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Title: Just So Stories

Author: Rudyard Kipling

Narrator: Joseph Bagley, Alexander Khorlin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 5 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-13-13

Publisher: Cdcom Publishing

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Esli vy izuchaete anglijskij jazyk ili svobodno na nem govorite, u vas est' zamechatel'naja vozmozhnost' proslushat' na jazyke originala znamenitye "Skazki" Kiplinga o tom, kak zhivotnye stali takimi, kakimi my ih znaem, a zatem proverit' svoe ponimanie proizvedenija, proslushav russkij perevod.Tekst adaptirovan i sootvetstvuet urovnju Pre-Intermediate/ IntermediateAnglijskuju versiju chitaet Joseph Samuel BagleySoderzhanie: 1. Kak verbljud poluchil svoj gorb 2. Kak kit poluchil svoju glotku 3. Kak nosorog poluchil svoju shkuru 4. Kot, kotoryj guljal sam po sebe 5. Motylek, kotoryj topnul 6. Pesenka Stariny Kenguru 7. Slonenok

Please note: This audiobook is in Russian.

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Title: Canterville Ghost

Author: Oscar Wilde

Narrator: Lisa Campbell, Andrey Zaretsky

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-13-13

Publisher: Cdcom Publishing

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Vsem druz'jam anglijskogo jazyka!Esli vy izuchaete anglijskij ili svobodno na nem govorite, u vas est' zamechatel'naja vozmozhnost' proslushat' znamenituju jumoristicheskuju istoriju o prividenii, v kotoroe nikto ne veril, na jazyke originala. Tekst ne adaptirovan, chto dolzhno byt' osobenno prijatno dlja ljudej, vladejushhih anglijskim na vysokom urovne. Anglijskaja versija nachitana nositel'nicej jazyka, mnogokratnoj pobeditel'nicej konkursov hudozhestvennogo chtenija.

Please note: This audiobook is in Russian.

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Title: Alice i eventyrland [Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]

Author: Lewis Carroll

Narrator: Grete Tulinius

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-25-13

Publisher: Viatone

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Alice sidder ved en flodbred med sin sster og keder sig, da hun pludselig fr je p en talende hvid kanin ifrt habitjakke, der lber forbi, mens den kigger p sit lommeur. Hun flger efter kaninen ned i dens hul, som hun falder dybere og dybere ned i, indtil hun ender i et mystisk eventyrland, hvor intet er, som det plejer at vre. Her oplever hun alle mulige og umulige ting; hun vokser og krymper, svmmer i sine egne trer, mder mrkelige dyr med overnaturlige krfter og er lige ved at f kappet hovedet af p befaling af en kortspilsdronning.

Please note: This audiobook is in Danish.

Critic Reviews:

Det er ikke mindst sproget og det verbale overskud og opgret med voksenverdenens fokusering p fornuft og meninger, der gr historierne om Alice tidlse. (Christian Monggaard, Information)

Vrvlefortllingen om Alice er et skelsttende aktstykke i barndommens og opdragelsens historie. En p én gang uskyldig og udspekuleret undergravning af Victoriatidens (og vor egen tids) konventionstvang, borgerskabets og hoffets latterligt lunefulde selvretfrdighed, retssystemets rituelle besvrgelser og mange andre drligdomme, der lever i bedste velgende. (Sren Vinterberg, Politiken)

Members Reviews:

Klasisk historie som er fint fortalt

Would you consider the audio edition of Alice i eventyrland [Alice's Adventures in Wonderland] to be better than the print version?

Jeg har ikke lst den bogen kun hrt denne lydbog og s set film udgaven af den. Tror ikke at jeg vil lse bogen da jeg ikke synes at historien var den bedste.Mske p et tidspunkt, synes ikke historien er den allerbedste, men den

Would you be willing to try another book from Lewis Carroll? Why or why not?

Jeg er ikke sikker p om jeg vil hre andet fra Lewis Carroll, mske hvis jeg fr anbefalet noget fra ham.

What does Grete Tulinius bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book?

Jeg synes bogen blev lst rigtig godt op, med variation i stemmen, og indlevelse i bogen, s jeg fik lyst til at hre bogen frdig.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Efter som bogen ikke er s voldsom lang, kan man sagtens hrer bogen i en krer. Oplsningen i bogen er som sagt ogs ganske fin.

Jeg hrte den i to bidder, men det var mest p grund af jeg ikke havde tid til at hrer den hen p en gang.

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Title: So Lovers Dream

Author: Alec Waugh

Narrator: Alan Marriott

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-30-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

This is not the only one of Alec Waugh's novels in which he has described the agonies of a couple who are desperately in love but cannot marry, for it is a situation that he has himself lived through. But it is in this novel that he has drawn most specifically upon experiences he has only alluded to in other books.

His protagonist is Gordon Carruthers, who was also the hero of The Loom of Youth, that then-shocking and revelatory novel of public-school life. Now transformed into a globe-trotting writer, Carruthers falls in love with a beautiful American socialite, and eventually, while her husband is away, they begin an affair. For reasons that only gradually become clear, their situation seems to be a cul-de-sac, leading to a denouement that is both surprising and, paradoxically, the only possible one.

So Lovers Dream is an autobiographical novel in more ways than one. Into it Waugh put not only his love affair but his home, his literary agent, the details of his own life. This makes it both an enthralling tale and a candid self-revelation, and as always in this writer's work, an affectionate evocation of a time he has lived through.

Alec Waugh (1898-1981) was a British novelist born in London and educated at Sherborne Public School, Dorset. Waughs first novel, The Loom of Youth (1917), is a semi-autobiographical account of public-school life that caused some controversy at the time and led to his expulsion. Waugh was the only boy ever to be expelled from The Old Shirburnian Society.

Despite setting this record, Waugh went on to become the successful author of over 50 works, and lived in many exotic places throughout his life which later became the settings for some of his texts. He was also a noted wine connoisseur and campaigned to make the cocktail party a regular feature of 1920s social life.

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Title: Love in These Days

Author: Alec Waugh

Narrator: Juliet Mills

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-29-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

First published in 1926, this story explores love in these days, days past, and what is likely to come.

Alec Waugh (1898-1981) was a British novelist born in London and educated at Sherborne Public School, Dorset. Waughs first novel, The Loom of Youth (1917), is a semi-autobiographical account of public-school life that caused some controversy at the time and led to his expulsion. Waugh was the only boy ever to be expelled from The Old Shirburnian Society.

Despite setting this record, Waugh went on to become the successful author of over 50 works, and lived in many exotic places throughout his life which later became the settings for some of his texts. He was also a noted wine connoisseur and campaigned to make the cocktail party a regular feature of 1920s social life.

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Title: Jenny Kissed Me

Author: James Henry Leigh Hunt

Narrator: K. Anderson Yancy

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-08-13

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

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

A man poised on the eve of what to others appears to be his greatest triumph, thinks back on what he knows is his greatest triumph. Its a kiss from his Jenny. In this moment he shows us that whats important is not how others perceive the success or failures in our lives, but how we see them.

Members Reviews:

Five Stars

A valentine to what is *really* important. Worth your time.

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Title: Robin Hood

Author: Louis Rhead

Narrator: Flo Gibson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-14-13

Publisher: Audio Book Contractors

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Bold Robin Hood, skilled archer, huntsman, robber of the rich and champion of the poor, has many exciting adventures in Sherwood Forest. Friar Tuck, Maid Marion, Little John, and Will Scarlet are part of his merry band of outlaws.

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Title: The Pickwick Papers

Author: Charles Dickens

Narrator: Flo Gibson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 31 hrs and 41 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-11-13

Publisher: Audio Book Contractors, Inc.

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

This novel, Charles Dickens' first, includes letters and manuscripts about the Pickwick Club's activities and romances. The benevolent business man Pickwick and his fellow members Snodgrass the poet, Tupman the lover and Winkle the sportsman, along with loyal valet Samuel Weller are just a few of the characters (or caricatures) who made this book an immediate success.

Members Reviews:

Love Charles Dickens and it was really a joy to ...

Love Charles Dickens and it was really a joy to read. Hated to get to the end of the book. Felt like a friend.

Great edition!

This item took a very long time to arrive - two weeks longer than the deadline, although that is probably due to the problems we've been having with imported products here in Brazil. That said, the edition is absolutely lovely, the facsimile of the edition originally printed in 1937, and a lot lighter than you'd expect a book of this size (which is great if you carry your books around to read them on the tube like I do). A must have for all us book geeks.

Four Stars

Dickens, through and through.

Picaresque classic

Came back to the Pickwick Papers after 30 years -- a school assignment then, a pleasure read now -- and the things I enjoyed remained the same: Dickens' understated humor, his deliberately flowery descriptions, the unexpected pathos of the durance vile in the Fleet. But the more mature version of me is maybe better able to appreciate the wonderful characters created by Dickens, some of whom, such as Pickwick, have become archetypes. The serial nature of the original work, combined with the sometimes hurried circumstances of its creation, sometimes show through, but the story and characters hold up and are timeless despite the passage of nearly two centuries.

While I have made it a Christmas tradition to read ...

While I have made it a Christmas tradition to read A Christmas Carol every December, I have never read much of Dickens other work. I read this book intending to read through the rest of the body of his work. I won't be doing that after all. Perhaps my 21st century lifestyle is incompatible with the flowery, convoluted style and unending sentences of his work. That and the killing off of Nell and this deus ex machina way of dealing with Quilp left me cold. Sorry, Charlie.

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Title: She

Author: Henry Rider Haggard

Narrator: Stephen Pacey

Format: Abridged

Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-19-12

Publisher: The Copyright Group

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

My empire is of the imagination. These are the words of Ayesha, the mysterious white queen of a Central African tribe, whose dread title, 'She-who-must-be-obeyed', testifies to her undying beauty and magical powers; but they serve equally well to describe the hold of her author, Henry Rider Haggard, on generations of readers. Writing 'at white heat', and in the flush of success after the publication of King Solomon's Mines, Haggard drew again on his knowledge of Africa and of ancient legends, but also on something deeper and more disturbing. To the Englishmen who journey through shipwreck, fever, and cannibals to her hidden realm, 'She' is the goal of a quest bequeathed to them two thousand years before; to Haggard's readers, 'She' is the embodiment of one of the most potent and ambivalent figures of Western mythology, a female who is both monstrous and desirable - and, without question, deadlier than the male.

Members Reviews:

Classic Fantasy-Adventure

"She" was first published in 1886, and is written in the florid literary style of the day, but it still reads like the wind. Haggard was a born storyteller, and he never lets his overblown prose slow down the pace of this adventure. It is no wonder that this book has never been out of print in the last 124 years and has sold a reported 44 million copies.

The plot involves three Englishmen who follow the clues written on an ancient piece of pottery to find a fabulous kingdom hidden in the interior of Africa, where a strange lost race is ruled over by "She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed," a mercurial Queen with supernatural powers, including near-eternal life. The suspense and action rarely flag, and the story set the pattern for countless "lost world" and "lost race" stories that followed, most notably those of Edgar Rice Burroughs. A great read.

One caveat: the $1.00 Kindle version has some typos, and the author's illustrations are missing.

a classic tale of a Lost World

In the style of the times, this is a tale of adventure passed off as truth by the narrator. Unique is that this is purportedly the first instance of the use of a lost civilization in science fiction and it carries many of the hallmarks that later authors shall employ. In particular, a remote civilization cut off from the world in a volcanic caldera.

Also, in the style of the day, the characters oft wax philosophical, which can bog down the adventurous nature of the tale. But I find it something I like about early science fiction.

good read of an old book

Pros: it is very nice to be able to read a long out-of-print book without breaking the bank. the paper stock was a decent weight and the binding was adequate to not fall apart.

Cons: the publisher has a caveat that the scanning used to create this publication is not perfect and typos were not corrected. very true - found several that slowed my reading, but were not critical to the plot of the book. did not find any noticible text missing.

Book Review: this is a tale that i have wanted to read for some time, but have been unable to find a readable copy without getting into "collector" book proces. i found the writing very typical of the time and the characters complex. it was a good read and i am very glad to have had this opportunity.

She Who Must Be Obeyed

This is an old-fashioned adventure and treasure hunting tale told in archaic and proper British English.

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Title: Daniel Deronda

Author: George Eliot

Narrator: Eleanor Bron

Format: Abridged

Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-12

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Penguin Classics presents George Eliots Daniel Deronda, adapted for audio and available as a digital download as part of the Penguin English Library series. Read by the actress Eleanor Bron.

"What can I do.... I must get up in the morning and do what everyone else does. It is all like a dance set beforehand. I seem to see all that can be - and I am tired and sick of it. And the world is all confusion to me." George Eliots last, most controversial novel opens as the spoiled Gwendolen Harleth, poised at a roulette table about to throw away a small fortune, captivates Daniel Deronda. As their lives become intertwined, they are also transformed by suffering, misfortune, revelations and Daniels fascination with the Jewish singer Mirah.

Daniel Deronda shocked Victorian readers with its portrayal of the Jewish experience in British society, and remains a moving and epic portrayal of human passions. Part of a series of vintage recordings taken from the Penguin Archives. Affordable, collectable, quality productions - perfect for on-the-go listening.

Members Reviews:

Great Reading of Sadly Abridged Bbook

Is there anything you would change about this book?

This audiobook suffers from being abridged- at least as it has been here. Developments unprepared for and a bit disconnnected.

Which scene did you most enjoy?

Eleanor Bron is a great reader and her voice suits the text. The depiction of Jewry in 19th Century London is an unusual and fascinating aspect of the book.

Any additional comments?

My own fault for not noticing it was abridged. I was so keen to avoid the Nadia May narration I clicked too quickly.