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Title: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald

Narrator: Michael Ward

Format: Unabridged

Length: 58 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-17-17

Publisher: Michael Ward

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

This short story of Francis Scott Fitzgerald depicts the strange and curious life of Benjamin Button, born an old man and aging backwards. Narrated by Michael Ward.

Members Reviews:

Curious case indeed!

Benjamin Button was indeed a very curious story. ..but enjoyable just the same. Such a strange idea to get your head round. Good narrator helped the plot along.

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Title: Little Women

Subtitle: Bring the Classics to Life

Author: Louisa May Alcott

Narrator: Iman

Format: Abridged

Length: 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-26-17

Publisher: EDCON Publishing Group, Inc.

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

This novel chronicles part of the lives of the four March sisters during the Civil War. The story starts as the sisters reminisce about past days when times were more abundant and affluent, then follows them in the years ahead as they become more mature and face both good and bad times in their lives. This classic novel has been carefully abridged and adapted into 10 easy-to-understand chapters.

Members Reviews:

A look Down Memory Lane

I have good memories of my time as a teen. It has been over 60 years since I discovered this book. It showed the strengths and weaknesses of a family.

I recommend this to a teenage girl. Old language may be difficult but one could understand most of it.

I admired the character Jo. She knew herself and was Abe to make hard decisions that benefited her later in life.

This is my all time favorite book. I bought this as a Christmas present ...

This is my all time favorite book. I bought this as a Christmas present for a special little girl. She said she can't wait to read it. I told her let me know how she liked it. I'm hoping she loves it as much as I do.

A timeless classic.

I have reread this book several times. I own a hard copy, but got the download so I can carry it with me more easily. It's great for reading on a plane, or just lying in the hammock. I don't have to worry about messing up my precious book.

I never tire of the story or the characters. They are continually fresh and charming to me. I read this book first when I was in high school, 40 years ago, and have read it every couple years since. I also enjoy the movies. The more recent one is my favorite.

Good Lessons and Representation of various Personalities

I really enjoyed this book and the personalities represented. The only thing I didn't completely enjoy was the impression that I got that works are the way to heaven and the careful wording in regards to Biblical concepts, but I understand why an author may do so to keep from turning people off from the good lessons that can be drawn from this book.

Best book <3

Best book ever! LITTLE WOMEN is a classic I revisit so often I have parts of the text memorized. I loved the way it was set in the past (Civil War era) but the relationships and problems felt real, and that I could relate to them despite living in the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, etc. Jo March is a spunky girl with a good heart who doesn't always do the right thing and I think many women and men can relate to that. The writing is good enough, and never really drags but I do wish some parts had slowed downâdespite thisâa very serious favorite of mine.

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Title: Keineth

Author: Jane D. Abbott

Narrator: Sara Morsey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-10-17

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Jane Abbott (1881-1968) wrote many books for young readers, particularly girls, in the early part of the 20th century. In Keineth, a sheltered little girl who lives with her father and her French governess in New York City must choose between going to live with her stuffy aunt Josephine and a family of complete strangers. Her adventures are lively and interesting. Available here in audio for the first time, performed by professional actor and narrator Sara Morsey. Also available from Listen2aBook is Jane Abbott's Happy House narrated by Sara Morsey.

Members Reviews:

Keineth

I read this book as a youth, and have been looking for it ever since. This is a wonderful story of a young girl and a loving family during the world war I era. After finding this book, I discovered that the author, Jane D. Abbott, wrote many similar uplifting books for youth. They were printed in the early 1900's, so I was surprised that many are still available, and still in good condition. I would recommend this book and this author to anyone interested in timeless youth entertainment.

Keineth by Jane D. Abbott

This is a book I received from my mother when I was young, so I was excited to find it to share with my grandchildren. It is a pleasant, uplifting story of the World War 1 era.

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Title: Buss p villovägar [The Wayward Bus]

Author: John Steinbeck

Narrator: Hkan Mohede

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-05-17

Publisher: Viatone

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Juan och Alice Chicoy äger en restaurang med tillhörande bilverkstad i en öde vägkorsning nära den mexikanska gränsen. Medan den koleriska Alice passar restaurangen tillsammans med en romantiskt drömmande servitris, tar den lugna, manliga Juan hand om verkstaden och busskörningen tillsammans med lärlingen "Blemman", vars tankar främst kretsar kring olika kvinnor. Under ett hemskt oväder kör bussen en dag fast p en öde, lerig väg i Kalifornien. Och i den ovanliga situationen uppstr en rad spänningar mellan de tta tillfälligt sammanförda personerna, som fr den polerade ytan att brista och personerna till att avslöja sina sanna jag och uppn nya erkännanden. Ett existentiellt drama.

Critic Reviews:

"Aldrig har Steinbeck skrivit en s konstnärligt behärskad och fulländad eller en s meningsfullt djuplodande bok som denna om nutidsmänniskans själsliga nöd och förvirring, dess rädsla och ensamhet, dess rörande drömmar och längtan, men först och främst om dess djuriska begär och tarvliga egoism.... Men romanen fr ljus och värme av hans känsla av delaktighet, av kärleksfull medkänsla och särskilt av hans förstende humor." (Jrgen Claudi)

"En av Steinbecks bästa böcker." (Newsweek)

"Varaktig klarhet, fullkomlig trovärdighet och verklighet." (Saturday Review)

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Title: Rutebil p afveje [The Wayward Bus]

Author: John Steinbeck

Narrator: Karsten Pharao

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-02-17

Publisher: Viatone

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Juan og Alice Chicoy ejer en restaurant med tilhrende autovrksted i et de vejkryds nr den mexicanske grnse. Mens den koleriske Alice passer restauranten sammen med en romantisk drmmende servitrice, passer den rolige, mandige Juan vrksted og buskrsel sammen med lrlingen 'Bumse', hvis tanker kredser om damer. I et forfrdeligt uvejr krer bussen en dag fast p en de, mudderfyldt vej i Californien. Og i den usdvanlige situation opstr en rkke spndinger mellem de otte tilfldigt sammenbragte personer, der fr den polerede overflade til at briste og personerne til at afslre deres sande karakter og n til nye erkendelser. Et eksistentielt drama.

Please note: This audiobook is in Danish.

Critic Reviews:

"Aldrig har Steinbeck skrevet en s kunstnerisk behersket og fuldendt eller en s meningsfuld dybtloddende bog som denne om nutidsmenneskets sjlelige nd og forvirring, dets angst og ensomhed, dets rrende drmme og lngsler og frst og fremmest dets dyriske begr og tarvelige egoisme [Men romanen fr] lys og varme af hans flelse af medansvar, af krlig medflelse og isr af hans forstende humor." (Jrgen Claudi)

"En mgtig prsentation i sin art af en kolossal koncentreret kraftkilde. Et sprngfrdigt atom af en bog." (Hans Brix)

"En af Steinbecks bedste bger." (Newsweek)

"Vedvarende klarhed, fuldkommen trovrdighed og livagtighed." (Saturday Review)

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Title: The British Matron

Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne

Narrator: Alfred C. Martino

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-14-17

Publisher: Listen & Live Audio, Inc.

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) was born in Salem, Massachusetts. His ancestors include John Hathorne, the only judge involved in the Salem witch trials who never repented of his actions. Nathaniel later added W to make his name Hawthorne in order to hide his relation. The Scarlet Letter, his most famous novel, was published in 1850, followed by a succession of other novels, including The House of the Seven Gables, and various short stories. "The British Matron" is a satirical essay.

Narrator Alfred C. Martino is a graduate of Duke University and The Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. He currently lives in Jersey City.

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Title: Monsieur Beaucaire

Author: Booth Tarkington

Narrator: Flo Gibson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-07-17

Publisher: Audio Book Contractors, LLC

Ratings: 1 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

A young man disguised as a barber forces a noble whom he has caught cheating at cards to introduce him to the lovely Lady Mary Carlisle. Love flourishes, tempers flare, and swords clash in the ensuing results!

Members Reviews:

Hapless farce

Short story length, unfunny and unnecessary. Why was Tarkington so grandly famous -- for a period. He repped, I guess, the end of US innocence.

What is Life without Honor?

Published at the dawn of a new century Tarkington's second novel is not representative of his subsequent works, in that it is not based on personal experience nor set in his beloved Midwest. A light-hearted "costume" romance the plot centers on a barber for the French ambassador, who arrives in Victorian England, where he is secretly smitten by a lovely English milady of noble birth. Normally he would have no way to gain an introduction to her exalted social circle, but he happens to observe a real nobleman, the Duke of Winterset, cheating at cards. Our hero uses this circumstance to blackmail the cheat--not for money, but for his silence and a formal introduction into Bath society.

Lady Mary Carlisle is gradually impressed by this French suitor, the Duc de Chateaurien ("castle-nothing"), whose sallies into Society disgust the irate Duke who must maintain a discreet silence. A nobleman's honor/reputation is more important than even his life. All the elements of an adventure romance are present, as the real Duke plots to expose the fraud while salvaging his honor. Yet there are sublte hints that the author is deliberately withholding some vital information from his readers. Ah--it is cruel to trifle with a lady's heart by living a lie, so

who is the worse cheat now?

A light-hearted read which inspired Hollywood movies and an operetta MONSIEUR BEAUCAIRE offers subtle themes for the discreet reader: External beauty often mirrors internal beauty. Also, that Honesty and Kindness are more praiseworthy than wealth and rank. (Well, an American's egalitarian viewpoint, at any rate.) So how will Lady Mary react when her French Duc is unmasked? Or will he confess all to her and throw himself on her mercy? Will she ultimately regret her hasty decision? A literary soap opera disguised as a period piece--related with the Yankee touch-- this novella proves an amusing read for armchair swashbucklers.

Early novel by a masterful writer

This short novel is mainly notable as being one of Tarkington's earliest (1900), one that predates both his fame and his common focus on life in the American Midwest. It is an historical novel, set in 19th century England. Monsieur Beaucaire is a French expatriate living as a professional gambler, and who catches a local Duke cheating at cards. He blackmails the Duke into introducing him into British society. The Duke attempts to gain revenge and the action that follows involves duels, swordplay, fair ladies, and intrigue. The novel implicitly comments on stratified societies in which social status is valued over ability and character. However, the author doesn't sustain the theme, since at the denouement, royal rank trumps all else.

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Title: Dalyrimple Goes Wrong

Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald

Narrator: Kitty Hendrix

Format: Unabridged

Length: 41 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-13-17

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Brian Dalyrimple is a hero of WWI who comes home to realize that it's every man for himself. When he begins to understand the challenges of moving up the business ladder, he takes an unusual turn.

Dalyrimple Goes Wrong is one of F. Scott Fitzgerald's most popular short stories and has been translated into multiple languages. It was written in 1920 for Colliers magazine.

Members Reviews:

Going Wrong

Bryan Dalyrimple, a self-centered twenty-something-year-old man enjoyed far too many indulgences and privileges. Fitzgerald has fun with morality in a way that shows Dalyrimple's deeds are genuine, and it leaves the reader knowing he still fails and goes wrong.

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Title: The Offshore Pirate

Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald

Narrator: Kitty Hendrix

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 13 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-13-17

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Ardita Farnum is a beautiful but spoiled and rebellious young woman on a yachting trip to Florida with her uncle. On the verge of throwing her life away on a disreputable playboy, she is captured by pirates and becomes enamored with their captain. She wonders if she has she met her match.

This charming early short story, first published in 1920 for the Saturday Evening Post, demonstrates F Scott Fitzgerald's rapid development as a versatile writer of fiction. It is the first story that presents Fitzgerald's recurrent theme of a heroine who is won by her lover's performance of an extraordinary deed. It was dedicated to his wife, Zelda, who was also 19 years old at the time.

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Title: A Taxicab Tangle

Subtitle: The Mission of the Motor Boys

Author: Stanley R. Matthews

Narrator: C. James Moore

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 12-19-16

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

When the Motor Boys - cowboy Joe McGlory and his best friend, Matt King, known around the country as "Motor Matt" - discover that Joe is about to come into a fortune from an Arizona gold mine, it's all the boys can do to fend off a gang of ne'er-do-well hustlers in 1909 New York City. Kidnapped separately from in front of the Flatiron Building (yep, it was there then), Joe and Matt are taken by taxi and touring car to the crooks' hideout near Boston. It's a wild ride, complete with accidents, sexual revelations, chases, and knock-'em-on-the-head deceptions. At the gangsters' lair, the boys are held while the crooks (including a beautiful blonde disguised as a young boy) head back to New York to pose as McGlory and Matt and abscond with gold bars worth $10,000!

Can Joe and Matt escape the clutches of the gang in time to stall the bank executives from handing over the gold bullion? Thugs with guns guard the windows and doors; the car needed for an escape is locked behind iron gates. Should they escape, can Matt and Joe trust the local villagers for help? Is there anyone who will believe the boys' improbable story about gold mines, bullion, kidnapping, and skullduggery?

In this 1909 young adult thriller penned by Stanley R. Matthews, originally featured in the serial magazine Brave and Bold Weekly, the Motor Boys unite once again to fight off the bad guys while showcasing the fabulous world of the early 20th century. From motorcars that speed along at a breathtaking 25 miles per hour to discussions about heavier-than-air flight to the stock tickers of Wall Street linked to a gold mine in Tucson, A Taxicab Tangle: The Mission of the Motor Boys is in many ways as fresh and innocent as it was more than a century ago.