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Titel: Walpurgisnacht

Autor:: Gustav Meyrink

Erzähler: Karlheinz Gabor

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 6 hrs and 22 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 08-29-14

Herausgeber: Audio Media Digital

Kategorien: Classics, World Literature

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

In den weltabgewandten alten Aristokraten am Hradschin über Prag erwachen die Dämonen der Vergangenheit, und die eigene missbrauchte, verdorbene Jugend schreckt die Greise. In den entarteten Enkeln aber erstehen die Ahnen, geben ihnen ungeheure Kräfte und peitschen im böhmischen Proletariat die Taten längst vermoderter Gewaltgestalten wieder auf.

In diesem Roman beherrscht das unwirkliche Leben einer unbekannten Welt ganz und gar die Geschehnisse der sogenannten wirklichen Welt. Das okkulte Sein triumphiert, bis die Wirklichkeit vernichtet und ausgelöscht ist.

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Mitglieder Bewertungen:

Another masterpiece by Meyrink

Having now read all of Meyrink's novels that have been translated into English, I can honestly say that, although it is too bad his work isn't well known in English, it isn't surprising either. It is simply too challenging for most readers that don't have a specialized interest.

I will leave it to Mike Mitchell's excellent biography "Vivo" to recount the details of Meyrink's life. It is even well outlined in the introduction to the Dover edition of "The Golem" and needs no further recounting here. What is not so well known and is of interest is that Meyrink was an avid explorer of occult groups in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was, as well, a member of the Gold und Rosenkreuter order of 17th century, as well as the Asiatic Brethren, a Rosicrucian Order that specialized in Kabbalah as well as alchemy, and included many jewish members.

Working within such fraternities clearly Meyrink took up an active work with dreams. Throughout his works runs this one common thread, that the imagery is definitely of a world where dream bleeds into "reality" and real people can take up lodging in dreams.

In "Walpurgisnacht" Meyrink continues the thread of a world in decay, a world teetering on the brink of madness. Meyrink is even prophetic, writing in 1917, about the coming of the second world war. Here the world of dream doesn't seep into the world of reality, so much as it bursts through the walls and floods it in a flood of blood that sweeps all the characters along with it. In a sense, I think Meyrink is one of the 20th century's unacknowledged masters of Horror.

The eighteenth century saw two revolutions, the American and the French; and from these two revolutions arose two egregores whose titanic struggles paint the drama of the modern world. The child of the American Revolution is the thought-form of individual liberty, of a society of laws, and of "Law and Order" but not, as Ronald Reagan once observed, in a pejorative sense. The other child was insane from birth, and has given rise to fascism, to communism, to the killing fields of Cambodia and the planned starvation of the Ukraine. The goal of the one is the liberty of the individual, of the other the "heel of a boot in a human face... Forever", as Orwell observed. Meyrink clearly saw this titanic struggle and wrote about it in his last two works, and especially in this one.

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Title: The Ghost of the Engineers' Castle

Author: Nikolai Leskov

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-16-14

Publisher: Red Door Audiobooks

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Nikolai Semyonovich Leskov (1831 1895) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, playwright, and journalist. He was a favourite of Leo Tolstoy, Anton Chekhov and Maxim Gorky among others. Leskov is praised for his innovative techniques and his ability to create a vivid picture of contemporary Russian society.

The Ghost of the Engineers' Castle is a ghost story in which his storytelling skills are displayed to perfection. Scene by scene the tension builds up until the listener's hair is standing on end. The young cadets who live in the ancient castle of the late Emperor Paul, now known as the Engineers' Castle, are afraid of the many ghosts rumoured to walk the corridors at night. They are also fearful of the nebulous "grey man" who appears at dusk and will exact terrible revenge on them. So when they are given the task of holding watch at night over the coffin of the deceased General Lamnovsky, a spiteful man who himself would have every motivation to return from the dead and avenge himself on the naughty cadets, they are very afraid. One of them does show bravado in front of his comrades... but even he is petrified at the awful apparition which then appears.

Members Reviews:

Some Known and Unknown Tales

Max Bollinger is a talented and very sensitive actor. In his series of audio books he manages to capture the essence of the authors whose prose he reads. In this particular disc he features two writers - Nikolai Leskov whose The Ghost of the Engineers' Castle and an additional story form the Hunting Sketches of Ivan Turgenev.

In the first story of Leskov, Bollinger and his team of engineers have created background sounds that greatly heighten the ghostliness of the story - thunder, lightning, winds - all the accoutrements to make the very entertaining tale one that will remain with the listener. Bollinger's delivery style is that of a well schooled British actor who just happens to be Russian by birth, an aspect that gives these stories a flavor of reading that is musical and mesmerizing. This is a terrific set of stories for either listening to alone or with a family who continues to enjoy and appreciate an evening (away from the television!) of shared story telling. First class all the way! Grady Harp, July 11

SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW

Whether or not this audio book is easily available on the normal market, I have just been sent it in October 2009 with a request for a review. What it contains is a short ghost story translated from the original Russian of Nikolai Leskov (1831-1895), allegedly not well known in the English-speaking world, and certainly totally unknown to me. The narration lasts about half an hour in total, divided into 11 tracks.

I am informed in the accompanying letter from the publisher that the story can be downloaded on to an iPod or an MP3 player, neither of which I own; and apparently also on to a mobile phone which I do own, although I can't really see myself performing this miracle of technology. I have played the disc on my normal DVD player, and I can report that I encountered no problems with that. Indeed I rather enjoyed the experience as a novelty. Audio books are not exactly at the leading edge of media science, but my own experience of them was previously limited to various language primer series, in which of course the audio element is supplemented by the printed material.

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Title: The Encased Man

Author: Anton Chekhov

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-12-14

Publisher: Red Door Audiobooks

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) wrote of the Russian period of depression and pessimism and is the acknowledged leader of the realistic school of the Russian short story.

He has been compared to Guy de Maupassant for the masterful way in which he creates an atmosphere and narrates his stories to a climax. No other writer has the same ability to reveal the characters' souls in just two or three pages.

Central themes in his works are mediocrity, the tragedy of pettiness, commonplaceness, the meaninglessness and emptiness of everyday life.

In The Encased Man he describes the life of a schoolmaster whose existence is limited by petty rules, morals, inhibitions and unconscious fears. Despite these traits, the man finds himself on the verge of an unforeseen marriage to a boisterous, energetic, positive woman - in short, his complete opposite. But his character traits rear their heads and destiny rushes in upon him.

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Title: The Bundle of Letters

Author: Maurus Jokai

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-09-14

Publisher: Red Door Audiobooks

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Mór Jókai (1825-1904), also known as Maurus Jokai, was a Hungarian dramatist and novelist.

A celebrated doctor receives a visit from a new patient with a most peculiar ailment. He has an excruciatingly painful spot on his hand. But on examination, he can find nothing wrong with the patient at all. He assumes it is a psychosomatic illness, but the patient is insistant that the area of his hand be surgically removed. When the doctor declines this, the patient attempts to cut out the area himself, and the doctor is obliged to complete the operation after all.

Apparently cured, and endlessly grateful, the patient leaves. But a few weeks later the condition has recurred, and the doctor must operate on the healthy hand again. A few weeks later, a letter arrives from the patient. The condition has recurred again... but this time the patient is unwilling to try to cure it through surgery again. He explains the background of his strange malady.... and a very peculiar and gripping tale it is....

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Titolo: L'anello di ametista: Storia contemporanea - 3

Sottotitolo: [The Amethyst Ring: Contemporary History 3]

Autore: Anatole France

Narratore: Silvia Cecchini

Formato: Unabridged

Durata: 5 hrs and 45 mins

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 06-06-14

Editore: Collina d'oro

Categoria: Classics, World Literature

Riepilogo Editore:

In questo terzo libro della Storia contemporanea, il signor Bergeret si riconcilia finalmente con la vita. Diventato professore titolare, acquisita la dolce compagnia di un cane, continua, fra riflessioni filosofiche e prese di posizioni politiche del tutto scomode riguardanti laffare Dreyfus, ad accompagnarci nel viaggio di questa Francia in cui governi radicali e conservatori si alternano, e in cui lantisemitismo viene considerato patriottico. E Bergeret, per restar fedele alle sue idee dettate dalla ragione e dal buon senso, accetta perfino che per le vie si gridi "Abbasso Bergeret!", e conserva come un fermacarte una delle pietre che gli vengono tirate. E il posto di vescovo? Lanello di ametista sarà finalmente assegnato a..Cornice musicale: Rose leaf rag di Scott Joplin.

Please note: This audiobook is in Italian.

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Title: Grasp All, Lose All

Author: Andrew Lang

Narrator: Robert Gonzalez

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-16-14

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Grasp All, Lose All tells the story of a poor oil-seller in India named Dena, who is in debt to a banker for three hundred rupees. This banker persists in harassing Dena and his wife so much that Dena decides to run away, not knowing where he will go. He climbs a tree to sleep and wakes up the next morning not in the forest in which he went to sleep but on a deserted beach. There he finds numberless rubies easily had just for the taking. Gathering as many as he can, he climbs back up the tree and soon finds himself in the forest where he once was. When he shows the rubies to his wife and then the money lender, what happens next when greed overtakes reason in the hearts of the characters in this folktale is worth the hearing.

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Title: The Forty-Seven Ronins

Author: A. B. Mitford

Narrator: David Robins

Format: Unabridged

Length: 31 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-21-14

Publisher: The Lindsay Players

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Publisher's Summary:

This bloodthirsty true story by A. B. Mitford (Lord Redesdale) is taken from Tales of Old Japan. It is set in the 18th century and tells of how the Ronins - a masterless group of samurai - planned, over a long period of time, to avenge their master's forced suicide. The Forty-Seven Ronins is quoted as being Japan's most venerated example of the samurai's code of honour and the story continues to retain its popularity to this day.

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Title: The Second Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor

Author: Richard Burton

Narrator: Kathy Verduin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-02-14

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Publisher's Summary:

What world did Sinbad land in? One with monstrous birds, gigantic serpents, and an ingenious way to accumulate real diamonds...yes, diamonds that must be brilliantly snatched from these monsters, without their knowing. Listen to Kathy Verduin, as she narrates through the thoughts of Sinbad.

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Title: A Strange Goldfield

Author: Guy Boothby

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-17-14

Publisher: Red Door Audiobooks

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Publisher's Summary:

A fascinating ghost story set in the Australian outback. While travelling across a remote area of the outback, three travellers chance upon an abandoned goldfield, where all the occupants have fled or died of typhus. Travelling on, they meet an old man living wild on a diet of lizards. He takes them at night to meet his so-called friends...an experience that terrifies the three so much that they flee in horror....

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Titolo: Il manichino di vimini: Storia contemporanea - II

Sottotitolo: [The Wicker Dummy: Contemporary History II]

Autore: Anatole France

Narratore: Silvia Cecchini

Formato: Unabridged

Durata: 5 hrs and 6 mins

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 02-07-14

Editore: Collina d'oro

Categoria: Classics, World Literature

Riepilogo Editore:

In questo secondo volume della tetralogia della Storia contemporanea, che segue Lolmo del Mail, troviamo il signor Bergeret impegnato in discussioni politiche sulla corruzione dei funzionari della Repubblica e su questioni di morale cristiana e non, mentre, nella sua vita domestica (di cui il manichino di vimini è ingrato simbolo), egli acquisisce linestimabile vantaggio di essere tradito.Cornice musicale: A real slow rag, di Scott Joplin.

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