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description: In this best-selling Classic Collection, The Literate Listener "TM" presents time-honored authors such as Jack London, H.G. Wells and Mario Puzo. You will enjoy listening to The Godfather, a classic masterpiece, and to H.G. Wells' famous novel of one man's astonishing journey. People of all ages will be fascinated with Jack London's classic tale of a dog struggling for survival in the far north. The Classic Collection is an unmatched value for the whole family. In your car, while joggling, or on an airplane, these audio books offer a unique experience, and allow today's time-pressed reader the opportunity to hear literature in a convenient and entertaining way.A classic story of survival from Jack London. Published in 1903 and widely regarded as his best work, The Call of the Wild is the story of a courageous dog, Buck, taken from pampered surroundings and shipped to the wilds of Alaska to be a sled dog. As Buck fights for survival, his primitive nature begins the wolf from whom his breed is descended.A modern masterpiece, The Godfather, is a supercharged account of a family that uses guns, axes, and the psychology of fear to achieve dominance over the whole Mafia network in the United States. Still shocking more that a quarter century after it was first published, The Godfather is a modern classic presented here in an all-new listener's edition.The time traveler embarks on an astonishing journey into the future. His time machine transports him to a far-distant dying world where humanity is divided into two classes: the graceful, idle Eloi who inhabit the idyllic surface of the world, and the Morlocks, ugly nocturnal creatures who live and work underground. In The Time Machine,Wells created one of the first and finest science fiction stories: a social allegory that is both vivid and perturbing.
language: English
title: Best of Classics: The Call of the Wild/The Godfather/The Time Machine
titlecomplete: Best of Classics: The Call of the Wild/The Godfather/The Time Machine
ratings_count: 6
publisher: Countertop Video