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Let two of Henry James’s best shorter works on the ‘international situation’ intrigue and transport you.
In Four Meetings and Daisy Miller, an American master sketches a series of deft psychological portraits that revive a now vanished world of Americans in Europe. In both stories, longtime American expatriates form memorable ties with passionate young travelers who fall prey to their own romantic fantasies.
Admirers of James’s work will enjoy drawing connections between stories written back to back (in 1877-78), and newcomers will discover an enchanting doorway onto the waters of Switzerland, the monuments of Italy, the drawing rooms of New England, and the hidden recesses of the human heart.
With a new post-script: “Henry James would be the bard of misunderstandings, missed connections.”
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 66
In this carefully crafted novel, Dickens reveals the complexity of London society in the enterprising 1840s as he takes the listener into the business firm and home of one of its most representative patriarchs, Paul Dombey.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Perfect pair
- De Philip en 03-25-08
De: Charles Dickens
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Something Fresh
- De: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrado por: Jonathan Cecil
- Duración: 7 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 910
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 823
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 823
The one thing that could be expected to disturb the peace of life at Blandings is the incursion of imposters. Blandings has imposters like other houses have mice. On this occasion there are two of them--both intent on a dangerous enterprise.
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5 out of 5 stars
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So That's Where "Upstairs, Downstairs" Came From!
- De Beverly en 01-26-12
De: P. G. Wodehouse
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Dombey and Son
- De: Charles Dickens
- Narrado por: David Timson
- Duración: 39 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 607
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 561
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 557
Dombey and Son is vintage Dickens and explores the classic themes of betrayal, cruelty and deceit. Dombey's dysfunctional relationships are painted against a backdrop of social unrest in industrialized London, which is populated by a host of fascinating and memorable secondary characters. The complete and unabridged novel is brought spectacularly to life by veteran reader David Timson.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Utterly incredible!
- De Amazon Customer en 03-12-12
De: Charles Dickens
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The Custom of the Country
- De: Edith Wharton
- Narrado por: Barbara Caruso
- Duración: 15 h y 6 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 379
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 338
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 333
Edith Wharton stands among the finest writers of early 20th-century America. In The Custom of the Country, Wharton’s scathing social commentary is on full display through the beautiful and manipulative Undine Spragg. When Undine convinces her nouveau riche parents to move to New York, she quickly injects herself into high society. But even a well-to-do husband isn’t enough for Undine, whose overwhelming lust for wealth proves to be her undoing.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Cannot recommend a better narrator!
- De Esther en 07-29-12
De: Edith Wharton
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My Lady Ludlow
- De: Elizabeth Gaskell
- Narrado por: Susannah York
- Duración: 7 h y 55 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 59
Lady Ludlow's appalling snobbery, prejudice and bred-in-the-bone conviction as to the superiority of the English aristocracy and their feudal way of life are deliciously tested, and found wanting, in this gently radical tale of the collapse of a social system. Elizabeth Gaskell's My Lady Ludlow is a brilliant picture of the shift in power in a rural northern village, from the velvety feudal Ludlows to the glitter of the new money rattling through the system courtesy of the brazen baker from Birmingham.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A treat
- De Tad Davis en 03-04-20
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Shirley
- De: Charlotte Brontë
- Narrado por: Anna Bentinck
- Duración: 25 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 443
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 373
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 371
Set in the industrialising England of the Napoleonic wars, a period of bad harvests, Luddite riots, and economic unrest, Shirley is the story of two contrasting heroines and the men they love. One is the shy Caroline Helstone, trapped in the oppressive atmosphere of a Yorkshire rectory, whose life represents the plight of single women in the 19th century. The other is the vivacious Shirley Keeldar, who inherits a local estate and whose wealth liberates her from convention.
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5 out of 5 stars
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"As Romantic As Monday Morning"
- De Joseph R en 09-15-09
De: Charlotte Brontë
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The Idiot
- De: Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Narrado por: Alastair Cameron
- Duración: 23 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 52
Young Prince Mishkin is that rare thing - a "completely beautiful human being". He is honest, humble, generous, and selfless, but unfortunately these traits mean he is often mistaken for an idiot. Upon his return to St. Petersburg, after being away at a Swiss sanatorium for the treatment of epilepsy, Prince Mishkin is taken under the wing of the wife of General Yepanchin, who arranges for him to live with the family of her money-obsessed friend Ganya.
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5 out of 5 stars
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wow.
- De Michal Krawczyk en 04-25-17
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Le Pere Goriot
- De: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrado por: Paul Hecht
- Duración: 10 h y 31 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 188
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 143
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 139
At the shabby boarding house in the rue Neuve-Sainte-Geneviève, petty Madame Vauquer and her tenants wonder at the plight of the aging resident Goriot. Once a well-heeled merchant, Goriot was, at first, afforded special treatment from the Madame. But now something is clearly amiss in his financial affairs, and his increasingly tawdry appearance makes him a subject of ridicule in the household.
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5 out of 5 stars
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balzac rocks
- De beatrice en 03-12-10
De: Honoré de Balzac
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Agnes Grey
- De: Anne Bronte
- Narrado por: Anne Flosnik
- Duración: 6 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 122
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 113
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 113
Written when women---and workers generally---had few rights in England, Agnes Grey exposes the brutal inequities of the rigid class system in mid-19th-century Britain. Agnes comes from a respectable middle-class family, but their financial reverses have forced her to seek work as a governess.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Make.it.stop.
- De Wayne en 03-18-22
De: Anne Bronte
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Villette
- De: Charlotte Brontë
- Narrado por: Davina Porter
- Duración: 22 h y 39 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 454
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 399
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 400
Hailed as Charlotte Brontë’s “finest novel” by Virginia Woolf, Villette is the timeless semi-autobiographical tale of Lucy Snowe. Left with no family and no money, Lucy goes against her own timid nature and travels to the small city of Villette, France, where she becomes a school teacher in Madame Beck’s school for girls. During her stay, she falls in love—twice—and discovers an independent, inner strength rarely seen in women of her time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Divine Ms. Porter delivers as always
- De peachnmario en 03-17-15
De: Charlotte Brontë
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Wives and Daughters
- De: Elizabeth Gaskell
- Narrado por: Nadia May
- Duración: 25 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 642
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 494
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 490
Set in English society before the 1832 Reform Bill, Wives and Daughters centers on the story of youthful Molly Gibson, brought up from childhood by her father. When he remarries, a new stepsister enters Molly's quiet life, the loveable, but worldly and troubling, Cynthia. The narrative traces the development of the two girls into womanhood within the gossiping and watchful society of Hollingford.
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5 out of 5 stars
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It's not about the ending!
- De Sandra en 07-25-05
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On the Origin of Species
- De: Charles Darwin
- Narrado por: Richard Dawkins
- Duración: 5 h y 53 m
- Versión resumida
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,392
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,114
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,097
Richard Dawkins, author of The God Delusion and a life-long committed Darwinist, abridges and reads this special audio version of Charles Darwin's famous book. A literally world-changing book, Darwin put forward the anti-religious and scientific idea that humans in fact evolved over millions of generations from animals, starting with fish, all the way up through the ranks to apes, then to our current form.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Perfect Abridgement
- De M en 05-28-09
De: Charles Darwin
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Agnes Grey
- De: Anne Brontë
- Narrado por: Emilia Fox
- Duración: 6 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 785
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 685
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 679
Having lost the family savings on risky investments, Richard Grey removes himself from family life and suffers a bout of depression. Feeling helpless and frustrated, his youngest daughter, Agnes, applies for a job as a governess to the children of a wealthy, upper-class, English family. Ecstatic at the thought that she has finally gained control and freedom over her own life, Agnes arrives at the Bloomfield mansion armed with confidence and purpose.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved it
- De Kerry en 05-22-10
De: Anne Brontë
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Where Angels Fear to Tread
- Penguin English Library
- De: E. M. Forster
- Narrado por: Stephen Fry
- Duración: 2 h y 51 m
- Versión resumida
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General4 out of 5 stars 62
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 56
E. M. Forster's first novel is a witty comedy of manners that is tinged with tragedy. It tells the story of Lilia Herriton, who proves to be an embarrassment to her late husband's family as, in the small Tuscan town of Monteriano, she begins a relationship with a much younger Italian man - classless, uncouth, and highly unsuitable. A subtle attack on Edwardian values and a humanely sympathetic portrayal of the clash of two cultures, Where Angels Fear to Tread is also a profound exploration of character and virtue.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Stephen Fry + E.M. Forster = Audio Kismet
- De Megasaurus en 08-20-12
De: E. M. Forster