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After the death of her mother, Mary Yellan crosses the windswept Cornish moors to Jamaica Inn, the home of her Aunt Patience. But she finds Patience a changed woman, cowering before her domineering, vicious husband Joss. Behind its crumbling walls, the inn harbours a dark secret - and Mary is soon dragged into a dangerous world of smuggling and murder. Disturbed by her powerful attraction to Joss's younger brother, and in fear of her life, Mary is forced to cross her own moral line to save herself.

The Ultimate Classics Collection: Volume One is a continent-hopping, century-spanning collection of 15 essential classic novels by British, American, and Russian authors, read by a cast of incredible narrators including Stephen Fry, Jason Isaacs, Adjoa Andoh, David Rintoul, and many more.

Thomas Mann's last great novel, first published in 1947 and now newly rendered into English by acclaimed translator John E. Woods, is a modern reworking of the Faust legend, in which Germany sells its soul to the Devil. Mann's protagonist, the composer Adrian Leverkühn, is the flower of German culture, a brilliant, isolated, overreaching figure, his radical new music a breakneck game played by art at the very edge of impossibility. In return for twenty-four years of unparalleled musical accomplishment, he bargains away his soul—and the ability to love his fellow man.

On a trip to the South of France, a shy young woman falls in love with Maxim de Winter, a handsome widower. Although his proposal comes as a surprise, she happily agrees to marry him. But as they arrive at her husband's home, Manderley, a change comes over Maxim, and the young bride is filled with dread. Friendless in the isolated mansion, she realizes that she barely knows him. In every corner of every room is the phantom of his beautiful first wife, Rebecca, and the new Mrs de Winter walks in her shadow.

"Forse qualche anno fa avete già letto questo libro, Ivanhoe di Walter Scott. O forse, invece, è la prima volta che lo incontrate, ed è attraverso la voce. Magari sapete che è uno dei primi romanzi storici, e che il suo autore, Walter Scott, è il moderno ideatore di questo genere che oggi conosce tanta fortuna. E forse sapete anche che proprio questo romanzo ha ispirato Alessandro Manzoni a mettere mano ai suoi Promessi sposi. Di certo, di Ivanhoe avete sentito parlare. Vi aspettate cavalli e cavalieri, eroine e templari, sassoni e normanni, principi e buffoni, persino Robin Hood, e non rimarrete delusi."

Step into the refined world of the English countryside in Jane Austen’s beloved novel, Pride and Prejudice. This timeless tale follows the headstrong Elizabeth Bennet as she navigates the complexities of love, family, and social expectations. When she meets the enigmatic Mr. Darcy, Elizabeth must confront her own pride and prejudices as their relationship develops in unexpected ways.

Reegarded by many as the greatest American novel, Herman Melville’s tale of the hunt for the white whale, Moby-Dick, is a sublime work of the imagination, an American Odyssey. It is at once an adventure story of the high seas, and an exploration of the uncharted regions of the soul.

A medida que el año llega a su fin, Sherlock Holmes y el Dr. Watson deben partir atravesando un Londres cargado de nieve, para investigar el robo de un reloj de valor incalculable y la recepción de siete macabras tarjetas de Navidad. ¿Resolverán el misterio antes de que ellos también reciban los "cumplidos de la temporada" no deseados?

In 1958, 27 years after Aldous Huxley wrote "Brave New World", he took another look at his remarkable fable and résumé the development since. His understandings are most alarming in his time already. They are even more alarming almost another half century later and shockingly up-to-date, considering recent developments. His prophetic view proofs once more, how terribly precise and visionary it was.

تعد "رواية الحرب والسلم"، للروائي الروسي ليو تولستوي (1828- 1910)، من روائع الأدب الكلاسيكي، منذ نشرها كاملة عام 1869 وحتى يومنا هذا. وتمثل أسطورة الأدب الروسي والعالمي. وهي عمل ملحمي يتناول بالتفصيل، أحداث احتلال فرنسا لروسيا، وتأثيرات عهد نابليون ومجتمع القيصر، من خلال عيون خمس عائلات روسية أرستقراطية.

Madame Bovary di Gustave Flaubert racconta la storia di Emma, una giovane donna romantica e insoddisfatta della sua vita provinciale e del matrimonio con il medico Charles Bovary. Sognando una vita piena di passione e lusso, Emma si abbandona a relazioni extraconiugali e spese sfrenate, cercando di colmare il suo vuoto interiore. Con una prosa realistica e dettagliata, Flaubert crea una delle maggiori opere della letteratura francese e mondiale.

Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English writer and social critic. He is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and, by the 20th century, critics and scholars had recognized him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are widely read, performed, and adapted today.

Orphaned at an early age, Philip Ashley is raised by his benevolent cousin, Ambrose. Resolutely single, Ambrose delights in making Philip his heir, knowing he will treasure his beautiful Cornish estate. But Philip's world is shattered when Ambrose sets off on a trip to Florence. There he falls in love and marries. Then he suddenly dies in suspicious circumstances.

¡Figurar la vida literaria! Tal es el propósito y el acierto de esta novela. Surge así, bajo la pluma de Carlos Luis Torres, la figura de Alejandra Pizarnik: a la vez rostro íntimo y símbolo de una literatura escrita bajo el signo del desengaño. Pero la novela va mucho más allá. Pues no se trata aquí únicamente de revelar a la poeta desde su intimidad, sino de reconstruir la sociabilidad literaria de su tiempo: desde los círculos intelectuales y artísticos bonaerenses hasta su periplo bohemio en la capital francesa.

Videobeschreibung Erleben Sie den packenden Klassiker der Schauerliteratur "Der Sandmann" von E.T.A. Hoffmann, eindrucksvoll gelesen von Alexander Wohnhaas. In dieser düsteren Erzählung wird der junge Nathanael von einem mysteriösen Kindheitstrauma verfolgt, das sich in Form des unheimlichen Sandmanns zeigt. Zwischen Realität und Wahnsinn gefangen, versucht Nathanael, das Geheimnis seiner Vergangenheit zu entschlüsseln – doch das Grauen lässt ihn nicht los. Perfekt für Fans von psychologischem Horror und klassischen Erzählungen.

Erleben Sie das unheimliche Abenteuer "Geisterjäger Carnacki – Besucher in der Nacht", eindrucksvoll gelesen von Alexander Wohnhaas. In dieser packenden Erzählung wird der Geisterjäger Carnacki mit einer unheimlichen Präsenz konfrontiert, die nachts die Bewohner eines Hauses heimsucht. Mit seinem Wissen über das Übernatürliche und scharfen Instinkten stellt er sich der bedrohlichen Erscheinung und versucht, dem Spuk ein Ende zu bereiten. Ein Hörbuch voller Spannung und paranormalem Schrecken – ideal für Liebhaber klassischer Schauerliteratur!

The Great Gatsby, a work that seriously examines the theme of aspiration in an American setting, defines the classic American novel. The novel was inspired by a youthful romance Fitzgerald had with a socialite, and by parties he attended on Long Island's North Shore in 1922. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, the novel depicts narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and Gatsby's obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan.

Venture into the dark and mysterious world of H. P. Lovecraft’s Medusa's Coil, a tale that combines supernatural horror with a chilling sense of foreboding. When a man arrives at an isolated mansion, he uncovers the terrifying secrets hidden within, secrets that reveal an ancient evil lurking beneath the surface. As the story unfolds, he becomes entangled in a web of dread, deception, and doom, leading to an unforgettable climax that will haunt the listener long after the tale ends.

The year is 1866. Zoologist Professor Pierre Aronnax, his servant Conseil, and harpooner Ned Land are searching for a creature believed to be the cause of numerous ship accidents. And although everyone assumes that an incredibly large whale is responsible for the disasters, the sea monster turns out to be the enigmatic submarine Nautilus with Captain Nemo at its helm. When the professor's team finds themselves aboard the Nautilus, a great journey through the depths of seas and oceans begins.

In the shadowy woods beneath Mount Saint Helena, Halpin Frayser awakens from a nightmare, whispering the name “Catherine LaRue.” His restless dreams entwine with haunting memories of a complex bond with his mother, leading him into a chilling past filled with love and tragedy. After years apart, Halpin journeys to California, where a dark fate awaits him. As detectives stumble upon a body shrouded in sinister echoes of the past, a game of life and death unfolds, revealing the terrifying influence of unseen forces.