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On a cold Christmas Eve in Victorian London, the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge greets the season with a scowl and his famous “Bah! Humbug!” But when a ghostly visitor from his past warns him of a terrible fate, Scrooge is thrust into a haunting night of revelation and redemption.

Dieses Hörbuch bietet deutschen Lernenden einen klaren und leicht verständlichen Einstieg in die englische Sprache – durch kurze, einfache Geschichten, die Sie hören und bei Bedarf mitlesen können. Jede Geschichte wird zunächst in einfachem Englisch vorgelesen, mit häufig vorkommendem Grundwortschatz, kurzen Sätzen und alltäglichen Situationen, die sofort erkennbar und leicht nachvollziehbar sind. Direkt im Anschluss hören Sie die vollständige deutsche Übersetzung, damit Sie Ihr Verständnis sofort überprüfen und Schritt für Schritt mehr Sicherheit gewinnen können.

One of Charles Dickens’s more tender and lesser-known Christmas novellas, The Battle of Life unfolds in a tranquil English village, where the rhythm of daily life is soon disturbed by the quiet dramas of the human heart.

A man named Redlaw, burdened by sorrow and past regrets, is visited by a mysterious ghost who offers him a strange bargain: to forget all pain and suffering. At first, this gift seems like a blessing, but Redlaw soon discovers that erasing sorrow can also erase compassion, empathy, and human connection.

Dieses Hörbuch präsentiert eine abwechslungsreiche Sammlung kurzer französischer Dialoge und Geschichten, die typische Alltagssituationen aus verschiedenen Lebensbereichen aufgreifen. Die Figuren erleben kleine Überraschungen, Missverständnisse und Begegnungen, wie sie überall auf der Welt auftreten können: zufällige Gespräche, Beobachtungen in Cafés und Geschäften, kulturelle Höflichkeitsformen, Momente des Lernens im Berufsalltag oder kleine Gesten zwischen Fremden, die eine größere Wirkung haben.

Dans l’ombre d’une boutique encombrée de bibelots et de souvenirs, Dickens fait naître un monde où les objets muets reflètent les passions humaines. Autour du magasin d’antiquités, une galerie de figures inoubliables—humblement héroïques, burlesques ou inquiétantes—se croisent, tandis que la compassion et la satire se répondent. Entre émotion et ironie, il tisse une chronique où la précarité, la convoitise et l’espérance s’affrontent.

A sweeping tale of hardship and redemption, Little Dorrit stands as one of Dickens’s most profound works—an exploration of human dignity in the face of injustice, and a timeless affirmation of resilience, compassion, and the enduring hope for freedom.

A House to Let is a rare literary collaboration between four of the greatest voices of the Victorian era—Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Adelaide Anne Procter. First published as a Christmas story, this richly woven tale combines Dickens’ humor and humanity, Collins’ flair for suspense, Gaskell’s warmth and insight, and Procter’s poetic sensibility.

Amateur sleuth Charles Lenox investigates the murder of a Parliament member, moving through the glamorous high society of Victorian London in the next novel from acclaimed author Charles Finch. In the spring of 1881, Lenox is caught up in the whirl of London life when his brother arrives to tell...

Those Who Are About To Dive is a narrative, track-by-track exploration of Colosseum—the pioneering British jazz-rock band that fused blues, brass, virtuosity, and fire long before genres learned how to name it.Hosted by Chaz Charles, the series journeys through every studio album by Colosseum, Colosseum II, and the band’s reunion era—in strict chronological order. No compilations. No live albums. Just the recorded canon, examined with care, context, and conviction.Each episode treats a song not as background music, but as a case study—its creation, its players, its sound, and ...

Adaptive elegance is a personal diary of my feelings about becoming a fashion designer with a physical disability

Noah Kingston, a journalist from 2025, wakes up at Norman Manley International Airport—300 years in the future. The year is 2300, and Jamaica has become a dazzling high-tech metropolis where solar-powered skyscrapers pierce the sky, and AI governs daily life. But beneath this glittering utopia lies a dark conspiracy that Noah is inexplicably tied to.

I’m a ghost. A specter, some would say. A spirit. A shade, the hallucination of a compromised mind. Whatever moniker you prefer, that’s me. Excepting that last one. Uncle MortonI ran freight and wagon trains for years from Missouri to Santa Fe. Courted death from arrows to snake bites, drowning to dysentery, each and every trip. Came through all that only to be dealt a bad hand in Deadwood. Got myself killed.

If your mind feels busy even when your body is still, you are not alone. Quiet the Mind: Quick Guide on 7 Paths Leading to Freedom from Overthinking is a compassionate guide to understanding the thoughts that keep you awake at night and learning how to let them rest.

Considered as the foundation of evolutionary biology, Charles Darwin’s groundbreaking On the Origin of Species profoundly transformed the field of biology at the time, as well as contemporary religious beliefs.

Follow the genial Mr. Samuel Pickwick, an affable and inquisitive gentleman of leisure, as he embarks on a series of delightfully chaotic adventures across the English countryside. With his loyal companions—Mr. Tupman, the romantic; Mr. Snodgrass, the would-be poet; and Mr. Winkle, the bumbling sportsman—Pickwick sets out to observe the follies, customs, and curiosities of his fellow countrymen. What begins as a harmless society of amateur observers soon unfolds into a grand comedy of mishaps, misunderstandings, and unexpected revelations.

A young boy named Edward comes of age in a tale filled with warmth, humor, and the quiet wisdom of everyday life. Dickens follows him—and a spirited cast of friends, neighbors, and family—as they move through the tender joys and small heartbreaks of childhood in a close-knit English village. Through dramatic twists of fate, comic misunderstandings, and unexpected acts of kindness, Edward learns the timeless lessons of love, honesty, and forgiveness.

An often overlooked, yet very important, environmental process in world history is known as the “Late Antique Little Ice Age,” which took place during the 6th century A.D. across most of the Northern Hemisphere and received its name because it was shorter and less well-known than the Little Ice Age, which took place from the 16th-19th centuries.

Mit seiner Gedichtsammlung Die Blumen des Bösen schuf er den Grundstein für die moderne europäische Lyrik: Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867). Diese Sammlung ist keineswegs eine reine Anthologie von Gedichten, sondern ein durchkomponiertes Ganzes, das in sechs Kapiteln angeordnet ist. Romantik, Melancholie und Weltschmerz sind die beherrschenden Stimmungen dieses großen Werkes, das so viele spätere Poeten so nachhaltig beeinflussen sollte.

El Origen de las Especies es la obra fundamental de Charles Darwin, donde introduce la teoría de la evolución por selección natural. Publicado en 1859, este libro revolucionó la biología y la comprensión del mundo natural, argumentando que las especies evolucionan a lo largo del tiempo debido a la adaptación a su entorno. Con ejemplos de la naturaleza, Darwin explica cómo los organismos compiten, se adaptan y cambian, estableciendo una base científica para la teoría de la evolución.