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This adaptation of Charles Dickens's beloved novella, A Christmas Carol, attempts to convey this wonderful story of a covetous old sinner's redemption into a two hour long performance. In its narration, some slight liberties have been taken to make accessible obscure words and references that some modern listeners may find challenging. The retained dialogues and dialects are those of Charles Dickens and remain faithful to his writing.

Unique to this title is: a study of the themes present in The Chimes. You may, of course, skip all of it and go straight to the main title if you do not want any spoilers and come back later to the beginning. The story of The Chimes concerns a working class man who comes to believe that he is worthless and worries that working-class people are wicked by nature.

Pour revivre les petits bonheur des histoires racontées au coin du feu, laissez ce recueil de contes merveilleux connus ou oubliés vous emporter. Ces histoires hivernales ont fait vibrer des générations de lecteurs, alors fermer les yeux et laissez la magie opérer.

At the heart of each of these great classic stories is an adoptee with an indomitable spirit who becomes the heroine (or hero) of her own life. "The bravery it takes for an unwanted orphan to forge their own path in life was as great when these stories were written as it is today," says narrator Alison Larkin, who draws on her own adoption experience to bring these stories to authentic new life. 

Nicholas Nickleby's father dies unexpectedly after losing all of his money in a poor investment. Nicholas, his mother, and his younger sister, Kate, are forced to give up their comfortable lifestyle in Devonshire and travel to London to seek the aid of their only relative, Nicholas's uncle, Ralph Nickleby. Ralph, a cold-hearted businessman, is reluctant to help his relations and has an immediate dislike of Nicholas, perhaps because he reminds him of his dead brother. 

The classic and heart warming tale which captures the zeitgeist of the mid-Victorian revival of the Christmas holiday. Dickens follows Ebenezer Scrooge, a curmudgeonly old man of business about whom a warm word is never said nor given back. One chilly Christmas eve, Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his old business partner who bears a dire warning, and a final chance to change his miserly ways.

Listening to great writing is a pleasure unto itself. Sometimes the opening paragraph of a work, or even the first sentence, makes it obvious that you are in the hands of a master, and once venturing a few furtive steps onto the path of prose, no matter what forest it enters, valley it descends, or mountain it scales, you will walk the entire distance. 

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Les penúries econòmiques de Dickens van inspirar les seves millors novel·les (Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Temps difícils), de gran contingut i crítica social. Gràcies a una herència, Charles deixa la fàbrica on treballava i es posa a estudiar. Aprèn taquigrafia i amb 17 anys escriu als diaris. El 1836 escriu per a un editor una novel·la per fascicles setmanals, Oliver Twist, on mostra amb cruesa la difícil vida dels més pobres. Va tenir un enorme èxit.  

A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is set in Paris and London, firmly placed in the period leading up to and including the French Revolution to the subsequent Reign of Terror. It's primarily the tale of Doctor Alexandre Manette, who is unjustly imprisoned in the Bastille for 18 years; his daughter, Lucie Manette, who believes him to be dead; two men who both fall in love with her; and the supporters or foes of the family who, for their own reasons, love or despise them.

A Christmas Carol is Charles Dickens' beloved Christmas masterpiece and one of the greatest works of wisdom literature the world has ever known. Set in Victorian London in 1843, the story follows a bitter old miser Ebenezer Scrooge, as the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future conduct him through the stages of life in hopes of inspiring him with the true meaning of Christmas.

Ghost stories from the golden age. Six great writers weave their spell in creepy, insidious style.

Oliver Twist es una de las grandes obras del siglo XIX, del escritor inglés Charles Dickens, quien narra con lujo de detalle y mucha ternura las penurias que padece el pequeño protagonista llamado Oliver Twist. Este conmovedor personaje, un huérfano que crece en las calles, se encuentra a una pandilla comandada por individuos sin escrúpulos que tratan de convertirlo en un ladronzuelo. A pesar de ello, Oliver conoce también a personas buenas y honestas que le tienden la mano. 

Un riche misanthrope brouillé avec le monde entier à l'exception de ses fidèles employés, Mr et Mrs Boffin, meurt après avoir fait fortune en exploitant les décharges de Londres (dustheaps). Son testament stipule que sa fortune est transmise à son fils, John Harmon, qu'il ne voit plus, mais à condition qu'il revienne du lointain étranger où il s'est établi - sans doute l'Afrique du SudN 5 -, pour la recevoir. Cette disposition est assortie d'une autre clause : Harmon doit épouser une jeune femme qu'il ne connaît pas, Miss Bella Wilfer.

Auf seinem ungewissen Lebensweg begegnet David skurrilen, aber liebenswerten Menschen, die er zu Freunden gewinnt. Hört selbst, warum Herr Dick mit dem Drachen Botschaften in die Luft schickt, wie sich die Freunde gegen den bösen Uriah Heep verbünden, was die liebenswerte Agnes über David denkt... Das England des 19. Jahrhunderts gibt den Hintergrund für dieses spannende Hörspiel ab.

Set in the quaint English village of Cloisterham, The Mystery of Edwin Drood takes the listener down a path of dark intrigue and madness. Although Edwin Drood is contracted to enter into an arranged marriage with the orphan Rosa Bud, the young couple develops a deep respect for each other. During a Christmas Eve storm, Drood goes missing, leaving behind nothing but his personal items and a single suspect, his uncle. 

This is a SoundCraft Audiobooks production - enhanced with music and sound effects - of perhaps the most beloved Christmas book of all time, Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. It tells the story of the miserly and miserable Ebenezer Scrooge, who is given one, final chance at redemption on Christmas Eve when he is visited by the ghost of his deceased business partner, Jacob Marley. Scrooge is guided by three Spirits - of Christmas Past, Present and Future - who show the old miser the error of his ways.

Julius Slinkton tiene mucho interés en que le presenten al Sr. Sampson, director de una Compañía de Seguros de vida.Van a coincidir en un par de ocasiones, y no se volverán a ver hasta que casualmente se encuentren en una playa solitaria de Scarborough, por la que Slinkton pasea del brazo de una bellísima joven.

¿Puede llegar el momento en que un hombre cuerdo no pueda... distinguir entre la realidad y lo imaginario? El Guardavias - Por puro accidente he conocido a un tipo muy interesante: estaba dando un paseo cerca del pueblo y me pareció curioso ver una vía de tren que corría por una especie de desfiladero y bajé a ver. Es un hombre inteligente que probablemente podría haber hecho otras cosas más gratificantes, pero sin embargo decidió ser Guardavías. Pero tiene miedo, hay algo que le asusta, y un hombre racional como el piensa que hay algo de carácter sobrenatural cerca de el.

Un grupo de mensajeros se encuentran sentados al lado de un monasterio en la cima del St Bernard en Suiza, admirando la increible belleza de las montañas. Para pasar el tiempo deciden empezar a contar historias de fantasmas. Uno de ellos que era Genovés empezó a contar la historia de "la novia inglesa", que mientras estaba en su luna de miel, tuvo muchas pesadillas, en las que veía a un hombre muy extraño, oscuro y amenzante y estaba aterrada pues creía que cuando llegaran al destino, ese hombre se la llevaría.