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"The book is full of pregnant and splendid sayings. There are scenes of inimitable workmanship.
Ninety-Three is equal to anything that Hugo has ever written."--Robert Louis Stevenson
It is 1793 in France, the year of the guillotine. Already, Louis XVI has been sentenced to the scaffold, and Terror
reigns. The architects of the Revolution--Marat, Danton, and Robespierre--have set up the Convention, an embryo
parliament, designed to stem social chaos. It is 1793: ideals topple in the face of political necessity, alliances
founder, intrigue is a way of life.
And in Ninety-Three, Victor Hugo's inspired last novel, that tumultuous year's events are woven into an epic
masterpiece which captures brilliantly the moment that shaped the destiny not only of France but of all European
monarchy.
Nicholas NicklebyWritten By - Charles DickensNarrated By - Robert WhitfieldPublished By - Blackstone Audio IncLength - 31 hours 30 minutesCategories - Classic LiteratureDownload Price - $59.95
Nicholas, the hearty young hero, takes us on a journey through nineteenth-century England in a delightful series of adventures accompanied by some of Dickens’s best swaggering scoundrels and most unforgettable eccentrics. See full description...
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A Rogue's LifeWritten By - Wilkie CollinsNarrated By - Bernard MayesPublished By - Blackstone Audio IncLength - 5 hours 30 minutesCategories - Classic LiteratureDownload Price - $14.95
Mr. Frank Softly was sent to one of the most fashionable and famous of the great public schools. He said, “I ran away three times, and was flogged three times. I made four aristocratic connections, I learnt to play at cricket, to hate rich people. . . and to receive kicks and serious advice... See full description...
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The ReefWritten By - Edith WhartonNarrated By - Kristen UnderwoodPublished By - Blackstone Audio IncLength - 10 hours 30 minutesCategories - Classic LiteratureDownload Price - $19.95
Anna Leath, an American widow living in France, has engaged in a love affair with George Darrow, a diplomat. However, when Darrow is on his way to consolidate marriage plans at Anna’s French chateau, he encounters Sophy Viner, who is as sprightly and spontaneous as Anna is restrained and demure.... See full description...
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RomolaWritten By - George EliotNarrated By - Nadia MayPublished By - Blackstone Audio IncLength - 22 hoursCategories - Classic LiteratureDownload Price - $39.95
In this novel, Eliot re-creates the upheavals of fifteenth-century Florence through the noble and courageous Romola, who finds herself increasingly disillusioned by the career of Savonarola and repelled by her unscrupulous, self-indulgent husband. See full description...
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