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https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Sisters Author: James Joyce Narrator: Jim Norton Format: Unabridged Length: 18 mins Language: English Release date: 11-25-13 Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: This is a story from the Dubliners , Volume 1 collection. James Joyce's Dubliners is a collection of short stories about the lives of the people of Dublin around the turn of the century. Each story describes a small but significant moment of crisis or revelation in the life of a particular Dubliner, sympathetically but always with stark honesty. Many of the characters are desperate to escape the confines of their humdrum lives, though those that have the opportunity to do so seem unable to take it. This work holds none of the difficulties of Joyce's later novels, such as Ulysses, yet in its way it is just as radical. These stories introduce us to the city which fed Joyce's entire creative output, and to many of the characters who made it such a well of literary inspiration. Editorial Reviews: In the aftermath of his third stroke, the one that fells a priest, the increasingly odd final days of the cleric are remembered in vague, suggestive terms by those who knew him. A young boy who had a close, undefined relationship with him, and his two, surviving sisters are among those reminiscing. Veteran character actor Jim Norton, expertly providing voice and strikingly individual characterizations to these characters moving almost dreamlike through their personal tragedies and triumphs of middle-class life in the Irish capital, performs this selection from the Dubliners, Vol. 1 collection of Irish author James Joyces short stories.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Dubliners (Blackstone Edition) Author: James Joyce Narrator: Frederick Davidson Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins Language: English Release date: 01-26-06 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 20 votes Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: In his first published work in prose, James Joyce paints vivid portraits of the people of Dublin, his city of birth, in a collection of stories whose larger purpose, he said, was to depict a "moral history of Ireland". From the first story, in which a young boy encounters death, to the haunting final story involving the middle-aged Gabriel, the book gives an unflinching and realistic portrayal of "dear, dirty Dublin" in the early 20th-century. This brilliant study is by turns bawdy and witty, but always darkened by a paralysis of spirit and emotions. (P)1992 Blackstone Audiobooks

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Mystified Magistrate Subtitle: And Other Tales Author: Richard Seaver (translator), Marquis de Sade Narrator: Ken Kliban Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins Language: English Release date: 02-02-13 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 8 votes Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: The great virtue of this volume is that it reveals a lighter, comic side of Sade. He was a man obsessed, like many great writers, and his obsessions are still present here: his hatred of all things pretentious, his loathing of a corrupt judicial system, his damning of hypocrisy and false piety. One of the great anarchists of all time, he was nevertheless far from mad (as many pretended) and these works of fiction shed another light on this most feverish of minds. But however heavy the subject, The Mystified Magistrate is infused with a light touch; it is revealing but never offensive. Editorial Reviews: The Marquis de Sade, from whom we get the term "sadism", uses his pen to jab at people from his real life in these short, witty tales. The magistrate of the titular work, for example, is almost certainly based on the magistrate who passed a death sentence on Sade, executing an effigy in his place. The Marquis usual themes of hypocrisy, deviancy, absurdity, and humor are present and Ken Kilban is able, in his performance, to treat the stories' humor with seriousness and their seriousness with humor.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Beggar Author: Anton Chekhov Narrator: Kenneth Branagh Format: Unabridged Length: 11 mins Language: English Release date: 11-20-13 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 6 votes Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: This is a story from the In the Ravine and Other Stories collection. Anton Chekhov, one of the finest masters of what is acknowledged as a difficult genre. There is the richly comic "Oh! The Public" about a hassled ticket inspector, a wry look at morals and manners in "The Chorus Girl", and the melancholic tale of a cab driver in "Misery". The other short stories in this collection are: "The Trousseau", "A Story Without a Title", "Children", "Fat and Thin", "The Beggar", "Hush!", "The Orator", and "An Actor's End". Editorial Reviews: Skvortsov, a comfortably middle-class man, is approached by Lushkov, a beggar, who tells him a sad tale in order to gain his sympathy. Recognizing Lushkov as someone who has previously told him a different story, Skvortsov scolds the beggar for his lies and decides to put him on a more respectable path by hiring him to chop wood. Renowned actor Kenneth Branagh captures Skvortsov's simple self-righteousness, contrasting it with Lushkov's voice, which at first brims with pathos, then defensiveness and self-pity, and finally, a sober honesty that punctures Skvortsov's assumptions. Branagh's performance is paced deliberately - his use of pauses and hesitation lends immediacy to the story. Critic Reviews: "If you want an outstanding reading, in which the narrator's voice brilliantly conveys the speaker's class and the intricate relationships between characters during conversations, you can do no better than to listen to Kenneth Branagh. This great actor mesmerizes as he gasps, chuckles, stutters, and declaims. A must listen." (AudioFile)

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Chorus Girl Author: Anton Chekhov Narrator: Kenneth Branagh Format: Unabridged Length: 13 mins Language: English Release date: 11-20-13 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 4 votes Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: This is a story from the In the Ravine and Other Stories collection. Anton Chekhov, one of the finest masters of what is acknowledged as a difficult genre. There is the richly comic "Oh! The Public" about a hassled ticket inspector, a wry look at morals and manners in "The Chorus Girl", and the melancholic tale of a cab driver in "Misery". The other short stories in this collection are: "The Trousseau", "A Story Without a Title", "Children", "Fat and Thin", "The Beggar", "Hush!", "The Orator", and "An Actor's End". Editorial Reviews: Renowned actor Kenneth Branagh performs Anton Chekhov's short story "The Chorus Girl" with compassion and high emotion. Pasha, a stage performer, and one of her admirers, Kolpakov, are at her home when Kolpakov's wife visits without warning, weeping and asking Pasha to leave her husband alone for the sake of their family and demanding the return of his gifts to her. Branagh deftly handles the themes of the story, performing the women's impassioned outbursts with effective, well-chosen restraint to highlight the strong irony of the situation. Branagh's perceptive depiction of the characters' vulnerabilities will especially take hold of listeners' sympathies. Critic Reviews: "If you want an outstanding reading, in which the narrator's voice brilliantly conveys the speaker's class and the intricate relationships between characters during conversations, you can do no better than to listen to Kenneth Branagh. This great actor mesmerizes as he gasps, chuckles, stutters, and declaims. A must listen." (AudioFile)

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Trousseau Author: Anton Chekhov Narrator: Kenneth Branagh Format: Unabridged Length: 13 mins Language: English Release date: 11-20-13 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: This is a story from the In the Ravine and Other Stories collection. Anton Chekhov, one of the finest masters of what is acknowledged as a difficult genre. There is the richly comic "Oh! The Public" about a hassled ticket inspector, a wry look at morals and manners in "The Chorus Girl", and the melancholic tale of a cab driver in "Misery". The other short stories in this collection are: "The Trousseau", "A Story Without a Title", "Children", "Fat and Thin", "The Beggar", "Hush!", "The Orator", and "An Actor's End". Editorial Reviews: A man is sent to a beautiful cottage on business to deliver a message from the Colonel. There he meets the Colonel's wife and their daughter Manetchka, who are sewing a wedding outfit for the young girl, though she swears she will never marry. He visits twice more in the ensuing years; each time, a tragedy has occurred, yet the sewing persists. Anton Chekhov masterfully uses the accumulation of details to push the narrative forward, revealing a profound statement about loneliness and loss. Kenneth Branaugh gives a terrific performance full of nuance and care that slowly crafts a deep sorrow. Critic Reviews: "If you want an outstanding reading, in which the narrator's voice brilliantly conveys the speaker's class and the intricate relationships between characters during conversations, you can do no better than to listen to Kenneth Branagh. This great actor mesmerizes as he gasps, chuckles, stutters, and declaims. A must listen." (AudioFile)

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Misery Author: Anton Chekhov Narrator: Kenneth Branagh Format: Unabridged Length: 14 mins Language: English Release date: 11-20-13 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 12 votes Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: This is a story from the In the Ravine and Other Stories collection. Here are 11 short stories and one novella by Anton Chekhov, one of the finest masters of what is acknowledged as a difficult genre. There is the richly comic "Oh! The Public" about a hassled ticket inspector, a wry look at morals and manners in "The Chorus Girl", and the melancholic tale of a cab driver in "Misery". The other short stories in this collection are: "The Trousseau", "A Story Without a Title", "Children", "Fat and Thin", "The Beggar", "Hush!", "The Orator", and "An Actor's End". Editorial Reviews: Russian master Anton Chekhovs profound rumination on grief and loneliness is impeccably realized by renowned Shakespearean actor Kenneth Branagh, whose compassionate, layered performance captures the emotional fragility of elderly sledge driver Iona Potapov, still reeling from the death of his son, as well the stinging, cold indifference of the passengers he attempts to open up to as he guides them through the snow-blanketed streets of St. Petersburg in this powerful audiobook that will linger in the listeners mind long after its over. Critic Reviews: "If you want an outstanding reading, in which the narrator's voice brilliantly conveys the speaker's class and the intricate relationships between characters during conversations, you can do no better than to listen to Kenneth Branagh. This great actor mesmerizes as he gasps, chuckles, stutters, and declaims. A must listen." (AudioFile)

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Dead Author: James Joyce Narrator: Jim Norton Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 31 mins Language: English Release date: 11-26-13 Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 18 votes Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: This is a story from the Dubliners, Volume 2 collection. In the second half of Joyce's collection of stories about the citizens of Dublin at the turn of the century, the young author deals with themes of adulthood - of loss, parenthood, politics, religion, and - as in the earlier stories - of disappointment. Rich in humor and musical allusion, they contain (in "A Painful Case," for example, and "The Dead"), some of Joyce's most powerful and moving prose. Holding none of the difficulties of Joyce's most powerful and moving prose. Holding none of the difficulties of Joyce's later novels, such as Ulysses, Dubliners is, in its way, just as radical. These stories introduce us to the city which fed Joyce's entire creative output, and to many of the characters who made it such a well of literary inspiration. Editorial Reviews: In "The Dead", a story from James Joyce's Dubliners, Gabriel Conroy and his wife, Gretta, attend an annual dance and dinner hosted by the Morkan sisters. Confrontations throughout the night, including challenges to his Irish nationalism and the increasingly distant behavior of his wife, cause him annoyance and frustration. When Gretta, in a sentimental mood, tells about a former love, Gabriel begins to question the truth about his life. Jim Norton delivers this complex narrative with an impressive authority, exerting command over the nuances of Joyce's language, and his judicious use of Irish accents makes the characters spring to life.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Independent People Author: Halldór Laxness Narrator: Michael Page Format: Unabridged Length: 20 hrs and 55 mins Language: English Release date: 04-18-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 74 votes Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: This magnificent novel - which secured for its author the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature - is now available to contemporary American audiences. Although it is set in the early 20th century, it recalls both Iceland's medieval epics and such classics as Sigrid Undset's Kristin Lavransdatter. And if Bjartur of Summerhouses, the book's protagonist, is an ordinary sheep farmer, his flinty determination to achieve independence is genuinely heroic and, at the same time, terrifying and bleakly comic. Having spent 18 years in humiliating servitude, Bjartur wants nothing more than to raise his flocks unbeholden to any man. But Bjartur's spirited daughter wants to live unbeholden to him. What ensues is a battle of wills that is by turns harsh and touching, elemental in its emotional intensity, and intimate in its homely detail. Vast in scope and deeply rewarding, Independent People is a masterpiece. Critic Reviews: "A huge, skaldic treat filled with satire, humor, pathos, cold weather and sheep." ( Publishers Weekly)

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: An Old Fashioned Christmas Eve Author: Peter Christen Asbjörnsen Narrator: Cathy Dobson Format: Unabridged Length: 27 mins Language: English Release date: 12-01-17 Publisher: Red Door Audiobooks Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: Peter Christen Asbjrnsen (1812-1885) was a Norwegian writer, scholar and collector of traditional folktales. 'An Old Fashioned Christmas Eve' describes a young Norwegian soldier recovering from an illness who finds himself stranded on Christmas Eve with a family who sit around the fire telling a series of quite extraordinary folktales and ghost stories.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: - [Boule de Suif: Short Stories of Maupassant] Author: Guy De Maupassant Narrator: 1972 - 1972 - Zhangcheng1972 Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins Language: English Release date: 11-07-17 Publisher: BOVCM Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: Please note: This audiobook is in Mandarin. : / : /

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Judge's House and Other Stories Author: Bram Stoker Narrator: Roy Macready Format: Unabridged Length: 2 hrs Language: English Release date: 10-13-17 Publisher: Spiders' House Audio Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: The creator of Dracula, Bram Stoker, wrote many other novels and works of short fiction. Here are four of his short stories which have some of the same weird, unsettling, and entertaining qualities as his gothic masterpiece. They are "The Judge's House", "The Secret of the Growing Gold", "The Squaw", and "A Dream of Red Hands."

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Dracula Author: Bram Stoker Narrator: Kara Shallenberg Format: Unabridged Length: 15 hrs and 51 mins Language: English Release date: 06-07-17 Publisher: Paperless Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: Dracula is an 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. It introduced the famous character Count Dracula and established many conventions of subsequent vampire fantasy. The novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to move from Transylvania to England so that he may find new blood and spread the undead curse, and of the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and women led by Professor Abraham Van Helsing. Dracula has been assigned to many literary genres including vampire literature, horror fiction, the Gothic novel, and invasion literature. The novel has spawned numerous theatrical, film, and television interpretations.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Hvite netter [White Nights] Author: Fjodor M. Dostojevskij Narrator: Anderz Eide Format: Unabridged Length: 2 hrs and 20 mins Language: English Release date: 05-10-17 Publisher: Viatone Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: Fortellingen foregr over fire netter i Sankt Petersburg, som med sin nordlige plassering er kjennetegnet av lyse sommernetter - de hvite nettene i juni og juli hvor lyset aldri forsvinner. I disse nettene streifer fortellingens hovedperson rundt i byens gater. Han har verken venner eller familie, og den eneste kontakten han har med omverdenen er betrakte livet som utspiller seg rundt ham p de ensomme spaserturene sine. I stedet for leve livet betrakter han det, og drmmer seg bort fra virkeligheten i forestillingene sine om andre menneskers skjebner og drmmer. Men en natt mter drmmeren plutselig drmmekvinnen i det virkelige liv, og fr p denne mten muligheten til bryte den isolerte drmmetilvrelsen sin. Hvite netter ble skrevet i 1848, i Dostojevskijs ungdomsr, umiddelbart fr han ble dmt til tte rs forvisning til Sibir for revolusjonre aktiviteter. Med den yndig lyriske og eteriske tonen er romanen enestende i forfatterskapet. Det er en dyptgende analyse av den romantiske drmmeren og en av de vakreste kjrlighetshistorier i verdenslitteraturen. Please note: This audiobook is in Norwegian.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Sjakknovelle [The Royal Game] Author: Stefan Zweig Narrator: Erik Hivju Format: Unabridged Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins Language: English Release date: 05-10-17 Publisher: Viatone Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: Ombord p et dampskip med kurs fra New York til Buenos Aires, mter en liten gruppe sjakkentusiaster den russiske verdensmesteren i sjakk, Mirko Czentovic, som er p vei til en turnering. Czentovic er kald og arrogant, men de lykkes i f ham overtalt til et parti sjakk, som russeren selvflgelig vinner overlegent. I lpet av det neste partiet kommer en av de andre passasjerene tilfeldigvis forbi. Det er den mystiske Dr. B, som straks tiltrekkes av spillet og begynner gi amatrene rd, slik at partiet, som i utgangspunktet ser hplst ut, ender uavgjort. Han oppfordres til spille alene mot Czentovic, og til alles forundring lykkes han i beseire mesteren. Deretter forteller Dr. B sin usedvanlige historie til novellens jeg-forteller, og avslrer hvordan han har ftt den enestende forstelsen for spillet, og til hvilken pris. Sjakknovelle er Stefan Zweigs siste storverk. Han skrev novellen ferdig mens han satt i eksil i Brasil, og sendte den til sin amerikanske forlegger f dager fr han begikk selvmord sammen med sin kone i 1942. Novellen kan leses som en allegori over konfrontasjonen mellom humanisme og nazisme. Please note: This audiobook is in Norwegian.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Complete Original Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant, Volume I Author: Guy de Maupassant Narrator: Cate Barratt Format: Unabridged Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins Language: English Release date: 01-23-17 Publisher: Spoken Realms Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: Guy de Maupassant is widely regarded as the father of the modern short story. As his 13 volumes of short stories attest, he was a prolific writer of this form. He had a simple, efficient style of writing and, like Anton Chekhov, found inspiration for his stories in the day-to-day lives of characters, in which their hidden natures are often revealed. Many of his works also centerd on the Franco-Prussian War, in which he served.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Metamorphosis Author: Franz Kafka Narrator: David Barnes Format: Unabridged Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins Language: English Release date: 09-07-16 Publisher: Paperless Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: The Metamorphosis (German: Die Verwandlung, also sometimes translated as The Transformation) is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. It has been cited as one of the seminal works of fiction of the 20th century and is studied in colleges and universities across the western world. The story begins with a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking to find himself transformed (metamorphosed) into a large, monstrous insect-like creature. The cause of Samsa's transformation is never revealed, and Kafka never did give an explanation. The rest of Kafka's novella deals with Gregor's attempts to adjust to his new condition as he deals with being burdensome to his parents and sister, who are repulsed by the horrible, verminous creature Gregor has become.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: A Simple Soul Author: Gustave Flaubert Narrator: Anne Hancock Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 17 mins Language: English Release date: 06-23-16 Publisher: Spoken Realms Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: "A Simple Soul" is the perfect Gustave Flaubert short story: a tale told in spare, straightforward language full of richly observed details. The "soul" is Felicite, the exemplary servant of the austere Madame Aubin. Orphaned and illiterate, Felicite devotes her life to her mistress and Madame's two children. Her kindheartedness extends to her nephew and a local beggar, but it is seldom reciprocated. Over the years, Felicite suffers many losses but is greatly comforted by the gift of a parrot, Loulou, who becomes her dearest companion. Deeply religious and burdened by the maladies of old age, she eventually confuses the long-dead Loulou with her muddled conception of the Holy Ghost. This finely wrought character study of the life of a selfless innocent is a deserved classic.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: South Sea Tales Author: Robert Louis Stevenson Narrator: Robert Ian Mackenzie Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins Language: English Release date: 03-28-16 Publisher: Recorded Books Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: The literary world was shocked when, in 1890, at the height of his career, Robert Louis Stevenson announced his intention to settle permanently in Samoa. His readers were equally shocked when he began to use the subject material offered by his new environment not to promote a romance of empire but to produce some of the most ironic and critical treatments of imperialism in 19th-century fiction. In stories such as "The Beach of Falesa", "The Bottle Imp", and "The Isle of Voices", Stevenson shows himself to be virtuoso of narrative styles. This is the first collection to bring together all his shorter Pacific fiction in one volume, and in it Stevenson emerges as a witness to the cross-cultural encounters of 19th-century imperialism and to the creation of the global culture that characterizes the postcolonial world.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Canterville Ghost and Other Stories Author: Oscar Wilde Narrator: Roy Macready Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 41 mins Language: English Release date: 02-23-16 Publisher: Spiders' House Audio Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: Oscar Wilde's classic comic ghost story was the first of his short stories to be published, in February 1887. It relates the experiences of Mr. Hiram B. Otis, an American minister and his family, when they move into Canterville Chase, an ancient pile haunted by the previous owner's dead ancestor, Sir Simon. Of course, Mr. Otis declares, "There is no such thing, sir, as a ghost", and all of Sir Simon's hauntings have no effect on the skeptical American family, with the exception of the daughter, Virginia, despite his most strenuous efforts. A beautifully told tale full of humor, but also of apposite social commentary. The two other stories in this volume are "The Sphinx Without a Secret" (May 1887) and "The Model Millionaire" (June 1887) and an essay, "The American Invasion" (March 1887).

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Hunger Artist Author: Franz Kafka Narrator: Paul Brion Format: Unabridged Length: 25 mins Language: English Release date: 02-11-16 Publisher: Spoken Realms Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 10 votes Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: Franz Kafka's haunting short story about a man both on display and marginalized by a fickle society.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: At Christmas Time Author: Anton Chekhov Narrator: Max Bollinger Format: Unabridged Length: 12 mins Language: English Release date: 01-11-16 Publisher: Interactive Media Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: Vasilisa had not seen her daughter for four years. Her daughter, Yefimya, had gone after her wedding to Petersburg, had sent them two letters, and since then had seemed to vanish out of their lives; there had been no sight nor sound of her. And whether the old woman was milking her cow at dawn or heating her stove or dozing at night, she was always thinking of one and the same thing - what was happening to Yefimya, whether she was alive.... Read in English, unabridged.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Lady with the Dog Author: Anton Chekhov Narrator: Max Bollinger Format: Unabridged Length: 49 mins Language: English Release date: 01-08-16 Publisher: Interactive Media Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 13 votes Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: Unhappy in his marriage, a Moscow bank worker, Dmitri Gurov, is vacationing in Yalta, Crimea, where he sees a young lady walking along the seafront with her small dog. They are soon engaged in an affair and spend most of their time together walking and taking drives to Oreanda. Returning to Moscow and his daily routine, working by day and clubbing by night, Gurov expects to soon forget young Anna but finds he is haunted by her memory. Read in English, unabridged. Music by Frederic Chopin from Anton Kingsbury's album Classical Chillout: Chopin.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Change Author: Chris Selna Narrator: Ron Herczig Format: Unabridged Length: 2 hrs and 19 mins Language: English Release date: 09-08-15 Publisher: Chris Selna Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 15 votes Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: Robert Cavanaugh, a traveling salesman, wakes up in his bed to find himself transformed into a large insect. He looks around his room, which appears normal, and decides to go back to sleep to forget about what has happened. He attempts to roll over, only to discover that he cannot due to his new body - he is stuck on his hard, convex back. He tries to scratch an itch on his stomach, but when he touches himself with one of his many new legs, he is disgusted. What will happen when his parents and young sister discover his transformation? Critic Reviews: "I've never heard so much emotion in an audiobook. His Boston accent hooked me. The story was heartbreaking but his voice was a pure joy." (the audiobook worm) "hilariouslisteners will feel shock and even sadness." (AudioFile)

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman Burglar [Classic Tales Edition] Author: Maurice Leblanc Narrator: B.J. Harrison Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins Language: English Release date: 08-25-15 Publisher: B.J. Harrison Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 52 votes Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: Fine-art aficionado. Master of disguise. Jewelry expert. Historian. Gentleman. Burglar. Arsene Lupin is all of these and more. In 1905, Maurice Leblanc introduced his gentleman burglar in the story "L'Arrestation d'Arsène Lupin". Shortly thereafter, the stories were collected as one single volume. In these charming adventures, Lupin orchestrates a myriad of extravagant heists in the very face of the determined Inspector Ganimard. With his sparkling wit, his sharp eye for detail, and his incredible gift of anticipation, Lupin carries off the most amazing thefts and never leaves a clue behind. And yet he is ever the embodiment of gentlemanly manners and old-school chivalry. Take these first adventures for a whirl, and witness how he measures up when he goes toe to toe with the redoubtable Sherlock Holmes himself!

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Heart of a Dog [Russian Edition] Author: Mikhail Bulgakov Narrator: Boris Plotnikov Format: Unabridged Length: 4 hrs and 7 mins Language: English Release date: 08-24-15 Publisher: Interactive Media Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 16 votes Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: One of Mikhail Bulgakov's most beloved stories for its dark humour and biting stature, featuring a stray dog named Sharik who takes human form as a slovenly and narcissistic incarnation of the New Soviet Man. The novel has become a cultural phenomenon in Russia, known and discussed by people of all ages and generations. Read in Russian by Boris Plotnikov.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Portrait [Russian Edition] Author: Nikolai Gogol Narrator: Vasiliy Bochkarev Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 59 mins Language: English Release date: 08-24-15 Publisher: Interactive Media Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: A young and penniless artist stumbles upon a terrifyingly lifelike portrait in an art shop and is compelled to buy it. The painting is magical and offers him a dilemma - to struggle to make his own way in the world on the basis of his own talents or to accept the assistance of the magic painting to guaranteed riches and fame. Read in Russian, unabridged.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Overcoat Subtitle: A Russian Ghost Story, with Original Foreword by Kate Shrewsday Author: Nikolai Gogol Narrator: Kate Shrewsday Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 8 mins Language: English Release date: 06-17-15 Publisher: Kate Pitt Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 27 votes Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: Nicolai Gogol's classic ghost story set in the streets of St. Petersburg in the 19th century.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Germinal Author: Émile Zola Narrator: Leighton Pugh Format: Unabridged Length: 19 hrs and 55 mins Language: English Release date: 05-22-15 Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 66 votes Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: Germinal is one of the most striking novels in the French tradition. Widely regarded as Zola's masterpiece, the novel describes the working conditions of French coalminers in the 1860s in harsh and realistic terms. It is visceral, graphic, and unrelenting. Its strong socialist principles and vivid accounts of the miners' strikes meant that the novel became a key symbol in the workers' fight against oppression, with chants of "Germinal! Germinal!" resonating high above the author's funeral.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Great Russian Short Story Collection Subtitle: 25 Classic Tales by the Great Russian Authors Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Anton Chekhov, Fedor Sologub, Alexander Pushkin, Maxim Gorky, Nikolai Gogol Narrator: Cathy Dobson Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins Language: English Release date: 05-18-15 Publisher: Red Door Audiobooks Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 7 votes Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: The ultimate collection of great short stories by the best Russian classic authors.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Trial Author: Franz Kafka Narrator: Mike Vendetti Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs Language: English Release date: 04-16-15 Publisher: Spoken Realms Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 2 votes Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: The Trial by Franz Kafka, narrated by award-winning narrator Mike Vendetti, begins like a nightmare - only K is awake, and he is being arrested and indicted on charges he never learns. He is caught up in a legal system that will destroy his life. This is a text that often is used in English classes because it is so deep. Kafka attacks the norms of society, religion, and the legal system. This line is from the next to last chapter: "'No,' said the priest, 'you don't need to accept everything as true, you only have to accept it as necessary.' 'Depressing view,' said K. 'The lie made into the rule of the world could well be taken to mean religion and its effect upon the world.'"

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Empty Drum Author: Leo Tolstoy Narrator: Cathy Dobson Format: Unabridged Length: 18 mins Language: English Release date: 04-06-15 Publisher: Red Door Audiobooks Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) began writing when he was stationed in the Caucasus in the Russian army. After fighting in the Crimean war, he settled in St. Petersburg, where he wrote a number of stories which reveal an increasing disillusionment with society and the military. "The Empty Drum" is an antiwar story adapted from a Russian folk tale.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Dom Quixote [Portuguese Edition] Author: Miguel de Cervantes Narrator: Antonio Carlos Prado Mói, Alecs Lima, Cristiana Galvo, Di Ramon, Marcio Brodt, Paulo Arcuri Format: Unabridged Length: 2 hrs and 17 mins Language: English Release date: 03-13-15 Publisher: Livro Falante Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 24 votes Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: As aventuras do nobre cavaleiro Dom Quixote e seu fiel escudeiro Sancho Pança so contadas de forma muito divertida neste audiolivro. Com trilha sonora executada pelo violonista Thiago Abdalla, oito atores interpretam as vozes dos mais de trinta personagens e do narrador da história. Vozes: Antonio Carlos Prado Mói (narrador); Alecs Lima (Dom Quixote); Angela Couto (ama, personagem aleatório, Amazona); Cristiana Galvo (primeira donzela, sobrinha Dolores, criada do albergue e mulher de Sancho Pança); Di Ramon (Sanso Carrasco e leitura de bilhete e placa); Marcio Brodt (Sancho Pança, estalajeiro, jovem pastor, camponês, monge, Alonso Lopez, guardas, barbeiro, médico, homens do reino de Sancho Pança, padre, prisioneiros e personagens indefinidos); Paulo Arcuri (fazendeiro, cavaleiros com capuz branco, Gil de Passamonte, Falso Diabo, duque, bandoleiro, cavaleiro da lua branca, prisioneiros e personagens indefinidos); Ricardo Paim (mercardor).Gravado a partir de texto adaptado por Leonardo Chianca. Co-produço da Livro Falante com a Editora DCL. Please note: This audiobook is in Portuguese.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Contos de Anton P. Tchekhov [Anton P. Chekhov Tales] Author: Anton P. Tchekhov Narrator: uncredited Format: Unabridged Length: 2 hrs and 19 mins Language: English Release date: 03-04-15 Publisher: Livro Falante Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 3 votes Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: Anton Tchekhov (1860 - 1904) é leitura obrigatória no só para quem está ligado ao teatro ou à literatura mas para quem se interessa em observar o ser humano. Às vezes, muito divertido, às vezes, dramático, Tchekhov tece sua prosa com todos os fios da alma humana. Nela cabem toda a grandeza e toda a mesquinhez inerentes ao ser humano. Cabem as contradiçes, as mudanças de opinio, as traiçes, a solido cortante, o desejo de vingança, a graça das brincadeiras. Tudo isso pontuado por diferentes olhares. Tchekhov fala pelo ponto de vista de um soldado, de uma mulher e até mesmo de um bebê, como faz magistralmente no conto Gricha. Neste audiolivro, o ator Clóvia Tôrres empenhou-se para garantir a correta pronúncia dos termos em russo. Fez um trabalho detalhista e corajoso de registrar em áudio um dos maiores nomes da literatura mundial. A traduço ficou por conta de ninguém menos que Tatiana Belinky, uma das mais consagradas tradutoras de Tchekhov para o português. Nascida em So Petersburgo, em 1919, Tatiana veio com 10 anos para o Brasil e se fixou em So Paulo. Com seu trabalho de escritora e tradutora, tem hoje mais de 130 livros publicados e é ganhadora de diversos prêmios importantes na área literária. Please note: This audiobook is in Portuguese.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Ghost of the Engineers' Castle Author: Nikolai Leskov, Ivan Turgenev Narrator: Max Bollinger Format: Unabridged Length: 54 mins Language: English Release date: 02-09-15 Publisher: Interactive Media Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 2 votes Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: Enter the world of mystery with this timeless audiobook adaptation of Leskov's classic ghost story uncovering mysteries of a haunted castle with a reputation going back several centuries. Featuring ghost action and audio effects, it includes a story that takes you through events unfolding in St. Petersburg in 1859 or 1860. This release also includes another story of mysterious disappearance. A nineteenth-century nobleman goes missing in Turgenev's "Hunting Sketches".

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Helpmate and Other Stories Author: Anton Chekhov, Ivan Turgenev, Pyotr Tchaikovskiy Narrator: Max Bollinger Format: Unabridged Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins Language: English Release date: 02-06-15 Publisher: Interactive Media Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: A collection of stories prized for their craftsmanship and comic irony from Russias greatest novelists and dramatists. The audiobook features Ivan Turgenev's "Mumu" and 11 Anton Chekhov stories: "A Tragic Actor", "In a Strange Land", "Oh the Public", "The Looking Glass", "Her Husband", "Overdoing It", "Talent", "Anyuta", "The Helpmate", "Ivan Matveyich", and "Polinka". Critic Reviews: "The poignant, everyday dramas of Imperial Russia are here." (Rachel Redford) "This collection has that wonderful mix of humour and poignancy." (Maki Vounoridi) "Each of the stories is a picture for me. I liken each of them to a Monet painting." (Frayda Glass)

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The District Doctor and Other Stories Author: Ivan Turgenev Narrator: Max Bollinger Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 9 mins Language: English Release date: 02-02-15 Publisher: Interactive Media Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: An intriguing confession of a doctors romantic involvement with a beautiful, 20-year-old patient. Followed by Turgenevs exquisite, often meditative descriptions of the Russian countryside and mysterious herbalist Kassyan, infatuated with Gamayane, a prophetic bird of Russian folklore, a symbol of wisdom and knowledge. Read in English. Critic Reviews: "Somewhat different or at least more dramatic than the other stories contained in Turgenev's short story collection, the characters are so well defined and the situations as the physician describes them are so touching that the story seeps into the mind and remains there." (Grady Harp)

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Talent and Other Stories Author: Anton Chekhov, Pyotr Tchaikovskiy Narrator: Max Bollinger Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 5 mins Language: English Release date: 02-02-15 Publisher: Interactive Media Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: The poignant, everyday dramas of imperial Russia with subtle sound effects, including music by Pyotr Tchaikovskiy, and the Russian-sounding narrator adds credibility and authenticity to the listening. Featuring: Talent, Anyuta, The Helpmate, Ivan Matveyitch, and Polinka. Read in English by Max Bollinger (unabridged) and accompanied by Tchaikovskiy piano music. Critic Reviews: "This is an audiobook, and the narrator has a light Russian accent that lends credibility to the stories. Each of the stories--there are five on this second disc of 'Short Stories by Anton Chekhov'--is a picture for me. In fact, I liken each of them to a Monet painting in which you can see the individual strokes of the brush if you stand too close, but stepping back you see the whole picture at once and not the bits that created the whole. Masterpieces!" (Frayda Glass) "This was an enjoyable experience for me. It's not often that I listen to audiobooks. The reader's lightly accented voice wasn't too fast, too slow, or too annoying (which can happen with audiobooks and ruins them.) The little vignettes themselves were great. My favorite was the one about the 'little foot.' Hilarious." (Renee) "Anton Chekhov was one of the early masters of the short story as well as a great playwright. As is typical of Chekhovs stories, the five tracks here are carefully constructed slices of life, rich in portrait and moral ambiguity rather than dramatic experiences." (D.M.H. AudioFile Magazine, Portland)

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Man in the Iron Mask Author: Alexandre Dumas Narrator: Bill Homewood Format: Unabridged Length: 20 hrs and 45 mins Language: English Release date: 10-02-14 Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 30 votes Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: The Man in the Iron Mask continues the adventures of the dauntless heroes of The Three Musketeers - Aramis, Athos, Porthos and d'Artagnan. In old age their swashbuckling ought to have been replaced by a more gentle way of life, but the veteran warriors find themselves at the center of a plot in which both hearts and heads are broken, and the very throne of France is at stake.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Under the Sunset Author: Bram Stoker Narrator: Walter Dixon, Rose Itzcovtiz, James Langton, Karen White Format: Unabridged Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins Language: English Release date: 08-04-14 Publisher: Harmonic Wave Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: "Under the Sunset" was Bram Stoker's first short story collection written in 1881. These short stories were intended for children and includes the following stories: "Under The Sunset", "The Rose Prince", "The Invisible Giant", and much more.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Nevskiy Prospekt. Peterburgskie Povesti Author: Nikolai Gogol Narrator: Vladimir Samoylov Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins Language: English Release date: 07-31-14 Publisher: Dmytro Strelbytskyy Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 5 votes Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: Peterburgskie povesti eto Peterburg melkih chinovnikov, meschan, voennyih i remeslennikov. So znaniem dela i bolshoy doley yumora opisyivaet on mir meschanskih interesov, vzyatochnichestva i byurokraticheskogo bolota i peterburgskie okrainyi, "gde vse tishina i otstavka". I seychas, v XXI veke, nam po-prezhnemu smeshno i grustno chitat ego proizvedeniya, mozhet byit, potomu chto oni nam chto-to slishkom ostro napominayut?..V nastoyaschem izdanii predstavlenyi povesti:1. Nevskiy prospekt2. Nos 3. Portret 4. Shinel 5. Kolyaska 6. Zapiski sumasshedshego. Please note: This audiobook is in Russian. Critic Reviews: Peterburgskie povesti eto Peterburg melkih chinovnikov, meschan, voennyih i remeslennikov. So znaniem dela i bolshoy doley yumora opisyivaet on mir meschanskih interesov, vzyatochnichestva i byurokraticheskogo bolota i peterburgskie okrainyi, "gde vse tishina i otstavka". I seychas, v XXI veke, nam po-prezhnemu smeshno i grustno chitat ego proizvedeniya, mozhet byit, potomu chto oni nam chto-to slishkom ostro napominayut?..

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Diary of a Madman and Other Stories Subtitle: Signet Classics Author: Nikolai Gogol Narrator: Michael A. Smith Format: Unabridged Length: 4 hrs and 17 mins Language: English Release date: 05-02-14 Publisher: Michael A. Smith Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 20 votes Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: Some call him a Russian Mark Twain. And with his special blend of comedy, social commentary, and fantasy, Nikolai Gogol paved the way for his countrymen Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky. This sampling of Gogol's works includes the increasingly fantastic entries of The Diary of a Madman followed by the wonderfully surrealistic The Nose in which the title character embarks on some unlikely activities when separated from its owner's face. Rounding out the collection are the woefully comic tale of a clerk's acquisition of The Overcoat and Ivan Fyodorovich and his Aunt, in which the title character retires to his country estate, managed by a wily Aunt.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Dark Angel Author: Mika Waltari Narrator: Charlton Griffin Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins Language: English Release date: 04-29-14 Publisher: Audio Connoisseur Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 21 votes Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: Ancient Constantinople, the glorious capital of the Eastern Roman Empire for over 1,000 years, and the jewel of Christendom, is the setting for this incredible historical novel. No other city in the world could compare with it in grandeur, splendor, and wealth. And when it fell to the Turks in 1453, it must have seemed like the end of the world to Christians. Famed author Mika Waltari takes us into the last months of this dying city as revealed in the diary of John Angelos, a strange man hopelessly in love with the daughter of an eminent Byzantine official. In this powerful novel which closely follows actual historical events and personalities, Waltari explores the passions and follies of a civilization on the brink of disaster. With shrewd psychological insight, Waltari provides us with an unbelievable tapestry of false hopes, dogged determination, and fanatic religious faith as seen through the eyes of the 15th century Greeks and Italians who valiantly defended the city to the bitter end. With chaos and despair deepening into a pall of gloom, the sultan's huge army surrounds Constantinople and assaults its massive walls. We peer over the shoulder of John Angelos as he dons his armor and plunges into the tumultuous events taking place amid smoldering suspicions of betrayal and assassination. But as always, the beautiful Anna Notaras lingers in his imaginationListeners will gain even greater enjoyment by perusing the Wikipedia article "Fall of Constantinople", as well as availing themselves of the accompanying maps.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Queen of Spades Author: Alexander Pushkin Narrator: Cathy Dobson Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 5 mins Language: English Release date: 03-03-14 Publisher: Red Door Audiobooks Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 8 votes Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: Alexander Pushkin's greatest short story. Hermann, a young German officer serving in the Engineers regiment, is obsessed by gambling, although he never indulges in it himself. One night he hears a tale about how a wealthy 87-year-old Countess in St. Petersburg once learned the secret of how to win on three cards from the Duc d'Orleans. He becomes obsessed with learning the secret himself. In pursuit of this aim, he becomes enamoured of the Countess' companion, the beautiful Lizaveta. A nocturnal visit to his paramour, however, turns to tragedy as he finds himself in the chamber of the Countess and tries first by persuasion and then by force to get her to reveal the secret of the cards. The denouement of the story is uncanny and captivating.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ Título: El Retrato de Dorian Gray [The Picture of Dorian Gray] Autor: Oscar Wilde Narrador: Rolando Aguero, Aldo Lumbía, Tomás Moro, Franco Patiño, Miguel Durán, Maricel Moya, Elba Arce Formato: Abridged Duración: 1 hr and 59 mins Idioma: Español Fecha de publicación: 02-17-14 Editor: Audiolibros Colección Calificaciones: 4.5 de 5 de 6 votos Categorías: Classics, European Literature Resumen del editor: La novela relata la historia de Dorian Gray, mezclando realidad y fantasía. Un joven atractivo y exitoso desarrolla la obsesión por mantenerse siempre joven, después de que el pintor Basil Hallward, su amigo, lo relata soberbiamente en un lienzo. Todas las huellas de sus depravados actos y los estragos del paso de tiempo se traspasan a la pintura, permaneciendo él inmutable, lanzándose así en una espiral de odio y vicio. Oscar Wilde supo relatar a la perfección, con gran ojo critico, tanto la sociedad de su época (plena época victoriana a finales del siglo XIX), como el tema de la vanidad, la locura y la enajenación. Su perfección como retratista y sus descripciones cautivan al oyente de modo sin igual. Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: 96 jumoristicheskih rasskazov [96 Humorous Stories] Author: Daniil Kharms Narrator: Kirill Strelnikov Format: Unabridged Length: 3 hrs and 27 mins Language: English Release date: 01-07-14 Publisher: Cdcom Publishing Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 2 votes Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: "Menja interesuet tol'ko "chush'", tol'ko to, chto ne imeet nikakogo prakticheskogo smysla. Menja interesuet tol'ko zhizn' v svoem nelepom projavlenii. Gerojstvo, pafos, udal', moral', gigienichnost', nravstvennost', umilenie i azart - nenavistnye dlja menja slova. No ja vpolne ponimaju i uvazhaju: vostorg i voshishhenie, vdohnovenie i otchajanie, strast' i sderzhannost', rasputstvo i celomudrie, pechal' i gore, radost' i smeh". Takoj strannyj koktejl' jesteticheskih cennostej pri nezaurjadnom pojeticheskom darovanii dolzhen byl dat' ves'ma interesnye rezul'taty - i dal ih.Evgenij EvtushenkoSoderzhanie:Veshh' "Odnomu francuzu" Kar'era Ivana Jakovlevicha Antonova "Nekij inzhener zadalsja cel'ju" Vsestoronnee issledovanie "Dva cheloveka razgovorilis'" Novaja Anatomija O javlenijah i sushhestvovanijah ? 1 O javlenijah i sushhestvovanijah ? 2 "Na naberezhnoj nashej reki" "Kogda zhena uezzhaet" "Bobrov shel po doroge i dumal" "Dorogoj Nikandr Andreevich" "Odin monah voshel v sklep" "Maljar sel v ljul'ku" Jekspromt Skasska Istorija Prazdnik "Zhil-byl chelovek" Lichnye perezhivanija odnogo muzykanta Smert' starichka "V odnom bol'shom gorode" Vospominanija odnogo mudrogo starika "Odnazhdy Anton Bobrov" Sud'ba zheny professora O tom, kak rassypalsja odin chelovek Kassirsha Otec i doch' Proisshestvie na ulice "Odnazhdy Petja Gvozdikov" Novye al'pinisty O Pushkine U Kolkova zabolela ruka Grjaznaja lichnost' Shapka Pozdravitel'noe shestvie Novyj talantlivyj pisatel' Lekcija "Kak legko cheloveku" Vlast' Chetveronogaja vorona Upadanie "U nego byl takoj nos" Pomeha "Vse ljudi ljubjat den'gi" Prikljuchenija katerpillera "Na krovati metalsja" "V tramvae sideli" "Da, - skazal Kozlov" Simfonija ? 2 Reabilitacija Hudozhnik i chasy "Gospodin nevysokogo rosta" Rycari Amerikanskij rasskaz "Andrej Ivanovich pljunul" "Kak izvestno, u Bezimenskogo" "Ol'ga Forsh podoshla" "U duraka iz vorotnika" "No hudozhnik usadil naturshhicu" "Kulakov uselsja v glubokoe" Rycar' "U odnoj malen'koj devochki" "Makarov! Podozhdi!.." "Rovno 56 let tomu nazad" "Ja ne sovetuju est'" Golubaja tetrad' ? 10 Sluchai Vyvalivajushhiesja staruhi Sonet Petrov i Kamarov Opticheskij obman Pushkin i Gogol' Stoljar Kushakov Sunduk Sluchaj s Petrakovym Istorija derushhihsja Son Matematik i Andrej Semenovich Molodoj chelovek udivivshij storozha Chetyre illjustracii togo, kak novaja ideja ogorashivaet cheloveka, k nej ne podgotovlennogo Poteri Makarov i Peterson Sud Lincha Vstrecha Neudachnyj spektakl' Tjuk! Chto teper' prodajut v magazinah Mashkin davil Koshkina Son draznit cheloveka Ohotniki Istoricheskij jepizod Fedja Davidovich Nachalo ochen' horoshego letnego dnja Pakin i Rakukin Please note: This audiobook is in Russian.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Staruha Author: Daniil Harms Narrator: Kirill Strelnikov Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 21 mins Language: English Release date: 01-07-14 Publisher: Cdcom Publishing Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: Povest' "Staruha" Daniila Harmsa javljaetsja odnoj iz samyh zagadochnyh iz prozy avtora. Jeto proizvedenie napisano na zakate tvorcheskoj kar'ery Harmsa. Podobnaja literatura ne ostavljaet ravnodushnym, vyzyvaet negodovanie i vostorg, vybivaja slushatelja iz obydennoj real'nosti. Povest' pronizana istinno Harmsovym sarkazmom i absurdom.Soderzhanie:StaruhaAvtobiografija Please note: This audiobook is in Russian.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: James Joyce's Dubliners Author: James Joyce Narrator: Charles Keating Format: Abridged Length: 54 mins Language: English Release date: 12-19-13 Publisher: Dover Publications Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 7 votes Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: TV actor Charles Keating provides superb narratives of "Araby", "Eveline", and "Counterparts" from Joyce's brilliant collection of stories, rich with memorable characters and displaying his genius for the subtleties and nuances of language.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: After the Race Author: James Joyce Narrator: Jim Norton Format: Unabridged Length: 13 mins Language: English Release date: 11-25-13 Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: This is a story from the Dubliners, Volume 1 collection. James Joyce's Dubliners is a collection of short stories about the lives of the people of Dublin around the turn of the century. Each story describes a small but significant moment of crisis or revelation in the life of a particular Dubliner, sympathetically but always with stark honesty. Many of the characters are desperate to escape the confines of their humdrum lives, though those that have the opportunity to do so seem unable to take it. This work holds none of the difficulties of Joyce's later novels, such as Ulysses, yet in its way it is just as radical. These stories introduce us to the city which fed Joyce's entire creative output, and to many of the characters who made it such a well of literary inspiration. Editorial Reviews: Before delving the into modernist, avant-garde style emblematic of much of his later works, James Joyce displayed his ability to operate within a more traditional, realist mode with his unparalleled short story collection Dubliners, which features "After the Race", a subtly poignant portrayal of Jimmy Doyles attempt to transcend his status in Irish society. Jim Nortons engaging voice and stirring performance does justice to Joyces lean, masterful prose, and adds emotional resonance to Doyles final epiphany.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/47/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Clay Author: James Joyce Narrator: Jim Norton Format: Unabridged Length: 13 mins Language: English Release date: 11-25-13 Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes Genres: Classics, European Literature Publisher's Summary: This is a story from the Dubliners, Volume 1 collection. James Joyce's Dubliners is a collection of short stories about the lives of the people of Dublin around the turn of the century. Each story describes a small but significant moment of crisis or revelation in the life of a particular Dubliner, sympathetically but always with stark honesty. Many of the characters are desperate to escape the confines of their humdrum lives, though those that have the opportunity to do so seem unable to take it. This work holds none of the difficulties of Joyce's later novels, such as Ulysses, yet in its way it is just as radical. These stories introduce us to the city which fed Joyce's entire creative output, and to many of the characters who made it such a well of literary inspiration. Editorial Reviews: This selection from James Joyces seminal 1914 short story collection, Dubliners, focuses on Maria, an elderly spinster at The Dublin by Lamplight laundry, a Protestant-run mission for wayward women and alcoholics, and her experience at a holiday party at the home of Joe and Alphy, two men she helped raise years ago. Jim Norton underscores the poignancy of this heart-wrenching story with his fearless portrayal of Marias vulnerable, high-pitched voice, and his rendition of Marias song, Michael Balfes "The Bohemian Girl", is infused with an undeniable humanism that packs an emotional wallop.