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Title: A Cock Crowed

Author: Guy de Maupassant

Narrator: Oliver Montgomery

Format: Abridged

Length: 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-25-13

Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks

Genres: Classics, European Literature

Publisher's Summary:

This is a story from the Normandy Stories collection.

Maupassant is hailed as one of the greatest masters of the short story. This collection focuses upon the land he knew and loved so well - Normandy. Its people and its countryside are portrayed here in vivid color and with great warmth. Amusing, saucy, and sometimes even farcical they may be, but they are also capable of great pathos, often branching off to end tragically. It is this skilful and affecting blend of tragedy and comedy, of tears and laughter, which make Maupassant's Normandy Stories the enduring favorites they are today.

Editorial Reviews:

Guy de Maupassants exquisite short story, an intoxicating concoction of humor and eroticism with an uproarious twist ending, deals with the slow-burning courtship of the "despairing adorer" Baron Joseph de Croissard and the object of his affection: the confident, ravishing, but still-married Madame Bertha dAvancelles in this captivating audiobook enriched by the pitch-perfect performance of Oliver Montgomery, who, along with amplifying the tension of the thrilling boar hunt the Baron takes part in, also manages to inject a sincerity to the more subdued, intimate moments the two prospective lovers share.

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Title: Found on a Drowned Man

Author: Guy de Maupassant

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-08-13

Publisher: Red Door Audiobooks

Genres: Classics, European Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Guy de Maupassant's powerful and poignant story of a brief moment of mysterious passion in a young man's life, related in a letter found on his drowned corpse.

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Title: My Uncle Jules

Author: Guy de Maupassant

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-08-13

Publisher: Red Door Audiobooks

Genres: Classics, European Literature

Publisher's Summary:

An impoverished French family awaits the prodigal return of their long vanished Uncle Jules from his travels in America.

From his letters it would appear that he has made his fortune and when he returns the family hopes their fortunes will change too.

A boat trip to Jersey provides the opporunity for a reunion...but nobody could anticipate the twist in events.

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Title: Miss Harriet

Author: Guy de Maupassant

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 47 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-28-13

Publisher: Red Door Audiobooks

Genres: Classics, European Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Guy de Maupassant's poignant love story of a doomed fascination between a hedonistic French artist and an eccentric English spinster.

Miss Harriet is a mysterious and odd middle-aged lady who has taken up residence in an obscure corner of the French countryside, where she communes with nature and reads odd religious tracts.

When a happy-go-lucky young French adventurer and artist comes to stay, Miss Harriet falls in love with him. But the relationship is doomed from the start...and an unfortunate incident by the chicken house triggers the descent into tragedy.

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Title: Mademoiselle Fifi

Author: Guy de Maupassant

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-28-13

Publisher: Red Door Audiobooks

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Classics, European Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Set during the Franco-Prussian war, de Maupassant's story tells of a group of German soldiers occupying and gradually vandalising a stately home in Normandy.

Bored of the dull location and incessant rain, the group of young officers decide to send to the nearest town for a group of prostitutes, so that they can hold an orgiastic dinner party. Among the women is the spirited young Rachel, whose willingness to fraternize with the Prussians is put to the test, with catastrophic results.

Members Reviews:

Surprising, Brilliant, Story.

If you could sum up Mademoiselle Fifi in three words, what would they be?

Viva La France!

What was one of the most memorable moments of Mademoiselle Fifi?

Who Fifi really was?

Which character as performed by Cathy Dobson was your favorite?

Rachell: Does not yield!

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

For whom the bells toll....."

Any additional comments?

A story in the image of Boule De Suif.

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Title: The Awakening

Author: Kate Chopin

Narrator: Flo Gibson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 56 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-25-13

Publisher: Audio Book Contractors, Inc.

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Classics, European Literature

Publisher's Summary:

A woman seeks love and the fulfillment of her essential nature outside of her stuffy, middle-class marriage. Although this book shocked the readers of 1899, it ultimately paved the way for the modern novel.

Members Reviews:

An actual good classic

I am a 31 year old man, and while I don't think anyone would consider me a "manly man", I'm also far from the type of person people would think would enjoy this book. It's the metamorphosis of a reserved typical (for the time) caterpillar of a woman who grows or "awakens" into a free spirited, ambitious, outspoken, independent woman.

The writing is awesome. In the beginning I really didn't care for the plot much but wanted to give it a try because it's considered a classic and was very controversial for the time. For about the first 30% I really wasn't excited to pick it up and read it, but every time I did, I really enjoyed reading it just because of how well it was written. Then the metamorphosis begins, and I really think there's no better word to describe the change that Kate Chopin masterfully (and I've never once used that word) portrayed. And I love reading that old-time English, but a lot of books it's so old that it's barely understandable to me. This was a perfect mix to me. It had me trying to speak like that since I've finished.

All that said, I can easily see why someone would be turned off by the plot (though not angry at it as so many seem to be) since it's very plain and simple. But if you give it a chance, the writing and the beautiful way she makes the character grow and change is well worth whatever problems you have with it.

No Wonder Men Were Horrified by This Book!

Pssstâ.Want to read a book that was so scandalous when it was published that critics vilified it as "morbid, vulgar and disagreeable"? But that's not the worst of it. Those same critics were most horrified by its amoral portrayal of adultery.

Published in 1899, this classic feminist work by Kate Chopin is now considered one of the great American novels, focusing on a woman's sudden blossoming of sexual passion as it conflicts with all the things proper society expects of her. Edna, age 28, is married with two children and living an upper class life in New Orleans with summers spent on Grand Isle. Over the course of six months, she discovers not only the power of lust and love, but also the power within herself to be an independent woman. No wonder men were horrified by this book.

Brilliant. An author before her time

What can I say about Kate Chopin that hasn't already been said more eloquently? Her writing leaps from the pages. Her characters are no mere sketches, but real people with hearts and minds and life. I was sadly unfamiliar with Kate Chopin before reading this excellent collection, but I have found a new hero in this 19th century woman who can so touch my heart and mind, today.

Amazing & still current

As an Acadian/Creole Louisiana & New Orleans is a cultural home. A place I look to fur identity even tho I wasn't raised there. I chose this book as part of that. The wonderful surprise was a story not of only my ancestors, but also a still current story.

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Title: Chin Music

Author: Bram Stoker

Narrator: Glenn Hascall

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-11-13

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Genres: Classics, European Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Glenn Hascall performs this surprisingly tender story by Bram Stoker.

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Title: Hansel and Gretel

Author: Brothers Grimm

Narrator: Mike Vendetti

Format: Unabridged

Length: 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-30-13

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Classics, European Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Narrated by Mike Vendetti, this is the original version of Hensel and Gretel published by the Brothers Grimm. Probably not suitable for the polite and sensitive child under 12.

A really wicked stepmother convinces the children's father to lead the children out into the woods far enough so they wouldn't be able to return home, but they do return one time to the chagrin of the stepmother. The next time they are taken to the woods they are not able to return home but do stumble upon a little house constructed of cake and confectionery which they immediately begin to consume. Bad news is it is inhabited by a cannibalistic witch intent upon consuming the children. All is good in the end though because Gretel shoves the witch into her own 360 oven, and they find upon returning home with most of the jewels they have liberated from the wicked witch that the wicked stepmom is dead.

Members Reviews:

Not my favorite version of the story for reading to Pre-K kids

Not my favorite version of the story for reading to Pre-K kids. It is rather dark and more scary than other illustrations I own.

Beautiful!

As a 5 and 6 year old, I recall reading this stark version of the fairy-tale. The illustrations here are simply beautiful! I remember talking to my mom about the issues in this tale -- famine and starvation, abandonment, cannibalism, supporting, being supported by your sibling, and returning/reunited to your family after being through everything.

My mom helped me understand the mom's behaviour in this story, and I hope I can do that for my son some day. Like all fairy tales, this simply looks at some of the worst that could happen, and lets you see a way out. I read it without these gorgeous illustrations too. You can't disney all of life, though I admit, I'm a sentimental soft-hearted person who cries when the cats get rained on when I'm watching the Aristocats :-) Enjoy, and think too ...

Great Classic

Boy it's been a while since I read this book as a child. Reading it brings great memories to me and the story is still beautiful and very short.

Five Stars

Nice

REALLY NEED SOME HELP

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Title: The Safety Match

Author: Anton Chekhov

Narrator: Dave Courvoisier

Format: Unabridged

Length: 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-05-13

Publisher: Harmonic Wave

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Classics, European Literature

Publisher's Summary:

On an early October morning, Psyekoff, the right hand-man to Lieutenant Marcus Ivanovitch Klausoff, informs the inspector of police that he suspects Klausoff has been murdered. Immediately, the inspector and his team head to Klausoffs home to investigate the matter. After examining the outside of the house, the inspector sends word to the magistrate, asking him to come investigate the case. When the magistrate and his assistant arrive, they check Klausoff's room, only to find that he is not in there. His door is locked, but his window is clearly open. As the magistrate and his assistant look for and find clues, the assistant begins to piece together a story explaining what happened. Based on the evidence, he believes Klausoff was strangled, taken out through the window, hit on the head, and then disposed of somewhere. He also believes three people were involved in the murder. The magistrate is not convinced of that particular theory, but he begins questioning Klausoffs staff. Soon, he and his assistant believe they find two of the three people involved. One of the clues, a safety match found in Klausoffs room, the assistant believes will lead them to the third murderer.

Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was a Russian writer best known for his plays and short stories. During his life-time, he wrote hundreds of short stories, which utilize simple prose and limited literary techniques to get to the heart of the characters.

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Title: Scarlet Sails [Russian Edition]

Author: Aleksandr Grin

Narrator: Oleg Fedorov

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-27-13

Publisher: New Internet Technologies

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Classics, European Literature

Publisher's Summary:

The setting is a small fishing village. The former seaman Longren raises his daughter Assol alone after losing his beloved wife, making a meager living by selling the toy boats he carves from wood. As a child, Assol encounters an old man who claims to be a wizard and promises the girl that one day a prince will come on a ship with scarlet sails to carry her away. The villagers scoff but Assol believes her dream will come true one day.

Please note: This audiobook is in Russian.

Members Reviews:

Five Stars

My favorite russian book!

wrong line breaks.

This is text in russian where almost all line breaks are wrong. I think that someone converted the txt file to e-book. And linebreakes transforms to ends of paragraph. It is very hard to read this text.