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Sinister early American satire from Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 - November 28, 1859) author of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle. The classic short story “The Devil and Tom Walker” is the dark and eerie tale of a foolish man’s greed, hypocrisy and ambition. Puritan writing at its finest.
Tom is a debased man, miserly and cruel to his fellows, and even to his wife. The Devil shows him a grove of rotting trees, representing souls. They make the customary deal, with Walker becoming one of the richest men around and Walker begins to work at keeping his soul, despite a lifetime of usury and the dark deal to which he agreed.
If you're a fan of works like The Scarlet Letter, this is just right for you. A definitely religious message, but with enough horror and fantasy to draw in even an atheist listener.
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Treasures Of Jolly Autumn
- De Sara en 10-31-14
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Twelve Years a Slave
- De: Solomon Northup
- Narrado por: Louis Gossett Jr.
- Duración: 7 h y 51 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,967
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,593
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In this riveting landmark autobiography, which reads like a novel, Academy Award and Emmy winner Louis Gossett, Jr., masterfully transports us to 1840s New York; Washington, D.C.; and Louisiana to experience the kidnapping and 12 years of bondage of Solomon Northup, a free man of color. Twelve Years a Slave, published in 1853, was an immediate bombshell in the national debate over slavery leading up to the Civil War.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I've waited for this a long time
- De Book Reader en 04-04-13
De: Solomon Northup
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Harriett Tubman
- The Moses of Her People
- De: Sarah H. Bradford
- Narrado por: Jim Hodges
- Duración: 2 h y 51 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 303
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 275
Historian Sarah Hopkins Bradford details the life of heroic abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who was born into slavery but escaped to lead other enslaved people to freedom.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Shame on the Narration
- De erica mary en 06-17-20
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The Best Short Stories of Mark Twain
- De: Mark Twain
- Narrado por: Robin Field
- Duración: 10 h y 2 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 172
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 128
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 125
These stories display Twain's place in American letters as a master writer in the authentic native idiom. He was exuberant and irreverent, but underlying the humor was a vigorous desire for social justice and a pervasive equalitarian attitude.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great but incomplete
- De Tad Davis en 03-23-10
De: Mark Twain
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Clotel
- Or, The President's Daughter
- De: William Wells Brown
- Narrado por: J. D. Jackson
- Duración: 6 h y 43 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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First published in 1853 amidst rumors that Thomas Jefferson fathered children with one of his slaves, Clotel is a fictional chronicle of one such child. After Jefferson's death, his mistress and her two daughters are auctioned. One daughter, Clotel, is purchased by a white man from Virginia who impregnates her. Despite the promise of marriage, Clotel is instead sold to another man and separated from her daughter. After escaping from the slave dealer, Clotel returnss to Virginia to reunite with her daughter - now a slave in her father's house.
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4 out of 5 stars
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So Real the Feelings.
- De Anonymous User en 12-26-18
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Narrative of William W. Brown, A Fugitive Slave
- De: William Wells Brown
- Narrado por: Peter Jay Fernandez
- Duración: 2 h y 51 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 146
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"Brother, you have often declared that you would not end your days in slavery. I see no possible way in which you can escape with us; and now, brother, you are on a steamboat where there is some chance for you to escape to a land of liberty. I beseech you not to let us hinder you. If we cannot get our liberty, we do not wish to be the means of keeping you from a land of freedom."
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5 out of 5 stars
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EVERYONE!!!! Should Listen/Read This Story!!!!
- De BluBtrfly1 en 06-25-22
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Slave Life in Georgia
- A Narrative of the Life, Sufferings, and Escape of John Brown, a Fugitive Slave, Now in England
- De: John Brown
- Narrado por: Damian Salandy
- Duración: 4 h y 54 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 41
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 35
This account of the life, sufferings, and escape of a fugitive slave was published in London in 1855 by the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society. It is the autobiography of a simple, sturdy man who spent 30 years as a slave in Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Slave Life in Georgia
- De Deedra en 03-27-19
De: John Brown
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The Man Who Invented Christmas
- How Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits
- De: Les Standiford
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 5 h y 50 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 307
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 282
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Just before Christmas in 1843, a debt-ridden and dispirited Charles Dickens wrote a small book he hoped would keep his creditors at bay. His publisher turned it down, so Dickens used what little money he had to put out A Christmas Carol himself. He worried it might be the end of his career as a novelist. The book immediately caused a sensation. And it breathed new life into a holiday that had fallen into disfavor, undermined by lingering Puritanism and the cold modernity of the Industrial Revolution.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautifully Told!
- De JodyB en 12-01-17
De: Les Standiford
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Heaven’s Ditch
- God, Gold, and Murder on the Erie Canal
- De: Jack Kelly
- Narrado por: Andrew Reilly
- Duración: 10 h y 56 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 62
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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The technological marvel of its age, the Erie Canal grew out of a sudden fit of inspiration. Proponents didn't just dream; they built a 360-mile waterway entirely by hand and largely through wilderness. As excitement crackled down its length, the canal became the scene of the most striking outburst of imagination in American history. Zealots invented new religions and new modes of living. The Erie Canal made New York the financial capital of America and brought the modern world crashing into the frontier.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An under told story of the United States.
- De JayHey en 08-28-16
De: Jack Kelly
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself (Annotated)
- Bicentennial Edition with Douglass Family Histories
- De: Frederick Douglass
- Narrado por: Gordon Jackson
- Duración: 5 h y 4 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 41
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 35
This is a special bicentennial edition of Douglass' most famous book, which has been published by his direct descendants through Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives (FDFI).
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5 out of 5 stars
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Most authentic voice
- De Troy Harris en 08-15-19
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
- Life Among the Lowly
- De: Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Narrado por: Mary Sarah
- Duración: 15 h y 23 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,563
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,316
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Uncle Tom's Cabin was the best-selling novel of the 19th century and the second best-selling book of that century, following the Bible. It is credited with helping fuel the abolitionist cause in the 1850s. In 1855, three years after it was published, it was called "the most popular novel of our day." A thrilling and important piece of American literature!
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Narration
- De Linda en 04-14-16
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Dombey and Son
- De: Charles Dickens
- Narrado por: Frederick Davidson
- Duración: 36 h y 59 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 122
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In this carefully crafted novel, Dickens reveals the complexity of London society in the enterprising 1840s as he takes the listener into the business firm and home of one of its most representative patriarchs, Paul Dombey.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Perfect pair
- De Philip en 03-25-08
De: Charles Dickens
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Away Off Shore
- Nantucket Island and Its People, 1602-1890
- De: Nathaniel Philbrick
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 8 h y 57 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 117
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 100
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 101
In his first book of history, Away Off Shore, New York Times best-selling author Nathaniel Philbrick reveals the people and the stories behind what was once the whaling capital of the world. Beyond its charm, quaint local traditions, and whaling yarns, Philbrick explores the origins of Nantucket in this comprehensive history. From the English settlers who thought they were purchasing a "Native American ghost town" but actually found a fully realized society, the story of Nantucket is a truly unique chapter of American history.
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3 out of 5 stars
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There once were some (wo)men in Nantucket...
- De Darwin8u en 02-03-19
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Notes from the Underground (AmazonClassics Edition)
- De: Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Constance Garnett - translator
- Narrado por: Pete Simonelli
- Duración: 4 h y 33 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 295
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 249
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 247
Isolated from society in a tenement basement in St. Petersburg, a malicious former civil servant vents his resentments. In the rambling notes that follow, we are exposed to the inner turmoil of the Underground Man, who represents the voice of his generation. An emotional, paranoid knot of contradictions, the spiteful narrator is also desperate to join a society he loathes, if only to prove his superiority to it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing
- De Bryan en 02-19-19
De: Fyodor Dostoyevsky, y otros
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- Anonymous User
- 11-21-23
Excellent Story, Great Narrator
This story is an underrated classic from Washington Irving. Anyone who enjoys his the Legend of Sleepy Hollow will recognize a similar fable like quality in an American setting similar to that story which he did so well. The narrator was a perfect choice for this tale. His performance is excellent and fitting for an interaction with the devil but also great at the moments of dry humor, just a really great actor. I recommended this to my Dad as well and he loved it too!
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