Frau Trude - Märchenstunde, Folge 163 (Ungekürzt)
By: Brüder Grimm
Narrated by: Viola Gabor
Length: 27 minutes
Abridged: No
Ein kleines Mädchen besucht verbotenerweise Frau Trude, erzählt ihr bang, wie es einen schwarzen, einen grünen und einen roten Mann bei ihr sah. Frau Trude tut alles als Köhler, Jäger und Metzger ab. Als es sagt, dass es Frau Trude als Teufel gesehen hat, gibt sich die Hexe zu erkennen, verwandelt das Kind in Holz, wirft es ins Feuer und wärmt... Read more
View audiobookThe Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes (Unabridged)
By: H. G. Wells
Narrated by: Stewart Crank
Length: 27 minutes
Abridged: No
The transitory mental aberration of Sidney Davidson, remarkable enough in itself, is still more remarkable if Wade's explanation is to be credited. It sets one dreaming of the oddest possibilities of intercommunication in the future, of spending an intercalary five minutes on the other side of the world, or being watched in our most secret... Read more
View audiobookWar and Peace - Book 9: 1812 (Unabridged)
By: Leo Tolstoy
Narrated by: Peter Silverleaf
Length: 4 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
War and Peace is a literary work mixed with chapters on history and philosophy by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy. It was first published serially, then published in its entirety in 1869. It is regarded as one of Tolstoy's finest literary achievements and remains an internationally praised classic of world literature. Book 9: 1812: From the close... Read more
View audiobookEveline (Unabridged)
By: James Joyce
Narrated by: Peter Silverleaf
Length: 11 minutes
Abridged: No
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 - 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, short story writer, poet and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of the 20th century. EVELINE: She sat at the window watching the evening invade the... Read more
View audiobookThe Little Peasant - Story Time, Episode 39 (Unabridged)
By: Brothers Grimm
Narrated by: Robin Nixon
Length: 11 minutes
Abridged: No
A poor peasant and his wife did not even have a cow. They had a woodworker make them a calf of wood and brought it to the pasture. When the cowherd returned without it, they found it had been stolen and took him to court for his carelessness, and the judge made him give them a cow. Read more
View audiobookFrau Holle - Märchenstunde, Folge 162 (Ungekürzt)
By: Brüder Grimm
Narrated by: Viola Gabor
Length: 33 minutes
Abridged: No
Eine Witwe mag ihre hässliche, faule Tochter sehr, aber nicht ihre schöne, fleißige Stieftochter. Die muss am Brunnen sitzen und spinnen, bis ihre Finger blutig sind, während die andere nichts tuend zu Hause sitzt. Beim Säubern fällt ihr die blutige Spule in den Brunnen hinein. Die Stiefmutter will, dass die Stieftochter sie wieder holt, diese... Read more
View audiobookFitchers Vogel - Märchenstunde, Folge 161 (Ungekürzt)
By: Brüder Grimm
Narrated by: Viola Gabor
Length: 34 minutes
Abridged: No
Das Märchen beschreibt, wie nacheinander die drei schönen Töchter eines Mannes durch einen arglistigen Zauberer entführt werden. Jedes der Mädchen bekommt, als der Hexenmeister sein Haus eines Tages verlassen muss, einen Schlüssel und ein Ei zur Aufbewahrung ausgehändigt mit der Auflage, das Ei zu hüten und den Schlüssel, der zu einer Kammer... Read more
View audiobookA Moth - Genus Novo (Unabridged)
By: H. G. Wells
Narrated by: Stewart Crank
Length: 28 minutes
Abridged: No
An 1895 short story from H. G. Wells in which an entomologist is haunted by the ghost of his rival; a ghost that takes the form of a unique and uncatchable moth. Read more
View audiobookWar and Peace - Book 8: 1811-12 (Unabridged)
By: Leo Tolstoy
Narrated by: Peter Silverleaf
Length: 3 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
War and Peace is a literary work mixed with chapters on history and philosophy by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy. It was first published serially, then published in its entirety in 1869. It is regarded as one of Tolstoy's finest literary achievements and remains an internationally praised classic of world literature. Book 8: 1811-12: After... Read more
View audiobookThe White Man's Way (Unabridged)
By: Jack London
Narrated by: Carl Mason
Length: 33 minutes
Abridged: No
Jack London (born John Griffith Chaney, January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916) was an American author, journalist, and social activist. He was a pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction and was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone. THE WHITE MAN'S WAY:... Read more
View audiobookThe King of the Golden Mountain - Story Time, Episode 38 (Unabridged)
By: Brothers Grimm
Narrated by: Robin Nixon
Length: 13 minutes
Abridged: No
The King of the Golden Mountain: a evil stepmother kills her stepson and makes her daughter think that she killed him. The stepmother than cooks him for dinner for the rest of the family. Her daughter finds her stepbrother's bones and puts them underneath the juniper tree. Read more
View audiobookAnne of Windy Poplars (Unabridged)
By: L. M. Montgomery
Narrated by: Maria Cusick
Length: 10 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
Anne Shirley has left Redmond College behind to begin a new job and a new chapter of her life away from Green Gables. Now she faces a new challenge: the Pringles. They're known as the royal family of Summerside--and they quickly let Anne know she is not the person they had wanted as principal of Summerside High School. But as she settles into... Read more
View audiobookCounterparts (Unabridged)
By: James Joyce
Narrated by: Peter Silverleaf
Length: 25 minutes
Abridged: No
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 - 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, short story writer, poet and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of the 20th century. COUNTERPARTS: The bell rang furiously and, when Miss Parker went to... Read more
View audiobookSymzonia - A Voyage of Discovery (Unabridged)
By: Nathaniel Ames
Narrated by: Robin Nixon
Length: 4 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
Symzonia: A Voyage of Discovery is a piece of fictional travel literature published on November 2, 1820, by Jonathan Seymour. It was written under the pseudonym Captain Adam Seaborn and its true authorship is uncertain, although stylometric analysis performed by Paul Collins suggests that the author was Nathaniel Ames. The book is premised on... Read more
View audiobookAgnes Grey (Unabridged)
By: Anne Bronte
Narrated by: Maria Cusick
Length: 7 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
Agnes Grey is the daughter of Mr. Grey, a minister of modest means, and Mrs. Grey, a woman who left her wealthy family and married purely out of love. Mr. Grey tries to increase the family's financial standing, but the merchant he entrusts his money to dies in a wreck, and the lost investment plunges the family into debt. Agnes, her sister Mary,... Read more
View audiobookThe Lifted Veil (Unabridged)
By: George Eliot
Narrated by: Mark Young
Length: 1 hour 49 minutes
Abridged: No
The tale of a man who is incapacitated by visions of the future and the cacophony of overheard thoughts, and yet who can't help trying to subvert his vividly glimpsed destiny, it is easy to read The Lifted Veil as being autobiographically revealing of Eliot's sensitivity to public opinion and her awareness that her days concealed behind a... Read more
View audiobookThe Unexpected (Unabridged)
By: Jack London
Narrated by: Carl Mason
Length: 51 minutes
Abridged: No
Jack London (born John Griffith Chaney, January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916) was an American author, journalist, and social activist. He was a pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction and was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone. THE UNEXPECTED: It... Read more
View audiobookOur Mutual Friend (Unabridged)
By: Charles Dickens
Narrated by: Peter Silverleaf
Length: 33 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
Our Mutual Friend, written in 1864-1865, is the last novel completed by Charles Dickens and is one of his most sophisticated works, combining savage satire with social analysis. It centres on, in the words of critic J. Hillis Miller, quoting from the character Bella Wilfer in the book, "money, money, money, and what money can make of life". Most... Read more
View audiobookClay (Unabridged)
By: James Joyce
Narrated by: Peter Silverleaf
Length: 15 minutes
Abridged: No
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 - 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, short story writer, poet and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of the 20th century. CLAY: The matron had given her leave to go out as soon as the... Read more
View audiobookGoena goena
By: P.A. Daum
Narrated by: Lonneke Scholten
Length: 7 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
Een weduwe gebruikt magie om een man aan haar voeten te krijgenDe laatste jaren van de 19de eeuw, Nederlands-Indië. De half-Indische weduwe Den Ekster heeft haar zinnen gezet op een man. Een getrouwde man. Om hem voor zich te winnen neemt ze haar toevlucht tot "de stille kracht", oftewel magie. P.A. Daum vertelt de intrige met zijn typische,... Read more
View audiobookHansel & Gretel and Other Stories
By: The Brothers Grimm
Narrated by: Chris Coxon
Length: 46 minutes
Abridged: No
This charming collection of Grimms' Fairy Tales includes "Hansel & Gretel", "The Mouse, the Bird & the Sausage", "The Golden Bird", "Old Sultan" and "The Straw, the Coal & the Bean". Grimms' Fairy Tales was first published in Germany in 1812 as "Kinder und Hausmärchen". This series of recordings is based on the original 1823 English... Read more
View audiobookEinäuglein, Zweiäuglein und Dreiäuglein - Märchenstunde, Folge 160 (Ungekürzt)
By: Brüder Grimm
Narrated by: Viola Gabor
Length: 43 minutes
Abridged: No
Eine Frau hat drei Töchter: Einäuglein hat nur ein Auge, Zweiäuglein zwei, und Dreiäuglein hat drei Augen. Zweiäuglein wird von den anderen schlecht behandelt, weil es aussieht wie andere Menschen. Als es einmal beim Hüten der Ziege hungrig auf einem Hain sitzt und weint, erscheint ihr eine weise Frau, die ihr verrät, wie es zur Ziege einen... Read more
View audiobookDie Geschichte vom Amulett (Ungekürzt)
By: E. Nesbit & Jörg Karau
Narrated by: Gerald Sigmund
Length: 7 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
Die Geschichte des Amuletts ist ein Roman für Kinder, der 1906 von der englischen Autorin Edith Nesbit geschrieben wurde. Es ist der letzte Teil einer Trilogie von Romanen, zu der auch Five Children and It (1902) und The Phoenix and the Carpet (1904) gehören.Darin begegnen die Kinder wieder dem Psammead - dem "Es" in Fünf Kinder und Es. Da es... Read more
View audiobookThe Juniper-Tree - Story Time, Episode 37 (Unabridged)
By: Brothers Grimm
Narrated by: Robin Nixon
Length: 17 minutes
Abridged: No
A wealthy and pious couple pray every day for God to grant them a child. One winter, under the juniper tree in the courtyard, the wife peels an apple. She cuts her finger and drops of blood fall onto the snow. This leads her to wish for a child to be as white as snow and as red as blood. Six months later, the wife becomes gravely ill from eating... Read more
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