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With a new King in place, tensions are rising in London and across Europe. Shaken by the Great Depression and with talk of another war coming, the Buckingham hotel is trying to regain some stability. But demonstration dancer Raymond de Guise is noticeably absent from the Grand Ballroom dancefloor. Downstairs, chambermaid Nancy Nettleton misses him, but is finally starting to feel more settled at the Buckingham, and hopes her brother Frank will soon call London home, too. But how will timid Frank handle the big city?

When fiercely independent chambermaid Nancy Nettleton first moved to London and the Buckingham hotel, the last thing on her mind was finding love, let alone falling for the debonair demonstration dancer Raymond de Guise. As the festive season approaches, life at the exclusive hotel is busier than ever, with guests arriving from around the world, seeking comfort, relaxation and refuge as tensions build across Europe and it looks like another war is imminent.

Développez votre culture générale et profitez du plaisir de la narration, avec une sélection de nouvelles par les plus grands écrivains, choisies pour leur qualité et aussi pour leur caractère inhabituel. Cette collection vous emmènera du fantastique au désespoir de l'artiste ou de l'écrivain jusqu'à l'humour surréel, avec une narration vivante et talentueuse.

Ivan Lyashkevsky, a Polish lieutenant who suffered a head injury, spends a large amount of time grumbling about the native people of the town he's living in. He thinks them to be lazy and useless and is quick to express his views. On this particular day, he is visiting with his friend Franz Finks and studying his native landlord out the window. Lyashkevsky grows more and more angry with the natives as he discusses their flaws with Finks throughout the entire day, and simple Finks takes all his complaints in stride.

Quatre univers de la littérature russe magnifiquement et subtilement retranscrits par deux très grands comédiens. Tout en douceur et en sensibilité, Dominique Blanc interprète "La Dame de pique" et "Une âme simple". Avec une voix grave et une présence "terrienne", Jean-Claude Carrière lit "Le Nez" et "Zinotchka".

A Dama do Cachorrinho é uma obra de Anton Tchekhov que narra a história de um breve, mas intenso, caso de amor entre Dmitri Gurov, um homem casado e insatisfeito com sua vida, e Anna Sergeyevna, uma jovem mulher que ele conhece durante suas férias em Yalta. Anna é conhecida como "a dama do cachorrinho" porque sempre é vista acompanhada de seu pequeno cachorro. A princípio, o relacionamento é visto por Gurov como uma aventura passageira, mas, à medida que eles se conhecem mais profundamente, ele percebe que seus sentimentos por Anna são mais profundos do que esperava.

The story is set on a Russian ship which is filled with ill and injured soldiers heading home after a trip to the Far East, as it follows two very different passengers aboard. One is very ill and delirious and can only envision his life on his family's farm, and is also consumed with the concern for the well-being of his family. The other is stubborn, rude and in denial of his current illness.

Considered one of the greatest short story writers of all time, Anton Chekhov heavily influenced the evolution of the modern short story. Most notably, he used a technique that would later be called "stream-of-consciousness," in which he eschewed the traditional story structure and simply wrote as though he was thinking aloud. Written in that same vein, "The Death of a Government Clerk" is one of his best-known short stories about the fragile Ivan Dmitritch Tchervyakov who blows a small breach of etiquette far out of proportion.

"Was ich tue? Na, ich lebe!" – warum es nie zu spät ist, sich noch einmal neu zu erfinden. Mit siebzig über Nacht berühmt: Günther Krabbenhöft steht gewohnt elegant auf einem Berliner U-Bahnhof, als ein Tourist ein Foto von ihm macht und es später ins Netz stellt. Was Günther Krabbenhöft nicht ahnt: Innerhalb kürzester Zeit wird das Bild millionenfach geteilt und er als vermeintlich 104-jähriger "Hipster-Opa" weltweit zur Sensation. Eine japanische Modefirma fliegt sogar umgehend nach Berlin, um ihn für ihren Katalog zu shooten.

This is a story from the In the Ravine and Other Stories collection.

In an Empire run on necromancy, dead sorcerers are the lifeblood. Their corpses are wrapped in chains and drained of magic to feed the unquenchable hunger for imperial conquest. Born with magic, Arienne has become resigned to her dark fate. But when the voice of a long-dead sorcerer begins to speak inside her head, she listens. There may be another future for her, if she's willing to fight for it.

Djukowski, ein eifriger Leser von Sherlock-Holmes-Geschichten und Gehilfe eines Untersuchungsrichters, will unbedingt seine kriminalistischen Fähigkeiten beweisen. Ein Streichholz unter dem Bett des Gutsbesitzers Kljausow, der ermordet sein soll, gibt ihm Anlass zu gewagten Kombinationen. Auch wenn das Opfer nicht aufzufinden ist, Djukowski jagt den Mörder mit unnachsichtigem Eifer.

Anton Tchekhov (1860 - 1904) é leitura obrigatória não só para quem está ligado ao teatro ou à literatura mas para quem se interessa em observar o ser humano. Às vezes, muito divertido, às vezes, dramático, Tchekhov tece sua prosa com todos os fios da alma humana. Nela cabem toda a grandeza e toda a mesquinhez inerentes ao ser humano.

After Nadya, a 16 year old girl, returns home from seeing a play, she is happily consumed with its plot of unrequited love. To Nadya, unrequited love is the most interesting type of love, as love is boring if everyone is happy. Quickly, Nadya's thoughts turn to her two suitors, Gorny and Guzdev. Although they have both declared their love for her, she, more than anything, wants to believe that they do not love her. Trying to emulate the unrequited love from the play, she writes a letter to Gorny, like the heroine in the play....

There are rumors about what lurks in the deepest parts of the castle. Felicity is about to find out first-hand that some of those rumors are true as she comes face-to-face with a beast that has something more interesting planned than simply killing her.

In this series we listen to short stories that are NOT by perhaps the most well-known author of this type. But the many other rich talents in the volume may have treated the subject matter a little differently, or were perhaps just overlooked in the stampede to applaud the winner, but these authors are of equal merit.

A prosecuting attorney faces his most formidable opponent: his precocious seven-year-old son. Chekhov's warm and insightful short story is a meditation on fatherhood and the difficulties of being a single parent.

Cuando una figura misteriosa aparece en Three Pines un frío día de noviembre, lo primero que sienten Armand Gamache y el resto de los vecinos es curiosidad. Luego, recelo. El recién nombrado comisario de la Sûreté de Québec sospecha que la criatura tiene raíces profundas y oscuras intenciones. Sin embargo, confía en que sus temores crecientes no se hagan realidad. Unos días más tarde, la triste figura se ha evaporado y se halla un cadáver en la iglesia...

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov is considered a very "real life" writer, his feet solidly on the ground at all times. The Black Monk is his foray into madness and mysticism to rival the likes of Dostoyevsky, Saltykov-Shchedrin, and Kuprin.

Profound truths, wisdom and a sense of mindfulness contained in many fairy tales and short stories written by Oscar Wilde and Anton Chekhov have that universal appeal which speaks to audiences of all ages and nationalities. The characters embodied in these stories are both familiar and mysterious; they open doors and make us think and, above all, are sources of inspiration.