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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.

In this Audible Exclusive production, Academy Award® nominee Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) narrates one of Jane Austen’s most beloved works, Sense and Sensibility. In this timeless tale of misguided romance and heartbreak, two teenage heroines must overcome the pitfalls of Georgian England’s high society in order to achieve the love and happiness they seek. The admiration that Pike has for Austen’s work is shown clearly through this passionate delivery of Austen’s first published novel.

Meet Keiko. Keiko is 36 years old. She's never had a boyfriend, and she's been working in the same supermarket for eighteen years. Keiko's family wishes she'd get a proper job. Her friends wonder why she won't get married. But Keiko knows what makes her happy, and she's not going to let anyone come between her and her convenience store.

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 days in Tokyo, adrift in a...

The instant Sunday Times #1 bestseller THE ULTIMATE TALE OF COURAGE AND SACRIFICE FROM THE MASTER STORYTELLER November 11th, 1918. As the guns of the Great War fall silent, two babies draw their first breath. Eve is the daughter of an Earl. Adam, a shepherd's son. Yet from their first meeting...

Persuasion, Jane Austen's last novel, is a tale of love and marriage told with irony and insight. Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth have met and seperated years before. Their reunion, after the passage or irrecoverable years of their youth, forces a recognition of the false values that drove them apart.

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.

This hugely engaging story of murder, superstition, religious politics and drama in a medieval monastery was one of the most striking novels to appear in the 1980s. The Name of the Rose is a thrilling story enriched with period detail and laced with tongue-in-cheek allusions to fictional characters, the most striking of which is the Franciscan friar William of Baskerville, who displays many characteristics of Sherlock Holmes.

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....

Following Jane from her childhood as an orphan in Northern England through her experience as a governess at Thornfield Hall, Charlotte Brontë's Gothic classic is an early exploration of women's independence in the mid-19th century and the pervasive societal challenges women had to endure. At Thornfield, Jane meets the complex and mysterious Mr. Rochester, with whom she shares a complicated relationship that ultimately forces her to reconcile the conflicting passions of romantic love and religious piety.

Exiled for 20 years, Lucien never planned to return to England. But with the mysterious deaths of his father and brother, it seems the new Lord Crane has inherited an earldom. He's also inherited his family's enemies. He needs magical assistance, fast. He doesn't expect it to turn up angry. Magician Stephen Day has good reason to hate Crane's family. Unfortunately, it's his job to deal with supernatural threats. Besides, the earl is unlike any aristocrat he's ever met, with the tattoos, the attitude...and the way Crane seems determined to get him into bed.

When the luxurious overnight passenger train from Calais to the Riviera, known as the Blue Train, arrives in Nice, a guard goes into the compartment of American heiress, Ruth Kettering and attempts to wake her. Unfortunately, she will never wake up, as she is dead, having been killed by a heavy blow to her head, disfiguring her almost beyond recognition. What is more, her precious ruby, known as the 'Heart of Fire', is missing. The prime suspect is Ruth’s estranged husband, but detective Hercule Poirot, who also just happens to be a passenger on the train, is not convinced.

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.

Aus Angst um ihr Leben nimmt Miss Lillian Hamilton eine neue Identität an und flieht nach London. Verzweifelt versucht sie, sich vor jenen zu verbergen, die ihr nach dem Leben trachten. Doch eine schicksalhafte Begegnung mit dem sündhaft attraktiven Duke of Thorncastle eröffnet ihr einen...

Lorsque la fougueuse Lady Cecily Alderley se retrouve partagée entre un prétendant bon et honorable et le sombrement irrésistible vicomte Tristan Ainsley, elle est contrainte d’affronter la seule chose à laquelle elle a toujours refusé de se fier : son propre cœur. Tristan est le seul...

Verliebt bis über beide Ohren, oder ist alles nur gespielt? Cornelias Heiratsaussichten sind gleich null, da ihr Name mit einem alten Skandal in Verbindung gebracht wird. Burnell ist genau die Art von gefährlichem Mann, der sie abgeschworen hat – und sich als seine Verlobte auszugeben, kann...

Finden Emma und Elias das Glück, um das ihre Vorfahren so verzweifelt kämpften? Nach dem schweren Autounfall auf Hawaii liegt Elias im Koma. An seinem Krankenbett lernt Emma dessen Mutter und Schwester noch besser kennen und spürt eine enge Verbindung zu den Frauen. Sie begibt sich auf...

Continue the adventure in this thrilling sequel to Cliff's Edge… Picture a time in your youth, growing up on your father’s island plantation—happy, safe, and free. Now, imagine that peaceful world being torn away as the British bomb your home. Katherine lived through that as her family...

A mining lawyer trapped in a lawless Colorado boomtown. A cynical Pinkerton agent with a dangerous past. A high-altitude peril where logic defies history.Amber Kelly, a sharp mining lawyer and amateur paleontologist, builds her life on logic and proven facts. But logic shatters when she finds an...

Amazon Bestseller FROM AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR C.C. JIRȮN: A clairvoyant bookstore owner, A 500-year-old Bible, and a ghost’s desperate plea:"Por favor! Encuentra a mi familia! - Please! Find my family!" Inspired by 5 centuries of Spanish, Mexican, Irish and Native American family lore, all...