Amerikanische Erzählungen 1

Geschrieben von Mark Twain, Herman Melville, Henry James und Jack London

Erzählt von Friedrich Frieden

In der LILYLA Hörbuch-Edition „Amerikanische Erzählungen“ widmen wir uns amerikanisch-englischsprachigen Autoren zu, deren Werke in Ausdruck, Authentizität und Sprachgewalt Einzug in den erlauchten Kreis der Welt-Literatur erhalten haben und deren Wirkungskreis nach wie vor Jung und Alt bewegt, denn Zeitlosigkeit und Unvergänglichkeit ihrer Gedanken haben über alle Generationen hinweg Bestand und ihren festen Platz in allen aufgeklärten Gesellschaften sicher.
Der Sprecher Friedrich Frieden taucht in die Gedanken-Welt der zeitlosen Literatur ab und verleiht dieser mit seinem außergewöhnlichen Sprach-, Rhythmik-, Tempo-, und Authentizitätsstil gelebten Ausdruck. Inhalt: Mark Twain: Nationalökonomie, Mark Twain: Mrs. McWilliams und das Gewitter, Mark Twain: Meine Uhr, Herman Melville: Bartleby, Jack London: Das Gesetz des Lebens, Jack London: Der Sohn des Wolfes, Mark Twain: Der berühmte Springfrosch von Calaveras, Mark Twain: Das Erlebnis der McWilliamses mit der Rachendiphtherie, Henry James: Die Geschichte eines Meisterwerks, Mark Twain: Die Eine-Million-Pfund-Note, Mark Twain: Burleske Autobiographie.

• Sprache: Deutsch
• Herausgeber: LILYLA Hörbuch-Editionen
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1. Okt. 2017
• ISBN: 9783959891288

Mark Twain

Mark Twain (1835-1910) was an American humorist, novelist, and lecturer. Born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, he was raised in Hannibal, Missouri, a setting which would serve as inspiration for some of his most famous works. After an apprenticeship at a local printer’s shop, he worked as a typesetter and contributor for a newspaper run by his brother Orion. Before embarking on a career as a professional writer, Twain spent time as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi and as a miner in Nevada. In 1865, inspired by a story he heard at Angels Camp, California, he published “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” earning him international acclaim for his abundant wit and mastery of American English. He spent the next decade publishing works of travel literature, satirical stories and essays, and his first novel, The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873). In 1876, he published The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, a novel about a mischievous young boy growing up on the banks of the Mississippi River. In 1884 he released a direct sequel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which follows one of Tom’s friends on an epic adventure through the heart of the American South. Addressing themes of race, class, history, and politics, Twain captures the joys and sorrows of boyhood while exposing and condemning American racism. Despite his immense success as a writer and popular lecturer, Twain struggled with debt and bankruptcy toward the end of his life, but managed to repay his creditors in full by the time of his passing at age 74. Curiously, Twain’s birth and death coincided with the appearance of Halley’s Comet, a fitting tribute to a visionary writer whose steady sense of morality survived some of the darkest periods of American history.