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Edith Wharton – The Descent of Man and other Stories – Audiobook

03-mar-13
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This collection of ten stories, first published in 1904, shows Edith Wharton dissecting some of the customs, habits and vagaries of courtship and marriage, particularly as practiced in the upper reaches of New York society at the turn of the twentieth century (two stories, however, are set in Italy). Fidelity is only one problem; others [...]

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Edgar Allan Poe – Six Creepy Tales – Audiobook – MP3 – Ogg

04-feb-13
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Edgar Allan Poe has the ability to manipulate language so well that he could engage my imagination and get me terrified even though little was ‘done’ in the sense of horrible actions described. My imagination, under the power of his creepy words, conjured the atmosphere and did the rest by itself. In this recording I’ve [...]

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Victor Hugo – Les Misérables – MP3 – Audiobook

06-dic-12
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C’est un roman historique, social et philosophique dans lequel on retrouve les idéaux du romantisme et ceux de Victor Hugo concernant la nature humaine. L’auteur lui-même accorde une grande importance à ce roman et écrit en mars 1862, à son éditeur Lacroix : « Ma conviction est que ce livre sera un des principaux sommets, [...]

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Charles Dickens – Little Dorrit – MP3 – Audiobook

06-dic-12
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Little Dorrit, one of the three great novels of Charles Dickens’ last period, was produced in monthly installments from 1855 to 1857, and is considered one of his most profound. Dickens’ father spent three months in Marshalsea Prison for debt, which made a lasting impact on his life. This story centers around life in Marshalsea [...]

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Sabine Baring-Gould – Couriosities of Old Times – MP3 – Audiobook

06-dic-12
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This book is a collection of 17 gems of random knowledge, such as what women are made of and the philosopher’s stone, written in Baring-Gould’s own style. (Summary by Carolin) Total running time: 8:35:38 In addition to the readers, this audio book was produced by: Book Coordinator: Carolin Kaiser Dedicated Proof-Listener: jborden5 Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: Carolin & [...]

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John Clare – November

06-dic-12
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LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 recordings of November by John Clare. This was the Weekly Poetry project for November 18, 2012 John Clare was an English poet, the son of a farm labourer, who came to be known for his celebratory representations of the English countryside and his lamentation of its disruption. His poetry underwent [...]

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Anonymous – The Christmas Tree – Audiobook – MP3 – Librivox

01-dic-12
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LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of The Christmas Tree by Anonymous. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 19, 2010 This poem taken from Christmas Entertainments by Alice Maude Kellogg (ed), containing fancy drills, acrostics, motion songs, tableaux, short plays, recitations in costume for children of five to fifteen years. (from book introduction) [...]

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Vicente Espinel – Vida del escudero Marcos de Obregón – Audiobook – MP3 – OGG

14-nov-12
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Las «Relaciones de la vida del escudero Marcos de Obregón» (1618) son una novela picaresca, provista de muchos elementos autobiográficos, narración más ágil que la de Mateo Alemán y, si bien no prescinde de moralizar, lo hace de forma que no enfada ni empalaga como la del sevillano. El mismo año de su publicación se [...]

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Oscar Wilde – The House of Pomegranades – Audiobook

26-ago-12
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A House of Pomegranates (1891) is a collection of fairy tales, written by Oscar Wilde, that was published as a second collection for The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888). Wilde once said that this collection was “intended neither for the British child nor the British public.” Gutenberg e-text Wikipedia – Oscar Wilde Wikipedia – [...]

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Frances Hodgson Burnett – Racketty-Packetty House and other stories – MP3 – OGG – Audiobook – Librivox

29-lug-12
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This is a collection of short stories and fairy tales by Frances Hodgson Burnett, the author of The Secret Garden and A little Princess. (Summary by Elli) Wikipedia – Frances Hodgson Burnett LibriVox’s Racketty-Packetty House and other stories Internet Archive page Zip file of the entire book 147.2MB RSS feed · Subscribe in iTunes Total [...]

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