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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.

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...

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.

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....

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...

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.

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.

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.

In Revolutionary-era Philadelphia, a fiercely independent young widow is enlisted as an unlikely spy in this riveting novel of danger and sweeping romance by the bestselling author of The First Witch of Boston. Philadelphia, 1776. Beautiful and precocious Alexandra MacInnes, indulged by her...

From the pyramids of Cairo to the cliffs of Cornwall, a sweeping, heart-wrenching tale of war, sacrifice and second chances from bestselling author Lorna Cook. Cornwall, present day. When Australian Tilly Hobbs arrives at Trelenna House, she’s not expecting much, just a job in the café and a...

Efter Napoleonskrigene står det markisen af Meridale frit for at vende tilbage til sit Meridale Castle, men alligevel trækker han tiden i London, før han til sidst er nødsaget til at vende tilbage til sit liv og sin kærlighed, Annabelle, i Meridale. Men snart trækker det op til storm og...

I 1650 under Frederik III's København lever mange personligheder, som drives af deres lyster og laster. I bogen møder læseren blandt andet Leonora Christine, Dronning Sophie Amalie og skøgen Dina Vinhofvers, som er nogle af de farverige personer, der udgør de fordærvede kvinder...

Da Rollo Ling arver titlen som den 6. Jarl af Hallington, bliver han pludselig feteret af ambitiøse mødre med giftefærdige døtre. Han helliger sig dog de gifte kvinder, som selv Prinsen af Wales har et vågnet øje til. På Hallington Hall venter man spændt på, at jarlen skal komme, og...

En kvinde født i Romeriget i det fjerde århundrede havde ikke mange valg. Overklassepigen, den selvstændige og beslutsomme Charis, insisterer dog på ikke at lade sig undertrykke. For at undgå et tvangsægteskab flygter hun til byen Alexandria, hvor hun forfølger sin drøm om at blive læge...

Herremanden Alonso Quixano, der har forlæst sig på ridderromaner, får den fikse idé at tage ud på de spanske landeveje som den vandrende ridder Don Quijote for at tage kampen op med kæmper, troldmænd og anden ondskab, han måtte støde på. Han hyrer derfor den noget enfoldige bonde...

Gør dig klar til det første spændende bind i serien Skumringstid - en fortælling om kærlighed, forræderi og en usædvanlig magtfuld ung kvinde. Rakel Ovreids oprindelse har altid været et mysterium. Som barn kom hun flydende i en robåd, alene langs floden, men voksede siden op hos et...

French-raised and warmhearted, Catherine “Coquette” Cassilis arrives at her uncle’s austere Scottish manse and lights a spark in a parish bound by kirk and custom. Her kindness wins allies, but her heart betrays her: the world-weary Lord Earlshope, a man chained to a past he cannot name...

Første bind i Polarnætter - en serie om kærlighed, lidenskab og tab, der udspiller sig i et barskt og betagende arktisk landskab. Da unge Tora Lyngvik møder den charmerende og smukke Anton Knutsen ved hun, at han er hendes livs kærlighed. Der går ikke lang tid, før de er forlovet, men da...

I første del af Sandra Gullands trilogi følger vi Josephines opvækst på Martinique, flytningen til Paris og ægteskabet med den smukke, intelligente og dameglade Alexandre. Vi oplever revolutionen, mødet med Napoleon og vækkelsen af passionen, der er indledningen til ægteskabet med en af...