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Voyagez dans le temps avec les derniers descendants d'une ancienne famille noble dans ce conte enchanteur, plein de magie, de mystère et de trésor ancestral ! Lorsque le jeune Edred hérite de façon inattendue du titre de Lord Arden, lui et sa sœur Elfrida découvrent que leur château familial en ruine renferme des secrets qui traversent les siècles. Avec l'aide du mystérieux Mouldiwarp, une taupe blanche – créature magique au service de la famille Arden – les enfants se lancent dans une quête extraordinaire à travers le temps pour retrouver la fortune de leur famille.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Railway Children by E. Nesbit, read by Jenny Agutter. When Father is taken away unexpectedly, Roberta, Peter, Phyllis and their mother have to leave their comfortable life in London to go and live in a small cottage in the country. The children seek...

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.

Jimmy, Gerald, and Cathy discover an enchanted garden and wake a beautiful princess from a hundred-year-sleep - only to have her immediately made invisible by a magic ring. The quest to rescue her from her own magic proves difficult, humorous, and at times very frightening.

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].

Listen to the book that inspired the upcoming film "The Railway Children Return" starring Jenny Agutter, John Bradley, Tom Courtenay and BAFTA-winning actress Sheridan Smith. When Roberta, Phyllis and Peter's father is accused of being a spy and sent to prison, the children and their mother are forced to leave their comfortable city life for the countryside. They move into a small cottage called "Three Chimneys" close to a railway station. As the children settle into their new home, the railway soon becomes the centre of their lives.

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. They can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. A decade of monumental change and slaughter. Many of society’s telling questions are cast aside in times of that speak of greater needs, greater priorities. For these talented authors their ideas and words keep these magnificent stories at the forefront of our literary lives.

L'histoire est celle d'une famille qui quitte Londres pour s'installer dans une maison située près d'une voie ferrée, après que le père, qui travaille au Foreign Office, soit faussement accusé et emprisonné pour espionnage. Les enfants, Roberta dit Bobbie, Peter et Phyllis, se lient alors d'amitié avec un vieux monsieur qui prend régulièrement le train de 9h15 près de leur maison et qui décide de les aider à libérer leur père.. Y arriveront ils ? Quels obstacles rencontreront ils ? Découvrez le dans ce palpitant récit !

The full title is "The Ice Dragon, or Do as You Are Told" but, perhaps unsurprisingly, George and Jane do not do as they are told and find themselves at The North Pole and in the middle of a great adventure.

This collection of short stories contains several gothic tales to bear macabre and chilling witness to writers as diverse as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Elizabeth Gaskell, Edgar Allan Poe, Wilkie Collins, and Edith Nesbit. 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 are "The Wedding Knell" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, "The Old Nurse's Story" by Elizabeth Gaskell, and more.

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.

A chilling collection of classic gothic horror and ghost stories adapted or written by women 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 starring Nicky Henson...

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.

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.

Durante mucho tiempo, la literatura victoriana—y en particular, su vertiente gótica y fantástica—fue leída como un territorio casi exclusivamente masculino: poblado por nombres consagrados, firmes, autoritarios, asociados a una idea de genio literario que rara vez admitía fisuras. El gótico, lo sobrenatural y lo inquietante ofrecieron a las mujeres escritoras de la época algo que otros géneros les negaban: la posibilidad de hablar de poder, de miedo, de deseo, de opresión.

Download E. Nesbit's timeless classic Five Children and It, read by 007 star Samantha Bond and brought to you by Puffin Audiobooks. When Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane and their baby brother go digging in the gravel pit, the last thing they expect to find is a Psammead - an ancient sand-fairy!...

Dive into the enchanting world of Moo Cow Tales, a delightful collection of four childrens short stories penned in the 1890s by the talented young author Rosamund Edith Nesbit Bland. Known for her imaginative storytelling, Rosamund collaborated with her adoptive mother, Edith Nesbit, on another beloved book, Cat Tales, in 1904. Additionally, she authored the captivating 1934 novel, The Man in the Stone House, exploring the complex relationship between a young woman and her parents. Each whimsical tale in Moo Cow Tales employs the charming literary device of personification, bringing characters...

Dans l'intimité confortable d'une nursery londonienne édouardienne, l'achat d'un tapis ordinaire conduit à une découverte extraordinaire. Caché dans son tissage persan se trouve un œuf enchanté qui éclot pour révéler la plus remarquable des créatures - un magnifique Phénix aux plumes dorées, à l'esprit vif, et avec une opinion plutôt impressionnante de lui-même. L'oiseau antique révèle le propre secret magique du tapis : il peut exaucer trois vœux par jour et transporter ses passagers où ils le désirent.

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".