Audiobooks by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

[German] - Die letzten Tage von Pompeji Audiobook

"Edward Bulwer-Lyttons 'Die letzten Tage von Pompeji' ist ein historischer Roman, der die letzten Tage der Stadt Pompeji vor dem verheerenden Ausbruch des Vesuvs im Jahr 79 n. Chr. schildert. Der Roman, erstmals 1834 veröffentlicht, ist ein faszinierendes Werk, das sowohl die sozialen und kulturellen Aspekte der antiken Stadt als auch die dramatischen Ereignisse des Vulkanausbruchs beleuchtet. Bulwer-Lytton verwendet eine blumige und detailreiche Sprache, die den Leser in die Welt des antiken Pompeji eintauchen lässt. Seine Beschreibungen sind lebendig und anschaulich, was die Atmosphäre und das Leben in Pompeji eindrucksvoll vermittelt. Der Autor zeigt eine bemerkenswerte Fähigkeit, historische Fakten mit fiktiven Elementen zu verweben, wodurch die Geschichte sowohl lehrreich als auch unterhaltsam wird. Die Charaktere sind sorgfältig ausgearbeitet und repräsentieren verschiedene gesellschaftliche Schichten und Lebensweisen der damaligen Zeit. Glaucus, der griechische Held, und Ione, seine Geliebte, stehen im Mittelpunkt der Erzählung. Ihre Liebesgeschichte wird durch die politischen Intrigen und religiösen Konflikte der Stadt ergänzt, was die Handlung komplex und vielschichtig macht. Auch die Nebenfiguren, wie der finstere Priester Arbaces und der treue Sklave Nydia, tragen wesentlich zur Tiefe und Dynamik des Romans bei. Bulwer-Lytton hat umfangreiche Recherchen betrieben, um die historischen Gegebenheiten und die Kultur Pompejis authentisch darzustellen. Seine Schilderungen der Architektur, der sozialen Strukturen und der alltäglichen Bräuche sind gut fundiert und bieten dem Leser einen Einblick in das Leben der Römer zur Zeit des Vesuv-Ausbruchs. Insgesamt ist Edward Bulwer-Lyttons 'Die letzten Tage von Pompeji' ein meisterhaftes Beispiel für historische Romane, das die Leser durch seine lebendige Darstellung und die dramatische Handlung fesselt. Es bietet eine faszinierende Mischung aus Geschichte, Romantik und Tragödie, die auch heute noch begeistert."

Edward Bulwer-Lytton (Author), Wolfgang Schrader (Narrator)

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The Coming Race (Unabridged)

"This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. Delve into the Earth's secrets in Edward Bulwer-Lytton's gripping sci-fi adventure, 'The Coming Race.' Prepare to be swept away as an intrepid explorer plunges into a hidden world. There, he encounters the Vril-ya, a technologically advanced civilization far surpassing humanity. Wielding a mysterious energy force called Vril, these beings possess incredible powers and a social order unlike anything imaginable. Will our protagonist be a welcome guest or a prisoner in this subterranean paradise? Unravel the wonders and contradictions of a society far ahead of its time in 'The Coming Race.'"

Baron Lytton, Edward Bulwer-Lytton (Author), Digital Voice Matt G (Narrator)

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The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain

"Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton was born on the 25th May 1803 the youngest of three sons. When he was four his father died and the family moved to London. As a child he was delicate and neurotic and failed to fit in at a number of boarding schools. However, he was academically and creatively precocious and published his first work as a teenager; 'Ishmael with Other Poems' in 1820. Two years later he was at Cambridge University and won the Chancellor's Gold Medal for English verse for Sculpture. In 1828 his novel, 'Pelham', brought him an income, together with commercial and critical success. He followed these with a string of applauded works across several genres: historical fiction, mystery, romance, the occult, science fiction and poetry. In 1841, he started the semi-scientific Monthly Chronicle magazine to exploit the great Victorian fascination to chronicle and publish all that the Empire and Industrial Revolution were discovering, inventing and changing. In 1858 he entered Lord Derby's government as Secretary of State for the Colonies and took a keen interest in the development of the Crown Colony of British Columbia. Several years later he was raised to the peerage as Baron Lytton of Knebworth in Hertford County. Bulwer-Lytton had long suffered with a disease of the ear and for the last years of his life he lived in Torquay nursing his health. An operation to cure his deafness caused an abscess to form in his ear which burst causing intense pain and contributed to his death. Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton died on the 18th January 1873, in Torquay. He was 69."

Edward Bulwer-Lytton (Author), Mark Rice-Oxley (Narrator)

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The Lock and Key Library: Old-Time English Stories: Classic Mystery and Detective Stories

"Assembled and edited by Julian Hawthorne and first published in 1907, the Old Time English volume of The Lock and Key Library features ten classic mysteries and ghost stories by Charles Dickens, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Thomas de Quincey, Charles Robert Maturin, Laurence Sterne, and William Makepeace Thackeray. The Old Time English volume opens with two classic ghost stories from Charles Dickens: the first takes place in the traditional (and titular) “Haunted House,” while the second follows the haunting of a railroad, of all places. Then you’ll be treated to two stories by Edward Bulwer-Lytton: one a tale of a rationalist investigating a haunted house, and another a tale of the search for the elixir of life itself! Up next is a ghastly story of murder in a small German town from the mind of Thomas de Quincy, followed by a selection from the classic Irish yarn Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Robert Maturin. But not every tale featured here is doom and gloom. In Laurence Stern’s “A Mystery with a Moral,' you’ll be subjected to the eccentric musings of an English parson as he tries to make sense of a mystery that might not even be real. And then in “The Notch in the Axe', William Makepeace Thackeray contemplates the nature of crime and guilt and judgment, reaching some rather Swiftian conclusions himself. Finally, the last two stories, about another murder in a small German town and about a longstanding family curse, respectively, are both written by anonymous writers, as Julian Hawthorne often chose to include in his collections. This volume of The Lock and Key Library is sure to haunt and charm fans of ghost and detective mysteries alike. Full Contents: “The Haunted House” by Charles Dickens “No. 1 Branch Line: The Signal Man” by Charles Dickens “The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain” by Edward Bulwer-Lytton “The Incantation” by Edward Bulwer-Lytton “The Avenger” by Thomas de Quincey Melmoth the Wanderer (selection) by Charles Robert Maturin “A Mystery with a Moral” by Laurence Sterne “The Notch on the Ax” by William Makepeace Thackeray “Bourgonef” by Anonymous “The Closed Cabinet” by Anonymous"

Charles Dickens, Charles Robert Maturin, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Julian Hawthorne, Laurence Sterne, Thomas De Quincey, William Thackeray (Author), Arthur Morey, Gabrielle De Cuir, John Lee, Paul Boehmer, Stefan Rudnicki (Narrator)

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[German] - VRIL - Das Geschlecht der Zukunft

"Das Geschlecht der Vril-Ya lebt unter der Erde. Dank der Kraft des Vril verfügt diese unterirdisch lebende Menschenrasse über besonders ausgeprägte physische und psychische Kräfte, die sie zur Telepathie und Telekinese befähigen. Den oberirdisch lebenden Menschenvölkern sind die Vril-Ya weit überlegen. Ursprünglich ein Volk, das an der Erdoberfläche lebte, wurden die Vril-Ya durch eine Naturkatastrophe vom Rest der Menschheit abgeschnitten und zogen sich in ein unterirdisches Höhlensystem zurück, in dem sie eine neue Heimat fanden. Der Erzähler des Romans gelangt über einen alten Bergwerksschacht in das unterirdische Reich der Vril-Ya. Diese zeigen sich äußerst interessiert an den oberirdischen Menschen und befragen ihn eingehend über die menschliche Gesellschaft. Dem Erzähler gelingt schließlich die Flucht aus dem Reich der Vril-Ya und er warnt seine Leser am Ende des Romans vor der Gefahr, die von diesem Volk für die Menschheit ausginge, sollten sie jemals an die Oberfläche zurückkehren."

Edward Bulwer-Lytton (Author), David Endress (Narrator)

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[German] - Asmodeus aller Orten (Ungekürzt)

"Als ich dieses Aphorismus vor mich hinsprach, klopfte ich an des Quacksalbers Thür. Ein Diener öffnete mir. Ein Besuch bei einem Quacksalber ist eine höchst erquickliche Aufregung. Es liegt etwas Pikantes in der Geringschätzung aller Vorsicht, womit wir uns solchem gesetzwidrigen Jagdmacher auf Menschenleben, der uns ohne Ansehen der Person umbringt, in die Arme werfen. Es steckt ein köstlicher Kitzel in einer ungeheuren Aufforderung unserer Leichtgläubigkeit; wir erwarten mit Behagen Wunderwerke an unserer eigenen Person verübt, und begeben uns zu einem Quacksalber genau aus eben dem Antriebe, aus welchem unsere Vorfahren zu einem Wahrsager oder Hexenmeister gingen. In welchem Jahrhundert hätte die Menschheit nicht ihren Lieblings-Aberglauben?"

Edward Bulwer-Lytton (Author), Natascha Husar (Narrator)

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[Spanish] - Los últimos días de Pompeya - Dramatizado

"-Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano. Pompeya, año 79 d.C. Una ciudad alegre y confiada, con sus amores y sus odios, sus pequeñas intrigas, juegos, costumbres y diversiones.Glauco, Diones, Nydia y Arbaces viven los cuatro días previos a la erupción del Vesubio, ajenos al trágico final que la furia de la naturaleza les reserva. La ciudad del arte y el ocio, la que es símbolo del poder del Imperio Romano, está a punto de convertirse en leyenda.Intrigas, conspiraciones, amores y traiciones llenan las páginas de este trepidante Audiolibro que narra uno de los momentos clave para el futuro de la cultura occidental. Nada podía presagiar el día anterior -en el que, como una premonición, se celebró la Vulcanalia o festividad del dios romano del fuego-, lo que iba a pasar en Pompeya .Esta historia es una imprescindible referencia para los fans de la novela histórica y de aventuras, que harán que un viaje se nos pase volando. - Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton, primer barón Lytton (1803-1873) fue un novelista, dramaturgo, político y periodista británico. Popular y reconocido en su tiempo, estaba interesado por el ocultismo y lo ha plasmado en sus novelas."

Edward Bulwer-Lytton (Author), Marcos Chacón (Narrator)

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Vril: The Power of the Coming Race

"'Vrill, The power of the Coming Race' (1870) by Edward Bulwer-Lytton is an early science fiction novel. The setting is a strange subterranean world inhabited by beautiful entities that resemble the angels described in scripture. The advanced beings known as Vril-ya live underground - using the mysterious 'Vril' as an energy source - but intend to reclaim the surface of the earth as their own. The narrator end deep inside the Earth via a natural chasm in a mine shaft. He is rescued by the Vril-ya, an advanced race that use telepathic powers, fly with artificial wings, are served by automata and possess formidable weapons. After a long stay, things go wrong and the protagonist escapes back to the surface with the help of Zee, one of the Vril-ya."

Edward Bulwer-Lytton (Author), Glen Reed (Narrator)

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Vril, The Power of the Coming Race

"When two friends wander down a maze of underground tunnels, they stumble upon the entrance to another world populated with a race of advanced humanoid beings. These beautiful subterranean creatures hold immense power in the form of Vril energy, and they’ve got a plot to conquer the overworld. This 1871 sci-fi novel presents a fascinating story about society, science, and philosophy. A best-seller in its day, this supernatural Victorian travel tale holds its own among the popular dystopian works of today."

Edward Bulwer-Lytton (Author), Suzi Woods (Narrator)

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When Stars Are in the Quiet Skies

Edward Bulwer-Lytton (Author), LibriVox Volunteers (Narrator)

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Zanoni

"Zanoni, a timeless Rosicrucian brother, cannot fall in love without losing his power of immortality; but he does fall in love with Viola Pisani, a promising young opera singer from Naples, the daughter of Pisani, a misunderstood Italian violinist. An English gentleman named Glyndon loves Viola as well, but is indecisive about proposing marriage, and then renounces his love in order to pursue occult study. The story develops in the days of the French Revolution in 1789. Zanoni has lived since the Chaldean civilization. His master Mejnor warns him against a love affair but Zanoni does not heed. He finally marries Viola and they have a child. As Zanoni experiences an increase in humanity, he begins to lose his gift of immortality.( Summary by Wikipedia )"

Edward Bulwer-Lytton (Author), KirksVoice (Narrator)

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[Italian] - Zanoni: Storia di un Rosacroce

"Questo libro, di Edward Bulwer-Lytton, scritto nel 1842 tratta di esoterismo, ma è, al tempo stesso, un libro di avventura, e anche un romanzo storico, visto che si svolge nel 1791, tra l'Italia e la Francia, e che uno dei personaggi ritratti è Robespierre.Zanoni, il protagonista, è uno degli ultimi Rosa-Croce che si trova a fronteggiare il dilemma tra amore terreno e conoscenza dell’occulto.Ed è questo , un dilemma non da poco, che neanche l’amico Mejnour, altro Rosacroce, non riesce a sciogliere. Ecco una sua frase: “Da cinquemila anni io scrutai i misteri del creato; ma non ancora giunsi a scoprire tutte le meraviglie del cuore di un semplice contadino!”Il finale del libro, non sfuggirà agli appassionati di Dickens, ispirò quest’ultimo nella scrittura delle Due Città.Cornice musicale: Sinfonia n. 94 di Haydn."

Edward Bulwer-Lytton (Author), Silvia Cecchini (Narrator)

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