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Bliss and Other Stories
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- De Darwin8u en 05-19-13
De: Vladimir Nabokov
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Rebecca
- De: Daphne du Maurier
- Narrado por: Anna Massey
- Duración: 14 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 9,729
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 8,710
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 8,684
Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.... The novel begins in Monte Carlo, where our heroine is swept off her feet by the dashing widower Maxim de Winter and his sudden proposal of marriage. Orphaned and working as a lady's maid, she can barely believe her luck. It is only when they arrive at his massive country estate that she realizes how large a shadow his late wife will cast over their lives - presenting her with a lingering evil that threatens to destroy their marriage from beyond the grave.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Easily the best audiobook I have ever heard!
- De Kid at Heart en 11-10-18
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Three Comrades
- De: Erich Maria Remarque, Arthur Wesley Wheen - translator
- Narrado por: Michael Braun
- Duración: 16 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 55
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 54
The year is 1928. On the outskirts of a large German city, three young men are earning a thin and precarious living. Fully armed young storm troopers swagger in the streets. Restlessness, poverty, and violence are everywhere. For these three, friendship is the only refuge from the chaos around them. Then the youngest of them falls in love and brings into the group a young woman who will become a comrade as well, as they are all tested in ways they can have never imagined.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love and friendship in a dying world.
- De Tarquin en 03-18-19
De: Erich Maria Remarque, y otros
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Picnic at Hanging Rock
- De: Joan Lindsay
- Narrado por: Jacqueline McKenzie
- Duración: 3 h y 1 m
- Versión resumida
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General4 out of 5 stars 99
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 94
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 93
St Valentine’s Day, in the midst of the hot summer of 1900, a party of schoolgirls went on a picnic to Hanging Rock. Some were never to return…. An Australian classic, the disappearance of three girls and a schoolteacher at Hanging Rock has captivated and intrigued audiences for generations. Jacqueline McKenzie’s interpretation of the best-selling novel captures all of the beauty of the Rock and illustrates the eerie sense of the unknown for which the story is legendary.
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3 out of 5 stars
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NOT UNabridged!
- De Doreen en 05-09-15
De: Joan Lindsay
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The Bell Jar
- De: Sylvia Plath
- Narrado por: Maggie Gyllenhaal
- Duración: 7 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 8,597
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 7,675
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 7,646
The Bell Jar chronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful but slowly going under - maybe for the last time. Sylvia Plath masterfully draws the reader into Esther's breakdown with such intensity that Esther's insanity becomes completely real and even rational, as probable and accessible an experience as going to the movies. Such deep penetration into the dark and harrowing corners of the psyche is an extraordinary accomplishment and has made The Bell Jar a haunting American classic.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must-read for every woman
- De Julie W. Capell en 05-06-16
De: Sylvia Plath
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Owls Do Cry
- De: Janet Frame
- Narrado por: Heather Bolton
- Duración: 8 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 25
Owls Do Cry is one of the classics of New Zealand literature, and has remained in print continuously for 50 years. A fiftieth anniversary edition was published in 2007.
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4 out of 5 stars
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well told but a wee bit depressing.
- De Muzza en 11-03-19
De: Janet Frame
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Behind the Scenes at the Museum
- A Novel
- De: Kate Atkinson
- Narrado por: Pearl Hewitt
- Duración: 12 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 442
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 384
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 383
Ruby Lennox begins narrating her life at the moment of conception, and from there takes us on a whirlwind tour of the 20th century as seen through the eyes of an English girl determined to learn about her family and its secrets.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another Kate Atkinson multi-generational story
- De Satisfied Customer en 11-08-18
De: Kate Atkinson
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The Girl from the Savoy
- A Novel
- De: Hazel Gaynor
- Narrado por: Jennifer Jones, Lucy Rayner, Paul Fox
- Duración: 14 h y 20 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 152
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 151
Dolly Lane is a dreamer, a downtrodden maid who longs to dance on the London stage, but her life has been fractured by the Great War. Memories of the soldier she loved, of secret shame and profound loss, by turns pull her back and spur her on to make a better life. When she finds employment as a chambermaid at London's grandest hotel, The Savoy, Dolly takes a step closer to the glittering lives of the Bright Young Things who thrive on champagne, jazz, and rebellion.
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5 out of 5 stars
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WONDERFUL‼️❤️❤️❤️
- De Leslie Gail Mnich en 12-05-19
De: Hazel Gaynor
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The Blind Assassin
- De: Margaret Atwood
- Narrado por: Margot Dionne
- Duración: 18 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 2,069
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 1,380
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,373
For the past twenty-five years, Margaret Atwood has written works of striking originality and imagination. In The Blind Assassin, she stretches the limits of her accomplishments as never before, creating a novel that is entertaining and profoundly serious. The novel opens with these simple, resonant words: "Ten days after the war ended, my sister drove a car off the bridge." They are spoken by Iris, whose terse account of her sister Laura's death in 1945 is followed by an inquest report proclaiming the death accidental.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Good book, TERRIBLE audio!
- De Whitney en 04-27-09
De: Margaret Atwood
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The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov
- De: Vladimir Nabokov
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 31 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 93
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 66
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 66
From Vladimir Nabokov, the writer who shocked and delighted the world with his novels Lolita, Pale Fire, and Ada, or Ardor, comes a magnificent collection of stories. Written between the 1920s and the 1950s, these 68 tales — 14 of which have been translated into English for the first time - display all the shades of Nabokov’s imagination.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Kaleidoscope of Nabokov Bábochkas
- De Darwin8u en 01-11-15
De: Vladimir Nabokov
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National Velvet
- De: Enid Bagnold
- Narrado por: Annette Chown
- Duración: 8 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 28
National Velvet is a classic tale of dreams, ambition and one girl's belief in a horse. Velvet is mad about horses. When she wins a piebald horse in a raffle, she knows he's something special. His heart is as big as the five-foot fences he jumps, and he'll do anything for Velvet. Soon she and her friend, Mi, have their sights set on the biggest race in England. But can a girl win the Grand National?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Just wonderful
- De Shiloah Baker en 11-18-16
De: Enid Bagnold
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The Saturdays
- De: Elizabeth Enright
- Narrado por: Pamela Dillman
- Duración: 4 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 369
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 253
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 252
The four Melendy children live with their father and Cuffy, their beloved housekeeper, in a worn but comfortable brownstone in New York City. There's thirteen-year-old Mona, who has decided to become an actress; twelve-year-old mischievous Rush; ten-year-old Randy who loves to dance and paint; and thoughtful Oliver, who is just six-years-old.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent for children and adults
- De Dale en 05-15-04
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Fludd
- A Novel
- De: Hilary Mantel
- Narrado por: Gordon Griffin
- Duración: 6 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 86
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 75
One dark and stormy night in 1956, a stranger named Fludd mysteriously turns up in the dismal village of Fetherhoughton. He is the curate sent by the bishop to assist Father Angwin - or is he? In the most unlikely of places, a superstitious town that understands little of romance or sentimentality, where bad blood between neighbors is ancient and impenetrable, miracles begin to bloom. Fludd becomes lover, gravedigger, and savior, transforming his dull office into a golden regency of decision, unashamed sensation, and unprecedented action.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Small, tight irreverant novel that wryly inverts
- De Darwin8u en 07-21-13
De: Hilary Mantel
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Gone with the Wind
- De: Margaret Mitchell
- Narrado por: Linda Stephens
- Duración: 49 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 14,473
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 12,349
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 12,353
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 Darling Buds of May
- The Larkin Novels, Volume 1
- De: H. E. Bates
- Narrado por: Philip Franks
- Duración: 4 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 52
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 53
When Cedric Charlton, an unsuspecting tax inspector, arrives at the door of the Pop Larkin farm, he soon forgets the purpose of his visit: The fun-loving Ma and Pop Larkin distract him at every turn with strawberries, cream, alcohol, and their attractive young daughter, Mariette. Well known by the popular TV series starring David Jason and Catherine Zeta-Jones, The Darling Buds of May is the quintessential feel-good country romp.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Even better read aloud
- De Amazon Customer en 04-05-20
De: H. E. Bates
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This recording contains four of Katherine Mansfield's best stories. In The Daughters of the Late Colonel, two sisters are recently bereaved; while in Her First Ball a young girl attends her first dance. The Singing Lesson features Miss Meadows, a music teacher in turmoil; and in The Stranger, a middle-aged couple are reunited.
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This Audible Exclusive performance features a unique introduction written and narrated by Miriam Margolyes. Recognised as one of Dickens' most accomplished titles, Bleak House has impressed critics and audiences alike since it was first published in 1852. The novel boasts one of the most intelligent and engaging plots in all of English literature and is sure to engage the listener's imagination as it transports us back in time to the seedy, grimy and hazardous streets of Victorian London.
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Form-defining short stories. First published in 1914, James Joyce defined what the short story could be with his collection The Dubliners. A mixture of prose and poetry, each story can be listened to independently, or as a collection. From childhood to maturity, we see what life - and ultimately death - can be, via an extraordinary cast of characters, all of whom experience an epiphany. There’s Father Flynn, the priest; Evelyn, the shop girl who dreams of escape; Mrs Mooney, the butcher’s daughter, who runs a boarding house.
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The Last Man
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Set on Egdon Heath, a fictional barren moor in Wessex, Eustacia Vye longs for the excitement of city life but is cut off from the world in her grandfather's lonely cottage. Clym Yeobright who has returned to the area to become a schoolmaster seems to offer everything she dreams of: passion, excitement and the opportunity to escape. However, Clym's ambitions are quite different, and marriage only increases Eustacia's destructive restlessness, drawing others into a tangled web of deceit and unhappiness.
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A Perfect Pairing
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From the author of The Christmas Hirelings comes this Audible Exclusive production of Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s classic sensation novel Lady Audley’s Secret. English actress Olivia Poulet gives an assured and captivating narration; a cornerstone of the genre and a scandal at the time of its publication, Lady Audley’s Secret is an entertaining and shocking tale of high drama and shifting perceptions.
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Classic 19th Century “sensation novel”
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The Katherine Mansfield BBC Radio Collection
- Dramatisations and Readings of Selected Stories
- De: Katherine Mansfield
- Narrado por: Andrew Sachs, Claire Skinner, Derek Jacobi, y otros
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Katherine Mansfield is remembered as one of the great modernist short-story writers, who managed to pack a huge amount of creative work into her 34 years before she died of TB in 1923. This impressive collection includes brand-new full-cast BBC dramatisations of 'Bliss', 'Something Childish but Very Natural', 'Marriage a la Mode', 'Daughters of the Late Colonel', 'The Garden Party', 'Life of Ma Parker and Her First Ball', plus many more readings brought to life by a wealth of narrators.
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Not accurate to the original written text
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Anna Karenina
- De: Leo Tolstoy
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Anna Karenina seems to have everything - beauty, wealth, popularity and an adored son. But she feels that her life is empty until the moment she encounters the impetuous officer Count Vronsky.
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Beautiful story, amazing narration
- De Marcus Vorwaller en 08-02-08
De: Leo Tolstoy
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Emma
- De: Jane Austen
- Narrado por: Jenny Agutter
- Duración: 14 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,959
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,731
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,721
Emma can be enjoyed as a charming love story, a detective story, and a comic and lively picture of English life 200 years ago. Austen's beautiful, clever, wilful but fallible heroine Emma Woodhouse believes she knows best. Perfectly content with her life she sees no need for either love or marriage, yet nothing pleases her more than meddling in the romantic lives of others.
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5 out of 5 stars
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pure pleasure
- De Elizabeth en 05-14-10
De: Jane Austen
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Jane Eyre
- De: Charlotte Brontë
- Narrado por: Juliet Stevenson
- Duración: 19 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,913
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,618
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,632
The work tells the story of Jane's early life, her experience at Lowood School and as a governess. Her refusal to accept Rochester's love on any but her own strictly moral terms is a passionate cry for independence.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent, but second best...
- De R. David Mintz en 02-15-10
De: Charlotte Brontë
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
- De: Oscar Wilde
- Narrado por: Russell Tovey
- Duración: 8 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 7,324
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 6,476
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 6,444
A disturbing tale of a young man's uncanny ability to remain both young and beautiful while descending into a life of heartless debauchery, The Picture of Dorian Gray was considered proof of both Wilde's genius and his perversion. Oscar Wilde's scandalous best seller of 1891 was one of the most damning pieces of evidence used against him in the trial that brought about his downfall.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A twisted tale of vanity and poisonous people
- De Shantastic en 10-02-19
De: Oscar Wilde