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Alice in Wonderland and Jabberwocky are brought to sparkling new life in this brilliant recording by internationally acclaimed comedienne Alison Larki…

"The Adventure of the Three Gables" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, collected as one of 12 in The Case-Book…

A «Blue Carbuncle» is stolen from a hotel suite, and a former felon is soon arrested. However, an acquaintance of Holmes discovers the carbuncle in th…

"The Adventure of the Dying Detective", in some editions simply titled «The Dying Detective» (first published 1913), is one of the 56 Sherlock Ho…

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his fictional detective Sherlock Holmes…

A Study in Scarlet is an 1887 detective novel by Scottish author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The story marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and D…

BY a curious irony of fate, the places to which we are sent when health deserts us are often singularly beautiful. Often, too, they are places we have…

"The Adventure of the Red Circle" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. It is included in the anthology H…

"The Adventure of the Dancing Men", a Sherlock Holmes story written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle published as The…

Das Tal des Grauens (Originaltitel: The Valley of Fear) ist der vierte Roman von Sir Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, in welchem die Figuren Sherlock Holmes un…

"Dagon" is a short story by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written in July 1917, one of the first stories he wrote as an adult. It was first pu…

Sanders is a British colonial District Commissioner in Colonial Nigeria. He tries to rule his province fairly, including the various tribes comprising…

Kara Ben Nemsi schließt am Obernil ein Bündnis mit dem Stamm der Bor. In der Nähe lagern auch die Sklavenjäger Nubar, der Muza'bier, und Abd el B…

"Cool Air" is a short story by the American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in March 1926 and published in the March 1928 issue of…

Das Bairische trägt eine wunderbare Melodie in sich. Sie wird geradezu angelockt von dem zarten Märchenton des französischen Textes eines Saint-Exupér…

Der Krieg der Welten (engl. Originaltitel: The War of the Worlds) ist eines der bekanntesten und bedeutendsten Werke von H. G. Wells. Das Buch wurde 1…

First and Last Things is a 1908 work of philosophy by H. G. Wells setting forth his beliefs in four «books» entitled «Metaphysics,» «Of Belief,» «Of G…

Northanger Abbey was the first of Jane Austen's novels to be completed for publication, in 1803. However, it was not published until after her de…

In The Sister of the Baroness by Katherine Mansfield we have the theme of appearance, identity, self-importance, class and escape. Taken from her In a…

Jules Verne was born in 1828 in France. His dream was to write a new kind of novel, which combined scientific fact with fiction. Verne eventually wrot…

"The Picture in the House" is a short story written by H. P. Lovecraft. It was written on December 12, 1920, and first published in the July 1919…

Ich weiß nicht mehr, wann oder wo ich mit jenem prächtigen Menschen bekannt wurde, dem Brevet Brigadier-General John A. B. C. Smith. Nur soweit entsin…

First published in Macmillan's Magazine for December 1889 , as «Great Krishna Mulvaney», in Harper's Short Stories in September 1890, and co…

"Champagne bubbly and engaging throughout…a jaunty, jolly good listen" raves Publishers Weekly about Larkin's narration of The Secret Advers…

Here it is; Alexandre Dumas' thrilling final chapter in the D'Artagnan saga. Thirty years after their last adventure, D'Artagnan and th…

Es ist die Liebeserklärung eines Mannes an ein ihm unbekanntes junges Fräulein. Eigentlich kennen sie sich nicht, aber dennoch hält er um ihre Hand an…

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is an 1876 novel about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set in the 1840s in the fi…

Many years ago the Monrovian Government sent one Bosambo, a native of the Kroo coast and consequently a thief, to penal servitude for the term of his …

Melville's epic tale of one man versus a great white whale will delight Melville devotees as well as those who have yet to sail on this adventure…

The Time Machine is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, published in 1895 and written as a frame narrative. The work is generally credited with …

„Ob er wohl Fiekchen heiraten kann“ ist eine Novelle der deutschen Schriftstellerin Marie von Olfers (1826- 1924), die Novelle stammt aus dem Jahr 187…

Taken from the poverty of her parents' home in Portsmouth, Fanny Price is brought up with her rich cousins at Mansfield Park, acutely aware of he…

"The Book of Curses" by H. G. Wells is a short essay. H. G. Wells once different, humorous social satire and ironic. Professor Gargoyle, you must…

The Mysterious Stranger is a novel attempted by the American author Mark Twain. He worked on it intermittently from 1897 through 1908. Twain wrote mul…

Querkopf Wilson (Originaltitel: Pudd'nhead Wilson. Those Extraordinary Twins.) ist ein Roman von Mark Twain. Er wurde 1894 veröffentlicht und ers…

The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells, first published in 1904. Wells called it «a fantasia on the c…

"The Adventure of the Crooked Man", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 st…

In the ordinary course of a commercial education, in New England, boys are transferred from school to the merchant's desk at the age of fourte…

Helen Stoner worries her stepfather may be trying to kill her after he contrives to move her to the bedroom where her sister had died two years earlie…

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is an American children's novel written by author L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W.W. Denslow, originally published …

"The Banner of the Upright Seven" is a novel by the swiss poet Gottfried Keller. The narration is divided into acts and scenes, almost like a the…

Erst war der Text, dann der Film: Nach 90 Jahren wird der Bambi-Originaltext von Felix Salten, die Grundlage des allbekannten Disney-Films, wiederentd…

On the night before a British military parade for the Amir of Afghanistan, the army's working animals – mule, camel, horse, bullock, elephant – d…

In a German Pension is a 1911 collection of short stories by the writer Katherine Mansfield; her first published collection. All but three of the stor…

Радиоспектакль. Часть 1. "Выстрел из карабина-22". Убита почтальонша Леони Берар. Смерть злобной старухи ни у кого не вызывает сожаления, но расследов…