta –, in cerca di quella pace che non è stata concessa loro in patria.
Written by: Isabel Allende
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La Reine Margot
- Renaissance 1
- Written by: Alexandre Dumas
- Narrated by: Loïc Richard
- Length: 19 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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ACTION, INTRIGUES, COMPLOTS, AMOURS : UN RÉCIT FOUGUEUX AUX MILLES PÉRIPÉTIES. Paris, 1572. Dans une époque secouée par les guerres de religion, le jeune roi protestant de Navarre épouse Marguerite de Valois, dite Margot. C'est un mariage purement politique qui a pour objectif d'établir durablement la paix entre protestants et catholiques. Les chefs du parti huguenot sont réunis à Paris pour les noces lorsque qu'éclate le massacre de la Saint-Barthélemy, fomenté par les Guise et le roi Charles IX.
Written by: Alexandre Dumas
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The Poetry of World War One
- Written by: Siegfried Sassoon, Thomas Hardy, Isaac Rosenberg,
- Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards, Lucy Scott
- Length: 3 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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In the midst of bombs and bullets, trenches and trauma, the soldiers of World War I, and those observing the horrors taking place from home, took pen to paper to record their experiences in verse. These poems - considered the greatest written during WWI and some of the greatest poetry of the twentieth century - show the horror of war but also shine a light on the strength of human courage, bravery, and virtue.
Written by: Siegfried Sassoon,
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Майк Йогансен. Найкращі твори - Собака Джан, Кіт Чудило, Як мураші наїлися цукру, Вовки і верблюжата, Старий вепер та інші
- Written by: Майк Йогансен
- Narrated by: Євген Кулик
- Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Майк Йогансен — український поет, прозаїк доби «Розстріляного відродження». Також перекладач, критик, лінгвіст, сценарист. Один із засновників літературного об'єднання ВАПЛІТЕ. На початку творчого шляху молодому поетові властивий мотив мрійних «островів хмар», що його Олександр Білецький назвав «запізнілим романтизмом». Та бурхлива доба швидко «перемагнітила» Йогансена. Сповнений сподівань на національне й соціальне оновлення поет видає збірку «Д'горі» (1921), в одному з розділів якої — «Скоро forte» — поетичними засобами у високих героїчних тонах відтворив добу революції і громадянської війни.
Written by: Майк Йогансен
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Hamnet
- Written by: Maggie O'Farrell, Concha Cardeñoso - traductor
- Narrated by: Nikki García
- Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Agnes, una muchacha peculiar que parece no rendir cuentas a nadie y que es capaz de crear misteriosos remedios con sencillas combinaciones de plantas, es la comidilla de Stratford, un pequeño pueblo de Inglaterra. Cuando conoce a un joven preceptor de latín igual de extraordinario que ella, se da cuenta enseguida de que están llamados a formar una familia. Pero su matrimonio se verá puesto a prueba, primero por sus parientes y después por una inesperada desgracia.
Written by: Maggie O'Farrell,
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Only Through Love Can You Understand
- Written by: Durlston School
- Narrated by: Colette Redgrave
- Length: 44 mins
- Unabridged
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"Your judging eyes interpret quickly with assurance upon the view, Yet what they tell you is not always true, Below our outer shield with structure and mind beats a heart honest and true, You cannot judge a person by view, Only through love can you understand."
Written by: Durlston School
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Lungo petalo di mare
- Written by: Isabel Allende
- Narrated by: Viola Graziosi
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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1939. Alla fine della Guerra civile spagnola, il giovane medico Víctor Dalmau e un’amica di famiglia, la pianista Roser Bruguera, sono costretti, come altre migliaia di spagnoli, a scappare da Barcellona. Attraversati i Pirenei, a Bordeaux, fingendosi sposati, riescono a imbarcarsi a bordo del Winnipeg, il piroscafo preso a noleggio da Pablo Neruda per portare più di duemila profughi spagnoli in Cile – il “lungo petalo di mare e neve”, nelle parole dello stesso poeta –, in cerca di quella pace che non è stata concessa loro in patria.
Written by: Isabel Allende
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Mefisto
- Written by: Klaus Mann
- Narrated by: Jan Vlasák
- Length: 13 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Životní příběh talentovaného umělce, který – hnán touhou po slávě – uzavře smlouvu s ďáblem v podobě nacistů nastupujících v Německu k moci. Hendrik Höfgen je nadaný herec, který své bezmezné ctižádosti a bezbřehé ješitnosti obětuje své morální zásady, umělecké ambice i osobní život. Přesvědčení, že ve zvrácené totalitě může existovat nedotčený ostrov umění, se ukáže být iluzí, sebeklamem. Vystoupá sice na vrchol společenského žebříčku, ale je osamělý, vnitřně rozpolcený a vydaný napospas nacistické moci, s kterou se ochotně zapletl.
Written by: Klaus Mann
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Three Poems from Rudyard Kipling
- Written by: Rudyard Kipling
- Narrated by: Stanley Morrison, GH Hendricksen, Paul Lahnerd
- Length: 11 mins
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Joseph Rudyard Kipling (December 30, 1865 - January 18, 1936) was an English novelist, writer, and journalist. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work. Kipling's works of fiction include the The Jungle Book, 1894; The Second Jungle Book, 1895, Kim, 1901, as well as, many well-known short stories and poems. The three poems include "Sussex," read by Stanley Morrison; "If," by GH Hendricksen; and "Gunga Din" by Paul Lahnerd.
Written by: Rudyard Kipling
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La muerte de Iván Ilich [The Death of Ivan Ilyich]
- Written by: León Tolstói
- Narrated by: Max Garzón
- Length: 3 hrs and 15 mins
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Publicada por primera vez en 1886, es una novela corta del escritor ruso Lev Tolstói. Dentro de su bibliografía, se encuentra hacia el final de su producción. Para algunos analistas de la obra de Tolstói, esta historia reflejaría las luchas intelectuales y espirituales que poco tiempo atrás el autor había atravesado, en la crisis que tuvo cuando alcanzó los 50 años y que superaría con un radical cambio espiritual.
Written by: León Tolstói
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Der Riegel
- Written by: Guy de Maupassant
- Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche
- Length: 13 mins
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Vier Herren im besten Alter sitzen beim Wein und prahlen einander vor, wie sie weiland die Damenwelt eroberten. Dass über alles strengstes Stillschweigen zu wahren ist, ist selbstverständlich. Und so rückt einer der Herren mit der Sprache raus, warum er seit einer bestimmten Nacht niemals vergisst, den Fensterriegel vorzuschieben.
Written by: Guy de Maupassant
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Пасхальные рассказы
- Written by: Леонид Андреев
- Narrated by: Ирина Королева
- Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins
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Христианство оказало глубокое воздействие на мировую литературу, поэтому во многих произведениях нашли свое художественное воплощение и события Священного Писания, и память о них — церковные праздники. Так, литературное значение Рождества давно признано и писателями, и читателями: существует даже жанр «рождественского или святочного рассказа». А вот Пасха как главный православный праздник получала художественное развитие преимущественно в русской литературе.
Written by: Леонид Андреев
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Fiere
- Written by: Jackie Kay
- Narrated by: Jackie Kay
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
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Jackie Kay’s new collection is a lyric counterpart to her memoir, Red Dust Road, the extraordinary story of the search for her Nigerian and Highland birth-parents; but it is also a moving book in its own right, and a deep enquiry into all forms of human friendship. Fiere – Scots for ‘companion, friend, equal’ – is a vivid description of the many paths our lives take, and of how those journeys are made meaningful by our companions on the road: lovers, friends, parents, children, mentors – as well as all the remarkable and chance acquaintances we would not otherwise have made.
Written by: Jackie Kay
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May Day
- Written by: Jackie Kay
- Narrated by: Jackie Kay
- Length: 1 hr and 30 mins
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May Day is the long-awaited collection from one of our best-loved poets and former Makar of Scotland, Jackie Kay. As the title suggests, these poems cast an eye over several decades of political activism, from the international solidarity of the Glasgow of Kay’s childhood, accompanying her parents’ Socialist campaigns, through the feminist, LGBT+ and anti-racist movements of the 80s and 90s, up to the present day when a global pandemic intersects with the urgency of Black Lives Matter.
Written by: Jackie Kay
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Glossen 3
- Written by: Karl Kraus
- Narrated by: Friedrich Frieden
- Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
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Karl Kraus gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Aphoristiker deutscher Sprache. Ob berühmte Schriftsteller oder die Presse - nichts und niemand wurde von der Kritik seiner Feder verschont. Bekannte Künstler wie Stefan Zweig, Georg Trakl, Thomas Mann und andere zollten ihm Respekt, aber die Zahl seiner Feinde in Kunst und Gesellschaft war enorm. Als Vorleser hinterließ er aufgrund seiner Sprachgewalt und Persönlichkeit angeblich einen äußerst außergewöhnlichen Eindruck.
Written by: Karl Kraus
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Libero scorre il fiume
- Written by: Eleanor Shearer
- Narrated by: Sonia Barbadoro
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
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In fuga dalla schiavitù, il viaggio di una madre alla ricerca dei figli e della libertà. "È questa la libertà?" si chiede Rachel, mentre corre in una foresta immersa nel buio, sola, atterrita, esausta. Sta scappando dalla piantagione in cui ha trascorso tutta la sua esistenza, da un lavoro sfibrante, da un padrone brutale. Lo stesso padrone che, quella mattina del 1834, ha annunciato la fine della schiavitù, per poi aggiungere che tutti loro avrebbero dovuto prestare servizio come apprendisti per altri sei anni. Una beffa atroce. In quell'istante, qualcosa in Rachel si è spezzato.
Written by: Eleanor Shearer
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Erzählungen 3
- Der Hochzeitsmarsch / In der Gemeindestube / Man soll nie denken.
- Written by: Selma Lagerlöf
- Narrated by: Friedrich Frieden
- Length: 49 mins
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Selma Lagerlöf ist die erste Frau, die den Literatur-Nobelpreis verliehen bekam. Ihre Prosa besticht durch eine überaus klare und flüssige Sprache, welche Situationen herbeiführt, innerhalb derer die vermittelten Gedanken tiefes moralisches und zwischenmenschliches Verständnis beweisen. Sehr lebensnah und humorvoll mit starkem Gespür für die menschliche Natur ist Lagerlöf in der Lage Charaktere zu schaffen, deren Geschichten berühren und zum Träumen und Nachdenken anregen.
Written by: Selma Lagerlöf
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Der Orden
- Written by: Guy de Maupassant
- Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche
- Length: 16 mins
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Es ist schon ein Kreuz mit den Orden: Alle Welt hat einen, nur man selbst nicht. Monsieur Sacrement, der Held unserer Geschichte, hat schon seit seiner Kindheit auf die Knopflöcher der Passanten gestarrt, in denen das kleine rote Band die Zugehörigkeit einer besonderen Kaste verriet. Er will unbedingt dazugehören - doch wie? Endlich hat er eine Idee: Seine Frau soll ihm helfen! Das tut sie auch - und Sacrement lernt, dass nichts auf der Welt ohne Preis ist.
Written by: Guy de Maupassant
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Around the World in 80 Days
- Written by: Jules Verne
- Narrated by: Alfred Costa
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
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Around the World in 80 Days is an adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, first published in French in 1872. A classic adventure story about the incredible journey of the gentleman Phileas Fogg and his servant-companion Passepartout. Phileas Fogg, who was a member of a respectable London club, had a bet with one of its members. The essence of the bet was to cross the globe in 80 days, that is, to start and end the journey in London at a certain time. Phileas Fogg made accurate calculations and was sure that traveling around the world in 80 days is a reality.
Written by: Jules Verne