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American writer Samuel Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain, has given us some literary gems with Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn and his travel adventures in 19th-century Europe and to Australia and New Zealand. In How to Tell a Story and Other Essays, Twain discusses the telling of stories, rather than providing more stories. Humor, Twain says, is American while comic is English and witty is French. He follows this typically brilliant essay with examples of storytelling and some intriguing experiences of "mental telegraphy".
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One of America's most renowned storytellers, Mark Twain was not stingy with sharing his techniques. In the audiobook How to Tell a Story and Other Essays, Twain delves primarily into how to tell humorous (as opposed to comic or witty) stories, that most difficult of narrative genres.
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- De: Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Jull Costa Margaret - translator, Robin Patterson - translator
- Narrado por: Ramon De Ocampo
- Duración: 8 h y 45 m
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Machado de Assis’ classic novel, the precursor of Latin American fiction, is finally rendered as a stunningly relevant work for 21st-century audiences. In eloquent, contemporary prose, Costa and Patterson breathe new life into the dynamic character of Brás Cubas and reveal the vivid, tempestuous Rio de Janeiro of his time. The recently deceased Cubas narrates his life story, admitting glibly: “I am not so much a writer who has died, as a dead man who has decided to write.”
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5 out of 5 stars
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Incredible story from an incredible author
- De Anonymous User en 01-01-21
De: Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, y otros
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The Way of All Flesh
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This brilliant satirical novel, tracing the life and loves of Ernest Pontifex, has continued in popularity since its original publication in 1903. Every generation finds in The Way of All Flesh a reaffirmation of youth's rightful struggle against the tyranny of harsh parents and its admirable will for freedom of personal expression.
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5 out of 5 stars
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classic satire- would make Jon Stewart laugh
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Poor People
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Written as a series of letters, Poor People tells the tragic tale of a petty clerk and his impossible love for a young girl. Longing to help her and her family, he sells everything he can, but his kindness leads him only into more desperate poverty, and ultimately into debauchery. As a typical "man of the underground", he serves as the embodiment of the belief that happiness can only be achieved with riches.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Background before listening recommended!
- De Rebecarol en 10-02-08
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A Sentimental Journey
- De: Laurence Sterne
- Narrado por: Anton Lesser
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Published just months before his death in 1768, A Sentimental Journey is Sterne's lightly fictionalised account of his own European travels; and being Sterne, it is more about digressions, misunderstandings and risqué jokes than the places he visits. Narrated by the (apparently) innocent Parson Yorick, who appeared in Sterne's other masterpiece, Tristram Shandy, it is full of anecdote and incident, and is far more about the people than the landscapes on the road from Calais.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Glad I Listened, But…
- De SandyK en 09-03-24
De: Laurence Sterne
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Edgar Allan Poe - The Complete Works Collection
- De: Edgar Allan Poe
- Narrado por: Philippe Duquenoy
- Duración: 48 h y 26 m
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Edgar Allan Poe was one of the most prolific authors of his time, eventually gaining recognition for his tales of horror and his uncanny ability to paint a macabre picture with words. The Complete Works Collection of Edgar Allan Poe contains over 150 stories and poems, separated into individual chapters, including all of Poe's most notorious works such as The Raven, Annabel Lee, A Dream Within a Dream, Lenore, The Tell-Tale Heart, and many more.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Would recommend to anyone!!!
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De: Edgar Allan Poe
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The Confidence-Man
- His Masquerade
- De: Herman Melville
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 10 h y 27 m
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Evoking Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, this is a story of interlocking tales from a group of steamboat passengers traveling down the Mississippi toward New Orleans. Aboard the Fidèle can be found all manner of con men, from those selling stock in failing companies and herbal cure-all "medicines" to those who are raising money for supposed charitable organizations and those who simply ask for money outright.
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Trust and the confidence man
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De: Herman Melville
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Orley Farm
- De: Anthony Trollope
- Narrado por: Flo Gibson
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Lady Mason's trial for forgery and perjury shocks the neighborhood. A cast of unforgettable characters views her with disdain, compassion, and disbelief. And then there are the love stories....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Dreary effort
- De Sharon en 08-03-13
De: Anthony Trollope
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Twelve Years a Slave
- De: Solomon Northup
- Narrado por: Stephen L. Vernon
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Twelve Years a Slave is an account of actual events that took place in the life of Solomon Northup, during the pre-Civil War era of the 1840s. It follows the trials and tribulations of an educated African American man that was born into freedom and later kidnapped, taken away from his family, and forced into slavery.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What a great book!!!
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The Birthmark
- De: Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Narrado por: Walter Covell
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Hawthorne approached the Romantic notion of the ability of science to destroy art (or beauty) in the form of fictive "horror stories" of biological research out of control. This story is the best of that group. A devoted scientist marries a beautiful woman with a single physical flaw: a birthmark on her face. Aylmer becomes obsessed with the imperfection and his attempts to remove it via his scientific skills, thus rendering his bride perfect.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Bland uninspired
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Dr Wortle's School
- De: Anthony Trollope
- Narrado por: Timothy West
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Dr Wortle's School introduces the unassuming Mr. Peacocke and his polite, newly-wed bride, as they join the teaching staff of an elite and exclusive Christian boys' school. Dr. Wortle, a devoted English scholar and the headmaster of the seminary academy, welcomes his two new teachers, confident that they will uphold the high standards of education at the school.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Trollope is amazing, and Timothy West is amazing
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Le Pere Goriot
- De: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrado por: Paul Hecht
- Duración: 10 h y 31 m
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At the shabby boarding house in the rue Neuve-Sainte-Geneviève, petty Madame Vauquer and her tenants wonder at the plight of the aging resident Goriot. Once a well-heeled merchant, Goriot was, at first, afforded special treatment from the Madame. But now something is clearly amiss in his financial affairs, and his increasingly tawdry appearance makes him a subject of ridicule in the household.
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5 out of 5 stars
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balzac rocks
- De beatrice en 03-12-10
De: Honoré de Balzac
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Waverley
- De: Sir Walter Scott
- Narrado por: David Rintoul
- Duración: 17 h y 9 m
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Waverley by Sir Walter Scott is an enthralling tale of love, war and divided loyalties. Taking place during the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, the novel tells the story of proud English officer Edward Waverley. After being posted to Dundee, Edward eventually befriends chieftain of the Highland Clan Mac-Ivor and falls in love with his beautiful sister Flora. He then renounces his former loyalties in order actively to support Scotland in open rebellion against the Union with England. The book depicts stunning, romantic panoramas of the Highlands.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Loved it
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De: Sir Walter Scott
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Felix Holt, The Radical
- De: George Eliot
- Narrado por: Nadia May
- Duración: 17 h y 50 m
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Relinquishing thoughts of a materially rewarding life, the respectably educated Felix Holt returns to his native village in North Loamshire and becomes an artisan. He is a forceful young man of honor, integrity, and idealism, burning to participate in political life so that he may improve the lot of his fellow artisans.
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4 out of 5 stars
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four and a half stars
- De connie en 01-02-08
De: George Eliot
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The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas
- De: Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
- Narrado por: Edoardo Camponeschi
- Duración: 7 h y 11 m
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Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839-1908) was the greatest writer ever to come from Brazil and one of the masters of nineteenth-century fiction. Susan Sontag calls him "the greatest writer ever produced in Latin America", surpassing even Borges. Harold Bloom says that Machado is "the supreme black literary artist to date". And Allen Ginsburg calls him "another Kafka". And The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas is his masterpiece, a dazzling, tragic, and profound novel that belongs next to the greatest works of his contemporaries Melville and Dostoevsky.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A hidden masterpiece
- De C. Park en 08-09-18
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre How to Tell a Story and Other Essays
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- 02-09-15
Does not disappoint! Very funny!
Both the storytelling of Mr. Clemens and the reading of Mr. Troxell make this a laugh-out-loud and very fast 47 minutes! Doubtless Mark Twain is one of history's most comic geniuses!
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- Thomas
- 08-20-12
Great Stuff!!
Would you listen to How to Tell a Story and Other Essays again? Why?
Yes! Timeless and counter-intuitive wisdom from an American Treasure.
What was one of the most memorable moments of How to Tell a Story and Other Essays?
The title essay was very interesting. I had never considered joke telling in this way.
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- Monicle
- 03-14-25
Mark Twain’s Disbelief in his Writing
I loved the writing, and the humanity in Mark Twain’s words. What is more, I believe the narrator had decent timing.
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- Cynthia
- 02-05-15
nothing beats the down to earth Twain
I only wish it was longer! Narration was excellent, Mr. Troxell brought Twain's words to life!
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- Roselle White
- 11-09-19
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Enjoyable but you learn how to tell a story. It starts with a brief overview of humor vs comedy vs wit.
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- Michael
- 06-05-14
Not impressed at all
I learned very little from this essay except one good joke. To be honest, I don' think this essay is worth the time to listen to or the money spent on it. Never the less, I did and I accept what little I got from it.
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- chyman38
- 03-15-24
Misleading title
This was not what I expected. I Wasted my time. I do not recommend this
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