"A beautiful, beautiful book. At last we read, in the pages of a novel, of the real people of China."Saturday Review
"The Good Earth has style, power, coherence and a pervasive sense of dramatic reality."New York Times Book Review "To read this story of Wang Lung is to be slowly and deeply purified; and when the last page is finished it is as if some significant part of one's own days were over."Bookman
This Pulitzer Prize-winning classic tells the poignant tale of a Chinese farmer and his family in old agrarian China. The humble Wang Lung glories in the soil he works, nurturing the land as it nurtures him and his family. Nearby, the nobles of the House of Hwang consider themselves above the land and its workers; but they will soon meet their own downfall.
Hard times come upon Wang Lung and his family when flood and drought force them to seek work in the city. The working people riot, breaking into the homes of the rich and forcing them to flee. When Wang Lung shows mercy to one noble and is rewarded, he begins to rise in the world, even as the House of Hwang falls.
Robert Louis Stevenson
Narrator : Ralph Cosham
Published By : In Audio
Runtime : 2 hours 30 minutes
Categories : Classics Horror & Suspense
Price : $15.95 $9.50
The classic thriller explores the split nature of man. View...
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Daniel Defoe
Narrator : Nigel Anthony
Published By : Select Music & Distribution
Runtime : 3 hours 20 minutes
Categories : Classics Action & Adventure
Price : $15.49
Robinson Crusoe, the first English novel, was an immediate success when first published in 1719, and has been an internationally popular classic ever since. View...
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J.B.Priestley
Narrator : Ralph Richardson
Published By : Heritage Media Ltd
Runtime : 25 minutes
Categories : Dramatizations Classic Literature Audio Theater Old Time Radio Classics
Price : $5.25
Theatre Royal: In this episode from the series, Ralph Richardson stars in a fully dramatised adaptation of the famous Private Rooms classic by J.B.Priestley... View...
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Mark Twain
Narrator : Jack Lemmon
Published By : Simon & Schuster
Runtime : 2 hours
Categories : Classics Action & Adventure Historical
Price : $11.95
A true classic, a search for America's soul, is given the reading of a lifetime by one of America's finest actors - two - time Academy Award winner Jack Lemmon... View...
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Victor Hugo
Narrator : Bill Homewood
Published By : Select Music & Distribution
Runtime : 5 hours 5 minutes
Categories : Classics Action & Adventure Foreign Language Content Historical
Price : $18.75
Les Miserables is set in Paris after the French Revolution. In the sewers and backstreets we encounter "the wolf-like tread of crime". View...
Written By : Pete McCarthy
Narrated By : Pete McCarthy
Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Length : 2 hours
Type : Autobiography Biographical Travel
Price : $16.75
The audio of the million-selling book - Pete McCarthy's hilarious journey in search of his Irish roots.
McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has gained thousands of fans all over the world.
Pete was born in Warrington to an Irish mother and an English father and spent happy summer holidays in Cork. Years later, reflecting on the many places he has visited as a travel broadcaster, Pete admits that he feels more at home in Ireland than anywhere. To find out whether this is due to rose-coloured spectacles or to a deeper tie with the country of his ancestors, Pete sets off on a trip around Ireland and discovers that it has changed in surprising ways.
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