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Title: The Sea Lady

Author: H.G. Wells

Narrator: Thomas A. Copeland

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-06-17

Publisher: Paperless

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

The Sea Lady is a fantasy novel written by H. G. Wells that has some of the aspects of a fable. It was serialized from July to December 1901 in Pearson's Magazine before being published as a volume by Methuen. The inspiration for the novel was Wells' glimpse of May Nisbet, the daughter of the Times drama critic, in a bathing suit, when she came to visit at Sandgate, Wells having agreed to pay her school fees after her father's death.

Members Reviews:

Quirky short story

I've never read H. G. Wells before. I do try to read as many classics as I can but with so many books on my wish list, sometimes they get pushed to the backburner. I'm fascinated by mermaids and this story caught my eye. I'd never heard of it before and just happened to see it when scrolling through book titles online. I found it for free on Kindle and read it within two days. It's a short story and I probably could have finished it in a few hours but with working full time and a two year old I just can't read as much as I'd like.

Anyway....this was a really interesting little story. Set during 1899, a proper English family takes in a mermaid and passes her off as human. It's rather humorous how they react to her and she reacts to them and being on land. The whole time, I'm thinking that she's got to be up to something unsavory and I can't wait to read more to find out why she really came to shore and what will happen with the people who have befriended her.

The whole story is told by a narrator who has his "facts" second and even third hand from "eyewitnesses." I've never read a story quite like that. The language was a little difficult to understand, sometimes, but nothing too difficult. I'm afraid of giving away too much, so I'll stop there. If you like mermaids, and light reading with a small touch of mystery, then I recommend this book.

Thoroughly entertaining

Another gem from the master. Great passages of brilliant prose. It starts as a comedy of manners with elements of fantasy - there's a mermaid. Then it gets darker as we come to suspect the sea lady's motives...why did she come, what does she mean to do....how will this end. You'll have to read it to find out.

This really should be better known. It came during the masters peak period between 1895 and 1905. Place this with the best of his work.

This is a satire that would have appealed to H ...

This is a satire that would have appealed to H.G Well's contemporaries. It reminded me of a long magazine article on social mores and customs.

I could not finish it.

Ho-hum

The characters weren't likable or even kowable. It felt like a forced story, never a conveyance of a life event.

Fun fantasy about a mermaid

2 stars for the plot and development of the story: it exposes differences among people, I believe Wells intended to show how a different person can adapt to the (Victorian) society.

another star because it's fun and humorous

on star because it's free

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Title: "Sanditon" and Excerpts from the Novels

Author: Jane Austen

Narrator: Flo Gibson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-09-16

Publisher: Audio Book Contractors, LLC

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

This hilarious segment of a seaside novel was begun during Jane Austen's final illness and leaves off after the 10th chapter. One can only speculate at the intended conclusion! Also included are memorable excerpts from her six novels.

Members Reviews:

Not All Modalities Work

This book wasnt for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

This book repeatedly put me to sleep. I've enjoyed all of Austen's books, and perhaps the audible version doesn't work for me. I will have to try the hardcopy of 'Sanditon.'

Has "Sanditon" and Excerpts from the Novels turned you off from other books in this genre?

No. There will be others.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Flo Gibson?

Wouldn't have changed the narration.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from "Sanditon" and Excerpts from the Novels?

I would have introduced a little more action among the stories of individual characters.

Any additional comments?

Unfortunately, I'm hard-pressed to relate much, if anything, about the story. There was an accident with a carriage early on, and much to-do about the new seaside resort of Sanditon, but I came away with little else.

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Title: Silas Marner

Author: George Eliot

Narrator: Stephanie Beacham

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-05-16

Publisher: Phoenix Books

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Falsely accused of a crime and betrayed by his closest friend, the weaver Silas Marner has been hoarding his earnings for 15 years. Distanced from his religious community, he has devoted himself to his work and taken pleasure only in counting his coins. Then in a single day, his gold is stolen and a lovely child appears on his doorstep. As he changes his life to meet the irresistible needs of the child, Marner accepts that the loss of the gold was a necessary exchange for the child. A living, shining treasure replaces his hollow material wealth, reawakening his humanity and helping him to rediscover a place among his fellow man. Many years later, when circumstances reveal the now-grown child's true identity, the strength of the bond that has flourished between her and the old man proves stronger that the attractions of wealth.

Critic Reviews:

"If you're a former school kid wondering just what the heck makes this novel living literature, you may find out by picking up this audiobook." (Audiofile Magazine)

Members Reviews:

My view

it. Probably her best book in my estimation a 10 out of 10

good story well read. I recommend

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Title: She [Russian Edition]

Subtitle: A History of Adventure

Author: Henri Rider Haggard

Narrator: Dmitry Kuznetsov

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-10-16

Publisher: IDDK

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

"Ona" - prikljuchencheskij roman anglijskogo pisatelja Genri Rajdera Haggarda. Kniga vhodit v spisok mirovyh bestsellerov i schitaetsja istorikami literatury vtorym po populjarnosti romanom Haggarda posle "Kopej carja Solomona". Roman opisyvaet puteshestvie Goracija Holli, ot lica kotorogo vedjotsja povestvovanie, i ego druga Leo Vinsi v glubinnye oblasti Vostochnoj Afriki na poiski zaterjannogo tainstvennogo korolevstva, gde oni v itoge obnaruzhivajut plemja dikarej i tainstvennuju beluju korolevu Ajeshu, obladajushhuju misticheskimi sposobnostjami i bessmertiem.

Please note: This audiobook is in Russian.

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Title: Mytteri p Bounty [Mutiny on the Bounty]

Author: Charles Nordhoff, James Norman Hall

Narrator: Thomas Gulstad

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-05-16

Publisher: Viatone

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Mytteri p Bounty er baseret p den historiske hndelse i 1789, hvor en del af bestningen p det engelske skib H.M.S. Bounty med understyrmand Christian Fletcher i spidsen begik mytteri mod deres kaptajn William Bligh. I romanen af Nordhoff & Hall flger vi den fiktive jeg-fortller Roger Byam (baseret p Peter Heywood), der som ung kadet kommer med p Bountys sejlads mod Tahiti, hvor han skal samle informationer om de indfdtes sprog. Gennem Byam hrer vi om kaptajn Blighs uretfrdige behandling af sit mandskab, om mytteriet og om hans egen og andre af bestningsmedlemmernes efterflgende dramatiske skbner. Mytteri p Bounty har vret filmatiseret flere gange, bl.a. i 1962 med Marlon Brandon i rollen som Christian Fletcher.

Please note: This audiobook is in Danish.

Critic Reviews:

"Mytteri p Bounty bestr af det stof, som eventyrbger er gjort af. Dens historiske njagtighed gr den ikke mindre spndende. Fortllestilen er bemrkelsesvrdig med sin gte 1700-talsfornemmelse og er samtidig forfriskende charmerende og smuk." (New York Times)

"Ikke blot en fortlling om havet; en fortlling om livet selv, om de varierende aspekter af godt og ondt i menneskeheden." (Boston Transcript)

"En helt og aldeles usdvanlig og fuldstndig tilfredsstillende bog." (Saturday Review)

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Title: The Continuing Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrator: Michael Ward

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 59 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-18-16

Publisher: Michael Ward

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

The continued adventures of Sherlock Holmes, covering such classics as: "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle", "The Adventure of the Speckled Band", "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb", "The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor", "The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet", and "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches".

This is an HCR104fm audiobook.

Members Reviews:

Excellent narration by Michael Ward

Really enjoyed hearing Michael Ward's Holmes and Watson again. Some excellent stories from the intrepid duo.

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Title: Three Saki Short Stories

Author: H. H. Munro - Saki

Narrator: Phillip J. Mather

Format: Unabridged

Length: 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-08-16

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Perennial classics, masterfully narrated: "The Open Window", "The Image of the Lost Soul", "Sredni Vashtar".

Hector Hugh Munro (December 18, 1870-November 14, 1916), better known by the pen name Saki and frequently as H. H. Munro, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous, and sometimes macabre stories satirize Edwardian society and culture. He is considered a master of the short story and often compared to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker. Influenced by Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll, and Rudyard Kipling, he himself influenced A. A. Milne, Noel Coward, and P. G. Wodehouse. (Wikipedia)

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Title: The Image of the Lost Soul

Author: Saki

Narrator: Phillip J Mather

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-20-16

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

"...but the old belfry jackdaw, who was an authority on ecclesiastical architecture, said it was a lost soul. And there the matter rested."

"Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 - 14 November 1916), better known by the pen name Saki, and also frequently as H. H. Munro, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous, and sometimes macabre stories satirize Edwardian society and culture. He is considered a master of the short story, and often compared to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker. Influenced by Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll, and Rudyard Kipling, he himself influenced A. A. Milne, Noël Coward and P. G. Wodehouse." (Wikipedia)

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Title: Clocks

Author: Jerome K. Jerome

Narrator: Phillip J. Mather

Format: Unabridged

Length: 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-10-16

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

"There are two kinds of clocks. There is the clock that is always wrong, and that knows it is wrong, and glories in it; and there is the clock that is always right - except when you rely upon it, and then it is more wrong than you would think a clock could be in a civilized country."

Members Reviews:

grandfather cloks and immortality

short essay on temperamental grandfather clocks with some sober reflections about time and eternity. a little gem of an essay and very funny to boot.

Very short

I went on a Jerome Jerome kick and decided to read everything he wrote, in no particular order. I don't recommend this practice, because after a few you realize that it's all a blur! And now I have trouble distinguishing this title from the rest. But I can say that they are all clever, witty and outdated in a fun way (learn something about "olden" times - and that people and their cares have been the same for centuries). As the author ages his circumstances change (marriage, kids, etc.), so it would have helped to know their chronological order and follow it before I started the endeavor. This one is very short, and clever but so outdated that it's hard to relate to.

Not what was expected.

Seem to loose material in the download. Can not follow easily when book refers to illistrations not accompanied with writings.

Not as expected

This book is not what I expected!

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Title: Zapiski o Sherloke Kholmse

Author: Artur Konan Doyl'

Narrator: Stanislav Fedosov

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-14-16

Publisher: Mul'timediynoye izdatel'stvo Strel'bitskogo

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Doktor Vatson prodolzhayet rasskazyvat' ob udivitel'nykh taynakh i prestupleniyakh, kotoryye virtuozno rasputyvayet znamenityy syshchik, geniy deduktsii Sherlok Kholms.V sbornik "Zapiski o Sherloke Kholmse" voshli rasskazy:- Kaleka- Postoyannyy patsiyent- Zholtaya maska- Neudachnaya mistifikatsiya- Rokovaya tayna

Please note: This audiobook is in Russian.