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Title: Charles Dickens: The Essential Collection

Subtitle: Knickerbocker Classics

Author: Charles Dickens

Narrator: Ellis Christoff

Format: Unabridged

Length: 35 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-10-18

Publisher: Paperless

Genres: Classics, European Literature

Publisher's Summary:

"Little Dorrit is a novel by Charles Dickens, originally published in serial form between 1855 and 1857. It satirises the shortcomings of both government and society, including the institution of debtors' prisons, where debtors were imprisoned, unable to work, until they repaid their debts. The prison in this case is the Marshalsea, where Dickens's own father had been imprisoned. Dickens is also critical of the lack of a social safety net, the treatment and safety of industrial workers, as well the bureaucracy of the British Treasury, in the form of his fictional 'Circumlocution Office'. In addition he satirises the stratification of society that results from the British class system."

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Titre: 700 citations des grands écrivains français du XIXème siècle

Auteur: Victor Hugo, Honoré de Balzac, Stendhal, Gustave Flaubert, Alexandre Dumas, François de Chateaubriand, Alfred de Musset

Narrateur: Nicolas Planchais, Élodie Huber

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 3 hrs and 16 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 12-27-17

Éditeur: Compagnie du Savoir

Genres: Classics, European Literature

Résumé de l'éditeur:

Le XIXe siècle en France est un âge d'or littéraire, marqué par des courants très affirmés comme le romantisme, le réalisme, le naturalisme ou le symbolisme, et une évolution moderne de la poésie et du roman qui donna naissance à des chefs-dœuvre en nombre inégalé. Cette collection de citations présente la pensée de sept figures incontournables du XIXe siècle sous forme concise et accessible.

Victor Hugo est l'un des écrivains de langue française les plus importants, et il fut aussi un intellectuel engagé qui joua un rôle majeur dans l'histoire du XIXe siècle. Sa production toucha tous les genres et lui valut un immense succès populaire. Honoré de Balzac est un des maîtres du roman français, qui excella surtout dans la veine du réalisme. Dans ses romans, caractérisés par un style économe et resserré, Stendhal cherche "la vérité, l'âpre vérité" dans le domaine psychologique, et campe essentiellement des jeunes gens aux aspirations romantiques de vitalité, de force du sentiment et de rêve de gloire. Gustave Flaubert a marqué la littérature universelle par la profondeur de ses analyses psychologiques, son souci de réalisme, son regard lucide sur les comportements des individus et de la société, et par la force de son style. Les romans d'aventure d'Alexandre Dumas sont portés par la fougue de son style et son succès est toujours immense. Chateaubriand est l'un des précurseurs du romantisme français, grâce à ses descriptions de la nature et son analyse des sentiments. Alfred de Musset est un des grands écrivains romantiques français, dont le théâtre et la poésie lyrique montrent une sensibilité extrême, une interrogation sur la pureté et la débauche.

La pensée de chaque auteur est résumée en 100 citations marquantes et essentielles, faciles à mémoriser et à s'approprier ; ce format concis et accessible est idéal pour la préparation aux examens et aux concours (bac, capes, agrégation...), la culture générale et le développement personnel.

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Title: - [20,000 Leagues Under the Sea] (Audio Drama)

Author: Jules Verne

Narrator: - - Zheng Kunyu, - - Chen Dagang

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-07-17

Publisher: BOVCM

Genres: Classics, European Literature

Publisher's Summary:

The complete list of narrators includes - - Zhang Yang | - - Zhang Yue.

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Title: - [Pride and Prejudice]

Author: Jane Austen

Narrator: - - Susu

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 hrs and 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-07-17

Publisher: BOVCM

Genres: Classics, European Literature

Publisher's Summary:

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Title: The Zelmenyaners

Subtitle: A Family Saga

Author: Moyshe Kulbak, Hillel Halkin - translator

Narrator: David Skulski

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-06-17

Publisher: Post Hypnotic Press Inc.

Genres: Classics, European Literature

Publisher's Summary:

This is the first complete English-language translation of a classic of Yiddish literature, one of the great comic novels of the 20th century. The Zelmenyaners describes the travails of a Jewish family in Minsk that is torn asunder by the new Soviet reality. Four generations are depicted in riveting and often uproarious detail as they face the profound changes brought on by the demands of the Soviet regime and its collectivist, radical secularism. The resultant intergenerational showdowns - including disputes over the introduction of electricity, radio, or electric trolley - are rendered with humor, pathos, and a finely controlled satiric pen.

Moyshe Kulbak, a contemporary of the Soviet Jewish writer Isaac Babel, picks up where Sholem Aleichem left off a generation before, exploring in this book the transformation of Jewish life.

Members Reviews:

Finally in Translation

Timeless satire, originally written in the 1930s. If you like Jewish family sagas, you will love this one. A large shetl family copes with the new Soviet Union.

Fantastic Book

Kulbak's sincere analysis of the evolution of Jewish identity under Soviet regime- this book highlights the replacement of traditional Jewish culture with a more universal Soviet mindset.

One of the great Yiddish language satires

The Zelmenyaners is simultaneously a brutal satire of an extended Jewish family and a eulogy following its destruction at the hands of Soviet industrialization. Moshe Kulbak was a major talent; his tragic death during the Stalinist purges should not allow him to be forgotten. The Zelmanyaners is funny, mean, and tender often at the same time, and it is never anything less than engaging.

A very worthwhile read. Satire is often the closest ...

A very worthwhile read. Satire is often the closest to truth you'll find. This charmingly told story captivates and educates the reader about a dynamic family caught between a rock and a hard place both of which are being manipulated by Stalin's Five-year plan.

5 shtern

A timeless satire, filled with poignant humor as it chronicles a Jewish family in the midst of unparalleled social and technological upheaval in early 1930s Minsk. The prose (in excellent translation) is deft, punchy, and episodic in a way that captivates even the 21st-century attention span. Even if you don't care about Yiddish culture, Soviet history, or the development of the Soviet Jewish identity, The Zelmenyaners is bigger than its thematic context and is absolutely worth a read as universal literature and satire. That said, the helpful annotations and phenomenal introduction put the work in its proper historical context and make it accessible to all.

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Title: My Life [Russian Edition]

Author: Anton Chekhov

Narrator: Nikolay Simonov, Konstantin Skorobogatov, Olga Lebzak, Vitaly Politsejmako, Igor Gorbachyov, Georgy Zhzhenov

Format: Abridged

Length: 1 hr and 40 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-06-17

Publisher: IDDK

Genres: Classics, European Literature

Publisher's Summary:

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Title: Autumn Boredom [Russian Edition]

Author: Nikolay Nekrasov

Narrator: Vladimir Muravyov, Alexey Gribov, Anna Komolova, Vladimir Popov, Anastasiya Georgiyevskaya, Valeriya Dementyeva, Piotr Kiryutkin

Format: Abridged

Length: 42 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-05-17

Publisher: IDDK

Genres: Classics, European Literature

Publisher's Summary:

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Titre: Hernanani - C'est la bataille : La nourriture

Auteur: Michel Pimpant, Quentin Leclerc

Narrateur: Michel Pimpant, Quentin Leclerc

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 22 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 10-02-17

Éditeur: Audible Studios

Genres: Classics, European Literature

Résumé de l'éditeur:

Qui peut résister à l'odeur du barbecue durant une belle après-midi d'été, alors que les enfants chevauchent un crocodile gonflable dans une piscine elle-même gonflable ? Personne, et sûrement pas les écrivains, qui les premiers succombent à l'odeur délicieuse des mets cuits au charbon de bois. Tels des Jean-François Piège de la littérature, nous allons aujourd'hui, en tout bien tout honneur, sublimer votre tubercule stylistique !

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Titre: 100 citations de Jean de La Fontaine

Auteur: Jean de La Fontaine

Narrateur: Nicolas Planchais

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 26 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 07-12-17

Éditeur: Compagnie du Savoir

Genres: Classics, European Literature

Résumé de l'éditeur:

Jean de La Fontaine est un poète français de grande renommée, principalement pour ses Fables et dans une moindre mesure pour ses contes. On lui doit également des poèmes divers, des pièces de théâtre et des livrets d'opéra qui confirment son ambition de moraliste. Il est reçu à l'Académie française en 1684.

C'est en s'inspirant des fabulistes de l'Antiquité gréco-latine et en particulier d'Ésope, qu'il écrit les Fables qui font sa renommée. Le brillant maniement des vers et la visée morale des textes, parfois plus complexes qu'il n'y paraît à la première lecture, ont déterminé le succès de cette œuvre à part et les Fables de La Fontaine sont toujours considérées comme un des plus grands chefs-d'œuvre de la littérature française.

Ces 100 citations visent à donner accès à son œuvre monumentale par une sélection de ses pensées les plus marquantes, dans un format accessible à tous. Une citation est plus qu'un extrait d'un propos, ce peut être un trait d'esprit, un résumé d'une pensée complexe, une maxime, une ouverture sur une réflexion plus profonde.

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Title: The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky

Narrator: Walter Zimmerman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-03-17

Publisher: Jimcin Recordings

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 83 votes

Genres: Classics, European Literature

Publisher's Summary:

The Dream of a Ridiculous Man is one of his best short pieces. No less a writer than Virginia Woolf says of Dostoevsky, "Out of Shakespeare there is no more exciting reading."

Editorial Reviews:

Fyodor Dostoevskys penultimate serial plays like a super-concentrated version of his most famous works from the 1860s and '70s. The story follows a man perhaps even more brooding, deranged, and paranoid than Dostoevskys most famous anti-heroes, a man whos very thoughts are so numerous and twisted that they seem to nullify him, rendering his life meaningless. On his way to kill himself, the ridiculous man is struck by a chance encounter with a young girl, which in turn prompts a life-altering vision of paradise. Performer Walter Zimmermans fluid, deliberate style brings clarity and tempo to the labyrinthine psychoanalytics for which Dostoevsky is famous. Through his tortuously absurd protagonist, the authors telltale meditations on utopia, nihilism, and spirituality are all expounded to satirically outrageous conclusions.

Members Reviews:

Inspiring

Not perfect, but well written and well thought out. If you like Dostoevsky, you'll like this.

An Alternative to This Narration

Any additional comments?

I'm sorry to say I couldn't enjoy Walter Zimmerman's narration. I've found this same story in a small, inexpensive collection of Dostoyevsky short stories called "A Disgraceful Affair." Since it isn't obvoius which stories that collection contains (odd to me, since Dream of a Ridiculous Man is pretty famous and I'd think the collection would sell better if they'd put it up front), I thought I'd come here and recommend that one as an alternative.The narrators for that collection are Michael Page and Kirby Heyborne, and I'm not sure which reads Dream of a Ridiculous Man. The performance there is a bit more manic than the voice I "hear" when I read Dostoyevsky, but it's a worthy intepretation.Anyway, if you want to give a different narrator a shot at this great story, punch "A Disgraceful Affair" into the search engine. I don't know the other stories it contains except the very early one called "White Nights," which is also lovely.

The story was great

The story was great the narrator not so

much... I suggest listening to the story but looking for a different narrator

Dostoyevsky Gem

Any additional comments?

What a wonderful, challenging, philosophical, fantastical short story by Dostoyevsky. The narrator is very clear and well-paced. Audio quality is OK.

Incredibly imaginative

Dostoevsky's gift as a story-teller is on display in "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man". Zimmerman is ideal for narrating FD.