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Las aventuras de Simbad el Marino son una larga narración compuesta por siete viajes, en cada uno de los cuales Simbad vive una aventura completa, integradas dentro del compendio de historias mucho más amplio de Las mil y una noches. Un audiolibro que revive los viajes de este gran marinero.
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Embárcate en una travesía literaria audaz y cautivadora con 'Lazarillo de Tormes (Versión Íntegra)', un monumento de la literatura española del siglo XVI, magníficamente traído a la vida en formato de audiolibro.
Este clásico anónimo, célebre por su crítica mordaz y su retrato realista de la vida de la clase baja en la España de la época, te transportará a un mundo de intrigas, humor y sátira social. La narración es clara y nítida,...
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"Jesus of Nazareth, A Biography, by John Mark" by Anonymous. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal...
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This brief pamphlet, also called 'The Tree of Life' was published in 1732. It is outrageously scatological but in a truly brilliant way. It is conceivable that some would read it and not realise what the subject of the story was (the male member), with its not too carefully disguised.
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Excerpt: "On going to my room to dress for dinner, I found a servant-girl engaged in making some of the arrangements which the change of apartments had necessitated. On my entrance she was going to leave the room, but seeing that she was a very nice-looking young girl, I said she need not run away in such a hurry, that surely she was not afraid of me. She gave me an arch look as if taking the measure of my capacities, and replied with a smile that...
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Excerpt: "Many people have an idea that Turkish women absolutely do nothing that is either useful or ornamental aside from the decoration of their own persons, but that is not altogether true, as my residence of over a year in their country taught me, for they are really dextrous with the needle and do work which is as fine as that done by the sisters in the convents, or that of the wives of the feudal noblemen of olden times. The favourite pastime...
11) Shining Hours
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Excerpt: "Teheran, the Persian cat, was dozing on a rug in the hall. Suddenly her hair stood on end, and her tail grew large. What-ever was that thing coming down-stairs? She had opened her eyes just in time to see at the head of the long flight of stairs some strange animal, with great eyes and long sharp teeth. To her horror, it slid quickly down stairs, directly toward her. It did not take her long to run from the mat and dodge the fierce-looking...
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The first picaresque novel, and one of the gems of Spanish literature. A brief, simply told tale of a rogue's adventures and misadventures - full of laconic cynicism and spiced with puns and wordplay. Introduction, Notes, and new English translation by Stanley Appelbaum.
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Often referred to as the "Iliad" of medieval Japanese literature, "The Tale of the Heike" is the epic 14th-century story of the struggle between the Taira clan and the Minamoto clan for control of Japan during the Genpei War, which lasted from 1180 to 1185. The story is, told in episodes and was, part of a long oral tradition in Japan of traveling bards or monks, who would chant stories along to a "biwa," an instrument similar to a lute. The source...
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La historia del Lazarillo de Tormesse abre con Lázaro presentando a su familia: su padre, perseguido por la justicia, ya ha muerto, y él vive con su madre, su padrastro, que es negro, y su hermanastro mulato. Poco después, al padrastro es también ejecutado por robar.Después, Lázaro es puesto al servicio de un ciego, el cual le enseña sus astucias para obtener sustento. El ciego ni siquiera lo alimenta, y además le propina azotes a diario.
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15) The Tain
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"The Tain", also known as "Tain Bo Cuailnge" or "The Cattle Raid of Cooley", is a heroic and legendary tale from early Irish literature. Earliest manuscripts of this epic story survive from the 12th century and versions of this ancient tale have been found in Old Irish, Middle Irish, and Modern Irish translations. "The Tain" is set in a pre-Christian age of heroes in Ireland, sometime around the first century, and is the central tale in the Ulster...
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An important work of Spain's Golden Age of literature as well as the first known picaresque novel, "Lazarillo de Tormes" portrays the clever ploys of a young Salamancan boy determined to outsmart his long string of masters. This Spanish novella was first published in 1554, during the Spanish Inquisition, by an author who wished to remain anonymous due to the work's heretical content. Young Lazarillo is an improbable hero of his time, for he comes...
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El cuento del cortador de bambú (Taketori monogatari) narra la historia de la princesa Kaguya. La pequeña, de tamaño tan diminuto que cabe en la palma de la mano, es milagrosamente descubierta en el interior de un tronco de bambú por el anciano leñador Okina, quien la criará junto a su esposa como si de su propia hija se tratase. La princesa crecerá y se convertirá en una hermosa joven cuya excepcional belleza atraerá a multitud de pretendientes,...
18) My Young Days
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Excerpt: ""I want to go home " How many times in my life, I wonder, have these words come rushing up from the very bottom of my heart, tumbling everything out of the way, never listening to reason, never stopping for thought? How many times since that dreary afternoon in the great, big drawing-room at grandmamma's? And, oh dear me what miserable heartache comes before that fearful want Oh, grown-up people, don't you know how sour everything tastes,...
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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton" by Anonymous. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic...
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