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Published on the eve of World War I, a decade after Buddenbrooks had established Thomas Mann as a literary celebrity, Death in Venice tells the story of Gustav von Aschenbach, a successful but aging writer who follows his wanderlust to Venice in search of spiritual fulfillment that instead leads to his erotic doom.

Erstmals im Hörbuch: Hercule Poirot und Ariadne Oliver ermitteln gemeinsam an einem Mordfall. Joyce Reynolds ist kein beliebtes Mädchen. Als sie auf einer Halloween-Party jedem, einschließlich der berühmten Kriminalautorin Mrs Oliver erzählt, dass sie einen Mord beobachtet hat, glaubt ihr niemand. Als sie kurze Zeit später tot in der Bibliothek gefunden wird, ruft man Hercule Poirot herbei. Doch er muss erst einmal herausfinden, ob er einen Mörder oder einen Doppelmörder sucht. Die kleinen grauen Zellen arbeiten auf Hochtouren!

The world-famous masterpiece by Nobel laureate Thomas Mann—here in a new translation by Michael Henry Heim Published on the eve of World War I, a decade after Buddenbrooks had established Thomas Mann as a literary celebrity, Death in Venice tells the story of Gustave von Aschenbach, a...

In Thomas Mann's novella Death in Venice, a distinguished writer's holiday from the burdens of his work turns out very differently from what he expected. By means of the story, Mann explores the relationships between disciplined intellect and ungoverned passion, and between decaying age and youthful beauty, against a background that resonates today in a time of pandemics. It was first published in German (as Der Tod in Venedig) in 1912.

Thomas Mann’s classic tale of obsession and beauty is one of literature’s most famous works.

Death in Venice is a short story by German writer Thomas Mann, published in 1912. It tells the story of a noble writer who visits Venice and becomes liberated, inspired, and then increasingly obsessed by the sight of a boy from a family of Polish tourists - Tadzio, nicknamed Tadeusha. Tadzio was founded by the first boy named Vladzio, whom Mann observed during his visit to the city in 1911. In Death in Venice, Thomas Mann captures the essence of a once tranquil life plagued by a battle of morality and desires.

The Thomas Mann Collection includes unabridged recordings of Thomas Mann's 3 greatest works of fiction in one audiobook.

Dramatisations of Thomas Mann’s three bestselling novels One of Germany’s greatest and most revered writers, Thomas Mann won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1929. A vocal critic of Nazism, he had to leave his homeland when Hitler came to power, and lived in exile in Europe and America for...

Thomas Mann selbst bezeichnete Der Tod in Venedig als eine "Novelle gewagten, wenn nicht unmöglichen Gegenstandes", vom plötzlichen "Einbruch der Leidenschaft" in das Leben eines Menschen. Der nicht mehr junge Schriftsteller Gustav Aschenbach entdeckt am Lido des schwülwarmen Venedig die Gestalt des apollinisch schönen Knaben Tadzio...

The season had begun. Débutantes and chaperones were planning their luncheons, teas, dinners, balls. And the blackmailer was planning his strategies, stalking his next victim. But Chief Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn knew that something was up. He had already planted his friend Lord Robert...

Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, agrees to lend Antonio, a Venetian merchant, three thousand ducats so that his friend Bassanio can afford to court his love, Portia. However, Shylock has one condition: Should the loan go unpaid, he will be entitled to a pound of Antonio's own flesh. Meanwhile in Belmont, according to the terms of her father's will, Portia's many suitors must choose correctly from three caskets. Bassanio arrives at Portia's estate and they declare their love for one another before he picks the correct casket.

In this powerful new audiobook, Thomas Mann's Death in Venice is brought to life by James Warwick, star of the Agatha Christie series Tommy and Tuppence on Masterpiece Theatre.

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In Shakespeare's most controversial play, the opposing values of justice and mercy must be resolved. Antonio promises money to help his friend Bassanio woo Portia. He borrows the sum needed from the cruel Shylock, but there will be a dreadful penalty if the loan is not repaid. The golden world of Portia's Belmont calls forth some of Shakespeare's most lyrical love poetry. But the dark shadow of Shylock is never far from the heart of this brilliant comedy as it moves toward its courtroom climax.