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The Magnificent Seventeen is a musical adventure through 17 famous works of poetry and prose, with renowned Australian narrator and producer, Lindsay Radford. CONTENTS- 1. Introduction 2. 'The Creation', from The Book Of Genesis, in The Bible. 3. 'The Passionate Shepherd To His Love', by Christopher Marlowe. 4. 'The Daffodils', by William Wordsworth. 5. 'Sonnet 43 (How Do I Love Thee ?)', by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. 6. 'The Man From Snowy River', by Andrew Barton Paterson. 7. 'The Village Blacksmith', by Henry Longfellow. 8. 'The Charge Of The Light Brigade', by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. 9. 'The Bixby Letter', by Abraham Lincoln. 10. 'She Walks In Beauty', by Lord Byron. 11. 'The Destruction Of Sennacherib', by Lord Byron. 12. 'To A Skylark', by Percy Shelley. 13. 'Written The Night Before His Execution', by Chidiock Tichborne. 14. 'Soliloquy From Romeo And Juliet', by William Shakespeare. 15. 'Monologue From Julius Caesar', by William Shakespeare. 16. 'Soliloquy From Hamlet', by William Shakespeare. 17. 'Sonnet 17', by William Shakespeare. 18. 'Sonnet 18', by William Shakespeare.
Various. (Author), Lindsay Radford, Lindsay Radford. (Narrator)
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The Jungle Book is a collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling. Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear, though a principal character is the boy or 'man-cub' Mowgli, who is raised in the jungle by wolves. The stories are set in a forest in India; one place mentioned repeatedly is 'Seonee' (Seoni), in the central state of Madhya Pradesh. A major theme in the book is abandonment followed by fostering, as in the life of Mowgli, echoing Kipling's own childhood. The theme is echoed in the triumph of protagonists including Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and The White Seal over their enemies, as well as Mowgli's. Another important theme is of law and freedom; the stories are not about animal behaviour, still less about the Darwinian struggle for survival, but about human archetypes in animal form. They teach respect for authority, obedience, and knowing one's place in society with 'the law of the jungle', but the stories also illustrate the freedom to move between different worlds, such as when Mowgli moves between the jungle and the village. Critics have also noted the essential wildness and lawless energies in the stories, reflecting the irresponsible side of human nature. The Jungle Book has remained popular, partly through its many adaptations for film and other media. Critics such as Swati Singh have noted that even critics wary of Kipling for his supposed imperialism have admired the power of his storytelling. The book has been influential in the scout movement, whose founder, Robert Baden-Powell, was a friend of Kipling's. Percy Grainger composed his Jungle Book Cycle around quotations from the book.
Laila Blair, Laila Blair Rudyard Kipling, Rudyard Kipling (Author), Anwar Lemott, Bart Sutton, Bart Sutton Eda Kerr, Eda Kerr, Hamid Watts, Laila Blair, Richie Edward Christy Stanley, Richie Edward Christy Stanley Laila Blair (Narrator)
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The Fish (Chekhov Stories) [Russian Edition]
On a hot summer day two carpenters, Gerasim and Lyubim, sit in a pond, floundering about in the water under a willow tree, beside the unfinished bathing shed they were supposed to be working on. Blue from cold and wrangling, they struggle to drag a large eelpout by the gills, from under the root. Read in Russian, unabridged.
Anton Chekhov (Author), Alexander Kovalev (Narrator)
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The Huntsman (Chekhov Stories)
Yegor the huntsman, walking down a country road accidentally meets his estranged wife Pelageya whom he's been married for twelve years but visited just several times, and even then, drunk and violent. She weeps and, fawning before him, implores him to visit her more often. He tries to explain why he, the best sportsman around, 'a pampered man', enjoying good tea and 'refined conversation', could not bear to live in a village.
Anton Chekhov (Author), Max Bollinger (Narrator)
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The Huntsman (Chekhov Stories) [Russian Edition]
Yegor the huntsman, walking down a country road accidentally meets his estranged wife Pelageya whom he's been married for twelve years but visited just several times, and even then, drunk and violent. She weeps and, fawning before him, implores him to visit her more often. He tries to explain why he, the best sportsman around, 'a pampered man', enjoying good tea and 'refined conversation', could not bear to live in a village.
Anton Chekhov (Author), Alexander Kovalev (Narrator)
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A Malefactor (Chekhov Stories)
A local investigating magistrate unsuccessfully tries to explain that it is wrong to take nuts off the railroad track to a peasant, Grigoryev, who simply cannot see why he's to be deprived of his right to use an iron nut as a weight for his fishing line.
Anton Chekhov (Author), Max Bollinger (Narrator)
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A Malefactor (Chekhov Stories) [Russian Edition]
A local investigating magistrate unsuccessfully tries to explain that it is wrong to take nuts off the railroad track to a peasant, Grigoryev, who simply cannot see why he's to be deprived of his right to use an iron nut as a weight for his fishing line.
Anton Chekhov (Author), Alexander Kovalev (Narrator)
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Mitte des 18. Jahrhunderts wächst Friedrich Mergel in einem entlegenen westfälischen Dorf auf. Trotz schwieriger Verhältnisse, wie dem frühen Tod seines trinkenden Vaters, schafft er es, sich zunächst mit der Unterstützung seines Onkels in der dörflichen Gesellschaft zu behaupten. Unter den Dorfbewohnern selbst herrscht Hochmut, kleinere und größere Straftaten sind an der Tagesordnung. Beeinflusst von den dunklen Machenschaften des Onkels verändert er sich zu einem leichtfertigen und prahlerischen jungen Mann. Im Streit erschlägt er den Juden Aaron und verschwindet zunächst spurlos. Viele ahre später kehrt er in seine Heimat zurück und erhängt sich am Ort des Verbrechens, an der so genannten Judenbuche, an der steht: 'Wenn du dich diesem Orte nahest, so wird es dir ergehen, wie du mir getan hast.'
Annette Von Droste-Hülshoff (Author), Jan Terstiege (Narrator)
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Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts (Ungekürzt)
Die Novelle handelt von einem verträumten, faulen Müllerssohn, der in die weite Welt hinausziehen muss, nachdem er von seinem Vater aus dem Haus geworfen wurde. Er lernt ein Mädchen kennen und findet nach vielen Irrungen und Wirrungen in Österreich, Italien und in einem geheimnissvollen Schloss sein Glück bei seiner Liebsten.
Joseph Von Eichendorff (Author), Jan Terstiege (Narrator)
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Der Rosshändler Kohlhaas, vom Junker Wenzel von Tronka unrechtmäßig um zwei seiner Pferde gebracht, streitet für Gerechtigkeit: Als ihm diese auf juristischem Weg verwehrt bleibt, beginnt er einen blutigen Rachefeldzug gegen seinen Übeltäter. Schließlich erfährt er Genugtuung doch für das auf der Suche nach Gerechtigkeit begangene Unrecht zahlt Kohlhaas mit seinem Leben.
Heinrich Von Kleist (Author), Jan Terstiege (Narrator)
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Der Schimmelreiter (Ungekürzt)
In der Novelle von Theodor Stom, die auf einer Sage basiert, steht der fiktive Deichgraf Hauke Haien im Zentrum. Dieser ist ein Mann des Fortschritts und sein Ziel ist es den alten Deich am Dorf zu modernisieren. Doch die abergläubischen Dorfbewohner stehen diesem Projekt sehr skeptisch gegenüber, wittern sie doch großes Unglück hinter dem neuen Damm. Schon bald verkörpert Hauke Haien und sein weißen Pferd für sie das Dämonische, welches in Form eines gespenstischen Schimmelreiters Unglück über das Dorf bringen wird.
Theodor Storm (Author), Jan Terstiege (Narrator)
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Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre (Ungekürzt)
Beeinflußt durch die Ereignisse der französischen Revolution und die aufkeimende Freundschaft zu Schiller reifte blickt dieser Roman auf die Lehrzeit eines poetisch gesonnenen Bürgermanns in der vorrevolutionären Gegenwart. Als Finacier einer Schauspielertruppe bricht Wilhelm aus seiner engen bürgerlichen Herkunft aus und blickt hinein in die Welt des Theaters. Was als Irrweg erscheint, entwickelt sich zum Lebensweg; immer wieder neues Irren lehrt Wilhelm zu leben. Lebendige Darstellung der Leidenschaft wechselt sich mit ruhigen Elementen ab.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (Author), Jan Terstiege (Narrator)
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