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Despite his early death from tuberculosis at the age of 44, Chekhov was a prolific writer and produced more than 250 short stories in addition to several novellas and a novel. The Russian was also a practicing doctor. A celebrated playwright, Anton Chekhov is often recognised as an influential figure of early modernism of the theatre in addition to being held in high esteem by the likes of George Bernard Shaw and Virginia Woolf, although much praise was not as forthcoming until after his death in 1904.

En 1984, la sociedad ha cambiado tanto que resulta irreconocible. La Franja Aérea 1, la antigua Gran Bretaña, está sometida a la implacable vigilancia del Gran Hermano. Nadie puede escapar de ella... salvo, tal vez, Winston Smith. En su puesto del Ministerio de la Verdad, donde trabaja reescribiendo la historia, sueña en secreto con ser libre. En un mundo donde el amor y el sexo están prohibidos, donde no es fácil diferenciar amigos de enemigos, conocerá a Julia y a O’Brien, y jurará rebelarse.

Framed as a first-person narrative from the eponymous horse, this much-loved family classic follows Black Beauty's journey from a well-born colt to a painfully overworked cab horse. Brimming with vivid detail and relatable characters, each chapter of Black Beauty's long and varied life communicates an important message about kindness, sympathy and understanding.

This collection of three of Henrik Ibsen's most well-known and important plays is voiced by a sparkling cast and features music, SFX and a full soundscape. Born in 1828, Norwegian playwright, theatre director and poet Ibsen, wrote in Danish yet lived for many years in Italy and Germany. Heralded as one the most distinguished dramatists after Shakespeare, by the early 20th century A Doll's House became the world's most performed play.

In George Orwell: The Man and the Mind Behind 1984, Professor Michael Shelden will show you how 1984 presents a plausible reality of thought control and totalitarian power that feels contemporary even as it reflects its own time.

A new version of this classic starring Stephen Fry. A chance encounter leads to flower girl Eliza Dootlittle undergoing a life changing transformation.

In Volume 2 of Arabian Nights we return to Sultan Shahriyar’s palace where Scheherezade is using her spellbinding storytelling abilities to save both her and her sister’s lives. As much as the Sultan wants to kill her, each night he is drawn in by her tales and spares them. Scheherezade weaves a long, winding and exciting tale about Sinbad the Sailor, a reckless young man who has inherited his father’s wealth and spends it foolishly. His debts eventually force him to leave Baghdad and find his way alone.

Aus dem Zeitalter der Uniformität. Aus dem Zeitalter der Einsamkeit und des Doppeldenk. Aus dem Zeitalter des Big Brothers. Von mir, Winston Smith. Grüße. Es ist das Jahr 1984 und das Leben hat sich massiv verändert. Luftstützpunkt Nummer Eins, vormals bekannt als Großbritannien, ist ein Ort, den Big Brother ständig überwacht und wo sich niemand verstecken kann. Außer vielleicht Winston Smith. Während er im Ministerium für Wahrheit daran arbeitet, die Geschichte umzuschreiben, träumt er insgeheim von der Freiheit.

A classic of medieval Italian literature, Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron still matters for us today. And Boccaccio scholar Kristina Olson reveals why in the 10 lectures of Books that Matter: The Decameron. Here, you’ll listen between the lines of stories that range from hopeful and spiritual to cynical and bawdy. You’ll hear words turn a sinner into a saint, brutes made noble through the power of love, and riches rediscovered on the open seas.

Brianna loves her new job as maid to Lady Marguerite. Like many high nobles, Marguerite is attended by echoes, silent creatures who look exactly like her and move in perfect synchronicity. News soon comes that Marguerite has been invited to the royal city as a potential bride for the crown prince. Brianna is delighted to accompany Marguerite to the city - and perhaps get a chance to continue her own flirtation with Nico, one of the king’s inquisitors. Then, disaster strikes on the road when they come under attack.

It’s rumoured that Dickens wanted to return to his classic novel Oliver Twist, to bring him back into a later book as an older character, but he never managed this before he died. However, if Oliver had returned, what would he have been like? Would the scars of his childhood affect the man he would become? And what of ‘Dodger’, sent to a land halfway around the world, his friend, mentor and master dead because of Oliver? Dodge & Twist is that story. The tale of two boys, 12 years later, returning into each other’s lives - for both good and bad.

Dr Jekyll, a charming doctor explores the possibility of dividing the dark and light side of her personality, but in doing this she creates a monster, Eleanor Hyde. For many years she manages to live under the radar, keeping her dark secret unknown to those around her. However, gradually her evil side gains strength until Dr Jekyll is overwhelmed by Eleanor Hyde, to disastrous consequences. An exploration of human duality and forces of good and evil, this modern retelling is compelling and eerie and retains the disturbing nature of the original text.

A gritty reimagining of Shakespeare's famous tragedy, this brand new modern-day audiobook adaptation of William Shakespeare's classic love story is full of passion, emotion, scandal, disillusionment and family fallout.

Laissez-nous rêver, chantaient les poètes-philosophes du groupe Gold. C'est vrai, ça, le rêve a toute sa place dans la littérature, il faut faire quelque chose ! Oui faisons-le, ce quelque chose ! Et dans la bonne humeur ! N'ayons pas peur : tels des Aladins lettrés sur nos tapis volants, allons vers le bleu des rêves, allons vers le merveilleux des rêves, allons vers ce nouveau monde en couleurs où personne ne nous dit qu'il est interdit de croire au bonheur !

In the royal city of Camarria, a street urchin named Chessie lives by her wits, always attended by her two faithful friends, Red and Scar. What no one realizes is that the “friends” are really echoes, creatures that look exactly like their originals but who possess no volition of their own. Echoes normally are only born to high nobles, and Chessie doesn’t want anyone to start asking questions about her past. So she’s developed the ability to move between bodies so rapidly that she can maintain the illusion that she and Red and Scar are three separate people.

Lady Elyssa despises her echoes - the creatures who look just like her and copy her every move. But it’s only the echoes that mark her as a high noble, someone elite enough to marry the king’s youngest son, Jordan. She can’t get rid of the echoes, so instead she amuses herself by torturing them when no one is looking. But there’s something Elyssa doesn’t know: Her casual cruelty has brought one of the echoes to life. And this echo, Hope, is learning to think and speak and act on her own.

You may think you know Vergil’s epic poem, The Aeneid - the story of Aeneas, a Trojan hero, prophesized to found Rome. Or maybe you’ve heard of the fearsome Cyclopes, the tragic queen Dido, the Trojan horse, the River Styx and the three headed dog who guards the underworld. But what of the man who wrote it and why? This is that story.

"Alors que vous êtes pépère dans le métro à écouter de la musique, vous sentez une présence - quelque chose ou quelqu'un - vous épier. Vous n'osez pas vous retourner, car vous avez vu suffisamment de films qui collent les miquettes pour savoir que dès qu'on se retourne, on risque d'avoir très mal. Par chance, cette crise de paranoïa ne durera qu'un temps : le temps pour le musicien de métro de passer près de vous, et de vous offrir sa version, toute personnelle, du "Temps des fleurs".

"Qu'est-ce que je vais faire de tout cet oseille ?" disait le poète. Et la question mérite d'être posée, en effet. Elle le mérite tellement que nombre d'écrivains l'ont posée au fil des siècles. Car l'argent régit notre monde ! Il suffit de voir les parties de Monopoly : vous ne resterez pas longtemps en jeu sans quelques billets et quelques hôtels bien placés. Écoutez cet épisode d'Hernanani, lisez les romans mentionnés, voyez ce que les écrivains vous conseillent, prenez-en de la graine, ne devenez pas fou, et vous serez le roi respecté de la ville (sans passer par la case prison) !

ET NON ! Ce n'est pas Michel qui commence, mais Quentin avec son petit bouquin ! HAHA, vous voilà bien feintés ! Vous accusez le coup, vous bégayez, vous voyez un peu flou. La tête qui tourne, encore sous le choc, vous essayez de comprendre. Eh bien c'est simple : nous venons de manipuler cette émission ! Dans cet ultime épisode d'Hernanani, nous allons mettre en lumière quelques aspects de la fourberie littéraire, passer en revue quelques astuces de nos grands écrivains pour marabouter leur lectorat.