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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.

Ignoring prophecies of doom, the seafarer Ishmael joins the crew of a whaling expedition that is an obsession for the ship's captain, Ahab. Once maimed by the White Whale, Moby Dick, Ahab has set out on a voyage of revenge. With godlike ferocity, he surges into dangerous waters - immune to the madness of his vision, refusing to be bested by the forces of nature.

George Eliot's most ambitious novel is a masterly evocation of diverse lives and changing fortunes in a provincial community. Peopling its landscape are Dorothea Brooke, a young idealist whose search for intellectual fulfillment leads her into a disastrous marriage to the pedantic scholar Casaubon; and the charming but tactless Dr Lydgate, whose marriage to the spendthrift beauty Rosamund and pioneering medical methods threaten to undermine his career.

Herremanden Alonso Quixano, der har forlæst sig på ridderromaner, får den fikse idé at tage ud på de spanske landeveje som den vandrende ridder Don Quijote for at tage kampen op med kæmper, troldmænd og anden ondskab, han måtte støde på. Han hyrer derfor den noget enfoldige bonde...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. One dead man. A coded notebook. A fugitive who must solve a conspiracy before Europe descends into war. In The Thirty-Nine Steps, John Buchan transforms an ordinary man's sudden flight for survival into one of the great early espionage thrillers. First...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. A single red flower is left behind. Another prisoner has vanished before the guillotine can fall. In The Scarlet Pimpernel, Baroness Orczy transforms the turmoil of the French Revolution into a dazzling tale of secret identities, desperate rescues...

Arthur Gordon Pym ist voll jugendlicher Abenteuerlust und Leichtsinn und möchte um jeden Preis die große, weite Welt sehen. Mithilfe seines besten Freundes wird er blinder Passagier auf dem Walfänger ›Grampus‹. Aber als die Besatzung eine Meuterei anzettelt, muss er, eingesperrt im Bug...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. What if dinosaurs had never disappeared—and somewhere beyond the borders of civilization, a forgotten world was still alive? In *The Lost World*, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the legendary creator of Sherlock Holmes, takes listeners on an extraordinary...

Fourteen-year-old Frank Brown has a respectable home, a secure future waiting in his father's long-established firm, and a family who expect him to take the safe road. But Frank's heart is elsewhere. A restless longing for ships, salt wind and far horizons has taken hold of him, and no argument...

One of the great works of American literature, Moby-Dick is the epic tale of one man’s fight against a force of nature. The outcast youth Ishmael, succumbing to wanderlust during a dreary New England autumn, signs up for passage aboard a whaling ship. The Pequod sails under the command of the...

Immerse yourself in the unabridged complete audiobook collection of The Chronicles of Narnia— C. S. Lewis's classic fantasy series which has enchanted readers of all ages for over seventy-five years. Be moved by the magical realms, the epic battles between good and evil, and the unforgettable...

An adventure story primarily concerned with themes of hope, justice, vengeance, mercy, and forgiveness, The Count of Monte Cristo focuses on a man who is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes from jail, acquires a fortune, and sets about getting revenge on those responsible for his imprisonment. However, his plans have devastating consequences for the innocent as well as the guilty.

Now a television miniseries directed by Bille August and starring Sam Claflin Dashing young Edmond Dantes has everything: a fine reputation, an appointment as captain of a ship, and the heart of a beautiful woman. But his perfect life is shattered when three jealous friends conspire to destroy...

Philéas Fogg, un excentrique gentleman anglais, dont le seul passe-temps est de lire les journaux et de jouer au whist, vient juste d'engager un nouveau domestique, trop heureux d'entrer au service d'un vieux garçon casanier.

Considéré comme l’un des romans d’aventures les plus célèbres de tous les temps, Le Comte de Monte-Cristo raconte l’histoire du marin Edmond Dantès, injustement accusé de trahison le jour de son mariage, puis emprisonné sans procès dans une île-forteresse infâme. Son compagnon de captivité, l’abbé Faria, prend Edmond sous son aile, le guide, lui apprend à lire et finit par lui révéler le secret d’un trésor caché sur l’île de Monte-Cristo.

Ernest Hemingway said, “All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn". One hundred years after its author’s death, this classic remains remarkably modern and poignantly relevant. In this new edition, Elijah Wood reads Huck in a youthful voice that may be the closest interpretation to Twain’s original intent. His performance captures the excitement and confusion of adolescence and adventure.

When the self-effacing 10-year-old Fanny Price is sent to live with her wealthy relations at Mansfield Park she seems shy and withdrawn beside her witty and vivacious cousins. Growing up in the Bertram household, she is always treated as an inferior, only finding an ally in her cousin Edmund. But Fanny's steadfast and purposeful character eventually makes her an indispensable part of the household. During the absence of Fanny's uncle, the others become entangled in a maze of flirtation and intrigue upon the arrival of Mary Crawford and her brother Henry.

The Odyssey follows the epic ten-year journey of King Odysseus home after the Trojan War. Along the way he must survive a hurricane sent by the God Poseidon, escape imprisonment by the nymph Calypso, a murderous Cyclopes who traps his crew in a cave, and the fearsome monsters Scylla and Sirens...

On the eve of his marriage to the beautiful Mercedes, having that very day been made captain of his ship, the young sailor Edmond Dantès is arrested on a charge of treason, trumped up by jealous rivals. Incarcerated for many lonely years in the isolated and terrifying Chateau d'If near Marseille, he meticulously plans his brilliant escape and extraordinary revenge.

In The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry provides a roadmap for the human soul. A stranded pilot meets a golden-haired boy from Asteroid B-612 who reveals the absurdity of "grown-ups"—those so consumed by authority and figures that they have forgotten how to live.