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audioknihaJames Fenimore CooperKlasická literatúra
The Pioneers (EN)
James Fenimore Cooper: The Pioneers: The Sources of the Susquehanna; a Descriptive Tale is a historical novel, the first published of the Leatherstocking Tales, a series of five novels by American writer James Fenimore Cooper. While The Pioneers was published in 1823, before a
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audioknihaGeorge MacDonald
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The Princess and the Goblin (EN)
George MacDonald: The Princess and the Goblin is an enthralling fantasy tale written by George MacDonald. Her nurse Lootie raises the princess Irene in a house on a mountain, it is here that she meets her mysterious great great grandmother, and her friend the minor boy Cu
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audioknihaAnthony Hope
Klasická literatúra
The Prisoner of Zenda (EN)
Anthony Hope: The Prisoner of Zenda is an adventure novel by Anthony Hope, published in 1894. The king of the fictional country of Ruritania is drugged on the eve of his coronation and thus unable to attend the ceremony. Political forces are such that in order for th
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audioknihaAugust Strindberg
Klasická literatúra
The Red Room (EN)
August Strindberg: The Red Room (Swedish: Röda rummet) is a satire of Stockholm society, it has frequently been described as the first modern Swedish novel. While receiving mixed reviews in Sweden, it was acclaimed in Denmark, where Strindberg was hailed as a genius. As
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audioknihaEdgar Rice Burroughs
Dobrodružné romány
The Return of Tarzan (EN)
Edgar Rice Burroughs: This follow-up to `Tarzan of the Apes‘ begins where the first novel ended, with Tarzan‘s beloved Jane set to marry his cousin. Disappointed in love, Tarzan leaves for Europe, and after a bit of trouble, becomes a spy for the French government. Soon,
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audioknihaL. Frank Baum
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The Marvelous Land of Oz (EN)
L. Frank Baum: Whatever happened in the lands of Oz after Dorothy left? In this sequel to the `The Wonderful Wizard of Oz‘, we meet a young boy named Tip, who, unlike Dorothy, has grown up in this magical place. He is under the care (though that is a relative term) o
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audioknihaL. Frank Baum
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The Road to Oz (EN)
L. Frank Baum: “Roads,” observed the shaggy man, “don’t go anywhere. They stay in one place, so folks can walk on them. ” A shaggy-looking man, imaginatively called Shaggy Man, asks Dorothy for directions to Butterfield, but the two of them end up getting lost on their
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audioknihaFrances Hodgson Burnett
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The Secret Garden (EN)
Frances Hodgson Burnett: “Two worst things as can happen to a child is never to have his own way – or always to have it. ” When her parents die, Mary, spoiled, yet unloved, is shipped from India to England to live with her absent uncle. When she discovers a secret garden, and st
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audioknihaLewis Carrol
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Through the Looking-glass and What Alice Found There (EN)
Lewis Carrol: Once again, Alice finds herself in a peculiar place. In this sequel to `Alice Adventures in Wonderland‘, Alice has climbed through a mirror and arrived in a world in which everything is reversed, like a reflection – including logic. It makes for ano
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audioknihaLeo Tolstoj
Klasická literatúra
Father Sergius (EN)
Leo Tolstoj: The story begins with the childhood and exceptional and accomplished youth of Prince Stepan Kasatsky. The young man is destined for great things. He discovers on the eve of his wedding that his fiancée Countess Mary Korotkova has had an affair with his
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audioknihaJack London
Klasická literatúra
The Call of the Wild (EN)
Jack London: The story takes place in the extreme conditions of the Yukon during the 19th century Klondike Gold Rush, where strong sled dogs were in high demand. After Buck, a domesticated dog, is snatched from a pastoral ranch in California, he is sold into a brutal
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audioknihaJohn Buchan
Detektívky
The Thirty-Nine Steps (EN)
John Buchan: “I returned to the City about three o‘clock on that Monday afternoon pretty well disgusted with life. I had been three months in the Old Country, and was fed up with it. ” So opens John Buchans The Thirty-Nine Steps and with it he creates a whole new g
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audioknihaVirginia Woolf
Klasická literatúra
The Voyage Out (EN)
Virginia Woolf: The Voyage Out is the first novel by Virginia Woolf, published in 1915 by Duckworth; and published in the U. S. in 1920 by Doran. Rachel Vinrace embarks for South America on her father’s ship and is launched on a course of self discovery in a kind of mo
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audioknihaCharles Kingsley
Klasická literatúra
The Water-Babies (EN)
Charles Kingsley: The Water Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby is a children’s novel by the Reverend Charles Kingsley. Written in 1862-1863 as a serial for Macmillan’s Magazine, it was first published in its entirety in 1863. The book was extremely popular in England d
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audioknihaKenneth Grahame
Klasická literatúra
The Wind in the Willows (EN)
Kenneth Grahame: The Wind in the Willows is a classic of children’s literature by Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. Alternately slow moving and fast paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animal characters in a pastoral version of England. The novel is nota
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audioknihaL. Frank Baum
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (EN)
L. Frank Baum: “True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid. ” Dorothy is in a bit of a pickle. Her house has been swept away in a vicious tornado with just herself and her dog inside, and when she walks out the front door again, she finds that she is not in K
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audiokniha– William Morris
The Wood Beyond the World (EN)
– William Morris: When his wife cheats on him, Golden Walter leaves his mundane life to start a new one at sea. Horrific news forces him to turn around, however, but before he can reach home, a storm carries his ship to a faraway country. A country inhabited by people he
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audioknihaArnold Bennett
Klasická literatúra
The Grand Babylon Hotel (EN)
Arnold Bennett: Theodore Racksole, a rich American multi millionaire, buys the Grand Babylon Hotel, a luxurious hotel in London, as a whim – and then finds out there are strange things going on – a German prince is supposed to arrive but never turns up, someone is found
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audioknihaLaura Lee Hope
Klasická literatúra
Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue (EN)
Laura Lee Hope: This book follows the adventures of Bunny Brown, a 6 year old lively little boy, and his Sister Sue, a happy 5 year old little girl. You will enjoy learning of their adorable antics and delightful chatter. The Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue series were
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audioknihaArnold Bennett
Klasická literatúra
Tales of the Five Towns (EN)
Arnold Bennett: This is a selection of short stories recounting, with gentle satire and tolerant good humour, the small town provincial life at the end of the nineteenth century, based around the six towns in the county of Staffordshire, England, known as the Potteries.
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audioknihaFrances Hodgson Burnett
In the Closed Room (EN)
Frances Hodgson Burnett: One summer, a fragile and shy little girl and her working-class parents move in as caretakers for a large house in the suburbs that has been hastily abandoned by its owners. After getting settled comfortably in the servants‘ apartments, the girl sets o
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audioknihaHenry Rider Haggard
Klasická literatúra
Heart of the World (EN)
Henry Rider Haggard: This romance set in Mexico tells of the journey of a native and a white man in search of the fabled Golden City of the Indians.
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audioknihaOscar Wilde
Biografie a texty
De Profundis (EN)
Oscar Wilde: “But it is a very unimaginative nature that only cares for people on their pedestals. A pedestal may be a very unreal thing. A pillory is a terrific reality. ” Thus wrote Oscar Wilde in a farewell letter to his lover Lord Alfred Douglas (Bosie) in 1897
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audioknihaThornton W. Burgess
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Old Mother West Wind (EN)
Thornton W. Burgess: A racoon awakes from his winter nap to find his tree being chopped down. An old frog decides that now is the time to see more of the world. A mouse gets upset because his tail is short – and because an owl wants to eat him for dinner. With his love a
