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    Henrik Ibsen's Classic: A Doll's House (Annotated) with a Historical Introduction , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 188min
    Unique to this title is:A historical introductionAn overview of A Doll’s HouseA study of the themes present in A Doll’s HouseA list of the best famous quotes from A Doll’s HouseYou may of course skip all of it and go straight to the main title if you do not want any spoilers and come back later to the beginning.Henrik Ibsen was a Norwegian playwright and theater director. He is often called “the father of realism” and one of the most influential playwrights of his time.Ibsen was born in 1828 into a well-to-do merchant family in the small port town of Skien. He was of Danish, German, Norweigan, and Scottish ancestry. Most of his ancestors were merchants or ship captains. When he was seven, his father went out of business and the family had to sell the big house and move to their small summer cottage outside the city. After some time, they managed to move back to the city and lived in a house owned by Ibsen's father half-brother. However, even at a time when they struggled financially, the Ibsens kept servants and maintained a certain level of affluence.In A Doll's House, a happily married Nora decides to borrow money to finance a trip to Italy, where her husband needs to go for treatment. At the time, a woman couldn't do anything, let alone borrow money, without her husband's consent. So, Nora forged her father's signature. A junior bank clerk who works with her husband finds out what she's done. For years, Nora's been trying to repay the loan, but her husband eventually finds out what she had done and is furious.Enjoy this timeless classic! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Brianna Fernandez. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/173431/bk_acx0_173431_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Charles Dickens Classic: A Tale of Two Cities (Annotated) with a Historical Introduction , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 853min
    Unique to this title is:A historical introductionAn overview of A Tale of Two CitiesA study of the themes present in A Tale of Two CitiesA list of the best famous quotes from A Tale of Two CitiesYou may of course skip all of it and go straight to the main title if you do not want any spoilers and come back later to the beginning.Charles Dickens was an English writer and social critic. He was born in 1812 in Portsmouth. When his father was sent to jail because of unsettled debt, Dickens had to leave school and get a job in a factory.Although he lacked formal education and never had a chance to finish his schooling, Dickens successfully edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, five novellas, hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles, gave lectures and performed readings, and lobbied passionately for social reforms in general, and children's rights in particular.Dickens is believed to be the best novelist of the Victorian era and he became very popular during his lifetime. His novels are still widely read and translated.A Tale of Two Cities is a historical fiction first published in weekly installments in 1859. The plot takes place in London and Paris between 1775 and 1792.Eighteenth-century France and England are both ruled by fear and oppression. The upper classes live in luxury while common people suffer and starve. However, there is a difference.The novel starts with the words, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," and we soon learn of the major difference between the two countries.Enjoy this timeless classic! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jim D. Johnston. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/171880/bk_acx0_171880_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    R.L. Stevenson's Classic: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde : (Annotated) with a Historical Introduction , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 182min
    Unique to this title is:A historical introductionAn overview of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr HydeA study of the themes present in The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr HydeA list of the best famous quotes from The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde You may, of course, skip all of it and go straight to the main title if you do not want any spoilers and come back later to the beginning.Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish essayist, poet, and author of fiction and travel books was born in 1850 in Edinburgh, Scotland, as an only son of a prosperous civil engineer. He entered the University of Edinburgh at the age of 17 and studied to be an engineer to follow his father in the family business, however, he soon realized that he was not cut out for that profession. His father agreed to let him study law instead and although Stevenson graduated from the law school, he never practiced law because, by then, he knew he wanted to be a writer.He started writing in his teens, and when he was 16, he wrote "The Pentland Rising", a story based on a historical event, and his father paid for 100 copies to be printed in pamphlet form. He published his first book at the age of 28.Stevenson enjoyed adventure and used every opportunity to travel and that reflects in his fiction. Unfortunately, the main reason he spent a lot of time abroad was his poor health.The novel revolves around an investigation carried out by a London lawyer Gabriel John Utterson concerning the strange relationship between his client - Dr. Jekyll - and Mr. Hyde. The novella had a huge impact on modern culture, so much so, that the phrase “Jekyll and Hyde” became a common way of describing someone's dual nature.Enjoy this timeless classic! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Karen Allen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/171803/bk_acx0_171803_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    William Shakespeare’s Classics Collection: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark and The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet (Annotated): With a Historical Introduction, an Overview, a Study of Themes and Famous Quotes , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 341min
    Unique to this title is:A historical introductionAn overviewA study of themesA list of famous quotesYou may of course skip all of it and go straight to the main title if you do not want any spoilers and come back later to the beginning.William Shakespeare, the 16th-century English poet, playwright, and actor, is generally regarded as the best writer in the English language and the world's best dramatist.He was a very prolific writer, and his work consists of 39 plays, 154 sonnets, a few poems, and two long narrative poems. His plays have been translated into every major language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in England. He married young, at the age of 18. His wife was 26 and already three months pregnant. They had three children, one of whom died at the age of 11. The child who died, Hamnet, was Shakespeare's only son, and it is speculated that he named Hamlet after the boy.Most people don't realize that there are three versions of Hamlet, printed at different times. There is a considerable difference between the texts of these versions, so to have a "complete" version of this play, editors had to make some adjustments. The three text are simply different versions of the play.In Hamlet, the prince of Denmark has recently lost his father, but his mother is in a hurry to marry her late husband's brother. Hamlet is overwhelmed with grief for his father's death but also outraged because of the hurried marriage.In Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare writes about the plight of Romeo and Juliet with a lot of empathy and views their tragedy as a result of bad fate, rather than a problem with their characters. We sense from the very start that their relationship is doomed.Romeo and Juliet are portrayed as sincere and virtuous young people who are madly in love, but because ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Drew Kallen-Keck, Andrew Arnett. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/222160/bk_acx0_222160_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Washington Irving’s Classic: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Annotated) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 88min
    Unique to this title is: A historical introductionAn overview of The Legend of Sleepy HollowA study of the themes present in The Legend of Sleepy HollowA list of famous quotes from The Legend of Sleepy HollowYou may, of course, skip all of it and go straight to the main title if you do not want any spoilers and come back later to the beginning. Washington Irving was an 18th century American short story writer, historian, and diplomat. He was born into a merchant family of Scottish/English descent and was the youngest of 11 children. Irving was one of the first American writers to become popular in Europe. He was admired by some of the best-known British writers, including Charles Dickens, Lord Byron, and Walter Scott. Irving's writing career started in 1802, at the age of 19. He started sending letters to the Morning Chronicle, writing about the city's social and theater scene. which were written under the pseudonym Jonathan Oldstyle. This was one of many pseudonyms he used throughout his career. He moved to England for the family business, and this is where his most famous stories were written. Irving continued to write throughout his life and completed a five-volume biography of George Washington just eight months before his death at age 76. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow takes place in 1790 near the Dutch settlement of Tarrytown, New York. One of the locations in this area, known as the Sleepy Hollow, is known locally for its ghosts. There are many legends about this place. According to one of them, the town was bewitched during the early days of the Dutch settlement and according to another, it was an old Native American chief who put a curse on the place. The most fascinating of the many legends surrounding this place was the story of the Headless Horseman. Locals believed it to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper whose head was shot of ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mike Carbuccia. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/179983/bk_acx0_179983_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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