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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.

La vie du frère d'Aylana ne tient plus qu'à un fil, et la seule manière de le sauver est d'obtenir la clémence du roi. Son unique espoir s'appelle James Eastlake, l'un des libertins les plus notoires du pays et l'un des rares hommes capables de s'adresser directement à Sa Majesté. Ce qui commence comme une alliance forcée se transforme bientôt en un dangereux jeu d'orgueil, de tension et de désir contenu.

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....

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.

Brought to you by Penguin. The haunting love story that turned Murakami into a literary superstar. When he hears her favourite Beatles song, Toru Watanabe recalls his first love Naoko, the girlfriend of his best friend Kizuki. Immediately he is transported back almost twenty years to his student...

Sophie Beckett never dreamed she'd be able to sneak into Lady Bridgerton's famed masquerade ball, or that 'Prince Charming' would be waiting there for her!Even though she's the daughter of an earl, Sophie has been relegated to the role of servant by her disdainful stepmother. But now, spinning in the strong arms of the debonair and devastatingly handsome Benedict Bridgerton, she feels like royalty. Alas, she knows all enchantments must end when the clock strikes midnight.

A spellbinding epic tale of ambition, anarchy and absolute power set against the sprawling medieval canvas of twelfth-century England, The Pillars of the Earth is Ken Follett's classic historical masterpiece. A MASON WITH A DREAM 1135 and civil war, famine and religious strife abound. With his...

By all accounts, Simon Basset is on the verge of proposing to his best friend's sister - the lovely and almost-on-the-shelf - Daphne Bridgerton. But the two of them know the truth - it's all an elaborate ruse to keep Simon free from marriage-minded society mothers. And as for Daphne, surely she will attract some worthy suitors now that it seems a duke has declared her desirable. But as Daphne waltzes across ballroom after ballroom with Simon, it's hard to remember that their courtship is a sham. 

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.

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.

She’s out to ruin him. He’s determined to charm her. Only one can win. Miss Juliana Astley is far too clever to fall for a silver-tongued duke—particularly one foolish enough to wager on stealing a kiss from her. So when she overhears the Duke of Windsor boasting to his friends and discovers he has written her name in White’s infamous betting book, she does not swoon.

From USA Today bestselling author Scarlett Scott comes a steamy, emotional happily-ever-after between a cynical rake and the forbidden sister of his best friend . . . The Duke of Kingham delights in doing bad deeds, which is why no one is more surprised than King when he decides to do a very...

A gothic romance where passion defies death and Mr. Darcy's darkest secret could destroy him—and the woman he loves. When Fitzwilliam Darcy arrives in Hertfordshire, his proud reserve hides a secret far darker than Elizabeth Bennet could ever imagine. Beneath his impeccable manners and quiet...

He's a professional. She's an amateur. There can be only one victor... Bird enthusiast Lark Fernside will stop at nothing to prove she has a place in the male-dominated, bird-observing community. When the chance comes to prove her worth by joining an excursion across England, she jumps at the...

When Perdita McKell's brother Lennox asks her for help to fund his harebrained scheme to renovate a tumbledown Scottish castle, she fears it will only end in disaster. The castle in question, Dunaire Castle, was the seventeenth-century home to their ancestor, the Earl George McKell, so Perdita can understand Lennox's romantic notion that they should be the rightful owners and the ones to love it back to life. Slowly and in ways Perdita could never have expected, Dunaire Castle begins to reveal its secrets; secrets and choices that have shaped the lives of generations of her family.

Nothing has gone as it should… Balar led his band of five brothers from the warring savannahs in the south to the human land of Eirea on the promise of two things: safety and mates. In the growing village outside the human city of Dundúran, they've found the first. Yet, year after year, Balar...

It's 1816. The wars with France and America are over. Everard Anderson de Anglada thought he'd be a hero by now, and that it would mean something. Instead, the twenty-year Royal Navy career man sails the peacetimes Great Lakes, demoted to captain of a tiny, ten-gun schooner. When Preston D'Arcy...

William, Earl of Ashford, and Violet Hayes had known each other since childhood—he, heir to a great title, and she, the daughter of his father's stable master and the cook. What began as innocent friendship blossomed into stolen kisses and whispered vows. William swore their love would cross...

Love may demand the ultimate betrayal of loyalty. Agnes Sinclair, daughter to the Earl of Caithness, has been sent to Stirling Castle to make her debut and become one of the queen's ladies in waiting. Traveling with her uncle, John Sinclair, she scarce pays attention to his prattling on about...

Cuando el conde de Ashford recibe una misión inesperada, su mundo se desestabiliza por completo. Alexander, seductor empedernido y orgulloso soltero, detesta la idea del matrimonio y aún más la de encargarse del futuro sentimental de una debutante. Jade, una joven brillante, sensible y llena de carácter, no está dispuesta a dejarse dirigir por un desconocido arrogante. Pero cuanto más intentan evitarse, más evidente se vuelve la atracción que nace entre ellos: un juego de ingenio, orgullo y deseo capaz de derribar incluso las convicciones más sólidas.