Charles Dickens

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A Christmas Carol in Prose (MP3-Download)

Being a Ghost Story of Christmas Ungekürzte Lesung. 208 Min.

Sprecher: Griffin, Gordon

Beschreibung

Wer kennt ihn nicht, den zynischen, alten Blutsauger Ebenezer Scrooge, der es selbst am Weihnachtsabend bedauert seinem Angestellten frei geben zu müssen, Bittsteller verjagt und die Einladung seines Neffen zum Weihnachtsessen ablehnt. Scrooge, dessen Name als Bezeichnung für extremen Geiz in die englische Umgangssprache Eingang gefunden hat, gehört eindeutig zu den niederträchtigsten Figuren der Literatur - zumindest vor seinem Sinneswandel. Der wird durch die Geister vergangener, gegenwärtiger und zukünftiger Weihnachtsfeste eingeleitet. Gordon Griffin spricht die beliebte Geschichte von Charles Dickens mit Wärme und herzerfrischender Ironie. Die GoyaLiT-Reihe "The Sound of the Language" präsentiert die beliebtesten Themen der englischsprachigen Literatur im Original. Englische Schauspieler interpretieren die ungekürzten Texte. Die Sammlung literarischer Perlen ermöglicht lebendiges Fremdsprachenlernen durch Hören.

Autor

Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 - 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the 20th century, critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are still widely read today. Born in Portsmouth, Dickens left school to work in a factory when his father was incarcerated in a debtors' prison. Despite his lack of formal education, he edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, five novellas, hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles, lectured and performed readings extensively, was an indefatigable letter writer, and campaigned vigorously for children's rights, education, and other social reforms. Dickens's literary success began with the 1836 serial publication of The Pickwick Papers. Within a few years he had become an international literary celebrity, famous for his humour, satire, and keen observation of character and society. His novels, most published in monthly or weekly instalments, pioneered the serial publication of narrative fiction, which became the dominant Victorian mode for novel publication.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Goyalit
• Gesamtlaufzeit: 208 Min.
• Altersempfehlung: ab 12 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-13: 4056198012291
• Artikelnr.: 33592875