Bingley, but her sister Elizabeth is most offended by his haughty friend, Mr. This is Austen at the height of her powers: the ironic narration, hilariously drawn Thumb images for LibriVox Projects Topic: images. Librivox recording of Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare. Read by Becky Crackel. Romeo and Juliet is perhaps the most famous of Shakespeare's plays and is thought to be the most famous love story in Western history. It concerns the fate of two very young lovers who would do anything to be together.
The Montagues and the Capulets of Verona, Italy, are in the midst of a long-standing feud when Romeo Montague drops in on a masquerade party at the Capulets'. While there he meets and woos the Topics: librivox, audiobook, drama Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text. Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in A brilliant London-based detective, Holmes is famous for his prowess at using logic and astute observation to solve cases.
He is perhaps the most famous fictional detective, and indeed one of the best known and most Thumb images for LibriVix Projects Topic: cover images. Read by Phil Chenevert In a small town far out West, 11 year old Pollyanna has lost both her mother then her dad to disease.
This book describes how the orphan is sent to be raised by her aunt who lives far away in the East of the country. Unfortunately her aunt does not want her but accepts her very reluctantly only out of 'duty' and sticks her into a tiny hot attic room so she will be 'out of the way'.
What Aunt Polly does not know is Librivox recording of Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen. Jane Austen's classic novel chronicles the events in the lives of the Bennet family. Take a family with five unmarried daughters and a lack of wealth, throw in a new wealthy neighbor or two, plus a whole regiment of soldiers in town, and add a heaping spoonful of pride and a pinch of prejudice.
Mix it all together and you get a story full of tears and laughter, embarrassment and pride, and, of course, love Read by Mark Nelson. This original time-travel story has been copied many times, but never improved upon. Summary by Mark Nelson For further Librivox recording of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Read by Sam Stinson. Romeo and Juliet is an early tragedy by William Shakespeare about two teenage "star-cross'd lovers" whose "untimely deaths" ultimately unite their feuding households.
The play has been highly praised by literary critics for its language and dramatic effect. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with Hamlet, is one of his most frequently performed plays Topics: librivox, literature, audiobook, William Shakespeare, Romeo, Juliet, drama, play, tragedy, tragic Jorge R.
The classic Aesop's Fables have been translated to every language for hundreds of years. The fables, told in the form of allegories, give us universal, worldly advice. The use of animals and ancient gods makes the lessons unbiased and impartial. Short and smart, these fables entertain and enrich our lives. In this volume you will find 30 of the fables we offer you in Spanish. In the words of the author, "It is but a simple Journal of what we saw and did.
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, travel, America, India, Canada, egypt, new zealand, 19th century travel. Read by Karen Savage. Helen Zimmern. First published in at Nietzsche's own expense, the book was not initially considered important. In it, Nietzsche denounced what he considered to be the moral vacuity of 19th century thinkers.
He attacked philosophers for what he considered to be their lack of critical sense and their blind acceptance of Christian premises in their considerations of morality and values. Beyond Good and Evil is a comprehensive overview of Librivox recording of the Bleak House by Charles Dickens. Read by Cynthia Lyons.
Bleak House is the ninth novel by Charles Dickens, published in 20 monthly parts between March and September Charlotte Bronte's classic novel Jane Eyre is narrated by the title character, an orphan who survives neglect and abuse to become a governess at the remote Thornfield Hall.
She finds a kindred spirit in her employer, the mysterious and brooding Mr. Rochester, but he hides a terrible secret that threatens their chances of happiness. Summary by Elizabeth Klett For further information, including links to online text, Read by Andy Minter. The setting, geography and history of this story by Rev'd Sabine Baring-Gould, author of Onward Christian Soldiers and other well-known hymns, are all accurate, or at least as accurate as local lore will allow.
Kinver has long been a midlands beauty spot, and the UK National Trust own and open one of the rock-dwellings mentioned. The 'Stewponey' too was an inn until a year or two into the twenty-first Read by Michael Sirois. The first publication was in These penguins are mistaken for humans by the year-old priest, Father Mael, because of his bad eyesight.
He baptizes them, and once baptized, they have no choice but to become human. They take on human traits build civilizations, go to war, etc. The book is very funny and powerful Letters of Two Brides is an epistolary novel. The women became friends during their education at a convent and upon leaving began a life-long correspondence.
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LibriVox's Anthem by Ayn Rand. Read by Chere Theriot. Anthem is a dystopic science fiction story taking place at some unspecified future date. Mankind has entered another dark age as a result of what Rand saw as the weaknesses of socialistic thinking and economics. Technological advancement is now carefully planned when it is allowed to occur, if at all and the concept of individuality has been eliminated for example, the word "I" has disappeared from the language.
As is common in Thumb images for LibriVox Projects Topic: cover images. Translated by Grace Isabel Colbron. Read by J. Smallheer A baffling disappearance. A bedroom door locked from the inside. A housekeeper with something to hide. Will retired policeman turned private detective, Joseph Muller, be able to sort out the clues and solve this locked room mystery? Summary by J. Topics: librivox, audiobooks, Mystery, murder, Joseph Muller, austrian police, fictional detective.
Though Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is best known for his detective stories, he also wrote other short stories which are masterpieces of mystery and suspense. In some of the stories in "Tales of Terror and Mystery", a suppressed uneasiness gradually builds up and evolves into sheer terror. In others, the story line unexpectedly changes and comes to a horrific conclusion. Sit back in the comfort of your armchair Read by Amy Conger.
New Thought was a movement which holds the belief that individuals can create their own reality through intentional thoughts and prayer, much like the current Law of Attraction movement. These are the first set of short stories that were published and followed the publishing of his first 2 novels, A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of the Four.
La novela consta de dos partes: la primera, El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha , fue publicada en ; la segunda, El ingenioso caballero don Quijote de la Mancha , en Read in English Librivox volunteers. Jeeves was always right. There was no one like his to placate rich uncles or indignant mammas. He said just the right thing at just the right moment. What did it matter that Jeeves was somewhat of a tyrant, and that without his approval Bertie could not grow so much as a Topics: librivox, audiobooks, comedy, humor, fiction, england, jeeves and wooster, valet.
Librivox recording of Railway Children by E. Read by Karen Savage Edith Nesbit's classic story, in which three children, pulled suddenly from their comfortable suburban life, move to the country with their mother, where they come to know and love the ways of the railways. Summary by Karen Savage For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats if available , please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.
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I have become a big fan of Brandon Sanderson's work and this new series does not disappoint. He has created another interesting world full of rich characters and I can't wait for book two. The same narrators from the Wheel of Time series re-unite with Sanderson to create another winner. Mistborn, Warbreaker, Elantris, and now this work vaults Sanderson to the top of my must-read list. This book is so good I will gladly listen to it again as a refresher when book two comes out!
My first books by Sanderson were those of the Mistborn Trilogy. I was totally captivated by the story and its writing. I avoided The Way of Kings because of its Audible 2 credit price but finally caved because I had lusted so long for something so good as Mistborn. I should not have delayed. This is Book 1 of the Stormlight Archive. Coming in at over 45 hours on audiobook or over pages in print, for some TWoK might seem too lengthy. Personally, for me, it ended all too soon.
The book was totally gripping and absorbing. I could not put it down. The writing contains wit and charm, adventure and philosophy, comedy and pathos. While constructed of multiple arcs, the writing is completely straight forward, accessible and easy to follow. I became totally invested in each character and cared for everyone of the good guys and even some of the bad ones.
One of the most interesting characters, one named Szeth, is a peace-loving believer in nonviolence but is also an ultimate, ninja-like assassin who hates to but is forced to kill and cries each time that he does. Frankly, I think that Szeth is a metaphor for many of us and our behavior. But among my favorite and central characters were a peasant, apprentice surgeon named Kaladin and a spren named Syl with whom Kal has a rather magical and symbiotic relationship. Spren appear throughout the book.
They were for me various types of conscious energy or spirit-like entities that were part of or associated with almost everything on the planet including specific kinds of thoughts and emotions, wellness and sickness, life and death. Speaking of the weather, the environment and particularly the atmosphere of the planet and how the geology, flora and fauna have evolved within the influence of extreme weather is integral to the storyline.
The book describes and develops half a dozen interesting and well defined fictional races. Wars exist on the planet among them over the power and dominance brought by the magical weapons known as Shardblades and Shardplates.
And, while war is one of the central themes of the book, descriptions of battles and war do not dominate the narrative. What came across most movingly, uniquely clear and beautifully written were the two human qualities of love and compassion. I do not think that those two attributes have ever been more deftly portrayed than it is in this book.
Hamilton while brilliant in almost every other respect, fail to adequately communicate those two essential qualities of our nature. The humanity and heroism portrayed by some of the characters in TWoK were strikingly remarkable. Magic abounds in the book and all of it seems to make sense if ever magic can be made sense of. It was once said that any technology sufficiently advanced will appear as magic and this is that kind magic, magic that can almost be but not quite understood.
There is plenty of adventure and excitement contained within the pages and Kate Reading and particularly Michael Kramer bring it all to life. Yes, this is the same duo that narrated the Wheel of Time saga. Their talent was well highlighted there but I believe even more so in The Way of Kings.
This was one great book and the only downside is that Sanderson is so prolific with his other literary pursuits that the sequel to this one is long overdue and the Audible rendition even longer than that. I really, really enjoyed this book. The performances and story easily in my top five favorite Audible titles. I was was introduced to Sanderson by listening the Mistborn series which I enjoyed.
Sanderson is very good at making his characters three dimensional as well as bringing his settings to life. He creates a full background and mythology for his characters that give a fullness to the experience of his stories. The performances here are top notch. I significantly preferred the sections performed by Michael Kramer but both narrators fit their main characters well and do a great job of creating separate, distinguishing voices for their characters. I hadn't realized that book two isn't out yet.
When I finished this book, I was ready to skip all of the other titles on my listening list and go straight into the next book. I've listened to enough preexisting series Dresden Files is a good example that I expected to continue the story when this book left me hanging. I know I'm spoiled and I'm whining a bit but hurry up! I was already feeling extremely impatient waiting for Rothfuss's next Kingkiller Chronicles another don't-miss-it series with a similar epic feel to Sanderson's but now I've definitely become a whiny-baby.
The book does have a partially satisfying ending but, like most series premiers, it leaves many things unresolved and many questions unanswered. This book is still on my list of must-listens but be prepared to long for book two. I was pressured to download this book by a sci-fi loving boyfriend and sister.
Since it was so long, and only one credit, I went ahead. I expected to let it sit in my library to get them off my back, but instead started listening to it while in traffic one morning. I stayed in my car for an extra 20 minutes in the parking lot because I couldn't get enough! I have seen some reviews that say the entire book is character development. Aren't all stories? The narration was incredible - as was the recording although Kate and Michael pronounce one of the main characters names differently at the very end of the book which was a little confusing at first.
I cannot wait for the next one! It definitely earned a five star rating, as sweeping epic fantasies go. Sanderson takes us into the heads of each individual protagonist, and many of the 2nd level characters. The quotes are both creepy and portentous, as well as overdone and vague. The secret behind their harvesting is terrifying. This book starts with a quick dramatic plot point, and then ebbs and builds, slowly, until the last five or so hours, where everything gets tied together, and presents a promising setup for book 2.
Brandon Sanderson's writing style, in this book, reminded me of Robert Jordan's; where you'd have these intricate meandering progressions, and suddenly a plot twist would rattle the storyline.
I feel it's worth the two credits, and regret waiting for the next book in the series, but at least we're guaranteed it will be out before The Winds of Winter. I'm not the biggest fan of Kate Reading's narration.
Something about the way she draws out the words 'eyes' and 'oaths'. She has a great voice and she would be good for a single pov novel, and for R. Jordan's books, since his female characters are all so similar. She's not the best at diversifying her voices, or at male voices, so it's sometimes hard to tell who's speaking.
Probably, it's just me, and I'm sorry I couldn't give the book a 5 star narration, as it deserves. Any additional comments? If I could give more stars I would. I am a fan of Brandon Sanderson's other works, along with the wheel of time series. This one is by far the very best.
There is not even a close second. Can't wait for book 2 to come out. Brandon is probably the best writer of Epic fantasy in the world! He creats and draw you in into an dark and wellconstructed world.
The story and characters are captivating and you cant stop listning. The Narrorator is also the King of dark Epic fantasy and suits Brandons books perfectly! Really makes you belive in the story and characters. It takes a good chunk to get into it, but it flowers out into an interesting and dynamic story, leaving you loving the characters.
The biggest downside here is both of the narrators, most of the male parts are a little monotonous, but luckily good writing prevails through. For the female narrator I agree with how robotic and impersonal she comes across.
Making almost no distinction between male or female speakers in her parts. The female reader has incredibly annoying inflection. No emotion, weird upswing on the end of the sentence. Great narration and a really exciting story.
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