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Brought to you by Penguin.
This Penguin Classic is performed by Jonathan Keeble. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Peter Wortsman.
'It was a very momentous day, the day on which I was to be slaughtered.'
Bringing together tales of melancholy and madness, nightmare and fantasy, this is a new collection of the most haunting German stories from the past 200 years. Ranging from the Romantics of the early 19th century to works of contemporary fiction, it includes Hoffmann's hallucinatory portrait of terror and insanity 'The Sandman'; Chamisso' influential black masterpiece 'Peter Schlemiel', where a man barters his own shadow; Kafka's chilling, disturbing satire 'In the Penal Colony'; the Dadaist surrealism of Kurt Schwitters' 'The Onion'; and Bachmann's modern fairy tale 'The Secrets of the Princess of Kagran'.
Macabre, dreamlike and expressing deep unconscious fears, these stories are also spiked with unsettling humour, showing stylistic daring as well as giving insight into the darkest recesses of the human condition.
Peter Wortsman's powerful translations are accompanied by brief overviews of the lives of each author, and an introduction discussing the notion of 'angst' and the stories' place in the context of German history.
Translated, selected and edited with an introduction by Peter Wortsman.
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Tales of Terror
- De: Edgar Allan Poe
- Narrado por: Jack Foreman
- Duración: 4 h y 50 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 67
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 34
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 32
Edgar Allan Poe, the master of terror, wrote some of literature's most entertaining and influential short stories, works that invented or anticipated modern detective novels, science fiction, and the horror genre. Tales of Terror collects nine of Poe's best-loved stories, all performed in chilling, highly dramatic readings by Jack Foreman. This collection includes such classics as "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Pit and the Pendulum", "The Fall of the House of Usher", and what many consider his masterpiece, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue."
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5 out of 5 stars
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Poe's Best Horror by an Outstanding Narrator
- De Gary en 08-29-04
De: Edgar Allan Poe
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First Love
- De: Ivan Turgenev
- Narrado por: David Troughton
- Duración: 2 h y 40 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 762
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 671
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 667
At the end of a dinner party, the remaining guests drink wine and tell stories of their first love. For one of them, it will be a dark journey into his past, reawakening unbearable memories of his obsession with the beautiful Zinaida.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Turgenev's Famous Novel...
- De Douglas en 01-16-14
De: Ivan Turgenev
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A Hero of Our Time
- De: Mikhail Lermontov
- Narrado por: Nicholas Boulton
- Duración: 6 h y 9 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 96
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 90
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 90
Grigori Aleksandrovich Pechorin is an enigma: arrogant, cocky, melancholic, brave, cynic, romantic, loner, socialite, soldier, free soul, and yet, victim of the world, he eludes definition and remains a mystery to those who know him. Just who is he? And what does he hope to achieve? Evolving from first person to third person, and then into a diary, A Hero of Our Time takes on a variety of forms to interrogate Pechorin's cryptic character and his unusual philosophy, providing breathtaking descriptions of the Caucasus along the way.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Sarcastic Title
- De SmartShopper en 04-23-24
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H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural
- 20 Classic Tales of the Macabre, Chosen by the Master of Horror Himself
- De: Henry James, Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, y otros
- Narrado por: Davina Porter, Steven Crossley, Bronson Pinchot
- Duración: 16 h y 45 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 138
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 124
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 123
H. P. Lovecraft is arguably the most important horror writer of the 20th century. Culled from his 1927 essay "Supernatural Horror in Literature”, Lovecraft acknowledges those authors and stories that he feels are the very finest the horror field has to offer, including Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry James, Rudyard Kipling, Bram Stoker, Robert Louis Stevenson, Guy de Maupassant, Ambrose Bierce, and Arthur Conan Doyle. This chilling collection includes 20 works, each prefaced by Lovecraft's own opinions and insights in each author’s work.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not all the stories are complete
- De SteffiT en 10-21-13
De: Henry James, y otros
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Les Misérables
- De: Victor Hugo
- Narrado por: Bill Homewood
- Duración: 67 h y 53 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 709
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 638
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 644
Les Misérables is set in Paris after the French Revolution. In the sewers and backstreets, we encounter "the wolf-like tread of crime", and assassination for a few sous is all in a day's work. We weep with the unlucky and heart-broken Fantine, and we exult with the heroic revolutionaries of the barricades; but above all we thrill to the steadfast courage and nobility of soul of ex-convict Jean Valjean, always in danger from the relentless pursuit of the diabolical Inspector Javert.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Use earphones that are light on bass
- De Tad Davis en 11-08-15
De: Victor Hugo
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Letter from an Unknown Woman
- De: Stefan Zweig
- Narrado por: Heather Wood, K. Anderson Yancy
- Duración: 1 h y 32 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 93
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 85
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 84
Immediately following the death of her young son, distraught and heartbroken, a woman sends a heart-wrenching letter to the only man she has ever loved, chronicling their love affair, opening with, "To you, who have never known me."
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3 out of 5 stars
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Tough 2 Hear With Background Music & Sound Effects
- De DK en 09-19-15
De: Stefan Zweig
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Les Miserables
- De: Victor Hugo
- Narrado por: Frederick Davidson
- Duración: 57 h y 48 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,272
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,587
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,600
Set in the Parisian underworld and plotted like a detective story, Les Miserables follows Jean Valjean, originally an honest peasant, who has been imprisoned for 19 years for stealing a loaf of bread to feed his sister's starving family. A hardened criminal upon his release, he eventually reforms, becoming a successful industrialist and town mayor. Despite this, he is haunted by an impulsive former crime and is pursued relentlessly by the police inspector Javert.
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4 out of 5 stars
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one happy insomniac
- De Kathryn en 01-27-05
De: Victor Hugo
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Death in Venice
- De: Thomas Mann
- Narrado por: Peter Batchelor
- Duración: 3 h y 6 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 214
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 184
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 186
A stunningly beautiful youth and the city of Venice set the stage for Thomas Mann’s introspective examination of erotic love and philosophical wisdom.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A problem with the narration
- De Erez en 03-19-12
De: Thomas Mann
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The Fairy Tales of Herman Hesse
- De: Hermann Hesse, Jack Zipes - translator
- Narrado por: Donovan
- Duración: 2 h y 53 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 55
Step into a world of visions, philosophy, and passion in which dreamers, seekers, princesses, and wandering poets dwell. The 6 wonderful, romantic tales in this collection are reminiscent of ancient Oriental and German fairy tales. The selections, "The Poet," "The Flute Dream," "The Dwarf," "Faldum," "Ziegler," and "Dream of the Gods" were hand-picked by the narrator, legendary folk and rock musician Donovan.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The reading is quiet and heavenly
- De Atalante Lemuria en 11-12-20
De: Hermann Hesse, y otros
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The Scarlet Pimpernel
- De: Baroness Orczy
- Narrado por: Flo Gibson
- Duración: 8 h y 27 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 13
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 11
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 11
The mysterious Scarlet Pimpernel's daring rescues of French nobility from the threat of the guillotine and the evil Chauvelin's efforts to track him down are all part of the intrigue in this swashbuckling adventure.
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4 out of 5 stars
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nostalgic
- De theamazingcatherine en 07-29-18
De: Baroness Orczy
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Lilith
- De: George MacDonald
- Narrado por: Rebecca K. Reynolds
- Duración: 11 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 142
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 130
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 130
It is the story of Mr. Vane, an orphan and heir to a large house - a house in which he has a vision that leads him through a large old mirror into another world. In chronicling the five trips Mr. Vane makes to this other world, MacDonald hauntingly explores the ultimate mystery of evil.
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5 out of 5 stars
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INACCESSIBLE BOOK BECOMES ACCESSIBLE AND ENJOYABLE
- De Steve en 07-31-19
De: George MacDonald
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Siddhartha
- De: Hermann Hesse
- Narrado por: Harish Bhimani
- Duración: 4 h y 32 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 196
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 152
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 148
Hermann Hesse’s classic novel Siddhartha, takes place in ancient India around the time of the Buddha (6th century BC). Siddhartha and his companion Govinda set out in search of enlightenment. Siddhartha goes through a series of changes and realizations as he attempts to achieve this goal. Siddhartha joins the ascetics, visits Gotama, embraces his earthly desires, and finally communes with nature, all in an attempt to attain Nirvana.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Sounds rushed
- De Viviane en 10-17-11
De: Hermann Hesse
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Phantastes
- A Faerie Romance for Men and Women
- De: George MacDonald
- Narrado por: Rebecca K. Reynolds
- Duración: 7 h y 7 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 122
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 115
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 115
The classic fantasy that influenced C. S. Lewis and Tolkien, considered one of George MacDonald's most important works, is the story of the young man, Anodos, and his adventures in fairyland which ultimately reveal the human condition. "I write, not for children," wrote George MacDonald, "but for the child-like, whether they be of five, or 50, or 75." All-at-once written with an innocent whimsy and soulful yearning, the heart of Anodos' journey through fairyland reveals a spiritual quest that requires a surrender of the self.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Finally
- De Aaron Elrod en 04-12-21
De: George MacDonald
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Villette
- De: Charlotte Brontë
- Narrado por: Davina Porter
- Duración: 22 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 468
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 412
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 413
Hailed as Charlotte Brontë’s “finest novel” by Virginia Woolf, Villette is the timeless semi-autobiographical tale of Lucy Snowe. Left with no family and no money, Lucy goes against her own timid nature and travels to the small city of Villette, France, where she becomes a school teacher in Madame Beck’s school for girls. During her stay, she falls in love—twice—and discovers an independent, inner strength rarely seen in women of her time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Divine Ms. Porter delivers as always
- De peachnmario en 03-17-15
De: Charlotte Brontë
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The House of the Seven Gables
- De: Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Narrado por: Anthony Heald
- Duración: 11 h y 6 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 403
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 315
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 318
In a sleepy little New England village stands a dark, weather-beaten, many-gabled house. This brooding mansion is haunted by a centuries-old curse that casts the shadow of ancestral sin upon the last four members of the distinctive Pyncheon family of Salem.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Classic Thriller
- De E. Pearson en 12-03-10
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The Great God Pan
- Esoteric Classics: Occult Fiction
- De: Arthur Machen
- Narrado por: Shea Taylor
- Duración: 2 h y 20 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 168
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 150
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 148
Machen's novella The Great God Pan is often cited as one of Lovecraft's most notable influences. In it, Dr. Raymond's ultimate goal is to devise a way to open the mind of man so that he may experience all the world has to offer. He calls this "seeing the great god Pan". After much study of the human mind, he devises an experiment that involves minor brain surgery. He performs this experiment on a young woman named Mary, but when she awakens she is terrified and mentally crippled.
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5 out of 5 stars
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classic horror
- De Shantee en 05-04-16
De: Arthur Machen
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The Best Ghost Stories Ever Told
- Best Stories Ever Told
- De: Stephen Brennan - editor
- Narrado por: J. M. Badger, Imelda Pot
- Duración: 24 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 227
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 203
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 202
A big, brilliant, spooky collection of classic and contemporary ghost stories that will make you hesitate before turning off that light.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A very mixed review
- De Michael Mayer en 08-05-15