• Hans Christian Andersen The Most Incredible Thing

  The princess’s hand in marriage was promised to the man who could accomplish the most incredible thing. He would also receive half of the Kingdom. All the young men, and the not-so-young men, dreamt of this prize and would do their best to achieve the most incredible things... Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was a Danish author, poet and artist. Celebrated for children’s literature, his most cherished fairy tales include "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Little Mermaid", "The Nightingale",...

  Engels | 8 minuten (5,7 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• Kamel Daoud Moussa, of de dood van een Arabier

  Met Moussa of de dood van een Arabier heeft Kamel Daoud een stem gegeven aan ‘de Arabier’ uit de Franse klassieker De vreemdeling van Albert Camus. Haroen wordt al zijn hele leven gekweld door de zinloze moord op zijn broer door Meursault, de beruchte antiheld uit Camus’ roman. Haroen besluit zijn broer uit de anonimiteit te halen door hem een naam te geven: Moussa. En een stem, die de gebeurtenissen beschrijft die leidden tot Moussa’s dood op een oogverblindend Algerijns strand. De roman Moussa...

  Nederlands | 4 uur 21 minuten (251 MB) | AmboAnthos, Amsterdam | 2020

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• Oscar Wilde B. J. Harrison Reads The Importance of Being Earnest

  In "The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People", our main characters Algernon and Jack are tired of social obligations and have decided to lead a double life instead. However, nothing is simple when it comes to keeping secrets and several fates get entangled with the men’s questionable endeavours. This late-19th-century play by Oscar Wilde is considered a satire of its time, offering a critique of Victorian institutions, such as marriage. The play has seen numerous radio,...

  Engels | 2 uur 28 minuten (108 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• Oscar Wilde B. J. Harrison Reads Lord Arthur Savile's Crime

  Sometimes self-fulfilling prophecies are not all they seem. Lord Arthur Savile is a young British aristocrat about to get married. Mr. Podgers tells people’s fortunes, and he has bad news for the groom: he will commit murder. Unable to get the thought off his mind, he decides to get it over with before entering into marriage, but things do not go as planned. Hear the darkly humorous short story “Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime” by Oscar Wilde from the late 19th century brought to life by B.J. Harrison....

  Engels | 1 uur 21 minuten (60 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• Oscar Wilde B.J. Harrison Reads The Picture of Dorian Gray

  B.J. Harrison reads the classic that has puzzled and delighted readers for over two centuries. Dorian Gray is a beautiful man, who has been immortalized in a painting. As he comes to the realization that his beauty will eventually fade, he makes a wish to never lose his beauty and retain eternal youth. Meanwhile, his age and sins continue to live on in his portrait. The late-19th-century classic by Oscar Wilde, a charming yet horrifying Gothic novel, has been adapted countless times to the screen....

  Engels | 8 uur 47 minuten (383 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• Oscar Wilde B. J. Harrison Reads The Canterville Ghost

  B.J. Harrison breathes life into one of Oscar Wilde’s first short stories, "The Canterville Ghost". The American Hiram B. Otis and his family move to a castle in Canterville Chase in the English countryside. They soon discover that they are not alone in the castle and that the ghost of an old tenant, Sir Simon de Canterville, is with them. Yet the family is not so easily scared, even if the ghost can take many shapes and forms. The short story from the late 19th century mixes humor with the macabre....

  Engels | 1 uur 12 minuten (54 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• Charles Dickens David Copperfield

  Charles Dickens schreef over zijn 8e roman: "Zoals zoveel trotse ouders, heb ik één favoriete favoriet onder al mijn geliefde kinderen, zijn naam is ... David Copperfield." De roman werd in 1850 uitgegeven en vertelt het verhaal van David Copperfield van kinds af tot hij van middelbare leeftijd is, over alles wat hij meemaakt en de uitgebreide persoonlijke galerij van vrienden en vijanden die hij op zijn weg tegenkomt. De verteller van het boek is David zelf en hij is een gevoelige gastheer die...

  Nederlands | 6 uur 17 minuten (273 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• Oscar Wilde B. J. Harrison Reads The Devoted Friend

  “The Devoted Friend” from the 19th century is an unconventional classic for children and adults alike. The Water-rat tells the story of Big Hugh and his friend Hans, whose friendship is not what it seems, and certainly not easy. This story within the story tells of friendship, its importance and how it can go wrong. This ageless fairy tale is a dark and funny short story created by Oscar Wilde is now read by B.J. Harrison. It was also adapted into an animated TV movie in 2003 called "Wilde Stories:...

  Engels | 28 minuten (21 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• F. Scott Fitzgerald B. J. Harrison Reads The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

  “I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.” When Benjamin Button is born he looks oddly like an old man. He's not interested in playing with other kids and he's too low on energy to participate anyway. When Benjamin turns 20 it dawns on his family that he is aging backwards. The younger he grows, the more he learns to...

  Engels | 1 uur 5 minuten (47 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• F. Scott Fitzgerald B. J. Harrison Reads The Offshore Pirate

  “You see, this is the beauty I want. Beauty has got to be astonishing, astounding--it's got to burst in on you like a dream, like the exquisite eyes of a girl.” Ardita, a beautiful and bored young Flapper, is hanging out on her uncle's yacht when it's suddenly captured by pirates. When Ardita meets and falls in love with the charming captain she knows she's been right to reject the boring and rich society men. But a truth lurks around the corner that will make her question everything she thinks she...

  Engels | 1 uur 13 minuten (53 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• F. Scott. Fitzgerald B.J. Harrison Reads Bernice Bobs Her Hair

  "He wondered idly whether she was a poor conversationalist because she got no attention or got no attention because she was a poor conversationalist." Bernice is having a difficult summer trying to fit in with her popular cousin Marjorie and her friends. But when Marjorie helps her become a society girl and she wins the affections of a certain young man, a battle of wits and wills ensues between the two cousins. In classic 90s makeover movie style, 'Bernice Bobs Her Hair' is the 1920s equivalent...

  Engels | 1 uur 1 minuut (44 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• F. Scott. Fitzgerald B.J. Harrison Reads The Cut-Glass Bowl

  "Evylyn, I’m going to give a present that’s as hard as you are and as beautiful and as empty and as easy to see through." When New York housewife Evylyn Piper receives a cut-glass bowl from a former boyfriend as a wedding gift, it's like the bowl brings a curse along with it. As years go by, a downward spiral seems to engulf her family and all she has to blame is that cursed bowl. Fitzgerald's descriptions are vivid and spellbinding. In 'The Cut-Glass Bowl' he explores themes of unrealized dreams...

  Engels | 54 minuten (39 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• Oscar Wilde B.J. Harrison Reads The Happy Prince and Other Tales

  B.J. Harrison reads "The Happy Prince and Other Tales" which consists of various children’s stories by Oscar Wilde. Originally published in 1888, the work includes five memorable stories: "The Happy Prince", "The Nightingale and the Rose", "The Selfish Giant", "The Devoted Friend" and "The Remarkable Rocket". It features unforgettable characters, such as the happy prince who has never experienced sorrow and a nightingale who accepts a rose for the ultimate sacrifice. These tales have inspired countless...

  Engels | 52 minuten (38 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• Hans Christian Andersen Verhalen over moed

  Wat is moed? Wat is er voor nodig om dapper te zijn? Waaruit blijkt moed? Volg de geliefde personages van Hans Christian Andersen op hun avonturen en ontdek wat moed voor hen betekent. Een collectie voor nieuwsgierige en meevoelende jonge en volwassen lezers. Bevat de volgende sprookjes: Duimelijntje Het herderinnetje en de schoorsteenveger De standvastige tinnen soldaat Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was een Deense schrijver, dichter en kunstenaar. Hij is beroemd om zijn kinderliteratuur,...

  Nederlands | 47 minuten (35 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• Hans Christian Andersen Verhalen over waarheid

  Wat is waarheid? Wat is een betere manier om iets over waarheid te leren dan door de sprookjes van Hans Christian Andersen? De verhalen in deze sprookjes bieden een fantastische manier om na te denken en te praten over waarheid en de ethische en morele aspecten ervan. Een collectie voor nieuwsgierige en meevoelende jonge en volwassen lezers die graag de betoverende wereld van deze geliefde auteur in willen duiken. Bevat de volgende sprookjes: De nieuwe kleeren van den keizer De sneeuwkoningin Malle...

  Nederlands | 1 uur 34 minuten (71 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• Oscar Wilde B.J. Harrison Reads The Ballad of Reading Gaol

  "Yet each man kills the thing he loves / By each let this be heard / Some do it with a bitter look / Some with a flattering word/ The coward does it with a kiss, /The brave man with a sword!" Oscar Wilde’s poem "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" depicts an execution and the harsh circumstances of life in prison. Based on Wilde’s own experience in prison, the poem contains details that do not judge but simply describe, in poetic terms, that which both horrifies and moves. The famous ballad from the late...

  Engels | 31 minuten (22 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• Hans Christian Andersen The Gardener and the Noble Family 

  Larsen was a very good gardener, but the noble family he served always found fault with the fruit and vegetables he produced in the garden and the vegetable patch or with the flowers chosen to adorn the castle interior. However, proof of his excellence was everywhere and Larsen never abandoned his work. Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was a Danish author, poet and artist. Celebrated for children’s literature, his most cherished fairy tales include "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Little Mermaid",...

  Engels | 13 minuten (9,2 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• Hans Christian Andersen The Great Sea Serpent

  One sunny day, when a little sea fish was swimming joyfully with his eighteen thousand brothers and sisters, the water was darkened by an enormous eel who came from above and was heading deeper into the sea. It disappeared very quickly and as soon as the calm had returned, the cutest little fish, who was also the most curious, went looking for information to find out who this newcomer to the Ocean was. Could it be the great sea serpent? Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was a Danish author,...

  Engels | 19 minuten (13 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• Mary Shelley Frankenstein

  In 1816, te midden van schrijversvrienden in Italië, schreef de negentienjarige Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley het horrorverhaal dat later zou uitgroeien tot de grondsteen van de sciencefiction en een van de bekendste romans aller tijden: Frankenstein. Dit is het verhaal van de excentrieke wetenschapper Victor Frankenstein, die bezeten is van de wens om een levend wezen te scheppen. Uiteindelijk slaagt hij erin, maar de mislukte creatie wil vervolgens zijn maker – en alles waar deze waarde aan hecht...

  Nederlands | 8 uur 25 minuten (727 MB) | LJ Veen Klassiek, Amsterdam | 2020

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• Ivan Toergenjev Vaders en zonen

  Wanneer Arkadi Kirsanov op het landgoed van zijn vader komt logeren, samen met een studievriend, is dat het begin van een reeks botsingen en liefdesgeschiedenissen. Toergenjev laveert tussen dandy's en boeren, dienstmeiden en landheren, om te beschrijven waar vele anderen dikke romans voor nodig hadden: dat vroeger niet alles beter was, maar slechter evenmin. Toen Toergenjev bij de slotregels van Vaders en zonen belandde, moest hij het blad van zich af schuiven omdat anders zijn tranen de inkt meteen...

  Nederlands | 7 uur 51 minuten (677 MB) | Atlas Contact, Amsterdam | 2020

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