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Charles Dickens records his impressions of America during his 1842 journey. - Summary by Brad "Hamlet" Filippone

¿Es necesario describir los tres mosqueteros? Advierta el lector que serán más bien cuatro..., pero no adelantemos acontecimientos sin permiso del Rey o, al menos, de la Reina. - Summary by Tux

Vertaling van het kerstverhaal van 1858. Het verhaal is geschreven in samenwerking met Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell en Adelaide Anne Procter.Een oude vrouw, Sophonisba, gaat in Londen wonen. Tegenover haar tijdelijke woning staat een mysterieus huis reeds zeer lange tijd te huur. Een vriend, Jabez Jarber en een knecht, Trottle, proberen het mysterie van het lege huis voor haar te ontraadselen. (Introductie door Marcel Coenders)

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)

Dies ist Band 4-6 von einer Serie über einen jungen Franzosen zur Zeit von König Ludwig XVIII. Er kommt nach Paris um als Musketier des Königs zu dienen, und freundet sich mit drei etwas älteren Musketiere an. Zusammen überstehen die vier viele Abenteuer im Dienst des Königs und der Königin. - Summary by Katharina21

This very special abridged version was written and performed by Dickens himself during his American Tour of 1862. Without the more terrifying and dark elements of the full length novel, its hour and a half length, and its lighter, comedic style makes this a family listening experience suited for all ages. (Michael Armenta)

Het kerstverhaal van 1848. Vertaling van The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain. Mr. Redlaw, een scheikunde leraar, krijgt van een geest de gave om zichzelf en zijn medemensen te bevrijden van alle pijnlijke herinneringen en gevoelens. Motto van het boek: "Heer, houd mijn geheugen fris".(Inleiding van Marcel Coenders)

La dama pálida (Histoire de la Dame pâle), aquí traducido como El vampiro, pero también conocido como La bella vampirizada y El vampiro de los Cárpatos, es un relato corto de Alexandre Dumas escrito en 1849 como parte de su recopilación de cuentos de terror Les Mille et un fantômes (Los mil y un fantasmas), se trata de un relato de influencia fantástica y sombría, ambientado en el corazón de los montes Cárpatos y relacionado con vampirismo literario. Este relato está dividido en cuatro partes: Los montes Cárpatos, El castillo de Brankovan, Los dos hermanos y El monasterio de Hango...

While "The Battle of Life" is one of Charles Dickens' Christmas Books - his annual release of a story just before Christmas - this one breaks the tradition by not being concerned with Christmas. Rather, its subtitle, "A Love Story", reveals more of the plot. The major events of this book take place on land that once was a battleground. That is just a backdrop for Dickens' idea of the real battle of life - finding and winning the right partner, so that life will go on to the next generation. The family that lives there is rather confused in its affections and intentions regarding who should end...

A Christmas Carol is a novella by English author Charles Dickens first published by Chapman & Hall on 17 December 1843. The story tells of sour and stingy Ebenezer Scrooge's ideological, ethical, and emotional transformation after the supernatural visits of Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. The novella met with instant success and critical acclaim. ( Summary by Wikipedia )

Let's continue the D'Artagnan Romances that we've already started with The Three Musketeers.

A wayside tavern where the local men drink and gossip; an unsolved, twenty year old murder at a nearby mansion; a very talkative black raven; a London locksmith and his family; a man apparently returned from the dead; a hangman who enjoys his job way too much; an anti-Catholic lord; a large and violent mob; and the British Militia—what do all these things have in common? All have, in some way, touched or been touched by the lovable, young, simple-minded “idiot,” Barnaby Rudge.Barnaby’s good nature makes him a joy to most who know him. Unfortunately, his eagerness to please and his ...

Lady Molly of Scotland Yard by Baroness Emma Orczy. Lady Molly of Scotland Yard is a collection of short stories about Molly Robertson-Kirk, an early fictional female detective. It was written by Baroness Orczy, who is best known as the creator of The Scarlet Pimpernel, but who also invented two immortal turn-of-the-century detectives in The Old Man in the Corner and Lady Molly of Scotland Yard. First published in 1910, Orczy’s female detective was the precursor of the lay sleuth who relies on brains rather than brawn. The book soon became very popular, with three editions appearing in the...

Famous Assassinations Of History by Francis Johnson. It has been the object of the writer to make each of these “famous assassinations” the central scene of a picture in which the political, religious, or national features of the epoch in which the assassination occurred are portrayed with historical fidelity and strict impartiality…. Only those assassinations have been included which either had an important and political bearing on the world, or on the nation immediately affected, or which left a profound, and, it would seem, indelible impression on the imagination of contemporaries ...

Dumas concurre a una cena en casa de Rossini el célebre compositor y gran chef italiano. En esa cena se encuentra con otros destacados artistas y se menciona la posibilidad de hacer una obra en conjunto pero de una manera desacostumbrada: se haría primero la música, luego se determinaría la historia y finalmente se redactarían las letras de los actos de la obra musical. El tema a desarrollar entra en discusión ya que se propone una temática, que a priori, no es la deseable para una obra italiana sino para un ambiente más nórdico. A continuación en los tres capítulos siguientes se ...

Part local legend of a dark and dangerous Wolf-Leader, part childhood memories of his home near Villers-Cotterets, in Aisne, Dumas here penned a chilling supernatural encounter between man and the devil. Our hero, Thibault the shoemaker, is beaten on the orders of the Lord of Vez for hunting in the lord's forest. With Thibault's resentment at his treatment by the world at its height, the devil sees his chance and, in the guise of a wolf, proposes a deal which Thibault accepts; the ever available trade of one's soul for evil power. With a pack of demon possessed wolves at his command, Thibault ...

The Queen's Necklace is historical fiction based on an actual scandal in the court of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI during 1784-85, "The Diamond Necklace Affair". The Diamond Necklace Affair contributed to the discrediting of the Marie Antoinette and the monarchy of Louis XVI prior to the French Revolution. The backdrop is the rebellious state of the French people due in part to adverse weather and crop failures affecting the food supply and price of bread during the 1780s, contrasted to the extravagance of the French monarchy. The Queen's Necklace is the 3rd novel in the Marie Antoinette ...

This 5th volume of the Marie Antoinette Romances begins after the fall of the Bastille and the March on Versailles, which forced Louis XVI and his court to be escorted back to Paris. In Paris, political factions battle over the fate of the nation, the royal family, and anyone with royalist sympathies. Our heroes (like Ange Pitou) and our anti-heroes (like Gilbert) must navigate the blood-streaked landscape while keeping their necks out of the guillotine. All the while, the prophetic Balsamo urges on the revolution: "the quantity of blood which must be shed before the sun rises on the free ...

The Protestant Sir John Chester and the Catholic Geoffrey Haredale have been feuding for years. In "Romeo and Juliet" fashion, Chester's son and Haredale's niece wish to marry, but their relatives oppose the union. A tale of love and intrigue set against the historical events of 1780, when an anti-Catholic mob caused more damage to London than had ever been seen before. And the simple young man Barnaby who becomes caught up in events he does not quite understand. (Brad Filippone)

Alexandre Dumas padre (1802-1870), escritor francés de ascendencia haitiana, es el autor más prolífico de su país. Excelente conversador y relator de historias, añora el perdido arte de la conversación, cuando las personas sabían “escuchar bien y razonar mejor” y podian expresar con propiedad y sencillez ideas profundas, lamentando que las generaciones futuras no tendrán ese privilegio.Advierte a sus lectores que va a buscar sus historias al mundo imaginario, único refugio contra la realidad de una época triste y deslucida. Busca inspiración en el pasado, en una sociedad que se ...