Résultats pour "Benjamin" dans Classiques

Benjamin Button was literally born an old man. He lived a backwards life, for his body grew younger as the years passed him by. Come and listen to the original, unabridged story by F. Scott Fitzgerald which inspired the movie.

George Orwell's timeless and timely allegorical novel - a scathing satire on a downtrodden society's blind march towards totalitarianism. The book tells the story of a group of farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to create a society where the animals can be equal, free, and happy. Ultimately, however, the rebellion is betrayed, and the farm ends up in a state as bad as it was before, under the dictatorship of a pig named Napoleon.

This audiobook collection contains some of Fitzgerald’s best stories from the Roaring '20s. Included on the audio are the classics "The Jelly-Bean", "The Camel's Back", "May Day", "Porcelain and Pink", "The Diamond as Big as The Ritz", "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", "Tarquin of Cheapside", "O Russet Witch!", "The Lees of Happiness", "Mr. Icky", and "Jemina".

There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.

Fitzgerald's tale of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences. This story was the basis for the Oscar-winning Brad Pitt film of the same name.

The man who aged backwards!

This story, a whimsical "fantasy" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, first published in 1921, became (in December 2008) a major motion picture starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett. This audiobook is not associated with the Hollywood movie, however; it is entirely faithful to Fitzgerald's original short story.

F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic short story of a man born in his 70s who ages backward as those around him age in the normal direction. Both humorous and heartbreaking at times, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" was the basis for the David Fincher movie of the same name, though the movie differs in several key ways from Fitzgerald's original story.

Mit scheinbar kindlich-naivem Blick schaut der große Philosoph und Kulturkritiker Walter Benjamin zurück. Seine Erinnerungen an die Kindheit in jüdisch-bürgerlichen Verhältnissen im Berlin der Jahrhundertwende sind zugleich poetische Betrachtungen, verdichtet durch die Erfahrungen des Erwachsenen. Es sind Momente, Gegenstände und Begegnungen, die in kunstvollen sprachlichen Bildern zusammengesetzt sind: eine Schmetterlingsjagd im Berliner Umland, Reflexionen über die Siegessäule, die Betrachtung eines Telefons. Dieses einzigartige Zeitdokument in Form eines autobiografischen Rückblicks wird gelesen von Felix von Manteuffel.

Darcy thought his problems were over when Pemberley hatched and successfully imprinted on humans. But baby dragons prove far more difficult than any dragon lore prepared him for. Only Elizabeth Bennet's notes offer him any help. When his imperious Aunt Catherine takes matters into her own hands, things take a turn for the worse and Pemberley’s life hangs in the balance. He desperately needs more of Elizabeth’s help, but she ignores all of his requests. Elizabeth, though, has problems of her own.

Anthony Braid är en man med tvivelaktigt rykte som likväl tillhör en av de mest respekterade miljonärerna i staden. Han äger en tävlingshäst och hans största inkomstkälla kommer från börsen, framför allt diamanthandel. En dag får han skulden när ett oljebolag går bankrutt. Lord Frensham, som förlorat allt efter bankrutten, tar sitt liv. Braid hamnar i onåd samtidigt som de riktiga skurkarna håller på att komma undan. Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) var en brittisk författare av kriminalromaner. Under sin livstid skrev han inte mindre än 175 detektivromaner och 15 skådespel.

This is the audio program to play at home over Christmas or during the car journey to see relatives. Dylan Thomas, "The Little Match Girl," and "The Nutcracker" are read by Jenny Agutter with accompanying Tchaikovsky's music - this is a must for Christmas. It contains new recordings as well as some of the finest tracks from the Naxos AudioBooks catalogue.