Youth, a Narrative (EN) - Joseph Conrad (mp3 audiokniha)

Youth, a Narrative (EN) - Joseph Conrad (mp3 audiokniha)

Youth' is an autobiographical short story by Joseph Conrad. It was written in 1898, first published in Blackwood's Magazine, and included as the first story in the 1902 volume Youth, a Narrative, and Two Other Stories. The volume also included Heart of Darkness and The End of the Tether, which

Youth & Heart of Darkness (EN) - Joseph Conrad (mp3 audiokniha)

In these two magnificent novellas Conrad explores the question of self-discovery through powerful and exciting narratives in Youth, the experienced seaman Marlow tells the story of a young man’s coming of age on his first voyage to the East. While in Heart of Darkness he describes with

Amy Foster (EN) - Joseph Conrad (mp3 audiokniha)

The Mirror of the Sea (EN) - Joseph Conrad (mp3 audiokniha)

The Children of the Sea (EN) - Joseph Conrad (mp3 audiokniha)

Lord Jim (EN) - Joseph Conrad (mp3 audiokniha)

Lord Jim is a novel by Joseph Conrad originally published as a serial in Blackwood's Magazine from October 1899 to November 1900. An early and primary event is the abandonment of a ship in distress by its crew including the young British seaman Jim. He is publicly censured for this action and the

The Shadow-Line (EN) - Joseph Conrad (mp3 audiokniha)

Audiobook The Shadow-Line written by Joseph Conrad. An unsettling tale of plague, drift and terror, The Shadow-Line documents a young seaman’s coming of age after he is recruited to captain a ship for the first time. Bad luck and disease haunt the inexperienced hero and his crew, and the evil

Hranice stínu - Joseph Conrad (mp3 audiokniha)

Audiokniha Hranice stínu, kterou napsal Joseph Conrad. Námořnický příběh anglického prozaika polského původu v podání skvělého Ladislava Mrkvičky. Joseph Conrad, vlastním jménem Józef Teodor Konrad Nalecz Korzeniowski (1857-1924), se ve svých prózách opakovaně vrací k

B. J. Harrison Reads Youth (EN) - Joseph Conrad (mp3 audiokniha)

Forty-two years old Marlow is drinking with four other Englishmen. They have known each other since the beginning of their working lives. Some of them have other jobs now, but they still gather to recall the good old days. Marlow tells his friends a story of his early life, when he travelled to

Srdce temnoty - Joseph Conrad (mp3 audiokniha)

Audiokniha Srdce temnoty, kterou napsal Joseph Conrad. Hlavní hrdina, námořník Charles Marlow líčí svou cestu do Afriky ve službách jisté obchodní Společnosti. Jeho úkolem je převzít kontrolu nad zásilkou slonoviny a především vyhledat a ochránit pana Kurtze, nejschopnějšího

Almayer's Folly (EN) - Joseph Conrad (mp3 audiokniha)

'Almayer’s Folly' (1895) is Joseph Conrad’s debut novel. It centers on the Dutch trader Kaspar Almayer, who comes to Borneo with a suitcaseful of dreams. He settles on the exotic island among the Malays and mainly deals in river trade. His half-Malay daughter, Nina, is met with reluctance by

Heart of Darkness (EN) - Joseph Conrad (mp3 audiokniha)

Before its 1902 publication, Heart of Darkness appeared as a three part series (1899) in Blackwood's Magazine. It was classified by the Modern Library website editors as one of the '100 best novels' and part of the Western canon. The story centres on Charles Marlow, who narrates most of the book

The Secret Agent (EN) - Joseph Conrad (mp3 audiokniha)

Adolf Verlof runs a sex shop in 1880’s London, but his real profession is even shadier. He’s a so-called 'agent provocateur' for the Embassy, whose mission it is to infiltrate and spy on a relatively harmless group of anarchists. His employers are impatiently waiting for the group to do

Heart of Darkness (EN) - Joseph Conrad (mp3 audiokniha)

Marlow, a man who has spent his life at sea, tells the story of a journey up the River Congo which changed his life. His journey upriver to find Kurtz, the charismatic head of a colonial trading station, takes him into the very heart of Africa and leads Marlow to question both Kurtz’s dubious

B. J. Harrison Reads Heart of Darkness (EN) - Joseph Conrad (mp3 audiokniha)

Charles Marlow, sails up the Congo River to meet with Kurtz – a prosperous ivory trader and a man of great abilities. Marlow ends up signing a contract and becoming a riverboat captain for a Belgian company that trades in the Congo. He hopes that this contract will give him a good opportunity

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (EN) - Frederick Douglass (mp3 audiokniha)

'Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave' is the 1845 autobiography of freed slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglass. It recounts his life as a slave in Maryland and his flight for freedom. The account is accompanied by texts written by well-known fellow abolitionists of

Uemura’s Reflections on the Mind of Plato (EN) - Joseph Norio Uemura (mp3 audiokniha)

The Old Testament 35 - Habakkuk (EN) - Christopher Glyn (mp3 audiokniha)

The book of Habakkuk is Narrative History and displays Prophetic Oracle. Habakkuk wrote it approximately 612-589 B. C. just before the fall of Judah in the Southern Kingdom. Key personalities are Habakkuk and the Babylonians. As is true of the many other prophets, Habakkuk is a short book. The

The Old Testament 26 - Ezekiel (EN) - Christopher Glyn (mp3 audiokniha)

The book of Ezekiel is Narrative History, Prophetic and Apocalyptic in genre and even contains Parables. The prophet Ezekiel wrote it approximately 571 B. C. (this date is accurately precise because this book contains more defined dates than any other book in the Bible. ) Key personalities

The New Testament 3 - Luke (EN) - Christopher Glyn (mp3 audiokniha)

The book of Luke is a Gospel that contains Narrative History, Genealogy, Sermons, Parables, and some Prophetic Oracles. The emphasis of Luke is Parables and contains more of them than any other Gospel (19 total). It is the third of the synoptic gospels. Luke, a doctor and a Greek Christian,

The New Testament 1 - Matthew (EN) - Christopher Glyn (mp3 audiokniha)

The book of Matthew is a Gospel that contains Narrative History, Genealogy, Parables, Sermons, and some Prophetic Oracles. It was written by Matthew (Levi), the Disciple of Christ around 48-50 A. D. The key word in Matthew is 'Kingdom' and is used 28 times. The personalities of this book include

The Old Testament 37 - Haggai (EN) - Christopher Glyn (mp3 audiokniha)

The book of Haggai is Narrative History and Prophetic Oracle. The prophet Haggai wrote it approximately 520 B. C. Haggai is among the most carefully and precisely dated books in the entire Bible. It is a post-exilic book, meaning it was written after (post) the captivity (exile) in Babylon. Key

Dodo: A Detail of the Day (EN) - E. F. Benson (mp3 audiokniha)

The narrative follows the stylishly controversial Dodo, a young woman from the British upper-middle-class. She is very confident she is about to make a most advantageous match which should position her perfectly for the social status and money she so deeply craves. This makes for a work replete

Králova řeč - Mark Logue, Peter Conradi (mp3 audiokniha)

Audiokniha Králova řeč, kterou napsali Mark Logue a Peter Conradi. Skutečný příběh, na jehož základě vznikla úspěšná divadelní hra Davida Seidlera a oceňovaný film režiséra Toma Hoopera. Čte Miroslav Táborský