The Well of Loneliness
By: Radclyffe Hall
Narrated by: Sophie Ward
Length: 19 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
I have put my pen at the service of some of the most persecuted and misunderstood people in the world… So far as I know nothing of the kind has ever been attempted before in fiction. —Radclyffe Hall Originally published in 1928, The Well of Loneliness follows the life of Stephen Gordon, a girl born to parents who wished for a boy in late... Read more
View audiobookIn a German Pension
By: Katherine Mansfield
Narrated by: Susannah Fullerton, Lisa Giles, Erin White, Nao...
Length: 3 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
In a German Pension (1911) was Katherine Mansfield’s first published collection of short stories. Many of these works had been previously published in the British weekly magazine, The New Age, which also featured work by figures including G. K. Chesterton, H. G. Wells, and George Bernard Shaw. The word “pension" in the title refers to a European... Read more
View audiobookJane Eyre - Abridged
By: Charlotte Brontë
Narrated by: Robin Siegerman, Blaise Doran, Graham Scott, Ma...
Length: 21 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: Yes
First published in 1847, Jane Eyre was the most popular of the novels composed by the Brontë sisters. The narrative bristles with energy and passionate conviction, and was the first English-language novel written from the perspective of a child.Jane is an orphan, raised in the household of an unsympathetic aunt, who shows great favor to her own... Read more
View audiobookMansfield Park and Lovers’ Vows - Abridged
By: Jane Austen & August Kotzebue
Narrated by: a full cast, Sarah Jane Rose, Graham Scott, Den...
Length: 18 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: Yes
The unlikely heroine of this novel is the bashful and unadventurous Fanny Price, who occupies a Cinderella-like position in the residence of her wealthy cousins, the Bertrams, at Mansfield Park. Fanny is the butt of ridicule for the young Bertram sisters (Maria and Julia), and is relentlessly bullied by her manipulative and penny-pinching aunt,... Read more
View audiobookWeiße Nächte
By: Fjodor Dostojewskij
Narrated by: Matthias Grundig
Length: 2 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
Tief bewegende Begegnung. Lesung mit musikalischem Feature. Weiße Nächte. Roman von FJODOR M. DOSTOJEWSKI. Die verlassenen Uferpromenaden der Petersburger Kanäle sind Schauplatz der Begegnung mit einer jungen Frau. Vier helle Frühlingsnächte lang trifft er sich mit Nastjenka, die bei ihm, dem Träumer, Trost sucht, weil sie sich von ihrem... Read more
View audiobookSchloß Kostenitz
By: Ferdinand von Saar
Narrated by: Anna Barbara Kurek
Length: 2 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
Sensibles Zeitkolorit. Lesung mit musikalischem Feature. Schloß Kostenitz. Novelle von FERDINAND VON SAAR. 1849 zieht sich der liberale Freiherr von Günthersheim aus der Politik zurück und läßt sich mit seiner jungen Frau Klothilde im Schloß Kostenitz nieder. Das Paar steht beispielhaft für die gesellschaftlichen Gegensätzlichkeiten seiner... Read more
View audiobookAus dem Leben eines Taugenichts
By: Joseph von Eichendorff
Narrated by: Florian Stetter
Length: 3 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
Die Leichtigkeit des Seins. Lesung mit musikalischem Feature. Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts. Novelle von JOSEPH VON EICHENDORFF. Die märchenhafte Geschichte von der ›Leichtigkeit des Seins‹ erzählt von einfältiger und unbekümmerter Jugend, von den Lockungen und Enttäuschungen der schönen Ferne, vom Reiz des Zufälligen, von Liebe und... Read more
View audiobookDavid Copperfield
By: Charles Dickens
Narrated by: Will Watt
Length: 34 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
"""Alone among his contemporaries, Charles Dickens seems to possess that instinctive sympthaty with whatever is human and humane which is the fundamental condition of genial and varied characterization. … in individualities which make us in love with our kind, he is unapproached."" —The Atlantic Monthly, May 1867 The Personal History,... Read more
View audiobookBliss and Other Stories
By: Katherine Mansfield
Narrated by: Naomi Barton, Sarah Bacaller, Kylie Elliott, Li...
Length: 7 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
This collection of short stories, by celebrated New Zealand writer Katherine Mansfield, was first published in 1920. Many of Mansfield’s short stories explore New Zealand landscapes and identity, and her work has been a shaping force in the short story genre.CONTENTS:Prelude - Je ne Parle pas Français - Bliss - The Wind Blows - Psychology -... Read more
View audiobookDie Marquise von O...
By: Heinrich von Kleist
Narrated by: Jan Terstiege
Length: 1 hour 56 minutes
Abridged: No
In Heinrich von Kleists bewegender Novelle 'Die Marquise von O...' wird der Prozess der Emanzipation der gleichnamigen Marquise auf faszinierende Weise dargestellt. Als sie unerwartet schwanger wird und sich in einer Gesellschaft befindet, die von strengen moralischen Normen und patriarchalischen Strukturen geprägt ist, wird die Marquise... Read more
View audiobookВонгозеро
By: Яна Вагнер
Narrated by: Юлия Яблонская
Length: 13 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
Яна Вагнер "Вонгозеро" - антиутопия, роман-катастрофа, роуд-стори, постмодернистский триллер. Застигнутая врасплох эпидемией смертельного вируса, небольшая группа москвичей пытается спастись в Карелии, на маленьком замерзшем озере посреди тайги возле самой финской границы. Восемь взрослых и трое детей, четыре автомобиля, доверху загруженных... Read more
View audiobookLos Hermanos Karamazov
By: Fiodor Dostoyevski
Narrated by: Rodrigo Martinez
Length: 33 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
"Los hermanos Karamazov" de Fiodor Dostoyevski es una obra maestra que profundiza en temas como la fe, la duda, el libre albedrío y la naturaleza del mal, a través de la compleja relación entre los miembros de la familia Karamazov en la Rusia del siglo XIX. Dostoyevski, uno de los más grandes escritores de la literatura universal, utiliza esta... Read more
View audiobookThe Write Stuff
By: James Walton
Narrated by: James Walton, Sebastian Faulks, Stephen Fry, Si...
Length: 18 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
Highlights from the light-hearted literary quiz chaired by James WaltonThe Write Stuff is the book-based panel show that takes a witty and whimsical look at well-known authors and their work. Host James Walton challenges the erudite contestants with tricky literary teasers, which they endeavour to answer using a combination of knowledge and... Read more
View audiobookОдноэтажная Америка
By: Илья Ильф & Евгений Петров
Narrated by: Алексей Багдасаров, Анатолий Белый & Арина Мара...
Length: 17 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
Одноэтажная Америка (в исполнении Алексея Багдасарова) От авторов культовых книг "Золой теленок" и "12 стульев"! Книга, которая вдохновила Владимира Познера и Ивана Урганта (и еще тысячи их последователей) на поездку в Америку "по следам Ильфа и Петрова". За три с половиной месяца авторы и их удивительные попутчики, мистер и миссис Адамс,... Read more
View audiobookDie Glücksritter
By: Joseph von Eichendorff
Narrated by: Nikolaus Benda
Length: 1 hour 42 minutes
Abridged: No
Abenteuer zweier Hochstapler. Lesung mit musikalischem Feature. Die Glücksritter. Novelle von JOSEPH VON EICHENDORFF. Es ist gerade das Ende des 30jährigen Krieges. Suppius und Klarinett - ein verbummelter Student und ein wandernder Musiker - erreichen nach wechselnden Abenteuern in spektakulärer Art und Weise ein verwahrlostes Schloß, wo sie... Read more
View audiobookLeón Tolstói
By: León Tolstói
Narrated by: Max Garzón
Length: 12 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
Gratis por lanzamiento!-En español neutro, narrado por un humano-contiene:
La muerte de Iván Ilich
El diablo
Felicidad conyugal
El café de Surat
De lo que vive el hombre
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Waltz Through Eternity
By: Margaret Teegarden
Narrated by: Skye Alley
Length: 5 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
Sit back and relax. Let your mind slip right into the characters of the pages that follow. When you completely drift into the lives of the characters you'll experience frustration, anger, hurt and despair and soon you'll feel pain and agony that lasts for all eternity. This type of suffering can only be relieved by truth and everlasting love. Read more
View audiobookUnto a Good Land
By: Vilhelm Moberg
Narrated by: Ann Marie Arvdal Richardson
Length: 17 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
Considered one of Sweden's greatest twentieth-century writers, Vilhelm Moberg created the characters Karl Oskar and Kristina Nilsson to portray the joys and tragedies of daily life for early Swedish immigrants in America. His consistently faithful depiction of these humble people's lives is a major strength of the Emigrant Novels.
Moberg's... Read more
The Sheltering Sky
By: Paul Bowles
Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
Length: 10 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
Audio edition of the landmark of 20th Century literature, by acclaimed author Paul BowlesIn this classic work of psychological terror, Paul Bowles examines the ways in which Americans apprehend an alien culture--and the ways in which their incomprehension destroys them. The story of three American travelers adrift in the cities and deserts of... Read more
View audiobookThe Dove's Nest and Other Stories
By: Katherine Mansfield
Narrated by: Susannah Fullerton, Lisa Giles, Erin Marie Whit...
Length: 5 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
The Dove’s Nest and Other Stories is a collection of both finished and unfinished short stories written by Katherine Mansfield. The collection was published posthumously, not long after Mansfield’s death in 1923, by her husband, John Middleton Murry.CONTENTS:Introductory Note - The Doll’s House - Honeymoon - A Cup of Tea - Taking the Veil - The... Read more
View audiobookKleider machen Leute
By: Gottfried Keller
Narrated by: Ernst-Marcus Thomas
Length: 1 hour 39 minutes
Abridged: No
Zeitlose Gesellschaftsparabel Lesung mit musikalischem Feature. Kleider machen Leute. Novelle von Gottfried Keller. Das zeitlose Thema ›Kleider machen Leute‹ in einer amüsanten Geschichte über den Seldwyler Schneidergesellen Wenzel Strapinski, der mit keinerlei Habe als seiner vornehmen Garderobe im Städtchen Goldach eintrifft und ohne... Read more
View audiobookLaughter in Ancient Rome
By: Mary Beard
Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
Length: 11 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
What made the Romans laugh? Was ancient Rome a carnival, filled with practical jokes and hearty chuckles? Or was it a carefully regulated culture in which the uncontrollable excess of laughter was a force to fear—a world of wit, irony, and knowing smiles? How did Romans make sense of laughter? What role did it play in the world of the law... Read more
View audiobookCarmilla
By: sheridan le fanu
Narrated by: Max Garzón
Length: 4 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
Gratis por lanzamiento!-En español neutro, narración humana-La protagonista, Laura, narra cómo su vida pasa de plácida y tranquila a desconcertante y espantosa cuando aparece Carmilla, una joven hermosa y enigmática. Laura es una joven que vive con su padre y unos criados en un antiguo castillo en las lejanías de Estiria (Austria). A menudo,... Read more
View audiobookDas Marmorbild
By: Joseph von Eichendorff
Narrated by: Ernst-Marcus Thomas
Length: 1 hour 39 minutes
Abridged: No
Mystische Begegnung. Lesung mit musikalischem Feature. Das Marmorbild. Novelle von JOSEPH VON EICHENDORFF. Der junge Florio lernt auf einer Italienreise den Sänger Fortunato kennen. Sie gelangen zusammen nach Lucca, wo Florio eine Neigung zu der naiven Bianca faßt. Jedoch begegnet er nachts umherstreifend einem Marmorbild, das ihm wie eine... Read more
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