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Two American classics which tell of the earliest days in Dutch New York: Ichabod Crane's encounter with the Headless Horseman and Rip's long nap.
Washington Irving, the first American writer to make his living by his profession, was born April 3, 1783. At the age of 6, he was introduced to his namesake, George Washington. He studied law but then was sent to Europe because of his health and was to spend 17 years abroad. When he was 35 his family's business went bankrupt. It was then that he began to support himself by writing. He wrote letters, essays and short fiction. Washington Irving died in 1859.
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"Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie" is an epic poem by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, published in 1847. The poem follows an Acadian girl named Evangeline and her search for her lost love Gabriel, set during the time of the expulsion of the Acadians. The idea for the poem came from Longfellow's friend, Nathaniel Hawthorne. Longfellow used dactylic hexameter, imitated from Greek and Latin classics, though the choice was criticized.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent
- De Anonymous User en 05-23-23
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The Courtship of Miles Standish
- De: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Narrado por: B. J. Harrison
- Duración: 1 h y 26 m
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Complete and unabridged, and read with meticulous care, in this story Miles Standish and John Alden both seek the hand of the fair Priscilla. See the Mayflower abandon the first settlers as it returns to England. Feel the heated vision of the Indians, perpetually keeping their watch in the dark forest. Love and adventure collide in one of Longfellow's most famous works
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3 out of 5 stars
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Longfellow's poem
- De Jan en 12-04-12
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The Cricket on the Hearth
- Dickens on Dickens
- De: Charles Dickens
- Narrado por: Gerald Dickens
- Duración: 3 h y 50 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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A Dickens short written specifically for Christmas, "The Cricket on the Hearth" beautifully combines Dickens' masterful critique of social ills with a typically captivating narrative. In the Peerybingle family house, a cricket constantly chips, and acts as their guardian angel. Then, one day, a mysterious, elderly stranger takes lodge with the family. Complete and unabridged, this is a must-buy for Christmas, and will bring to your family the festive cheer and seasonal warmth only Dickens could provide.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Verbal mistakes but lovely none the less.
- De Heather en 01-06-17
De: Charles Dickens
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Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- De: Thomas Hardy
- Narrado por: Davina Porter
- Duración: 17 h y 6 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,189
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,999
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Tess Durbeyfield has become one of the most famous female protagonists in 19th-century British literature. Betrayed by the two men in her life - Alec D’Urberville, her seducer/rapist and father of her fated child; and Angel, her intellectual and pious husband - Tess takes justice, and her own destiny, into her delicate hands. In telling her desperate and passionate story, Hardy brings Tess to life with an extraordinary vividness that makes her live in the heart of the reader long after the novel is concluded.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Davina Porter Does It Again!
- De misaki en 06-15-15
De: Thomas Hardy
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Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates
- De: Mary Mapes Dodge
- Narrado por: John McDonough
- Duración: 10 h y 21 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 41
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Can young Hans Brinker win the silver skates that are the only hope of saving his family from ruin? Hans and his little sister Gretel live in Holland, a colorful and exciting country of windmills and great canals. Unfortunately, the Brinkers are very poor and their father is ill, and Hans wonders whether they'll survive the long, harsh winter. Then he finds out about an ice skating race, and the prize - a pair of shiny silver skates - that might help his family survive.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining except for the digressions
- De Ellen Spertus en 03-13-03
De: Mary Mapes Dodge
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Andersen's Fairy Tales, Volume 1
- De: Hans Christian Andersen
- Narrado por: Emma Fenney, Phil Gigante, Erin Yuen
- Duración: 6 h y 16 m
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Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness. Readily accessible by children, they present lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity that appeal to mature listeners as well. This collection of 18 tales includes "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Princess and the Pea", and "The Snow Queen".
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The Celtic Twilight
- De: William Butler Yeats
- Narrado por: Jack Chekijian
- Duración: 4 h y 11 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 115
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One of the best-known collections of W. B. Yeats' prose, The Celtic Twilight explores the old connection between the Irish people and the magical world of fairies. Yeats, by traveling the land in the early 20th century and talking to the common people about their experiences with the creatures, yielded a colorful overview of Celtic fairy folklore.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A compilation of Irish folklore in prose
- De MolllyT en 07-26-16
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Leaves of Grass
- De: Walt Whitman
- Narrado por: Ed Begley
- Duración: 43 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 92
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Walt Whitman's celebrated poetry collection, read by Ed Begley.
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2 out of 5 stars
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It is NOT unabridged.
- De Mark D Worthen PsyD en 09-19-15
De: Walt Whitman
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The Travel and Adventures of Little Baron Trump
- De: Ingersoll Lockwood
- Narrado por: Gildart Jackson
- Duración: 10 h y 45 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 52
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Ingersoll Lockwood invented the fictional character Baron Trump in 1890 for a two-part sci-fi/fantasy series about a privileged German heir who undertakes a sequence of fantastic voyages. The style of the Baron Trump series - a mix of fantasy and young-reader-oriented science fiction - anticipated and may have influenced L. Frank Baum's Oz series. The Travel and Adventures of Little Baron Trump describes Baron's trip around the world with his little dog, meeting new races like the Wind Eaters, Man Hoppers, and Melodious Sneezers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A lot of fun, and a sensitive study of a boy and his dog
- De ReadToLive en 03-04-20
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
- De: Ambrose Bierce
- Narrado por: John Michaels
- Duración: 25 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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"Death is a dignitary who when he comes announced is to be received with formal manifestations of respect, even by those most familiar with him." This line was written by Ambrose Bierce in his short story An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. Death by execution has historically been ritualized, perhaps to absolve those accomplishing the execution from guilt or blame.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This has stuck with me since highschool.
- De Shane en 08-06-20
De: Ambrose Bierce
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Independent People
- De: Halldór Laxness
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 20 h y 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 400
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This magnificent novel - which secured for its author the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature - is now available to contemporary American audiences. Although it is set in the early 20th century, it recalls both Iceland's medieval epics and such classics as Sigrid Undset's Kristin Lavransdatter. And if Bjartur of Summerhouses, the book's protagonist, is an ordinary sheep farmer, his flinty determination to achieve independence is genuinely heroic and, at the same time, terrifying and bleakly comic.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I am so confused about this introduction
- De George M en 09-10-18
De: Halldór Laxness
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The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories
- De: Susanna Clarke
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble, Davina Porter
- Duración: 7 h y 2 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 759
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Following the enormous success of 2004 bestseller and critics' favorite Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Susanna Clarke delivers a delicious collection of ten stories set in the same fairy-crossed world of 19th-century England. With Clarke's characteristic historical detail and diction, these dark, enchanting tales unfold in a slightly distorted version of our own world, where people are bedeviled by mischievous interventions from the fairies.
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5 out of 5 stars
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21st century 19th century lit
- De M. Morgan en 04-06-07
De: Susanna Clarke
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Tales from the Perilous Realm
- De: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrado por: Derek Jacobi
- Duración: 7 h y 42 m
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Combined into one volume, this is the definitive collection of Tolkien's five acclaimed modern classic 'fairie' tales in the vein of The Hobbit, read by Derek Jacobi. The five tales are written with the same skill, quality and charm that made The Hobbit a classic. Largely overlooked because of their short lengths, they are joined here in one volume which reaffirms Tolkien's place as a master storyteller for listeners young and old.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Enjoyable Tolkien short stories
- De Linda Luella en 03-28-17
De: J. R. R. Tolkien
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Phantastes
- De: George MacDonald
- Narrado por: Brad Powers
- Duración: 6 h y 29 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 198
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A young man named Anodos experiences dream like adventures in Fairy Land, where he meets tree spirits, endures the presence of the overwhelming shadow, journeys to the palace of the fairy queen, and searches for the spirit of the earth. The story conveys a profound sadness and a poignant longing for death.
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1 out of 5 stars
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THIS IS LIBRIVOX'S FREE RECORDING
- De C. M. W. en 12-24-18
De: George MacDonald