AuthorMarcel Proust
NarratorNeville Jason
Duration3h 50m
CategoriesAdult Fiction, Novels, LGBTQ+ Literature
PublisherNaxos
VersionAbridged
The first of the seven parts of Marcel Proust's autobiographical masterpiece, 'Remembrance of Things Past', one of the major achievements of 20th-century literature. The narrator sets out to rediscover large areas of his past, and to resurrect his past life and the people and places that most affected him.
Author: 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.
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Author: 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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Tony Hill and Carol Jordan Book 9: Splinter the Silence
Author: Val Mcdermid
Author Val Mcdermid
Narrator Saul Reichlin
SeriesTony Hill and Carol Jordan, Book 9
Duration 12h 47m
When psychological profiler Tony Hill comes across a series of suicides among women tormented by vicious online predators, he begins to wonder if there is more to these tragedies than meets the eye. Could it be murder? But what kind of serial killer wants his crimes to stay hidden? Tony and DCI Carol Jordan begin the hunt for the most dangerous and...
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Author: Brandon Taylor
Author Brandon Taylor
Narrator Kevin R. Free
Duration 9h 25m
Almost everything about Wallace is at odds with the Midwestern university town where he is working uneasily toward a biochem degree. An introverted young man from Alabama, black and queer, he has left behind his family without escaping the long shadows of his childhood. For reasons of self-preservation, Wallace has enforced a wary distance even wit...
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Author: 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,...
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Author: 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.
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Author: 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...
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Tony Hill and Carol Jordan Book 11: How the Dead Speak
Author: Val Mcdermid
Author Val Mcdermid
Narrator Saul Reichlin
SeriesTony Hill and Carol Jordan, Book 11
Duration 12h 16m
After an explosive case that forced Tony Hill and Carol Jordan to reassess everything they thought they knew about right and wrong, both are dealing with the fallout in their own separate ways. While Tony must pay the price for his actions, Carol is conducting investigations into suspected miscarriages of justice. But when a shocking discovery is m...
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Author: 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...
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Author: Marcel Proust
Author Marcel Proust
Narrator Neville Jason
SeriesRemembrance of Things Past, Book 6
Duration 3h 58m
Albertine has finally made her escape from Marcel's Paris apartment, where his obsessive jealousy has turned her into a virtual prisoner. Not only is Marcel quite unprepared for the effect on him of her flight, but soon he is devastated by news of an even more irreversible loss.
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