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Exclusively from Audible. 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.' So begins Charles Dickens' most famous historical drama: a gripping tale of war, social injustice and the choice between darkness and light. After being unjustly imprisoned for 18 years, French doctor Manette is released from the Bastille jail in Paris and embarks upon a journey to London in the hope of finding the daughter he never met.

For 15 years the weaver Silas Marner has plied his loom near the village of Raveloe, alone and unjustly in exile, cut off from faith and human love, he cares only for his hoard of golden guineas. But two events occur that will change his life forever; his gold disappears and a golden-haired baby girl appears. But where did she come from and who really stole the gold? This moving tale sees Silas eventually redeemed and restored to life by the unlikely means of his love for the orphan child Eppie.

Silas Marner is a member of a small Christian congregation in Lantern Yard who is accused of stealing the congregation's funds while sitting with a very ill elder of the group. Embittered by the false accusation, Silas retreats to his loom and to count his hoard of gold. The loss of his treasure and the arrival of a foundling child eventually teaches him what being truly rich means.

Alla sua pubblicazione nel 1831, "Notre Dame de Paris", la prima opera di Victor Hugo, ebbe un successo immenso. Tutto il romanzo è molto più del semplice racconto di un intreccio di amori impossibili, come quello di Quasimodo - meglio conosciuto come il Gobbo di Notre Dame - per l'incantevole zingara Esmeralda, o quello tetro, lascivo e peccaminoso dell'arcidiacono Claude Frollo.

Brought to you by Penguin. With the Second World War only a few years in the past, and Japan still reeling from its effects, two sisters - born to the same father but different mothers - struggle to make sense of the new world in which they are coming of age. Asako, the younger, has become...

Sons and Lovers, Lawrence's third published novel, was written by the author at the height of his literary powers. The story of class differences (the relationship between a middle-class woman and a miner) in the tough world of coal mining brought a refreshing realism to literature. It remains a challenging text and is studied widely. It is particularly effective on audiobook in the hands of Nottinghamshire reader Paul Slack.

अरब की प्रसिद्ध लोक-कथाएँ। 'स्टोरीज़ फ्रॉम अरेबियन नाइट्स' का सरल रूपांतर।.

A gritty reimagining of Shakespeare's famous tragedy, this brand new modern-day audiobook adaptation of William Shakespeare's classic love story is full of passion, emotion, scandal, disillusionment and family fallout.

सुप्रसिद्ध लेखक भा.द. खेर यांची महाभारतावरील कादंबरी 'कल्पवृक्ष' ऐका मंदार परांजपे यांच्या आवाजात...

Sons and Lovers, D. H. Lawrence's first major novel, was also the first in the English language to explore ordinary working-class life from the inside. No writer before or since has written so well about the intimacies enforced by a tightly knit mining community and by a family where feelings are never hidden for long. When the marriage between Walter Morel and his sensitive, high-minded wife begins to break down, the bitterness of their frustration seeps into their children's lives.

Powraca jeden z najzabawniejszych duetów literatury humorystycznej! Bertie Wooster i Jeeves wkraczają do akcji! Bertie jest niezbyt rozgarniętym londyńskim arystokratą, na tyle zagubionym w tajnikach dorosłego życia, że z pewnością już dawno przepadłby z kretesem, gdyby nie jego lokaj Jeeves. Ów lokaj, błyskotliwy i inteligentny, miłosiernie ratuje swojego pracodawcę ze wszystkich tarapatów dzięki temu, że posiada nad nim władzę niemal absolutną.

The steamer Ajax encountered a terrible storm on her down trip from San Francisco to the Sandwich Islands. It tore her light spars and rigging all to shreds and splinters, upset all furniture that could be upset, and spilled passengers around and knocked them hither and thither with a perfect looseness. For forty-eight hours no table could be set, and everybody had to eat as best they might under the circumstances. Most of the party went hungry, though, and attended to their praying.

Era sina de todos – o mar. Os mais desgraçados eram pescadores; os outros quase todos partiam para o Brasil. Neste conto sensível, narrado em primeira pessoa, o leitor fica sabendo como ele, o narrador, escapa desta sina marítima tão cara ao povo português.

Histórias de Alexandre é um clássico de Graciliano Ramos. Ainda que independentes, seus contos trazem personagens comuns: Cesária, Firmino, Das Dores e outros... mas principalmente seu narrador: Alexandre. Em Um papagaio falador, o narrador conta como conseguiu comprar o mais extraordinário papagaio do mundo... e como o perdeu.

O singular conto de Antonio Sardinha é ambientado na fronteira entre Espanha e Portugal, na região de Portugal, em plena Idade Média. Um verdadeiro thriller de terror, onde, em meio a uma guerra sangrenta, um padre, no Dia de Páscoa, se alegra em ver sua igreja cheia... mas quem eram aquelas pessoas? É ler e se surpreender!

Dos mais sensíveis contos da lavra de João Marques Carvalho, esta narrativa faz um recorte na vida do imigrante italiano Silvério – uma noite num café em Belém do Pará. No fluxo de pensamento que se desdobra enquanto ele observa os movimentos da madrugada que se avizinha, o protagonista revê a desgraça em que mergulhou ao casar-se com Luiza, num contraponto com sua vida pregressa tão feliz.

A quiet moment of light can change everything. In An Arrow in a Sunbeam, Sarah Orne Jewett delivers a beautifully reflective story filled with warmth, emotional insight, and the gentle rhythms of coastal New England life. Known for her graceful prose and deeply human storytelling, Jewett...

During the dread reign of the Cholera in New York, I had accepted the invitation of a relative to spend a fortnight with him in the retirement of his cottage orné on the banks of the Hudson. We had here around us all the ordinary means of summer amusement; and what with rambling in the woods, sketching, boating, fishing, bathing, music and books, we should have passed the time pleasantly enough, but for the fearful intelligence which reached us every morning from the populous city.

The Iliad by Homer is an epic poem central to ancient Greek literature, narrating the siege of Troy. It explores themes of heroism, the wrath of Achilles, the nature of fate, and the quest for glory. Homer, a semi-legendary figure, is credited with composing both "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey," foundational works of Western literature.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court is a sharp, imaginative, and humorous classic that blends time travel, medieval adventure, political satire, and social criticism. The story follows Hank Morgan, a practical nineteenth-century American...