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Título: La aventura de la caja de cartón [The Adventure of the Cardboard Box]

Autor: A. Conan Doyle

Narrador: Niloofer Khan

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 36 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 03-09-15

Editor: Sonolibro

Categorías: Classics, British Literature

Resumen del editor:

La señora Susan Cushing recibe el correo un paquete que contiene ni más ni menos que dos orejas humanas cortadas que han sido metidas en sal. El inspector Lestrade sospecha que es una broma de unos estudiantes de medicina, pero Holmes sin embargo estas seguro tras examinar el paquete que se trata de la prueba de un crimen importante y como siempre los argumentos de sus explicaciones hacen a todos reconocer su razón. Tras unos interrogatorios y varias observaciones Holmes cree que sabe que es lo que ha pasado y junto con Watson se lanza a intentar demostrarlo.

Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.

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Title: The Apple Tree

Author: Katherine Mansfield

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-23-15

Publisher: Red Door Audiobooks

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) was a prominent modernist writer of short fiction and a close associate of D. H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf.

The Apple Tree is a delightful story narrated from the perspective of a child whose father discovers that he has a rare and valuable apple tree growing in his orchard. The family wait impatiently for the first crop of the magical and splendid apples. Finally the day arrives when they can taste the wonderful red fruits...

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Title: Ann Veronica

Author: H. G. Wells

Narrator: Liz Pearce

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-04-15

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

At 21 the passionate and headstrong Ann Veronica Stanley is determined to rule her own life. When her autocratic father forbids her, via formal letter, from attending a fashionable art-school ball and even further refuses to allow her advanced study of science, she decides she has no choice but to leave her family home and make a fresh start alone.

She escapes the stodgy suburbs to London, enrolling as a student of biology and immersing herself in a world of intellectuals, socialists, and suffragettes. Soon, however, she finds that freedom comes at a price, when she meets the brilliant Capes, a married academic, and falls hopelessly in love.

Members Reviews:

Brilliant Cast.

It's an entertaining novel and will surely stick to your memory for quite sometime. It was appealing with a twist of surprised.

"Why can't they be like we were perfect in every way?"

"What's the matter with kids today?" Lyrics from "Bye Bye Birdie"

Ann Veronica "Vee" asks the question "why can't a woman be like a man" and sets out to find out why. She discovers all sorts of men, some stuffy and some devious. She may one day stumble over the perfect man. She tries to be independent and is thwarted at every turn; that is until she realizes there are better things to do than just compete.

We get to grow with Vee and go through several long dissertations, Ayn Rand style, over politics freedom, love, equality, and whatnot. All the talk loses its way and with dumb luck returns to the story. We are treated to a travelogue and scratch ourselves with a long talk about the prison dingies. Just as it, starts to get interest the story stops dead in the middle of a thought.

The story is ok and some of the subjects brought up are still relevant today. However, if you look a little closer the story as with much fiction is just a venue to express H.G's concepts of free love.

"Why can't they be like we were perfect in every way?"

"What's the matter with kids today?" Lyrics from "Bye Bye Birdie"

Ann Veronica "Vee" asks the question "why can't a woman be like a man" and sets out to find out why. She discovers all sorts of men, some stuffy and some devious. She may one day stumble over the perfect man. She tries to be independent and is thwarted at every turn; that is until she realizes there are better things to do than just compete.

We get to grow with Vee and go through several long dissertations, Ayn Rand style, over politics freedom, love, equality, and whatnot. All the talk loses its way and with dumb luck returns to the story. We are treated to a travelogue and scratch ourselves with a long talk about the prison dingies. Just as it, starts to get interest the story stops dead in the middle of a thought.

The story is ok and some of the subjects brought up are still relevant today. However, if you look a little closer the story as with much fiction is just a venue to express H.G's concepts of free love.

story is great--the physical object is terrible

H.G. Wells' novel itself is great, but if you're going to buy it, buy the Penguin edition. This edition is like something I could've made on my printer at home. The text on the pages is slightly crooked. The font is hard to read. There are typos all over the place--they often put 1 instead of I.

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Title: Still She Wished For Company

Author: Margaret Irwin

Narrator: Eleanor David

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-27-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

The story moves between the 1920s and the 1770s, following two heroines: twentieth-century Jan Challard, a London girl, and eighteenth-century Juliana Clare, the youngest daughter of an aristocratic Berkshire family.

Jan is independent and spirited but leads a humdrum life, working in an office, and walks out with a very suitable young man.

Juliana, at 17 years of age, is getting the upbringing of a young lady in the enormous family mansion, Chidleigh, and her life is devoid of excitement and event.

The two heroines can see one another from time to time, momentarily, through some rent in the fabric of time but never manage to meet and interact. Their lives converge as Julianas world is turned upside down; her father dies, and her notoriously wicked and mysterious brother, Lucian Clare, returns to take his position as head of the family.

Lucian recognizes a supernatural power in Juliana and uses this to reach out to Jan through the ages.

Members Reviews:

A lovely little gem of a story

I didnât know what to make of this novel for the first 20% or so. Though the story is about two women in two different centuries, itâs mostly about the 18th century girl (Juliana), with the 20th century woman (Jan) the frame in the prologue and epilogue (we do see snippets of Jan throughout the middle). Jan and Juliana are psychically sensitive and are able to travel/project themselves across time, with each being able to see the other sometimes. Julianaâs eldest brother (Lucien) has shared dreams with Jan, but he is unable to travel/project as they can naturally. When he learns of Julianaâs ability, he hatches a plan to further his goalsâ

After the prologue, Julianaâs story starts slow with a lot of summary/backstory and tell rather than show. I understand the monotony of her life and familyâs history had to be explained, but for a minute it felt like I was reading a synopsis rather than a novel. But somewhere around the 20% point, when Lucien returns to the family (heâd been living abroad until after their father died), the tale picks up and becomes intriguing and atmospheric.

Very minor spoilers ahead â none about the novelâs ending or major plot points.

All three characters want *more* and donât quite belong. Juliana and Lucienâs family are a typical upper-class line, only random members who have supernatural proclivities and are perhaps morally corrupt pop up from time to time. Whereas Juliana can do the illusion of conventionality (and it might not entirely be an illusion for her), everything about Lucien from his looks to his demeanor signals him as an outcast and other, and he is not content to settle into life as lord of the manor. Jan, with her strange appearance and world, represents an unknown frontier for him. The author does a good job of portraying how even when people have money, position, and are seemingly blessed, they can still strive for whatever else they donât have.

In some ways this is a story about restless people who canât quite fit into the lives they have. Lucien at 26 has given up entirely. Jan at 24 tries, but is increasingly less successful. Juliana, the youngest at 17 has so far managed to seem like an ordinary upper-class girl to others, but from the beginning there are glimpses of her internal struggle, although she doesnât know *how* to be anything else either.

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Title: Little Dorrit

Author: Charles Dickens

Narrator: Graham Bill

Format: Abridged

Length: 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-20-15

Publisher: Real Reads

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

"She? Thats Little Dorrit. Shes nothing. Shes just a whim." Poor Little Dorrit. Her future looks as bleak as her past and her present. Born and brought up in a debtors prison, she relies on her sewing skills to help support her father. Little does she know that her sewing will soon present an opportunity for change. When change arrives in the form of Arthur Clennam, it is accompanied by secrets and dangers. Who is he? What are his motives for wanting to help Little Dorrit?

Follow Little Dorrits tale as it winds its way through London and Italy. Enjoy the rich variety of characters she encounters, and share with her the twists and turns of the road she travels.

Critic Reviews:

"Miniature masterpieces." (BBC R4 Open Book)

"Not every child will get Dickens, but a chance to get to know him should be the birthright of every Briton. Break them in gently. Let schools show Lionel Barts incandescent Oliver! Let younger ones learn the remarkable stories of Pip and Tiny Tim through Gill Tavners excellent condensed Dickens Real Reads and prove that the vast human spirit under that slab in Westminster Abbey is not dead, only sleeping." (The Telegraph)

"The Real Reads series is definitely held in high regard here at Scholastic--titles that are that elusive mix of teacher- and student-friendly. I only wish it existed when I was at school so that I knew what happened in the last two-thirds of Jane Eyre!" (Lauren Nightingale, Scholastic Education)

Members Reviews:

A bit anemic for Dickens

..because (spoilers) no gruesome murders/deaths of a major character.

More seriously, the characters in this one are a bit thin compared to his usual creations, and the plot is similarly thin. My fave part of the plot surrounds a massive financial fraud a la Bernie Madoff, and I like the digs at bureaucracy in the form of the Circumlocution office.

But if ever there was a Dickens novel where he was phoning it in, this is the one. It's still better than most novels by other folks, which is why I give it 4 stars. I'll still re-read it, along with the other Dickens tomes.

Perhaps Dickens greatest novel--a true classic

Dickens is the great Soial Critic of the Industrial Revolution and its effects on human society--He reidcules both the idle poor and idle rich and his heroes and heroines are indiioduals who are hard working midle class types contributing to others and who are kind and humane--the greedy and the social snobs are ridiculed unmercifully. His plots are complex thrillrs full of surprises and his characters grow and become moe complex with each page. little Dorrit, his critique of the prison seystem is perhaps his greatest knowledge bur since it is full of surprises i dont want to give anything away.

BBC companion book to the 2008 TV series

This book edition is the companion novel to the BBC miniseries shown on TV in the UK in late 2008. The series companion book for the PBS USA show in April 2009 was published by Penguin books (ISBN: 0143115871). The book is the complete edition of the Little Dorrit novel by Charles Dickens. It does not have supplemental material that is available in other published editions of the novel. It also does not have any illustrations.

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Title: The Man of the Night

Author: Edgar Wallace

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-15-14

Publisher: Red Door Audiobooks

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Edgar Wallace (1875 - 1932) had no equal in the realm of the pure "thriller." The Man of the Night is a classic example of Wallace's genius. Stepping purposefully out of the dark shop, with a large sharp knife hidden under his coat, the wanted man met a stranger. But it was quite a different kind of stranger than he could have imagined... and what happens next is incomprehensible and inspiring.

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Title: Mansfield Park

Author: Jane Austen, Janet Chiesa (adaptation)

Narrator: Audioscape Players

Format: Abridged

Length: 1 hr and 49 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-04-14

Publisher: AudioscapeProductions

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Fanny is brought up with her cousins, Tom, Edmund, Maria, and Julia. She is treated as an extra pair of hands except that is, by Edmund.During her uncle's absence at his estates in the West Indeies, both Maria, (who is engaged to the stupid and wealthy Mr. Rushford), and Julia, fall in love with the fascinating Mr. Crawford, who is a man of little heart.He, however, courts the gentle Fanny who has no doubts about his bad character!

Members Reviews:

It's One Heavy Book

So I just wanted to let others know that this collection is one giant book of all Austen novels combined. You can't tell from the picture, but I was actually expecting (and hoping for) individual books packed in one box like other book collections I have. So I was definitely a bit disappointed when I received this book. And while I am used to reading large books like David McCullough biographies, this compilation is by far the heaviest I have in my possession. I'm not sure I will be able to read this in bed or even hold it up in my arms for any long period of time. So beware. I would have chosen differently if had this information when I was contemplating purchase.

EMMA

A lot of water under the bridge since first reading this book many years ago. I do not know why I liked it so much them...possibly I was blinded by adolescents and want everyone to have a loving mate and played match maker myself thinking also I was above others..shame on me!! This book the second time around was so frustrating I could have screamed in parts. How dare Emma feel so superior in her small town and looked for others to make over in her image. How dare she play match maker with every eligible bachelor and made in the area thinking she knew best. Was she a true friend visiting all the families and offering her solicitations as if she were the queen and it being a big gift to shower her presence with others (all of whom she felt were inferior) on a regular basis.

Glad to have revisited this book and will revisit others but don't think they will be by Jane Austen. My book was downloaded onto my Kindle from Amazon.

Its starts off Emma becoming good friends with a girl named Harriet

Emma Woodhouse is a young girl growing up in a family of wealth and high class. Throughout the story, Emma becomes what some would call a matchmaker. Its starts off Emma becoming good friends with a girl named Harriet. Harriet doesnât know her parents therefore she doesnât have money or a high social ranking. Emma attempts to set her up with two different men and both come crashing down miserably. Emma attempts to help everyone Emma falls in love with a man by the name of Frank Churchill. She thinks they will wed, but later on you find out heâs already secretly engaged to a woman by the name of Jane. Emma is devastated by this but begins to reflect upon her feelings. She ends up confessing her love for her brother in law Mr.Knightley who has been guiding her throughout the story and Harriet marries Mr. Martin.

Jane Austenâs writing style was very witty, short, and sweet. She used clever wording that packs a punch in short sentences. The sentences could be unfinished and have dashed, which was used for emphasis on the urgentness and feeling of the character talking. The mood of the story is somewhat ironic.

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Title: The Walrus and the Carpenter

Author: Lewis Carroll

Narrator: Glenn Hascall

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-11-14

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Tweedle Dee and brother Dum recited a bit of Wonderlandic poetry. Nonsensical? Yes, but this is a brilliant sample of the world in which Alice found herself. If there is a moral to this delightful poem it may be that it is not wise to be an oyster. On second thought, perhaps there is no discernible moral - just smile worthy fun. Narrated by Glenn Hascall.

Members Reviews:

Could not imagine literature without Lewis Carroll

If Lewis Carroll has not yet been a discovery of word to paper for your intense imagination and delicious escape, partake if you dare. Fascinating , and addictive ,sad when it reaches a final page.

Wonderful Poem

This is a classic and wonderful old poem that is very often misquoted. I have loved this great old poem since I was a child.

Perennial favorite

The Walrus and The Carpenter has been one of my favorites ever since childhood. I downloaded this copy to serve as a handy reference.

Five Stars

great when I finely found it delivered in the yard waste can

No spacing between verses

First time purchasing an item for my kindle. I was surprised that I didnt like the layout. It was a vertical scrolling page with no lines between verses. Quite hard to read.

I would not recommend this product - unless you know for a fact that Im just a noob who doesnt know how to use the Kindle App.

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Title: Joe Harwell Classics Presents Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol

Subtitle: A Story That's Not Just for Christmas

Author: Joe Harwell

Narrator: W.B. Ward

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-24-14

Publisher: Joe Harwell Publishing

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Ebenezer Scrooge is a man who does not recognize the true riches of life, which is the friendship of family and friends. He goes out of his way not to give to others, even those with great need and especially at Christmas. The experiences brought upon Ebenezer on Christmas Eve show him the error of his ways and what he's lost out on by being miserly.

Listen to this classic story with your children and grandchildren to show them how even a man with a cold heart can receive redemption.

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Title: Alice's Adventures Underground

Author: Lewis Carroll

Narrator: Phil Chenevert

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 20 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-27-14

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

This is the handwritten book that Carroll wrote for private use before being urged to develop it later into Alice in Wonderland. It was meant to entertain his family and friends. When a sick child in a hospital enjoyed it so much, the mother wrote him saying it had distracted her for a bit from her pain and led eventually to Carroll expanding the story.

Members Reviews:

unabridged

Love the fact that it was word for word I got a book that has literally pictures of the manuscript Lewis Carroll script Lewis Carroll wrote and it was word for word.