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Titre: Lettres à un jeune poète

Auteur: Rainer Maria Rilke

Narrateur: Catherine Deneuve

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 1 hr and 13 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 03-23-17

Éditeur: des femmes

Evaluation: 3 sur 5 sur 1 votes

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Résumé de l'éditeur:

Fin 1902, un jeune homme de 20 ans envoie ses essais poétiques à Rainer Maria Rilke et lui demande de les juger. Une correspondance s'établit entre les deux hommes. Dix lettres constituent ce recueil, publié en 1929, après la mort de Rilke.

"Vous me demandez si vos vers sont bons... Votre regard est tourné vers le dehors ; c'est cela qu'il ne faut plus faire. Personne ne peut vous apporter conseil ou aide, personne. Il n'est qu'un seul chemin. Entrez en vous-même, cherchez le besoin qui vous fait écrire : examinez s'il pousse ses racines au plus profond de votre cœur. Confessez-vous à vous-même : mourriez-vous s'il vous était défendu d'écrire ? Ceci surtout : demandez-vous à l'heure la plus silencieuse de la nuit : 'Suis-je vraiment contraint d'écrire ?' Creusez en vous-même vers la plus profonde réponse. Si cette réponse est affirmative, si vous pouvez faire front à une aussi grave question par un fort et simple 'je dois', alors construisez votre vie sur cette nécessité." (Rainer Maria Rilke)

©1991 Éditions Grasset (P)1991 Éditions des femmes

Avis des membres:

Five Stars

A must read.

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Title: The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Author: Isaac Dooman - translator, Omar Khayyam

Narrator: Denis Daly

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 5 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-16-17

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Isaac Dooman (1857-1931), clergyman, traveler, and linguist, was born in Iran. For 25 years he served as an Episcopalian missionary in Japan and later moved permanently to the United States. One of his four children was Eugene Dooman, who became an influential diplomat and who had a significant role in wartime negotiations between Japan and the USA.

Dooman's translation of the Rubaiyat, containing 180 quatrains, was first published in 1911. It has a roughhewn quality, reminiscent of the style of an earlier American translator, John Payne, who published a collection of 845 quatrains in 1898. In the introduction the translator writes:

"Omar has expressed the inner and hidden thoughts of the individual man in such an unmistakable language that the simplest of human beings can recognize in them his own yearnings and aspirations. There is not a single quatrain whose sentiments have not been expressed by every man and woman living - if not in public, then assuredly in private. Just here is the point of Omar's unique grandeur - he has revealed the innermost thoughts of our nature in a manner that no other writer, ancient or modern, has ever succeeded doing.

"How far the present translation will be found successful in familiarizing the reading public with the true language of Omar's quatrains, it has to be left to the judgment of the individual reader. All that the translator wishes to say is that he has spared no effort in selecting the most genuine ones and giving them an English dress that Omar himself might have mistaken for the real Persian."

Members Reviews:

Loved this book since I was in 1st grade!!

This book is precious to me because it is the same edition as my grandmother's that I used to look at when we visited. I got the book after she died, but left it behind after a divorce. So I searched for one like it and am so thrilled that I found it! It's in great shape and will remain in my family forever, hopefully.

Utter classic.

While slightly cryptic and slightly romantic, this book takes me on a route of thought-provoking isles I have not explore before. It is an instant classic in my view.

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

This is the poetry referenced in the book If Today Be Sweet. I already have an old, leather-bound version of this book. But, I enjoyed the poetry so much in the novel, I purchased a copy to keep on my Kindle. The poetry is uplifting, and I enjoy it thoroughly.

I enjoyed reading it again and bringing back the memories

Contains my favorites I remember from long ago. I enjoyed reading it again and bringing back the memories.

One of the most intriguing philosphes of any generation.

It is quite surprising that I was not introduced to this great man's writing while I was a schoolboy in the 1940's and 50's, and that I had to discover him for myself in my later teens. His thoughts were far-reaching and I was captivated, first by the rhythmic, sensuous beauty of his "Use of words" (which was, of course, partly the work of talented translators) and progressively impressed by the depth of his understanding of the human state, its merits as well as its all too obvious frailties.

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Titel: Der scharlachrote Buchstabe

Autor:: Nathaniel Hawthorne

Erzähler: Rolf Boysen

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 8 hrs and 56 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 03-15-17

Herausgeber: Der Audio Verlag

Kategorien: Classics, World Literature

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Neuengland, Ende des 17. Jahrhunderts: Die Ehebrecherin Hester Prynne weigert sich trotz öffentlicher Anprangerung, den Vater ihrer außerehelichen Tochter Pearl preiszugeben. Zur Strafe muss sie von nun an ein scharlachrotes "A" auf der Brust tragen. Doch damit nicht genug: Als ihr Ehemann herausfindet, wer Pearls leiblicher Vater ist, beginnt er einen perfiden Rachefeldzug gegen seinen Konkurrenten. Hester versucht den Geliebten zu retten, der an seiner Schuld zu zerbrechen droht - doch sie hat die Rechnung ohne die zerstörerische Eifersucht ihres Mannes gemacht. Hawthornes weltbekannter psychologischer Roman wird gelesen von Rolf Boysen.

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Hawthorne auf Deutsch

The Scarlet Letter in German is a bit heavy, but I wanted to see if the translator could capture Hawthorne's distinctive style. (I haven't decided yet.)

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Titel: Geschichte meines Lebens

Autor:: Giacomo Casanova

Erzähler: Otto Sander, Jürgen Thormann

Format: Abridged

Spieldauer: 20 hrs and 24 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 03-10-17

Herausgeber: Der Audio Verlag

Kategorien: Classics, World Literature

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Giacomo Casanova ist der berühmteste Verführer der Weltgeschichte. Keine Frau konnte seinem Charme und seinen erotischen Avancen widerstehen. In seinen Memoiren beschreibt Casanova aber viel mehr als nur seine amourösen Abenteuer. Als weit gereister Aristokrat lernte er die wichtigsten Personen seiner Zeit wie Katharina die Große, Voltaire oder Papst Benedikt XIV. kennen. Dies erlaubte ihm, ein pointiertes Bild der Gesellschaft, in der er lebte, zu zeichnen. Auch sein Aufenthalt in den Bleikammern des Dogenpalastes und seine spektakuläre Flucht daraus finden ihren Platz in seinen Erinnerungen, die von dem unvergleichlichen Otto Sander gelesen werden.

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Titel: Traumnovelle

Autor:: Arthur Schnitzler

Erzähler: Sebastian Koch

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 3 hrs and 1 min

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 03-10-17

Herausgeber: Der Audio Verlag

Kategorien: Classics, World Literature

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Fridolins und Albertines Ehe steht an einem Scheidepunkt, beide haben Sehnsüchte, die sie vom anderen nicht erfüllt sehen. Das haben sie sich gerade eingestanden, als Fridolin weggerufen wird. Während Albertine zuhaus in einem schaurig-erotischen Traum versinkt, gerät Fridolin in einen Strudel amouröser Ereignisse. Doch als sie wieder aufeinandertreffen, beschließen sie, die - realen und geträumten - Abenteuer hinter sich zu lassen und einen gemeinsamen Neuanfang zu wagen.

Das Eindringen geheimer Wünsche und innerer Vorgänge in die Wirklichkeit steht im Fokus von Schnitzlers virtuos erzählter Novelle - eindringlich gelesen von Sebastian Koch.

©2017 DAV (P)2017 DAV

Mitglieder Bewertungen:

Both interesting and good. A quick read that did not at all ...

Both interesting and good. A quick read that did not at all feel as dated as the publication date might make it seem.

mal wieder zur Hand nehmen ...

Hatte von Schnitzler lange nichts mehr gelesen - und vergessen, welch kurzweiliger Erzähler er ist. Allen zu empfehlen, die mal wieder in die Vergangenheit abtauschen möchten ...

A fantastic dream

I ordered this some time ago, but read it very recently. It is beautifully

and supencefully written and I was sorry when it was finished. Recommed it

to people who like fantasie!

Interesting!

I read this book as part of a German adult-ed conversation class. The language wasn't too difficult for non-native speakers, but at the same time it wasn't ridiculously easy. Certainly a great book for prompting discussion! I'm still thinking about all of the questions that have been left unanswered.

Classic Schnitzler

A shining example of Schnitzler's masterful writing in a short, intriguing text. I've always seen this as an appetizer of sorts for Der Weg ins Freie, which I recommend if you found this book enjoyable.

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Titre: Le Bossu (Le Bossu 2)

Auteur: Paul Féval

Narrateur: Emmanuelle Lemée

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 24 hrs and 9 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 01-26-17

Éditeur: Audiolivres-14

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Résumé de l'éditeur:

L'histoire débute en France à la fin du règne de Louis XIV par un assassinat. Philippe, duc de Nevers, possède tout : la beauté, l'esprit, la noblesse, la richesse, un talent d'épéiste hors-pair - toute la France ne parle plus que de la célèbre "botte de Nevers" capable d'expédier ad patres n'importe quel escrimeur d'élite en le touchant entre les deux yeux. Il a surtout l'amour d'une adorable demoiselle - la belle Aurore de Caylus.

© domaine public (P)2017 Audiolivres-14

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Five Stars

Amazing ... Really an old-time Romantic classics :)

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Title: One Basket

Author: Edna Ferber

Narrator: Edward Miller

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-05-17

Publisher: Audioliterature

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Publisher's Summary:

"One Basket" is a collection of numerous short stories by author Edna Ferber, published in 1947. All of them share the author's wonderful way with prose and tone, and most of them are about very ordinary men and women, living their daily lives... Especially the women, their hopes, fears, strength and weakness are brought to loving life by the author!

©2016 Audioliterature (P)2016 Audioliterature

Members Reviews:

Glimpses into the past

This is a collection of short stories. as such it cannot be rated so closely. Some of the stories are first person and some are second and third person.

Glad to find these stories again!

I read these stories about thirty years ago and loved them. So glad I could find them again. Will probably order more of her writings again.

The Kindle is a swindle because it has cut the thousand plus page of Edna Ferber's masterful short stories into a pathetic 125.

Did I give a rave review of this book? Indeed I did. Did it deserve it? It does.

But DO NOT BUY THE KINDLE VERSION. Go and get the hardcover or paperback. The Kindle is a swindle because it has cut the thousand plus page of Edna Ferber's masterful short stories into a pathetic 125. Go get the hardcover. You will keep it for generations as you pass these brilliant outlines of the human condition down.

Instant nostalgia

One of my favorite short story collections. The situations and problems the characters encounter are far removed from those of today's world, but it's easy to see why these stories were so popular when they were first written. It's a step back in time to read this collection.

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Titolo: Il circolo Pickwick

Autore: Charles Dickens

Narratore: Silvia Cecchini

Formato: Unabridged

Durata: 30 hrs and 26 mins

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 11-30-16

Editore: Collina d'oro

Categoria: Classics, World Literature

Riepilogo Editore:

"Il circolo Pickwick" è forse il più famoso romanzo di Dickens. Pubblicato nel 1836, fu il suo primo romanzo, nato inizialmente per accompagnare delle vignette umoristiche, e in seguito diventato protagonista sul disegno. Romanzo a episodi, mantiene, pur nella sua struttura di avventure separate, un collegamento fra i vari personaggi, che sono quanto mai "dickensiani": caratteristici, buoni anche quando sono cattivi, e descritti sempre con bonarietà.

© Public domain (P)2016 Silvia Cecchini

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Title: Noch nezhna

Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald

Narrator: Vladimir Rybal'chenko

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 11-21-16

Publisher: Bibliophonika

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Liricheskoe, ehlegantnoe i realisticheski sil'noe izobrazhenie zhizni odnoy supruzheskoy pary: vracha-psihiatra i ego pacientki, stavshey ego zhenoy. Glavnyy geroy, doktor Dik Dayver, talantlivyy, mnogoobeshchayushchiy i obayatel'nyy, no slabyy, ne vyderzhivaet ispytaniya bogatstvom. Za legkim i izyashchnym stilem romana skryvaetsya glubokiy vnutrenniy dramatizm i bezyskhodnost' opisyvaemoy situacii.

©2011 Bibliophonika (P)2014 Bibliophonika

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Title: Nashe serdce

Author: Guy de Maupassant

Narrator: Nelly Vil'skaya

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-14-16

Publisher: Bibliophonika

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Roman "Nashe serdce" - ehto svoeobraznyy ocherk psihologii lyubvi ehmansipirovannoy zhenshchiny iz vysshego sveta. Uvlekatel'nyy syuzhet s neozhidannymi povorotami soprovozhdaetsya stol' glubokim i detal'nym analizom chelovecheskih chuvstv i vnutrennih pobuzhdeniy, chto realisticheskiy metod pisatelya poroy perekhodit v naturalizm. Tema tragicheskogo odinochestva cheloveka v obshchestve, harakternaya dlya pozdnego tvorchestva Mopassana, uzhe zatronutogo psihicheskoy bolezn'yu, smyagchena zdes' blestyashchim i legkim stilem povestvovaniya.

©2011 Bibliophonika (P)2014 Bibliophonika