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This Audiobook contains the following works : 1. Little women by Louisa May Alcott Start at Chapters 1, 2. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Start at Chapters 48, 3. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Start at Chapters 109, 4. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson Start at Chapters 152, 5. The Odyssey by Homer Start at Chapters 186, 6. A Tales of Two Cities Start at Chapters 210, 7. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius Start at Chapters 255, 8. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle Start at Chapters 268.

Jon Fosse said farewell to theory early in his career, choosing poetry, fiction, and drama as his mediums of choice. Here, however, in a selection from his two books of essays, we see just how incisive a critic and memoirist he can be. Not only including a generous portion of Fosse's writing on literature and theater—including the irresistible "Thomas Bernhard and His Grandfather"—this collection also includes such personal essays such as "My Dear New Norwegian," "Old Houses," and "He Who Didn't Want to Become a Teacher."

Ben Whishaw and Philip Glenister star in these six plays telling the story of the fabled 5th Century king. Britain, 493 AD. When 17-year-old stable boy Arran is visited by Merlin, he is forced to confront his true origins and seize his destiny. Pulling the sword from the stone, he is proclaimed...

This collection brings together stories by Edith Wharton, Katherine Mansfield, Wilkie Collins and Marcel Proust, with forays into the supernatural and the comedic by Sabine Baring-Gould and Saki. Be them funny or moving, all stories are beautifully read by Harriet Walter (Atonement, Netflix’s The Crown), Juliet Stevenson (Bend it Like Beckham, The Enfield Haunting), Barbara Leigh-Hunt (Pride and Prejudice, Billy Elliot) and Rosalind Ayres (Titanic, Outnumbered).

Simon elsker og beundrer sin søster Marta, der er ganske speciel og i besiddelse af en enorm indfølingsevne for de svage og hjælpeløse. Simon ved lidt mere end resten af familien, for han er Martas fortrolige og hans viden gør langsomt men sikkert hans følelser overfor søsteren mere og mere splittede, til sidst i en sådan grad, at han ikke længere kan holde sin viden for sig selv. Marta opfatter nemlig sig selv som frelsende engel, der afliver alle, livet er for hårdt ved.

Ungdomsbog om vennerne Matthias og Benjamins oplevelser et par dage på motorcykeltur til et nordsjællandsk sommerhus lige efter deres studentereksamen, med kærester, mulige nye kærester, piger, kvinder, druk og ikke mindst deres venskab.

Bent Haller har skrevet 33 superkorte og skarpe tekster om skyggesider af moderne børneliv, og Cato Thau-Jensen har illustreret hele samlingen. »Der lå han i mørket, indtil han faldt til ro. Han sagde til sig selv, at det var de voksnes verden, ikke hans. Han havde sin egen. Da mor kaldte, og han kom ned i køkkenet for at spise, var alt igen normalt. Det var, som om der slet ikke var sket noget. Der var ingen, som snakkede om noget. Hvad skulle han så spørge om?« - Citat fra bogen