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Years after turning her husband from beast back to man and becoming his queen, Belle finds out she's finally going to have a child. But before she can announce the wondrous news, she catches him cheating and watches her "happily ever after" go up in flames. Turning to her friends for the strength to land with grace, she realizes she's not the only one at a crossroads. One part Sex and the City, two parts Desperate Housewives, and three parts Brothers Grimm, Desperately Ever After picks up where the original tales left off - and reimagines them.

Step into the enchanting world of the Brothers Grimm with the timeless fairy tale of "Rapunzel," narrated by the captivating Emily Christine. This classic story tells the tale of a beautiful young girl with long, golden hair, who is confined to a tall tower by a wicked sorceress.

"Rapunzel" is a German fairy tale in the collection assembled by the Brothers Grimm, and first published in 1812 as part of Children's and Household Tales. A lonely couple, who wants a child, lives next to a walled garden belonging to an evil witch named Dame Gothel. The wife, experiencing the cravings associated with the arrival of her long-awaited pregnancy, notices some rapunzel, growing in the garden and longs for it. She refuses to eat anything else and gets sick, and the husband begins to fear for her life.

Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his famous detective. They were originally published in the Strand Magazine from July 1891 to June 1892. The title character was named after famous American poet Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Link to the libriVox's site for this book: https://librivox.org/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes/ Link to free online copy of the book on INTERNET ARCHIVE: https://archive.org/details/adventuresofsher00doylric You can visit my YouTube channel to support me

With her strange black eyes and even stranger fainting spells, Haelewise is shunned by her village, and her only solace lies in the stories her mother tells of child-stealing witches, of princes in wolf-skins, of an ancient tower cloaked in mist where women will find shelter if they are brave enough to seek it. But when her mother dies, Haelewise is left unmoored. With nothing left for her in her village, she sets out to find the tower of legend-a place called Gothel, where Haelewise meets a wise woman willing to take her under her wing.

Nachts hört Flo eigenartige Gesänge aus dem Wald, der an das Hotelgelände angrenzt, und es dauert nicht lange, bis sie von lebhaften Visionen heimgesucht wird. Dennoch übt der Wald eine geradezu unheimliche Anziehungskraft auf sie aus. Als sie eines Tages bei einer Wanderung der mysteriösen Frau Gothel begegnet, nimmt ein gruseliges Abenteuer seinen Lauf …

Das Märchen der Gebrüder Grimm - auf beklemmende Weise neu erzählt. Mittelpunkt der Geschichte ist ein junges Mädchen, ein modernes Rapunzel, eingesperrt in das Beziehungsgeflecht ihrer Familie. Ihr Weg hinaus führt über ihr Haar und über eine merkwürdige Krankheit: Trichophagie, der Zwang, die eigenen Haare auszureißen und zu verschlucken.

Andreas Fröhlich liest Rapunzel von den Brüdern Grimm. Neu verföhnt war gestern...

A genderbent retelling of the classic fairytale Rapunzel...When Rapunzel finally gathers the courage to leave his tower he triggers a booby trap spell that transports him to the Heroes’ Labyrinth. Armed only with his magic hair he’s thrown into a dangerous, subterranean world where undead monsters are constantly trying to eat or kill him. Rapunzel discovers that the only way to leave the Labyrinth is to beat it. Necromancer Gothel created the Labyrinth as a test to find a "true hero".

Envious queen? Evil stepmother? Kidnapping hag? Elsinora, Gwendolyn, and Marguerite are through with warts-and-all tabloids, ugly lies, and the three ungrateful brats who pitted them against each other and the world. But maybe there’s more to the stories than even the Wickeds know. Is it time to finally get revenge? After all, they’re due for a happily-enough-ever-after. Even if they have to write it themselves.

The handsome oracle Rapunzel is trapped in an evil sorcerer's tower with no way out. Resigned to his fate, he's decided to do only what his long, magical beard predicts. When a beautiful dwarf named Parker bursts into his world with a daring escape plan, Rapunzel must decide if he's ready to leave the safety of his confinement for a world of uncertainty. Parker craves adventure. Sent by her queen to rescue Rapunzel, Parker soon realizes escape from the magically-protected fortress may be impossible.

Es ist Heiligabend, und der kleine Ort Tannwald liegt unter einer frischen weißen Schneedecke begraben. Die junge Mira steht auf dem Kirchturm der Abtei. Sie will ihrem Leben ein Ende setzen - zu schwer wiegt die Last auf ihren Schultern. Mira, die wegen ihrer langen, blonden Haare Rapunzel genannt wird, hat jahrelang im Tannwälder Heim für schwer erziehbare Kinder gelebt. Dort wurde sie verraten, verleugnet und man brach ihr das Herz. Damit ist jetzt Schluss.

My tale has been told again and again, and I've heard each one. Except for my hair, I barely recognize the pitiful renditions. Muddled versions, crafted to entertain laughing children...but the children wouldn't have laughed if they'd known the real story. It wasn't their fault. They didn't know the truth. Nobody did. My name is Rapunzel. I will tell you my story. I will tell you the truth.

Die berühmten Märchen-Klassiker der Brüder Grimm als aufwendige Hörspiel-Neuvertonungen für die ganze Familie! Mit den ausdruckstarken Stimmen vieler bekannter Schauspieler.

My whole life is squeezed inside these walls. I can't remember the last time I left this building. My guardian, Ethan, tells me it's to keep me safe. During his visits, he tells me the world is dark and full of evil. The evil that killed my parents, stole my family from me, and left me in Ethan's care. He wants me to stay here. Forever. When a group of men break into my prison, I make a reckless decision. Information in exchange for freedom. Danger in exchange for safety.

Rachel runs Rapunzel's, a high-end salon on the lower level of a downtown Chicago high rise and lives happily in self-imposed exile in an apartment at the top of the tower - that is until Jake Malden walks in with his teen daughter, Emma, and presents Rachel with a dilemma. Young Emma is determined to defy her mother's wishes and get her long, beautiful, untouched hair cut off so she can donate it to charity to honor a friend with cancer.

Rae: Imprisoned in my tower, shut away from the world, I lived in the pages of my books - and my fantasies. Then he rescued me. Made me his. He becomes the best daddy I've ever known - caring yet stern. Ryder: Kept captive her whole life, she's the perfect combination of beauty and innocence. I bring her to Limits, the high-end, exclusive, members-only club...my home. Now she's under my roof and my protection.

Eine starke Geschichte und ein starker Erzähler, der sich einfühlsam in die abgründig-geheimnisvolle Atmosphäre dieser großen Märchen begibt. Vermutlich entfalten die alten Volksmärchen ihre volle Kraft weder als Hörspiel noch als Film. Das "Kino im Kopf" sowie die tiefe Wirkung auf den seelischen Hintergrund entstehen am besten in der seit Jahrhunderten immer gleichen Situation: jemand liest diese Geschichte vor. Nicht selten immer und immer wieder...

Par cette réécriture horrifique du conte célèbre Raiponce, engouffrez-vous au coeur d’un abîme où les masques de monstre et de victime couvrent le même visage ; où tous, y compris les sauveurs, n’échappent pas aux règles qui dictent l’abomination humaine. Un incendie mortel dans un hôpital psychiatrique pour enfants. Des jeunes femmes qui disparaissent de manière inexpliquée. Une adolescente capturée à son tour par un être défiguré qui se plaît à lui brosser sauvagement les cheveux au creux d’une mine désaffectée.

Being the heir to Camelot is a tangled mess. Rapunzel has spent her entire life living in Merlin's cave on the coast of Cornwall. Under the protection of her faerie guardian, Gothel, she's stayed safe. Safe and bored. Dreaming of a life that looks more like a Jane Austen novel, Rapunzel fears she'll never have the chance to explore Victorian England's modern delights. Or meet a man. Or be kissed. Or anything else remotely resembling normal.