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Die Pickwickier, in deutscher Übersetzung zunächst Die Pickwicker, Originaltitel The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, besser bekannt als The Pickwick Papers, ist der erste Roman von Charles Dickens. Das Werk wurde als Fortsetzungsroman in 20 Teilen monatlich zwischen März 1836 und Oktober 1837 veröffentlicht. Der humoristische Roman, den Dickens mit 23 Jahren veröffentlichte, machte ihn praktisch über Nacht berühmt. Hauptfigur des Romans ist der Gelehrte Samuel Pickwick, Gründer und Präsident des Pickwick-Klubs.

Traumatized by the bombing of Dresden at the time he had been imprisoned, Pilgrim drifts through all events and history, sometimes deeply implicated, sometimes a witness. He is surrounded by Vonnegut's usual large cast of continuing characters (notably here the hack science fiction writer Kilgore Trout and the alien Tralfamadorians, who oversee his life and remind him constantly that there is no causation, no order, no motive to existence).

Choose from over 20 possible endings in this Pick Your Poison Adventure story! You're broke. You have no way to pay your rent, and you're about to be evicted. Fortunately, your friend has offered you a job working as a waitress at a dinner party . . . at an isolated mansion way out on Peyton's...

Every weekend, in basements and car parks across the country, young men with good white-collar jobs and absent fathers take off their shoes and shirts and fight each other barehanded. Then they go back to those jobs with blackened eyes and loosened teeth and the sense that they can handle...

Animal Farm is an allegorical satire of the events leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917, and then on into the Stalinist era of the Soviet Union. Orwell described the book as a satirical tale against Stalin and went on to say that it was the first book in which he tried “to fuse political purpose and artistic purpose into one whole”. All of the leading figures involved in this period are parodied as various animals.

Soseki Natsume's comic masterpiece, I Am a Cat, satirizes the foolishness of upper-middle class Japanese society during the Meiji era. With acerbic wit and sardonic perspective, it follows the whimsical adventures of a world-weary stray kitten who comments on the follies and foibles of the people around him. A classic of Japanese literature, I Am a Cat is one of Soseki's best-known novels. Considered by many as the greatest writer in modern Japanese history, Soseki's I Am a Cat is a classic novel sure to be enjoyed for years to come.

Das unglaubliche Leben eines Hochstaplers zwischen Ost und West Ein gefallener Geigenhändler wird von seiner Vergangenheit eingeholt und in ein rasantes Abenteuer verstrickt. Mit unbändiger Erzähllust und virtuoser Leichtigkeit erzählt Per Leo von einem, der alles verlor, sich neu erfand und dann ums Ganze spielen muss. Eine schillernde Gaunergeschichte über die Verwerfungen der deutschen Nachkriegszeit, über Ost und West und die Macht der Erzählung.

I "Navn ukendt" (1965), Finn Søeborgs mest gakkede roman, møder vi manden, der mirakuløst overlever et flystyrt. Da han vågner har han mistet sin hukommelse, og han hvirvles, nu identitetsløs, ind i en række absurde forviklinger, der involverer militæret, det hemmelige politi, kongen og...

Discover The Adventures of Gil Blas de Santillane, a timeless classic of French literature filled with adventure, humor, romance, and sharp social satire. Follow Gil Blas, a young man who leaves home to seek his fortune and encounters a fascinating world of nobles, servants, swindlers, clergy...

A farce, a short story revolving around the mysterious death in a nursing home, beginning with a growing sourdough starter left on the kitchen counter and a bizarre blue horse inside a British phone booth...

Eine Kreuzfahrt, die ist tödlich... Zur Silberhochzeit soll der Traum von Polizistengattin Heike Detlefsen endlich wahr werden: Gemeinsam mit Thies, vielen Fredenbüllern und anderen illustren Passagieren bricht man zu einer Kreuzfahrt ins Nordmeer auf. Doch als ein Sturm aufkommt, muss der Kapitän zwei in Seenot geratene Männer an Bord nehmen. Und auf einmal ist Schluss mit ausgelassener Kreuzfahrtstimmung. Die Männer entpuppen sich als gefährliche Gangster, die das gesamte Schiff in ihre Gewalt bringen.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Lord Arthur Savile's Crime is a collection of one short story by Oscar Wilde, performed by an AI voice. The title story is a witty, darkly comic tale about fate, duty, and the lengths a person may go to in order to escape a prophecy. Set amid the...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Beyond a remote mountain range lies Erewhon, a mysterious land where the rules of society are unlike anything the outside world has ever known. When a curious young traveler discovers this isolated civilization, he encounters a world of astonishing...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Enoch Soames by Max Beerbohm is a single short story presented here as a complete audiobook in English, narrated by an AI voice. It is a witty literary fantasy about ambition, reputation, and the longing to outlive one's own obscurity. The story follows...

Love Island meets Jurassic Park meets Samantha Allen's Patricia Wants to Cuddle in this twisted, thrilling satire about a group of influencers looking for love . . . only to find horrors awaiting them in paradise, and a group of producers plotting a wicked finale. They're dying for a chance at...

Danielle adopted a cat because the shelter photo made him look dignified and low-maintenance. Two weeks later, he told her, without preamble, that her date was going to cancel.He was right.Winston is blunt, unbothered, and always — infuriatingly — correct. He vets her dating app matches with...

فنّانٌ جوّالٌ، وممثّلٌ، ومُغنٍّ، وبهلوانٌ، ومُهرّجٌ، ومُستفزٌّ، وغامضٌ، ومتمرّدٌ، ولمصافحته أثرٌ كملمس الشيطان، وابتسامته تشقّ الغيوم، يراقبك دائماً، ولا...

ד'ר גארין, גבר נאה ורופא נמרץ, מוכרח להגיע לכפר מרוחק שמגפה מסוכנת מכה בו, כדי לשים לה קץ בעזרת החיסון שבידו. אבל בחוץ משתוללת סופה, ובלית ברירה הוא עולה על מגלשת שלג...

Lucas knows the perfect night entails just three things: video games, wine, and pad thai. Peanuts are a must! Other people? Not so much. Why complicate things when he’s happy alone? Then one day the apartment board, a vexing trio of authority, rings his doorbell. And Lucas’s solitude takes a startling hike. They demand to see his frying pan. Someone left one next to the recycling room overnight, and instead of removing the errant object, as Lucas suggests, they insist on finding the guilty party. But their plan backfires. Colossally.

The animals of Manor Farm are in the midst of a revolution. Overworked and mistreated, they set themselves against Mr Jones and with flaming idealism and stirring slogans they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice and equality; only to find that revolution isn’t always so simple.