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The War Collection: Essential Battlefield Classics is a collection of 13 works of fiction, philosophy, military strategy, and epic poetry, read by esteemed cast of award-winning narrators. Included here are novels from Ernest Hemingway; military strategy from Sun Tzu and Carl von Clausewitz; essays from Orwell; philosophy from Freud, and epic poetry from Homer, amongst much more.

"The Monkey's Paw" is the best-known work of writer W.W. Jacobs. Generally acknowledged as one of the most disturbing and brilliant works of short horror fiction ever created, the story was first published in a larger collection of scary stories released in 1902 called "The Lady of the Barge." When the story begins, we meet the White family — an older couple and their adult son — who are given a strange and mysterious talisman: the eponymous dried monkey's paw that is said to grant the owner three wishes.

Nach einer unbeschwerten Jugend als Fohlen auf der Weide wird das edle schwarze Pferd Black Beauty verkauft und wandert bald von Besitzer zu Besitzer. Mit ihrem Roman wollte Anna Sewell auf das Leid von Arbeitspferden aufmerksam machen und schuf einen melancholischen Klassiker.

Faussone, detto Tino, il protagonista di questa «opera prima» di Primo Levi, ovvero del suo primo romanzo d'invenzione, è un operaio specializzato che si lascia alle spalle la dura esperienza della catena di montaggio alla Lancia e gira per il mondo a montare gru, ponti sospesi, strutture metalliche, impianti petroliferi.

Dessen Vaterkonflikt trat nie offener zutage als in seinem berühmten Brief an den Vater, der allerdings nie abgeschickt wurde. Noch heute ein unabdingbarer Bestandteil der Schullektüre!

Bartleby ist ein Schreibgehilfe, ein Anwaltskopist. Zunächst glänzt der neue Gehilfe bei der Arbeit und bewältigt ein gewaltiges Arbeitspensum. Bald jedoch beginnt Bartlebys Eifer nachzulassen; immer öfter begegnet er Aufforderungen zur Arbeit mit einem schlichten "Ich möchte lieber nicht". Der Erzähler ist ratlos. Was soll er tun? Bartleby entlassen möchte er nicht.

This carefully curated collection brings together some of the most influential and enduring works in American literature. Spanning the 19th and 20th centuries, these novels explore love and loss, identity and ambition, innocence and disillusionment—offering a powerful reflection of the American experience in all its complexity. Timeless in their themes and revolutionary in style, The Essential American Classics Collection is a must-have for readers seeking the heart and soul of American fiction.

The Ultimate Classics Collection: Volume Three is the third instalment of our wide-ranging classic collections. Volume Three features 10 essential works that reach further back into early Greek and Italian stories from Dante, Machiavelli, and Homer, as-well as comparatively modern works from Daniel Defoe, Henry David Thoreau, and others. Read by a cast of incredible narrators including David Rintoul; Daniel Weyman; Rachel Atkins; and more, this is a chance to expand your listening by going back to some of the earliest pieces of classic literature.

Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland tells the story of a young girl named Alice who, while sitting bored with her sister, follows a white rabbit down a rabbit hole into a fantastical world. In Wonderland, Alice experiences a series of bizarre and illogical encounters, including a shrinking potion and growing cake, meeting the Cheshire Cat, attending a mad tea party with the Mad Hatter, and playing croquet with the ill-tempered Queen of Hearts.

This collection brings together some of the most influential and beloved novels in the English literary canon. From dystopian futures to sweeping romantic tales, these works explore human nature, social class, morality, and the quest for identity. Spanning genres and centuries, The Essential British Classics Collection is a celebration of the best of British storytelling, offering profound insights into the human experience.

The Charles Dickens Collection: 10 Novels & A Christmas Carol brings together all of the major novels written during Dickens' lifetime. Dickens wrote into life some of the most beloved and well-known characters in literature - introducing us to Pip, Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Little Nell, Scrooge, Nicholas Nickleby, Miss Haversham, and many more who have lived long in the memory for generations of listeners.

In this third volume of Thomas Mann’s monumental retelling of the biblical story, Joseph in Egypt follows Joseph after he is sold by his jealous brothers to Ishmaelite traders. They bring him to Egypt, where he’s eventually purchased by Potiphar. Joseph's intelligence, charisma, and integrity soon earn him Potiphar’s trust, and he rises to become the overseer of Potiphar’s household.

An immediate triumph when it was published in 1947, The Plague is in part an allegory of France’s suffering under the Nazi occupation, as well as a timeless story of bravery and determination against the precariousness of human existence.

The Essential Classics Collection is a continent-hopping, century-spanning collection of five of the greatest novels ever written, and the perfect way to listen to those classics you've always been meaning to try. Read by a cast of incredible narrators including Joanne Froggatt, Stephen Fry, David Rintoul, Nathan Osgood, and Malk Williams.

For 16 år siden blev Caroline Crale henrettet for giftmordet på sin mand, kunstmaleren Amryas Crale, og nu opsøger parrets datter Hercule Poirot for at finde ud af, om hendes mor var så uskyldig, som hun selv påstod. Poirot dykker ned i den splittede families fortid, hvor han møder Carolines lillesøster, der stadig er blind på det ene øje, efter Caroline som barn kastede en saks efter hende i vrede, Amryas' smukke elskerinde, der hævder, at Amryas var parat til at forlade Caroline til fordel for hende, og familiens ven Meredith Blake, som Caroline angiveligt stjal giften fra.

Before the Mythos, before the madness—there were whispers in the dark. In this haunting collection, explore the formative horrors that shaped the imagination of H. P. Lovecraft. These early works—infused with Gothic atmosphere, Poe-inspired melancholy, and emerging cosmic dread—offer a glimpse into the genesis of a master. Here, decayed tombs, strange music, and unknowable forces stir in the background, foreshadowing the mythos to come.

O respeitado médico escocês, dr. Jekyll, faz pesquisas para entender os impulsos e os sentimentos humanos mais profundos, e acaba por criar uma droga que libera seus aspectos mais primitivos, o animal adormecido sob a capa do homem civilizado: no seu caso, ele assume a forma de mr. Hyde. Se Jekyll é um médico educado e dedicado a pesquisas que visam o bem-estar geral através do conhecimento, a monstruosidade de Hyde está, essencialmente, em sua entrega aos prazeres e à luxúria como um fim em si, por quaisquer meios, incluindo a força física.

On a miserable summer trip to Geneva with her future husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet Lord Byron and a small group of friends, writer Mary Wollstonecraft was asked to participate in a game where the guests would create a ghost story and share it with the group. Everyone told their stories, but Mary's creation surprised them all. She had conceived of the idea that would later become her best known work, a tale of horror and creation, the legendary early science fiction classic: Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus.

La Celestina narra la historia de Calisto, un joven de la nobleza que se enamora perdidamente de la hija de un mercader, Melibea. A pesar de su rechazo, Calisto se aliará con Celestina, una vieja alcahueta, para que interceda en sus propósitos y calme su obsesión. También conocida como Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea, esta comedia humanística aborda temas como las pasiones humanas, la fatalidad y la sociedad conflictiva, y así retratar una época que marcó el inicio del Siglo de Oro de las letras españolas.

The Essential Classics: Volume 1 brings together some of the most astute, gripping and tragic works written in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, beautifully read by Miranda Raison, Pearl Mackie, Jonathan Keeble, Peter Noble, and Olivia Dowd. Spanning English, Russian and German literature, in this collection you will find the terrifying trials of iconic detective Sherlock Holmes, Dickens’s cutting social commentary in Bleak House, as well as classic coming-of-age narratives with The Magic Mountain and Tolstoy’s realist masterpiece in Anna Karenina.