Northanger Abbey

Persuasion

• UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 38 mins)
• By Jane Austen
• Narrated By Flo Gibson

Howards End

• UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 48 mins)
• By E.M. Forster
• Narrated By John Franklyn-Robbins
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E.M. Forster's Howards End is a vivid portrait of London's golden age, before World War I forever changed its values and culture. Forster brings the great city's upper classes to life, detailing their grandiose spending habits, popular fads, Monet and Debussy, the rise of feminism, and the beginnings of urbanization. More than a mere idealization of pre-war London, Howards End provides insightful commentary on the rapid societal changes that occurred at the onset of the 20th century. Masterfully blending the stories of three vastly different groups of people - the independently wealthy, educated Schlegels; the nouveau riche Wilcoxes; and the ambitious but struggling Leonard Bast - Forster weaves a wonderfully rich, unforgettably poignant novel.

Hard Times

• UNABRIDGED (13 hrs and 9 mins)
• By Charles Dickens
• Narrated By Patrick Tull

In the spare, no-nonsense Gradgrind household, Tom and Louisa are raised according to their father's unyielding guiding philosophy: facts - nothing but facts. But while a ban on imagination is mere policy for the Gradgrind children, lack of whimsy is a necessary survival skill in Coketown, the grimy and grim working-class burg devoted to nothing but the relentless advance of industry...

Mansfield Park

• UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 53 mins)
• By Jane Austen
• Narrated By Flo Gibson
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One of Jane Austen's most complex and mature works, Mansfield Park shows the writer at the top of her form, tackling the manners and customs of early 19th-century society with wit and irony that still resonate with readers two centuries after the book's initial publication. Flo Gibson's compelling narration gives perfect voice to the trials and tribulations of Fanny Price, sent at a young age to live with her rich relations.

Jane Eyre

• UNABRIDGED (18 hrs and 27 mins)
• By Charlotte Bronte
• Narrated By Flo Gibson
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Jane Eyre, a young orphan, leads a lonely life at a boarding school until she's old enough to take a job as a governess for the wealthy and mysterious Mr. Rochester. Over time, she falls in love with her stern employer, but happiness still eludes her - even on her wedding day. What is the mad secret Rochester is hiding?