B. J. Harrison
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audioknihaClement Clarke MooreKlasická literatúra
B. J. Harrison Reads T’was the Night Before Christmas (EN)
Clement Clarke Moore: “T’was the Night Before Christmas” or as it was known in the beginning “A Visit from St. Nicholas” is a magical poem about Christmas and cheer, St. Nicholas and his reindeers, presents and joy, winter and snow, merriment and happiness, and Christmas as
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audioknihaCharlotte Perkins Gilman
Klasická literatúra
B. J. Harrison Reads The Yellow Wallpaper (EN)
Charlotte Perkins Gilman: A woman is suffering from severe postpartum psychosis and her husband takes her to a colonial mansion where they can spend the summer. The woman is however closed and isolated in a single room where her nervous depression gets worse with the time. The o
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audioknihaGuy de Maupassant
Klasická literatúra
B. J. Harrison Reads The Hand (EN)
Guy de Maupassant: A man keeps a disembodied hand attached to his wall. One night he is found murdered, a finger sticking out of his mouth, and the hand is missing from the wall. Later a hand with one missing finger is seen at the man’s grave. The police inspector who
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audioknihaGuy de Maupassant
Detektívky
B. J. Harrison Reads The Horla (EN)
Guy de Maupassant: A three-mast Brazilian ship passes by and a man standing on the shore, waving to it. After sailing on the broad and getting back home, the man starts feeling worse with every passing day. He realizes that there is a supernatural being in his home, takin
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audioknihaGuy de Maupassant
Detektívky
B. J. Harrison Reads Fear and Was It A Dream? (EN)
Guy de Maupassant: A man’s beloved woman suddenly dies of pneumonia. He cannot cope with the loss and spends a whole night wandering around the cemetery searching for her. However, what he finds and sees there is far from what he expected. Would you feel fear after rea
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audioknihaGuy de Maupassant
Klasická literatúra
B. J. Harrison Reads A Meeting (EN)
Guy de Maupassant: The Baron d’Etraille witnesses a disturbing scene at a party between his own wife and another young man. D’Etraille decides that they have to separate, so he leaves the baroness and heads out on a long journey. He spends almost six years wandering a
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audioknihaGaston Leroux
Klasická literatúra
B. J. Harrison Reads In Letters of Fire (EN)
Gaston Leroux: Three young men are caught by a storm and are offered shelter by a strange man. Something about him is very disturbing and they are about to find out what it is. Their host claims that he has made a pact with the Devil and can’t get himself out of the d
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audioknihaGaston Leroux
Klasická literatúra
B. J. Harrison Reads The Phantom of the Opera (EN)
Gaston Leroux: Poor little Christine’s father dies and she is left to be raised by a protective angel in the Paris Opera House. After some time she begins hearing a voice who teaches her how to sing. Christine grows to be a magnificent singer with a beautiful voice.
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audioknihaFranz Kafka
Klasická literatúra
B. J. Harrison Reads The Metamorphosis (EN)
Franz Kafka: Gregor Samsa is a travelling salesman who wakes up one morning to realize that he been transformed from a human being to a “monstrous vermin”. He reflects back on his life, his work, his relationship with his family and his employer, and he realizes that
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audioknihaG. K. Chesterton
Klasická literatúra
B. J. Harrison Reads The Queer Feet (EN)
G. K. Chesterton: The Twelve True Fishermen are going on their annual dinner at an exclusive club where fifteen waiters are going to serve the guests. The fishermen are refined and insist on using their own ornate silver knives and forks, which are shaped like fish and ha
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audioknihaG. K. Chesterton
Detektívky
B. J. Harrison Reads The Secret Garden (EN)
G. K. Chesterton: Aristide Valentin holds a dinner party in his secret garden, which only has one main entrance. Many people are invited. Julius K. Brayne, one of Valentin’s rivals, is of the party as well. Everything goes as planned until one group of guests finds a
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audioknihaG. K. Chesterton
Detektívky
B. J. Harrison Reads The Man Who Knew Too Much (EN)
G. K. Chesterton: “The Man Who Knew Too Much” tells the story of Horne Fisher and the burden he had to carry throughout his whole life. He knew too much about politicians and aristocracy, about corruption and covered crimes. The prime minister of England was a friend of
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audioknihaG. K. Chesterton
Klasická literatúra
B. J. Harrison Reads The Blue Cross (EN)
G. K. Chesterton: Father Brown, an amateur detective, takes up his first case ever. He has to find the infamous criminal Flambeau. The task is however very difficult because Flambeau is a master of disguise and nobody knows what he really looks like. The detective finds
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audioknihaG. K. Chesterton
Klasická literatúra
B. J. Harrison Reads The Invisible Man, a Father Brown Mystery (EN)
G. K. Chesterton: Isidore Smythe is in danger. He has received threating letters and he does not see a way out. John Angus offers Smythe his help and Smythe is escorted back to his flat. Angus is determined to find out who has sent the letters and he heads out to the fo
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audioknihaFyodor Dostoevsky
Klasická literatúra
B. J. Harrison Reads A Christmas Tree and a Wedding (EN)
Fyodor Dostoevsky: The narrator in the story has just came back from a wedding, but he wants to take us to a Christmas party that he was at several years ago and where he witnessed how big of a difference there is between the social classes. He saw how the rich people’s
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audioknihaFrederick Marryat
Klasická literatúra
B. J. Harrison Reads The White Wolf (EN)
Frederick Marryat: One day Krantz comes home to witness his wife being unfaithful to him. In a fit of anger he kills both his wife and her lover, who is also Krantz’s lord. Krantz fears the punishment he will surely receive, so he flees with his three children. His saf
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audioknihaF. Scott Fitzgerald
Humor, satira
B. J. Harrison Reads Head and Shoulders (EN)
F. Scott. Fitzgerald: “Am I a laboratory experiment on which the janitors as well as the chemists can make experiments? Is my intellectual development humorous in any way?” Once a child prodigy, Horace is living up to the expectations as a young intellectual at university. Bu
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audioknihaF. Scott Fitzgerald
B. J. Harrison Reads The Cut-Glass Bowl (EN)
F. Scott. Fitzgerald: “Evylyn, I’m going to give a present that’s as hard as you are and as beautiful and as empty and as easy to see through. ” When New York housewife Evylyn Piper receives a cut-glass bowl from a former boyfriend as a wedding gift, it’s like the bowl bri
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audioknihaEdith Wharton
Detektívky
B. J. Harrison Reads The Eyes (EN)
Edith Wharton: “Phil, my dear boy, really — what’s the matter? Why don’t you answer? Have you seen the eyes?” An older gentleman invites a group of friends over for dinner and to discuss the supernatural. Afterwards, when only two guests remain, he tells them a story
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audioknihaFyodor Dostoevsky
Klasická literatúra
B. J. Harrison Reads The Dream of a Ridiculous Man (EN)
Fyodor Dostoevsky: A desperate man wanders around the streets of St. Petersburg. His life having lost its meaning, he is determined to kill himself. Nothing matters anymore and there is no point in making his existence even more painful than it already is. He figures it
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audioknihaBaroness Orczy
Klasická literatúra
B. J. Harrison Reads The Scarlet Pimpernel (EN)
Baroness Orczy: The “League of the Scarlet Pimpernel” is a secret society made up of twenty English aristocrats. The commander is the so-called “Scarlet Pimpernel” but almost nobody knows his real identity. The society aims to defy the French revolutionaries. The main
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audioknihaBaroness Orczy
Klasická literatúra
B. J. Harrison Reads A Question of Passports (EN)
Baroness Orczy: The Porte Montmartre is under citizen Bibot’s command and he is determined not to let anybody escape. When he finds out that Scarlet Pimpernel is planning his next rescue mission, he is ready to do whatever it takes to stop the commander of “The League
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audioknihaBanjo Paterson
Klasická literatúra
B. J. Harrison Reads The Man from Snowy River and Other Poems (EN)
Banjo Paterson: “The Man from Snowy River and Other Poems” is one of the best known collections of poems by Banjo Paterson and was published first in 1895. It includes 48 poems which are described by Rolf Boldrewood as “the best bush ballads”. From horseback pursuits,
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audioknihaAyn Rand
Klasická literatúra
B. J. Harrison Reads Anthem (EN)
Ayn Rand: Mankind has entered another Dark Age. Individuality has been eliminated. People refer to themselves only by using “we” and “they”. All live in collective homes and the mass is more important than the individual. However even in this far future, there
