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Title: The Cricket on the Hearth (Golden Deer Classics)

Author: Charles Dickens

Narrator: Janet Paulson

Format: Abridged

Length: 3 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-24-17

Publisher: Oregan Publishing

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Publisher's Summary:

"The Cricket on the Hearth" is a novella by Charles Dickens, written in 1845. It is the third of Dickens' five Christmas books, the others being "A Christmas Carol" (1843), "The Chimes" (1844), "The Battle of Life" (1846), and "The Haunted Man" (1847).

John Peerybingle, a carrier, lives with his young wife Dot, their baby boy and their nanny Tilly Slowboy. A cricket chirps on the hearth and acts as a guardian angel to the family. One day a mysterious elderly stranger comes to visit and takes up lodging at Peerybingle's house for a few days.

©2017 Oregan Publishing (P)2017 Oregan Publishing

Members Reviews:

This Narrator Makes the Difference

This lesser-known Dickens Christmas story was more popular in its day than "A Christmas Carol," though its sentimental depiction of a sweet wife and super-sweet blind girl borders on saccharine for modern tastes. Dickens is the master of characterization and delivers plenty of gentle humor in this tale of threat to hearth and home. Jumping to conclusions or creating a false reality provide the drama, which is -- as expected -- comfortingly resolved. I've listened to other versions, and what makes this one stand out is how lovingly rendered the narration is. Paulson infuses her reading with such warmth and affection that I kept imagining myself sitting by the fireside in Victorian England, with all the time in the world to get to know the gentle giant John, his eager-to-please wife Dot, clumsy but well-meaning Tilly, and the rest.

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Title: - [Four Books and Five Classics: The Book of Songs]

Author: uncredited

Narrator: - - Yu Fang, - - Zhang Yingying

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-07-17

Publisher: BOVCM

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Publisher's Summary:

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Title: - [Four Books and Five Classics: The Book of Changes]

Author: uncredited

Narrator: - - Yang Bo

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-07-17

Publisher: BOVCM

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Classics, World Literature

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Title: - [The Water Margin]

Author: - - Shi Naian

Narrator: - - Xinkebiaoheji

Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-07-17

Publisher: BOVCM

Genres: Classics, World Literature

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Title: - [Four Books and Five Classics: The Spring and Autumn Annals]

Author: - - Zuo Qiuming

Narrator: - - Xu Tao

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-07-17

Publisher: BOVCM

Genres: Classics, World Literature

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Title: 1 - 1 [Journey to the West 1]

Author: - - Wu Chengen

Narrator: - - Baiyunchuxiu

Format: Unabridged

Length: 17 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-23-17

Publisher: BOVCM

Genres: Classics, World Literature

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Title: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Author: Lewis Carroll

Narrator: Lewis Carroll

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 15 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-11-17

Publisher: Cosmo Distribution

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Publisher's Summary:

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" (commonly shortened to "Alice in Wonderland") is an 1865 novel written by English mathematician Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. It tells of a girl named Alice falling through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures.

The tale plays with logic, giving the story lasting popularity with adults as well as with children. It is considered to be one of the best examples of the literary nonsense genre. Its narrative course and structure, characters and imagery have been enormously influential in both popular culture and literature, especially in the fantasy genre.

©2017 Cosmo Distribution (P)2017 Cosmo Distribution

Members Reviews:

The Best Kindle Option Available

I took a gamble on buying this edition when no one had reviewed it yet. I tried several other Kindle editions available and had found them truly appalling in terms of formatting. This however, is significantly better, featuring well structured chapter breaks and all the original illustrations, which enhance the story a lot.

Furthermore, considering it contains both books, plus the excellent Hunting of the Snark, it is a fantastic price.

However, there are still some glaring mistakes, such as some formatting bugs in a few of the poems and spelling errors in places (such as at the start of Looking Glass, where some of the Ls are replaced with 1s - I guess a scanner did the 'writing here').

5 stars for the great price and superior formatting over the other options. -1 star for the glaring lack of proof reading from the publisher.

Good book

A classic children's book that never gets old. I bought it for my daughter and we read a chapter every night. The only issue I have is that it's a little smaller than I expected, but that's okay.

Fun and ridiculous, as intended

Playful poetry may be more amusing for adults. In any case I finally learned about the Boogum. What fun! Theres some discussion that there is a hidden message in his poem. If so, I admit to it being way over my head!

Italicized Text?!

I really wanted to like this--the original illustrations are beautifully reproduced--but bizzarely, half the books are italicized in their entirety, making them pretty much unreadable. If this were fixed, I'd give this 5 stars.

Outstanding, of course.

There is nothing for me to add to the mountains of praise already out there for this masterpiece of nonsense literature â arguably the finest sustained piece there is, with only William Gilbert and Thomas Hood to rival it.

As the Victioran languge is sometimes a little dated, readers might care to go instead for Martin Gardnerâs Annotated verion that explains everything in detail (too much detail for some tastes).

The Annotated Hunting of the Snark (The Annotated Books)

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Título: Bodas de Sangre (Clásicos para Aprender Español. Nivel B1-B2)

Autor: Federico García Lorca, María Pérez Solas

Narrador: Jorge Tomé

Formato: Abridged

Duración: 1 hr and 12 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 09-22-17

Editor: EnEspañol

Calificaciones: 5 de 5 de 1 votos

Categorías: Classics, World Literature

Resumen del editor:

Written in 1931, it is one of the most important and well-known works of Federico García Lorca and is inspired by a real event that happened in the south of Spain in 1928.

The argument is as follows: two young men, The Bride and the Groom, agree on their marriage. On the day of the wedding, the Bride returns to see her old boyfriend, Leonardo, whom she has always been in love with. Leonardo, now married and with a son, belongs to the Felix family who now have to face the family of the Bridegroom for having killed his father and brother. The Bride and Leonardo then flee the wedding day carried by their passion. The Bridegroom goes out to look for them and when he finds them, he fights with Leonardo and they both die. This is a portrait of the Spanish rural society of the early Twentieth Century.

Escrita en 1931, es una de las obras más importantes y conocidas de Federico García Lorca y está inspirada en un hecho real que sucedió en el sur de España en 1928.

El argumento es el siguiente: dos jóvenes, La Novia y el Novio, acuerdan su matrimonio. El día de la boda, la Novia vuelve a ver a su antiguo novio, Leonardo, del que siempre ha estado enamorada. Leonardo, ahora casado y con un hijo, pertenece a la familia de los Félix, enfrentada a la familia del Novio por haber matado a su padre y a su hermano. La Novia y Leonardo huyen el día de la boda llevados por su pasión. El Novio sale a buscarlos y cuando los encuentra pelea con Leonardo y mueren los dos. Es un retrato de la sociedad rural española de principios del siglo XX.

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Titre: 150 proverbes français

Auteur: auteur inconnu

Narrateur: Nicolas Planchais

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 31 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 08-16-17

Éditeur: Compagnie du Savoir

Evaluation: 4 sur 5 sur 1 votes

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Résumé de l'éditeur:

Les proverbes sont une véritable sagesse populaire. Ils sont le fruit de centaines d'années d'histoires, de légendes, de spiritualité d'un peuple. Transmis oralement pendant des siècles, leur vérité et leur simplicité nous parlent immédiatement. Ces proverbes visent à donner accès à un peuple, une culture populaire, dans un format accessible à tous. Un proverbe est plus qu'une phrase anodine, ce peut être un trait d'esprit, un résumé d'une pensée complexe, une maxime, une ouverture sur une réflexion plus profonde.

©2016 Compagnie du Savoir (P)2016 Compagnie du Savoir

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Title: The Scarlet Letter

Subtitle: +Bonus Books

Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne

Narrator: Korey Samuel, Benjamin Brown

Format: Unabridged

Length: 35 hrs and 3 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-07-17

Publisher: Knight Writer

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Publisher's Summary:

In this program you will receive an unabridged recording of The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne. You will also receive the following bonus audiobooks:

Love and Friendship, by Jane Austin. A satirical romance audiobook.

Aunt Crete's Emancipation, by Grace Livingston Hill. A sweet older woman, who acts as a domestic servant to her sisters, finds herself in a peculiar situation when she is home alone and a "backwoods" cousin arrives at the front door.

Secret Agent, by Joseph Conrad. Adolf Verloc sees terrible consequences when he is pressured into planning a terrorist act.

Black Beauty, by Anna Sewell. A fictional autobiographical memoir told by a horse who recounts many tales of both cruelty and kindness.

The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame. A group of animal friends in the countryside as they pursue adventure.

Members Reviews:

Long on "Tell", Short on "Show"

Nathaniel Hawthorne's gift for style is indefatigable. Throughout the novel, his command of language delivers masterful prose dense with descriptive power.

And therein lies his great weakness. He has a genius for mining the meaning from every action, every movement, indeed, every word of dialogue, but in his exegetical fervor he neglects to simply describe what is happening. What little description he provides is overshadowed by the towering commentary surrounding it.

Perhaps that is why the Puritans are held in such a dismal light in this novel: aside from their intolerance serving as a plot device, they were known for their exegetical prowess, and Hawthorne simply detested in others what was never fully realized within himself. (This speculation serves only to amuse myself.)

Nevertheless, this novel ought to be mandatory reading for all Americans and all students of American culture. Readers and writers alike will only come away from it aesthectically edified and intellectually enhanced.

Good story. Not so good book.

I liked the story very much. It was a good story and my enjoyment of it was much more than I expected to get out of it.

The writing bothered me though. It was a "tell, don't show" book instead of the usual "show don't tell". The characters would have been much more interesting if we actually got to see the experiences that we were told about or if we were shown an actual conversation instead of the majority of conversions just being relayed via the narrator.

Captivating read

It is a classic for a reason...the story is spell-bounding and, once you start it, you won't want to put it down if you're a reader like me? The sacrifices this woman made for her daughter were of the nature only a loving and sorrowful Mother could be capable of. Highly reccomended

slow at first, the author is telling of his own world experience

Not necessarily a religious story, but one filled with humanity. The young fly into life. This story helps illumine the sometimes treacherous path testing each human heart. Therefore, it is worth pausing and listening to the silence that tells of more than surface, but fills the true space of life that requires living truly. Hester is truly a heroine of our times. She never denies the worst in herself as if to conceal...but plainly communicates who she is always in unvarnished clarity for the service of anyone, but especially pearl. Her strength in the worst is to be highly lauded.