Showing results for "Charles" in Foreign Language Audiobooks

In a gloomy, neglected house Miss Havisham sits, as she has sat year after year, in a wedding dress and veil that were once white, and are now faded and yellow with age. Her face is like a death’s head; her dark eyes burn with bitterness and hate. By her side sits a proud and beautiful girl, and in front of her, trembling with fear in his thick country boots, stands young Pip.

Where do our modern English words come from? And what do their long histories tell us about our own ideas and the wider world? On Original Public Meaning, we unearth the ancient foundations of our language and consider how its vast, rich literature—fiction, essays, science, and more—can help us savor our words today.

In Master French: The Complete Guide to French Pronunciation, author and language coach Jean-Charles breaks down every sound of the French language with warmth, humor, and precision. You’ll learn how to pronounce French vowels, consonants, nasal sounds, and tricky letter combinations the way real Parisians do—and understand the rhythm and melody that make French so beautiful.

Ihr strukturierter Plan für schnelle und messbare Fortschritte. Mit täglichen, digesten Lektionen führen wir Sie von einem einfachen "Hola" und "Gracias" zu ersten fließenden Gesprächen. Der Kurs deckt Alltagssituationen in Spanien und Lateinamerika ab: vom Check-in im Hotel in Barcelona über die Bestellung von Tapas in Sevilla bis zur Verständigung in einer südamerikanischen Busstation. Systematische Grammatikerklärungen und viel Sprechpraxis geben Ihnen das nötige Selbstvertrauen. ¡Vamos!

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Learn Portuguese through engaging stories and Q&A using TPRS (Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling). Practice listening, speaking and Point of View techniques. Brazilian culture with fun episodes. Perfect for beginners and intermediate learners in Brazil, USA, Europe, and Asia. You won't need any grammar nor boring exercises. You will also learn about the Brazilian culture and the language itself. Finally, you will get valuable advice on learning Portuguese. Visit SpeakPortugueseNow.com! #LearnPortuguese #BrazilianCulture #PortuguesePodcast

Enjoy eight of the most classic and wonderful Charles Perrault French tales read by Camille Chevalier-Karfis of French Today. This audiobook contains the original French versions of "Le Chat Botté", "La Belle au Bois Dormant", "Le Petit Chaperon Rouge", "Le Petit Poucet", "Les Fées", "Peau d'Âne", "Riquet à la Houppe" and "Cendrillon". Charles Perrault is widely regarded as the founder of a new literary genre, the fairy tale, deriving his work from old folk tales.

Christmas is humbug, Scrooge says - just a time when you find yourself a year older and not a penny richer. The only thing that matters to Scrooge is business, and making money. But on Christmas Eve three spirits come to visit him. They take him travelling on the wings of the night to see the shadows of Christmas past, present, and future - and Scrooge learns a lesson that he will never forget.

’Please, Mr Murdstone! Don’t beat me! I’ve tried to learn my lessons, really I have, sir!’ sobs David. Although he is only eight years old, Mr Murdstone does beat him, and David is so frightened that he bites his cruel stepfather’s hand. For that, he is kept locked in his room for five days and nights, and nobody is allowed to speak to him. As David grows up, he learns that life is full of trouble and misery and cruelty. But he also finds laughter and kindness, trust and friendship . . . and love.

London in the 1830s was no place to be if you were a hungry 10-year-old boy, an orphan without friends or family, with no home to go to, and only a penny in your pocket to buy a piece of bread.But Oliver Twist finds some friends – Fagin, the Artful Dodger, and Charley Bates. They give him food and shelter, and play games with him, but it is not until some days later that Oliver finds out what kind of friends they are and what kind of ’games’ they play. An Oxford Bookworms Library reader for learners of English, adapted from the Charles Dickens original by Richard Rogers.

The Marquis lay there, like stone, with a knife pushed into his heart. On his chest lay a piece of paper, with the words: Drive him fast to the grave. This is from JACQUES. ’The French Revolution brings terror and death to many people. But even in these troubled times people can still love and be kind. They can be generous and true-hearted . . . and brave. An Oxford Bookworms Library reader for learners of English, adapted from the Charles Dickens original by Ralph Mowat.

In this audiobook, I read 33 classical French poems. The majority are read twice: once slowly - so you can repeat after me - and once faster, with my personal interpretation of the poem. I will also sometimes tell you about the author, or explain the vocabulary or the meaning of the poem, all in easy everyday French. Musset, Rimbaud, Baudelaire, La Fontaine, Labbé, Valéry... A collection of 33 of the most famous French poems.

In this audiobook, I first read the poem in slow enunciated French then use simple, everyday French language to explain each individual verse. I then talk about the life of the author, give a full analysis of the poem and finally re-read the poem at a faster speed with a more personal interpretation. Not only is it a great cultural subject but it's a fantastic way to learn new vocabulary, verb tenses and improve your understanding of deeper conversations.

"She? That’s Little Dorrit. She’s nothing. She’s just a whim.’ Poor Little Dorrit. Her future looks as bleak as her past and her present. Born and brought up in a debtors’ prison, she relies on her sewing skills to help support her father. Little does she know that her sewing will soon present an opportunity for change. When change arrives in the form of Arthur Clennam, it is accompanied by secrets and dangers. Who is he? What are his motives for wanting to help Little Dorrit?

Unboxing Japan features Charles & Akira broadcasting from the lovely Kyoto, Japan. Charles, a translator, writer, and cultural consultant living in Japan for over 20 years, and Akira, a service and hospitality consultant, apply their unique perspective to a wide range of topics; from features introducing interesting aspects of Japan, to current events in Japan and around the world. (この番組は、マッケニー・チャールズと河上朗でお送りする国内外の日本に興味がある人に向けた番組です。日本とはどんな国なのか、日本ではどんなことが...

Dartmoor. A wild, wet place in the south-west of England. A place where it is easy to get lost, and to fall into the soft green earth which can pull the strongest man down to his death. A man is running for his life. Behind him comes an enormous dog - a dog from his worst dreams, a dog from hell. Between him and a terrible death stands only one person - the greatest detective of all time, Sherlock Holmes.

I like work. I find it interesting . . . I can sit and look at it for hours. ’With ideas like this, perhaps it is not a good idea to spend a holiday taking a boat trip up the River Thames. But this is what the three friends - and Montmorency the dog - decide to do. It is the sort of holiday that is fun to remember afterwards, but not so much fun to wake up to early on a cold, wet morning. This famous book has made people laugh all over the world for a hundred years . . . and they are still laughing.

The job was too good. There had to be a problem - and there was. John Duncan was an honest man, but he needed money. He had children to look after. He was ready to do anything, and his bosses knew it. They gave him the job because he couldn’t say no; he couldn’t afford to be honest. And the job was like a poison inside him. It changed him and blinded him, so that he couldn’t see the real poison - until it was too late. An Oxford Bookworms Library reader for learners of English.

Mr James Conway wants to make money. He wants to build new houses and shops - and he wants to build them on an old graveyard, on the island of Haiti.There is only one old man who still visits the graveyard; and Mr Conway is not afraid of one old man.But the old man has friends - friends in the graveyard, friends who lie dead, under the ground. And when Mr Conway starts to build his houses, he makes the terrible mistake of disturbing the sleep of the dead.