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Nine essential works by C. S. Lewis in one deluxe audio edition: Mere Christianity The Screwtape Letters The Great Divorce Miracles The Problem of Pain A Grief Observed The Abolition of Man The Weight of Glory George MacDonald...

When Darcy’s reputation is irretrievably ruined by a compromising setup, Elizabeth is forced to be Georgiana’s companion. But Darcy’s sister isn’t innocent. When Fitzwilliam Darcy burst into a coaching inn searching for his missing sister, he found George Wickham compromising fifteen-year-old Lydia Bennet. But Wickham had set a trap—and Georgiana Darcy was hiding in her brother's carriage, waiting to elope. Wickham escaped. Darcy stayed. And society assumed the worst. Mr. Collins, the sanctimonious clergyman spurned by Elizabeth Bennet, married Lydia and demanded his 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.

How far would you go to realise your dream? Would you marry a stranger? On paper, it's a perfect match. A strictly business proposal. Once hitched? Can either of them stick to the terms? The Strictly Business Proposal is the first book in the Freshwater Bay Novel Series. Each is a stand-alone story. If you like a romantic, emotional and funny contemporary family saga, then you'll love getting to know the Morgans. Amazon and Goodreads Reviews: ★★★★★ "This book kept me wanting more. A cracking read. Can't wait for the next one." ★★★★★ "This is a terrific love story." ★...

Experience Victor Hugo's epic tale in a refreshed edition designed for today's readers. This adaptation of Les Misérables presents clean, modern formatting, contemporary typography, and gently clarified language that keeps Hugo's voice and power intact. Archaic phrasing is smoothed, long sentences are made more approachable, and footnote clutter is minimized—so you can follow the story with ease while still savoring the grandeur, moral intensity, and lyrical beauty of the original masterpiece. Set against the turmoil of 19th-century France, Les Misérables explores justice, grace, love, ...

Tiny Tim, Bob Cratchit, and Ebenezer Scrooge come to marvelous life in Patrick Stewart's critically-acclaimed solo interpretation of A Christmas Carol. The star of X-Men and The Royal Shakespeare Company, Stewart has performed his one-man stage production of this holiday classic to sell-out audiences.

Ever since Colin Firth's Mr Darcy emerged from the lake in the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, the novels of Jane Austen have become more popular than ever, delighting millions of fans all over the world. Now, Alison Larkin's critically acclaimed narrations of Austen's six completed novels are brought together in this very special 200th anniversary audio edition. "Alison Larkin's narration will captivate listeners from the first sentence" raves AudioFile magazine about the Earphones Award-winning recording of Sense and Sensibility, which starts the collection.

A marriage of convenience. A scandal that forces their hand. A love that refuses to stay practical. When Fitzwilliam Darcy proposes to Elizabeth Bennet, it isn’t for love—it’s to satisfy a will that threatens his family’s fortune. She accepts, believing she can bear a husband of pride and duty. But shared mornings, late-night confessions, and the dangerous comfort of tenderness begin to change everything. When whispers of impropriety reach London, their fragile trust is tested—and desire becomes the one truth neither can ignore. Can a marriage born of necessity survive the weight ...

The complete "box set" of T. H. White's epic fantasy novel of the Arthurian legend. The novel is made up of five parts: "The Sword in the Stone", "The Witch in the Wood", "The Ill-Made Knight", "The Candle in the Wind", and "The Book of Merlyn".

Nos llamaban las mujeres del enemigo, pero como cualquier madre, libré mi propia batalla contra Hitler: evitar que mi hijo se convirtiera en su soldado. Alemania, finales del verano de 1939. Elke, una joven alemana, lo tiene todo: una familia cariñosa, un marido devoto y un despreocupado hijo de siete años que juega en las playas bañadas por el sol. Sin embargo, en un abrir y cerrar de ojos, su mundo se hace añicos al estallar la guerra, implicando a su familia y alterando para siempre el curso de su vida. Cuando su esposo responde a la llamada del Ejército alemán, Elke se queda sola...

John Milton's Paradise Lost is one of the greatest epic poems in the English language. It tells the story of the Fall of Man, a tale of immense drama and excitement, of rebellion and treachery, of innocence pitted against corruption, in which God and Satan fight a bitter battle for control of mankind's destiny.

Doctor Thorne is the third audiobook in Anthony Trollope's series known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire. Long regarded as one of Trollope's greatest works, it is a complex story of love, greed and illegitimacy. Set in fictional Barsetshire, it concerns the romantic challenges facing Doctor Thorne's penniless niece, Mary, and Frank Gresham, the only son of the impoverished squire of Greshambury. Mary falls in love with Frank but he is constrained by the need to marry well to restore the family fortunes.

Renowned poet and critic Clive James presents the crowning achievement of his career: a monumental translation into English verse of Dante’s The Divine Comedy. The Divine Comedy is the precursor of modern literature, and this translation - decades in the making - gives us the entire epic as a single, coherent and compulsively listenable lyric poem. Written in the early 14th century and completed in 1321, the year of Dante’s death, The Divine Comedy is perhaps the greatest work of epic poetry ever composed.

This collection of stories continues the adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle’s much-loved fictional detective. In these intriguing tales, Holmes and Watson solve cases that range from the suspicious to the downright strange, and encounter mysteries as diverse as vanishing staff, secret plans and eccentric lodgers.

Ross Poldark is a heartwarming, gripping, and utterly entertaining saga that brings to life an unforgettable cast of characters and one of the greatest love stories of our age. Ross Poldark returns to Cornwall from war, looking forward to a joyful homecoming with his family and his beloved...

In Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Darcy dramatically changes his attitude toward Elizabeth between his leaving Netherfield Park and encountering her again at Rosings, culminating in his proposal of marriage. In this variation, the author has created circumstances that might induce such a seismic change. Ironically, these circumstances also make their eventual happily ever after virtually impossible. Mr. Darcy, out of family obligations to save Rosings for the family and a misguided plan to gain Elizabeth’s hand for himself, has married his deathly ill cousin, Anne de Bourgh, in a marriage of ...

A Pride and Prejudice Marriage-of-Convenience Romance When tragedy strikes, duty demands a wedding— love was never part of the arrangement. After the sudden death of Mr Bennet, Elizabeth Bennet faces the unthinkable: no dowry, no home, and no future for her sisters. With the family one step from ruin, salvation arrives in the most unlikely form— Fitzwilliam Darcy, aloof and enigmatic, offering a marriage of convenience. Driven by honour, Darcy proposes. Driven by desperation, Elizabeth accepts. Now mistress of Pemberley, she must navigate a world of wealth, judegment, and whispered ...

In the rigid theocracy of Salem, Massachusetts, rumors that women are practicing witchcraft galvanize the town. In a searing portrait of a community engulfed by panic—with ruthless prosecutors, and neighbors eager to testify against neighbor—The Crucible famously mirrors the anti-Communist hysteria that held the United States in its grip in the 1950’s.

When Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published their Children's and Household Tales in 1812, followed by a second volume in 1815, they had no idea that such stories as "Rapunzel", "Hansel and Gretel", and "Cinderella" would become the most celebrated in the world. Yet few people today are familiar with the majority of tales from the two early volumes, since in the next four decades the Grimms would publish six other editions, each extensively revised in content and style.

Abandoned before she could read her letters, given no true education, and shuffled between indifferent relatives, Katherine Howard entered the Tudor court with nothing but charm, youth, and a desperate desire to belong. She would find instead a world eager to use her. Drawing from the surviving State Papers, ambassadorial dispatches, household accounts, and contemporary chronicles, Katherine Howard: A Child Forsaken tells the story not of a temptress, but of a vulnerable girl shaped—then shattered—by the ambitions and desires of men. Raised without guidance, thrust into the glittering ...