Glen Hallstrom

4 libros leídos para LibriVox

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A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens
Shorter than you'd expect, and funnier too; Scrooge starts out genuinely nasty, not cartoonish, which makes his slow thaw actually land. You can read it in one December evening, and the scene at the Cratchits' table will still get you, even knowing how it ends.
Spoon River Anthology Edgar Lee Masters
You hear the dead of Spoon River speak from their graves, each brief epitaph exposing the grudges, compromises, lusts, and private tenderness their neighbors never saw. The voices contradict one another, so the town slowly becomes a messy human chorus rather than a neat moral lesson.
The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen Rudolph Erich Raspe
The fun here is the straight face: the Baron rides a cannonball and ties his horse to a church steeple in a snowdrift, and never once winks at you. Short, silly episodes, perfect for dipping into, less so if you need a plot to hold onto.
The Woman in White Wilkie Collins
You get Count Fosco, a villain so charming you catch yourself liking him, and Marian Halcombe, who's braver than any of the men. It's long and Victorian, sure, but the moonlit road meeting hooks you early and the plotting stays sharp all the way through.

4 libros leídos para LibriVox

filtrar ordenar género época

A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens
Shorter than you'd expect, and funnier too; Scrooge starts out genuinely nasty, not cartoonish, which makes his slow thaw actually land. You can read it in one December evening, and the scene at the Cratchits' table will still get you, even knowing how it ends.
Spoon River Anthology Edgar Lee Masters
You hear the dead of Spoon River speak from their graves, each brief epitaph exposing the grudges, compromises, lusts, and private tenderness their neighbors never saw. The voices contradict one another, so the town slowly becomes a messy human chorus rather than a neat moral lesson.
The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen Rudolph Erich Raspe
The fun here is the straight face: the Baron rides a cannonball and ties his horse to a church steeple in a snowdrift, and never once winks at you. Short, silly episodes, perfect for dipping into, less so if you need a plot to hold onto.
The Woman in White Wilkie Collins
You get Count Fosco, a villain so charming you catch yourself liking him, and Marian Halcombe, who's braver than any of the men. It's long and Victorian, sure, but the moonlit road meeting hooks you early and the plotting stays sharp all the way through.