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The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights
- Penguin Modern Classics
- By: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: Nezar Alderazi
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Steinbeck's first posthumously published work, The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights is a reinterpretation of tales from Malory's Morte d'Arthur. In this highly successful attempt to render Malory into Modern English, Steinbeck recreated the rhythm and tone of the original Middle English.
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The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights
- Penguin Modern Classics
- Narrated by: Nezar Alderazi
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 15-04-21
- Language: English
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In Dubious Battle
- Penguin Classics
- By: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: Tom Stechschulte
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
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Both a fast-paced story of social unrest and strike, and the tale of one young man's struggle for identity, In Dubious Battle is a novel about the apocalyptic violence that breaks out when the masses become the mob. Set in California apple country, a strike by migrant workers spirals out of control as principled defiance turns into blind fanaticism. Caught in this upheaval is Jim Nolan, a once aimless man who finds himself briefly becoming the leader of the strike before being crushed in its service.
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In Dubious Battle
- Penguin Classics
- Narrated by: Tom Stechschulte
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 26-11-20
- Language: English
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Once There Was a War
- Penguin Classics
- By: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: Lloyd James
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
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Do you know it, do you remember it, the drives, the attitudes, the terrors and, yes, the joys? Thus Steinbeck introduces his collection of poignant and hard-hitting dispatches for the New York Herald Tribune when the Second World War was at its height. He begins in England, recounting the courage of the bomber crews, the tragic air-raids and the strangeness of the British, before being sent to Africa and joining a special operations unit off the coast of Italy.
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Historical Reality presented factually
- By Paul on 04-09-24
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Once There Was a War
- Penguin Classics
- Narrated by: Lloyd James
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 26-11-20
- Language: English
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The Grapes of Wrath (Dramatised)
- By: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: Robert Sheehan, Michelle Fairley, Zubin Varla
- Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins
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Set against the backdrop of America's Great Depression and Dust Bowl, a family of farmers from Oklahoma head west in search of work, only to discover thousands like them are also on the move. Following a violent altercation with some locals, they head back on the road with their dream of a promised land in tatters. And life is set to get much worse for the Joads....
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I'm gonna rock my audible
- By Peter on 22-02-21
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The Grapes of Wrath (Dramatised)
- Narrated by: Robert Sheehan, Michelle Fairley, Zubin Varla
- Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 18-03-13
- Language: English
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Les raisins de la colère
- By: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: Pierre-François Garel
- Length: 20 hrs and 38 mins
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Au cœur de l’Oklahoma des années 1930, les petits exploitants agricoles se font racheter de force leurs terres et se retrouvent aux abois. Mais, miracle, l’appel de la Californie retentit : ses fruits savoureux à cueillir, son coton à récolter et son grand besoin de main-d’œuvre. Toute la famille Joad se serre dans un pick-up pour atteindre cet eldorado avec le rêve d’y faire fortune. La Route 66 est longue, les dollars manquent rapidement, les grands-parents tombent malades, le véhicule les lâche...
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Les raisins de la colère
- Narrated by: Pierre-François Garel
- Length: 20 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 14-04-23
- Language: French
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The Red Pony
- Penguin Classics
- By: John Steinbeck, John Seelye - introduction
- Narrated by: Frank Muller
- Length: 2 hrs and 54 mins
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Jody Tiflin has the urge for rebellion, but he also wants to be loved. In The Red Pony, Jody begins to learn about adulthood - its pain, its responsibilities and its problems - through his acceptance of his father's gifts. First he is given a red pony, and later he is promised the colt of a bay mare. Yet both of these gifts bring him tragedy as well as joy, and Jody is taught not only the harsh lessons of life and death, but made painfully aware of the fallibility of adults.
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The Red Pony
- Penguin Classics
- Narrated by: Frank Muller
- Length: 2 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 26-11-20
- Language: English
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The Wayward Bus
- By: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
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The Wayward Bus travels through the backroads of the lush California countryside, transporting the lost and the lonely to new destinations. Juan Chicoy is at the wheel, a man of the land, hot-blooded and uninhibited. His passengers include Ernest, a travelling salesman out for fun, seventeen-year-old Kit, also known as Pimples, and Camille the stripper, who dances at stag nights and takes the star-struck young Norma under her wing.
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Perfect Steinbeck
- By Miss Jane Cheshire on 26-04-23
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The Wayward Bus
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 29-10-20
- Language: English
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Burning Bright
- A Play in Story Form: Penguin Classics
- By: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 2 hrs and 53 mins
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Such is the strength of Joe Saul's desperate longing for a child that he feels as if a dark curse is upon him after three unfruitful years of marriage. Yet unbeknown to him, he is sterile. His beautiful, young, devoted wife loves him so much that she secretly conceives the child of another man. But when Joe discovers her deception, his anguish is greater than ever before.... A powerful, tragic and deeply moving tale.
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Burning Bright
- A Play in Story Form: Penguin Classics
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 2 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 26-11-20
- Language: English
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Vredens druvor [The Grapes of Wrath]
- By: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: Martin Halland
- Length: 21 hrs and 21 mins
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Vredens druvor är en modern vandringssägen från 1930-talet om Oklahomas skuldsatta bönder, som drivs bort från sin jord och som lockas av reklamen till Kalifornien, där de utnyttjas skamlöst och slutar som arbetslösa och hemlösa på landsvägen. Romanens storhet kommer från Steinbecks äkta indignation och inlevelse i de fattiga böndernas öden samt hans tro på människans värdighet och vilja till överlevnad genom gemensam hjälp till och med under de svåraste förhållandena.
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Vredens druvor [The Grapes of Wrath]
- Narrated by: Martin Halland
- Length: 21 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 27-12-15
- Language: Swedish
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The Harvest Gypsies
- On the Road to the Grapes of Wrath
- By: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 1 hr and 34 mins
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A collection of newspaper articles about Dust Bowl migrants in California’s Central Valley by the author of The Grapes of Wrath.
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The Harvest Gypsies
- On the Road to the Grapes of Wrath
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 1 hr and 34 mins
- Release date: 06-10-20
- Language: English
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Cannery Row (Norwegian Edition)
- By: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: Anders Ribu
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
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I Cannery Row skildrer Steinbeck forholdene i den lille californiske byen Monterey. Mesteparten av romanens handling utspiller seg på gaten Cannery Row, som bl. a. huser byens store hermetikkfabrikk, bordelleier Doras ’etablissement’ og kjøpmann Lee Chongs butikk. Fortellingens hovedperson er den lure og manipulerende ungkaren Mack. Sammen med dagdrivervennene sine planlegger han et gilde for marinbiologen Doc, som de skylder en tjeneste. Snart er alle byens innbyggere involvert i planleggingen av gildet, som ikke går helt som planlagt.
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Cannery Row (Norwegian Edition)
- Narrated by: Anders Ribu
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 15-01-19
- Language: Norwegian
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Øst for Paradis [East of Eden]
- By: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: Dan Schlosser
- Length: 20 hrs and 40 mins
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Øst for paradis (1952) er Steinbecks store dramatiske slægtsroman over tre generationer, hvor det gode kæmper mod det onde, som det er skildret i myten om Kain og Abel. I Steinbecks fortælling gentages kampen i to generationers brødrepar. I første generation er Charles i misundelse og ondskab tæt på at slå sin bror Adam ihjel. I anden generation følger vi brødrene Aaron og Caleb, der er sønner af Adam og den forførende, men dæmonisk ondsindede Cathy.
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Øst for Paradis [East of Eden]
- Narrated by: Dan Schlosser
- Length: 20 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 10-05-17
- Language: Danish
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The Short Reign of Pippin IV: A Fabrication
- Penguin Modern Classics
- By: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 4 hrs and 39 mins
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Steinbeck's only work of political satire turns the French Revolution on its head, as amateur astronomer Pippin Heristal is drafted in to rule the unruly French. Enchanting comedy ensues as Steinbeck creates the most hilarious royal court ever around the brief, bold reign of the corduroy-clad Pippin, his social-climbing wife, Maria, his star-struck daughter, Clotilde and her Californian beau, Todd.
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The Short Reign of Pippin IV: A Fabrication
- Penguin Modern Classics
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 4 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 28-01-21
- Language: English
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A Rare Recording of John Steinbeck's 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature Speech
- By: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: John Steinbeck
- Length: 6 mins
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John Ernst Steinbeck (February 27, 1902 - December 20, 1968), born in Salinas, CA, was an American writer who won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception."
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A Rare Recording of John Steinbeck's 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature Speech
- Narrated by: John Steinbeck
- Length: 6 mins
- Release date: 09-03-24
- Language: English
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Des souris et des hommes
- By: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: Lorant Deutsch, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Jacques Gamblin, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 15 mins
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En Californie, pendant la Grande Crise, Lennie et George vont de ferme en ferme. Ils louent leurs bras en attendant le jour où ils auront leur ferme à eux, avec un petit bout de luzerne pour élever des lapins. Lennie, malgré sa taille de colosse, n'a pas plus de malice qu'un enfant de six ans ; George veille sur lui, le protège du monde qui n'est pas tendre aux innocents. Le soir, ils se racontent leur rêve, celui de la maison et des lapins. Mais allez savoir pourquoi, les rêves de certains finissent toujours en cauchemars.
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Des souris et des hommes
- Narrated by: Lorant Deutsch, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Jacques Gamblin, Jean-Yves Berteloot, Nathalie Bienaimé, Loïc Houdré
- Length: 3 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 01-06-15
- Language: French
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NBC University Theater: The Grapes of Wrath
- By: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: Jane Darwell, Parley Baer, John Dehner, and others
- Length: 59 mins
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NBC University Theater initially started in Chicago with a remit to bring adaptations of classic novels, usually Anglo-American, to a radio audience. In its later years, it also included short stories and plays and went on to win the distinguished Peabody award. University Theater relied on excellent distillations of the novels and first-class acting alongside high production values.
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NBC University Theater: The Grapes of Wrath
- Narrated by: Jane Darwell, Parley Baer, John Dehner, Wally Maher, Full Cast
- Series: NBC University Theater
- Length: 59 mins
- Release date: 14-01-20
- Language: English
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Vredens druer [The Grapes of Wrath]
- By: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: Dan Schlosser
- Length: 18 hrs and 46 mins
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Vredens druer er en moderne folkevandringssaga fra 30'erne om Oklahomas forgældede bønder, der drives fra deres jord og af reklamen lokkes til Californien, hvor de udnyttes skamløst og ender arbejdsløse og hjemløse på landevejen. Romanens storhed skyldes Steinbecks ægte indignation og medleven i de fattige bønders skæbne og hans tro på menneskets værdighed og vilje til overlevelse ved fælles hjælp selv under de vanskeligste vilkår.
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Vredens druer [The Grapes of Wrath]
- Narrated by: Dan Schlosser
- Length: 18 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 02-03-10
- Language: Danish
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Dagdrivergjengen [Tortilla Flat]
- By: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: Anders Ribu
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
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I gjennombruddsromanen sin, Dagdrivergjengen, beskriver Steinbeck med overdådig humor og stor innlevelse de såkalte paisanoenes omflakkende og ubekymrede landstrykerliv. Disse californiske vagabondene er etterkommerne av den gamle befolkningen – spanjoler, indianere og mexicanere. De er ikke styrt av materielle goder, men lever fra dag til dag som ekte livsnytere, konstant opptatt av å skaffe den neste gallonen vin eller gjøre erobringer blant damene som krysser deres vei.
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Dagdrivergjengen [Tortilla Flat]
- Narrated by: Anders Ribu
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 15-01-19
- Language: Norwegian
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O myších a lidech
- By: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: Vladislav Beneš
- Length: 4 hrs
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George a Lennie spolu putují za prací od jednoho kalifornského ranče k druhému. Ačkoli se píší 30. léta 20. století a chudý zemědělský dělník by si toho neměl od života příliš slibovat, spřádají sny a plány, jak si za ušetřené peníze koupí malé hospodářství. Prozíravý George bude mít na starost všechno podstatné a slaboduchý hromotluk Lennie bude chovat králíky. Když se na statku seznámí s mrzákem Candym, který se k nim chce přidat, zdá se, že jsou od skutečného života jen krůček. Hubené časy však v málokom probouzí to lepší a na cestě ze dna ať nikdo pomocnou ruku nečeká.
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Kratka jednohubka
- By daveman on 20-03-23
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O myších a lidech
- Narrated by: Vladislav Beneš
- Length: 4 hrs
- Release date: 16-02-23
- Language: Czech
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Na plechárně
- By: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: Ladislav Mrkvička
- Length: 7 hrs
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A její obyvatelé? To jsou hráči, děvky, umělci, prosťáčci i okouzlující pobudové. Zápletka prvního poválečného románu držitele Nobelovy ceny za literaturu, Johna Steinbecka, se točí kolem snahy povaleče Macka a jeho přátel překvapit všemi oblíbeného mořského biologa Doktora večírkem na jeho počest. Protože jsou ovšem bez peněz, musí si na ten tajný mejdan vydělat. A kdo jiný by jim mohl dát práci než právě Doktor. Naneštěstí se celá akce vymkne kontrole a je při ní zničen dům i vzácný gramofon jejich dobrodince.
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Na plechárně
- Narrated by: Ladislav Mrkvička
- Length: 7 hrs
- Release date: 02-01-20
- Language: Czech
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