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Titel: Tom Sawyer

Autor:: Mark Twain

Erzähler: Bodo Primus

Format: Abridged

Spieldauer: 2 hrs and 37 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 01-21-10

Herausgeber: Ueberreuter Verlag GmbH

Kategorien: Classics, World Literature

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Spannender und abwechslungsreicher kann das Leben am Mississippi kaum sein: Entweder stürzt sich Tom Sawyer mit seinem Freund Huck in waghalsige Abenteuer oder er verirrt sich mit seiner Freundin Becky in einer riesigen Tropfsteinhöhle. Und dann sind da noch der berühmt-berüchtigte Indianer-Joe und ein geheimnisvoller Schatz.

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Mitglieder Bewertungen:

Great Bedtime Reader

All of the Illustrated Chosen Classics are great bedtime readers. My wife sits in the hall of the children's bedrooms and reads these stories to them at bedtime. The difference between these books and the traditional novels is that these stories move very fast. My son, in particular, will hear one of these abridged classic novels and, if he likes it, will then read the full unabridged version on his own. Kind of gives our kids a taste of the classics without having to start reading a really large and sometimes overwhelming looking book. My son is 10 and my daughter is 15. We have about 30 of these types of books in our library.

A Classic Still

Like many people of my age (62), I read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as a child because at that time it was widely perceived to be a child's or young adult's book. This is unfortunate as it is not nor has it ever been directed at the young. In my rereading I discovered for the first time why it is still called the original great American novel. Huckleberry, like Twain, is opinionated and perceptive. His narration and point of view drive the novel forward. Rather than relegate this work to the children's shelves or castigate it as racist, folks should embrace this novel for what it is, a bildungsroman that shows the growth of a country as well as the growth of its young protagonist.

It captivated a classroom full of surly teens

I teach English, and the junior year in North Carolina is devoted to American literature. I approached Huck Finn with no small amount of trepidation because of Twain's use of vernacular. I ran into the same problem with "Their Eyes Were Watching God" and solved that by listening to Ruby Dee's audio recording, which students loved. I purchased this recording of Huck Finn, and it was to die for fabulous. Students read along in their books as we listened to the recording, and it helped bring the characters and the story alive for them. They laughed when I hoped they would laugh, and they understood the novel so much better by being able to listen to it. This recording was invaluable.

Reading this book as an adult is a whole different ...

Reading this book as an adult is a whole different experience. I'm fairly sure the versions I read as a child were watered down. I don't have any memory of murder and mayhem in the versions I read as a child. All the same it was highly entertaining and deserving of being a classic.

Friendship and mischieviousness.

I grew up reading this book, a story about Huckleberry Finn and his adventurous life on the Mississippi River as a boy. He would be considered a hoodlum in this day and age, at the time it was written he was an orphan and had no one to help him grow with morals however he is a rather a good boy with pretty good morals and this story is a classic. The story is also about friendship.

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Title: The Altar of the Dead

Author: Henry James

Narrator: Jim Killavey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-15-09

Publisher: Jimcin Recordings

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Publisher's Summary:

The Altar of the Dead was first published in the collection Terminations in 1895. It is a fable of life and death significance which explores what happens when a man tries to keep the remembrance of his dead friends, to save them from being forgotten entirely in the rush of everyday events. He meets a woman who shares his ideals, only to find that the past places what seems to be an impassable barrier between them. Although James was not a religious man, at least in the conventional sense, this story shows a deep spirituality in its treatment of mortality and the transcendent power of unselfish love. Critics have generally rated this tale very high among James' works, with some calling it a "glorious fable," "magnificently written," and "one of his finest." James himself proudly placed the story at the head of volume 17 of the New York Edition (1907 - 09) of his fiction, before even "The Beast in the Jungle". The tale also appeared in a number of later anthologies.

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Members Reviews:

This story is Henry James at his best. As he ages

This story is Henry James at his best. As he ages, George Stransom can't let go of his love for Mary Antrim, who died before they could be wed. He seems to be successful at work but his devotion to Mary leads him to lavishly embellish a chapel in a Catholic church into an altar to Mary. He adds a candle for each friend who dies and spends more and more time there among his lost loved ones. From his first visit to the church, he notices a woman in black who often visits his chapel and as time goes on they develop a deep friendship. The reader can't help wishing that these two could spend less time in the past and learn to enjoy one another in the present, but alas, it is too late when they arrive at that possibility. The story ends with a "Gift of the Magi" twist and the reader closes the book with a sigh.

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A literary memento mori

In Henry Jamesâ âThe Altar of the Deadâ , a man, George Stransom, is horrified by the idea of how brief our time is and how quickly we are forgotten and so he builds an altar of candles for the people he has known who have died in an effort to keep their memories alive for a bit longer. There are candles for all of his late acquaintances except for one, who did him a terrible injustice. After some arrangements this altar is installed in a church and the man visits regularly. A woman begins sitting at the altar, also visiting her dead. Eventually, bound by grief, they begin a sort of friendship, until a revelation occurs that seemingly makes their companionship untenable.

The entire story is a sort of literary memento mori , which I enjoy, and the writing is itself like multiple candles in the nightâboth luminous and dark. Itâs the sort of story that can be read multiple times without losing its capacity to impress.

The idea of a person not truly being gone until they are forgotten is also covered in Kevin Brockmeierâs quite good The Brief History of the Dead , which is based on the belief of some African tribes that there are three types of people, the living, the recently departed (whom the living still remember) and the dead whose names are only known.

The Altar of the Dead

The Altar of the Dead, by Henry James, about a man bsessed with worshipping his dead, is overall a good book.

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Titel: Der Auftrag

Autor:: Friedrich Dürrenmatt

Erzähler: Charlotte Kerr, Gert Heidenreich

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 3 hrs and 22 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 07-03-09

Herausgeber: Diogenes Verlag AG

Bewertung: 4 von 5 von 2 Stimmen

Kategorien: Classics, World Literature

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

"Für Charlotte" lautet die Widmung in Dürrenmatts Novelle. Nun bringt Charlotte Kerr zusammen mit Gert Heidenreich diese philosophische Kriminalnovelle zum Klingen.

Kritik Bewertungen:

Dies ist eine Erzählung. Es ist ein supermodernes Gruselmärchen. Es ist eine Kriminalgeschichte. Es ist eine horrende Phantasmagorie. Es ist ein literarisches Kunststück und vorgefaßtes Verwirrspiel.

--Die Welt

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Title: The Enchanting Song of the Magical Bird

Subtitle: A Story from Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales

Author: Nelson Mandela (editor), Julius Oelke

Narrator: Jurnee Smollett

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-01-09

Publisher: Hachette Audio

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales is an audiobook benefiting children orphaned and impacted by HIV/AIDS in South Africa, featuring Gillian Anderson, Benjamin Bratt, LeVar Burton, Ricardo Chavira, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Whoopi Goldberg, Sean Hayes, Hugh Jackman, Samuel L. Jackson, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Debra Messing, Helen Mirren, Parminder Nagra, Sophie Okonedo, CCH Pounder, Alan Rickman, Jurnee Smollett, Charlize Theron, Blair Underwood, Forest Whitaker, and Alfre Woodard, with a special message from Archbishop Desmond Tutu and original music by South African legends by Johnny Clegg and Vusi Mahlasela, directed by Alfre Woodard. The audiobook was a truly international affair, recorded in Los Angeles, New York, Miami, London, and Johannesburg. The stories were chosen by the Nobel Laureate himself, from every region of Africa.

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Title: Fesito Goes to Market

Subtitle: A Story from Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales

Author: Nelson Mandela (editor)

Narrator: Don Cheadle

Format: Unabridged

Length: 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-01-09

Publisher: Hachette Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales is an audiobook benefiting children orphaned and impacted by HIV/AIDS in South Africa, featuring Gillian Anderson, Benjamin Bratt, LeVar Burton, Ricardo Chavira, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Whoopi Goldberg, Sean Hayes, Hugh Jackman, Samuel L. Jackson, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Debra Messing, Helen Mirren, Parminder Nagra, Sophie Okonedo, CCH Pounder, Alan Rickman, Jurnee Smollett, Charlize Theron, Blair Underwood, Forest Whitaker, and Alfre Woodard, with a special message from Archbishop Desmond Tutu and original music by South African legends by Johnny Clegg and Vusi Mahlasela, directed by Alfre Woodard. The audiobook was a truly international affair, recorded in Los Angeles, New York, Miami, London, and Johannesburg. The stories were chosen by the Nobel Laureate himself, from every region of Africa.

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Members Reviews:

Don is great, sound effects, the whole bit

Where does Fesito Goes to Market rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?

One of my fave kids ones

What did you like best about this story?

It is a really heartwarming tale, but Don Cheadle really makes it. He surprised me, it really sounds like he put a lot of effort into this.

Which scene was your favorite?

the bike ride :D

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

No, but I did giggle a little.

Any additional comments?

I'll be downloading another Don Cheadle read tale if I can find one.

One Good Turn Yields Unexpected Consequences

I made the mistake of listening to Alan Rickman read another Nelson Mandela favorite African Folktales selection, "The Ring of the King," first, so this story was a letdown in both narration and plot. But it might have been just a B-minus plot with B-minus narration even if I had never heard the Rickman. We'll never know for sure now. What I can tell you is that the story is basically forgettable, with a moral (Do well unto others, because they may in turn do well by you when YOU need help) that is somewhat undermined by dubious "hero" Fesito's snotty, self-aggrandizing attitude (he helps a seriously ill child, Kyoko, but he does so very, very begrudgingly, and is not appropriately humbled when Kyoko later saves him in return, instead being prideful that he succeed in overcoming his enemies and reaching market safely, with all his wares intact). As for the narration, I don't think Cheadle gives it his all, and when he does try, it comes off as weird variations in vocal volume that force the listener to quickly adjust the volume up or down.

Still, this short story held my attention sufficiently to make me want to listen until the end to see what happened. Also, there's African folk music!! Grade: B.

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Titel: David Copperfield

Autor:: Charles Dickens

Erzähler: Horst Peine, Walter Richter, Kaspar Brüninghaus

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 6 hrs and 56 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 06-04-09

Herausgeber: SchallundWahn

Bewertung: 1 von 5 von 1 Stimmen

Kategorien: Classics, World Literature

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Ein Hörspiel mit über vierzig Schauspielern, u.a. Helmut Peine, Richard Münch, Walter Richter, Kaspar Brüninghaus, Alf Marholm, Ingeborg Christiansen, Kurt Meister, Trudik Daniel, Kurt Beck, Christian Brückner und Lotte Koch.

Mitglieder Bewertungen:

Read in German

I don't speak or understand German. This version was mixed in with the English versions and never identified that it was in German. I wasted my credits!

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Titolo: Sherazade. Le mille e una notte

Autore: div.

Narratore: Lella Costa, Arnoldo Foà

Formato: Unabridged

Durata: 1 hr and 1 min

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 05-28-09

Editore: Full Color Sound srl

Categoria: Classics, World Literature

Riepilogo Editore:

La parola come rimedio all'odio. Una donna che salva la sua vita e quella di altre donne con racconti che portano lontano dalla vendetta, che riuscirà a fare innamorare un re ferito dall'amore. Un re che ritorna alla vita grazie alla fantasia. Lella Costa e Arnoldo Foà sono i protagonisti a Baghdad, a Bassora e nei luoghi più veri ed antichi delle mille e una notte che oggi conosciamo soltanto per le cronache di guerra.

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Very well put edition. The stories are linked one ...

Very well put edition. The stories are linked one to the other in a way that it doesn't let the reader put the book down. Sherazade invented this strategy to stay alive and cure the sultans temper. Cure through tale. The novels themselves are not always the most interesting but they portray far away lands and times

Pessimo, veramente pessimo

È totalmente inutile ne sconsiglio assolutamente l'acquisto. Anzitutto manca l'indice: può un volume come le mille e una notte non avere un indice così da essere costretti a sfogliarlo pagina per pagina? Inoltre cosa forse ancor più grave, ho letto il primo racconto il Mercante e il Genio e... non finisce, è tagliato. Quando l'ho letto a mia figlia di cinque anni, si è arrabbiata e si è messa a piangere perché giustamente non poteva più conoscere la fine. Ma chi è il curatore? Si possono vendere libri di così bassa qualità?

Sono veramente imbestialito anche con Amazon: è possibile che non esista un minimo di controllo qualità sui libri messi in vendita?

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Titel: Gullivers Reisen

Autor:: Jonathan Swift

Erzähler: Gerrit Schmidt-Foß

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 10 hrs and 36 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 04-02-09

Herausgeber: Audible Studios

Kategorien: Classics, World Literature

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Jonathan Swifts Werk ist eine unverblümte Satire auf die Gesellschaft zu jener Zeit und viel eher eine Streitschrift als ein frühes unpolitisches Werk der Fantastik. Als Gegenreaktion entstanden daher auch "entschärfte" Ausgaben, in denen aus dem brillanten, scharfzüngigen Roman ein Kinderbuch für "einfache Gemüter" geworden war.

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Der Autor:

Jonathan Swift, 1667 bis 1745, war von 1689 bis 1694 zunächst Sekretär des Schriftstellers Sir William Temple in England, dann anglikanischer Geistlicher und von 1713 an Dekan von St. Patrick's in Dublin. Mit seinen beißenden Satiren kämpfte er gegen kirchliche und gesellschaftliche Missstände. Sein berühmt-berüchtigter Roman "Gullivers Reisen" zählt bis heute zu den bedeutsamsten Klassikern der Weltliteratur.

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Titolo: Il giocatore

Autore: Fëdor Dostoevskij

Narratore: Luigi Marangoni

Formato: Unabridged

Durata: 5 hrs and 43 mins

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 03-18-09

Editore: Il Narratore s.r.l.

Categoria: Classics, World Literature

Riepilogo Editore:

La vicenda viene raccontata dal protagonista come se fosse una confidenza fatta ad un gruppo di amici intimi, e la narrazione procede con un ritmo incalzante scandito da indizi, dubbi, supposizioni e interpretazioni che creano un atmosfera di suspense che solo nel finale trova soluzione. La lettura, intima e confidenziale, è dell'attore Luigi Marangoni.

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Titre: Le portrait de Dorian Gray

Auteur: Oscar Wilde

Narrateur: Isabelle Bensoussan, Antoine Blanquefort, Sandrine Briard, Eric Boucher, Michel Chaigneau, Victor Vestia

Format: Original Recording

Durée: 7 hrs and 14 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 01-28-09

Éditeur: SonoBook

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Résumé de l'éditeur:

"Comme c'est triste, murmurait Dorian, les yeux fixés sur son portrait. Oh ! Oui, profondément triste !... Je vais devenir vieux, horrible, affreux !... Mais ce portrait restera toujours jeune. Il gardera l'âge de cette journée de juin... Ah ! Si cela pouvait changer ! Si c'était moi qui pouvais rester jeune, et cette peinture vieillir !... Pour cela, je donnerais tout... Il n'y a rien au monde que je ne donnerais... Mon âme, même !..."

Un roman captivant, fantastique, poétique et provocateur lu par six comédiens inspirés.

L'auteur

Né en 1854 à Dublin, Irlande,

est un brillant élève au Trinity College de Dublin, puis au College Magdalen d'Oxford. Il est immédiatement remarqué par ses professeurs de part sa distinction, et son goût pour la conversation. En 1878, Wilde est récompensé pour son tout premier poème sur Ravenne, et c'est ainsi qu'il crée le mouvement de l'art pour l'art (repris par Téophile Gautier). De retour en Irlande après son diplôme, Oscar Wilde se décide de quitter définitivement son pays natal suite à un chagrin d'amour. Il s'installe à Londres et voyage beaucoup, notamment aux Etats-Unis pour faire des conférences sur sa vision de l'esthétique. En 1884, il épouse Constance Lloyd, future mère de ses deux enfants. Deus ans plus tard, il publie

, qui marque le début de son succès littéraire.

A partir de 1890, Wilde s'éprend du Lord Alfred Douglas de Queensberry, et affiche son homosexualité en public.

Cependant, cette relation entraîne la colère du marquis de Queensberry, qui ne veut pas le voir traîner à coté de son fils. Commence alors une série de procès ; En 1895, Wilde est condamné à la peine maximale, soit deux ans de travaus forcés.

Libéré en 1897, Wilde finira sa vie dans la débauche et dans la misère, malgré le soutient de ses amis. Il meurt le 30 novembre 1900, après s'être converti au catholicisme deux jours avant.

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