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One of Jane Austen’s most beloved works, Pride and Prejudice, is vividly brought to life by Academy Award nominee Rosamund Pike ( Gone Girl). In her bright and energetic performance of this British classic, she expertly captures Austen’s signature wit and tone. Her attention to detail, her literary background, and her performance in the 2005 feature film version of the novel provide the perfect foundation from which to convey the story of Elizabeth Bennet, her four sisters, and the inimitable Mr. Darcy.

The unapologetic intensity with which Emily Brontë wrote this story ensures that it will forever be considered one of the greatest works of English literature. A passionate tale of a chaotic and often violent love, Wuthering Heights transcends your average romance and, with its Gothic undertones, takes the listener on a journey through one man's lustful hunt for revenge.

Pride and Prejudice has delighted generations of readers with its unforgettable cast of characters, carefully choreographed plot, and a hugely entertaining view of the world and its absurdities. With the arrival of eligible young men in their neighbourhood, the lives of Mr and Mrs Bennet and their five daughters are turned inside out and upside down.

Why we think it’s a great listen: An all-time Audible favorite that mixes historic fiction, adventure, and romance with one of the most fascinating literary devices: time travel. Outlander introduces an exhilarating world of heroism and breathtaking thrills as one woman is torn between past and present, passion and love. In 1945, former combat nurse Claire Randall returns from World War II and joins her husband for a second honeymoon. But their blissful reunion is shattered....

Renowned as much for her wit and satirical social commentary as for her stories of love and romance, Jane Austen remains unfailingly relevant and one of Britain’s best loved authors. In this Audible Original collection, an all-star list of narrators (Billie Piper, Claire Foy, Emma Thompson, Florence Pugh and Gugu Mbatha-Raw) capture Austen’s pin-sharp humour and tone in these dramatisations of her six beloved novels accompanied by a full cast.

The only novel written by Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights was originally published under the pseudonym Ellis Bell, and at first was thought to be the work of Emily's sister, Charlotte, the author of the classic, Jane Eyre. Wuthering Heights tells the tale of Heathcliff, a young orphaned gypsy boy, who is brought to the windswept moors of Yorkshire by Mr. Earnshaw, the master of Wuthering Heights.

“Feed this directly into my veins.” —Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author From the bestselling author of Hungerstone, an intoxicating and chilling gothic horror novel that reimagines Hamlet with a seductive sapphic twist—and where the only thing more dangerous than a...

Pacto entre caballeros, 4 Su capacidad de observación y deducción innatas hacen de lord Darrell Ridley el perfecto detective que Bow Street necesita. Aunque está enamorado de una dama, no se considera adecuado para ella porque no es más que un segundo hijo que tiene que ganarse la vida...

Para que tu estirpe sobreviva, necesitarás al enemigo Bluebell Wadlow ha escapado de su hogar. Para sortear la maldición que persigue a su familia, su padre quiere desposarla con don Diego de Valterra. Blue sabe que, si accede a esa boda con el español, pasará el resto de su vida en una...

El mundo de Rembrandt, el maestro de la luz; una época y una trama cautivadoras en torno a una promesa incumplida. Amsterdam, 1642. Geertje es una joven viuda que se ha quedado sin nada; ya era pobre y para colmo de males también ha perdido a su marido. Cuando le surge la oportunidad de entrar...

Proof Of Love - A Pemberley Tale is a Pride and Prejudice variation. Not a simple retelling, it is an intriguing new story that does not follow canon. During his second year at Cambridge, a young Fitzwilliam Darcy accompanies a classmate to Lucas Lodge in Meryton for the holidays. While there, he encounters a girl of sixteen who instantly captures his attention and soon after, his heart.

Haunted by a dark past and resolved to a loveless future, Greer Hastings has accepted her lot in life. She will marry a man of her uncle’s choosing to better their family’s station. First, however, she will see her friend and her children freed from her uncle’s clutches. An impossible feat. Or so it seems until her long-lost mother returns alongside a Scotsman who makes an offer she can’t refuse.

Crow Creek is a frontier love story forged in land, water, and blood. In 1884 Wyoming Territory, Elena Cortez returns to the land that broke her family. Years earlier, a powerful rancher diverted Crow Creek’s water, killing her family’s sheep and forcing them to leave. Now, Elena stakes a homestead on the same ground—alone, determined, and unwilling to be driven off again.

Only imagine a summer by the sea. Perhaps you will meet the love of your life. When Elizabeth Bennet inherits a crumbling seaside mansion in Brighton, she expects renovation headaches but not romantic chaos. All plans for a peaceful restoration are shattered when the Viscount Saye rents the property before it's even remotely habitable and arrives to stay with his cousin Mr. Darcy in his party.

Grady’s been running his ranch and farm just fine on his own since his daddy died. But when young Jesse Cole blows up on his porch, Grady hesitates before sending him on. There’s something in the way Cole turns to leave that makes Grady want to pull him back in. There are murmurs in town about the kind of boy Cole is. The kinds of things he’s done. But as they work together and then start helping each other out because that’s just what buddies do on the land, Grady begins to feel something he’s never felt before. Something not ‘just buddies’ at all.

Ein abgelegtes Gelübde, ein Herz auf dem Spiel und eine Liebe, für die es sich zu kämpfen lohnt... Evangeline Winchester hat ihr Leben unter dem kontrollierenden Blick ihrer Stiefmutter verbracht, gefangen in einer Welt voller Pflichten und Opfer. Doch als der gutaussehende und geheimnisvolle Duke von Emberleigh, Nicholas Blackwood, in ihr Leben tritt, beginnt sie, auf eine Zukunft voller Liebe und Freiheit zu hoffen.

In the golden summer of 1941, the world is at war, but for Harley and Jessica, the only battle that matters is the one against their own racing hearts. Harley is a charismatic dreamer, a boy with a grease-stained shirt and a devil-may-care smile who can fix anything with his hands. Jessica is his opposite: a brilliant, sharp-witted beauty who sees the world in facts and figures, yet finds herself utterly powerless to his charm.

Magdalene la Batarde knows there is trouble brewing in Oxford, with King Stephen bringing together his great council, and her patron, William of Ypres, immediately summoning her. But she never expected it would involve murder.

Alexander Grant had already built a legendary clan, won the favor of kings, and raised warriors who shook the Highlands. But his greatest challenges—and deepest joys—came in his later years. As Scotland's fight for independence raged, Alex stood beside Robert the Bruce, guiding his grandbairns through battle after battle. He watched a new generation of Grants rise: fierce, loyal, and every bit as formidable as the warriors he'd trained decades before.

Antike Gräber, düstere Gassen im London des 19. Jahrhunderts, Schatten und Verfolger, Mord und Tee zur richtigen Stunde – garniert mit Liebe, Missverständnissen und Vorurteilen. Ein Roman für unterhaltsam-schaurige Stunden.Carla Jakobson ist eine junge Kunsthändlerin aus Mainz. Als sie von der neuesten antiken Errungenschaft des Earls of Cumberland erfährt, macht sie sich nach England auf, um sie mit eigenen Augen zu sehen. Unangekündigt erscheint sie eines Morgens auf Green Hill Hall. Mit ihr kommt Bewegung in den bis dahin beschaulichen Alltag.Sie bleibt nicht der einzige Gast.