Sagas Classics

"Uncle Silas" is a Gothic locked-room mystery novel by Sheridan Le Fanu. Maud Ruthyn is an orphan, left in the care of her mysterious and evil uncle Silas. The latter keeps thinking up new and creative ways to get rid of his niece. In a similar vein to Wilkie Collins’ novels, Le Fanu’s "Uncle Silas" depicts a heroine in danger, who moves from one hair-raising adventure to the next, making it a perfect, terrifying, horror tale of greed and vile intentions. B. J.

Hungary during the Ottoman wars: Turks attack Buda and set up a siege of Eger. Gergely Bornemissza is a poor half-orphan who is about to become a national hero. "Eclipse of the Crescent Moon" follows Gergelys life from the age of eight until his early thirties. His life is a vivid combination of poverty, love, battles and dangers. He is on the front line when the Turks capture Buda and later when they approach Eger. His country is in danger and so is his family. The battle is one of life or death.

"The Hunchback of Notre Dame" is one of Victor Hugo most popular historical novels. It follows the story of the young Quasimodo, a hunchback who lives the solitary life of an outcast in the bell tower of Notre-Dame in Paris. When his path crosses that of the beautiful gypsy Esmeralda, his little world is turned upside down. Quasimodo’s guardian, the Archdeacon Frollo, becomes equally obsessed with Esmeralda and tries to convince Quasimodo to kidnap her.

Newly born Judith is found in by eccentric Squire Gauntry in the chilled sombre ruin of a house on a bitter winter's night, her parents having died at her birth. With such a tenuous start, the child grows up to have an intense lust for life and curiosity for every new experience. She is the natural heir to both her parents' temperaments. With the wilfulness of her mother and the stubbornness of her father, she is redeemed by a compulsion to tell the truth and a willingness to help anyone she loves in time of trouble or distress.

Deutsche Klassiker mal anders. "Effi Briest" steht ganz oben auf der Leseliste, aber es fehlt die Zeit? Kein Problem! Diesen und vier weitere deutsche Klassiker gibt es nun im praktischen Hörbuchformat. Egal ob Theodor Fontane, Theodor Storm oder Gottfried Keller. Hier ist für jeden Geschmack etwas dabei. Die Meister des deutschen Realismus laden mit diesem Hörbuch auf eine ganz besondere Reise ein. Die vorliegende Sammlung enthält die Werke "Effi Briest", "Die drei gerechten Kammmacher", "Die Regentrude", "Pankraz der Schmoller" und "Bulemanns Haus".

À deriva, sem esperanças de sobreviver em alto mar, Prendick é resgatado por um navio e deixado numa pequena ilha. Lá, ele encontra seres de aparência grotesca, mescla de animais e homens... Não tarda a descobrir que são produtos das experiências do Dr. Moreau, um cirurgião exilado que realiza experimentos macabros em animais! Será que ele conseguirá escapar das garras desse doutor insano?

Ein deutscher Klassiker über das Pflichtgefühl und die Verantwortung in der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus - und das Problem der deutschen Obrigkeitshörigkeit. Reiner Unglaub reist mit dem Hörer in eine Zeit, die niemals in Vergessenheit geraten darf. Siggi Jepsen sitzt in einer Anstalt für schwer erziehbare Jugendliche. Im Zuge seines Deutschunterrichts bekommt er die Aufgabe, einen Aufsatz zu dem Thema "Die Freuden der Pflicht" beizusteuern. Darin beschreibt Siggi seinen Konflikt, der aufgrund der Rolle seines Vaters als Polizist im Nationalsozialismus in seinem Inneren tobt.

Still reeling from an ancient war, the world has begun showing signs of unraveling. To save their world, a select group of the most gifted elite must form an alliance and find a solution before it is too late. But, can these historically incompatible members of the remaining nations cooperate despite their ancestral biases and distrust? Or, will shadows consume them before they uncover the secret of The Raging One.

Nathan Grier's dark fae bounty looms overhead. As he faces the very real threat of becoming a slave to the bounty's owner, his brother, Jim, uses his changeling abilities more and more trying to save him. Every changeling throughout history turns evil once their powers manifest, meaning time may be running out for both of them as Jim nears true awakening.

Once trained as a LEO (law enforcement officer), Rachel quickly realizes things aren't what they seem while being trained at an accelerated rate with the new and curious technology of the A.R.E.S. Things take a turn for the unexpected when an all-too-mysterious and charming gentleman, David, appears in her life--a man who hides his identity of being a congressman-to-be from her.

My name is Ava Dawson, and life has really changed for me the past couple of months. I'm no longer alone and no longer invisible, but that doesn't mean everything is perfect. My father is unattainable, my magic still has a very distracting presence, and I'm once again a target for nefarious supernaturals.

Eine Geschichtensammlung für späte Abende und lange Nächte! Vier der bekanntesten deutschsprachigen Autoren sorgen mit ihren Erzählungen für besondere Träume: Darin kommt es zu unvergesslichen Begegnungen, spannenden Mordfällen im Schatten der Vergangenheit, langen Reisen und tragischen Liebesgeschichten. Mit Klassikern wie "Unterm Birnbaum" und dem "Schimmelreiter", aber auch weniger bekannten Perlen ist für jeden Leser etwas dabei.

When Edward Price-Carpenter arrives in Wyford, Essex, he immediately catches Cassie Jordan's eye. Handsome and persuasive, the young man has come to oversee work on his father's racing yacht and takes lodgings in the Falcon Inn, where Cassie lives with her family. As romance blossoms between them, Cassie finds herself torn between the man she loves and Luke Turnbull, a childhood friend whom she is destined to marry.

After fleeing her divided Dutch homeland, Jannekyn van der Hest comes to Colchester, Essex, looking to make a new life for herself. Though she seeks comfort and community, she finds herself at the mercy of her cruel uncle, who condemns her to a demeaning life as a kitchen maid. As she struggles to regain her independence and make a life for herself in the cloth trade, Jannekyn will need all the courage and resourcefulness she possesses - especially when she falls in love with an Englishman, whose arrival turns Jannekyn's world upside down.

The Talisman is Sir Walter Scott's tale of the Crusades, a tale of chivalry, of violence, of virtue, romance, and deceit.

My name is Veronika Kane and dying, dying was just the beginning. How was I supposed to know that getting smashed on my 21st birthday would lead me to becoming the 9th victim of a serial killer that's been stalking Philadelphia's streets for months? Now I'm a ghost and unlife is pretty scary. Reapers, wraiths, ghouls, gargoyles: all of the monsters that I thought were storybook characters are real! On top of it all, the powers that are in the ghost world want to enslave me and use me in their own diabolical plot to manipulate the people of the living world.

No pain compares to the loss of your soul. At least that's what Elle Alder believes until she meets Avel, the Spirit of her husband who died over 300 years ago. Avel questions why the Angels of the High Council have sent him back to Earth for a mission involving Elle, but there's no time to dwell on it. Vincent, a dangerous necromancer, is after a book in Elle's possession. Once he has the book, he intends to use it and Elle to invoke a terrible evil. Avel forms an alliance with the Spirians - an alliance that changes everything.

The dimensions are in chaos, magic is illegal, and water is a rare commodity. Kyrin is running from the law. As a magic user, she's marked for death, and as a run-away from the Shadowmere, she's hunted as a weapon. Shifting between dimensions is all that's kept her alive. On the brink of being caught by the Shadowmere, Kyrin stumbles into a dimension devoid of the drought and seemingly untouched by the wrath of the Consortiums.

Nicholas Nickleby is a young boy left without a father. Nicholas has to take care of his mother and sister and is forced by his uncle to work as an assistant to the schoolmaster Wackford Squeers. Squeers’ intentions are however not good and his only goal is to make Nicholas’ life miserable. At the same time Squeers’ wife convinces herself that Nicholas loves her and this gets the young boy in even greater trouble. Nicholas’ uncle is colluding with the schoolmaster and it seems like everybody is against him.

David Copperfield was a little boy who grew up in an unfortunate family. His father died six months before David’s birth. Later his mother remarried to a cruel man who beat him up. David however fought back and bit him. This resulted in David getting sent to a boarding school which he did not finish because of his mother’s death. All in all, David’s life has been a string of misfortunes. His development from infancy to maturity happened unnecessarily fast.