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Rosalie Vanderpoel, the daughter of an American multimillionaire marries an impoverished English baronet and goes to live in England. She all but loses contact with her family in America. Years later her younger sister Bettina, beautiful, intelligent and extremely rich, goes to England to find what has happened to her sister. She finds Rosalie shabby and dispirited, cowed by her husband's ill-treatment. Bettina sets about to rectify matters.
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5 out of 5 stars
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More than Lovely
- De jTacy67 en 01-17-18
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Anna of the Five Towns
- De: Arnold Bennett
- Narrado por: Peter Joyce
- Duración: 9 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Set in stifled, industrial Staffordshire in the late 19th century, against a strong evangelical background, Anna of the Five Towns tells of the courting of hard businessman Ephraim Tellright's daughter by prosperous and accomplished Henry Mynors. As her father's fortune grows, so does Anna understanding. She realises her legacy and responsibility for the possible ruination of her father's tenants, Titus Price and his son, Willie, who also loves her.
De: Arnold Bennett
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Jane Eyre
- De: Charlotte Brontë
- Narrado por: Thandiwe Newton
- Duración: 19 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 19,909
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 18,194
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 18,114
Following Jane from her childhood as an orphan in Northern England through her experience as a governess at Thornfield Hall, Charlotte Brontë's Gothic classic is an early exploration of women's independence in the mid-19th century and the pervasive societal challenges women had to endure. At Thornfield, Jane meets the complex and mysterious Mr. Rochester, with whom she shares a complicated relationship that ultimately forces her to reconcile the conflicting passions of romantic love and religious piety.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Perfect!!
- De Amazon Customer en 04-21-16
De: Charlotte Brontë
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Daisy Miller
- De: Henry James
- Narrado por: Ellie Kendrick
- Duración: 3 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 43
Travelling in Europe with her family, Daisy Miller, an exquisitely beautiful young American woman, presents her fellow countryman Winterbourne with a dilemma he cannot resolve. Is she deliberately flouting social convention in the outspoken way she talks and acts, or is she simply ignorant of those conventions? When she strikes up an intimate friendship with an urbane young Italian, her flat refusal to observe the codes of respectable behaviour leave her perilously exposed.
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5 out of 5 stars
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loved the story
- De Dominick Garcez en 02-18-23
De: Henry James
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North and South
- De: Elizabeth Gaskell
- Narrado por: Juliet Stevenson
- Duración: 18 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 7,208
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 6,409
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 6,413
Written at the request of Charles Dickens, North and South is a book about rebellion that poses fundamental questions about the nature of social authority and obedience. Gaskell expertly blends individual feeling with social concern and her heroine, Margaret Hale, is one of the most original creations of Victorian literature. When Margaret Hale's father leaves the Church in a crisis of conscience she is forced to leave her comfortable home in the tranquil countryside of Hampshire....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Delightful
- De Sally en 01-04-10
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Sister Carrie
- De: Theodore Dreiser
- Narrado por: Laurel Lefkow
- Duración: 16 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 102
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 85
A magnificent portrayal of 1890's America and the harsh realities of a dog-eat-dog world, Sister Carrie lies at the forefront of American Naturalism. When poor young provincial woman Carrie Meeber arrives in Chicago, she little expects to be catapulted from lower-class woman to prominent Broadway actress. Passive and yielding, she lets circumstances coerce her into action and by good fortune she arrives at fame. It is in Chicago that Carrie meets a successful businessman, Hurstwood, who helps her establish her name.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Its been on my list for a while
- De lavalleem en 10-07-18
De: Theodore Dreiser
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Howards End
- De: E. M. Forster
- Narrado por: Steven Crossley
- Duración: 11 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 255
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 230
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 223
Howards End is a beautifully subtle tale of two very different families brought together by an unusual event. The Schlegels are intellectuals, devotees of art and literature. The Wilcoxes are practical and materialistic, leading lives of "telegrams and anger". When the elder Mrs. Wilcox dies and her family discovers she has left their country home - Howards End - to one of the Schlegel sisters, a crisis between the two families is precipitated that takes years to resolve.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic Narration in Delightful Story
- De Wren en 05-05-18
De: E. M. Forster
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Middlemarch
- De: George Eliot
- Narrado por: Juliet Stevenson
- Duración: 35 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,085
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 4,613
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,576
Dorothea Brooke is an ardent idealist who represses her vivacity and intelligence for the cold, theological pedant Casaubon. One man understands her true nature: the artist Will Ladislaw. But how can love triumph against her sense of duty and Casaubon’s mean spirit? Meanwhile, in the little world of Middlemarch, the broader world is mirrored: the world of politics, social change, and reforms, as well as betrayal, greed, blackmail, ambition, and disappointment.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best Audible book ever
- De Molly-o en 12-25-11
De: George Eliot
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Lady Audley's Secret
- De: Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Narrado por: Juliet Stevenson
- Duración: 5 h y 12 m
- Versión resumida
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General4 out of 5 stars 104
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 85
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 86
A fast-paced Victorian thriller that will delight audiences today as it did 100 years ago, Lady Audley's Secret has subterfuge, kidnapping, jealousy, and fraud, all thrown into the mix and shaken up for good measure.
A mystery which keeps a listener guessing until the last moments, this production is a must-listen for anyone who enjoys playing detective.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Narrator creates the listen
- De connie en 02-06-12
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Beware of Pity
- De: Stefan Zweig
- Narrado por: Nicholas Boulton
- Duración: 14 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 231
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 205
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 202
In the twilight of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, a young cavalry officer is invited to a dance at the home of a rich landowner. There - with a small act of attempted charity - he commits a simple faux pas. But from this seemingly insignificant blunder comes a tale of catastrophe arising from kindness and of honour poisoned by self-regard. Beware of Pity has all the intensity and the formidable sense of torment and of character of the very best of Zweig's work. Definitive translation by the award-winning Anthea Bell.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of my favorite authors
- De Adeliese Baumann en 03-21-18
De: Stefan Zweig
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A Room with a View
- De: E. M. Forster
- Narrado por: Rebecca Hall
- Duración: 7 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,283
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,065
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,065
In this rich new audio production, acclaimed British American actress Rebecca Hall brings one of E. M. Forster's most admired works to life in this classic tale of human struggle. A charming young Englishwoman, Lucy Honeychurch, is wooed by both free-spirited George Emerson and wealthy Cecil Vyse while vacationing in Italy. Though attracted to George, Lucy becomes engaged to Cecil despite twice turning down his proposals. On hearing of the news, George confesses his love, leaving Lucy torn between marrying the more socially acceptable Cecil or George, the man she knows would bring her true happiness. Should Lucy choose social acceptance or true love?
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5 out of 5 stars
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A lovely performance, and a wonderful story
- De Robert en 01-19-19
De: E. M. Forster
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Of Human Bondage
- De: W. Somerset Maugham
- Narrado por: Charlton Griffin
- Duración: 28 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 411
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 370
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 366
Of Human Bondage is one of the greatest novels of modern times, and it is certainly Maugham's greatest achievement. It was published in 1914, when Maugham was at the height of his creative powers. The story concerns Philip Carey, afflicted at birth with a club foot, and his passionate search for truth in a cruel world. We follow his growth to manhood, his educational progress, his first loves, and the wrenching tragedies and disappointments that life has in store for him. In some of the finest prose of the 20th century, Maugham has presented us with the timeless story of one man's search for the meaning of life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Greatly Unsettling
- De Michael en 10-04-14
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Scenes of Clerical Life
- De: George Eliot
- Narrado por: Wanda McCaddon
- Duración: 14 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 51
The Sad Fortunes of the Rev. Amos Barton, through vignettes of his life, portrays a character who is hard to like and easy to ridicule. Many people do ridicule as well as slander and despise him, until his suffering shocks them into fellowship and sympathy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The first work...from a very old soul
- De Theodoc en 04-07-21
De: George Eliot
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The Good Soldier
- De: Ford Madox Ford
- Narrado por: Frank Muller
- Duración: 6 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 193
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 144
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 143
On the face of it Captain Edward Ashburnham's life was unimpeachable. But behind the mask where passion seethes, the captain's "good" life was rotting away.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Treachery in the Troops
- De Mel en 01-08-15
De: Ford Madox Ford
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The House of Mirth
- De: Edith Wharton
- Narrado por: Eleanor Bron
- Duración: 12 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,594
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,390
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,384
Beautiful, sophisticated and endlessly ambitious Lily Bart endeavours to climb the social ladder of New York's elite by securing a good match and living beyond her means. Now nearing 30 years of age and having rejected several proposals, forever in the hope of finding someone better, her future prospects are threatened. A damning commentary of 20th-century social order, Edith Wharton's tale established her as one of the greatest British novelists of the 1900s.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Like Henry James but more accessible
- De Merlin en 08-19-12
De: Edith Wharton
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The Age of Innocence
- De: Edith Wharton
- Narrado por: David Horovitch
- Duración: 12 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,216
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,959
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,953
Countess Ellen Olenska, separated from her European husband, returns to old New York society. She bears with her an independence and an awareness of life which stirs the educated sensitivity of the charming Newland Archer, engaged to be married to her cousin, May Welland. Though he accepts the society's standards and rules he is acutely aware of their limitations. He knows May will assure him a conventional future but Ellen, scandalously separated from her husband, forces Archer to question his values and beliefs.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Narrated to Perfection
- De Ilana en 09-18-12
De: Edith Wharton
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The House of Mirth
- De: Edith Wharton
- Narrado por: Anna Fields
- Duración: 13 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 222
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 81
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 85
The House of Mirth was Edith Wharton's first great novel. Set among the elegant brownstones of New York City and opulent country houses like gracious Bellomont on the Hudson, the novel creates a satiric portrayal of what Wharton herself called "a society of irresponsible pleasure-seekers" with a precision comparable to that of Proust.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fine reading of a great classic
- De Everett Leiter en 09-02-05
De: Edith Wharton
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Old New York
- De: Edith Wharton
- Narrado por: Gabrielle de Cuir, Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 9 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 136
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 120
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 121
Spanning four decades in the mid-19th century, the interconnected novellas of Old New York lay out in vivid detail the complex and inscrutable codes, customs, and taboos of New York society in classic Wharton style.
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3 out of 5 stars
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narration
- De Alissa en 01-31-23
De: Edith Wharton
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The House of Mirth
- De: Edith Wharton
- Narrado por: Deaver Brown
- Duración: 14 h
- Versión completa
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General1 out of 5 stars 1
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Narración:1 out of 5 stars 1
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1
The novel is about New York City society in its best years through the life of a beautiful girl who is an outside insider with a foot in and several feet outside the inner circle.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Story was enchanting.
- De Martha en 03-10-24
De: Edith Wharton
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The Custom of the Country
- De: Edith Wharton
- Narrado por: Barbara Caruso
- Duración: 15 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 356
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 316
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 311
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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5 out of 5 stars
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Cannot recommend a better narrator!
- De Esther en 07-29-12
De: Edith Wharton
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The House of Mirth
- De: Edith Wharton
- Narrado por: Eleanor Bron
- Duración: 12 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,594
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,390
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,384
Beautiful, sophisticated and endlessly ambitious Lily Bart endeavours to climb the social ladder of New York's elite by securing a good match and living beyond her means. Now nearing 30 years of age and having rejected several proposals, forever in the hope of finding someone better, her future prospects are threatened. A damning commentary of 20th-century social order, Edith Wharton's tale established her as one of the greatest British novelists of the 1900s.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Like Henry James but more accessible
- De Merlin en 08-19-12
De: Edith Wharton
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The Age of Innocence
- De: Edith Wharton
- Narrado por: David Horovitch
- Duración: 12 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,216
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,959
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,953
Countess Ellen Olenska, separated from her European husband, returns to old New York society. She bears with her an independence and an awareness of life which stirs the educated sensitivity of the charming Newland Archer, engaged to be married to her cousin, May Welland. Though he accepts the society's standards and rules he is acutely aware of their limitations. He knows May will assure him a conventional future but Ellen, scandalously separated from her husband, forces Archer to question his values and beliefs.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Narrated to Perfection
- De Ilana en 09-18-12
De: Edith Wharton
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The House of Mirth
- De: Edith Wharton
- Narrado por: Anna Fields
- Duración: 13 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 222
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 81
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 85
The House of Mirth was Edith Wharton's first great novel. Set among the elegant brownstones of New York City and opulent country houses like gracious Bellomont on the Hudson, the novel creates a satiric portrayal of what Wharton herself called "a society of irresponsible pleasure-seekers" with a precision comparable to that of Proust.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fine reading of a great classic
- De Everett Leiter en 09-02-05
De: Edith Wharton
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Old New York
- De: Edith Wharton
- Narrado por: Gabrielle de Cuir, Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 9 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 136
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 120
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 121
Spanning four decades in the mid-19th century, the interconnected novellas of Old New York lay out in vivid detail the complex and inscrutable codes, customs, and taboos of New York society in classic Wharton style.
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3 out of 5 stars
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narration
- De Alissa en 01-31-23
De: Edith Wharton
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The House of Mirth
- De: Edith Wharton
- Narrado por: Deaver Brown
- Duración: 14 h
- Versión completa
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General1 out of 5 stars 1
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Narración:1 out of 5 stars 1
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1
The novel is about New York City society in its best years through the life of a beautiful girl who is an outside insider with a foot in and several feet outside the inner circle.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Story was enchanting.
- De Martha en 03-10-24
De: Edith Wharton
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The Custom of the Country
- De: Edith Wharton
- Narrado por: Barbara Caruso
- Duración: 15 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 356
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 316
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 311
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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5 out of 5 stars
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Cannot recommend a better narrator!
- De Esther en 07-29-12
De: Edith Wharton