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Translated by T. Smollett.
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Starring Orson Welles, Anges Moorehead, and Ray Collins, The Count of Monte Cristo is a tale of revenge and retribution. Edmond Dantès, a young, energetic sailor, is falsely accused of treason on his wedding day and incarcerated in the forbidding Château d'If. His escape and ultimate revenge on those who wronged him makes this one of the most thrilling stories in French literature, as compelling now as when it was first published in 1846.
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The Story of My Life is the explosive and exhilarating autobiography by the infamous libertine Giacomo Casanova. Intense and scandalous, Casanova's extraordinary adventures take the listener on an incredible voyage across 18th-century Europe - from France to Russia, Poland to Spain and Turkey to Germany, with Venice at their heart. He falls madly in love, has wild flings and delirious orgies, and encounters some of the most brilliant figures of his time, including Catherine the Great, Louis XV and Benjamin Franklin. He holds a verbal dual with Voltaire and finds himself hauled before the court multiple times.
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The problem is with Cellini himself.
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The Arthurian Romances by Chrétien de Troyes form the wellspring of the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Stories of knightly valour in the Welsh Marches had existed before the 12th century, but it was the magnificent poetry and imagination of Chrétien, the 12th century French poet and trouvère, which brought alive the great characters of Arthur, his wife Guinevere, Lancelot and others.
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Ukemi Audio: Doing the Lord’s Work
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Impoverished young aristocrat Eugene de Rastignac is determined to climb the social ladder and impress himself on Parisian high society. While staying at the Maison Vauquer, a boarding house in Paris's rue Neuve-Sainte-Genevieve, he encounters Jean-Joachim Goriot, a retired vermicelli maker who has spent his entire fortune supporting his two daughters. The boarders strike up a friendship and Goriot learns of Rastignac's feelings for his daughter Delphine. He begins to see Rastignac as the ideal son-in-law, and the perfect substitute for Delphine's domineering husband. But Rastignac has other opportunities too....
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Astounding performance
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The Arabian Nights (AmazonClassics Edition)
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The vengeful King Schahriar agrees to stave off the execution of Queen Scheherazade until she finishes a particularly compelling story. Her plan? Bleed one tale into another. Through fanciful histories, romances, tragedies, comedies, poems, riddles, and songs, Scheherazade prolongs her life by holding the king’s rapt attention. With origins in Persian and Eastern Indian folklore, the stories of The Arabian Nights have been reworked, reshaped, revised, collected, and supplemented throughout the centuries by various authors and scholars.
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Very edited version
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- Anonymous User
- 02-05-25
Best work of classic literature Ive heard as of late
Very engaging fast paced and left me hungry for more listened to it twice already and each time as good as the last
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- Ryan Baumbach
- 04-03-25
The all time classic
“We must tend to our garden.”
I’d like to hear a recording of this without the British accent though that’s just a nitpick of mine. There’s a lot going on in this great piece of literature. What I think Voltaire is most trying to say is something that I’ve always believed in: if you can make the best version of yourself then you are properly prepared for whatever comes your way. Of course he also has a lot of situations that are examples of free will vs destiny and neither seems to ultimately win out. There’s also something to be said for always following through on whatever you do because a lot of times Candide is in situations where he thinks he sees the ultimate demise of his friends when they don’t perish. For such a short book this provides lots of brain fodder for pensive moments.
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- Crystal
- 09-23-08
Classic Confusion
If you enjoy the classics, this might be for you. If you wish to avoid a ghorish, pessimistic-filled world of literary turmoil...avoid it. The audio quality is fine, but the narrator can get a little boring (or was it Candide?). You'll definitely love it or hate it...I'm the latter.
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- David K Umberger
- 03-02-25
Excellent and Entertaining
I thoroughly enjoyed this. I do believe it helped that I learned about Voltaire’s motivation for this book before listening.
It was a timely listen for me, living in a time filled with insanity, where results of direct observation are rejected in favor of rigid ideologies. That such a problem existed during Voltaire’s time was eye opening, though in retrospect it probably shouldn’t have been. I found myself laughing out loud frequently at what was written.
I highly recommend this.
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