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Kaşağı

Bir çocukluk hatasının ardında bıraktığı derin vicdan azabını anlatan Ömer Seyfettin'in unutulmaz klasik öyküsü.

Turkish ~4 min read 8:12 audio

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The Happy Prince

A compassionate statue and a selfless swallow unite to bring help and comfort to the impoverished residents of their city.

English ~17 min read

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The Nightingale and the Rose

A devoted nightingale sacrifices everything to obtain a red rose for a young student in love, exploring the bittersweet nature of passion and idealism.

English ~11 min read

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The Ransom of Red Chief

Two bumbling kidnappers abduct a wealthy man's young son, only to find themselves terrorized by the wild and mischievous boy.

English ~19 min read

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Leijona

Afrikan savannien ja Aasian ikoninen petoeläin leijona tunnetaan sosiaalisesta elämäntavastaan ja mahtavasta ulkonäöstään. Tutustu tämän suurpedon historiaan, metsästystapoihin ja laumadynamiikkaan.

Finnish ~10 min read

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Texts with audio

Johan Cruijff

Dutch ~80 min 59K reads

Jane Austen and Pride and Prejudice

English ~11 min

Diyet

Turkish ~12 min

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Reese Witherspoon

English ~33 min 691K reads

Mariah Carey

English ~56 min 480K reads

Princess Alice of Battenberg

English ~16 min 182K reads

Pather Panchali

English ~27 min 63K reads

James Bowie

English ~28 min 60K reads

Tapio Rautavaara

Finnish ~21 min 40K reads

Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna

English ~26 min 38K reads

Neymar

Finnish ~23 min 35K reads

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Městské divadlo Brno

Czech ~33 min 1K reads

Planeta opic

Czech ~39 min 2K reads

Staroměstský orloj

Czech ~33 min 10K reads

Traktor

Czech ~13 min 702 reads

Black Sabbath

Finnish ~32 min 5K reads

Jalkapallon maailmanmestaruuskilpailut 1930

Finnish ~12 min 4K reads

Narnian tarinat

Finnish ~27 min 3K reads

Hurriganes – Roadrunner

Finnish ~15 min 3K reads

Short reads — under 10 minutes

The Kayan People

Orchid Hunting

The Terrible Old Man

The Story of an Hour

The Reticence of Lady Anne

John Mortonson's Funeral

Long reads — 30 minutes and up

Turku

Finnish ~44 min 29K reads

Přemysl Otakar II.

Czech ~89 min 20K reads

Nasreddin Hoca

Turkish ~51 min 19K reads

August Strindberg

Swedish ~42 min 18K reads

Augustus

Dutch ~48 min 14K reads

Vliegend hert

Dutch ~31 min 14K reads

Keporkak: Zpívající obr moří

Czech ~31 min 10K reads

Byzantská říše

Czech ~65 min 10K reads

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