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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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The Divine Ms. Porter delivers as always
- De peachnmario en 03-17-15
De: Charlotte Brontë
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Swann's Way
- De: Marcel Proust, Scott Moncrieff - translator
- Narrado por: George Guidall
- Duración: 21 h y 27 m
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Swann’s Way is the first and best-known part of Proust’s monumental work, Remembrance of Things Past. Often compared to a symphony, this complex masterpiece is ideally suited for audio. Listening lets you appreciate anew the incredible beauty of Proust’s language and the uniqueness of his style. The novel’s narrator, Marcel, finds the true meaning of experience in memories stimulated by some random object or event.
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Beautiful, BUT
- De Michael en 02-04-13
De: Marcel Proust, y otros
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Dombey and Son
- De: Charles Dickens
- Narrado por: David Timson
- Duración: 39 h y 6 m
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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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Utterly incredible!
- De Amazon Customer en 03-12-12
De: Charles Dickens
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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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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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balzac rocks
- De beatrice en 03-12-10
De: Honoré de Balzac
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Bel Ami
- De: Guy de Maupassant
- Narrado por: John McDonough
- Duración: 14 h y 37 m
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Guy de Maupassant is revered for his naturalistic fiction, which brilliantly captures flesh-and-blood characters as it evokes the most telling details of everyday life. Considered one of the finest French novels ever written, Bel Ami follows journalist Georges Duroy and his increasing stature among the Paris elite. With an immense thirst for power, Georges is not above an almost gleeful use of wealthy mistresses to achieve his ends.
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Bel Ami or how to socially climb in 1885 Paris
- De Neil Chisholm en 12-03-13
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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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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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Cannot recommend a better narrator!
- De Esther en 07-29-12
De: Edith Wharton
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On the Origin of Species
- De: Charles Darwin
- Narrado por: Richard Dawkins
- Duración: 5 h y 53 m
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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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A Perfect Abridgement
- De M en 05-28-09
De: Charles Darwin
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The Mill on the Floss
- De: George Eliot
- Narrado por: Laura Paton
- Duración: 20 h y 37 m
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Maggie Tulliver has two lovers: Philip Wakem, son of her father’s enemy, and Stephen Guest, already promised to her cousin. But the love she wants most in the world is that of her brother Tom. Maggie’s struggle against her passionate and sensual nature leads her to a deeper understanding and to eventual tragedy
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Great compassion
- De nina lalumia en 12-26-16
De: George Eliot
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Madame Bovary
- De: Gustave Flaubert
- Narrado por: Elaine Wise
- Duración: 11 h y 30 m
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Though he embodies neither wealth nor a lavish persona, Charles Bovary - a somewhat established doctor - takes a chance in marrying the young, vibrant, and ambitious farm girl Emma Rouault. At first, Emma is delighted to be married and away from her father's farm, but her thirst for the rich and ornate lifestyle that she witnesses other people living soon drives her away from her husband and into the arms of various suitors.
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Madame Bovary doesn't disappoint
- De Arlene Olsen en 12-11-16
De: Gustave Flaubert
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- 05-24-12
It's not The Magic Mountain.
Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
It wasn't entirely wasted, but this is far from Mann at his best.
Would you recommend Royal Highness to your friends? Why or why not?
No, because the story is quite dull. It is mostly an exploration of what goes into forming the German prince of the pre-WWI era. I might recommend it to a fellow historian, as it seems clear that Mann was elaborating his view of the German national character and militaristic tendencies (of the era) in this story.
Would you listen to another book narrated by Simon Vance?
Yes, but the narration was rather uninspired.
Do you think Royal Highness needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?
No, not that type of a book.
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