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In the rigid theocracy of Salem, Massachusetts, rumors that women are practicing witchcraft galvanize the town....

The complete "box set" of T. H. White's epic fantasy novel of the Arthurian legend....

Renowned poet and critic Clive James presents the crowning achievement of his career: a monumental translation into English verse of Dante’s The Divine Comedy....

For the very first time, The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm makes available in English all 156 stories from the 1812 and 1815 editions....

Ever since Colin Firth's Mr Darcy emerged from the lake in the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, the novels of Jane Austen have become more popular than ever, delighting millions of fans all over the world....

The epic grandeur of Dante's masterpiece has inspired readers and listeners for 700 years and has entered the human imagination....

The Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the world's largest Shakespeare collection, Macbeth to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording of its definitive Folger Edition....

At a luxurious country wedding, the mother of the bride is found murdered and the groom caught red-handed, but who is really to blame?

A vicious 15-year-old "droog" is the central character of this 1963 classic, a frightening fable about good and evil, and the meaning of human freedom....

The Divine Comedy describes Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as a guide, his ascent of Mount Purgatory and his encounter with his dead love Beatrice, and finally, his arrival in Heaven....

Originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4, Jeremy Irons' perceptive reading illuminates the poetry of T. S. Eliot in all its complexity....

Nurse Gemma Tate is heartbroken when she hears that one of her young charges at the Foundling Hospital has been killed. She knows that police inspector Sebastian Bell will work tirelessly to uncover the truth, but he’ll need her help navigating the cloistered world of the orphanage.

Dante's Divine Comedy is considered to be not only the most important epic poem in Italian literature, but also one of the greatest poems ever written....

This Audiobook contains the following works : 1. Little women by Louisa May Alcott Start at Chapters 1, 2. Pride and Prejudice by Jane...

Sir Ian McKellen, fresh from his performance as Gandalf in Lord of the Rings, is Prospero, and heads a strong cast in Shakespeare’s last great play....

In The Canterbury Tales Chaucer created one of the great touchstones of English literature, a masterly collection of chivalric romances, moral allegories and low farce....

The Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the world's largest Shakespeare collection, brings A Midsummer Night's Dream to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording of its definitive Folger Edition....

Growing Brave by Donna Ashworth is a powerful collection of wisdom and poetry that inspires strength and courage during life's most challenging moments.

The Prose Edda and the Poetic Edda are our oldest written sources for Norse mythology. When it comes to the norse myths, they are the closest thing we have to listening these stories as the vikings actually told them, around those ancient campfires so long ago....

In Paradise Lost, Milton produced a poem of epic scale, conjuring up a vast, awe-inspiring cosmos and ranging across huge tracts of space and time....

There is now no doubt that not only is Waiting for Godot the outstanding play of the 20th century, but it is also Samuel Beckett's masterpiece....

In an attempt to appeal to the Medici family during the Italian Renaissance, Machiavelli outlines the way to acquire and retain political power, and how great men should behave in a princely government....

Stranded on Prehistoric Earth since the end of the first series, Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect are once again trying to hitch their way off the planet....

Graham's a career police officer, with a tragic past. His quiet, thoughtful exterior hides a complex mind, and a fierce determination to see justice done.

Every woman wants to be Elizabeth Bennet Darcy - beautiful, gracious, universally admired, strong, daring and outspoken - a thoroughly modern woman in crinolines....

"Sobrevivir: Cuentos desde los confines de La Habana" es una obra fascinante y muy conmovedora que ofrece una mirada penetrante a las brutales realidades de la Cuba moderna. Cualquiera que sienta una mínima fascinación por Cuba debería leer este libro. Cuenta la historia de quienes viven al margen de la sociedad cubana, un lugar donde la ética es confusa y la corrupción está descontrolada en el gobierno. La historia sigue a un grupo de jóvenes que están atrapados entre un presente sombrío y el fantasma de un futuro que nunca se hizo realidad. Esto pone de relieve profundamente las ...

I’ve always gotten what I wanted—by force if necessary. Five years ago, I took Valentina’s virginity and left her behind, never looking back. She was just a means to an end, or so I thought. Now, our families are forcing us into an arranged marriage, and I’ll finally make her mine. But Valentina’s hiding more than just her defiance. There’s a secret she’s kept—a child I never knew existed. When I find out she’s pregnant again, my world shifts. For the first time, I want something more than power. I want her and the family she’s kept from me, and I’ll do whatever it ...

The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel written by French author Alexandre Dumas (père) completed in 1844. It is one of the author's most popular works, along with The Three Musketeers. Like many of his novels, it was expanded from plot outlines suggested by his collaborating ghostwriter Auguste Maquet. The story takes place in France, Italy, and islands in the Mediterranean during the historical events of 1815–1839: the era of the Bourbon Restoration through the reign of Louis-Philippe of France.

Award-Winning Author, Violet Sinclair, presents Her Viscount's Secret, a historical romance novel set in the Duchess Diaries world. In Regency-era England, Jane Seymour dreams of publishing her illustrations of rare birds, but societal expectations threaten to clip her wings. Enter Sebastian Westwood, the brooding Viscount with secrets as dark as his estate's shadowy corridors. When circumstances force them into a marriage neither expected, Jane and Sebastian must navigate a landscape of half-truths and hidden passions. As Jane works to complete her magnum opus in the newly built aviary, ...

When his carriage is damaged on the way to surprise his sister with a visit, Mr Darcy is sure the delay is of no consequence. He could have no idea that even then, Mr Wickham was persuading Georgiana Darcy to marry him. The successful elopement will result not just in a highly imprudent marriage, but in icy estrangement between the Darcy siblings - and the alteration of Mr Bingley’s plans to let Netherfield Park.

In this charming reimagining of Jane Austen's beloved classic, the world of Regency England is aflutter with a new obsession: exotic birds. As the gentry vie for status with their colorful avian companions, Elizabeth Bennet finds herself thrust into a world of peacocks, parrots, and pride. When the wealthy and austere Mr. Darcy arrives in Hertfordshire with his prized cockatoo, Elizabeth is determined to dislike him, despite his feathered friend's attempts to win her over. But as misunderstandings take flight and secrets emerge, Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy must navigate a society where a rare ...

" La curiosité est la plus grande des qualités. " Hg Wells. Connaissez-vous la théorie du centième singe ? Le kintsugi ou «art de réparer» ? La prophétie des Hopis ? La machine à parler avec les morts ? La règle du micropénis ? Le nom de l’homme qui a fait le plus de bien a l’humanité ? La vraie histoire des Lilliputiens ? La sexualité des baudroies des abysses ? Le moyen d’inventer des faux souvenirs ? La véritable recette du cassoulet toulousain ? L’histoire des harems turcs ? La manière dont réfléchissent les chats ? La civilisation des géants qui aurait préexisté a notre monde ?

Like the Roman matron for whom she is named, plain but clever Octavia seems destined for abandonment. Handsome, fun-loving and heir to an earldom, Dorian is the opposite. In Regency London, life for him is a game in which other people, including Octavia, are his pawns. Everyone loves him until he does the unspeakable: he runs off with anther man's wife. Despite the permanent ache in her heart, Octavia spends her early and middle years building a life she loves as a village apothecary with people who love and appreciate her. Exiled Dorian spends most of his in regret.

Like many people the world over, Viv Groskop wishes she was a little more French. A writer, comedian, and journalist, Groskop studied the language obsessively starting at age eleven, and spent every vacation in France, desperate to escape her Englishness and to have some French chic rub off on her. In Au Revoir, Tristesse, Groskop mixes literary history and memoir to explore how the classics of French literature can infuse our lives with joie de vivre and teach us how to say goodbye to sadness.

The Keelie Hawk is a landmark collection from Kathleen Jamie, the current Makar (National Poet) of Scotland. For the first time, Kathleen Jamie has brought her astonishing lyric talent to the language of her homeland, with outstanding results. The Keelie Hawk is a deeply resonant collection written in Scots, with each poem accompanied by a translation into English.

El Principito Voz humana. Español castellano. El principito (en francés: Le Petit Prince) es una novela corta y la obra más famosa del escritor y aviador francés Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944). A pesar de que es considerado un libro infantil por la forma en la que se encuentra escrito, también posee observaciones profundas sobre la vida y la naturaleza humana. Las observaciones profundas sobre la vida se pueden ejemplificar también con la visita del principito a la tierra. Esta visita comienza con una valoración profundamente pesimista de la humanidad.

The Death of Shakespeare is a novel of historical fiction that imagines how the plays attributed to William Shakespeare were written by Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford, with occasional help from the Bard himself. William Shakespeare from Stratford-upon-Avon appeared in London in 1590 at the age of 26 and is believed by many to have begun writing the greatest plays the world has ever seen. There is no record of his education, if he had any.

Un texte sur le pouvoir émancipateur de la littérature, qui est aussi un pouvoir de consolation et de réconciliation avec la vie. Toute mon adolescence, j'ai entendu parler des personnages d' À la recherche du temps perdu, persuadée qu'ils étaient des cousins que je n'avais pas encore rencontrés. À la maison, les répliques de Charlus, les vacheries de la duchesse de Guermantes se confondaient avec les bons mots entendus à table, sans solution de continuité entre fiction et réalité.

Rausch, Schmerz, Sucht – Georg Trakls Leben war geprägt von Extremzuständen und existenziellen Krisen. Dennoch erschuf der österreichische Lyriker und Expressionist in seinen gerade einmal 27 Jahren ein außergewöhnliches und beeindruckendes Werk, das bis heute nachhallt. 32 Schauspieler:innen, darunter Tobias Moretti, Paula Beer, Albrecht Schuch, Hannah Herzsprung, Max von der Groeben, Karoline Schuch u. v. a., interpretieren Trakls Gedichte auf vielstimmige Weise und erzeugen so, eingebettet in ein extra für diese Produktion geschaffenes Soundkonzept, einen ganz eigenen Trakl-Sound.

Alice a quatorze ans quand elle est internée dans un hôpital psychiatrique. Elle pèse 36 kg, se nourrit de trois pommes par jour, et abrite dans sa tête une bête, Sissi, qui lui dicte des ordres. Comment peut-on être si malade à cet âge et surtout, peut-on s’en sortir ?

Un roman dont le magnétisme, la gravité, le spectacle rappellent que toute littérature est une littérature d'évasion. " Il y a beaucoup de monde ! " remarqua la visiteuse à peine entrée. Lucille compta. " Nous sommes huit. Neuf avec vous. – Je ne parlais pas des vivants. " Sussex, Angleterre, 1934. Alors qu'ils viennent d'emménager dans le manoir de Winnicott Hall, Archibald et Lucille Montgomery confient à Viviane Lombard, une Française à l'attitude et au franc-parler peu ordinaires, l'éducation de George, leur jeune fils aveugle.

El cura de Tours de Honoré de Balzac es una novela que describe la vida del tímido y modesto sacerdote François Birotteau, en la ciudad provincial de Tours. Birotteau se ve envuelto en una red de intrigas sociales, celos y manipulación cuando hereda una importante fortuna. Balzac explora las complejidades de la naturaleza humana, la hipocresía social y la influencia corruptora de la riqueza. La novela es parte de la obra más amplia de Balzac, "La Comédie Humaine", que ofrece una visión panorámica de la sociedad francesa del siglo XIX a través de una serie de historias y personajes interconectados.

"Mientras yo coloreaba uno de los mandalas relajantes de Amanda, un dragón alado se puso a revolotear por encima de mi cabeza y nada pudo hacer ella por asustarlo, porque consiguió acercarse a mi oído y susurrarme suavemente una verdad absoluta y necesaria para comprender los embustes de la vida".

Sous le beau soleil de juin 1940, les Stukas allemands mitraillent les colonnes de civils en fuite. Pris au piège dans leur limousine hors d'usage, quatre amis, modèles de la jeunesse dorée parisienne, trouvent refuge dans une ferme. Une imprévisible et cocasse partie de campagne commence alors : pour ces oisifs, ces mondains, la rencontre brutale avec des paysans renverse toutes leurs certitudes. L'héritière et le diplomate, le gigolo et la bourgeoise délaissée découvrent la rudesse et l'inconfort d'un milieu insoupçonné.

From 1820 to 1860, nearly two million Irish migrated to the United States, mostly due to the Great Irish Famine of 1845-1852. Many died crossing the ocean due to disease and dismal conditions of what became known as coffin ships. Not Forgotten is the story of love and loss, enchantment and despair, joy and sorrow. Nora Brown was smitten when she met Oliver McManus. After fathering six children with Nora, Oliver disappeared, joining the Irish Brotherhood and leaving his family behind, he never returned.