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Title: Master and Man

Author: Leo Tolstoy

Narrator: Walter Zimmerman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-26-09

Publisher: Jimcin Recordings

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 24 votes

Genres: Classics, European Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Tolstoy is know primarily for his epic novels like War and Peace and Anna Karenina, but he also wrote a number of excellent short pieces that carry the same kind of themes on a much smaller scale. Two of the best are Master and Man and The Death of Ivan Ilych.

In the story, a land owner named Vasili Andreevich Brekhunov takes along one of his peasants, Nikita, for a short journey to the house of the owner of a forest. He is impatient and wishes to get to the town more quickly to purchase the forest before other contenders can get there. They find themselves in the middle of a blizzard, but the master in his avarice wishes to press on. They eventually get lost off the road and they try to camp. The master's peasant soon finds himself suffering from hypothermia.

The master attains a spiritual and moral revelation, and Tolstoy once again repeats one of his famous themes: that the only true happiness in life is found by living for others as the master acts a way he never thought was possible.

Editorial Reviews:

Famous for epic novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy also wrote psychologically adept, morally engaged short stories like "Master and Man".

Tolstoys 1895 story concerns a journey taken by a landowner with one of his serfs into town, where the wealthy landowner will complete a business transaction. The two are caught in a blizzard. Its in this crisis that the "Master" is confronted with a revelation about humanitys true purpose in life.

With his ringing voice, Walter Zimmerman offers a crisp, intelligent performance of this Russian masters humanist parable.

Members Reviews:

Tolstoy a great thinker and observer

I think this author was an amazing thinker in his time. I should say he was ahead of his time. He writes this story as if he was there or this telling were part of his experience.

He nails the thinking of the characters as one who might have know them. I felt bad about the horse in the end.

The foolishness and the arrogance of the man in charge does not escape my own thoughts about some of the people I have met, not willing to listen to reason. It was amazing to see someone who was living in such an environment and should have understood the danger, but so full of himself that he ignored all the tell tale signs. He did vindicate his main character in the end in a very dramatic way. Tolstoy, one of the best writers ever.

excellent. totally enngaging. naratorr quite wonderful!

a most enngaging tolstoy offering! rread in onee sitting as unable to put it down!

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Titre: Madame Bovary

Auteur: Gustave Flaubert

Narrateur: Claude Cyriaque

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 13 hrs and 40 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 10-10-08

Éditeur: Le Livre qui parle

Evaluation: 4.5 sur 5 sur 12 votes

Genres: Classics, European Literature

Résumé de l'éditeur:

Ce roman n'est pas seulement un drame, c'est un virulent réquisitoire contre la société bourgeoise, contre la médiocrité, contre les conventions, les formules toutes faites et les pensées sur mesure. Si Madame Bovary a conservé un immense succès auprès d'un très vaste public, c'est à son caractère profond d'humanité qu'elle le doit. Flaubert a réussi à rendre grand le banal et à donner à ce "cas" un caractère universel.

L'auteur

Décédé d'une attaque à Croisset en 1880,

est né en 1821 à Rouen. Comme Marcel Proust, il était le second fils d'un médecin de renom et, comme Proust encore, quelque peu "l'idiot de la famille".

Avec seulement six titres, on sait quel ensemble sans pareil un tel "emprunté" donna à la littérature. Le roman dit moderne doit tout ou presque à cet "homme-plume".

(P) LQP 2006

Avis des membres:

Excellent book

I enjoyed this book thoroughly. It is an honest account of things that happen in life. Told directly and poetically.

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Title: Great French and Russian Short Stories, Volume 2

Author: Leo Tolstoy, Alexander Poushkin, Gustave Flaubert

Narrator: Walter Zimmerman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-15-08

Publisher: Jimcin Recordings

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 19 votes

Genres: Classics, European Literature

Publisher's Summary:

No one plumbs deeper depths of the psyche than French and Russian authors. This second wide-ranging collection of 19th-century literary masterworks, presented in their entirety, not only entertains, but provides insight into 19th-century mores and the mysteries of human nature. This second collection contains works by some of the most famous names in French and Russian literature and includes:

©1986 Jimcin Recordings; (P)1986 Jimcin Recordings

Editorial Reviews:

Authors contained in this short story collection include Pushkin, Tolstoy, Flaubert, and Francois Coppe among others. Walter Zimmerman's subdued and reflective voice establishes a no-frills listening experience; the deep emotions of each story comes from the language itself, and his ponderous tone reflects the collection's overall moral gravity. Listeners will enjoy this lucid performance of classic - albeit some of the lesser known - 19th-century French and Russian stories.

Members Reviews:

Great stories, read adequately, usually

Narration on this is of the older sort, when acting was more subdued and more monotone readings ruled. There are some strange voices and some dry flat performances, but if you can work through that, the stories are gold. But I have a hard time listening for long as it makes me a little tired. I think that is as plain as things can be, so I will not elaborate. I really enjoy the selection and every one of them has charm and value.

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Title: The Decameron

Author: Giovanni Boccaccio

Format: Abridged

Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-29-08

Publisher: CSA Word

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 21 votes

Genres: Classics, European Literature

Publisher's Summary:

A group of Florentine youths escape to the mountain countryside during the time of the plague, only to regale each other with vignettes of sex, vice, temptation, and come-uppance. This is a strictly adult listen, which will bring a little colour to your cheeks and have you laughing out loud.

Members Reviews:

Five Stars

Good quality and cheap.

Me encantó!

Es emocionante leer acerca de la gente de la edad media,aún si se trata de fición ya que nos presenta datos del día a día de la gente común de aquel tiempo contada de primera mano por Boccaccio.Con toques de picardía, es una obra de una época,que se nos presenta,siglos después, con tan solo abrir y leer este maravilloso libro medieval.

Humorous and enjoyable book to read

Great book with lots of humor in the form of short stories. Would highly recommend to any English teacher or professor that teaches a class.

No TOC

This is for the Kindle version: Love the translation, it is far better than the free products. But, there is no table of contents. With 100 stories and a price of almost ten dollars, I figured that is what I was paying for. Really disappointed considering I got the print version for three dollars at a used book store.

Great Read!

The stories were fascinating and the entire book was well written (or possibly well translated). Some would perhaps think this book rather long but the stories themselves are fairly short making (most are only 3-4 pages long) making it easy to follow along with what's going on. Overall the stories are fun and all are entertaining.

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Título: En Busca Del Tiempo Perdido, Pt. 1

Subtitular: Por El Camino De Swann (Texto Completo)

Autor: Marcel Proust

Narrador: Daniel Quintero

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 3 hrs and 21 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 11-26-07

Editor: Yoyo USA, Inc

Calificaciones: 4 de 5 de 23 votos

Categorías: Classics, European Literature

Resumen del editor:

This monumental masterpiece by Marcel Proust (1871-1922) is an immense portrait of an entire society and is considered as one of the greatest novels in all literature. As its title shows, Proust tried to recover in his work what the past had been, and in doing so, made an incisive analysis of his times, with unforgettable characters - most of them were based on his acquaintances. This work reflects one of the foremost travels through the subconscious ever written.

Opiniones de los miembros:

This one is not unabridged

Any additional comments?

I was hoping to have Proust's seven books unabridged, but they're in fact abridged. Big disappointment. Audible should fix this information.

No es versión completa!!!

What did you like best about this story?

Would you be willing to try another one of Daniel Quinteros performances?

Could you see En Busca Del Tiempo Perdido, Pt. 1 being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

Any additional comments?

NOT unabriged at all... it's onlya a brief of less that half original. SCAM.

excelente

bellisimo libro. una delicia que invita a seguir leyendo a Proust. la narracion hace amena la lectura

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Título: La Guerra y la Paz [War and Peace]

Autor: Leo Tolstoy

Narrador: FonoLibro

Formato: Abridged

Duración: 1 hr and 50 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 11-15-07

Editor: FonoLibro Inc. (Audiolibros - Audio Libros)

Calificaciones: 4 de 5 de 25 votos

Categorías: Classics, European Literature

Resumen del editor:

FonoLibro se enorgullece en presentar el audiolibro en español de la obra maestra de León Tolstoi, La Guerra y La Paz..

En 1928 durante la invasión de Napoleón a Rusia, cinco familias, algunas pobres y otras aristocráticas viven con miseria y tragedia de perder a sus seres queridos en la guerra. Los personajes principales incluyen El Principe Andrey Bolkonsky un cínico aristócrata transformado por la guerra, Pedro Bezukhov un joven idealista en busca de felicidad espiritual, y Natasha Rostova, hija del Conde. Cada uno de estos personajes a medida que se desarrollan se enamoran, comenten errores, se sacrifican y se ven afectados por la guerra.

Tolstoi describe magníficamente la vida de familias Rusas durante la guerra napoleónica, y FonoLibro les brinda en una maravillosa producción dramatizada con un elenco completo, música de la época y efectos de sonido que le harán vivir la historia.

This audiobook is in Spanish.

Este audiolibro es en Espanol.

Reseñas Editoriales:

Boldly narrated with adventurous bluster by FonoLibro, La Guerra la Paz is the abridged Spanish translation of Leo Tolstoys masterwork, War and Peace, the legendary Russian epic of historical fiction concerning the devastating French invasion of Russia in 1812.

This grand, sweeping story with a revolving cast of characters goes from the ballrooms to the battlefields, and features exquisitely described scenes of political upheaval, love and heartbreak, death and despair, and faint glimmers of hope. This title is firmly entrenched on an extremely short list of true all-time classics.

Please note: this audiobook is in Spanish.

Opiniones de los miembros:

Libro esta incompleto:'( se pierde muchisimo

Libro esta incompleto:'( se pierde muchisimo de un libro tan bueno. as as ad as

Interesting story

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

Yes because it gives a very good idea of what was going on during those days in that country

Would you recommend La Guerra y la Paz [War and Peace] to your friends? Why or why not?

I answered already

Would you listen to another book narrated by the narrator?

Yes

Could you see La Guerra y la Paz [War and Peace] being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

No I do not see it for that purpose

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Título: Madame Bovary

Autor: Gustave Flaubert

Narrador: FonoLibro

Formato: Abridged

Duración: 1 hr and 46 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 11-15-07

Editor: FonoLibro Inc. (Audiolibros - Audio Libros)

Calificaciones: 3.5 de 5 de 13 votos

Categorías: Classics, European Literature

Resumen del editor:

FonoLibro se enorgullece en presentar el audiolibro en español de una de las obras más controversiales e importantes de la literatura universal, Madame Bovary de Gustavo Flaubert, quién fue llevado a juicio, acusado de inmoralidad, al lanzarse este libro.

Emma Bovary es una hermosa y ambicionada mujer, quién esta aburrida de su matrimonio con un medico, quien no le llena sus fantasías, ni aspiraciones sociales. En ese tiempo Emma conoce a Rodolfo Boulanger, un rico hacendado, quién se convierte en su amante. Emma propone a Rodolfo huir a París, pero él no acepta y la abandona. Posteriormente tiene un romance con un asistente legal; Todo esto la lleva a generar unos gastos que no puede soportar. Su esposo no sabe nada de sus aventuras amorosas, ni del derroche y caprichos de Emma que le han llevado a la bancarrota. Descubra en este audiolibro el desenlace inesperado de una de las más famosas novelas de la literatura universal.

FonoLibro trae una magnífica producción dramatizada con un elenco completo, maravillosa música y efectos de sonido que dan vida a la controversial historia de Madame Bovary.This audiobook is in Spanish.

Este audiolibro es en Espanol.

Reseñas Editoriales:

Narrated with amorous masculinity by FonoLibro, this is the Spanish retelling of Madame Bovary, Gustave Flauberts literary classic and one of the most scandalous books of its day.

The story focuses on Emma Bovary, a bored married housewife who desperately hungers for beauty and status and the desires of the flesh. Were described her erotic extramarital sexual affairs with a series of gentlemen in sumptuous detail.

Madame Bovary is still as passionate and titillating today as it was upon its infamous release in 1856 and is perhaps best enjoyed with a fine bottle of wine. Please note: This audiobook is performed in Spanish.

Crítica Comentarios:

"Si uno le preguntara al El Mundo cual es la mejor novela jamás escrita, El Mundo inmediatamente contestaría Madame Bovary." (Washington Post's Book World)

Opiniones de los miembros:

Buen libro

Entretenido... el narrador te mantiene inmerso en la historia y la emoción, lo disfrute mucho

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Titre: Maupassant et les femmes

Sous-titre: Nouvelles

Auteur: Guy de Maupassant

Narrateur: Miou Miou

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 2 hrs and 19 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 08-13-07

Éditeur: Frémeaux & Associés

Genres: Classics, European Literature

Résumé de l'éditeur:

Ces quelques nouvelles témoignent de la précision avec laquelle Maupassant s'attache à observer les femmes et de l'intérêt qu'il porte à leurs diverses existences. Elles trouvent toujours un angle de vision original pour nous faire toucher du doigt la vérité des expériences réinventées par la fiction. Elles soulignent enfin la présence en Maupassant d'un véritable amoureux des femmes, qui les critique ou qui les plaint, mais qui surtout tente de les comprendre.

L'auteur

Né en Normandie en 1850,

vit ses jeunes années, seul avec sa mère séparée de son mari. De 1871 à 1880, il occupe de petits emplois dans différents ministères, tout en apprenant le métier d'écrivain auprès de Flaubert, ami d'enfance de sa mère. C'est une nouvelle,

, qui lui vaut ses premiers succès. Il s'élève tout d'un coup au premier plan de l'actualité littéraire. De 1880 à 1891, il publie environ trois cents nouvelles et contes réunis en dix-huit volumes, ainsi que six romans. Il meurt fou en 1893, âgé de quarante-trois ans.

La narratrice

, de son vrai nom Sylvette Herry, a commencé sa carrière de comédienne il y a plus de 35 ans, après avoir été apprentie tapissière. En 1969, elle rencontre Coluche, Romin Bouteille et Patrick Dewaere, et intègre le Café de la Gare qui prône un théâtre d'improvisation et dégagé des contraintes commerciales. C'est Coluche qui lui trouve le surnom de Miou Miou qu'elle gardera comme nom de scène.

Elle est réellement révélée au grand public en 1974, avec Les Valseuses de Bertrand Blier, dans lequel elle forme un trio aux moeurs très libres avec Partick Dewaere et Gérard Depardieu.

En 1979, elle reçoit le César de la meilleure actrice pour La Dérobade de Daniel Duval avec son rôle de prostituée courageuse qui souhaite retrouver la liberté.

A partir des années 80, elle obtient des rôles plus profonds et plus charismatiques, ce qui lui permet de montrer l'étendue de son talent à travers des films tels que Femme Flic et Coup de foudre. Au théâtre, elle joue aux côtés de Sami Frey dans La Musica Deuxième, pièce écrite et mise en scène par Marguerite Duras. Elle interprète Andromaque dans une mise en scène de Roger Planchon, et joue notamment dans la pièce écrite par Jean-Marie Laclavetine, Voyage au Luxembourg...

Ses nombreuses collaborations avec de grands réalisateurs ou étrangers (Louis Malle, Bertrand Blier, Luigi Comencini, Patrice Leconte, Michel Deville ou Georges Lautner) lui valent de connaître une très grande popularité auprès du public. Dans Milou en Mai de Louis Malle, Miou Miou excelle dans son rôle de bourgeoise comme dans La Lectrice de Michel Deville où sa sensualité témoigne une nouvelle fois de l'étendue de son talent.

(p) et © Frémeaux et Associés / Groupe Frémeaux Colombini SAS 2007

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Titel: Der Sandmann

Autor:: E. T. A. Hoffmann

Erzähler: Alexis Krüger

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 1 hr and 12 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 05-11-07

Herausgeber: BUCHFUNK

Bewertung: 5 von 5 von 1 Stimmen

Kategorien: Classics, European Literature

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Wie kaum ein zweites Mal ist es Hoffmann in der Geschichte des armen Studenten Nathanael gelungen, sein ureigenstes Mittel, die unauflösbare Mehrdeutigkeit des Erzählten, ins Werk zu setzen.

Sprecher Alexis Krüger schafft es, uns mit seiner Interpretation des "Sandmann" den nach-metaphysisch lachenden Philosophen-Hoffmann zu präsentieren. Alexis Krüger steckt auch hinter der Filmfigur "Beutolomäus", die vielen aus dem KI.KA bekannt sein dürfte.

Der Sandmann liegt in der Reihe "phonetics classics" in einer gekürzten Fassung vor, ohne dass der Text dadurch an Inhalt und Eindringlichkeit einbüßt.

Mitglieder Bewertungen:

great energy!

a great classic sci-fi horror - read with passion and very clear. worth listening to multiples times for those learning german

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Title: The Satires

Author: Juvenal

Narrator: Charlton Griffin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-01-06

Publisher: Audio Connoisseur

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 47 votes

Genres: Classics, European Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Indeed, these masterpieces of biting social commentary could easily have been written today about any number of metropolitan areas we are all familiar with. Almost anyone who comes into contact with these vitriolic rants against the foibles of humanity will be struck by the similarities to our own times. There are many famous catch-phrases from Juvenal that listeners will immediately recognize ("One rotten apple spoils the whole barrel," among others.)

Juvenal did not like Rome, or at least not what it had become by the late first century A.D. And, in poetry crackling with cynicism, outrage, and passion, he tells us in great detail precisely what he loathes about the times he lives in. In a rough, tough, and slashing manner, Juvenal has left us 16 satires on various subjects, including woman's vanity, sexual license, avaricious courtiers, base cupidity, heartless displays of vulgar wealth, hypocrisy, despicable aristocrats, back-stabbing social climbers, and vile superstitions. Nothing escaped his penetrating gaze.

Little is known about Decimus Junius Juvenalis, the poet we know as Juvenal. He took up writing in his maturity and lived from about 60 to 140 A.D., a period that encompassed the reigns of Nero through Antoninus Pius. He is thought to have been a soldier, but all we know of him comes from his own pen. Although easily one of the greatest satirists of all time, he was practically unknown until about 200 years after his death.

Translation by R. Humphries.

Members Reviews:

Well done !

This title brings to light the entertaining Satires of Juvenalis with a very good prologue and description of the time and place in which the poet wrote.

I have listened to this production several times and still pick up some hidden treasure from this writer.

Cheers!

A Must-Have

Makes modern satirists look like a bunch of half-wit milksops. Juvenals envenomed poetry is excellantly realised by the narrator, who sounds suitably disgusted at the depth and scope of Roman depravity. A classic that has surely grown in subversiveness.