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    The Woman in White: BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation, Hörbuch, Digital, 228min
    Toby Stephens and Juliet Aubrey star in a BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Wilkie Collins’ chilling Gothic drama. A lonely stretch of road on Hampstead Heath is the venue for Walter Hartright’s midnight first encounter with a mysteriously distressed figure in white. As he helps the woman to escape from unnamed pursuers, he has little understanding of the way she will affect his future. At Limmeridge House in Cumberland, Walter meets and falls in love with Laura, who strangely resembles the woman in white. She, however, is soon to marry the financially embarrassed Sir Percival Glyde. Events at Limmeridge take a surprising turn when Anne Catherick arrives, and Walter recognises her as the mystery figure. It appears that Anne’s recent incarceration in a mental asylum was at the behest of Sir Percival, who is all too aware of the secret she holds. More than one life will be lost before Walter’s mystery of the woman in white can be fully explained. A strong cast brings Wilkie Collins’ tale to life in this BBC Radio 4 production, recorded on location at Beacon Hill, London, in 2001. Language: English. Narrator: Toby Stephens, Juliet Aubrey, full cast. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/002021/bk_rhuk_002021_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Woman in White , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1545min
    Celebrated as one of the first popular mystery novels, The Woman in White, by Wilkie Collins, skillfully incorporates the twisting and turning of more than a few plot lines that all manage to converge beautifully at the end of the work. Walter Hartright, an art teacher, crosses paths one day with a woman who appears to be distressed, and he notices immediately that she is clad in an all-white outfit. It is later made known to him that she is from an asylum, and that her name is Anne. The people of the community know her very well. After Walter takes a job at what is known as Limmeridge House, he notices that one of his students - Laura - looks strikingly like the distressed woman he met, Anne. But it is not until later on in the novel that he discovers the reason why. Through a series of calculated moves that involve death and a large inheritance, the small community is rocked and shrouded in mystery at the hands of the conniving Sir Percival Glyde, who is interested only in making himself wealthy at the hands of others. As in all great novels, the antagonists get what they deserve, and the characters who maintain their dignity are rewarded handsomely in the end. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Andrea Giordani. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/041181/bk_acx0_041181_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Woman in White , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1546min
    Young Walter Hartright meets the mysterious woman in white in what soon became one of the most popular novels of the 19th century. Secrets, mistaken identities, surprise revelations, amnesia, locked rooms and locked asylums, and an unorthodox villain made this mystery thriller an instant success when it first appeared in 1860, and it has continued to enthrall ever since. From the hero's foreboding before his arrival at Limmeridge House to the nefarious plot concerning the beautiful Laura, the breathtaking tension of Collins's narrative created a new literary genre of suspense fiction, which profoundly shaped the course of English popular writing. Generally considered the first English sensation novel, The Woman in White features the remarkable heroine Marian Halcombe and her sleuthing partner, drawing-master Walter Hartright, pitted against the diabolical team of Count Fosco and Sir Percival Glyde. A gripping tale of murder, intrigue, madness, and mistaken identity, Collins's psychological thriller has never been out of print since its publication in 1860. While Collins's other great mystery, The Moonstone, has been called the finest detective story ever written, it was this work that so gripped the imagination of the world that Wilkie Collins had his own tombstone inscribed "Author of The Woman in White." ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Roger Rees, Rosalyn Landor, John Lee, Judy Geeson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/003575/bk_blak_003575_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Woman in White (Dramatized) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1518min
    The Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsPresented by The Online StageWalter Hartright, a struggling art teacher, is stopped for directions while traveling on a dark road by a mysterious woman in white. Thus begins Walter's deep dive into the twists and turns of stolen identities, fraud, spies, conspiracy and death. Along the way, he meets the lovely Laura Fairlie and her emboldened half-sister, Marian Halcombe. Marian is brazen and assertive in her search for the truth, a strong female during a time when women were simply viewed as the weaker sex. She joins Walter on his journey to untangle the web of lies and deceit that has been spun so expertly around his new found friends. The Woman in White is often touted as being the first Victorian crime novel.    Cast:Narrator: Maureen BoutilierWalter Hartright: Jeff MoonMarian Halcombe: Amanda FridayCount Fosco: Rob Goll  Mr. Fairlie: David Stifel  Laura Fairlie: Anna Grace  Percival Glyde: Ben Lindsey-Clark  Pesca: Russell Gold  Anne Catherick: Arielle Lipshaw  Mr. Gilmore: Ron Altman  Mr. Merriman: Alan Weyman  Mrs. Michelson: Elizabeth Klett  Countess Fosco: Trisha Rose  Maid: Leanne Yau  Mr. Dempster: Andy Harringon  Mrs. Clements: Sarah Mitchell  Mr. Dawson: Denis Daly Hester Pinhorn: P J Morgan  Goodricke: Craig Franklin  Mr. Kyrle: Ben Stevens Mrs. Catherick: Sara Morsey Audio edited by Amanda Friday ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jeff Moon, Amanda Friday, Rob Goll, Ben Lindsey-Clark, Anna Grace, David Stifel, Russell Gold. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/mike/002821/bk_mike_002821_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Die Frau in Weiß
    London im viktorianischen Zeitalter. Weit nach Mitternacht macht sich der Zeichenlehrer Walter Hartright auf den Weg nach Hause. Da begegnet ihm eine etwas verwirrt wirkende und verängstigte Frau, die ganz in Weiß gekleidet ist. Es kommt zu einem kurzen Wortwechsel. Als er sich von ihr verabschiedet hat, erfährt er, dass die geheimnisvolle Frau scheinbar aus einem Irrenhaus entwichen ist.Am nächsten Tag tritt Walter in Limmeridge House, Cumberland, seinen Dienst als Kunstlehrer an. Er soll die Halbschwestern Marian Halcombe und Laura Fairlie unterrichten und verliebt sich alsbald in die schöne Laura. Diese ist jedoch einem einflussreichen Mann namens Sir Percival Glyde versprochen. Als die Frau in Weiß erneut auftaucht, wird Sir Percival nervös, denn offensichtlich scheint sie sein dunkles Geheimnis zu kennen. Die kriminellen Machenschaften, die dieser gemeinsam mit Conte Fosco betreibt, enden schließlich in einer mörderischen Intrige, die nicht zu verhindern ist...
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    Fat Activism
    Charlotte Cooper, a fat activist with more than 30 years experience, lifts the lid on a previously unexplored social movement and offers a fresh perspective on one of the major problems of our times. In her expansive, intelligent grassroots study she: - Reveals details of fat activist methods and approaches - Features extensive accounts of fat activist historical roots going back over four decades - Explores controversies and tensions in the movement - Shows that fat activism is an undeniably feminist and queer phenomenon Fat Activism: A Radical Social Movement is a rare instance of fat people speaking about their lives and politics on their own terms. The book is the result of Charlotte's community-based doctoral research. 'Charlotte Cooper's fierce new book Fat Activism: A Radical Social Movement should be required reading for scholars and activists. Cooper draws on extensive interviews with fat activists to render a trenchant analysis of our field of motion. She takes a penetrating look at activist efforts and self-understandings, eschewing easy praise in favor of discernment that ultimately promises to invigorate the movement.' Kathleen LeBesco / Marymount Manhattan College (Associate Dean) 'Charlotte Cooper is once again in the vanguard of radical social change with this book about fat activism. She has captured the history of the fat rights movements, interviewed fat activists, and demonstrated the extensive and exciting breadth of fat activism in a global setting. Fat activism is often portrayed as ineffective when in fact its lack of conformity and interdisciplinarity can serve as a model for other social movements.' Esther Rothblum / Editor / Fat Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Body Weight and Society 'For any civil rights movement to succeed, it must know its history; to build on its strengths and learn from its mistakes. With the ubiquity of the Internet, the historical knowledge and record of activism can be rewritten with 140 characters. That is one of the many reasons that Fat Activism: A Radical Social Movement is important. Anyone interested in the epistemology, ontology, and methodology, (not to mention history) of fat activism should make this a central text of their library. Cat Pausé / Massey University / Co-Editor of Queering Fat Embodiment 'It is in the interest of the ethically and intellectually dubious field of "Obesity Research" to flatten fat subjects; rendering our voices narrowly defined by punchy rhetoric, our activist interventions reduced to child-like flailing against the big bad thin-dominated world. Charlotte Cooper's book resists this myopic view of resistance to fat oppression in form and content. Fat Activists need more researchers and writers examining and reflecting on our work from within, and this book stands as an offering and opening in that vein.' Naima Lowe / Artist and Member of the Faculty at The Evergreen State College 'In public discourse the voices of people who would be identified as obese are rarely heard. Enter Charlotte Cooper, researcher, performer, and therapist who has devoted most of her adult life to fat activism. Her book is a personal account of the fat activist movement. Cooper defines fat activism as "cultural work". She critiques ideas about body positivity and a "monolithic ideal of trite self love", and calls out careerist researchers for "reproducing fat people as fascinating but passive specimens." Cooper guides the reader into a fertile place of growth a million miles from timebombs and epidemics, and gives a human face to a large segment of the population who are too often dehumanised.' Tanya Glyde, review of Fat Activism in The Lancet
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