75 Results for : serfs
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The Last Hours , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 929min
1348. The Black Death enters England through the port of Melcombe; the people of the county start to die in the thousands. In the demesne of Develish, Lady Anne takes control of her people's future, chooses a bastard slave, Thaddeus Thurkell, to act as her steward, and together they decide to quarantine Develish by bringing the serfs inside the walls. With this sudden overturning of the accepted social order, where serfs exist only to serve their lords, conflicts soon arise.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Helen Keeley. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/howe/003366/bk_howe_003366_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Who Is to Blame?: A Russian Riddle , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 744min
Jane Marlow's debut novel is a beautifully written 25-year saga of two families - one born of noble heritage and the other bound as serfs to the noble's household. Set during the mid-1800s in the vast grain fields of Russia, Who Is to Blame? follows the lives of two star-crossed serfs, Elizaveta and Feodor, torn apart by their own families and the church while simultaneously trapped in the inhumane life of poverty to which they were born. At the other end of the spectrum, Count Maximov and his family struggle to maintain harmony amidst a tapestry of deception and debauchery woven by the count's son. The plot twists further when the tsar emancipates 20 million serfs from bondage while the rural gentry's life of privilege and carelessness has taken its final bow and much of Russia's nobility faces possible financial ruin. Aficionados of historical fiction will be captivated by the lyrical flow of Marlow's intertwining stories of love, loss, courage, and pain against her backdrop of social upheaval. The novel's riddles flow subtly throughout, spurring listeners to ponder where the blame actually lies. In the end, we must tap into our own hearts to navigate the depths and quandaries of the author's perplexing question. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Hosking. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/080111/bk_acx0_080111_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Way Things Were , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 666min
The Way Things Were is a collection of stories and novellas by Ukrainian writer Marko Vovchok (Maria Alexandrona Vilinskaya-Markevich) focused around the lives of Russian and Ukrainian serfs during the last decade of slavery in the Russian Empire. These works were instrumental to the abolitionist movement, whose members - writers, poets, artists, and political activists - eventually succeeded in bringing about the Emancipation reform of 1861 and ending six centuries of serfdom. Marko Vovchok's stories are not epic, historically significant episodes, but rather small everyday vignettes from the lives of serfs and their masters, made all the more powerful by their serene, conversational style bringing the reality of the era into stark relief. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Susan Greenway. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/136209/bk_acx0_136209_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Dead Souls , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 777min
Regarded as the first great masterpiece of Russian literature, Dead Souls mixes realism and symbolism for a vivid and highly original portrait of Russian life. Chichikov, a mysterious stranger, arrives in a provincial town with a bizarre but seductive proposition for local landowners. He proposes to buy the names of their serfs who have died but who are still registered on the census, saving their owners from paying tax on them. But what collateral will Chichikov receive for these "souls"? Full of larger-than-life Dickensian characters - rogues and scoundrels, landowners and serfs, conniving petty officials, and the wily antihero Chichikov - Dead Souls is a devastating comic satire on social hypocrisy. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tom Weiner. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/003359/bk_blak_003359_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Dead Souls , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 894min
Gogol's great Russian classic is the Pickwick Papers of Russian literature. It takes a sharp but humorous look at life in all its strata but especially the devious complexities in Russia, with its landowners and serfs. We are introduced to Chichikov, a businessman who, in order to trick the tax authorities, buys up dead 'souls', or serfs, whose names still appear on the government census. Despite being a dealer in phantom crimes and paper ghosts, he is the most beguiling of Gogol's characters. Gogol's obsession with attempting to display 'the untold riches of the Russian soul' eventually led him to madness, religious mania, and death. Dismissed by him as merely 'a pale introduction to the great epic poem which is taking shape in my mind', Dead Souls is the culmination of Gogol's genius. Translator: Constance Garnett. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nicholas Boulton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/naxo/001374/bk_naxo_001374_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Merry England V1
Merry England V1 ab 25.99 € als Taschenbuch: Or Nobles And Serfs (1874). Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Geist & Wissen,- Shop: hugendubel
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Merry England
Merry England ab 25.49 € als Taschenbuch: or Nobles and serfs; In three volumes Vol. III. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Geist & Wissen,- Shop: hugendubel
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The Archers: Archers Series, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 405min
The Archers is the first book of an exciting saga of action and adventure set in medieval England. In this compelling tale, an Englishman rises to become the captain of a company of archers and leads its survivors back to England from King Richard's crusade. Not all of the archers return as a result of intense fighting, but some of the former serfs and free men do return - as hardened veterans determined to improve their lot in cruel and brutal medieval England. This novel combines military historical fiction with a family saga. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Shaun Grindell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/010162/bk_tant_010162_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Vengeance of La Maraye , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 25min
Joseph Smith Fletcher (1863-1935) was a British journalist and author. He wrote more than 230 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and nonfiction. He was one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the Victorian "Golden Age" of the short story. 'The Vengeance of La Maraye' is the terrible tale of a cruel feudal lord, the Sieur de Brieux, who behaves like a tyrant towards his serfs on the island of La Maraye. This is the story of how the islanders finally get their awful revenge. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cathy Dobson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redd/000940/bk_redd_000940_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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