Begleiten Sie uns auf eine literarische Weltreise!

Jetzt das ganze Buch im Abo oder die ersten Seiten gratis lesen!

Ich möchte das Buch lesen!

All characters reduced

The Mayor of Casterbridge - cover

The Mayor of Casterbridge

Thomas Hardy

Verlag: Classic eBooks

0
0
0

Beschreibung

"The Mayor of Casterbridge" is a tragic novel by British author Thomas Hardy. It is set in a fictional rustic England.
At a country fair near Casterbridge, Wessex, a young hay-trusser named Michael Henchard overindulges in rum-laced furmity and quarrels with his wife, Susan. Spurred by alcohol, he decides to auction off his wife and baby daughter, Elizabeth-Jane, to a sailor, Mr. Newson, for five guineas. Once sober the next day, he is too late to recover his family, particularly since his reluctance to reveal his own bad conduct keeps him from conducting an effective search. When he realizes that his wife and daughter are gone, probably for good, he swears not to touch liquor again for as many years as he has lived so far.
Nineteen years later, Henchard, now a successful grain merchant, is the eponymous Mayor of Casterbridge, known for his staunch sobriety. He is well respected for his financial acumen and his work ethic, but he is not well liked. Impulsive, selfish behavior and a violent temper are still part of his character, as are dishonesty and secretive activity.

Verfügbar seit: 04.09.2012.

Weitere Bücher, die Sie mögen werden

Fairy Tales for Adults Volume 13 - cover

Fairy Tales for Adults Volume 13

Edith Nesbit, Ivan Turgenev

0
0
0

This selection of tales offers a fascinating peek into the hidden realm of cats, unraveling their unique ways of life and the profound teachings cat mothers impart to their kittens. Humorous tales, narrated through the eyes of these animals, shed light on both human and feline behaviors. The latter part introduces a mysterious countryman dwelling in the deep forest, conversing with birds in their language. As we accompany him on a meditative journey, insights into animal life, nature, and encounters with Gamayune, a prophetic bird from Russian folklore, unfold, creating a rich tapestry of enchanting stories. Read in English, unabridged.

The Avalanche - cover

The Avalanche

Gertrude Atherton

0
0
0

Price Ruyler has been sent to San Francisco from New York to salvage the family business after the 1906 earthquake. His success makes him one of the city's most eligible bachelors but he resists the machinations of the local girls (and their mothers). Then he meets the beautiful and captivating Helene. He proposes within a week. Into the fourth year of their marriage, he realizes something has changed. He still loves his wife and he believes she loves him but he begins to wonder about her mysterious past and questions whether family secrets were buried in the rubble left by the earthquake.

Daddy-Long-Legs - cover

Daddy-Long-Legs

Jean Webster

0
0
0

Jerusha Judy Abbott's life is drastically changed one day when a mysterious and rich benefactor scoops her up from an orphanage—the only home she has ever known—and offers to pay her way through college. Her benefactor has many requests, the two most important being that she uses this opportunity to become a writer, and that she writes him monthly to update him on her studies. To maintain his air of mystery, he never responds, and requests that Judy only refer to him as Mr. John Smith. Unhappy about this indifferent title, Judy decides to refer to him as Daddy-Long-Legs due to her only knowing that he is quite tall. Chronicling her four years of college, many friendships, embarrassing stories, and quite-funny musings, Judy finds more than an education in her correspondence with Daddy-Long-Legs.

Three Musketeers The - D'Artagnan Series Vol 1 (Unabridged) - cover

Three Musketeers The -...

Alexandre Dumas

0
0
0

The Three Musketeers is a historical adventure novel written in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. Situated between 1625 and 1628, it recounts the adventures of a young man named d'Artagnan (based on Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan) after he leaves home to travel to Paris, to join the Musketeers of the Guard. Although d'Artagnan is not able to join this elite corps immediately, he befriends the three most formidable musketeers of the age - Athos, Porthos and Aramis, "the three inseparables", as these are called - and gets involved in affairs of the state and court.In genre, The Three Musketeers is primarily a historical and adventure novel. However, Dumas also frequently works into the plot various injustices, abuses, and absurdities of the old regime, giving the novel an additional political aspect at a time when the debate in France between republicans and monarchists was still fierce. The story was first serialised from March to July 1844, during the July Monarchy, four years before the French Revolution of 1848 violently established the Second Republic.

Romeo and Juliet - cover

Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare

0
0
0

The most iconic love story of all time, Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” is an epic-scale tragedy of desire and revenge. Despite the bitter rivalry that exists between their families, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet have fallen madly in love. But when the long-running rivalry boils over into murder, the young couple must embark on a dangerous and deadly mission to preserve their love at any cost.

Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood, in January 2012.

Lead funding for this production is provided by The Sidney E. Frank Foundation

Adapted for Radio and Directed by: Martin Jarvis
Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg
An L.A. Theatre Works Full-Cast Performance Featuring:
Janine Barris as Young Lady, Boy Page to Paris, and others
Richard Chamberlain as Prince Escalus
Henry Clarke as Paris and others
Logan Fahey as Tybalt and Balthasar
Calista Flockhart as Juliet
Nicholas Hormann as Lord Capulet
Lily Knight as Lady Capulet
Alan Mandell as Friar Laurence
Alfred Molina as Chorus
Darren Richardson as Sampson and Peter
Alan Shearman as Lord Montague and others
André Sogliuzzo as Gregory and others
Josh Stamberg as Mercutio
Mark J. Sullivan as Benvolio and others
Julie White as Nurse
Matthew Wolf as Romeo
Sarah Zimmerman as Lady Montague and others

Associate Producer: Christina Montaño
Recording Engineer/Sound Designer/Mixer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood
Original Music by: Mark Holden and Michael Lopez
Sound Effects Artist: Tony Palermo
Music Supervisor: Scott Willis
Editor: Wes Dewberry

The Secret Garden (Legend Classics) - cover

The Secret Garden (Legend Classics)

Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett

0
0
0

“At first people refuse to believe that a strange new thing can be done, then they begin to hope it can be done, then they see it can be done--then it is done and all the world wonders why it was not done centuries ago.” 
After her parents’ death, sickly ten-year-old Mary Lennox is sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle. Everyone sees her as a selfish and rude child, but she’s also terribly lonely. She dislikes her new home, but one day she finds the key to a locked and neglected garden.  
Mary decides to bring the garden back to life and finds one of the most magical places anyone could imagine. 
The Legend Classics series:Around the World in Eighty DaysThe Adventures of Huckleberry FinnThe Importance of Being EarnestAlice's Adventures in WonderlandThe MetamorphosisThe Railway ChildrenThe Hound of the BaskervillesFrankensteinWuthering HeightsThree Men in a BoatThe Time MachineLittle WomenAnne of Green GablesThe Jungle BookThe Yellow Wallpaper and Other StoriesDraculaA Study in ScarletLeaves of GrassThe Secret GardenThe War of the WorldsA Christmas CarolStrange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr HydeHeart of DarknessThe Scarlet LetterThis Side of ParadiseOliver TwistThe Picture of Dorian GrayTreasure IslandThe Turn of the ScrewThe Adventures of Tom SawyerEmmaThe TrialA Selection of Short Stories by Edgar Allan PoeGrimm Fairy TalesThe AwakeningMrs DallowayGulliver’s TravelsThe Castle of OtrantoSilas MarnerHard Times