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  Carmilla - A Classic Gothic...

  Anónimo

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  Are you ready to surrender to the shadows and feel the pulse of forbidden desire? "Carmilla" isn’t just a gothic story - it’s a hypnotic journey into the dark heart of passion, mystery, and fear. Step into the misty forests of Styria, where young Laura’s tranquil world is forever changed by the arrival of the enchanting and mysterious Carmilla. As you listen, you’ll sense the tension rise - the beauty of friendship twisting into something hauntingly deeper, the innocence of trust tainted by secrets that whisper in the night. You’ll feel every heartbeat, every shiver, every breath caught between fascination and terror. This isn’t merely an audiobook; it’s a mesmerizing experience that will awaken your imagination and stir the most hidden corners of your soul. By the time the final word fades, you won’t just know Carmilla’s story - you’ll have lived its spellbinding power, its longing, and its darkness. The night is calling… will you dare to answer?

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  Walking

  Henry David Thoreau

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  In this essay, Henry David Thoreau expounds upon the virtues of a simple walk in the wild. One of his most read lectures, this piece was originally published in 1851. 

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  The House of the Dead - Or...

  Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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  The semiautobiographical prison account of convict Aleksandr Petrovich Goryanchikov, from the author of Crime and Punishment.   Originally published in 1862, The House of the Dead is based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s own four-year imprisonment in Siberia for his involvement in the Petrashevsky Circle. This masterpiece of Russian literature begins with a nameless narrator coming upon former convict Aleksandr Petrovich Goryanchikov in a remote Siberian town. Previously a nobleman and landowner, Goryanchikov had been given a ten-year sentence of hard labor for the murder of his wife, a crime of passion sparked by jealousy. After Goryanchikov’s death, the narrator finds a handwritten record of his decade of penal servitude. From his first days in the barracks, friendless and broken in spirit, to the removal of his shackles and freedom, Goryanchikov portrays the experiences of a “lost tribe of men,” and the horrors and degradation they experienced.  “Episodic, rambling, full of keen and deliberately stretched-out character sketches, the book is the drama of a person working out how to reproduce prison life in prose: its longueurs, its diversions, its pleasures, traumas, and inurements  . . . If Dostoyevsky’s captors had found the ribald, cacophonous commonplace book he assembled out of overheard insults and tossed-off sayings during his time in prison, they would have recognized that they were dealing with a spirit not easily suppressed.” —The Paris Review  “I know no better book in all modern literature.” —Leo Tolstoy

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  The Haunted Baronet

  Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

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  "The lake does not give up its dead easily, and the House of Mardykes has a long memory."
  
  Sir Bale Mardykes is a man of iron will and a cold heart, living in the ancestral home of Mardykes Hall near the secluded village of Golden Friars. He believes he is the master of his own fate, but he is haunted by a centuries-old prophecy of doom. When he cruelly causes the death of his secretary and distant relative, Philip Feltram, Sir Bale believes he has cleared a nuisance from his path. But when Feltram returns—changed, silent, and carrying the chill of the lake—Sir Bale realizes that the dead have a way of reclaiming what is theirs. It is a slow-burn masterpiece of Gothic tension, where the environment itself seems to conspire against the living.
  
  The Environment as Antagonist: Le Fanu utilizes the "Atmospheric Gothic" to its fullest potential here. The swirling mists of the Lake District, the echoes in the mountain passes, and the bottomless depths of the lake serve as metaphors for Sir Bale's mounting paranoia. The house and the land are not just settings; they are active participants in the baronet's downfall.
  
  A Study in Psychological Ruin: Unlike many contemporary ghost stories, the horror in The Haunted Baronet is deeply internal. We watch Sir Bale's skepticism slowly erode as the supernatural elements become undeniable. The figure of the "Returned" Feltram is one of Le Fanu's most effective creations—a ghost that doesn't just haunt, but inhabits the social space of the living.
  
  The Weight of Ancestry: Le Fanu explores the idea that we are never truly free from the actions of our forefathers. Sir Bale is a victim of his own bloodline as much as his own choices. The novella builds to a tragic and inevitable climax that proves that some debts can only be paid in lifeblood.
  
  Beware the calm waters of Golden Friars. Purchase "The Haunted Baronet" today.

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  Under the lilacs

  Louisa May Alcott

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  "Under the Lilacs" is a novel written by Louisa May Alcott, first published in 1878. The story is set in a small New England town and revolves around two main characters, Ben Brown and his sister Bab, who befriend a runaway circus performer named Bab and a performing dog named Sancho. The narrative explores themes of friendship, imagination, and the innocence of childhood.

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  The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn

  Mark Twain

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  Nowadays The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is the most famous and popular novel by an American writer Mark Twain (his real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens).
  Huckleberry Finn is a teenager who runs away from his alcoholic father that was constantly beating him. On the way, an escaped black slave Jim, whose master was going to sell him to more cruel owners, joins him. Huck and Jim sail down the Mississippi River to Cairo in Illinois where slavery is abolished.
  The book is famous for its picturesque descriptions of people and towns along the Mississippi River. The actions happen before the Civil War in the south society that disappeared approximately 20 years before the publication of the novel. It is full of a satire on ingrained prejudices, racism in particular.

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