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Do you want to learn more about the Bronte Sisters, but don’t have time to rlisten to huge, long biographies? Then let The History Journals take you on an hourly history tour of their lives.
The Brontes are one of the most famous literary families the world has ever known. Their magnificent novels such as Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights continue to be the epitome of English Literature and can still be found in our bookshops and on library shelves, as well as online. Since the 19th century Charlotte, Anne, and Emily Bronte have all played their part in captivating hearts and minds with their passionate novels as well as touching reader’s souls with their moving poetry. Even their brother Branwell Bronte and father Patrick Bronte enjoyed a measure of success with their verses.
You will learn about:
- Father Patrick, mother Maria, the births of the Bronte children.
- The move to Haworth, early deaths and schooling.
- Missing home, the heath and learning to be governesses.
- Wuthering Heights, Agnes Grey, death of brother Branwell.
- Further family tragedies and the growing fame of the Brontes.
- Charlotte alone, death and the Bronte legacy.
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Marmee and Louisa
- The Untold Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Mother
- De: Eve LaPlante
- Narrado por: Karen White
- Duración: 14 h y 34 m
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 41
Biographers have consistently credited her father, Bronson Alcott, for Louisa May Alcott's professional success, assuming that this outspoken idealist was the source of her progressive thinking and remarkable independence. But in this riveting dual biography, Eve LaPlante explodes those myths, drawing on unknown and unexplored letters and journals to show that Louisa's "Marmee", Abigail May Alcott, was in fact the intellectual and emotional center of her daughter's world. It was Abigail who urged Louisa to write, who inspired many of her stories, and who gave her the support and courage she needed to pursue her path.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hardworking women and the man they supported
- De Chris en 04-26-13
De: Eve LaPlante
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Charlotte Brontë
- A Fiery Heart
- De: Claire Harman
- Narrado por: Corrie James
- Duración: 16 h y 8 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 90
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 76
Charlotte Brontë's life contained all the drama and tragedy of the great Gothic novels it inspired. Like Jane Eyre, she was raised motherless on remote Yorkshire moors and sent away to a brutally strict boarding school at a young age. Charlotte grew up and watched helplessly as, one by one, her five beloved siblings sickened and died; by the end of her short life, she was the only child of the Brontë clan remaining.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Clear-Eyed Bio of Literature's Most Elusive Figure
- De wally en 09-02-16
De: Claire Harman
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C.S. Lewis
- A Biography of Friendship
- De: Colin Duriez
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 7 h y 14 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 25
An Oxford student of C.S. Lewis' said he found his new tutor interesting and was told by J.R.R. Tolkien, "Interesting? Yes, he's certainly that. You'll never get to the bottom of him." You can learn a great deal about people by their friends and nowhere is this more true than in the case of C.S. Lewis, the remarkable academic, author, popularizer of faith - and creator of Narnia. He lost his mother early in life and became estranged from his father, much to his regret.
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5 out of 5 stars
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It's a Great Concept
- De James en 08-13-20
De: Colin Duriez
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Isak Dinesen
- The Life of a Storyteller
- De: Judith Thurman
- Narrado por: Davina Porter
- Duración: 21 h y 23 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 71
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 52
Isak Dinesen earned international fame for Seven Gothic Tales and Out of Africa, and other stories that skillfully combine elements of fable, social conflict, and psychological drama. She was twice nominated for the Nobel Prize. Yet the story of her life - her travels, affairs, and friendships - remains the greatest story of all.
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3 out of 5 stars
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over-written
- De Jacqui Good en 10-19-18
De: Judith Thurman
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Melville in Love
- The Secret Life of Herman Melville and the Muse of Moby-Dick
- De: Michael Shelden
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
- Duración: 6 h y 48 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 25
Herman Melville's epic novel, Moby-Dick, was a spectacular failure when it was published in 1851, effectively ending its author's rise to literary fame. Because he was neglected by academics for so long, and because he made little effort to preserve his legacy, we know very little about Melville, and even less about what he called his "wicked book". Scholars still puzzle over what drove Melville to invent Captain Ahab's mad pursuit of the great white whale.
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4 out of 5 stars
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intriguing
- De Jean en 06-18-16
De: Michael Shelden
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House of Dreams
- The Life of L.M. Montgomery
- De: Liz Rosenberg, Julie Morstad - illustrator
- Narrado por: Susan Hanfield
- Duración: 7 h y 47 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 35
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 35
Once upon a time, there was a girl named Maud who adored stories. When she was fourteen years old, Maud wrote in her journal, "I love books. I hope when I grow up to be able to have lots of them." Not only did Maud grow up to own lots of books, she wrote twenty-four of them herself as L. M. Montgomery, the world-renowned author of Anne of Green Gables. For many years, her lifelong struggles with anxiety and depression, her "year of mad passion" and her difficult married life were buried deep within her unpublished personal journals....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Home’o’dreams
- De Steve G. en 02-25-20
De: Liz Rosenberg, y otros
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The Earl and the Pharaoh
- From the Real Downton Abbey to the Discovery of Tutankhamun
- De: The Countess of Carnarvon
- Narrado por: The Countess of Carnarvon
- Duración: 13 h y 17 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 31
Bestselling author the Countess of Carnarvon tells the thrilling behind-the-scenes story of the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun on its centennial, and explores the unparalleled life of family ancestor George Herbert—the famed Egyptologist, world-traveler, and 5th Earl of Carnarvon behind it—whose country house, Highclere Castle, is the setting of the beloved series Downton Abbey.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Plodding Family History…Akin to Listening to Paint Dry
- De J. Willis-Opalenik en 10-31-23
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Beatrix Potter
- A Life in Nature
- De: Linda Lear
- Narrado por: Anne Flosnik
- Duración: 18 h y 35 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 27
Linda Lear offers the astonishing portrait of an extraordinary woman who gave us some of the most beloved children's books of all time. Beatrix Potter found freedom from her conventional Victorian upbringing in the countryside. Nature inspired her imagination as an artist and scientific illustrator, but "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" brought her fame, financial success, and the promise of happiness when she fell in love with her editor, Norman Warne. After his tragic and untimely death, Potter embraced a new life as the owner of Hill Top Farm in the English Lake District.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Narration is difficult!
- De Grateful Listener SME en 11-12-19
De: Linda Lear
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Prince Albert
- The Man Who Saved the Monarchy
- De: A. N. Wilson
- Narrado por: Gareth Armstrong
- Duración: 13 h y 36 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 31
Drawn from the Royal archives, including Prince Albert’s voluminous correspondence, this brilliant and ambitious book offers fascinating never-before-known details about the man and his time. A superb match of biographer and subject, Prince Albert, at last, gives this important historical figure the reverence and recognition that is long overdue.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well Worth Reading
- De Mark Harrington en 06-01-22
De: A. N. Wilson
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Labyrinths
- Emma Jung, Her Marriage to Carl, and the Early Years of Psychoanalysis
- De: Catrine Clay
- Narrado por: Karen Cass
- Duración: 11 h y 12 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 39
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 31
Clever and ambitious, Emma Jung yearned to study the natural sciences at the University of Zurich. But the strict rules of proper Swiss society at the beginning of the 20th century dictated that a woman of Emma's stature - one of the richest heiresses in Switzerland - travel to Paris to "finish" her education, to prepare for marriage to a suitable man. Engaged to the son of one of her father's wealthy business colleagues, Emma's conventional and predictable life was upended when she met Carl Jung.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Carl plays center stage
- De Sparrowhawk en 12-23-16
De: Catrine Clay
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Romantic Outlaws
- The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley
- De: Charlotte Gordon
- Narrado por: Susan Lyons
- Duración: 22 h y 31 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 302
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Charlotte Gordon's new work is a fresh look at the lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley, who together comprise one of the most illustrious and inspiring mother-daughter pairs in history.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Tons of info, poor format choice.
- De Gotta Tellya en 02-06-17
De: Charlotte Gordon
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The Birthmark
- De: Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Narrado por: Walter Covell
- Duración: 42 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 73
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 64
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 64
Hawthorne approached the Romantic notion of the ability of science to destroy art (or beauty) in the form of fictive "horror stories" of biological research out of control. This story is the best of that group. A devoted scientist marries a beautiful woman with a single physical flaw: a birthmark on her face. Aylmer becomes obsessed with the imperfection and his attempts to remove it via his scientific skills, thus rendering his bride perfect.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Bland uninspired
- De Holcomb en 10-02-12
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Queen Mary
- The Official Biography
- De: James Pope-Hennessy, Hugo Vickers
- Narrado por: Gareth Armstrong
- Duración: 24 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 93
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 81
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 81
When Queen Mary died in 1953, James Pope-Hennessy was commissioned to write an official biography of her - unusual for a queen consort. Queen Mary's life, contrary to popular belief, was essentially dramatic, and she played a far more important and influential role in the affairs of the British monarchy than her public image might have otherwise suggested. Using material from the Royal Archives, private papers, and Queen Mary's personal diaries and letters, Pope-Hennessy's biography was a remarkable portrait of a remarkable woman and received rave reviews across the press.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent! UPDATED review after 2nd listen.
- De Geri A en 07-31-21
De: James Pope-Hennessy, y otros
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Pearl Buck in China
- Journey to The Good Earth
- De: Hilary Spurling
- Narrado por: Hilary Spurling
- Duración: 9 h y 14 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 56
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 53
The author of the much honored two-volume biography of Henri Matisse unearths the life and work of the Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize winner Pearl Buck, whose novels in the 1930's and 40's were the first written for a Western audience to describe ordinary life in the still secret China of the late 19th and early 20th century.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very good
- De M. Brandman en 06-15-10
De: Hilary Spurling
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The Last Castle
- The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation’s Largest Home
- De: Denise Kiernan
- Narrado por: Denise Kiernan
- Duración: 10 h y 18 m
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 838
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 834
Orphaned at a young age, Edith Stuyvesant Dresser claimed lineage from one of New York's best known families. She grew up in Newport and Paris, and her engagement and marriage to George Vanderbilt was one of the most watched events of Gilded Age society. But none of this prepared her to be mistress of Biltmore House. Before their marriage, the wealthy and bookish Vanderbilt had dedicated his life to creating a spectacular European-style estate on 125,000 acres of North Carolina wilderness.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Very factual
- De Jennifer en 11-28-17
De: Denise Kiernan
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The Turn of the Screw
- De: Henry James
- Narrado por: Emma Thompson, Richard Armitage - introduction
- Duración: 4 h y 40 m
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,792
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 4,772
Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Emmy winner Emma Thompson lends her immense talent and experienced voice to Henry James' Gothic ghost tale, The Turn of the Screw. When a governess is hired to care for two children at a British country estate, she begins to sense an otherworldly presence around the grounds. Are they really ghosts she's seeing? Or is something far more sinister at work?
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great, but Mightn't be the Best on Audible
- De Gillian en 03-16-16
De: Henry James
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Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know
- De: Colm Toibin
- Narrado por: Colm Toibin
- Duración: 6 h y 7 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 42
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 35
Elegant, profound, and riveting, Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know illuminates not only the complex relationships between three of the greatest writers in the English language and their fathers, but also illustrates the surprising ways these men surface in their work. Through these stories of fathers and sons, Tóibín recounts the resistance to English cultural domination, the birth of modern Irish cultural identity, and the extraordinary contributions of these complex and masterful authors.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Eminently re-readable
- De Ellen-A en 01-02-19
De: Colm Toibin
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Brontes: The True Story of the Life & Time of the Great Authors
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- David Sims
- 03-14-24
The Heartache of the Father
How the father and the son in law were friends in the end of the story.
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- EmmaZ
- 03-05-23
Very interesting overview
This short summary of their lives gives a good idea of what formed and moved them. I wish it was much longer, but of course I knew the length limitations when I bought it.
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