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Brought to you by Penguin This Penguin Classic is performed by Japanese actor Sadao Ueda, known for his appearances in Spectre, London has Fallen and What We Did on Our Holiday. For a generation adjusting painfully to the demands of a modern industrial and commercial society, Asia came to...

The wind is strong on the Yorkshire moors. There are few trees, and fewer houses, to block its path. There is one house, however, that does not hide from the wind. It stands out from the hill and challenges the wind to do its worst. The house is called Wuthering Heights. When Mr Earnshaw brings a strange, small, dark child back home to Wuthering Heights, it seems he has opened his doors to trouble. He has invited in something that, like the wind, is safer kept out of the house.

Set on a Bengali noble's estate in 1908, this is both a love story and a novel of political awakening. The central character, Bimala, is torn between the duties owed to her husband, Nikhil, and the demands made on her by the radical leader, Sandip. Her attempts to resolve the irreconciliable...

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.

I often walked along the shore, and one day I saw something in the sand. I went over to look at it more carefully . . . It was a footprint – the footprint of a man!’In 1659 Robinson Crusoe was shipwrecked on a small island off the coast of South America. After fifteen years alone, he suddenly learns that there is another person on the island. But will this man be a friend – or an enemy?

Hello there, and welcome to Simple Classics!Have you ever wanted to dive into a classic book like Moby Dick or Pride and Prejudice, but felt intimidated by the language? Or are you looking for a way to introduce your kids to the timeless stories that have captivated generations? If so, you've come to the right place.Here at Simple Classics, we believe that great literature should be accessible to everyone. We take masterpieces of classic literature and gently rewrite them in simple, modern English. Our goal is to make these incredible stories easier to understand, especially for younger ...

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.

Englisch lernen mit The Grooves: Lernen Sie smarte Sprüche für's Business im Speziellen und das Leben im Allgemeinen mit entspannenden Classic Sounds der Grooves. Ganz entspannt Englisch lernen: It works! Classic Grooves ist die neue Klangwelt in der innovativen Audioreihe von The Grooves. Mit Motiven von Bach, Chopin & Händel können Sie perfekt abschalten und gleichzeitig locker Englisch lernen. Nicht lernen, nur hören! Very simple, isn't it?

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Englisch lernen mit The Grooves: Lernen Sie die wichtigsten Vokabeln und Redewendungen für unterwegs und zum Thema Reisen, Zeit und Geld mit entspannenden Classic Grooves.Ganz entspannt Englisch lernen: It works! Classic Grooves ist die neue Klangwelt in der innovativen Audioreihe von The Grooves. Mit Motiven von Bach, Chopin & Händel können Sie perfekt abschalten und gleichzeitig locker Englisch lernen. Nicht lernen, nur hören! Very simple, isn't it?

In der Mai-Ausgabe von Spotlight Audio folgen Sie der Sonne bis ins schöne Florida und erforschen die Westküste des "Sonnenschein-Staates". Im Sprachenteil bekommen Sie Tipps zu erprobten Hörtechniken, damit Sie lernen, die Informationen, die für Sie wichtig sind, herauszufiltern. Und Sie lernen, wie Sie am besten auf Missverständnisse reagieren.

Una concisa y legible perspectiva de Cuba, revisada a fondo y escrita por cubanos para cualquier persona interesada en comprender rápidamente la turbulenta historia del país insular. Cuba: una breve historia abarca el período prehispánico, pasando por la lucha de Cuba por mantener la...

These are short stories of one of the greatest writers in the world, Anton Chekhov. For more than 100 years, his humor and philosophy have surprised readers by their depth and brightness. These stories are for Russia and Russians, as much today as they were 100 years ago.

V izdanie voshli izvestnye proizvedenija pisatelja, sredi kotoryh "Nenuzhnaja pobeda", "Sel'skie jeskulapy", "Neudachnyj vizit" i dr. Jeti nebol'shie po ob#emu proizvedenija porazhajut masterstvom pisatelja, ego vnimaniem k detaljam, tochnym podborom slov i velikolepnymi opisanijami. V tvorchestve Chehova otrazilis' cherty russkogo nacional'nogo haraktera – mjagkost', zadushevnost' i prostota, pri sovershennom otsutstvii licemerija, pozy i hanzhestva.

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective...

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.

"The moment I first met you, I noticed your pride, your sense of superiority, and your selfish disdain for the feelings of others. You are the last man in the world whom I could ever be persuaded to marry," said Elizabeth Bennet. And so Elizabeth rejects the proud Mr Darcy. Can nothing overcome her prejudice against him? This famous novel by Jane Austen is full of wise and humorous observation of the people and manners of her times.

Jane Eyre is alone in the world. Disliked by her aunt’s family, she is sent away to school. Here she learns that a young girl, with neither money nor family to support her, can expect little from the world. She survives, but she wants more from life than simply to survive: she wants respect, and love. When she goes to work for Mr Rochester, she hopes she has found both at once. But the sound of strange laughter, late at night, behind a locked door, warns her that her troubles are only beginning.

Miguel de Cervantes retrata a la sociedad de su tiempo sin dejar títere con cabeza. El licenciado Vidriera cuenta la vida del estudiante Tomás Rodaja, que viaja a Italia como soldado, y cuando vuelve a España, se vuelva loco a causa de una pócima de amor que le da una dama y se obsesiona con que es de vidrio y se puede romper. Pero se vuelve tan ingenioso que todos le piden consejo... Escuchar historias es una manera eficaz y placentera de aprender un idioma extranjero mientras conduces, cocinas, paseas o descansas en tu sillón favorito.

It is 1880, in the Opera House in Paris. Everybody is talking about the Phantom of the Opera, the ghost that lives somewhere under the Opera House. The Phantom is a man in black clothes. He is a body without a head, he is a head without a body. He has a yellow face, he has no nose, he has black holes for eyes. Everybody is afraid of the Phantom – the singers, the dancers, the directors, the stage workers.