Description: While many elements of civilized culture provided much comic fodder for Mark Twain, detectives occupied a portion of his observations and writing for a time. The story of the Stolen White Elephant, though entirely preposterous, is rumored to be modeled after real life efforts of an actual police department who misplaced the body of a deceased victim. This audio story will leave you laughing out loud.

Description: Five great American short story writers, dating from the turn of the nineteenth/twentieth centuries are represented here. Different in atmosphere and writing style, they nevertheless caught the mood and concerns of the day in a way that was distinctly American. Bierce’s ‘An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge’ leaves echoes in the imagination; the stories by Crane and London recall the themes of the Civil War and the Klondike for which they are well known. Twain’s humour is to the fore in ‘The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County’ and O. Henry’s sharp observation makes his neat tales a joy to listen to. An attractive and accessible collection.

Description: Tom Sawyer und sein Freund Huckleberry Finn sind ein unschlagbares Team. Keiner ist so erfindungsreich wie sie, wenn es darum geht Streiche auszuhecken. Statt die Schulbank zu drücken, gehen die beiden Freunde lieber auf Schatzsuche und träumen von einem wilden Piratenleben ohne lästige Vorschriften. In der kleinen Stadt St. Petersburg am Mississippi erleben sie viele spannende und gefährliche Abendteuer.

Two babies born on the same day into very different lives. One is a prince and the other is a pauper who will grow up begging on the streets of London. Ten years later they meet and change places. For a short time they enjoy it but then they cannot change back. That same day, the old King dies. Will a pauper now be King of England?
Russian comments to the text.

“Switched at birth by a female slave who fears for her infant son's life, a light-skinned child changes places with the master's white son. From this simple premise, Mark Twain fashioned one of his most entertaining, funny, yet biting novels, an engrossing tale of reversed identities, an eccentric detective, a horrible crime, and a tense courtroom scene.”

Повесть ''Приключения Тома Сойера'' - одно из наиболее известных произведений выдающегося американского писателя Марка Твена (1835-1910). С добротой и присущим ему юмором рассказывая о своих юных героях, автор знакомит читателя с жизнью Америки XIX века.

Description: Tom Sawyer è il protagonista del romanzo; è un ragazzino vivace, discolo, irrequieto. Combina sempre guai però sa essere simpatico e furbo: ha la dote di riuscire a salvarsi dalle punizioni della zia Polly facendola ridere e di trasformare le punizioni in affari redditizi come quella volta in cui, dovendo verniciare uno steccato, convince i compagni che si tratta di un privilegio tale che essi lo pagheranno per fare il suo lavoro.
Tom è leale e crede nell'amicizia, sente il desiderio di crescere e se fugge ha la nostalgia di casa.
È un monello non ancora capace di escludere dalla sua vita la famiglia e l'ambiente in cui è cresciuto, un bambino che sa vivere a suo modo la propria infanzia.

The Prince and the Pauper
Автор: Mark Twain
Издательство: Recorded Books
Размер: 240.42 MB + 391 KB
Формат: mp3 + txt