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Title: The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei (Volume One: The Gathering)

Author: David Tod Roy (translator)

Narrator: George Backman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 17 hrs and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-18-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 14 votes

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Publisher's Summary:

In this first of a planned five-volume set, David Roy provides a complete and annotated translation of the famous Chin P'ing Mei, an anonymous sixteenth-century Chinese novel that focuses on the domestic life of Hsi-men Ch'ing, a corrupt, upwardly mobile merchant in a provincial town, who maintains a harem of six wives and concubines. This work, known primarily for its erotic realism, is also a landmark in the development of the narrative art form - not only from a specifically Chinese perspective but in a world-historical context.

Members Reviews:

Excellent narration and rollicking story

George Backman is a terrific narrator for this. He can handle the Chinese names effortlessly and he catches the spirit of the soap opera characters, bed scenes, insults and general conniving.

Yes, it is in one sense a seemingly endless portrayal of a superficial, wealthy, randy young Chinese businessman and his wives/concubines, drinking parties, etc in 1100s China. But it is also a discerning portrayal of human psychology and a picture of Chinese life across most classes during the 1600s, when it was actually written. If you think of it as like a multi-year television program, well written and weaving together the threads of several plot lines while beguling you with descriptions of suculent feasts and beautiful clothes, youll get into the spirit of the thing and commit to multiple volumes. Again, Backman is flawless and makes the book.

Do note that it is frankly written in occasional bed scenes, so you wouldnt want to listen in a car with children.

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Título: Cuentos de Amor de Locura y de Muerte

Autor: Horacio Quiroga

Narrador: Rolando Silva, Maria del Carmen Siccardi, Carla Sicard, Gladys Barriga, Katia Duran, Jorge Lillo

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 6 hrs and 1 min

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 04-03-14

Editor: Audible Studios

Calificaciones: 3.5 de 5 de 11 votos

Categorías: Classics, World Literature

Resumen del editor:

Cuentos de Amor de Locura y de Muerte (el título no lleva coma por decisión expresa del autor) es el libro de cuentos más famoso de Horacio Quiroga, uno de los autores más reconocidos de Uruguay. Esta producción cuenta con los 18 relatos originales, incluyendo Los ojos sombríos, El infierno artificial y El perro rabioso. El tema de la muerte resalta en la mayoría de los relatos. Los 18 cuentos son:

Opiniones de los miembros:

Excelente lectura

Cuentos que llegan a lo mas profundo. Imposible borrarlos del alma una vez leidos. Horacio Quiroga cumple su cometido

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Titel: Der Spieler

Autor:: Fjodor Dostojewskij

Erzähler: Michael Rotschopf

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 6 hrs and 33 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 01-08-14

Herausgeber: Der Audio Verlag

Bewertung: 4 von 5 von 1 Stimmen

Kategorien: Classics, World Literature

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Ein Spielcasino im 19. Jahrhundert. Im Kronleuchterschein trifft sich die feine Gesellschaft. Aleksej Iwanowitsch, Hauslehrer einer russischen Generalsfamilie, ist vom Rausch des Roulettes erfasst. Die Sucht lässt ihn alles vergessen. Hoffnungslos gerät er immer tiefer in den Sog des Spiels, bis er die Liebe seines Lebens, seine gesellschaftliche Stellung und schließlich den Boden unter den Füßen verliert.

Dostojewskijs autobiografisch gefärbtes Bekenntnis eines Spielers, herausragend neu übersetzt von Swetlana Geier.

©2011 S. Fischer Verlag (P)2011 DAV

Mitglieder Bewertungen:

Jawohl!

Dostojewskij noch einmal! Es ist ein kleineres Werk, wir alle wissen das, aber jedoch!... Die Ausgabe ist fast fehlerlos. Schön! Ich empfehle es vollkommen!

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Titolo: I promessi sposi [The Betrothed]

Autore: Alessandro Manzoni

Narratore: Claudio Carini

Formato: Unabridged

Durata: 25 hrs and 32 mins

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 11-13-13

Editore: Recitar Leggendo Audiolibri

Valutazioni: 4.5 su 5 su 7 voti

Categoria: Classics, World Literature

Riepilogo Editore:

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Recensioni dei membri:

the Italian language at its best

Manzoni transformed an ordinary and mostly boring story in a must read for everyone, thanks to his gentle and always pungent writing style

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Title: 24 Hodja Tales

Author: Paul Beck

Narrator: John Pether

Format: Unabridged

Length: 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-08-13

Publisher: Trout Lake Media

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 14 votes

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Hodja was a satirical Sufi, believed to have lived and died during the 13th century in today's Turkey. He is considered a populist philosopher and wise man, remembered for his funny stories and anecdotes. He appears in thousands of stories, sometimes witty, sometimes wise. These Hodja tales are replete with subtle humor and wisdom.

Members Reviews:

terrible

too long pauses. without them the book would be 10 min long. and the stories are pointless and meaningless too

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Título: Lazarillo de Tormes (Spanish Edition)

Autor: Anonimo

Narrador: Nora Romero

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 1 hr and 7 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 11-05-13

Editor: Lectorum

Calificaciones: 1 de 5 de 1 votos

Categorías: Classics, World Literature

Resumen del editor:

Esta novela constituye un momento afortunado del Siglo de Oro de la literatura espanola. No solo fue uno de los mas apreciados logros en la literatura picaresca, sino tambien una de las obras fundadoras del genero novelistico. Por medio de la narracion de simples travesuras, el autor dio a su personaje Lazaro, la voz adecuada para retratar los defectos y las miserias de los grupos y clases sociales espanolas de la epoca.

Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.

Opiniones de los miembros:

Five Stars

Nice condition. For son's Spanish class.

Five Stars

very good

a masterpiece

One of the controversial books because of its heretical content and at the same time one of the great picaresque book I ever read. In its day the Spanish Inquisition prohibited this book, but later on censured some of its religious content, I'm glad it did survive the inquisition. A great book for a great edition.

A classic coming of age tale

Read it in grammar school and it's a classic must-have; similar to Oliver Twist, Tom Sawyer and others. It's a classic and descriptive story of a boy coming of age.

Lectura obligada para cualquiera que entre en el mundo literario ...

Lectura obligada para cualquiera que entre en el mundo literario. Este libro ha sido la inspiración de muchos escritores. La cumbre de la novela picaresca.

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Titolo: Operette morali

Autore: Giacomo Leopardi

Narratore: Silvia Cecchini, Enrica Maschio

Formato: Unabridged

Durata: 7 hrs and 26 mins

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 08-21-13

Editore: Collina d'oro

Categoria: Classics, World Literature

Riepilogo Editore:

Le Operette morali sono una raccolta di ventiquattro componimenti in prosa, divise tra dialoghi e novelle dallo stile medio e ironico, scritte tra il 1824 ed il 1832. Riflessione filosofica ed empito poetico fanno sì che Leopardi, al pari di Schopenhauer e più tardi di Kafka, possa essere visto come un esistenzialista o almeno un precursore dell'EsistenzialismoI temi sono quelli cari al poeta: il rapporto dell'uomo con la storia, con i suoi simili e in particolare con la Natura, di cui Leopardi matura una personale visione filosofica; il confronto tra i valori del passato e la situazione statica e degenerata del presente; la potenza delle illusioni, la gloria e la noia.Sono tematiche riproposte alla luce del cambiamento radicale avvenuto nel cuore dello scrittore:[3] la ragione non è più un ostacolo all'infelicità, ma l'unico strumento umano per sfuggire alla disperazione.Ecco le parole di Tristano, scritte da Leopardi cinque anni prima della sua morte, in cui questi risponde a chi gli chiede di cosa fare del suo libro: "Bruciarlo è il meglio. Non lo volendo bruciare, serbarlo come un libro di sogni poetici, d'invenzioni e di capricci malinconici, ovvero come un'espressione dell'infelicità dell'autore: perché in confidenza, mio caro amico, io credo felice voi e felici tutti gli altri; ma io quanto a me, con licenza vostra e del secolo, sono infelicissimo; e tale mi credo; e tutti i giornali de' due mondi non mi persuaderanno il contrario....... Troppo sono maturo alla morte, troppo mi pare assurdo e incredibile di dovere, così morto come sono spiritualmente, così conchiusa in me da ogni parte la favola della vita, durare ancora quaranta o cinquant'anni, quanti mi sono minacciati dalla natura. "Cornice musicale: Grand Polonaise di Chopin

Please note: This audiobook is in Italian.

Recensioni dei membri:

Enchanting Fables of Disenchantment

"Leopardi is one of the greatest of poets and prose writers, and like Kleist and Baudelaire, a truly original, devastating sensibility. Nothing is more overdue than a proper edition of Leopardi in English."

-- Susan Sontag

Fiabe che incantano. Melodie filosofiche di una strana saggezza che tradisce i metodi antichi in un dialogo strumentalizzato dal'epicentro del cuore stordito da illusioni intelletuali. Poesia in prosa.

The translation here is adequate, and just as sharp as the earlier rendition by Betram Dobell but not as stellar as the Columbia University Press scarce edition entitled "The Moral Dialogues" where Patrick Creagh's modern version is still the best one available. The above quotation of Sontag is referring to the Creagh translation. However it bears mentioning that this is the only version I have ever encountered that has the original Italian alongside the English. Giovanni Cecchetti is a fine man of letters and interprets the tone of the tales and dialogues well. His introduction and notes are very helpful and fill some gaps a lay reader will likely have. All in all, by the by the best choice out there.

A book that's worth more than what is costs.

Operette Moralli is quite humorous some times. A more accurate translation of the title would be "small ethical works," but the current title is more truthful to the actual content.

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Titel: Der Leuchtturm am Ende der Welt

Autor:: Jules Verne

Erzähler: Oliver Rohrbeck

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 5 hrs and 50 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 06-27-13

Herausgeber: Audible Studios

Bewertung: 4 von 5 von 1 Stimmen

Kategorien: Classics, World Literature

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

>> Diese ungekürzte Hörbuch-Fassung ist ausschließlich im Download erhältlich.

Mitglieder Bewertungen:

okay

One of Verne's less well known books. Not one of his best. All in all simple and predictable story written in a not very captivating way. It includes a lot of specialized knowledge that only sailors would know. This books is in German. Seems to be scanned. Quite some ocr errors, perhaps 1 per page. That is ok for me. Overall, easy reading. If that is what you want, it may well be worth the money. Book includes historical illustrations. I couldn't see them very well on my small kindle.

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Titre: Voyage au centre de la Terre

Auteur: Jules Verne

Narrateur: Bernard Petit

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 7 hrs and 35 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 06-17-13

Éditeur: Le Livre qui parle

Evaluation: 4.5 sur 5 sur 7 votes

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Résumé de l'éditeur:

Axel Lidenbrock est le neveu d'un éminent géologue et naturaliste allemand, le professeur Otto Lidenbrock. L'histoire commence à Hambourg, dans la maison du Pr. Lidenbrock. Le professeur, amateur de vieux livres, a acheté le manuscrit original d'une saga islandaise, Heimskringla, écrite au XIIe siècle, et dans lequel il découvre un parchemin rédigé en caractères runiques.Axel et son oncle parviennent à déchiffrer ce cryptogramme. Il s'agit du message d'un certain Arne Saknussemm, un alchimiste du XVIe siècle. Celui-ci affirme avoir découvert un passage vers le centre de la Terre, en passant par le Sneffels, volcan inactif situé en Islande.Le professeur Lidenbrock décide de partir dès le lendemain pour l'Islande, emmenant avec lui son neveu Axel. A Reykjavík, ils engagent un chasseur d'eider nommé Hans, qui sera leur guide. Les trois hommes voyagent jusqu'au pied du volcan Sneffels, et en font l'ascension. Le cratère éteint renferme trois cheminées. L'une d'elles doit être effleurée par l'ombre d'un haut pic, le Scartaris, à midi, "avant les calendes de juillet", c'est-à-dire dans les derniers jours de juin. D'après la note de Saknussemm, là se trouve le passage vers le centre de la Terre...

L'auteur

Né à Nantes en 1828,

entame des études de droit à Paris. Il y fréquente les milieux littéraires et écrit des pièces de théâtre, des livrets d'opérettes et d'opéras-comiques.

Après le succès de

(1850), il se consacre entièrement à l'écriture, et étudie assidûment diverses disciplines scientifiques.

Ses premiers récits, publiés en 1851, annoncent les thèmes de son œuvre future.

En 1857, il épouse Honorine, dont il aura un enfant, Michel.

Dès 1863 commence une collaboration fameuse entre l'écrivain et l'éditeur Pierre-Jules Hetzel, avec la publication de

.

Au cours des 40 années suivantes, Jules Verne écrira plus de 70 romans d'aventure et d'exploration, tous remarquables par leur précision, tant au niveau scientifique que géographique ou historique.

Parallèlement, il effectue de nombreux voyages en Amérique et en Europe. Jules Verne s'inspire aussi de l'histoire contemporaine.

Installé en 1872 à Amiens, il cesse de voyager en 1886 pour exercer pleinement sa mission de conseiller municipal tout en continuant à écrire.

Jules Verne disparaît à l'âge de 77ans.

Le narrateur

Avec sa voix profonde et chaleureuse,

est un comédien aux multiples facettes. On le retrouve aussi bien dans des livres audio que comme voix-off pour des documentaires sur de grandes chaînes télévisées. Il prête son talent pour de nombreux sons et lumières, des audio guides de musées et des jeux vidéos.

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Avis des membres:

Emphasised version

It surprised me to realize it's such a different story than movie. Quite emphasised version.

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Title: The Forged Coupon

Author: Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, David Patterson (translator)

Narrator: Fleet Cooper

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-11-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Publisher's Summary:

The Forged Coupon is a novella in two parts by Leo Tolstoy. Though he first conceived of the story in the late 1890s, he did not begin writing it until 1902. After struggling for several years, he finally completed the story in 1904; however, it was not published until some of Tolstoy's shorter works were collected and anthologized after his death in 1910.

The story is divided into two parts. In Part I, schoolboy Mitya is in desperate need of money to repay a debt, but his father angrily denies him assistance. Dejected, under the instigation of a friend Makhin, Mitya simply changes a $2.50 note to read $12.50, but this one evil deed sets off a chain of events that affects the lives of dozens of others, when his one falsehood indirectly causes a man to murder a woman at the end of Part I, and then seek redemption through religion in Part II.

Having written the novella in his dying years, after his excommunication, Tolstoy relishes the chance to unveil the "pseudo-piety and hypocrisy of organized religion." Yet, he maintains an unwavering belief in man's capacity to find truth, so the story remains hopeful, especially in Part II, which shows that good works can affect another as in a domino effect, just as evil does in Part I. The novella has also been translated with the title The Counterfeit Note and The Forged Banknote.