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1362) Uncle Vanya
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In this classic of Chekhov's canon, an overbearing professor pays a visit to his country estate, where Sonya and Vanya, his daughter and former brother-in-law, have slaved to maintain his wealth. But Vanya is enchanted by the professor's new wife, while Sonya has fallen for the town's melancholy doctor.
Includes a conversation with Rosamund Bartlett, author of "Chekhov: Scenes from a Life."
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance starring:...
1364) Russian Classics
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A Collection of stories prized for their craftsmanship and comic irony from Russia's greatest novelists and dramatists. The audio book features Ivan Turgenev's Mumu and 11 Anton Chekhov stories: A Tragic Actor; In A Strange Land; Oh The Public; The Looking Glass; Her Husband; Overdoing It; Talent; Anyuta; The Helpmate; Ivan Matveyich; Polinka;
1367) The Tale of Troy
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“It is in my mind,” said Zeus, “to cause the great and glorious war of Troy, that shall be famous to the end of time.” The Tale of Troy tells of the last great adventure of the Heroic Age. It is the story of Helen and the judgment of Paris; of the gathering of the heroes and the siege of Troy; of Achilles, reared by the centaur on wild honey and the marrow of lions; of Odysseus, his great strategy of the Wooden Horse, and of his many adventures...
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A collection of short stories from one of the most famous writers of very long novels Leo Tolstoy, including: Ilyas, Little Girls Wiser Than Men, The Coffee-House of Surat. 'For man to be able to live he must either not see the infinite, or have such an explanation of the meaning of life as will connect the finite with the infinite.' Read in English, unabridged.
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Der Müßiggänger John Kabys ist sich sicher: Das Leben ist eine Baustelle und Glück kein Zufall, man sollte ihm nachhelfen. Fehlt der gute Name, so poliere man den alten auf. Fehlt das liebe Geld, lege man sich eine vermögende Verwandtschaft zu. Kabys nimmt mit, was er kriegen kann. Doch das Glück lässt auf sich warten ... Die berühmte Erzählung voll Charme und Humor von Gottfried Keller.
1371) An Honest Thief
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There are thieves and there are thieves. And I have happened to come across an honest thief. But how can a thief be honest? One of Dostoyevskiy's short masterpieces tells a story rich in psychological insight into human behaviour, emotion and often irrational relationships.
1373) Tage wie Salz und Zucker
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Ellen ist für alle Welt unsichtbar, und das ist ihr ganz recht so. Sie versteckt sich hinter zu vielen Kilos, putzt nachts in einem Kaufhaus. Minutiös notiert sie, was sie vom Leben ihrer Mitmenschen beobachtet. Bis Ellen eines Tages im Bus eine junge Frau trifft: Temerity ist blind, sprüht vor Lebensfreude und hat keinerlei Berührungsängste - und als einzige kann sie Ellen ""sehen"". Die folgt ihr fasziniert und rettet sie prompt vor zwei Handtaschendieben....
1374) An Inadvertence
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Strizhin, who normally leads a sober and regular life, comes home from a christening party where he had permitted himself to drink four glasses of vodka and a glass of wine, the taste of which suggested something midway between vinegar and castor oil. And of course spirituous liquors being like sea-water and glory: the more you imbibe of them the greater your thirst, Strizhin felt an overwhelming craving for another drink. He accidentally downed a...
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