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Narrado por:
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Nicolette McKenzie
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Gordon Griffin
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Norah Lofts
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Pargeting is a highly skilled trade. And Pargeters is the name given to the Suffolk home of John Mercer in honour of Adam Woodley, the craftsman who had decorated it so lovingly.
Over two generations, and throughout the turbulent years of the Civil War, Pargeters comes to stand as a symbol of unity for a household divided by conflicting political loyalties and abandoned by its menfolk. And it is the mistress of Pargeters, Sarah Woodley-Mercer - a woman of unflinching courage and quiet strength - who holds the small household together in this troubled time, battling against all odds to secure the home she loves and will not readily give up.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fun and engrossing
- De SophieG en 05-31-10
De: Fiona Buckley
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South Riding
- De: Winifred Holtby
- Narrado por: Carole Boyd
- Duración: 19 h y 15 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 55
In this rich and memorable evocation of the fictional South Riding of Yorkshire are the lives, loves and sorrows of the central characters. There is Sarah Burton, fiery young headmistress; Robert Carne of Maythorpe Hall, a councillor tormented by his own disastrous marriage; Jo Astell, a socialist fighting poverty and his own illness; and Mrs Beddows, the first woman Alderman of the district (like Winifred's own mother).
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4 out of 5 stars
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Worth Revisiting
- De Ilana en 11-04-12
De: Winifred Holtby
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The Girl in the Ragged Shawl
- The Children of the Workhouse, Book 1
- De: Cathy Sharp
- Narrado por: Antonia Beamish
- Duración: 9 h y 19 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 23
Eliza was left as a small baby at the workhouse in Whitechapel, wrapped in her mother’s shawl, which is all she has of the mother she never knew. At 11 years old, she has survived sickness, near starvation and harsh beatings. Master Simpkins and his cruel daughter rule the workhouse with a rod of iron, but when Romany boy Joe arrives at the workhouse, his spirit and courage give Eliza hope. When she is sold into service, Eliza is relieved to be out of the workhouse and hopes her fortunes are changing for the better, but cruelty and unkindness are everywhere....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Emotional story
- De Justine harpin en 12-10-19
De: Cathy Sharp
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The Fire Rose
- De: Mercedes Lackey
- Narrado por: Kate Black-Regan
- Duración: 13 h
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 768
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 626
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 627
Accepting employment as a governess after hard times hit her family, medieval scholar Rosalind Hawkins is surprised when she learns that her mysterious employer has no children and only wants her to read to him through a speaking tube.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Great story, poorly presented
- De Che en 02-26-10
De: Mercedes Lackey
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Adam Bede
- De: George Eliot
- Narrado por: Jill Tanner
- Duración: 23 h y 55 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 43
Adam Bede (1859), George Eliot's first full-length novel, marked the emergence of an artist to rank with Scott and Dickens. Set in the English Midlands of farmers and village craftsmen at the turn of the 18th century, the book relates a story of seduction issuing in "the inward suffering which is the worst form of Nemesis". But it is also a rich and pioneering record - drawing on intimate knowledge and affectionate memory - of a rural world that we have lost.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very good book
- De Terri Tinkham en 03-11-19
De: George Eliot
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The Secrets of Wishtide
- De: Kate Saunders
- Narrado por: Anna Bentinck
- Duración: 10 h y 35 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,549
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,145
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,127
Mrs. Laetitia Rodd, aged 52, is the widow of an archdeacon who makes her living as a highly discreet private investigator. Her brother, Frederick Tyson, is a criminal barrister living in nearby Highgate with his wife and 10 children. Frederick finds the cases, and Laetitia solves them using her arch intelligence and her immaculate cover as an unsuspecting widow. When a case arises involving the son of the highly connected Sir James Calderstone, Laetitia sets off for Lincolnshire undercover as the family's new governess.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thoroughly enjoyable
- De Episteme en 12-31-16
De: Kate Saunders
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First Lessons
- Medieval Tale 1
- De: Lina J. Potter
- Narrado por: Tiffany Morgan
- Duración: 10 h
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General4 out of 5 stars 206
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 162
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 163
Being a genius Medical school graduate and a sporty and active girl, Aliya dies suddenly in a car accident... only to find herself reborn in a completely different body in the middle of a half-ruined castle during Medieval times. While confused and dismayed, Aliya realizes she has been given a second chance in life - so she rolls up her sleeves and gets to work on restoring the castle and her new life.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Reads like a high school project
- De P en 07-04-20
De: Lina J. Potter
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Cousin Phillis
- De: Elizabeth Gaskell
- Narrado por: Joe Marsh
- Duración: 3 h y 57 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 83
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 67
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 67
Cousin Phillis – a miniature masterpiece – is set in the 1840s, when the coming of the railway was changing the face of England, and quiet rural communities, coming into contact with the outside world, were changed forever. The story focuses on the effect these changes have on a naïve country girl, Phillis, as she encounters love, with all its pains and pleasures, for the first time.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Delicate Story
- De Mama C en 01-08-11
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A Morbid Taste for Bones
- De: Ellis Peters
- Narrado por: Patrick Tull
- Duración: 8 h y 44 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,372
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,161
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,153
Cadfael's return to his Welsh homeland for a visit proves a rather discomfiting homecoming when an honorable nobleman turns up in a patch of forest with an arrow embedded in his chest. There are questions about the arrow, the man's daughter needs Cadfael's help, and a very odd burial takes place.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very pleasant if not much of a mystery.
- De Zenjen en 04-15-10
De: Ellis Peters
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Gone with the Wind
- De: Margaret Mitchell
- Narrado por: Linda Stephens
- Duración: 49 h y 2 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 15,022
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 12,876
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 12,881
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Literature, Margaret Mitchell's great novel of the South is one of the most popular books ever written. Within six months of its publication in 1936, Gone With the Wind had sold a million copies. To date, it has been translated into 25 languages, and more than 28 million copies have been sold. Here are the characters that have become symbols of passion and desire....
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5 out of 5 stars
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not to miss audible experience
- De dallas en 12-08-09
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The Woman of the House
- De: Alice Taylor
- Narrado por: Aoife McMahon
- Duración: 8 h y 12 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 42
An enchanting and nostalgic tale of Ireland in the 1950s by Ireland’s favourite writer, Alice Taylor. The Phelans have owned Mossgrove for generations. The small, rural Irish farm has been the pride of them all until Ned's wife, Martha, arrives and begins to undermine generations of hard work and happiness. She resents the deep history of the place and sets about making it her own, shutting out what is left of Ned's family. She is particularly jealous of Ned's sister, Kate, a local nurse and doting aunt to Martha's children.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brings you right there
- De Amazon Customer en 08-26-20
De: Alice Taylor
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Silas Marner
- De: George Eliot
- Narrado por: Andrew Sachs
- Duración: 6 h y 42 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,487
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,319
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,313
For 15 years the weaver Silas Marner has plied his loom near the village of Raveloe, alone and unjustly in exile, cut off from faith and human love, he cares only for his hoard of golden guineas. But two events occur that will change his life forever; his gold disappears and a golden-haired baby girl appears. But where did she come from and who really stole the gold? This moving tale sees Silas eventually redeemed and restored to life by the unlikely means of his love for the orphan child Eppie.
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5 out of 5 stars
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amazing
- De Ramon en 06-04-12
De: George Eliot
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A Clergyman's Daughter
- De: George Orwell
- Narrado por: Richard Brown
- Duración: 10 h y 17 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 157
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 141
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 141
Dorothy Hare, the dutiful daughter of a rector in Suffolk, spends her days performing good works and cultivating good thoughts, pricking her arm with a pin when a bad thought arises. She does her best to reconcile her father’s fanciful view of his position in the world with such realities as the butcher’s bill. But even Dorothy’s strength has its limits, and one night, as she works feverishly on costumes for the church-school play, she blacks out. When she comes to, she finds herself on a London street, clad in a sleazy dress and unaware of her identity.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Bottom-Shelf Orwell, but still G-D Orwell
- De Darwin8u en 08-11-19
De: George Orwell
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A Change of Climate
- A Novel
- De: Hilary Mantel
- Narrado por: Sandra Duncan
- Duración: 12 h y 11 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 93
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 77
Ralph and Anna Eldred are an exemplary couple, devoting themselves to doing good. 30 years ago as missionaries in Africa, the worst that could happen did. Shattered by their encounter with inexplicable evil, they returned to England, never to speak of it again. But when Ralph falls into an affair, Anna finds no forgiveness in her heart, and 30 years of repressed rage and grief explode, destroying not only a marriage but also their love, their faith, and everything they thought they were.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautifully written
- De Patricia S. en 10-11-15
De: Hilary Mantel
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The Book of Ebenezer le Page
- De: G. B. Edwards
- Narrado por: Roy Dotrice
- Duración: 21 h y 26 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 247
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 225
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 223
Ebenezer Le Page, cantankerous, opinionated and charming, is one of the most compelling literary creations of the late 20th century. Eighty years old, Ebenezer has lived his whole life on the Channel Island of Guernsey, a stony speck of a place caught between England and France yet a world away from either. Ebenezer himself is fiercely independent, but as he reaches the end of his life he is determined to tell his own story and the story of those he has known.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I miss Ebenezer
- De Mel en 01-15-18
De: G. B. Edwards
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Staying On
- De: Paul Scott
- Narrado por: Paul Shelley
- Duración: 9 h y 1 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 90
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 75
Tusker and Lily Smalley stayed on in India. Given the chance to return ‘home’ when Tusker, once a Colonel in the British Army, retired, they chose instead to remain in the small hill town of Pankot, with its eccentric inhabitants and archaic rituals left over from the days of the Empire. Only the tyranny of their imposing landlady threatens to upset the quiet rhythm of their days.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A Pleasant Meander
- De Ian C Robertson en 09-22-14
De: Paul Scott