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O. Henry
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O. Henry was the pen name of William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), an American writer of outstanding short stories known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterisation, and surprise endings.
'Roads of Destiny' is an intriguing story about a young would-be poet, David, who is running away from home after a quarrel with his beloved. He reaches a crossroads - but which road will he take? O. Henry treats us to a journey with him down each of the possible routes - and with each he encounters a gripping adventure.
Only once we have heard the third part of the tale do we finally understand what David's destiny really is.
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A biting satire that countered the American myth of wholesome small-town life with a depiction of narrow-minded provincialism, it was to some degree based on Lewis's own experience of growing on Sauk Centre, Minnesota. Set in mid-1910s, it depicts the struggles of Carol Kennicott, a city girl, as she tries to adapt to small town life, having left her librarian job and St. Paul, Minnesota to marry Dr. Will Kennicott of Gopher Prairie. Dismayed by the town’s drabness and the conforming, petty inhabitants, Carol optimistically sets out to improve the town.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What Are Your Assumptions About Yourself & Others
- De Benny Fife en 02-06-20
De: Sinclair Lewis
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The Beautiful and Damned
- De: F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Narrado por: William Dufris
- Duración: 13 h y 1 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 929
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 756
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 761
Published in 1922, Fitzgerald's second novel chronicles the relationship of Anthony Patch, Harvard-educated, aspiring aesthete, and his beautiful wife, Gloria, as they await to inherit his grandfather's fortune. A devastating satire of the nouveaux rich and New York's nightlife, of reckless ambition and squandered talent, it is also a shattering portrait of a marriage fueled by alcohol and wasted by wealth. The Beautiful and Damned, Fitzgerald wrote to Zelda in 1930, "was all true."
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5 out of 5 stars
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i loved it
- De Emily en 01-20-05
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Black Mischief
- De: Evelyn Waugh
- Narrado por: Michael Maloney
- Duración: 6 h y 47 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Black Mischief, Waugh's third novel, helped to establish his reputation as a master satirist. Set on the fictional African island of Azania, the novel chronicles the efforts of Emperor Seth, assisted by the Englishman Basil Seal, to modernize his kingdom. Profound hilarity ensues from the issuance of homemade currency, the staging of a "Birth Control Gala", the rightful ruler's demise at his own rather long and tiring coronation ceremonies, and a good deal more mischief.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Raucous, Not Racist
- De John en 10-01-16
De: Evelyn Waugh
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Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol: A Radio Dramatization
- De: Charles Dickens, Jerry Robbins - dramatization
- Narrado por: J. T. Turner, The Colonial Radio Players
- Duración: 1 h y 7 m
- Grabación Original
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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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Historia5 out of 5 stars 42
The Colonial Radio Theatre pulls out all the stops in this magnificent production of the Charles Dickens classic Christmas story! This full cast dramatization features a powerful music score - from the magnificent, booming opening of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" to the frightening tones of "The Ghost of Christmas Future". It's a holiday treat both you and your family will enjoy for years to come.
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5 out of 5 stars
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great performance
- De Paul Pedraza en 11-23-22
De: Charles Dickens, y otros
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At Swim-Two-Birds
- De: Flann O’Brien
- Narrado por: Alan Smyth
- Duración: 10 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 65
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 49
A wildly comic send-up of Irish literature and culture, At Swim-Two-Birds is the story of a young, lazy, and frequently drunk Irish college student who lives with his curmudgeonly uncle in Dublin. When not in bed (where he seems to spend most of his time) or reading, he is composing a mischief-filled novel about Dermot Trellis, a second-rate author whose characters ultimately rebel against him and seek vengeance. From drugging him as he sleeps to dropping the ceiling on his head, these figures of Irish myth make Trellis pay dearly for his bad writing.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Worth waiting for
- De Ken Watkins en 02-04-20
De: Flann O’Brien
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The Gilded Age
- De: Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner
- Narrado por: Bronson Pinchot
- Duración: 16 h y 31 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 88
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 77
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 77
The Gilded Age is the collaborative work of Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner that satirized the era that followed the Civil War. This period is often referred to as the “Gilded Age” because of this book. The corruption and greed that was typical of the time is exemplified through two fictional narratives: one, of the Hawkins, a poor family from Tennessee that tries to persuade the government to purchase their seventy-five thousand acres of unimproved land.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An American classic, beautifully narrated
- De TX lilbit en 03-31-12
De: Mark Twain, y otros
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Pale Horse, Pale Rider
- Three Short Novels
- De: Katherine Anne Porter
- Narrado por: Chelsea Stephens
- Duración: 6 h y 30 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 56
The classic 1939 collection of three novellas by the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author and journalist, including the famous title story set during the influenza epidemic of 1918.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Some of the most brilliant prose ever written
- De Anonymous User en 03-21-23
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The Wapshot Chronicle
- De: John Cheever
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 11 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 131
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 111
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 110
Based in part on Cheever's adolescence in New England, the novel follows the destinies of the impecunious and wildly eccentric Wapshots of St. Botolphs, a quintessential Massachusetts fishing village. Here are the stories of Captain Leander Wapshot, venerable sea dog and would-be suicide; of his licentious older son, Moses; and of Moses' adoring and errant younger brother, Coverly.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful 1950s Great Expectations-like Novel
- De Darwin8u en 05-31-13
De: John Cheever
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One of Ours
- De: Willa Cather
- Narrado por: Louis B. Jack
- Duración: 14 h y 45 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 76
This is One of Ours, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Willa Cather, America’s greatest writer of the prairie heartland. It is set in rural Nebraska in the early 20th century prior to the first World War that enveloped Europe and eventually the United States. The story focuses on the young Claude Wheeler, a well-to-do farmer’s son who secretly longs for something to take him away from the hum-drum agrarian life he has inherited. As he prepares to take over his family’s farm business, war intrudes.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Opened my heart
- De georgette bartell en 06-28-19
De: Willa Cather
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Love of Life, and Other Stories
- De: Jack London
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 5 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 165
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 149
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 148
John Griffith "Jack" London was an American author, journalist, and social activist. He was a pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction and was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone. This collection includes "Love of Life", "A Day's Lodging", "The White Man's Way", "The Story of Keesh", "The Unexpected", "Brown Wolf", "The Sun-Dog Trail", and "Negore, the Coward".
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5 out of 5 stars
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Review of Love of Life and Other Stories
- De Pre Paid Gift Card en 05-25-16
De: Jack London
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The Professor's House
- De: Willa Cather
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
- Duración: 6 h y 9 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 117
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 97
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 97
Professor Godfrey St. Peter is a man in his fifties who has devoted his life to his work, his wife, his garden, and his daughters, and achieved success with all of them. But when St. Peter is called on to move to a new, more comfortable house, something in him rebels. And although at first that rebellion consists of nothing more than mild resistance to his family's wishes, it imperceptibly comes to encompass the entire order of his life.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Gently compelling
- De TiffanyD en 08-12-19
De: Willa Cather
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City Boy
- The Adventures of Herbie Bookbinder
- De: Herman Wouk
- Narrado por: Peter Berkrot
- Duración: 12 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 49
An "enormously entertaining" portrait of "a Bronx Tom Sawyer" (San Francisco Chronicle), City Boy is a sharp and moving novel of boyhood from Pulitzer Prize winner Herman Wouk.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I wanted the next adventure of Herbie Bookbinder!
- De Lucie Batte en 03-17-22
De: Herman Wouk
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The 42nd Parallel
- De: John Dos Passos
- Narrado por: David Drummond
- Duración: 13 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 290
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 244
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 245
This first entry in John Dos Passos's celebrated U.S.A. trilogy paints a grand picture of the United States at the dawn of the twentieth century.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Powerful document of an all-too-familiar past
- De Ryan en 06-01-13
De: John Dos Passos
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Oil!
- De: Upton Sinclair
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 19 h y 47 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 879
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 665
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 672
As he did so masterfully in The Jungle, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Upton Sinclair interweaves social criticism with human tragedy to create an unforgettable portrait of Southern California's early oil industry. Enraged by the oil scandals of the Harding administration in the 1920s, Sinclair tells a gripping tale of avarice, corruption, and class warfare, featuring a cavalcade of characters, including senators, oil magnates, Hollywood film starlets, and a crusading evangelist.
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5 out of 5 stars
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an outstanding book
- De Gregory en 05-18-08
De: Upton Sinclair
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Sentimental Education
- De: Gustave Flaubert
- Narrado por: Michael Maloney
- Duración: 15 h y 21 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 81
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 74
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 74
Frederic Moreau is a law student returning home to Normandy from Paris when he first notices Mme Arnoux, a slender, dark woman several years older than himself. It is the beginning of an infatuation that will last a lifetime. He befriends her husband, an influential businessman, and their paths cross and re-cross over the years. Through financial upheaval, political turmoil, and countless affairs, Mme Arnoux remains the constant, unattainable love of Moreau’s life.
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4 out of 5 stars
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When Crimes of Passion Were All the Fashion
- De W Perry Hall en 03-12-17
De: Gustave Flaubert