Henry Carter Hull

The first volume in J.R.R. Tolkien's epic adventure THE LORD OF THE RINGS One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind themIn ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it...

"The Golden Notebook is Doris Lessing's most important work and has left its mark upon the ideas and feelings of a whole generation of women."  — New York Times Book Review

Anna is a writer, author of one very successful novel, who now keeps four notebooks. In one, with a black cover, she reviews the African experience of her earlier years. In a red one she records her political life,

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Richard Dreyfuss and Stacy Keach star in this full-cast performance of Arthur Miller’s classic The Crucible, a central work in the canon of American drama. In the rigid theocracy of Salem, Massachusetts, rumors that women are practicing witchcraft galvanize the town. In a searing portrait of a community engulfed by panic - with ruthless prosecutors, and neighbors eager to testify against neighbor - The Crucible famously mirrors the anti-Communist...

Auf diesem Hörbuch: Anton Tschechow "Von der Liebe", Emile Zola "Um eine Liebesnacht", Stendhal "Der Liebestrank", "Die schönsten Liebesgeschichten aus 1001 Nacht" und Boccaccio "Die schönsten Liebeserzählungen aus dem Decamerone". Gelesen von Matthias Haase, Markus Hoffmann, Anna Thalbach und Sabine Falkenberg.

The Provincial Lady Goes Further is the immediate sequel to Diary of a Provincial Lady - and life mirrors art. Our Provincial Lady has found herself, unexpectedly, with a literary success on her hands! She is suddenly 'somebody', both in her Devonshire environs and in London, where she establishes a bolthole - ostensibly so she could concentrate on the much-awaited sequel, but also so that she can enjoy the fruits of being a best-selling author! In...

Lady B. stays to tea. (Mem.: Bread-and-butter too thick. Speak to Ethel.) We talk some more about bulbs, the Dutch School of Painting, our Vicar's wife, sciatica, and All Quiet on the Western Front. (Query: is it possible to cultivate the art of conversation when living in the country all the year round?)' If the question suggests a qualified answer, there is no doubt that the art of diary writing is alive and well and very, very funny in Devonshire...

Die wehmütige Geschichte zweier Liebender, die sich ihre Liebe aus Gründen der Vernunft und der Rücksichtnahme nicht gestehen können. Eine Erzählung über die Liebe des großen russischen Schriftstellers Anton Tschechow. Zusätzlich auf diesem Hörbuch: die Erzählungen "Ein Verhängnis" und "Teure Stunden".

No one could have been more surprised than our Provincial Lady to receive an invitation from her American agent to travel transatlantic and embark upon a programme of lectures and signings. She was particularly amazed because, having received an overture sometime before and feeling that she would rather stay in the English countryside, she requested that they meet quite a few 'requirements' before she would agree to go. They met every stipulation....

Im Paris des 19. Jahrhunderts geben sich vier junge Paare dem Leben und der Liebe hin. Sie verbringen ihre Zeit mit frivolen Spielen und neckischen Albernheiten. Die Oberflächlichkeit ihrer Zuneigungen offenbart sich, als die Liebe Konsequenzen zeigt. Victor Hugos berühmte Erzählung aus "Les Misérables" als Hörbuch.

Oscar Wilde wurde besonders durch seinen Witz und seine humorvollen, ironischen Stücke und Romane berühmt. Doch auch märchenhafte, nachdenkliche, heitere Geschichten gehörten zum Repertoire des wortgewandten englischen Literaten. Eine Auswahl seiner schönsten Erzählungen als Hörbuch: Die Sphinx ohne Geheimnis. Eine Radierung - Der Modellmillionär. Ein Zeichen der Bewunderung - Die Nachtigall und die Rose - Gedichte in Prosa - Der Lehrer der...