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Beautiful, BUT
- De Michael en 02-04-13
De: Marcel Proust, y otros
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The Bostonians
- De: Henry James
- Narrado por: Xe Sands
- Duración: 17 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 64
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 56
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 55
From Boston's social underworld emerges Verena Tarrant, a girl with extraordinary oratorical gifts, which she deploys in tawdry meeting-houses on behalf of "the sisterhood of women." She acquires two admirers of a very different stamp: Olive Chancellor, devotee of radical causes and marked out for tragedy; and Basil Ransom, a veteran of the Civil War who holds rigid views concerning society and women's place therein. Is the lovely, lighthearted Verena made for public movements or private passions?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic reading!
- De FranceyO en 07-15-11
De: Henry James
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Maurice
- De: E. M. Forster
- Narrado por: Peter Firth
- Duración: 6 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,126
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 964
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 967
'Ah for darkness...not the darkness of a house which coops up a man among furniture, but the darkness where he can be free!' Maurice Hall knows he must choose between living life in the shadows or denying himself a chance at love and fulfilment. Aware of his attraction to the same sex, in a time where it was considered unlawful and immoral to have homosexual desires, Maurice must decide whether to battle or submit to a prejudiced 20th-century English society.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Finally!!! It's past time!
- De Christopher P. en 11-18-10
De: E. M. Forster
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The Titan
- De: Theodore Dreiser
- Narrado por: Stuart Langton
- Duración: 19 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 51
The Titan is the second volume in what the author called his "trilogy of desire," featuring the character of Frank Cowperwood, a powerful, irresistibly compelling man driven by his own need for power, beautiful women, and social prestige.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not for the faint of heart, but addicting!
- De P. Evans en 09-16-18
De: Theodore Dreiser
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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 Voyage Out
- De: Virginia Woolf
- Narrado por: Juliet Stevenson
- Duración: 15 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 108
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 95
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 94
The Voyage Out is Virginia Woolf's haunting tale about a naïve young woman's sea voyage from London to a small resort on the South American coast. In symbolic, lyrical, and intoxicating prose, her outward journey begins to mirror her internal voyage into adulthood as she searches for her personal identity, grapples with love, and learns how to face life intellectually and emotionally. Its wit and exquisiteness, and its profound depth and insight into humanity, will capture the imagination of the listener.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Lovely
- De Edith en 05-24-19
De: Virginia Woolf
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- De: F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Narrado por: B. J. Harrison
- Duración: 1 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,224
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,066
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,066
Benjamin Button was literally born an old man. He lived a backwards life, for his body grew younger as the years passed him by. Come and listen to the original, unabridged story by F. Scott Fitzgerald which inspired the movie.
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5 out of 5 stars
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LOL Funny
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 07-08-16
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The Golden Bowl
- De: Henry James
- Narrado por: Juliet Stevenson
- Duración: 25 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 100
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 85
Wealthy Maggie Verver has everything she could ever ask for - except a husband and a title. While in Italy, acquiring art for his museum back in the States, Maggie’s millionaire father, Adam, decides to remedy this and acquire a husband for Maggie. Enter Prince Amerigo, of a titled but now poor aristocratic Florentine family. Amerigo is the perfect candidate.
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5 out of 5 stars
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If you don't love this book, it's your fault
- De Viewer en 09-14-18
De: Henry James
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The Glimpses of the Moon
- De: Edith Wharton
- Narrado por: Kate Harper
- Duración: 8 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 82
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 68
Nick Lansing and Susy Branch are young, attractive but impoverished New Yorkers. They are in love and decide to marry, but realise their chances of happiness are slim without the wealth and society that their more privileged friends take for granted. Nick and Susy agree to separate when either encounters a more eligible proposition.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great love story
- De Margaret en 02-03-23
De: Edith Wharton
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Letters
- De: C. S. Lewis
- Narrado por: Ralph Cosham
- Duración: 37 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 196
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 173
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 172
This volume of short essays and other pieces by C. S. Lewis is part of a larger collection, C. S. Lewis: Essay Collection and Other Short Pieces. In addition to his many books, letters, and poems, C. S. Lewis wrote a great number of essays and shorter pieces on various subjects. He wrote extensively on Christian theology and the defense of faith but also on ethical issues and the nature of literature and storytelling. Within this audiobook is a treasure trove of Lewis' reflections on diverse topics.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Just Lewis
- De William en 02-07-21
De: C. S. Lewis
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Dombey and Son
- De: Charles Dickens
- Narrado por: Frederick Davidson
- Duración: 36 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 123
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 66
In this carefully crafted novel, Dickens reveals the complexity of London society in the enterprising 1840s as he takes the listener into the business firm and home of one of its most representative patriarchs, Paul Dombey.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Perfect pair
- De Philip en 03-25-08
De: Charles Dickens
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David Copperfield
- De: Charles Dickens
- Narrado por: Richard Armitage
- Duración: 36 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 7,323
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 6,767
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 6,725
Between his work on the 2014 Audible Audiobook of the Year, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: A Novel, and his performance of Classic Love Poems, narrator Richard Armitage ( The Hobbit, Hannibal) has quickly become a listener favorite. Now, in this defining performance of Charles Dickens' classic David Copperfield, Armitage lends his unique voice and interpretation, truly inhabiting each character and bringing real energy to the life of one of Dickens' most famous characters.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A PERFECT narration of an English classic!
- De Wayne en 09-03-17
De: Charles Dickens
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The Yellow Wallpaper
- De: Charlotte Perkins Gilman
- Narrado por: Jo Myddleton
- Duración: 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,070
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 915
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 909
Instructed to abandon her intellectual life and avoid stimulating company, she sinks into a still-deeper depression invisible to her husband, who believes he knows what is best for her. Alone in the yellow-wallpapered nursery of a rented house, she descends into madness.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Visceral Reaction
- De Em en 05-02-12
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Burr
- A Novel (Narratives of Empire, Book 1)
- De: Gore Vidal
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 21 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 923
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 790
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 790
Here is an extraordinary portrait of one of the most complicated - and misunderstood - figures among the Founding Fathers. In 1804, while serving as vice president, Aaron Burr fought a duel with his political nemesis, Alexander Hamilton, and killed him. In 1807, he was arrested, tried, and acquitted of treason. In 1833, Burr is newly married, an aging statesman considered a monster by many. But he is determined to tell his own story, and he chooses to confide in a young New York City journalist. Burr is the first novel in Gore Vidal's Narratives of Empire series.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Finally! Vidal's Great Take on the Life of Burr
- De John Norton en 06-12-19
De: Gore Vidal
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Testament of Youth
- De: Vera Brittain
- Narrado por: Sheila Mitchell
- Duración: 23 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 132
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 112
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 113
This classic memoir of the First World War is now a major motion picture starring Alicia Vikander and Kit Harington. In 1914 Vera Brittain was 20, and as war was declared she was preparing to study at Oxford. Four years later her life - and the lives of her whole generation - had changed in a way that would have been unimaginable in the tranquil prewar era.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Old Favorite With Issues
- De Sara en 01-15-16
De: Vera Brittain
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The Rise of Silas Lapham
- De: William Dean Howells
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 12 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 49
Howells’ best-known work and a subtle classic of its time, The Rise of Silas Lapham is an elegant tale of Boston society and manners. After garnering a fortune in the paint business, Silas Lapham moves his family from their Vermont farm to the city of Boston in order to improve his social position. The consequences of this endeavor are both humorous and tragic as the greedy Silas brings his company to the brink of bankruptcy.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Important for the Era
- De Brent en 03-19-23