Roderick Hudson (EN) - Henry James (mp3 audiokniha)

Roderick Hudson (EN) - Henry James (mp3 audiokniha)

Roderick Hudson (EN) - Henry James (mp3 audiokniha)

Originally published in 1875 as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly, Roderick Hudson is a One has the money but not the talent. One has the talent but not the money. It would seem that Rowland Mallet and Roderick Hudson were meant to meet. A rich and sensible man, Rowland is ecstatic when Roderick,

The American (EN) - Henry James (mp3 audiokniha)

The Tragic Muse (EN) - Henry James (mp3 audiokniha)

The Adventures of Roderick Random (EN) - Tobias Smollett (mp3 audiokniha)

The American (EN) - Henry James (mp3 audiokniha)

Self-made American millionaire Christopher Newman arrives in Paris brimming with hope and optimism, excited to experience the culture and, hopefully, find the perfect woman to become his wife. After a chance encounter with American expatriate friends his attention is drawn to Madame de Cintré,

Allan Quartermain (EN) - Henry Rider Haggard (mp3 audiokniha)

Silas Marner (EN) - George Eliot (mp3 audiokniha)

'I thinkSilas Marnerholds a higher place than any of the author's works,' said Henry James of this classic George Eliot novel. When a little girl wanders into a random house one cold night, the lives of two different men are about to change dramatically. The house is owned by the town outsider,

Washington Square (EN) - Henry James (mp3 audiokniha)

Catherine is well on her way to becoming a spinster. She‘s 21 and part of New York‘s upper-class society, but she has never had a flirt and is plain-looking without the sparkling personality to make up for it. Or so her father thinks. Because when the handsome Mr. Morris Townsend catches

Heart of the World (EN) - Henry Rider Haggard (mp3 audiokniha)

The Beast in the Jungle (EN) - Henry James (mp3 audiokniha)

Bachelor John Marcher is haunted by the premonition that something terrible lies in store for him, like a ‘beast in the jungle’ lying in wait. So he spends his life in idleness, unable to carry out his dreams or desires, while his friend May Bartram, curious to see how this spectacular fate

What Maisie Knew (EN) - Henry James (mp3 audiokniha)

`What Maise Knew‘ (1897) should perhaps have been titled `Divorce for Dummies` instead. In this tense and clever novel, Henry James lays out with perfect clarity what not to do when your child becomes one of divorce, as in do the absolute opposite of everything Maise‘s parents do. Shuttled

The Spoils of Poynton (EN) - Henry James (mp3 audiokniha)

Published in 1897, The Spoils of Poynton is one of the quintessential works of James’s middle period. The ‘spoils’ of the book’s title refer to furniture and other objets d’art that the widow Adela Gereth moves to her cottage so that they are kept away from the clutches of her coarse

B. J. Harrison Reads Thanksgiving in New York (EN) - O. Henry (mp3 audiokniha)

The turn of the Screw (EN) - Henry James (mp3 audiokniha)

A young woman starts her first job as a governess in charge of two young orphans, Miles and Flora, at a country house called Bly. The children are beautiful and well-behaved, but are they too good to be true? When the governess starts to experience strange visions, she suspects that the children

Evangeline (EN) - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (mp3 audiokniha)

Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie, is an epic poem by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, published in 1847. The poem follows an Acadian girl named Evangeline and her search for her lost love Gabriel, set during the time of the Expulsion of the Acadians. The idea for the poem came from

AutoFellatio (EN) - James Maker (mp3 audiokniha)

Finnegans Wake (EN) - James Joyce (mp3 audiokniha)

I Will Survive (EN) - Pippa James (mp3 audiokniha)

B. J. Harrison Reads The Turn of the Screw (EN) - Henry James (mp3 audiokniha)

A governess is hired by a bachelor to take care of his nephew and niece. She has barely arrives at the house that she starts seeing ghosts and having other supernatural visions. She decides to share her frightening experience with the maid of the house, Mrs. Grose. The maid, however, is not

O. Henry - Povídky - O. Henry (mp3 audiokniha)

Audiokniha O. Henry - Povídky - obsahuje krátké povídky s překvapivou pointou a s barvitou galerií uvěřitelných postav a typů. Výraz banánová republika používá kdekdo, málokdo však ví, že do běžného slovníku ho uvedl spisovatel O. HENRY ve svém románu Cabbages and Kings

100 Quotes by Henry David Thoreau: Great Philosophers & Their Inspiring Thoughts (EN) - Henry David Thoreau (mp3 audiokniha)

Henry David Thoreau is a beloved American author, poet and philosopher. He was a lifelong abolitionist, advocate of civil disobedience againts unjust or corrupted goverments, and he defended the idea of abandoning illusory matters in favor of simple living, in order to discover life's authentic

Dubliners – Part II (EN) - James Joyce (mp3 audiokniha)

The Pioneers (EN) - James Fenimore Cooper (mp3 audiokniha)