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1) Der Mantel
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Die winterliche Kälte in St. Petersburg macht Akadij Akadijewiitsch zu schaffen. Der verarmte Beamte lässt sich von seinen letzten Rubeln einen neuen Mantel nähen, der ihm überraschend zu mehr Anerkennung und einer Einladung seines Vorgesetzten verhilft. Als das schmucke Kleidungsstück gestohlen wird, scheint ihn sein Glück wieder zu verlassen. So macht sich Akadij Akadijewitsch verzweifelt auf die Suche nach dem Mantel ... Die berühmte Erzählung...
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Eine kleine Ausflugsgesellschaft, Mutter, Tochter und ein junger Mann, besucht den alten Vetter, der auf einer einsamen Hallig lebt und sich vor aller Welt zurückgezogen hat. Er scheint seine Vergangenheit ebenso wie sein Geigenspiel völlig aufgegeben zu haben, und hat dennoch ein lebhaftes Interesse an der Beziehung der beiden jungen Leute ...
4) Der Auftrag
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Ein junger Mann wird Zeuge eines Zugunglücks, bei dem ein Adliger ums Leben kommt. Im Sterben gibt dieser ihm den Auftrag, seiner Geliebten die Nachricht seines Todes zu überbringen. Mit gemischten Gefühlen macht sich der junge Mann auf den Weg ... Die bewegende Erzählung Honoré de Balzacs als Hörbuch. Zusätzlich auf diesem Hörbuch: die Erzählung: "Der Arm".
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"Immensee": Reinhard besucht seine Jugendliebe Elisabeth, die mittlerweile mit einem Anderen verheiratet ist, auf dem Gut Immensee. Zwischen Sehnsüchten und der eigenen Handlungsunfähigkeit gefangen, schafft er es nicht, die bestehende Ordnung zu durchbrechen. Eine wunderbare Geschichte über die Liebe und ihre Vergänglichkeit.
"Eine Halligfahrt": Eine kleine Ausflugsgesellschaft, Mutter, Tochter und ein junger Mann, besucht den alten Vetter,...
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'Put your money on this sheepskin,' said the old man, 'and if, by the time I finish my tale, there is one of you awake, that man shall claim everything we have collected.' Follow this tale of love, desire and vengeance as told by Africa's renowned author Cyprian Ekwensi.
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Excerpt: "It was eight o'clock on a fine October morning. There was a touch of frost in the air that made the sunshine which gilded the steadily falling leaves from the beech trees bordering the road outside Dr. Knight's house feel genial and comforting. In the pleasant sitting-room facing the high road sat the doctor, his children, and their governess at breakfast. The head of the family was a tall, muscular man, with a bronzed face, and kind, grey...
9) Agnes Grey
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«Agnes Grey» é um retrato gritante do isolamento, estagnação intelectual e apatia emocional que rodeava muitas das governantas de meados do século XIX.
Um romance em tom muito intimista, escrito a partir da experiência da própria autora, afirmou-se como um marco da literatura que lida com a evolução social e moral da sociedade inglesa.
10) The Gambler
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Ambientado na Alemanha, «O Jogador» tem como protagonista Alexei Ivanovitch, um jovem com um forte sentido crítico em relação ao mundo que o rodeia, mas carente de objetivos, que desenvolve uma paixão compulsiva pelo jogo (vício que acometeu o próprio escritor).
Dostoiévski expõe as personagens nas suas motivações mais íntimas, com humor e ironia, criando uma obra simultaneamente viva e profunda.
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Em plena Idade Média, à sombra da catedral parisiense, a bela bailarina Esmeralda desperta paixões. Mendigos e vadios, o poeta Gringoire e o capitão dos guardas Febo rodeiam-na e admiram-na, e o temível arquidiácono Cláudio Frollo é levado ao crime. Suspeita e votada ao suplício, Esmeralda é salva pelo sineiro de Nossa Senhora de Paris, Quasímodo, que a protegerá e adorará ate que a morte os una.
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"A Drunk Man Looks At The Thistle", first published in 1926, is considered by many to be the greatest work of 20th century Scottish literature. The poem, which is both fascinating and intriguing, expresses Hugh MacDiarmid's views on just about everything, including the future of Scotland and of mankind.
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Em "O Crime de Lord Arthur Savile', o protagonista é apresentado por Lady Windermere ao Sr. R. Septimus Podgers, um quiromante, que lhe lê a mão e lhe diz que no futuro ele será um assassino. Lorde Arthur quer casar, mas decide que não tem o direito de fazê-lo até ter cometido o assassinato. Começa por tentar assassinar a sua tia Clementina. Fingindo que é um mero comprimido, Lord Arthur dá-lhe uma cápsula de veneno que ela deverá tomar...
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The Hermit's Cave or, Theodore and Jack is a classic children's book written by Eleanora H. Stooke and illustrated by Richard Tod. The story follows two young boys, Theodore and Jack, as they discover a hidden cave and befriend a mysterious hermit who lives there. As they explore the cave and its secrets, the boys learn valuable lessons about friendship, courage, and kindness. (Goodreads)
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Excerpt: "Oh, Jo, such news! I don't know whether I'm pleased or not; but I do hope it will be for the best!" And so saying, the speaker, Mrs. Dennis, laid down the letter she had been reading and glanced at her husband, with a smile upon her lips and tears in her eyes. It was half-past eight on a fine September morning, and the Dennis family-comprised of Dr. Dennis, his wife, and three children, Edwin and Claude, aged eleven and nine respectively,...
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«Recordações da Casa dos Mortos» foi inicialmente publicado entre 1860 e 1862 e reflete uma realidade quase dantesca, onde presos políticos, prisioneiros de guerra e presos de delito comum vivem lado a lado com homens que perpetraram crimes hediondos. É um mundo à parte, uma micro-sociedade com regras próprias onde o dia a dia se reparte entre trabalhos forçados, castigos sádicos, miséria, mercado negro, álcool e pequenos expedientes de...
18) Uncle's Dream
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Em "O Sonho do Tio", Maria Alexandrovna tenta assegurar o futuro da filha Zina, fazendo de tudo para casá-la com um príncipe decrépito, mas rico: o Príncipe K.
Esta obra apresenta-nos a vida das elites provincianas, vazia, amoral, hipócrita, e ridiculariza a rotina, os boatos, as intrigas, as posturas baixas e sublimes das personagens.
Vladimir Nabokov não hesitou em classificar "O Sonho do Tio" como uma obra genial.
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Excerpt: ""Joy, I wish you'd put down that stupid book, and talk! You can't think how curious I feel! And how you can sit there reading so quietly when mother's in the next room with that strange gentleman, I can't imagine! I wonder what he's saying to her! I don't believe you're in the least curious to know!" Joy, whose real name was Joyce, shut her book, and looked at the speaker-her sister Celia-with thoughtful, grey eyes. Her mind was still occupied...
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Brother and sister Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert look forward to meeting the young orphan boy whom they hope to give a good life to at their Avonlea farm, Green Gables. When they are accidentally sent Anne Shirley instead, they make the most of the orphanage's mistake, and welcome the imaginative girl with loving arms. Under their care and through the friendships she forges at school, Anne enjoys adventures and experiences that teach her how to be...
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