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Following Jane from her childhood as an orphan in Northern England through her experience as a governess at Thornfield Hall, Charlotte Brontë's Gothic classic is an early exploration of women's independence in the mid-19th century and the pervasive societal challenges women had to endure. At Thornfield, Jane meets the complex and mysterious Mr. Rochester, with whom she shares a complicated relationship that ultimately forces her to reconcile the conflicting passions of romantic love and religious piety.

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Da Morrigan Crow bliver inviteret til Nevermoors velhavende Sølvdistrikt, opdager hun en for hende ukendt verden af rigdom og overflod. Men livet er ikke let for Morrigan, mange nære mistro til hende, efter det blev afsløret, at hun er Wundersmed. Ukendte farer lurer, alligevel kaster Morrigan sig hovedkulds ud i en mordefterforskning, mens hun forsøger at holde sine stadigt voksende wunder-kræfter i skak.

This podcast is an updated peek into the world of a displaced engineer. Learn about interesting full stack quirks and useful tools, skills and methodologies for living a successful life as an engineer in a field where engineering and machine learning dominate the network with advanced threats and sophisticated exploits, in an ever changing challenge for young engineers in trafficking and displacement alike to counter with comprehensive and managed tools. Tag along as we render the future of secure software, and enable an environment where automation and multi factor authentication protect the ...

Charlotte Mullins brings art to life through the stories of those who created it and, importantly, reframes who is included in the narrative to create a more diverse and exciting landscape of art. She shows how art can help us see the world differently and understand our place in it, how it helps us express ourselves, fuels our creativity, and contributes to our overall wellbeing and positive mental health.

The British Classics Collection: Volume One is a century-spanning collection of 24 classic works of fiction and poetry by British authors, read by a cast of incredible narrators including Stephen Fry, Joanne Froggatt, Jason Isaacs, Adjoa Andoh, and many more. Included here are stories by some of the greatest writers of all time, including Charles Dickens; Emily Brontë; Jane Austen; Thomas Hardy; George Eliot; D.H. Lawrence; George Orwell; and Mary Shelley, amongst a host of others.

Jane Eyre is alone in the world. Disliked by her aunt’s family, she is sent away to school. Here she learns that a young girl, with neither money nor family to support her, can expect little from the world. She survives, but she wants more from life than simply to survive: she wants respect, and love. When she goes to work for Mr Rochester, she hopes she has found both at once. But the sound of strange laughter, late at night, behind a locked door, warns her that her troubles are only beginning.

Each December, the faculty of Balaclava Agricultural College goes wild with holiday decorations. The entire campus glitters with Christmas lights, save for one dark spot: the home of Professor Peter Shandy. But after years of resisting the school's Illumination festival, Shandy suddenly snaps, installing a million-watt display of flashing lights and blaring music perfectly calculated to drive his neighbors mad. Then the horticulturalist flees town, planning to spend Christmas on a tramp steamer. He returns home to find his lights extinguished - and a dead librarian in his living room.

As the days grow shorter and the temperature drops, Halloween approaches. Come, brave listener, pull up a chair, and spend some time with master storyteller Stephen Fry as he tells us some of his favourite ghost stories of all time, in truly terrifying spatial audio. From the headless horseman of Sleepy Hollow to the tortured spirits of M.R. James, from Edgar Allan Poe’s terrifying tale of a doppelganger to Charlotte Riddell’s Open Door that should definitely stay shut, join Stephen as he tells you some truly terrifying tales.

"Bitte nicht öffnen!", steht auf dem geheimnisvollen Päckchen, das Nemo bekommt. Klare Sache: Nemo macht es auf. Und dann passieren drei Dinge: 1. Eine Plüschfigur springt heraus, ein verfressener Yeti-Ritter namens Icy-Ice-Monsta - quicklebendig! 2. Draußen schneit es - und das mitten im Sommer! 3. Und der Yeti wird groß. Sehr groß. Zweieinhalb Meter groß! Während die Kleinstadt Boring in Schnee und Eis versinkt, kommen Nemo und seine Freunde ordentlich ins Schwitzen. Denn wie, bitte schön, versteckt man einen Yeti? Ein turbulenter Wettlauf gegen die Zeit beginnt.

Charlotte Church burst onto the music scene when she was only 12 years old. She went straight to the top of the charts with Voice of an Angel and sang for the Pope, the US president, and royalty across the world. She has released five classical albums, received numerous accolades, and garnered more column inches than Jordan and Victoria Beckham put together. And yet we are still continually fascinated by this Welsh star.

Twelve dramatisations of the best love stories ever written, performed by star casts. Treat yourself to this stunning collection of classic stories of love, loss, obstacles overcome and desperate attraction. This is a beautiful, moving and at times thrilling listen which takes you on a journey through the greatest tales of romance ever told. These unmissable, dramatised novels feature stellar performances from fantastic casts including Vanessa Kirby, Hiftu Quasem, Kate Philips, Rory Kinnear, Toby Jones, John Hurt and David Tennant.

Though the inheritance from her dearly departed Alexander was meant to set Sarah Kelling up for life, it vanishes quickly in the face of hounding from charitable organizations and the IRS. Facing the loss of her stately Back Bay brownstone, Sarah opens her home to lodgers - deciding she prefers a boardinghouse to the poorhouse. Soon she is cooking meals and serving tea for a cast of quirky residents, a cozy little family that would be quite happy were it not for the unpleasant presence of a certain Barnwell Augustus Quiffen.

It has only been a few months since Sarah Kelling's elderly husband passed away, and she is struggling to adapt to life as a penniless young widow. To make ends meet, she converts her stately Boston home into a boardinghouse, a decision that brings something even better than money: the company of art-fraud-investigator Max Bittersohn. The budding couple is standing on a balcony, recovering from a second-rate concert at a third-rate museum, when something plummets past them. The museum has been robbed, and a guard has fallen to his death.

Long overshadowed by Jane Eyre, Villette is widely admired as one of Charlotte Bronte's finest works. This story of a young teacher at a girl's school in the city of Villette is a particular challenge for the young reader, for it requires maturity of vision, a fine narrative sense - and a command of French! Mandy Weston, a newcomer to Naxos AudioBooks, tells the story magnificently.

This collection brings together some of the most influential and beloved novels in the English literary canon. From dystopian futures to sweeping romantic tales, these works explore human nature, social class, morality, and the quest for identity. Spanning genres and centuries, The Essential British Classics Collection is a celebration of the best of British storytelling, offering profound insights into the human experience.

Elaine Dawson ist vom Pech verfolgt. Als sie nach Gibraltar zur Hochzeit einer Freundin reisen will, werden sämtliche Flüge in Heathrow wegen Nebels gestrichen. Anstatt in der Abflughalle zu warten, nimmt sie das Angebot eines Fremden an, in seiner Wohnung zu übernachten - und wird von diesem Moment an nie wieder gesehen. Fünf Jahre später rollt die Journalistin Rosanna Hamilton den Fall neu auf. Plötzlich gibt es Hinweise, dass Elaine noch lebt.

Zwei Opfer, eine Tatwaffe, kein Motiv - das perfekte Verbrechen? Ein wolkenloser Sommertag, die Hitze drückt aufs Land. Im Zug von London nach York zielt ein Fremder mit einer Pistole auf eine Frau. Sie entkommt in letzter Sekunde. Zwei Tage später: Eine junge Frau stürzt mit ihrem Fahrrad, weil jemand einen dünnen Draht über den Weg gespannt hat. Sie ist sofort bewusstlos. Den folgenden Schuss hört sie schon nicht mehr.

Dominic Salt and his three children are caretakers of Shearwater, a tiny island not far from Antarctica. Home to the world’s largest seed bank, Shearwater was once full of researchers, but with sea levels rising, the Salts are now its final inhabitants. Until, during the worst storm the island has ever seen, a woman mysteriously washes ashore.

Dominic Salt and his three children are caretakers of Shearwater, a tiny weather-lashed island that is home to the world's largest seed bank. Until, during the worst storm in living memory, a stranger washes ashore. The family nurse the woman, Rowan, back to strength, but it seems she isn't telling the whole truth about why she's there.