Charles Dickens
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Die Rezepte des umherziehenden "billigen Jakobs" Marigold sind kurze schelmische Reden zur Belustigung der Käufer. Doch der muntere Verkäufer ist ein trauriger Mann, Frau und Tochter sterben früh. Sein einsames Leben ändert sich, als er die kleine taubstumme Sophie zu sich nimmt. Als Sophie sich verliebt, muss Marigold eine schwierige Entscheidung treffen ... Zusätzlich finden Sie auf diesem Hörbuch die Erzählungen "Die Geschichte des Schuljungen"...
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"La Casa Hechizada" de Charles Dickens es una novela corta fantasmal. Sigue los eventos espeluznantes y sobrenaturales en una vieja y decrépita mansión, mientras un grupo de visitantes experimenta apariciones inquietantes y sucesos misteriosos que desafían su comprensión del mundo natural.
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Mr. Sampson ist Bürovorsteher einer Versicherungsgesellschaft in London. Schon bei ihrer ersten Begegnung im Kontor ist ihm Julius Slinkton unsympathisch, der für seinen Nachbarn Formulare für eine Lebensversicherung abholen will. Sampson kann nicht glauben, dass er sich in dem Scheitelträger so getäuscht haben soll. Er behält Slinkton im Auge.
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Originally published in the 1852 Christmas edition of Dickens's journal Household Words, The Child's Story is the account of a man's life from childhood to the present as told to his grandson in the form of a fairytale about a traveler and the people he meets. This version of The Child's Story was recorded as part of Dreamscape's The Christmas Stories of Charles Dickens.
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Charles Dickens The Poor Relations Story Was adapted for Audio and Produced by Alex Freeman
It features the voice talents of Ronnie Cosmos as John, Hollyn Gayle as Christiana, and all other roles were played by Alex Freeman.
Music was by Axletree, tracks included Drops of Melting Snow, Cotswold Snow, The Sighful Branches, and The Curios Roe.
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An illustrated adaptation of Charles Dickens's Victorian classic - at an easy-to-read level for readers of all ages!
In Coketown, there's no place forimagination. There are facts and figures and absolutely nothing else - or so Thomas Gradgrind thinks.
When the circus appears in town, it brings Sissy Jupe with it. A young girl who has been abandoned by her father and is taken in by Thomas Gradgrind. Full of fun and energy, will Sissy save the Gradgrind...
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An illustrated adaptation of Charles Dickens's Victorian classic - at an easy-to-read level for readers of all ages!
After surviving fourteen long years with her horrible aunt, and nothing but a doll and an old handkerchief for company, Esther Summerson's life is finally looking a little brighter. She's going to school and making friends, real friends!
The only thing Esther's missing now is a mother. But long-lost parents don't just turn up out...
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An illustrated adaptation of Charles Dickens's Victorian classic - at an easy-to-read level for readers of all ages!
Filled with rusting relics and tattered treasure maps, The Old Curiosity Shop is Nell Trent's favourite place in the whole world. This is lucky because it's also her home.
Nell and her grandfather have always been happy with their simple lives. But when money gets tight, the pair are thrown out of their beloved shop and into the unknown....
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An illustrated adaptation of Charles Dickens's Victorian classic - at an easy-to-read level for readers of all ages!
Kate and Nicholas Nickelby's life is bliss until their father dies. After that they're left penniless, living in London with only their horrible uncle to help them.
Sent away to work as a teacher, Nicholas soon learns that things can get worse. Dotheboys Hall isn't the marvellous manor of education it's supposed to be, and the vicious...
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An illustrated adaptation of Charles Dickens's Victorian classic - at an easy-to-read level for readers of all ages!
Amy Dorrit's father has been in prison for as long as she can remember. That's totally normal, isn't it? Just like doing chores for horrid Mrs Clennam, fixing her sister's dresses (without getting any thanks) and saving her own dinner to feed her father.
When Mrs Clennam's son returns from abroad, he brings with him a host of family...
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11-year-old actor Eden Giuliano presents a brand new line of exciting children's stories from Icon!
The now classic Christmas tales by Charles Dickens were written at a time when the British were exploring and re-evaluating past Christmas traditions, including carols and newer customs such as Christmas trees. He was influenced by the experiences of his own youth and by the Christmas stories of other authors including Washington Irving and Douglas...
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The Seven Poor Travellers takes place on Christmas Eve in Rochester at the charity hospice founded in 1579 by Richard Watts - an actual hospice that Dickens knew well from his childhood days. According to Watts' will, his hospice was to supply six poor travelers (providing they were not rogues or proctors) with one night's free lodging and entertainment and with fourpence. In the opening section of The Seven Poor Travellers, entitled 'The First,'...
74) Oliver Twist
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Der arme und gutgläubige Waisenjunge Oliver Twist gerät in die Fänge einer Diebesbande. Deren Anführer, der diabolische Fagin, hat große Pläne mit Oliver - er soll ein Meisterdieb und Einbrecher werden...
Der Norddeutsche Rundfunk produzierte 1961 das Hörspiel zu Charles Dickens' gesellschafts-kritischem Klassiker. Schauspielgrößen wie Joseph von Offenbach, Richard Münch,Volker Lechtenbrink oder Helmut Peine machten daraus ein von vielen...
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On Christmas Eve, a traveler finds himself waiting out a snowstorm at the Holly Tree Inn. While passing the hours for the weather to pass so his coach can continue its journey, the warm hearth of the inn brings his mind to roam to pass recollections, both happy and grave. He also ponders the true meaning of his current journey and reason for his melancholy... the women he planned on marrying is, instead, going to marry his best friend. However, the...
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This delightful collection of children's stories is perfect listening for the whole family. Featured are four beloved stories to entice your imagination, including Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, Snow White by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, and The Bell by Hans Christian Andersen. Each story is performed by a full cast of voice actors with sound effects and music.
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Canción de Navidad, publicada en 1843, fue una de las obras que Dickens más leyó en público y no tardó en convertirse en un clásico. Como en muchas de sus más famosas novelas, también aquí reflejó el agudo contraste social entre la riqueza más absoluta y la pobreza más mísera, que se daba en el Londres de la época, y salió en defensa de las personas desvalidas y humildes que soportaban miserables condiciones de vida y trabajo en las...
80) Oliver Twist
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In nineteenth-century England, a young orphan boy lives in the squalid surroundings of a workhouse until he becomes involved with a gang of thieves.