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audioknihaCharles DickensB. J. Harrison Reads Nicholas Nickleby (EN)
Charles Dickens: Nicholas Nickleby is a young boy left without a father. Nicholas has to take care of his mother and sister and is forced by his uncle to work as an assistant to the schoolmaster Wackford Squeers. Squeers’ intentions are however not good and his only g
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audioknihaCharles Dickens
Klasická literatúra
B. J. Harrison Reads The Christmas Stories of Charles Dickens (EN)
Charles Dickens: “The Christmas Stories of Charles Dickens” is a precious collection of Christmas tales. Christmas spirit, joy, excitement, cheer and Christmas trees against low classes living in despair and poverty. There are two sides to the story but the holiday and
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audioknihaCharles Dickens
Detektívky
B. J. Harrison Reads A Christmas Carol (EN)
Charles Dickens: Christmas is just around the corner. People are cheery and excited, except for Ebenezer Scrooge for whom Christmas is just another day. Ebenezer is an old, bitter miser who has distanced himself from everyone and leads a lonely life by his own choice.
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audioknihaBram Stoker
Detektívky
B. J. Harrison Reads The Judge’s House (EN)
Bram Stoker: A student arrives in a small town willing to find a quiet place where he can prepare for his exams. An old mansion seems like a great option for him. The locals warn him that strange things occur from time to time, but the student is not superstitious.
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audioknihaBram Stoker
Detektívky
B. J. Harrison Reads Dracula (EN)
Bram Stoker: You have certainly heard of Dracula. But do you know the whole story? Everything begins with Jonathan Harker, an English solicitor who travels to Transylvania. He is about to sell a piece of real estate to Count Dracula. The locals warn Harker of the s
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audioknihaBram Stoker
Detektívky
B. J. Harrison Reads Dracula’s Guest (EN)
Bram Stoker: An Englishman stops at an inn during his trip through Transylvania. He decides to wander around in a carriage despite the approaching night; darkness doesn’t seem to worry him. He sets off but after a while the horses get scared by howling wolfs. The E
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audioknihaBram Stoker
Klasická literatúra
B. J. Harrison Reads The Squaw (EN)
Bram Stoker: “The Squaw” is not your typical horror story but the brutality of it will take by surprise even the biggest horror fiction fan. Bram Stoker introduces us to a couple on a honeymoon and an American tourist whom they meet in Nuremberg, Germany. The story
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audiokniha- Erckmann-Chatrian
B. J. Harrison Reads The Invisible Eye (EN)
– Erckmann-Chatrian: “The physiognomy of this old woman had struck me more than once: her little green eyes, long, thin nose, the immense bouquets of flowers on her shawl, which must have been at least a hundred years old. ” Soon after Christian settles in Nuremberg, he becom
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audioknihaCarl Stephenson
Klasická literatúra
B. J. Harrison Reads Leiningen vs. the Ants (EN)
Carl Stephenson: Man against nature, Leiningen against ants. Leiningen, an owner of a plantation, gets one day warned that an army of ants is approaching his fields and that it would be smartest to leave. Leiningen is however not going to give up on his land without a f
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audioknihaPamela Kent
Meet me in Istanbul (EN)
Pamela Kent: Gay is living a luxurious life in Istanbul but wants to escape what has become a caged life. She turns to Charles Villers, a fellow countryman she hardly knows, to help her leave. What follows is an adventure beyond her imagination set in romantic and e
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audioknihaElizabeth von Arnim
Klasická literatúra
The Enchanted April (EN)
Elizabeth von Arnim: Four very different women, all wanting to escape cold and dreary London for different reasons, come together to share a month’s holiday in an Italian medieval castle. There’s timid Lotty Wilkins, terrified of her domineering husband; sober and religiou
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audioknihaElizabeth Cooper
Klasická literatúra
My Lady of the Chinese Courtyard (EN)
Elizabeth Cooper: In “My Lady of the Chinese Courtyard,” Elizabeth Cooper offers the reader a translation of two series of letters by Kwei-li, the wife of a high-rank Chinese official. The first series is addressed to her husband whilst he is on a world tour with Prince C
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audioknihaEdna Ferber
Iné
The Homely Heroine (EN)
Edna Ferber: “The Homely Heroine” is a short story by American author Edna Ferber. It features a writer whose heroines are generally extremely beautiful. But one day, whilst she is out shopping, a shop-keeper asks her why she doesn’t write stories about a homelier
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audioknihaHans Christian Andersen
The Wild Swans (EN)
Hans Christian Andersen: “Far from here, in the land the swallows flee to in winter, lived a king who had eleven sons and one daughter, Elisa. ” So begins the story of Elisa and her brothers. At the beginning, everything was well, they lived peacefully in the castle and were lov
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audioknihaHans Christian Andersen
The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sweep (EN)
Hans Christian Andersen: Once upon a time, a china shepherdess and a chimney sweep who were placed close to each other decided to marry. However, another doll, who said he was the shepherdess’s grandfather, wanted her to marry the major general engraved on the dresser.
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audioknihaHans Christian Andersen
The Metal Pig (EN)
Hans Christian Andersen: In the city of Florence is a bronze statue of a boar, from who’s mouth runs the water that is collected by the people of Florence. One evening, a poor boy came to drink and found a little lettuce and a few chestnuts on the ground, which became his supp
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audioknihaHans Christian Andersen
The Storks (EN)
Hans Christian Andersen: “One of you will be hanged, the second imprisoned, the third burned and the fourth turned upside down. ” This is how the children mocked the family of storks that lived on the roof. This frightened the chicks and, to reassure them, their mother spoke of
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audioknihaHans Christian Andersen
The Flying Trunk (EN)
Hans Christian Andersen: On the death of his father, who was a rich merchant, the son inherited a vast fortune, which he quickly spent. He found himself alone with nothing except the dressing gown on his back and the slippers on his feet. A friend offered him a trunk and advise
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audioknihaHans Christian Andersen
The Little Green Ones (EN)
Hans Christian Andersen: A short time ago, the rose bush next to the window was still magnificent, but since the invasion of an army of greenies, it is rather worse for wear. We men, we are not very fond of these invaders, but the other day I had a conversation with one of them
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audioknihaHans Christian Andersen
The Old Church Bell (EN)
Hans Christian Andersen: In a little house in Marbach, on the banks of the Necker river, lived a poor family. The day that their son was born, the church’s bell was rung to celebrate the newborn’s arrival. At the time, no one questioned the destiny of the child and still le
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audioknihaHans Christian Andersen
What the Old Man Does is Always Right (EN)
Hans Christian Andersen: A peasant and his wife owned a horse that grazed in a ditch close to their house. But they thought that it would be better for them to sell it or exchange it for something more useful. The woman sent her husband to town to exchange the horse – she tru
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audioknihaHans Christian Andersen
The Silver Shilling (EN)
Hans Christian Andersen: Once upon a time there was an honest piece of silver who passed from hand to hand and happily discovered his country. One day, his current owner travelled abroad, taking the piece of silver by accident – he only intended to take money from the country
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audioknihaHans Christian Andersen
Twelve by the Mail (EN)
Hans Christian Andersen: The bells has just sounded the twelve strikes of midnight announcing the start of a new year, when a mail coach stopped at the entrance to the town. On board, were twelve party-goers who wanted to enter. But who were they?.
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audioknihaHans Christian Andersen
The Snail and the Rosebush (EN)
Hans Christian Andersen: In the middle of a garden, beyond which stretched endless meadows, was a rose bush. Under the rose bush lived a snail who enjoyed talking to the rose bush. They asked themselves what, from this small garden, they could bring to the world.
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