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Kate Chopin was an American author of short stories and novels, mostly with a Louisiana Creole background. Today she is now considered a forerunner of the feminist authors of the 20th century. This powerful story concerns a wife who learns that her overbearing husband has been killed. The short period of mourning turns to the hope of her new freedom - but then comes the very unexpected climax.

Kate Chopin's The Story of an Hour is a classic example that some short stories can say all they need to do in just a short time. This story remains tantalizingly ambiguous, perhaps because so little is said, and so much merely hinted at.

This title is an audiobook produced by Canarit, please visit us at www.canaritaudiobooks.com and contact us at: production@canaritaudiobooks.com. Kate Chopin was born in Louisiana in 1850 and established her life there as a groundbreaking author, as her work subject included radical-for-the-time-ideas such as feminism, race, and social change. Her notable and important works include but are not limited to: Beyond the Bayou and The Story of an Hour. Her reach was vast for her time as her publications appeared in Vogue.

American author Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour" was written in April of 1894 and originally published in Vogue in December of that year. The title refers to the time elapsed between the moments at which the protagonist, Louise Mallard, hears that her husband is dead, then discovers that he is alive after all. The short story is a mainstay of feminist literary study.

Parents love to read children a bedtime story that describes a faraway land or a fantastic character. What is that parent doing? They’re shifting their child’s focus from the activity of the day into a more relaxed state. They are refocusing their child’s brain. And it works! Because every night all over the world parents use this technique to help their children fall asleep. Even though you are an adult, you can benefit from bedtime stories too.

One devastating event changed the course of humanity. They came in a blink of an eye and without warning, and intentions unknown. But when aliens made landfall, they began destroying everything in their path.

Una mujer que se libera. Una mujer que resuelve un dia liberarse de las cadenas que la atan, es la base del profundo estudio psicologico que hizo Stefan Zweig en "24 horas en la vida de una mujer".

Odd Jobs & After Hours tells a story of drifting down the East Coast while getting involved in one sketchy so-called opportunity after another.

Always Happy Hour weaves tales of young women who are deeply flawed, intensely real, and who struggle to get out of their own way. These women love to drink and have sex; they make bad decisions with men who love them too much or too little; they haunt gas stations, public pools, and dive bars, seeking understanding in the most unlikely of places; and, although each shoulders the weight of different baggage, they all suspect they deserve better.

> These Precious Hours is a collection of related and interconnected stories concerning loss and recovery. At the end, many of the characters meet. Declan Mulligan has lost a wife and visits Ireland to connect with a remote past. Dexter Flanagan has lost a beautiful woman to another, but writes a great love song. After a personal tragedy, Sean Dineen joins his ailing ex-wife to see the wedding of their son in Paraguay.

When his girlfriend disappears, Jack Mathews' only option is to drive if he ever wants to see her again. He's got nothing but time, which is quickly running out. Five Hours is a nonstop thrill ride that never slows down. This short story is an adrenaline rush where nothing is what it seems.

Robert Barr (1849-1912) was a Scottish-Canadian short story writer and novelist, born in Glasgow, Scotland. 'The Hour-Glass' is a mysterious ghost story. An avid antique collector buys an ancient and defective hourglass from a curiosity shop. When he takes it home and starts to examine it, he is startled by a strange visitor who claims to be the real owner of the hourglass. His story is a very bizarre one.

It’s going to be so much fun! All of the kids in the neighborhood are playing a super fun game - Invasion!

Stefan Zweig es, sin duda, uno de los grandes escritores del siglo XX, y su obra ha sido traducida a más de 50 idiomas.

El famoso nudo gordiano ha resistido todos los intentos por deshacerlo y quizás es porque dotado de vida propia, el nudo quiere conservar en su interior un poder místico y desconocido, pero Alejandro Magno no se va a entretener en deshacer el nudo, sino que con su famosa espada le da un tajo y lo parte por medio, desatando una serie de fuerzas que se van a manifestar con todo su poder en pleno siglo XXI.