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Author: Oscar Wilde
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Author Oscar Wilde
Narrator Rupert Graves
Duration 2h 52m
Haunting and poignant, the great Oscar Wilde's famous supernatural story of youth and age is narrated brilliantly by Rupert Graves. Wilde's only novel combines sparkling wit, social satire and luxurious description. Full of many of his most famous witticisms, it is essentially a novel about the lust for eternal youth versus the inevitable reality o...
View BookAuthor: Alice Walker
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Author Alice Walker
Narrator Brigitte Bennett
Duration 7h 42m
Set in the deep American South between the wars, this is the tale of Celie, a young black girl born into poverty and segregation. Raped repeatedly by the man she calls 'father', she has two children taken away from her, is separated from her beloved sister Nettie, and is trapped into an ugly marriage. But then she meets the glamorous Shug Avery, si...
View BookAuthor: Graham Norton
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Author Graham Norton
Narrator Graham Norton
Duration 7h 46m
Graham Norton's debut novel, Holding, was a Sunday Times best seller and loved everywhere. His new novel, A Keeper, is a twisted tale of secrets and ill-fated loves that once again demonstrates Norton's understanding of human nature and all its darkest flaws. The mystery of Elizabeth Keane's father is one that has never been solved by the people of...
View BookAuthor: Iris Murdoch
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Author Iris Murdoch
Narrator Ruth Sillers
Duration 12h
Mor's life as a schoolmaster at a public school is disrupted by the arrival of a young and beautiful painter commissioned to paint the headmaster.
View BookRebecca: The Woman's Hour Serial
Author: Daphne Du Maurier
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Author Daphne Du Maurier
Narrator Harriet Walter
Duration 3h 14m
When Maxim de Winter brings his shy new bride to his beautiful stately home on the Cornwall coast, it seems like all her dreams have come true. But she soon finds that Manderley is haunted by the shadow of Maxim's first wife, Rebecca, who died the year before. As the hot summer fades, the mystery of Rebecca's death grows, weaving a spell of fear an...
View BookAuthor: Marcel Proust
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Author Marcel Proust
Narrator Neville Jason
Duration 3h 50m
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.
View BookAuthor: Sally Gardner
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Author Sally Gardner
Narrator Robert Madge
Duration 3h 40m
When his best friend Hector is suddenly taken away, Standish Treadwell realises that it is up to him, his grandfather and a small band of rebels to confront and defeat the ever-present oppressive forces of the Motherland, a ruthless regime determined to beat its enemies in a race to the moon. Utterly original and stunning, it is impossible not to b...
View BookThe Inexplicable Logic of My Life
Author: Benjamin Alire Sáenz
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Author Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Narrator Robbie Daymond
Duration 11h 58m
Sal used to know his place with his adoptive gay father, their loving Mexican American family, and his best friend, Samantha. But it's senior year, and suddenly Sal is throwing punches, questioning everything, and realizing he no longer knows himself. If Sal's not who he thought he was, who is he? This humor-infused, warmly humane look at universal...
View BookAuthor: Marcel Proust
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Author Marcel Proust
Narrator Neville Jason
Duration 3h 45m
Continues the story of Marcel's entry into the highest circles of the French aristocracy. Having renewed his acquaintance with the enchanting Albertine, who submits to his advances, Marcel finds himself pursued by the predatory Baron de Charlus. The music is by Ciurlionis, Breton, Widor and D'Indy. Part two of the fourth volume of Proust's 'Remembr...
View BookAuthor: Marcel Proust
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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.
View BookAuthor: Marcel Proust
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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 BookThe Gentleman's Guide To Vice and Virtue
Author: Mackenzi Lee
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Author Mackenzi Lee
Narrator Christian Coulson
Duration 10h 50m
A young bisexual British lord embarks on an unforgettable Grand Tour of Europe with his best friend/secret crush. An 18th-century romantic adventure for the modern age written by This Monstrous Thing author Mackenzi Lee-Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda meets the 1700s. Henry "Monty" Montague doesn't care that his roguish passions are far from suit...
View BookAuthor: Marcel Proust
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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: Marcel Proust
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Author Marcel Proust
Narrator Neville Jason
Duration 4h
'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.
View BookAuthor: Kate Davies
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Author Kate Davies
Narrator Lucy Briggs-Owen
Duration 10h 50m
Until recently, Julia hadn't had sex in three years. But now: a one-night stand is accusing her of breaking his penis; a sexually confident lesbian is making eyes at her over confrontational modern art; and she's wondering whether trimming her pubes makes her a bad feminist. Julia's about to learn that she's been looking for love - and satisfaction...
View BookAuthor: Laura Carlin
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Author Laura Carlin
Narrator Sophie Ward
Duration 12h 57m
Down the murky alleyways of London, acts of unspeakable wickedness are taking place and the city's vulnerable poor are disappearing from the streets. Out of these shadows comes Hester White, a bright young woman who is desperate to escape the slums by any means possible. When Hester is thrust into the world of the aristocratic Brock family, she lea...
View BookAuthor: Douglas Coupland
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Author Douglas Coupland
Narrator Julian Rhind-Tutt
Duration 8h 20m
Meet Raymond Gunt. A decent chap who tries to do the right thing. Or, to put it another way, the worst person ever: a foul-mouthed, misanthropic cameraman, trailing creditors, ex-wives and unhappy homeless people in his wake. Men dislike him, women flee from him. Worst. Person. Ever. is a deeply unworthy book about a dreadful human being with absol...
View BookThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid
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Author Taylor Jenkins Reid
Narrator Various
Duration 12h 10m
Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one in the journalism community is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now? Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husban...
View BookAuthor: Marcel Proust
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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
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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: Graham Norton
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Author Graham Norton
Narrator Graham Norton
Duration 7h 30m
Duneen is a quiet place, far enough from the big towns to have kept its own rhythms. Its residents include castdown policeman PJ who lives a lonely, uneventful life punctuated only by the next meal - until now; the beautiful and mysterious family of three spinster sisters each with their own secrets and sorrows; and of course, the town's gossip who...
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