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In der gemütlichen Umgebung eines edwardianischen Londoner Kinderzimmers führt der Kauf eines gewöhnlichen Teppichs zu einer außergewöhnlichen Entdeckung. In seinem persischen Gewebe verbirgt sich ein verzaubertes Ei, aus dem das bemerkenswerteste aller Geschöpfe schlüpft – ein prächtiger Phönix mit goldenen Federn, scharfem Verstand und einer recht beeindruckenden Meinung von sich selbst. Der uralte Vogel enthüllt das eigene magische Geheimnis des Teppichs: Er kann drei Wünsche pro Tag erfüllen und seine Reiter überallhin transportieren, wohin sie begehren.

Dass alle Wünsche in Erfüllung gehen - wer hat davon noch nicht geträumt? Für Anthea, Robert und Cyril wird dieser Traum Wirklichkeit, als sie dem Sandelf begegnen, einem übellaunigen Wesen mit der Gabe, Wünsche wahr werden zu lassen. Die Geschwister müssen bald erkennen, dass es fatale Folgen haben kann, wenn alle Sehnsüchte in Erfüllung gehen.

Die Gruselkabinett Hörspiel Box 19 beinhaltet die Geschichten: "Das Grauen im Blue-John-Stollen" von Arthur Conan Doyle, "Die Macht der Dunkelheit" von Edith Nesbit, "Weiß" von Mary Fortune und "Das Teufelsloch" von Bram Stoker.

Georgia Kane, eine freischaffend tätige Krankenschwester, verlässt das neblige London, um die Betreuung eines Kranken in den Downs an der Küste zu übernehmen. In dem einsam gelegenen Farmhaus findet sie eine äußerst gespannte Atmosphäre vor, die durch vielfältige merkwürdige Heimlichkeiten geprägt ist.

Die Gruselkabinett Hörspiel Box 28 beinhaltet die Geschichten: "Heimweh", "Der Drachenspiegel", "Die Grube und das Pendel", "Der Ebenholzrahmen".

Edred and Elfrieda Arden belong to an ancient noble family which has fallen on hard times. Orphaned and living with their aunt who takes in lodgers at the seaside, life is dull and frustrating. But when Edred suddenly inherits the title of Lord Arden - and a medieval ruined castle to go with it, the adventures are only just starting. The children discover a magic spell through which they meet the Mouldiwarp - a white mole who is also the emblem of the Ardens.

Die Gruselkabinett Hörspiel Box 28 beinhaltet die Geschichten: "Heimweh", "Der Drachenspiegel", "Die Grube und das Pendel", "Der Ebenholzrahmen".

Twenty more stories in this popular series by Edith Nesbit, Hans Christian Anderson, Abby Phillips Walker, The Brothers Grimm, L. Frank Baum, Frank Stockton, Henry Beston, Nathaniel Hawthrone, Olive Thorn Miller, Ignas Kunos, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, and Anna R. Annan.

Originally written as a magazine serial, Railway Children tells the story of a family whose life is upturned when the father is accused of espionage and imprisoned. The man’s wife and three children move to a house near a railroad and befriend their new neighbors, who are able to help reunite the family and prove the father’s innocence.

In this breathtaking collection of gothic horror and eerie tales, draw the curtains and pull the blankets close for two classic Victorian horror tales in new adaptations, Dracula and Frankenstein, a thrilling drama about the scandalous Mary Shelley and Lord Byron in Bloody Poetry, the sensational psycho-sexual thriller The Mysteries of Udolpho, four spine-chilling dramatised tales and two of Mary Shelley's finest short stories.

This Audiobook contains the following works: "The Builder" [Frank L. Packard], "The Man Who Didn't Count" [Frank L. Packard], "Red Petals" [Frederick Merrick White], "The Other Man's Story" [Frederick Merrick White], "The Shebeeners" [Frederick Merrick White], "The Waterwitch" [Frederick Merrick White], "The Brand of the Wild" [G.B Lancaster], "A Fair Smuggler" [George Newnes], "A Castaway of the South" [Gilbert Parker], "As Deep As the Sea" [Gilbert Parker], "The Gift of the Simple King" [Gilbert Parker], "The Treasure of Sacramento" [Nick Guy Boothby].

Edith Nesbit was to children in the early 20th century what J.K. Rowling is to today's young generation. Magic, mythical creatures, time travel, charms, words of power... Nesbit's stories have it all. This recording is the complete collection of Edith Nesbit's Psammead series, comprising three captivating stories:Five Children and It.The story begins when a group of five children - Robert, Anthea, Cyril, Jane, and their baby brother, the Lamb - move from London to the countryside of Kent.

Brenzett, ein Örtchen in der Grafschaft Kent im Jahr 1924: In einer etwas abseits gelegenen Kirche im Marschland befinden sich die prunkvollen Grabstellen zweier grausamer und bösartiger Ritter. Die Einheimischen fürchten die mit lebensgroßen Marmorstatuen versehenen Sarkophage und meiden das kleine Gotteshaus. Dies weckt die Neugier eines frisch aus London in die Gegend gezogenen Paars. Sie ahnen nicht, dass sie mit dem Feuer spielen...

E Nesbit is widely regarded as the first modern children's writer. Her ground-breaking novels have influenced authors from Oscar Wilde to Jacqueline Wilson, and over 100 years after their first publication, they remain perennially popular. This wide-ranging collection comprises some of her very best children's fiction, commencing with her timeless tale The Railway Children.

Continuing the magical adventures of siblings Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane, and their baby brother, the sequel to Edith Nesbit's Five Children and It opens with the hatching of a phoenix in the children's very own home. The phoenix, whose egg was contained in a magical carpet, tells the children that the carpet may grant them three wishes a day. As the bird accompanies the children on many adventures - sometimes enlisting the help of the Psammead - the children begin to wear out the magic carpet as well as the phoenix, bringing their time to an end.

Cyril, Anthea, Robert and Jane are "the sort of people that wonderful things happen to." And the children have yet more adventures ahead of them. Following up on "Five Children and It" and "The Phoenix and the Carpet", they once again meet the wish-granting Psammead fairy. This time, he guides them to an ancient Amulet that will help them find their hearts' desire, but it is only half an amulet, and the search for the other half will have them whizzing about through time.

Here is a collection of four delightful dragon stories by two master writers for children: "The Reluctant Dragon" by Kenneth Grahame and "The Island of the Nine Whirlpools", "The Fiery Dragon", and "The Last Dragon" by Edith Nesbit. Presented with lively music and even the occasional amusing sound effect.

This collection of short stories contains several gothic tales to bear macabre and chilling witness to writers as diverse as Rudyard Kipling, Guy De Maupassant, Edgar Allan Poe, Arnold Bennett, Daniel Defoe, Edith Nesbit and M.R. James. These tales are designed to unsettle you, just a little, while you sit back, and take in their words as they lead you on a walk to places you’d perhaps rather not visit on your own. Our stories include "My Own True Ghost Story" by Rudyard Kipling, "The Horla" by Guy De Maupassant, and more.

Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis were quite happy living in their ordinary red-brick house located in the suburbs. But when their father was called away, the children and their mother were compelled to move to a dark, shabby cottage in the country, and their lives changed more then they ever could have imagined. At first the country seemed lonely and dull. Then one afternoon, a walk led them to a railway tunnel. There they met Perks, the porter, made friends with the kind Station Master, and waved to the Green Dragon train.

El maravilloso paisaje de una finca de verano en West Country, al suroeste de Inglaterra, sorprende a tres hermanos, Gerald, James y Kathleen, que pasan sus vacaciones allí. Mientras juegan a explorar en las inmediaciones realizan una gran hallazgo que parece mágico: un castillo encantado rodeado por un lago, arboledas, estatuas de mármol, enormes torres. En ese lugar, más propio de los cuentos de hadas, hallan a una princesa durmiente en un laberinto. Pero jugando con la magia del anillo los niños descubrirán que no todo es fruto de su imaginación….