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Cuentos del continente oscuro

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Exóticas aventuras protagonizadas por dos gentleman con el revólver siempre preparado en su cintura: Julio y Federico, junto a su aguerrido e intrépido guía árabe: Hassan. Viajarán por multitud de paisajes de África y Asia, atravesando desiertos, lagos, mares embravecidos, frondosas selvas, fastuosos templos, abarrotados bazares y ricos palacios mientras se cruzan con temibles fieras salvajes, princesas indígenas, fanáticos religiosos, tribus traucioneras y tantas otras sorpresas arriesgadas. Cuentos autoconclusivos de temática exótica y de aventuras con un fuerte acento colonial. Traducidos directamente del Strand Magazine y publicados en España en distintos números de la revista ‘La patria de Cervantes’. (Introducción por Epachuko) [chương_files]

Woman’s Journey Round the World

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Exploration
Chapter: 42 | Listen: 11

Ida Laura Pfeiffer was an Austrian traveler and travel book author, one of the first female explorers, whose popular books were translated into several languages. “The Woman’s Journey Around the World, from Vienna to Brazil, Chili, Tahiti, China, Hindostan, Persia, and Asia Minor” is the travel diary of the first of her two trips “around the world”, following her successful trips to the Holy Land and to Iceland. (Summary by Leni) [chương_files]

Tom Swift and the Visitor From Planet X

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Action & Adventure
Chapter: 20 | Listen: 8

Tom Swift Jr. and his associates at Swift Enterprises wait breathlessly for what may well be the most important scientific event in history—the arrival of the visitor from Planet X—a visitor in the form of energy. But there are factions at work determined to snatch the energy, which Tom has named Exman, from the young scientist-inventor’s grasp. First, a series of unexplainable, devastating earthquakes threaten to destroy a good portion of the earth, and Tom suspects the Brungarian rebels who obviously would like to capture Exman and use the space visitor to further their own evil purposes. With the security of Enterprises and Exman at stake, Tom creates two of his greatest inventions—a Quakelizor to counteract the simulated earth tremors, and a container or “body” to house the energy from outer space. If the earthquakes cannot be stopped, the entire world will be threatened by destruction, and the Brungarian forces will conquer the earth. How Tom utilizes all his scientific knowledge to produce swift-action results and outwit the Brungarians makes one of the most exciting Tom Swift adventures to date. (original book jacket from Gutenberg text)

Red One

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Action & Adventure Fiction, Science Fiction
Chapter: 4 | Listen: 6

Famous American author Jack London brings us four more tales of adventure. “The Red One” is the story of an explorer who tangles with cannibals to discover a mysterious artifact of possible otherworldly origins, “The Hussy” and “Like Argus of Ancient Times” are both adventurous stories of quests for gold, and “The Princess” is a rousing tale of adventure on the high seas. (Summary by Ben Tucker) [chương_files]

Freedom, Truth and Beauty

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Sonnets
Chapter: 97 | Listen: 6

A collection of sonnets that celebrates patriotism and nationalism loosely arranged in a chronological order based on world conflicts. While many of the pieces evoke a sincerity for the sacrifices made by those who participated in the conflicts, several speak to the seemingly unexplainable behavior of world leaders of the time. (Summary by KHand) [chương_files]

Will and No Will or a Bone for the Lawyers

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Play, Satire
Chapter: 3 | Listen: 4

This “Afterpiece” – a short play to follow a main production – was first produced in 1746. It was based on Regnard’s five-act comedy le Legetaire Universel (1707), which is itself a composite of Italian comedy with echoes of Molière, moving from scene to scene with little effort at logical consistency or structure but treating each scene autonomously for its own comic value. The rather long Prologue to A WILL AND NO WILL (11 pages of manuscript) makes fun of the convention of the eighteenth century prologues by the familiar dodge of having actors chatting as though they were in the Pit waiting for the actors in the preceding main play to dress for the afterpiece. [chương_files]

18/05/2024

Tragedy of Mariam

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Classics (antiquity), Play, Tragedy
Chapter: 5 | Listen: 2

The Tragedy of Mariam (1613) is the first original drama written in English by a woman. Elizabeth Cary drew on Jewish histories by Josephus to create a closet drama (written to be read, rather than performed live) about Mariam, the second wife of Herod the Great. At the beginning of the play, Mariam believes that Herod has been killed by Octavius, and struggles with how to respond. On the one hand, she is relieved, as she is angry with Herod for killing her brother and grandfather. On the other, she knows that he loved her, and she feels caught by her sense of duty as his wife. When Herod unexpectedly returns, Mariam must decide what to do. [chương_files]

18/05/2024

Satan’s Diary

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Fiction, Play
Chapter: 30 | Listen: 10

“Satan’s Diary”, Andreyev’s last work, was completed by the great Russian a few days before he died in Finland, in September, 1919. But a few years ago the most popular and successful of Russian writers, Andreyev died almost penniless, a sad, tragic figure, disillusioned, broken-hearted over the tragedy of Russia. In “Satan’s Diary”, Andreyev summoned up his boundless disillusionment in an absorbing satire on human life. Fearlessly and mercilessly he hurled the falsehoods and hypocrisies in the face of life. He portrayed Satan coming to this earth to amuse himself and play. Having assumed the form of an American multi-millionaire, Satan set out on a tour through Europe in quest of amusement and adventure. Before him passed various forms of spurious virtues, hypocrisies, the ruthless cruelty of man and the often deceptive innocence of woman. Within a short time, Satan finds himself outwitted, deceived, relieved of his millions, mocked, humiliated, beaten by man in his own devilish devices. [chương_files]

Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World

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Exploration
Chapter: 36 | Listen: 8

Having, on his first voyage, discovered Australia, Cook still had to contend with those who maintained that the Terra Australians Incognita (the unknown Southern Continent) was a reality. To finally settle the issue, the British Admiralty sent Cook out again into the vast Southern Ocean with two sailing ships totalling only about 800 tons. Listen as Cook, equipped with one of the first chronometers, pushes his small vessel not merely into the Roaring Forties or the Furious Fifties but becomes the first explorer to penetrate the Antarctic Circle, reaching an incredible Latitude 71 degrees South, just failing to discover Antarctica. (Introduction by Shipley) [chương_files]

Farthest North, Volume II

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Exploration
Chapter: 23 | Listen: 4

Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship “Fram”, 1893-96 and of a Fifteen Months’ Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen / by Fridtjof Nansen ; with an Appendix by Otto Sverdrup (Summary by Fridtjof Nansen) [chương_files]