Short Stories audiobooks

História com data - Abridged

By: Mário de Andrade

Narrated by: Yuri Ribeiro

Length: 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Uma narrativa de tirar o fôlego, esta do conto "História com data", de Mário de Andrade; em grande medida, por conta das cenas rápidas, dos diálogos de frases cursas, do discurso direto. Numa atmosfera de Frankenstein, a mente de um homem entra no corpo de outro – mas Alberto e José, os tais homens, apresentam personalidades completamente... Read more

Brasília - Abridged

By: Mário de Andrade

Narrated by: Tiago Torres

Length: 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

O título do conto nada tem que ver com a capital do Brasil, que não existia em 1921! Por enredo, um cidadão francês busca algo no Brasil que seja autenticamente nacional. Para sua decepção, o que encontra é um Brasil europeizado. Mário de Andrade traz aí uma reflexão sobre a construção da identidade nacional. Read more

Velha praga e Café! Café! - dois textos de Monteiro Lobato - Abridged

By: Monteiro Lobato

Narrated by: Mauro Schames

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A figura do "caboclo" faz a ponte entre esses textos de Monteiro Lobato. Na crônica "Velha praga", um tema atualíssimo é abordado: as queimadas; em 1914, elas devastaram a Serra da Mantiqueira, sendo o caboclo o responsável. Já no conto "Café! Café!", compara-se a estupidez do caboclo à do Major Mimbuia, plantador de café que tudo perde e... Read more

Virginius - Abridged

By: Machado de Assis

Narrated by: Tiago Torres

Length: 38 minutes

Abridged: Yes

No conto "Virginius", o narrador é um advogado que é convidado a defender uma causa – uma ato de barbárie: para defender a honra da filha que foi estuprada por Carlos, Julião a assassina. E nesse instante Carlos aparece com a polícia, que prende Julião. Read more

Contos para velhos - textos selecionados - Abridged

By: Olavo Bilac

Narrated by: Tom Bueno

Length: 40 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Um Olavo Bilac inusitado: eis o que encontramos nesta seleção de textos de seu livro "Contos para velhos". Acostumados que estamos a pensar o autor como poeta parnasiano, nos surpreendemos com sua prosa breve, leve, que aborda temas do cotidiano. Read more

Os gatos e o cães e De madrugada - dois contos de Raul Pompeia - Abridged

By: Raul Pompéia

Narrated by: Tom Bueno

Length: 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Nesses dois contos de Raul Pompeia, os animais de estimação são os protagonistas. "Tudo tem sido poemas em louvor do cão", afirma o narrador de "Os gatos e os cães", para enaltecer os felinos: "o honrado gato, deixam-no de lado, no esquecimento silencioso das suas passeatas noturnas". Mas em "De madrugada", o cãozinho Top é colocado em posição... Read more

Viagem à roda de mim mesmo - Abridged

By: Machado de Assis

Narrated by: Tiago Torres

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Viagem à roda de mim mesmo" traz por enredo a história de Plácido, que revive a lembrança de uma tentativa de casamento, um caso de amor ocorrido décadas antes. Somente no final da narrativa, inspirada em Xavier de Maistre, é que o protagonista encontra seu real autoconhecimento. Read more

The Heirloom in Vault Y-723

By: Mike DeFrench

Narrated by: Mike DeFrench

Length: 47 minutes

Abridged: No

The Galactic Delivery Company will delivery anything, to anywhere in the galaxy...Gus Valentino is finally moving up the ranks within the company. So the last thing he wants to do is fail now.But the package to-be-delivered is within a highly secured bank vault...The second of the misadventures of Gus Valentino, The Heirloom in Vault Y-723 is... Read more

Horrid Henry's Funny Stuff

By: Lucinda Whiteley

Narrated by: Lizzie Waterworth, Tamsin Heatley, Aidan Cook, ...

Length: 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Join Henry in this super Funny volume! Contains 5 Horrid Henry stories, performed by the show's full cast. Get ready to giggle with Henry and friends in "Lucky Thing", "Secrets Of The Universe", "New Name", "Perfect Parents" and "Tells The Truth". Read more

The Hand that Feeds

By: Mike DeFrench

Narrated by: Mike DeFrench

Length: 35 minutes

Abridged: No

A woman gets a cursed tattoo on her hand. A crow.If she does something against "the rules" it pecks at her.At first the rules are easy. Don't eat this food. Can't use that color lighter...But they've gotten worse. So has the pain from the bites. Read more

The Woman in the Red Coat

By: Mike DeFrench

Narrated by: Mike DeFrench

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: No

When Kris visited that psychic, she thought it would be fun. She though the woman would tell her things that she wanted to hear: that there was true love in her future, that there was fortune, fame... but what she got was a dire warning."The woman you kill will come back to you, asking for forgiveness. You must give it to her."but Kris would... Read more

Horrid Henry and Friends

By: Lucinda Whiteley

Narrated by: Lizzie Waterworth, Tamsin Heatley, Aidan Cook, ...

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Join Henry and all his friends in this super cool volume! Contains 5 Horrid Henry stories, performed by the show's full cast. Catch up with Henry and the crew in "Best Boys Club", "Miserable Musical", "Detention Club", "Evil Guardian" and "Superstar". Read more

Requiem For An Athlete

By: Alfred C. Martino

Narrated by: Alfred C. Martino

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Requiem For An Athlete is a somber look at the unfulfilled expectations of a once-great athlete, seeing through tear-clouded eyes the trophies and medals of a life long gone. Read more

Grad School Daydreams

By: Alfred C. Martino

Narrated by: Alfred C. Martino

Length: 3 minutes

Abridged: No

A whimsical story, set at a California university, about a grad school student who daydreams and pines for a beautifully exotic woman sitting next to him in class. Read more

Schneeflockenlaub - Ein Schneemärchen (ungekürzt)

By: Sabrina Schuh

Narrated by: John Thienel

Length: 1 hour 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Schneeflockenlaub - Ein Schneemärchen der besonderen Art Wenn draußen die ersten Flocken fallen und die Welt langsam im Schnee versinkt, ist es wieder so weit: Die Märchenzeit bricht an. Wenn du schon immer wissen wolltest, woher der Schnee wirklich kommt, dann lass dich von dieser Geschichte in eine fremde Welt entführen. Wirf einen Blick in... Read more

Walking on Cowrie Shells

By: Nana Nkweti

Narrated by: Zoleka Vundla

Length: 6 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

In her powerful, genre-bending debut story collection, Nana Nkweti's virtuosity is on full display as she mixes deft realism with clever inversions of genre. In the Caine Prize finalist story "It Takes a Village, Some Say," Nkweti skewers racial prejudice and the practice of international adoption, delivering a sly tale about a teenage girl who... Read more

No viene a cuento

By: Octavi Pujades

Narrated by: Octavi Pujades

Length: 6 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Todos somos los héroes o las heroínas de nuestro propio cuento. Pero ese cuento cambia según quién decida ponerse tras el papel para narrarlo, o quizás si entran en escena personajes que no nos esperábamos o que deciden, de golpe, cobrar un papel más protagonista. ¿Qué pasaría si el príncipe no puede salvar a la princesa... porque tiene que... Read more

Zile de Crăciun

By: Jeanette Winterson

Narrated by: Gabriela Bobeș

Length: 8 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Jeanette Winterson, una dintre cele mai inventive și mai îndrăznețe voci narative contemporane, ne propune în acest volum 12 povestiri și 12 rețete îmbietoare pentru cele 12 zile ale Crăciunului. Pentru autoare, Crăciunul e un moment fericit, "celebrarea neprevăzutului". De aceea îi place să-l întâmpine scriind o poveste. Cele 12 alese aici, de... Read more

Horrid Henry: Out and About

By: Lucinda Whiteley

Narrated by: Lizzie Waterworth, Tamsin Heatley, Aidan Cook, ...

Length: 1 hour 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Join Henry Out and About as he rocks out with Ralph, becomes a King, and more in this fun-packed volume! Contains 5 Horrid Henry stories, performed by the show's full cast. Catch up with Henry on his adventures in "Rocking The World", "True Story", "Very Important Director", "Says Goodbye" and "When I'm King". 
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Horrid Henry's Life Lessons

By: Lucinda Whiteley

Narrated by: Lizzie Waterworth, Tamsin Heatley, Aidan Cook, ...

Length: 1 hour 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Join Henry in learning Lessons as he runs for the School Council and sees a glimpse of the future of Ashton! Contains 5 Horrid Henry stories, performed by the show's full cast. Join Henry and friends in "Detention Diva", "Eternal Schoolboy", "Class Action", "Uber Homework" and "Horrid Boy".  Read more

Wildfire - And Other Stories (Unabridged)

By: Banaphool

Narrated by: Shubhankar

Length: 8 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Banaphool-which means wildflower-was the pen name of beloved Bengali writer Balaichand Mukhopadhyay (1899-1979). Wildfire brings together 45 short pieces by Banaphool that are brilliantly representative of his uncompromising, multifaceted talent. Stark and short, often much too short, some even cryptic, these stories often leave much of the... Read more

Armura străpunsă

By: Anna Gavalda

Narrated by: Anca Dinu

Length: 5 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

În cele şapte povestiri cuprinse în acest volum, scrise toate la persoana întîi, Anna Gavalda aduce un elogiu celor care au puterea să-şi înfrunte vulnerabilităţile şi să-şi recunoască slăbiciunile. Povestirile ilustrează cît de important este să treci peste rănile trecutului şi să-ţi deschizi inima spre iubire, prietenie, iertare şi familie. De... Read more

Aș vrea să mă aștepte și pe mine cineva

By: Anna Gavalda

Narrated by: Anca Dinu

Length: 4 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Fiecare povestire din Aş vrea să mă aştepte şi pe mine cineva este astfel gîndită încît soarta fiecărui personaj să se decidă într-un unic moment crucial. În Evenimentul zilei, agentul comercial Jean-Pierre nu află de consecinţele catastrofale ale unui moment de neatenţie decît a doua zi, din paginile ziarului Le Figaro. Personajul feminin... Read more

Horrid Henry: Purple Power

By: Lucinda Whiteley

Narrated by: Lizzie Waterworth, Tamsin Heatley, Aidan Cook, ...

Length: 1 hour 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Join Horrid Henry and his family and friends in this Purple Power volume! Contains 5 Horrid Henry stories, performed by the show's full cast. Join in with the fun and games in "Hotel Horrid", "Jumper Jinx", "Marvellous Mindreader", "Red Roof Gang" and "Silly Siblings". Read more