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Jack London B.J. Harrison Reads The Unexpected
Edith Whittlesey is born in a country district of England, where life flows as per the rule of thumb. She is married to an honest and hardworking miner, who works together with four other men. Usually no unexpected things happen, but one day it all changes. One of the miners bursts into the hut where his partners are sitting together with Edith. The man kills two of them but is stopped and tied up thanks to Whittlesey’s quick reaction. Why did the miner tried to kill his partners? Is it because...
Engels | 51 minuten (37 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Jack London B.J. Harrison Reads When the World Was Young and Moon-Face
"When the World Was Young" introduces us to a thief named Dave Slotter, who intends to steal from James Ward - a famous and wealthy businessman. However, while Slotter walks through Ward’s property, he encounters a wild barbarian and is forced to fight for his life. Will Slotter escape from the wild man who wants to kill him? Who is the barbarian and what is he doing on Ward’s lands? Will the thief succeed in his plan? "Moon-Face" introduces us to John Claverhouse, a man who is unreasonably despised....
Engels | 1 uur (44 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Oscar Wilde B. J. Harrison Reads Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
Sometimes self-fulfilling prophecies are not all they seem. Lord Arthur Savile is a young British aristocrat about to get married. Mr. Podgers tells people’s fortunes, and he has bad news for the groom: he will commit murder. Unable to get the thought off his mind, he decides to get it over with before entering into marriage, but things do not go as planned. Hear the darkly humorous short story “Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime” by Oscar Wilde from the late 19th century brought to life by B.J. Harrison....
Engels | 1 uur 21 minuten (60 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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F. Scott Fitzgerald B. J. Harrison Reads Head and Shoulders
“Am I a laboratory experiment on which the janitors as well as the chemists can make experiments? Is my intellectual development humorous in any way?” Once a child prodigy, Horace is living up to the expectations as a young intellectual at university. But when Marcia, an actress, turns up at his door one night and shows him a different world, the course of both their lives are changed forever. And only one comes out the winner. Somewhat different from Fitzgerald's later work, 'Head and Shoulders'...
Engels | 55 minuten (40 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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F. Scott Fitzgerald B. J. Harrison Reads The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
“I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.” When Benjamin Button is born he looks oddly like an old man. He's not interested in playing with other kids and he's too low on energy to participate anyway. When Benjamin turns 20 it dawns on his family that he is aging backwards. The younger he grows, the more he learns to...
Engels | 1 uur 5 minuten (47 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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F. Scott Fitzgerald B. J. Harrison Reads The Offshore Pirate
“You see, this is the beauty I want. Beauty has got to be astonishing, astounding--it's got to burst in on you like a dream, like the exquisite eyes of a girl.” Ardita, a beautiful and bored young Flapper, is hanging out on her uncle's yacht when it's suddenly captured by pirates. When Ardita meets and falls in love with the charming captain she knows she's been right to reject the boring and rich society men. But a truth lurks around the corner that will make her question everything she thinks she...
Engels | 1 uur 13 minuten (53 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Katherine Anne Porter Vaal paard, vale ruiter
drie korte romans
‘Vaal paard, vale ruiter’ van de Amerikaanse schrijfster Katherine Anne Porter is de klassiek geworden bundeling uit 1939 van drie korte romans. De gelijknamige titelvertelling is een bij vlagen mystiek verhaal dat zich afspeelt op de smalle lijn tussen het leven en de dood. De jonge journaliste Miranda – Porters alter ego – wordt tijdens de Spaanse griepepidemie ernstig ziek. In haar koortsdromen raken jeugdherinneringen vermengd met angstvisioenen van haar verloofde, een soldaat die op het punt...
Fictie
Nederlands | 240 pagina's (ePub2) | Uitgeverij Atlas Contact, Amsterdam | 2021
E-book
I.A. Bunin Verzamelde werken
Vertaald door Margriet Berg en Marja Wiebes Het proza van Ivan Boenin (1870 - 1953), waarin de ondergang van de Russische aristocratie een terugkerend thema is, bestaat voor een belangrijk deel uit verhalen. Deel 1 van zijn vierdelige Verzamelde werken bevat 32 verhalen uit de periode 1892 - 1913. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Fictie | Verhalenbundel
Nederlands | ePub2, 2,3 MB | Van Oorschot, Amsterdam | 2019
E-book
I.A. Bunin Verzamelde werken
Een roman en verhalen van de Russische auteur (1870-1953), veelal over het leven van de verarmde adel op het Russische platteland rond 1900.
Fictie
Nederlands | ePub2, 2,4 MB | Van Oorschot, Amsterdam | 2019
E-book