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After hearing Mr. Enfield's account of a distressing event involving Edward Hyde, the heir of his friend, Henry Jekyll, John Utterson is convinced that Jekyll's relationship with Hyde is built on something sinister. Utterson's concern for his friend is not unfounded but the reasons aren't quite what he, at first, believes. (Summary by Kristin Hughes)

This book tells the story of Hester Prynne, a young woman who conceives a child while her husband is missing at sea. The Puritan Elders of the New England settlement of Boston, where she lives, condemn her to wear a scarlet letter A to signify her adultery. She refuses to name her lover, and he too keeps his silence, but with a terrible cost. The tale is prefaced with an account of the Salem Custom-house where Nathaniel Hawthorne was working when he began writing The Scarlet Letter. Summary by Cori Samuel

The tale begins on a Christmas Eve exactly seven years after the death of Ebenezer Scrooge's business partner. Scrooge has no place in his life for kindness, compassion, charity or benevolence. He hates Christmas, calling it "humbug", refuses his nephew Fred's dinner invitation, and rudely turns away two gentlemen who seek a donation from him to provide a Christmas dinner for the Poor... (Summary by Wikipedia and Kara)

Old miser Ebenezer Scrooge undergoes a major transformation after being visited by his deceased colleague Jacob Marley, who warns him to change his ways and has three spirits visit him on the night of Christmas Eve. (Introduction by Jeff Robinson)

Ebenezer Scrooge is a covetous, miserable old man who lives his life apart from his fellow man and is incapable of showing love or understanding towards them. On Christmas Eve he is visited by three ghosts who show him the error of his ways. (Summary by helensears)

The miserly Ebenezer Scrooge is a cold-hearted man of business and has little time for the good humor and charity of the Christmas season. But that's about to change. A visit from his deceased business partner sets in motion a night in which Scrooge is visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future. Will his listen to their messages? Will he heed their warnings? Ebenezer Scrooge is about to take a Christmas journey that he won't soon forget. (Summary by Kyle Munley)

A delightful version of Alice's Adventures following that scurrying Rabbit with the watch that is shortened for the enjoyment of younger children. She meets all of the strange talking animals (and they are just as rude or silly as usual) and eats and drinks from all of the bottles and grows and shrinks alarmingly just like in the longer version. Enjoy. (Summary by the reader, Phil Chenevert)

You can call me Dr. Fathom. Or Count Fathom. But I'm not who I say I am. And can you blame me? My mother was a soldiers' harlot who pocketed extra loot by wandering through the battlefield stripping the dead and dying of valuables. I don't even know who my father was, except he must have had my handsome looks. People liked looking at me. And people liked how I talked too. Early on, I learned that telling the truth didn't get you the same quick reward as telling them what they wanted to hear, being assiduously charming, dissimulating. In a word, lying. I became good at it. And I became the ...

When Lucy Honeychurch travels to Italy with her cousin, she meets George Emerson, a bohemian and an atheist who falls in love with her. Upon her return to England, she is forced to choose between free-spirited George and her more conventional fiancé, Cecil Vyse. The story is both a romance and a critique of English society at the beginning of the 20th century. (Summary from Wikipedia)

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (11 November 1633 – 5 April 1695) was an English statesman, writer, and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660, and in the House of Lords after he was raised to the peerage in 1668. He's noted in history for his views on Charles II among others. This compilation covers a wide range of his views which are particularly telling, coming, as they do, from a man who was singularly positioned among the powers of the time, to make them. Prepare yourself for a journey into antiquated English speech. (Summary by Wikipedia and John Greenman)

Aspects Of Love is an anthology of poetic explorations on the theme of erotic love - though one of the "poets" represented here is better known, even than as a dramatist, as the philosopher, Plato. His Symposium heads off this set of erotic explorations. In The Symposium's philosophic play, he depicts a scene of men cosing together over dinner, each describing what he finds in his experience of love. I have followed this pattern in the choice of works for this anthology - in a similar manner, each of these works deals in a radically different way with the discovery of love. Whether ...

(San Petersburgo, 1899-Montreux, 1977). Escritor estadounidense de origen ruso. Escribió en lenguas inglesa y rusa. Abandonó Rusia a los 19 años a raíz de la Revolución de Octubre, y residió en Inglaterra, Alemania y Francia; en 1940 se trasladó a...

In her autobiography, Annie Besant poignantly writes of her search for the truth of what she believed in, leaving Christianity behind to embrace Atheism, and ultimately finding her peace in Theosophy, which she became interested in after meeting Helena Blavatsky. She moved to India to better study Theosophical ideas and this is where she made her home until her death. She was a gifted orator and writer, often speaking and writing on her religious beliefs, as well as women's rights and social reform. Along with Charles Bradlaugh, she published a paper in support of birth control. It proved to ...

„ZWANZIG“ ist der Podcast für alle, die sich in den Wirren des Erwachsenwerdens manchmal verloren fühlen. Hier sprechen wir ehrlich, humorvoll und ungeschönt über die kleinen und großen Herausforderungen der Zwanziger – von Quarter-Life-Crisis und Selbstfindung, Dating bis zu chaotischen Life-Fails und dem Druck, perfekt zu sein. In jeder Folge erwarten euch Geschichten, die zeigen: Keiner hat das Leben immer im Griff, und das ist auch gut so! Unser Podcast ist wie ein Gespräch mit guten Freunden (schließlich sind wir selbst auch gute Freunde hahaha) – mal tiefgründig, mal zum ...

Count Dracula takes center stage in this classic novel that chronicles his dark journey from Transylvania to England in search of fresh blood to spread his undead curse. The narrative pits Dracula against a determined band of heroes led by Professor Abraham Van Helsing. While Bram Stoker did not invent the vampire myth, his portrayal redefined modern vampire lore and established the template for the genre. This gothic horror masterpiece has inspired numerous adaptations in theater, film, and television, cementing its influence on vampire literature.- Summary by Audiobook haven

A Christmas Carol (full title: A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas) is A Christmas Carol is a Victorian morality tale of an old and bitter miser, Ebenezer Scrooge, who undergoes a profound experience of redemption over the course of one evening. (Wikipedia)

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Leas Leben ändert sich schlagartig, als sie herausfindet, dass die Liebe ihres Lebens, Rockstar Ben, sie mit einem Fan betrogen hat. Um dem Schmerz zu entkommen, kehrt sie allem den Rücken und zieht nach Schweden. Sie findet dort nicht nur eine neue Heimat, sondern stellt auch fest, dass sie schwanger ist. Sieben Jahre später kommt die alleinerziehende Mutter zurück nach Wien – und es dauert nicht lange, bis Ben erneut in ihr Leben tritt. Er formt eine überraschende Verbindung zu ihrem Sohn Jan und setzt alles daran, auch Lea wieder näherzukommen.

Er liebt dich. Aber er hat vergessen, dass heute euer Hochzeitstag ist. Wieder. Du lebst mit einem liebevollen, herzensguten, aber chronisch zerstreuten Mann zusammen? Einem, der sich dein Netflix-Passwort merken kann, aber nicht, wann die Müllabfuhr kommt? Der dir Blumen kauft – aber nur, weil er vergessen hat, dass er eigentlich die Butter holen sollte? Willkommen im Club! Dieses Buch ist dein Rettungsring im ganz normalen Beziehungsozean, wenn du manchmal das Gefühl hast, eher Projektleiterin als Partnerin zu sein – mit Zusatzfunktion „Gedächtnis für zwei“.

𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐒 𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐊 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐈𝐓 Politik, Gesellschaft, Feminismus und die Queer- Community gehören heutzutage zum Alltag. Dies dachten sich auch Lina und Anastasia und starteten diesen Podcast. Regelmäßig wird in den verschiedenen Folgen über verschiedene Themen, Geschichten und weiteres aufgeklärt. Sie hatten sich zur Aufgabe gemacht der neuen Generation ein Safe Space zu bieten, wo man sich für nichts schämen muss, egal was für eine Person man ist, welcher Religion man angehört oder welche Sexualität man hat.