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Ebenezer Scrooge is a care-worn miser, who has forgotten the joy and happiness of giving. Christmas, as a time of charity, is an enemy which returns to harass him yearly. Scrooge sees the poor as a lower class of life altogether, not fit to live, until one Christmas Eve, a series of ghostly visitors confront Scrooge with his wrongs. Will the selfish old miser hear the lessons of Christmas past, present, and future? Or will he turn a deaf ear.

Der Geist der Weihnachtszeit. Ebenezer Scrooge ist ein herzloser, egoistischer Geizhals. Seine Mitmenschen sind ihm egal, das Einzige, was für ihn zählt, sind Geld und Erfolg. Kein Wunder, dass Scrooge auch am Weihnachtstag allein ist. Doch dann bekommt er Besuch aus dem Jenseits von seinem verstorbenen Geschäftspartner Marley. Mithilfe dreier Geister zeigt der ihm sein früheres, sein gegenwärtiges und sein zukünftiges Leben. Und Scrooge erkennt voller Schrecken, dass er sein Verhalten ändern muss.

In his most famous historical novel, Dickens explores the horrors of the French Revolution, and the injustices that brought it about, through the history of the unjustly imprisoned Dr. Manette and his daughter Lucy - the "golden thread" binding together a cast of characters across London and Paris, including honourable aristocrat Charles Darnay, ruthless revolutionary Madame Defarge, and the directionless and dissolute lawyer Sydney Carton....

2011, Syria. The Arab Spring is underway, and after a wave of peaceful protests, President Assad agrees to a release of political prisoners. Freed after 30 years, Dr Mahmoud is taken in by Taghreed and Emad Daffar, and brought to England by his old friend Jarvis Lorry and the daughter he has never met, foreign correspondent Lina. But his years of suffering have left him a broken man. Back in London, Jarvis convinces his nephew Sid Carton, a feckless but brilliant barrister, to defend a young Syrian émigré doctor, Shwan Dahkurdi, against charges of supporting terrorism.

The Mystery of Edwin Drood is the final novel by Charles Dickens. Originally published in 1870. Though the novel is named after the character Edwin Drood, it focuses more on Drood's uncle, John Jasper, a precentor, choirmaster, and opium addict, who is in love with his pupil, Rosa Bud. Miss Bud, Edwin Drood's fiancée, has also caught the eye of the high-spirited and hot-tempered Neville Landless. Landless and Edwin Drood take an instant dislike to one another. Later Drood disappears under mysterious circumstances.

Dickens' "Weihnachtslied" wird gern betitelt als "sein Geschenk an die Menschheit". Was er uns damit alles "geschenkt" hat, beleuchtet Petra Fluhr in ihrer Übersetzung ins Pfälzische von allen Seiten. Historische Fakten, Sozialkritik, Auswirkungen auf die Gegenwart und viel Humor sorgen für fast fünf Stunden Unterhaltung. Petra Fluhr wurde in Ludwigshafen am Rhein geboren und lebte dreißig Jahre lang in Mannheim. Ihr Dialekt ist demzufolge das Vorderpfälzische. Verstehen kann ihn aber jeder südlich des Mains.

Primi decenni dell'800. David Copperfield nasce già orfano di padre e molto presto è costretto ad affrontare prove molto dure. L'ascoltatore trema riconoscendo le vere intenzioni di molti dei personaggi che egli incontra nelle sue traversie e la natura dei pericoli che incombono sui di lui. Ma David esce bene, alla fine, da ogni avventura e già da giovane adulto è lui, in genere, a capire come stanno le cose e ad aiutare gli amici di fronte alle insidie della vita (temibile è in particolare il finto umile Uriah Heep), tanto più quanto più ha successo.

Des voyageurs rencontrent l'ermite Tom Tiddler et lui racontent... C'est ainsi que nous découvrons la réconcilation d'un père d'avec son fils, l'évasion de deux forçats, le destin d'un enfant né sur un navire le même jour qu'un autre, la poursuite à travers l'Amérique d'un voleur de portefeuille.

One of Dickens’ best loved short stories, "The Signalman" is the mysterious tale of a railway worker haunted by premonitions of disaster. The titular signalman works on a remote and forbidding part of the line, and finds himself with an unexpected visitor in the form of a tourist (the story’s narrator), but the travelling man is not the only stranger the signalman encounters at his post.

Join the critically-acclaimed Pantaloons for a Victorian adventure that's so full of fog it's better heard and not seen... Hilarious, tragic and romantic by turns, Dickens' tale is retold by "The Pantaloons" in their own inimitable style directly into your ears.

A gripping tale of mystery and suspense, involving murder, forgery, and insurance fraud, from the pen of one of the greatest of all 19th-century English novelists, Charles Dickens. A retired insurance agent relates an episode from his career, a "romance of the real world", in which a cunning criminal is exposed and "hunted down" to face justice.

This classic tale tells of an orphan, Pip, who through a series of strange circumstances first finds a trade as a blacksmith's apprentice and then learns that he has "great expectations" of a future inheritance from an anonymous benefactor. He soon learns to live the profligate life of a gentleman as he gradually sheds his associations with the gentle souls of his past, Joe (the blacksmith) and Biddy (a level-headed young lady). He throws his money at improving the prospects of his roommate and friend Herbert and his heart at an "ice princess" whose heart will never respond. But then an ...

A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a historical novel by Charles Dickens; it is moreover a moral novel strongly concerned with themes of guilt, shame, redemption and patriotism.The plot centers on the years leading up to French Revolution and culminates in the Jacobin Reign of Terror. It tells the story of two men, Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton, who look very alike but are entirely different in character.View our entire collection of podcasts at www.solgood.orgThis is a Librivox Recording. All Librivox recordings are in the public domain.

When 19-year old Nicholas Nickleby is left destitute after his father's death, he appeals to his wealthy uncle to help him find work and to protect his mother and sister. But Ralph Nickleby offers little help and proves to be both hard-hearted and unscrupulous, leaving Nicholas to make his own way in the world.

The society of the early 19th century in England was not especially kind to orphans, and young Pip is no exception. Forced to live a life of sneaking and stealing from an early age, he has trouble finding a place to belong and make a home for the beginning of his life. When he meets the lonely and reclusive Miss Havisham, it seems that his luck changes, as his relationship with her inspires him to begin making an honest living in a trade. But when he suddenly gains a mysterious inheritance, his life is totally transformed, and he is able to live beyond his wildest dreams.

Unabridged readings of four spine-tingling stories. This suspenseful anthology collects together four gripping tales of gruesome scientific experiments and chilling supernatural events - all read in full by some of the very best voice actors. With over 18 hours of electrifying listening, tracked by chapter, these classic tales will have you on the edge of your seat.

The Frozen Deep was originally written as a play by Wilkie Collins and Charles Dickens. With Dickens himself gracing the stage as Wardour, the play was met with success, drawing audiences to tears night after night, and even performing for Queen Victoria herself. Drawing on reports of the real-life Franklin expedition of 1845, in which a crew had set out from England to discover the North Passage and disappeared without a trace, Collins and Dickens recreated the events of the ill-fated journey.

Oliver Twist is the well-loved tale of an orphan, who starts life in a workhouse and finds himself embroiled in London's criminal underworld, before being saved by a kind gentleman who knows something of his surprising family history. A satire and social commentary as well as a page-turning yarn, full of grit, wit, and some of the most memorable characters in English Literature. The second published serialised novel by Charles Dickens, The British Library remarks that "it has proven to be one of the best-loved novels in the history of literature".

Unique to this title is: A historical introduction and a study of the themes present in A Tale of Two Cities, A Christmas Carol and The Chimes. Charles Dickens was an English writer and social critic. He was born in 1812 in Portsmouth. When his father was sent to jail because of unsettled debt, Dickens had to leave school and get a job in a factory. Dickens is believed to be the best novelist of the Victorian era and he became very popular during his lifetime. His novels are still widely read and translated.

Von 1973 bis 1990 strahlte Sender Freies Berlin (SFB) die beliebte Hörfunksendung "Nur für starke Nerven" (ab 1987 unter dem Namen "Die Mitternachtsstory") aus. Der Schauspieler Friedrich Schoenfelder las darin Grusel- und Kriminalgeschichten für Erwachsene zur guten Nacht vor. Bezeichnenderweise schlug er selbst 1972 der Unterhaltungsabteilung des SFB vor, eine Sendereihe zu starten, in der von ihm redaktionell ausgewählte Gruselgeschichten zu Gehör kommen sollten.