Gin Palace, The
Author : Emile Zola
Performed By : Frederick Davidson
Publisher : Blackstone Audio Inc
Runtime : 7 hours
Categories : Classic Literature
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"Unsurpassable...heroically big...the intensity of her creator's vision...of the dense sordid life...is one of the great things the modern novel has been able to do."--Henry James
"The Gin Palace delighted me...full of color, movement, and life."--Anatole France
"A born writer, marvelously gifted."--Guy de Maupassant
The Gin Palace is the seventh novel in Zola's Rougon-Macquart cycle, about two branches of a French family traced through several generations. Introducing one of the most sympathetic heroines in nineteenth-century literature, it is also the work that made his reputation.
Abandoned by her lover and left to bring up their two children alone, Gervaise Macquart has to fight to earn an honest living. When she accepts the marriage proposal of Monsieur Coupeau, it seems as though she is on the path to a decent, respectable life at last. But with her husband's drinking and the unexpected appearance of a figure from her past, Gervaise's plans begin to unravel tragically.
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Here's Johnny! My Memories of Johnny Carson, The Tonight Show, and 40 Years of Friendship
Author : Ed McMahon
Performed By : Ed McMahon
Publisher : Blackstone Audio Inc
Runtime : 4 hours
Categories : Arts & Drama
Our Price : $12.95
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With an emphasis on classic "Tonight Show" moments, McMahon's recollections will bring back warm
memories for viewers."AudioFile
Here's Johnny! is like sitting with Ed and Johnny over lunch.
Brilliant in front of the camera but shy in person, Johnny Carson seldom gave interviews. But no one knew
him better than Ed McMahon, Carson's personal friend and showbiz sidekick for almost forty years. Now,
with Johnny's blessings before he died, McMahon can finally share all the stories that only he knows. From
the sofa at Johnny's right, to backstage, to their personal relationship, McMahon provides a real picture of
the man who so carefully censored his public image, revealing the caring person within the dynamic star.
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