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Title: Short Classic Tales

Subtitle: From the Master Storytellers of the World

Author: Edgar Allan Poe, O. Henry, Joseph Conrad, James Joyce, Katherine Mansfield

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-10-13

Publisher: Red Door Audiobooks

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

A superb collection of vintage classic short stories by some of the world's greatest storytellers.

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Title: The Man Against the Sky

Subtitle: Collected Poems of Ediwn Arlington Robinson, Book 4

Author: Edwin Arlington Robinson

Narrator: Robert Bethune

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-07-13

Publisher: Freshwater Seas

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

In The Man Against The Sky, Edwin Arlington Robinson presents us with a gallery of characters drawn from the streets, homes and gathering places of Tilbury Town, his fictional Northeastern dwelling place. A mysterious compelling stranger, a woman living on charity, a welcoming home - this and other portraits give us a compelling and perceptive view of the range of human character and feeling.

As if to widen the horizons of Tilbury Town, he also imagines people from distant times and places. We hear Ben Jonson speculating about Shakespeare; we see Galahad at the moment of taking his seat at the Round Table, and Cassandra in her old age. At the end of the book, he sums them all up in the brilliant and troubling poem that gives the title to the book, a portrait of a man seen against a fiery sky, a lonely man, unknown, yet representative of all humanity and of the human struggle to achieve - or, at the very least, continue the struggle.

Critic Reviews:

"There can be no doubt of the high position he holds in American poetry when we examine 'The Man Against the Sky,' published in 1916. It would seem as though his previous books were merely working up to this achievement, so far beyond them is this volume. A little book of 149 pages, and yet, in reading it, one experiences a sensation akin to that of the man who opens a jar of comopressed air. It is a profound wonder that so much can have been forced into so small a space. For 'The Man Against The Sky' is dynamic with experience and knowledge of life." (Amy Lowell, Tendencies in Modern American Poetry)

Members Reviews:

A poet worth rediscovering...

Edwin Arlington Robinson is a poet of note, but somewhat forgotten today. I hesitate to call this a review: classic literature can't be rated. Rather, the reader is encouraged to read the poet's work. I simply dive in. Sometimes the poems leave me nonplussed (that is more my defect than the author's) and sometimes the poems leave me inspired -- mostly it is the latter. Robinson's poems take on life simply and directly. Note: I've arranged a number of Robinson poems as the "wandering poet" -- his work is quite lyrical.

A Wonderful Poet Remembered

I had not had an opportunity to read Robinson in years. Having Man Against the Sky on my kindle has been a real poetic plus.

precious jewels

I am embarrassed to say I'd never heard of him, until coming across "Miniver Cheevy" and "Richard Cory" in101 Great American Poems (Dover Thrift Editions)

As the previous reviewer so well said, one can't really "rate" an author who won three Pulitzer Prizes for his poetry. His work is immortal. I find that "Cassandra," for example, relates very well to the modern Republican Party. (Excuse the partisanship.) "The Clinging Vine", even in the year 2513, will still chillingly reflect a fight between a man and his betrayed woman.

Good price for this volume, too.

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Title: Mus og Mnd [Of Mice and Men]

Author: John Steinbeck

Narrator: Paul Becker

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-19-13

Publisher: Viatone

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Mus og Mnd er den tragiske historie om de to venner George og Lennie, der vandrer fra ranch til ranch i Californien i hb om at finde arbejde under Den Store Depression i 1930erne. George er lille, men intelligent, og Lennie er stor og strk, men mere eller mindre retarderet. De hber en dag at kunne realisere deres flles drm om at sl sig ned og arbejde p deres eget stykke jord.

Men pengene er sm og arbejdet svrt at fastholde - ikke mindst pga. Lennies forkrlighed for at ae mus og andre blde ting, der gang p gang leder ham i ufre og til sidst fr fatale konsekvenser.

Please note: This audiobook is in Danish.

Critic Reviews:

"Rrende og mandig, r og forhbningsfuld. (Tom Kristensen)

"John Steinbecks Mus og mnd er en novelle af de allerbedste. Ikke et ord for meget, ikke et ord for lidt. En lille og tung og smuk bog." (Hans Brix)

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Title: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Author: Washington Irving

Narrator: Don Brimley

Format: Abridged

Length: 1 hr and 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-26-13

Publisher: Flowerpot Press

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Can a scary story be lots of fun, too? Washington Irving tells the tale of Ichabod Crane, a mild-mannered and bumbling New England school teacher caught in a wild adventure set in the time of the American Revolution. Will Ichabod be able to outrun the Headless Horseman, overcome his rivals who think he is crazy, and in the end live the simple life he has always hoped for in the town of Sleepy Hollow? Listeners will find themselves rooting for the unlikely hero in this great American classic: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

Members Reviews:

Visions of the Disney Cartoon

So many years ago, and so many times have I watched Walt Disney's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." It is hard to tell if the cartoon was taken from the story or the story from the cartoon. The visions of the animated version never left my mind as I read this wonderful and deeply descriptive short story for the very first time just tonight. What a great tale!

Love this story!

One of my favorite tales! Love Irving's detail! You can see and feel it! The wording could trip up young readers, but what a wonderful opportunity to increase vocabulary!

Rather dry read.

THE story was very detailed including "old" English words and phrases. It was difficult to get through quickly, but as a read aloud to a classroom, I think that it would work. I wouldn't read aloud more than one chapter/section at a time. For better understanding of the story, many passages would need to be explained and put into today's terminology.

Spooky

I had never actually read this story and I love the creepy haunted vibe Irving projects in the story and makes the whole haunting come alive so well.

This old tale will never go out of favor.

To read the original text of Washington Irving, lends a special tone to the story: Remembering that Ichabod Crane was a figment of the imagination more than one and one half centuries ago. To have sat with friends around a fire to keep warm, with little or no other light adds to the fright factor of this spooky tale.

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Title: Some Passages in the Life of a Lion

Author: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrator: D. Candis Paul, Michael Summers, Gary Zupkas, K. Anderson Yancy

Format: Unabridged

Length: 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-08-13

Publisher: SonicMovie.net, ChicagooWood Media, Wollcott & Sheridan

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

A classic satire in which we find that those who can...do.... And those who cant criticize and have higher stature in our society.

Members Reviews:

New for the Poe Lover

Interesting to see that Poe did satire. New to me.

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Title: Shane - den tavse rytter [Shane - The Silent Rider]

Author: Jack Schaefer

Narrator: Janek Lesniak

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-21-12

Publisher: Viatone

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

"Jeg kunne se manden og vbnet blive til ét udeleligt, ddbringende vsen. Jeg s manden og hans vrktj, en god mand og et godt stykke vrktj, gre det, som det mtte gres.

"Shane er den klassiske western, uforglemmelig som bog og som film

Det er den legendariske historie om den mystiske, ensomme fremmede, der en dag kommer ridende ind i den dal, hvor drengen Bob bor med sine nybyggerforldre p en ranch. Shanes herkomst og fortid fortaber sig i det ukendte, men p trods af sin gdefuldhed og tavshed opbygger Shane et strkt venskab med Joe og Marian Star- rett, Bobs forldre.

Den lille nybyggerfamilie kmper sammen med de andre nybyggere i omrdet en hrd kamp mod den skruppellse, grdige ranchejer Fletcher. Shane bliver snart involveret i denne kamp og kommer til at st med nybyggernes skbne i sine hnder. Han har i lang tid forsgt at bekmpe fortidens skygger, men m erkende at: "En mand er, hvad han er, Bob, og det kan ikke lade sig gre at lave om p stbeformen."

Please note: This audiobook is in Danish.

Critic Reviews:

"Hvorfor ikke indrmme det: Shane er en morderlig historie i sin art, en gte saga, der udspiller sig p litteraturens overdrev." (Harald Engberg)

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Title: Mark Twain in Person, Vol. 2

Author: Mark Twain

Narrator: Richard Henzel

Format: Original Recording

Length: 1 hr and 3 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-08-12

Publisher: Big Happy Family LLC

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Studio recordings of the best monologues from Richard Henzels one man play Mark Twain in Person.

Selections include the familiar and the rarely heard excerpts from Mark Twains writings, speeches, and private remarks, mixed with improvisational moments as well. Includes: "My Platonic Sweetheart", Mark Twain's dreamland romance, adapted from the short story; "A Cub Pilot's Lesson", about learning to trust one's knowledge, from Life on the Mississippi; "Spring Fever", in which Huck waxes poetic, from Tom Sawyer; "Huck Saves Jim", about Huckleberry Finn's moral dilemma, from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; "Was the World Made for Man?", which asks, "Is man the landlordor the steward?" from the essay of the same title; "Sunrise on the Mississippi", an unforgettable sight, from Life on the Mississippi.

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Title: In the Midst of Life

Subtitle: Tales of Civilians

Author: Ambrose Bierce

Narrator: John Michaels

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-31-12

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Originally published in the San Francisco Examiner in 1891 as "Tales of Soldiers and Civilians" and retitled in Britain as "In the Midst of Life", this audiobook is a collection of 11 short stories from the tales of civilians. Ambrose Bierce loved to focus on the troubled, and perhaps marginally insane, citizens of his time, and the power of the mind, and love gone wrong. For example, "The Man and the Snake" is a story where the snake never attacks, but the man dies.

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Título: El crucero de la chatarra rodante [The Cruise of the Rolling Junk]

Autor: Francis Scott Fitzgerald

Narrador: Antonio Abenójar

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 2 hrs and 25 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 06-06-12

Editor: Audiomol

Categorías: Classics, American Literature

Resumen del editor:

Narración del ajetreado viaje de F.S. Fitzgerald y su mujer Zelda, en un viejo Marmon de 1917 de segunda mano, desde Westport Connecticut a Montgomery (Alabama).

Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.

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Title: Gothic Tales of Terror: Volume 3

Author: Rudyard Kipling, Edith Nesbit, M. R. James, Edgar Allan Poe

Narrator: Bill Wallis, Richard Mitchley, Geoff McGivern

Format: Original Recording

Length: 3 hrs and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-26-12

Publisher: The Copyright Group

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

This collection of short stories contains several gothic tales featuring the macabre and chilling voices of writers as diverse as Edgar Allan Poe, Rudyard Kipling, Edith Nesbit, and MR James. These tales are designed to unsettle you, just a little, as you sit back and take in their words as they lead you on a walk to places youd perhaps rather not visit on your own.

The stories in this audiobook are: "Facts of the Case of M. Valdemar", by Edgar Allan Poe; "The Phantom Rickshaw", by Rudyard Kipling; "Man-Size in Marble", by Edith Nesbit; and "Casting the Runes", by M. R. James. These stories are read for you by various readers, including Geoff McGivern, Bill Wallis, and Richard Mitchley.

Members Reviews:

Good narration all round enjoyed 3 out of 4 stories

1) The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar - Written by Edgar Allan Poe, Read by Bill Wallace

2) The Phantom Rickshaw - Written by Rudyard Kipling, Read by Richard Mitchley

3) Mansize in Marble - Written by Edith Nesbit, Read by Geoff McGivern

4) Casting the Runes - Written by M.R. James, Read by unknown male narrator (not listed).

I enjoyed stories 2, 3, and 4 both the stories themselves and the narration.

I found story 1 too unpleasant but Bill Wallace is still an excellent narrator.