Publisher: Charles River Editors
M.E. Braddon was a popular British writer during the Victorian Era. Among Braddon’s best known novels are Lady Audley’s Secret and Aurora Floyd. This edition of Henry Dunbar includes a table of contents.
The Time Machine is the fascinating oral diary of the Time Traveler—the first man to journey beyond the conventional limits of time. As the first of H.G. Wells’ visionary novels, it created the science fiction genre by giving us a tantalizing glimpse at the future. When the Time Traveler crash-lands in the year 802,701, he is surrounded by lush landscapes and a small, gentle people named Eloi. Amazed by their apparent bliss, he wishes to bring their secrets back to his troubled time. As the sun sets, however, all harmony is shattered when the time machine disappears and the fearsome Morlocks stalk the cowering Eloi. Masterfully narrated by Simon Prebble, this astonishing odyssey into the distant future will thrill young and adult listeners alike. H.G. Wells is the author of many timeless and unforgettable science fiction classics, including The Invisible Man, i.The Island of Dr. Moreau and The War of the Worlds.Show book
Here are four delightful short stories written by the famous author specifically for girls. As she says in the tiny preface "These stories were written for my own amusement during a period of enforced seclusion. The flowers which were my solace and pleasure suggested titles for the tales and gave an interest to the work. If my girls find a little beauty or sunshine in these common blossoms, their old friend will not have made her Garland in vain. L.M. ALCOTT." The stories are An Ivy Spray & Ladies Slippers; Pansies; Water-Lilies and Mountain-Laurel & Maiden-Hair. They are all between 40 minutes and 55 minutes finished audio so they are not short but all four are typical stories from the talented pen of Miss Alcott.Show book
Francis Marion Crawford (1854-1909) was an American writer, born in Italy and educated in the USA. He also studied at the universities of Cambridge and Heidelberg. He was a prolific writer in many fields but it was his novels that were most popular, commanding a large following. His stories of the macabre and supernatural are very highly regarded. Roy Macready reads five of them from Uncanny Tales:The Dead SmileThe Screaming SkullMan Overboard!For the Blood is the LifeThe Doll's GhostPublic Domain (P)2016 Spiders' House Audio/Roy MacreadyShow book
"Под знаком незаконнорожденных» ("Bend Sinister», 1947) — второй
англоязычный роман Владимира Набокова и первый роман, написанный им в
Америке.
Действие романа разворачивается в некоем полицейском государстве, где
правит партия "эквилистов» ("уравнителей») во главе с диктатором
Падуком. В центре повествования всемирно известный философ Адам Круг,
бывший одноклассник Падука, издевавшийся над ним в детстве. Пытаясь
добиться от Круга публичной поддержки своей власти, Падук одного за
другим арестовывает всех его друзей и знакомых, однако сломить философа
удается, лишь разлучив его с маленьким сыном Давидом.
По словам Набокова, "рассказ... ведется не о жизни и смерти в гротескном
полицейском государстве. Главной темой... является...
биение любящего сердца Круга, мука напряженной нежности, терзающая его, —
и именно ради страниц, посвященных Давиду и его отцу, была написана эта
книга, ради них и стоит ее прочитать».
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This Audiobook contains the following works :1. 1984 by George Orwell Start at Chapters 12. Animal Farm by George OrwellSt art at Chapters 263. The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason Start at Chapters 364. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain Start at Chapters 555. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens Start at Chapters 1006. Persuasion by Jane Austen Start at Chapters 1537. The Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft Start at Chapters 1778. The Law of Success by Napoleon Hill Start at Chapters 1809. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Start at Chapters 21110. The Professor by Charlotte Brontë Start at Chapters 232Show book
The second of Shakespeare's tetralogy that deals with the successive reigns of Richard II, Henry IV, and Henry V. Henry IV, Part One depicts a span of history that begins with Hotspur's battle at Homildon against the Douglas late in 1402 and ends with the defeat of the rebels at Shrewsbury in the middle of 1403. From the start it has been an extremely popular play both with the public and the critics and this full cast performance is by The Marlowe Society.Show book
