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A Bend in the River
- Written by: V. S. Naipaul
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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In this incandescent novel, V.S. Naipaul takes us deeply into the life of one man, an Indian who, uprooted by the bloody tides of Third World history, has come to live in an isolated town at the bend of a great river in a newly independent African nation. Naipaul gives us the most convincing and disturbing vision yet of what happens in a place caught between the dangerously alluring modern world and its own tenacious past and traditions.
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A bend
- By Anonymous User on 18-01-26
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A Bend in the River
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
- Release Date: 30-09-04
- Language: English
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Paris Stories
- Written by: Mavis Gallant
- Narrated by: Lorna Raver, Yuri Rasovsky
- Length: 16 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Mysterious, funny, insightful, and heartbreaking, these are tales of expatriates and exiles, wise children and straying saints. They compose a secret history, both intimate and panoramic, of modern times, and offer a kaleidoscopic impression of the world within a world that is Paris.
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Paris Stories
- Narrated by: Lorna Raver, Yuri Rasovsky
- Length: 16 hrs and 45 mins
- Release Date: 16-11-06
- Language: English
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Literary Modernism: The Struggle for Modern History
- Written by: Jeffrey Perl, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Perl
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
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Professor Perl invites you in these eight lectures to abandon your preconceptions and consider some of the most controversial authors of the 20th century: the Modernists.Who were they? How did "classical" Modernists like Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, and James Joyce differ from "neo-Modernists" like Gertrude Stein and William Carlos Williams? What made them believe and write as they did? Why were political extremism, war, and self-destructive behavior such defining forces in their writing (and their personal demons)? What do they have to say to us today in the 21st century?These lectures place literary Modernism within the wide-ranging context of the philosophy, literature, politics, and morality of its time. In doing so, they allow you to look more clearly at the writers and works who have contributed to the definition of human culture. You'll see Eliot, Joyce, Pound, Yeats, James, Lawrence, and others spring to life with their radical beliefs about art and their unforgettable novels and stories. These lectures do not shrink from the challenges imposed by exploring Modernism, or from challenging the answers that scholars have routinely accepted. Nor do they shy away from the difficulties of literary Modernism itself; a literary genre that intimidates many. But despite all this, these lectures are brilliantly organized, crystal clear, and an invaluable tool for finally wrapping your brain around a dramatic roster of authors and an enduring canon of literature.
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Great insight into modernism and post-modernism
- By Anonymous User on 01-01-25
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Literary Modernism: The Struggle for Modern History
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Perl
- Series: The Great Courses: English Literature
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
- Release Date: 08-07-13
- Language: English
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Prestige Drama
- Written by: Seamas O'Reilly
- Narrated by: Charlie Bonner, Charlie Kelly, Diona Doherty,
- Length: 4 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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'BRILLIANT . . . GLORIOUSLY VIVID' GUARDIAN 'DISARMINGLY HILARIOUS' SUNDAY TIMES 'ROLLICKING . . . CAUSTIC, WITHERING AND GENUINELY FUNNY' INDEPENDENT 'FUNNY AND TRAGIC' TLS 'SUCH AN ENTERTAINING READ' DAILY MAIL 'BOISTEROUS' NEW YORK TIMES 'A COMEDY ABOUT TRAGEDY. BRUTAL, PROFOUND AND VERY...
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Prestige Drama
- Narrated by: Charlie Bonner, Charlie Kelly, Diona Doherty, Eleanor Methven, Frankie McCafferty, Ian McElhinney, Jamie Beamish, Kate Handford, Kathy Kiera Clarke, Melanie McHugh, Niall Wright, Seamas O'Reilly
- Length: 4 hrs and 31 mins
- Release Date: 07-05-26
- Language: English
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Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus
- Written by: Mary Shelley
- Narrated by: Cheryl Bassett
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by English author Mary Shelley (1797-1851) that tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a grotesque but sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition of the novel was published anonymously in London on 1 January 1818, when she was 20. Her name first appeared on the second edition, published in France in 1823.
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Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus
- Narrated by: Cheryl Bassett
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
- Release Date: 19-01-22
- Language: English
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If You Could See Me Now
- Written by: Cecelia Ahern
- Narrated by: Susan Lynch, Rupert Degas
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
- Abridged
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Tender, magical and captivating – a story of family, friends, and the unlikeliest of romances . . . Elizabeth’s sister Saoirse is a red-haired whirlwind, always leavng behind pieces that Elizabeth struggles to pick up. One of these pieces is Saoirse’s 6-year-old son Luke, a quiet...
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If You Could See Me Now
- Narrated by: Susan Lynch, Rupert Degas
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
- Release Date: 03-07-07
- Language: English
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Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus
- Written by: Mary Shelley
- Narrated by: Sam Kusi
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by English author Mary Shelley (1797-1851) that tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a hideous sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition was published anonymously in London on 1 January 1818, when she was 20. Her name first appeared on the second edition, published in 1823.
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Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus
- Narrated by: Sam Kusi
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Release Date: 11-01-22
- Language: English
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Accidental Happiness
- Written by: Jean Reynolds Page
- Narrated by: Staci Snell
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Someone once told me that groupings of objects should be displayed in threes. Three provides both tension and balance among items of varying size and heft. My sister’s accident made me an only child; my husband’s accident made me a widow. Part of me will always believe that Angel was the...
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Accidental Happiness
- Narrated by: Staci Snell
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
- Release Date: 06-04-07
- Language: English
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Thirteen Moons
- Written by: Charles Frazier
- Narrated by: John Chancer
- Length: 16 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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At the age of twelve, under the Wind Moon, Will is given a horse, a key, and a map, and sent alone into the Indian Nation to run a trading post as a bound boy. It is during this time that he grows into a man, learning, as he does, of the raw power it takes to create a life, to find a home. In a...
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Thirteen Moons
- Narrated by: John Chancer
- Length: 16 hrs and 20 mins
- Release Date: 16-01-12
- Language: English
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TransAtlantic
- From the New York Times-bestselling, National Book Award-winning, Booker Prize-longlisted author of Apeirogon and Let the Great World Spin
- Written by: Colum McCann
- Narrated by: Geraldine Hughes
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Bloomsbury presents TransAtlantic by Colum McCann, read by Geraldine Hughes. SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL IMPAC DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2015 LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2013 SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2013 'It is, simply, perfect' Irish Examiner 'Majestic' Sunday...
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TransAtlantic
- From the New York Times-bestselling, National Book Award-winning, Booker Prize-longlisted author of Apeirogon and Let the Great World Spin
- Narrated by: Geraldine Hughes
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Release Date: 23-01-20
- Language: English
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The Mermaid Chair
- The No. 1 New York Times bestseller
- Written by: Sue Monk Kidd
- Narrated by: Eliza Foss
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Don't miss the extraordinary new novel from Sue Monk Kidd, The Book of Longings - published on 21st April 2020, and available to buy now. Jessie Sullivan has been married half her life, and has become accustomed to her role. But when she returns to the isolated island where she grew up to...
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The Mermaid Chair
- The No. 1 New York Times bestseller
- Narrated by: Eliza Foss
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Release Date: 08-05-14
- Language: English
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Pictures at an Exhibition
- Written by: Camilla Macpherson
- Narrated by: Penelope Freeman
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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'An enchanting debut' Woman's Own November 1942 Dear Elizabeth, I've got myself a new project, to cheer myself up a bit. It has absolutely nothing to do with the war effort. We're completely starved of art in London these days. Anything decent was stashed away by the authorities years ago.But...
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Pictures at an Exhibition
- Narrated by: Penelope Freeman
- Length: 10 hrs
- Release Date: 04-10-12
- Language: English
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Die Weihnachtsfrau
- Eine moderne Weihnachtsgeschichte
- Written by: Bodo Kirchhoff
- Narrated by: Martin Maria Schwarz
- Length: 1 hr
- Unabridged
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Eine moderne Weihnachtsgeschichte. Es geht um einen jungen Mann, der einen ungewöhnlichen Weihnachtswunsch hegt. Er möchte so gerne bis Weihnachten seine Unschuld verlieren. Ob und wie ihm das gelingt, davon wird hier erzählt. "Ich hörte meinen Namen und sah mich um, und da stand sie, die Stille Schöne, zwischen dem Kettenkarussell und der Fischbude. Ganz lautlos kam sie im frischen Schnee auf mich zu, nahm die Kapuze dabei ab und schüttelte ihr langes Haar, entfernte Bart und Augenbrauen und sagte einfach: "Folg' mir!" Und ich folgte ihr, ohne biblischen Nebengedanken."
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Die Weihnachtsfrau
- Eine moderne Weihnachtsgeschichte
- Narrated by: Martin Maria Schwarz
- Length: 1 hr
- Release Date: 24-08-18
- Language: german
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