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audioknihaMark TwainHumor, satira
B. J. Harrison Reads The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County (EN)
Mark Twain: Have you been caught in a long and meaningless conversation of which you want to sneak out but somehow find it difficult to do so? Simon Wheeler was sitting quietly in a tavern in a small mining town when an unknown man approached him. The man was actual
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audioknihaMark Twain
Klasická literatúra
B. J. Harrison Reads The Million Pound Bank Note (EN)
Mark Twain: Henry Adams is a poor American who ends up penniless in London after a boating accident swept him out to sea. One day he stumbles upon two brothers who hand him a suspicious envelope. What Henry does not know is that it contains a million pound bank not
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audioknihaMark Twain
Klasická literatúra
B. J. Harrison Reads The Stolen White Elephant (EN)
Mark Twain: Can you imagine that a big white elephant could disappeared into thin air? It may sound impossible or ridiculous but it actually happened. An elephant got sent to Great Britain as a gift to the Queen but it was lost on the way and nobody seems to have a
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audioknihaLouisa May Alcott
Detektívky
B. J. Harrison Reads The Mysterious Key and What It Opened (EN)
Louisa May Alcott: Alice is pregnant with her husband Sir Richard Trevlyn’s child. One day, she listens to a conversation between her husband and a visitor through a keyhole. What she hears is shocking enough to make her faint, and when she comes to, her husband is foun
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audioknihaLouisa May Alcott
B. J. Harrison Reads An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving (EN)
Louisa May Alcott: B. J. Harrison narrates “An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving” by author Louisa May Alcott. Thanksgiving is here, but the mother and father of seven children are called away to the bedside of an ill grandmother. The farm is left in charge of the eldest child
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audioknihaJules Verne
B. J. Harrison Reads Around the World in 80 Days (EN)
Jules Verne: Despite his wealth, the rich British gentleman Phileas Fogg lives a simple and humble life. He is a member of the Reform Club, which is one of London’s best gentleman’s club. One day at the club, Fogg gets involved in an argument. The gentlemen disag
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audioknihaJoseph Conrad
Klasická literatúra
B. J. Harrison Reads Youth (EN)
Joseph Conrad: Forty-two years old Marlow is drinking with four other Englishmen. They have known each other since the beginning of their working lives. Some of them have other jobs now, but they still gather to recall the good old days. Marlow tells his friends a st
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audioknihaJoseph Conrad
Klasická literatúra
B. J. Harrison Reads Heart of Darkness (EN)
Joseph Conrad: Charles Marlow, sails up the Congo River to meet with Kurtz – a prosperous ivory trader and a man of great abilities. Marlow ends up signing a contract and becoming a riverboat captain for a Belgian company that trades in the Congo. He hopes that this
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audioknihaH. P. Lovecraft
Klasická literatúra
B. J. Harrison Reads The Call of Cthulhu (EN)
H. P. Lovecraft: Francis Thurston finds an old collection of letters and articles from his late uncle. They contain detailed descriptions of the so called Cthulhu cult, which Francis gets more and more interested in. He begins to understand his uncle’s fear and dread
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audioknihaH. P. Lovecraft
Detektívky
B. J. Harrison Reads The Dunwich Horror and Other Tales (EN)
H. P. Lovecraft: “The Colour Out of Space”, “The Call of Cthulhu” and 15 more stories are combined in the collection “The Dunwich Horror and Other Tales”. Horror, supernatural occurrences, science fiction and fantasy intertwine in order to give you goosebumps and send sh
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audioknihaH. P. Lovecraft
Detektívky
B. J. Harrison Reads The Colour Out of Space (EN)
H. P. Lovecraft: A meteorite crashes in an area around Arkham, Massachusetts and normally life is interrupted. The earth is poisoned, the animals are driven mad, the products that grow there become tasteless. One man decides to find out what has really happened but the
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audioknihaH.G. Wells
Klasická literatúra
B. J. Harrison Reads The War of the Worlds (EN)
H. G. Wells: Martians have wanted to invade Earth for some time in order to secure their own survival. They make their way to the new planet, but what they don’t realize is that Earth may not be all that suitable for outsiders. H. G. Wells’ science fiction novel “
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audioknihaH.G. Wells
Detektívky
B.J. Harrison Reads The Magic Shop (EN)
H. G. Wells: A father and his son visit a magic shop. This is not just any magic shop, but the “genuine” one, as the shop owner points out to the father. The father is not impressed but the boy is mesmerized by what he sees and hears. Yet when one trick turns out t
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audioknihaEdgar Rice Burroughs
Dobrodružné romány
B. J. Harrison Reads The Return of Tarzan (EN)
Edgar Rice Burroughs: Following the events of the first novel, Tarzan is grieving his beloved Jane, who is about to marry someone else. But he soon finds that there is more love to be had as he sets off to visit France, where he, besides causing some serious problems with Rus
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audioknihaBarbara Cartland
Music From Heaven (Barbara Cartland’s Pink Collection 144) (EN)
Barbara Cartland: The beautiful Martina Bradshaw has sadly lost both her beloved father and her loving mother. They live in the little Kent village of Preston Bailey where her father, a talented musician, had written his music, which had never been successful with the pub
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audioknihaBarbara Cartland
Secret Danger (Barbara Cartland’s Pink Collection 143) (EN)
Barbara Cartland: The beautiful Belinda Lanwick has not attended the dinner party given by her cousin as she is still in mourning following the death of her beloved father. However, when the guests were leaving, she saw Lord Ian Cheddington and thought him exceedingly han
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audioknihaInger Gammelgaard Madsen
Detektívky
The Cleaner (EN)
Inger Gammelgaard Madsen: Bertram and his three friends have formed a small gang of thieves called The Ravens. He lives alone with his mom, who works as a waitress. He doesn´t remember his father much, as the latter was arrested for murder and sentenced to life imprisonment whe
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audioknihaOscar Wilde
Humor, satira
B. J. Harrison Reads The Devoted Friend (EN)
Oscar Wilde: “The Devoted Friend” from the 19th century is an unconventional classic for children and adults alike. The Water-rat tells the story of Big Hugh and his friend Hans, whose friendship is not what it seems, and certainly not easy. This story within the st
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audioknihaOscar Wilde
B. J. Harrison Reads The Happy Prince and Other Tales (EN)
Oscar Wilde: B. J. Harrison reads “The Happy Prince and Other Tales” which consists of various children’s stories by Oscar Wilde. Originally published in 1888, the work includes five memorable stories: “The Happy Prince”, “The Nightingale and the Rose”, “The Selfi
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audioknihaOscar Wilde
B. J. Harrison Reads The Picture of Dorian Gray (EN)
Oscar Wilde: B. J. Harrison reads the classic that has puzzled and delighted readers for over two centuries. Dorian Gray is a beautiful man, who has been immortalized in a painting. As he comes to the realization that his beauty will eventually fade, he makes a wis
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audioknihaOscar Wilde
Humor, satira
B. J. Harrison Reads The Canterville Ghost (EN)
Oscar Wilde: B. J. Harrison breathes life into one of Oscar Wilde’s first short stories, “The Canterville Ghost”. The American Hiram B. Otis and his family move to a castle in Canterville Chase in the English countryside. They soon discover that they are not alo
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audioknihaOscar Wilde
B. J. Harrison Reads The Importance of Being Earnest (EN)
Oscar Wilde: In “The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People”, our main characters Algernon and Jack are tired of social obligations and have decided to lead a double life instead. However, nothing is simple when it comes to keeping secrets a
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audioknihaOscar Wilde
Poézia
B. J. Harrison Reads The Ballad of Reading Gaol (EN)
Oscar Wilde: “Yet each man kills the thing he loves / By each let this be heard / Some do it with a bitter look / Some with a flattering word/ The coward does it with a kiss, /The brave man with a sword!” Oscar Wilde’s poem “The Ballad of Reading Gaol” depicts an ex
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audioknihaMary Roberts Rinehart
Klasická literatúra
B. J. Harrison Reads The Circular Staircase (EN)
Mary Roberts Rinehart: Rachel Innes is a rich lady who has been taking care of her niece and nephew since their father died. The three of them decide to rent a house in the country and although everything seems to be alright in the beginning, strange events soon begin to occur
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