AuthorMarcel Proust
NarratorNeville Jason
Duration4h
CategoriesAdult Fiction, Novels, LGBTQ+ Literature
PublisherNaxos
VersionAbridged
'Swann in Love' tells the story of man-about-town Charles Swann's passionate, tormented love affair with the courtesan Odette de Crecy, and of its surprising outcome. Set in the degenerate demi-monde of 19th century Paris as well as in the fashionable drawing rooms of the aristocracy, this audiobook vividly brings to life the original novel.
Author: Marcel Proust
Author Marcel Proust
Narrator Neville Jason
Duration 3h 45m
The young narrator succumbs to the charms of the enchanting Gilberte, but his plan to ingratiate himself with her by becoming friends with her parents backfires badly when Gilberte begins to distance himself from him. A classic account of the pangs of adolescent love. Part one of the third volume of Proust's 'Remembrance of Things Past' series.
View BookAuthor: Tsitsi Dangarembga
Author Tsitsi Dangarembga
Narrator Adenrele Ojo
Duration 11h 32m
Anxious about her prospects after leaving a stagnant job, Tambudzai finds herself living in a run-down youth hostel in downtown Harare. For reasons that include her grim financial prospects and her age, she moves to a widow's boarding house and eventually finds work as a biology teacher. But at every turn in her attempt to make a life for herself,...
View BookAuthor: Douglas Stuart
Author Douglas Stuart
Narrator Angus King
Duration 17h 41m
This is the unforgettable story of young Hugh "Shuggie" Bain, a sweet and lonely boy who spends his 1980s childhood in run-down public housing in Glasgow, Scotland. Thatcher's policies have put husbands and sons out of work, and the city's notorious drugs epidemic is waiting in the wings. Shuggie's mother Agnes walks a wayward path: she is Shuggie'...
View BookAuthor: Celeste Ng
Author Celeste Ng
Narrator Cassandra Campbell
Duration 10h 8m
Lydia is the favourite child of Marilyn and James Lee; a girl who inherited her mother's bright blue eyes and her father's jet-black hair. When Lydia's body is found in the local lake, James is consumed by guilt, and Marilyn, devastated and vengeful, is determined to hold someone accountable. But it's the youngest in the family - Hannah - who may b...
View BookAuthor: Marcel Proust
Author Marcel Proust
Narrator Neville Jason
SeriesRemembrance of Things Past, Book 7
Duration 3h 56m
Lost in the blacked-out streets of Paris during the First World War, Marcel stumbles into a brothel and accidentally witnesses a shocking scene involving the Baron de Charlus.
View BookAuthor: Marcel Proust
Author Marcel Proust
Narrator Neville Jason
Duration 3h 45m
Based on the definitive edition and translation of the classic French novel, the second volume, which won the Prix Goncourt in 1919, follows the narrator's transition from childhood to adolescence and first love on the beaches of Normandy. As the novel ends, we are introduced to Albertine, whom the narrator meets in a Norman ocean-side resort named...
View BookAuthor: Marcel Proust
Author Marcel Proust
Narrator Neville Jason
SeriesRemembrance of Things Past, Book 5
Duration 7h 41m
Marcel's suspicions that Albertine is attracted to her own sex lead to his keeping her a virtual prisoner in his Paris Apartment, while the Baron de Charlus, obsessed with the young violinist Charles Morel, receives an unexpected shock. Volumes 9 and 10 of Proust's 'Remembrance of Things Past' series.
View BookAuthor: Jane Fallon
Author Jane Fallon
Narrator Jo Joyner
Duration 10h 8m
Brought to you by Penguin. Welcome to The Close - a beautiful street of mansions, where gorgeous Stella is the indisputable Queen Bee . . . It is here that Laura, seeking peace and privacy after her marriage falls apart, rents a tiny studio. Unfortunately, her arrival upsets suspicious Stella - who fears Laura has designs on her fianc‚, Al. W...
View BookAuthor: Cecelia Ahern
Author Cecelia Ahern
Narrator Amy Huberman
Duration 9h 52m
When Holly Kennedy is approached by a group calling themselves the PS, I Love You Club, her safe existence is turned on its head. Inspired by hearing about her late husband Gerry's letters, the club wants Holly to help them with their own parting messages for their loved ones to discover after they're gone. Holly is sure of one thing: no way is she...
View BookAuthor: Marcel Proust
Author Marcel Proust
Narrator Neville Jason
Duration 3h 56m
Marcel penetrates into the inner sanctum of Paris high society and falls in love with the fascinating Duchess de Guermantes. The music is by Boellmann, D'Indy, Ciurlionis and Breton. Part one of the fourth volume of Proust's 'Remembrance of Things Past' series.
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