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Juliet Prague
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Martyn Read
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Norah Lofts
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"It was in the first week of October in the year 1391 that I first came face to face with the man who owned me…the man whose lightest word was to us, his villeins, weightier than the King’s law or the edicts of our Holy Father.…"
So began the story of Martin Reed - a serf whose resentment of the automatic rule of his feudal lord finally flared into open defiance. Encouraged by the woman he loved, Martin Reed began a new life - a life which was to culminate in the building of the House, and the founding of the dynasty who were to live there.
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Heralded as an instant classic of fantasy literature, Maguire has written a wonderfully imaginative retelling of The Wizard of Oz told from the Wicked Witch's point of view. More than just a fairy tale for adults, Wicked is a meditation on the nature of good and evil.
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5 out of 5 stars
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It's not easy being green
- De PangaeaReads en 07-30-08
De: Gregory Maguire
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Gone with the Wind
- De: Margaret Mitchell
- Narrado por: Linda Stephens
- Duración: 49 h y 2 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 15,223
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 13,072
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 13,077
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Literature, Margaret Mitchell's great novel of the South is one of the most popular books ever written. Within six months of its publication in 1936, Gone With the Wind had sold a million copies. To date, it has been translated into 25 languages, and more than 28 million copies have been sold. Here are the characters that have become symbols of passion and desire....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Got the Accents Right
- De Noel en 04-27-10
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The Winthrop Woman
- De: Anya Seton
- Narrado por: Corrie James
- Duración: 27 h y 34 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 888
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 801
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 798
In 1631 Elizabeth Winthrop, newly widowed with an infant daughter, set sail for the New World. Against a background of rigidity and conformity she dared to befriend Anne Hutchinson at the moment of her banishment from the Massachusetts Bay Colony; dared to challenge a determined army captain bent on the massacre of her friends, the Siwanoy Indians; and, above all, dared to love a man as her heart and her whole being commanded.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Historical Fiction that Aged Very Well
- De Lulu en 11-26-14
De: Anya Seton
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A Morbid Taste for Bones
- De: Ellis Peters
- Narrado por: Patrick Tull
- Duración: 8 h y 44 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,391
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,176
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,168
Cadfael's return to his Welsh homeland for a visit proves a rather discomfiting homecoming when an honorable nobleman turns up in a patch of forest with an arrow embedded in his chest. There are questions about the arrow, the man's daughter needs Cadfael's help, and a very odd burial takes place.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very pleasant if not much of a mystery.
- De Zenjen en 04-15-10
De: Ellis Peters
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The Girl in the Ragged Shawl
- The Children of the Workhouse, Book 1
- De: Cathy Sharp
- Narrado por: Antonia Beamish
- Duración: 9 h y 19 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 23
Eliza was left as a small baby at the workhouse in Whitechapel, wrapped in her mother’s shawl, which is all she has of the mother she never knew. At 11 years old, she has survived sickness, near starvation and harsh beatings. Master Simpkins and his cruel daughter rule the workhouse with a rod of iron, but when Romany boy Joe arrives at the workhouse, his spirit and courage give Eliza hope. When she is sold into service, Eliza is relieved to be out of the workhouse and hopes her fortunes are changing for the better, but cruelty and unkindness are everywhere....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Emotional story
- De Justine harpin en 12-10-19
De: Cathy Sharp
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Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
- De: Gregory Maguire
- Narrado por: Jenny Sterlin
- Duración: 12 h y 33 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 349
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 304
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 304
Gregory Maguire proves himself to be “one of contemporary fiction’s most assured myth-makers” (Kirkus Reviews) with Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, his ingenious and provocative retelling of the timeless Cinderella fairy tale. Perhaps best known for his dark and breathtaking Oz series The Wicked Years—including the novel Wicked, which inspired the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical—Maguire is a master at upending the ordinary to help us see the familiar in a brilliant new light.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Very Human Story!
- De SamiJo McQuiston en 05-02-18
De: Gregory Maguire
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A Clergyman's Daughter
- De: George Orwell
- Narrado por: Richard Brown
- Duración: 10 h y 17 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 159
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 142
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 142
Dorothy Hare, the dutiful daughter of a rector in Suffolk, spends her days performing good works and cultivating good thoughts, pricking her arm with a pin when a bad thought arises. She does her best to reconcile her father’s fanciful view of his position in the world with such realities as the butcher’s bill. But even Dorothy’s strength has its limits, and one night, as she works feverishly on costumes for the church-school play, she blacks out. When she comes to, she finds herself on a London street, clad in a sleazy dress and unaware of her identity.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Bottom-Shelf Orwell, but still G-D Orwell
- De Darwin8u en 08-11-19
De: George Orwell
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Master and Man
- De: Leo Tolstoy, Louise Maude - translator, Aylmer Maude - translator
- Narrado por: Walter Zimmerman
- Duración: 2 h y 10 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 50
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In the story, a land owner named Vasili Andreevich Brekhunov takes along one of his peasants, Nikita, for a short journey to the house of the owner of a forest. He is impatient and wishes to get to the town more quickly to purchase the forest before other contenders can get there. They find themselves in the middle of a blizzard, but the master in his avarice wishes to press on. They eventually get lost off the road and they try to camp. The master's peasant soon finds himself suffering from hypothermia.
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5 out of 5 stars
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excellent. totally enngaging. naratorr quite wonderful!
- De J. RYBERG en 01-05-17
De: Leo Tolstoy, y otros
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First Lessons
- Medieval Tale 1
- De: Lina J. Potter
- Narrado por: Tiffany Morgan
- Duración: 10 h
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General4 out of 5 stars 207
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 162
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 163
Being a genius Medical school graduate and a sporty and active girl, Aliya dies suddenly in a car accident... only to find herself reborn in a completely different body in the middle of a half-ruined castle during Medieval times. While confused and dismayed, Aliya realizes she has been given a second chance in life - so she rolls up her sleeves and gets to work on restoring the castle and her new life.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Reads like a high school project
- De P en 07-04-20
De: Lina J. Potter
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South Riding
- De: Winifred Holtby
- Narrado por: Carole Boyd
- Duración: 19 h y 15 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 56
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 56
In this rich and memorable evocation of the fictional South Riding of Yorkshire are the lives, loves and sorrows of the central characters. There is Sarah Burton, fiery young headmistress; Robert Carne of Maythorpe Hall, a councillor tormented by his own disastrous marriage; Jo Astell, a socialist fighting poverty and his own illness; and Mrs Beddows, the first woman Alderman of the district (like Winifred's own mother).
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4 out of 5 stars
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Worth Revisiting
- De Ilana en 11-04-12
De: Winifred Holtby
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Adam Bede
- De: George Eliot
- Narrado por: Jill Tanner
- Duración: 23 h y 55 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 48
Adam Bede (1859), George Eliot's first full-length novel, marked the emergence of an artist to rank with Scott and Dickens. Set in the English Midlands of farmers and village craftsmen at the turn of the 18th century, the book relates a story of seduction issuing in "the inward suffering which is the worst form of Nemesis". But it is also a rich and pioneering record - drawing on intimate knowledge and affectionate memory - of a rural world that we have lost.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very good book
- De Terri Tinkham en 03-11-19
De: George Eliot
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Shadows on the Rock
- De: Willa Cather
- Narrado por: Ann Marie Lee
- Duración: 8 h y 35 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 94
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 76
In 1697, Quebec is an island of French civilization perched on a bare gray rock amid a wilderness of trackless forests. For many of its settlers, Quebec is a place of exile, so remote that an entire winter passes without a word from home. But to 12-year-old Cécile Auclair, the rock is home, where even the formidable Governor Frontenac entertains children in his palace and beavers lie beside the lambs in a Christmas créche.
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5 out of 5 stars
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wonderful
- De carol perez en 05-18-21
De: Willa Cather
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The School of Mirrors
- A Novel
- De: Eva Stachniak
- Narrado por: Ell Potter
- Duración: 16 h y 51 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 119
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 109
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 110
During the reign of Louis XV, impoverished but lovely teenage girls from all over France are sent to a discreet villa in the town of Versailles. Overseen by the King’s favorite mistress, Madame de Pompadour, they will be trained as potential courtesans for the King. When the time is right, each girl is smuggled into the palace of Versailles, with its legendary Hall of Mirrors.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating but pedophilia nonetheless.
- De Barbara W. en 05-10-22
De: Eva Stachniak
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Lorna Doone [Naxos]
- De: R. D. Blackmore
- Narrado por: Jonathan Keeble
- Duración: 25 h y 51 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 139
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 117
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 117
The Doones are a clan of murdering thieves, and among their victims is John Ridd's father. The strong, noble Ridd determines to avenge his father's death; but his plans are complicated when he falls in love with one of the hated family - the beautiful Lorna. Lorna is promised against her will to another; and that other will not let her go lightly. Set amid the political turmoils of the late 17th century, Lorna Doone brings West Country history and legends alive with wonderfully imaginative fiction.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I fell in love with this book
- De Linda en 11-20-12
De: R. D. Blackmore
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Independent People
- De: Halldór Laxness
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 20 h y 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 409
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 369
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 369
This magnificent novel - which secured for its author the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature - is now available to contemporary American audiences. Although it is set in the early 20th century, it recalls both Iceland's medieval epics and such classics as Sigrid Undset's Kristin Lavransdatter. And if Bjartur of Summerhouses, the book's protagonist, is an ordinary sheep farmer, his flinty determination to achieve independence is genuinely heroic and, at the same time, terrifying and bleakly comic.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I am so confused about this introduction
- De George M en 09-10-18
De: Halldór Laxness
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Town House
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Total5 out of 5 stars
- catndogs
- 05-07-21
Old book friend, great audio
I love Norah Lofts...came across an old copy of one of her books, and remembered this one. Narration good, though the voices of the children a little annoying, like read kids are! characters you can relate to, with Lofts' understanding of the time presented beautifully.
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Ejecución5 out of 5 stars
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- Bird Lady 147
- 10-03-17
Another winner by Norah Lofts
I've been reading Norah Lofts books back to back and have not grown tired of her voice yet. Normally writers have one formula and very little but names change. Tho this is true to a certain extent the story line & the characters mainly are so real with real things happening not just HEA & HEA they live like real people with lives that struggle loves that come and go. Not everyone gets their happily
ever after and it's sad when you have fallen for this persons life and feel they deserve the happiness...but alas it's not always meant to be. But when it does happen it's all the better!
Moving on right now to the second book in this trilogy.
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- Wren
- 03-05-16
Engrossing Tale
This held my attention from start to finish. Very nice mix of characters and well performed.
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- GotBread
- 01-19-23
Impossible to put down
Fascinating tale of medieval life of common people. Well written and performed. Looking forward to to the next book in the trilogy
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- Eliza
- 02-05-24
A family saga
The history is on point here, and the characters are engaging and complex. Multiple viewpoints and narrators are handled effectively by the readers. I would have liked a little more happiness for the characters, most of whom are trying to do their best. Nevertheless, I kept listening, and I immediately downloaded the next volume in the trilogy.
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Ejecución5 out of 5 stars
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- Hannah Aron
- 07-17-24
Loved at first - author breaks our faith
Loved this at first. Wonderful historical details and story. But then—— spoiler coming soon stop reading now if you don’t want it — just one bad thing too many happens to our hero in a too pat moment that made me feel the author broke faith with me as reader. I’m like, “really? Screw you “ and put it down. Enough. I won’t be treated
Like that.
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