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Reegarded by many as the greatest American novel, Herman Melville’s tale of the hunt for the white whale, Moby-Dick, is a sublime work of the imagination, an American Odyssey. It is at once an adventure story of the high seas, and an exploration of the uncharted regions of the soul.

With her final novel, Villette, Charlotte Brontë reached the height of her artistic power. First published in 1853, Villette is Brontë's most accomplished and deeply felt work. Her narrator, the autobiographical Lucy Snowe, flees England and a tragic past to become an instructor in a French boarding school in the town of Villette. There, she unexpectedly confronts her feelings of love and longing as she witnesses the fitful romance between Dr. John, a handsome young Englishman, and Ginerva Fanshawe, a beautiful coquette.

The thesis of this story is that “because of the development of scientific knowledge, separate sovereign states and separate sovereign empires are no longer possible in the world. To attempt to keep on with the old system is to heap disaster upon disaster for [hu]mankind and perhaps to destroy our race altogether. The remaining interest of this book now is the sustained validity of this thesis and the discussion of the possible ending of war on the earth.”

"Transience" by Arthur C. Clarke, narrated as an audiobook by Mike Vendetti explores the fleeting nature of human existence and civilization through the experiences of a child named Bran, who plays on a beach that has seen countless changes over millennia. The narrative spans from the dawn of human consciousness to a future where humanity must leave Earth due to an impending cosmic threat.

The two major characters in this crime novel are Doctor Izard, a reclusive and unconventional physician, and Polly Earle, a beautiful young woman who has been raised by her adoptive parents. Polly is engaged to be married and appears to be set for a happy and secure future. However, the unexplained death of her birth mother and the subsequent disappearance of her father, continue to cast a shadow over Polly's life. When a murder occurs on Doctor Izard's estate the characters are drawn into a complex web of mystery from which life-changing secrets emerge.

Embark on an extraordinary adventure with "Gulliver's Travels," the timeless satire by Jonathan Swift, brought to life by the engaging narration of Ram Ranjini. This classic tale follows Lemuel Gulliver, a ship’s surgeon who finds himself cast away on strange and fantastical lands, each with its own unique culture and peculiarities. From the miniature people of Lilliput to the giant inhabitants of Brobdingnag, Gulliver's journeys offer a sharp and witty commentary on human nature, society, and the absurdities of the world.

رواية "الخروج إلى الهواء الطلق" لمؤلفها "جورج أورويل"، رواية يتأرجح عبرها جورج أورويل ما بين الطفولة والكِبر، وما بين كذبة بريئة وأخرى فتاكة، حيث يخوض أورويل صراعاً محاولاً الكشف عن لغز الطفولة، عائداً إلى عوالمها كملاذ من عالم بربري لا يعرف إلا لغة واحدة هي القتل والدمار، فهناك فردوس اسمه الطفولة، مداره اللعب والمغامرات. ولكن هذه الطفولة تفتح أعينها في النهاية على عالم لا قيمة فيه إلا للربح على حساب الآخرين، وللأنانية والجشع، وتدمير البيئة، فهذا هو العالم الذي تفرضه السياسة والسياسيون على الجنس البشري.

In The Damned Thing, Ambrose Bierce presents a chilling tale of the unknown and unseen. Told through the recollections of eyewitnesses at an inquest, the story revolves around the mysterious and violent death of Hugh Morgan, a man who had been haunted by a terrifying, invisible force. As the witnesses recount their eerie experiences, the tension builds, leaving the listener with a sense of dread and the realization that some things are beyond human comprehension.

"Ревізор" - знаменита комедія в п'яти діях російського письменника Миколи Васильовича Гоголя. Роком написання вважається 1835 рік. Молоду людину, яка оселилася в саратівському готелі, місцеві чиновники помилково приймають за ревізора і всіляко намагаються йому послужити. Насправді, Хлестаков — дрібний чиновник із Петербурга, який намагається жити на широку ногу, але не має коштів. Всі гроші, що надсилаються йому батьком, він миттєво прогулює. А тут трапляється така нагода: чиновники самі і із задоволенням постачають його грошима.

إذا كنت من محبي الروايات الهادئة التي تغور في عمق التفاصيل اليومية بحسٍّ كلاسيكيٍّ ممتع فيجب عليك الاستماع لهذه الرواية التي تعدُّ من أفضل روايات الفترة التي كتبت فيها عام 1907 حيث صوّرت المجتمع والتاريخ والشخصيات بشكلٍ ينقل القاريء إلى زمنها فورًا.

خلفَ النوافذ المُغلقة قصصٌ لم تُحكى يومًا ما، وخلف الوجوه المُبتسمة شرٌّ لا يُمكن لعقلٍ تصوّره! نادية صاحبة الوجه الطفولي تُخفي في نفسها حزنًا دفينًا يتحوَّلُ إلى كُرهٍ مع الأيام فما إن انفصل والديها حتى باتت تغار من كلٍّ طفلٍ يُمسكُ بيد أمه! تكره تلك الفتيات اللواتي ينطقن أسماء أمهاتهن،مع أنَّ والدهاو بعد انفصاله بقي وحيدًا أربعة عشرَ عامًا يغدق عليها فيها الحبَّ والدلال لكنَّ ذلك لم يهذِّب نفسها ولم يُطفيء جذوة الشرِّ فيها، وعندما قرَّر الوالد الزواج من صفية الهادئة ذات الطبع الملائكيّ ، اشتعلَ الظلام في روح نادية وقرَّرت الانتقام بألعابٍ صبيانية في باديء الأمر ولكنَّ الأمرَّ تعدى ذلك.

"Forse qualche anno fa avete già letto questo libro, Ivanhoe di Walter Scott. O forse, invece, è la prima volta che lo incontrate, ed è attraverso la voce. Magari sapete che è uno dei primi romanzi storici, e che il suo autore, Walter Scott, è il moderno ideatore di questo genere che oggi conosce tanta fortuna. E forse sapete anche che proprio questo romanzo ha ispirato Alessandro Manzoni a mettere mano ai suoi Promessi sposi. Di certo, di Ivanhoe avete sentito parlare. Vi aspettate cavalli e cavalieri, eroine e templari, sassoni e normanni, principi e buffoni, persino Robin Hood, e non rimarrete delusi."

The Adventure of the Norwood Builder, one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the second tale from The Return of Sherlock Holmes. The story was first published in The Strand Magazine in 1903 with original illustrations by Sidney Paget. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are visited by "the unhappy John Hector McFarlane", a young lawyer from Blackheath who has been accused of murdering one of his clients, a builder called Jonas Oldacre. McFarlane explains to Holmes that Oldacre had come to his office only a day earlier and asked him to draw up his will in legal language.

The Adventure of the Priory School, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle ranked The Adventure of the Priory School tenth in his list of his twelve favorite Holmes stories. Holmes receives a visit from Dr. Thorneycroft Huxtable, the founder and principal of a preparatory school called Priory School in Northern England. He beseeches Holmes to come back to Mackleton with him to look into the disappearance of one of his pupils, the ten-year-old Lord Saltire.

The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes. Holmes is contacted by Miss Violet Smith of Farnham, Surrey about an unusual turn in hers and her mother's lives. Violet's father has recently died and left his wife and daughter rather poor. There was an ad in the news asking about their whereabouts. Answering it, they met Mr. Carruthers and Mr. Woodley, the former a pleasant enough man, but the latter a bully.

The Adventure of the Empty House, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes. Public pressure forced Conan Doyle to bring the sleuth back to life, and explain his apparently miraculous survival of a deadly struggle with Professor Moriarty. This is the first Holmes story set after his supposed death at the Reichenbach Falls, as recounted in "The Final Problem". The Hound of the Baskervilles had seen the return of a pre-Reichenbach Falls Sherlock Holmes, which only served to whet readers' appetites.

The Adventure of Black Peter is a Sherlock Holmes story by Arthur Conan Doyle. This tale is in the collection The Return of Sherlock Holmes, but was published originally in 1904 in the Strand Magazine and Collier's. Forest Row in the Weald is the scene of a harpoon murder, and a young police inspector, Stanley Hopkins, asks Holmes, whom he admires, for help. Holmes has already determined that it would take a great deal of strength and skill to run a man through with a harpoon and embed it in the wall behind him.

Claudio Gueux es una obra maestra de Victor Hugo que aborda la injusticia social y la penalidad. Claudio, un hombre empobrecido, es empujado al robo para alimentar a su familia y, capturado, se enfrenta a la brutalidad del sistema carcelario francés del siglo XIX. La historia sigue su trágica transformación de trabajador honesto a criminal condenado.

تختلف التفاصيل الزمنية لكن يتشابه البشر..تعيش "سكوت" مع والدها في ثلاثينيات القرن وتروي لنا بسردٍ طفولي يومياتها المدرسية ومغامراتها الصبيانية مع أخيها "جيم" وصديقها "ديل" وحادثة الاغتصاب التي هزَّت البلدة وصارت حديث البيوت.

In the heart of the American Civil War, young soldier Carter Druse faces an impossible choice. As he awakens from sleep on his outpost, he spots a lone horseman, perfectly poised at the edge of a cliff—a soldier of the enemy. With his rifle trained, Carter must decide: should he kill the stranger and fulfill his duty, or will a far more personal truth make the shot impossible? In this gripping tale of war, honor, and heart-wrenching decisions, A Horseman in the Sky blurs the line between enemy and family.