-
Desiree's Baby
- Narrated by: B.J. Harrison
- Length: 14 mins
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Prime members: New to Audible?Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Desiree's Baby
Buy for $3.89
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Listeners also enjoyed...
-
The Yellow Wallpaper
- By: Charlotte Perkins Gilman
- Narrated by: Jo Myddleton
- Length: 35 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,080
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 924
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 918
Instructed to abandon her intellectual life and avoid stimulating company, she sinks into a still-deeper depression invisible to her husband, who believes he knows what is best for her. Alone in the yellow-wallpapered nursery of a rented house, she descends into madness.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
A Visceral Reaction
- By Em on 05-02-12
-
The Story of an Hour
- By: Kate Chopin
- Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
- Length: 7 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 50
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 44
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 44
Kate Chopin's brilliant short story about an hour in the life of a young wife. When news arrives that Louise's husband has been killed in a railroad accident, her family and friends are careful to break it to her gently, knowing that she has a heart condition. Louise locks herself in her room for an hour, during which she realizes that this bereavement is the start of a new life of freedom and independence. But a much greater shock awaits her when she leaves her room and goes downstairs....
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
A brilliant little story
- By Areader on 10-05-14
By: Kate Chopin
-
A Pair of Silk Stockings
- By: Kate Chopin
- Narrated by: Arielle DeLisle
- Length: 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 8
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
Kate Chopin is a widely considered a forerunner to the feminist authors of the twentieth century. Focusing on themes of race andgender, her short stories largely center on life in rural Louisiana. In "A Pair of Silk Stockings," a young woman unexpected finds herself with fifteen dollars.Inspired by her newfound wealth, she ignores her natural impulses and indulgesin a day of luxurious abandon. A wistful rumination on loss and the illusion ofcontrol, "A Pair of Silk Stockings" is Chopin at her absolute best.
By: Kate Chopin
-
Old New York
- By: Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir, Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 137
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 120
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 121
Spanning four decades in the mid-19th century, the interconnected novellas of Old New York lay out in vivid detail the complex and inscrutable codes, customs, and taboos of New York society in classic Wharton style.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
narration
- By Alissa on 01-31-23
By: Edith Wharton
-
The Awakening
- By: Kate Chopin
- Narrated by: Shelly Frasier
- Length: 5 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 307
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 232
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 232
Edna Pontellier is married, twenty-eight, and at the cross road of her life. She is passionate and artistic, but has no one who understands her deep yearnings. She jumps at the chance to spend a summer away from her husband and the heat of New Orleans at a small costal retreat.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Amazing Story with So-So Narration
- By Lucy on 11-02-06
By: Kate Chopin
-
The Great Gatsby
- By: F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Narrated by: Jake Gyllenhaal
- Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 23,114
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 20,347
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 20,311
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic American novel of the Roaring Twenties is beloved by generations of readers and stands as his crowning work. This new audio edition, authorized by the Fitzgerald estate, is narrated by Oscar-nominated actor Jake Gyllenhaal (Brokeback Mountain). Gyllenhaal's performance is a faithful delivery in the voice of Nick Carraway, the Midwesterner turned New York bond salesman, who rents a small house next door to the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby....
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Simple, Beautiful, and Exquisitely Textured
- By Darwin8u on 04-09-13
-
The Yellow Wallpaper
- By: Charlotte Perkins Gilman
- Narrated by: Jo Myddleton
- Length: 35 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,080
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 924
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 918
Instructed to abandon her intellectual life and avoid stimulating company, she sinks into a still-deeper depression invisible to her husband, who believes he knows what is best for her. Alone in the yellow-wallpapered nursery of a rented house, she descends into madness.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
A Visceral Reaction
- By Em on 05-02-12
-
The Story of an Hour
- By: Kate Chopin
- Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
- Length: 7 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 50
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 44
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 44
Kate Chopin's brilliant short story about an hour in the life of a young wife. When news arrives that Louise's husband has been killed in a railroad accident, her family and friends are careful to break it to her gently, knowing that she has a heart condition. Louise locks herself in her room for an hour, during which she realizes that this bereavement is the start of a new life of freedom and independence. But a much greater shock awaits her when she leaves her room and goes downstairs....
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
A brilliant little story
- By Areader on 10-05-14
By: Kate Chopin
-
A Pair of Silk Stockings
- By: Kate Chopin
- Narrated by: Arielle DeLisle
- Length: 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 8
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
Kate Chopin is a widely considered a forerunner to the feminist authors of the twentieth century. Focusing on themes of race andgender, her short stories largely center on life in rural Louisiana. In "A Pair of Silk Stockings," a young woman unexpected finds herself with fifteen dollars.Inspired by her newfound wealth, she ignores her natural impulses and indulgesin a day of luxurious abandon. A wistful rumination on loss and the illusion ofcontrol, "A Pair of Silk Stockings" is Chopin at her absolute best.
By: Kate Chopin
-
Old New York
- By: Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir, Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 137
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 120
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 121
Spanning four decades in the mid-19th century, the interconnected novellas of Old New York lay out in vivid detail the complex and inscrutable codes, customs, and taboos of New York society in classic Wharton style.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
narration
- By Alissa on 01-31-23
By: Edith Wharton
-
The Awakening
- By: Kate Chopin
- Narrated by: Shelly Frasier
- Length: 5 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 307
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 232
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 232
Edna Pontellier is married, twenty-eight, and at the cross road of her life. She is passionate and artistic, but has no one who understands her deep yearnings. She jumps at the chance to spend a summer away from her husband and the heat of New Orleans at a small costal retreat.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Amazing Story with So-So Narration
- By Lucy on 11-02-06
By: Kate Chopin
-
The Great Gatsby
- By: F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Narrated by: Jake Gyllenhaal
- Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 23,114
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 20,347
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 20,311
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic American novel of the Roaring Twenties is beloved by generations of readers and stands as his crowning work. This new audio edition, authorized by the Fitzgerald estate, is narrated by Oscar-nominated actor Jake Gyllenhaal (Brokeback Mountain). Gyllenhaal's performance is a faithful delivery in the voice of Nick Carraway, the Midwesterner turned New York bond salesman, who rents a small house next door to the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby....
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Simple, Beautiful, and Exquisitely Textured
- By Darwin8u on 04-09-13
-
They Both Die at the End
- By: Adam Silvera
- Narrated by: Michael Crouch, Robbie Daymond, Bahni Turpin
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7,571
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,725
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6,711
On September 5, a little after midnight, Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio to give them some bad news: They're going to die today. Mateo and Rufus are total strangers, but, for different reasons, they're both looking to make a new friend on their End Day. The good news: There's an app for that. It's called The Last Friend, and through it Rufus and Mateo are about to meet up for one last great adventure - to live a lifetime in a single day.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
My heart..
- By Shay on 10-03-17
By: Adam Silvera
-
To Build a Fire
- By: Jack London
- Narrated by: Peter Husmann
- Length: 41 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,032
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 882
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 884
"He travels fastest who travels alone...but not after the frost has dropped below zero 50 degrees or more." (Yukon Code) Jack London’s best short story.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
THE ABSENCE OF SUN
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 01-05-17
By: Jack London
-
Young Goodman Brown
- By: Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Narrated by: B.J. Harrison
- Length: 40 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 236
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 212
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 213
How long would you walk, if the Devil sauntered up to you of an evening, and journeyed alongside of you? Young Goodman Brown is led by the Devil to a midnight ritual, where fire, blood, and water change his opinions of the nature of humanity.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Enjoyable
- By Russell Bernard on 04-13-18
-
Recitatif
- A Story
- By: Toni Morrison, Zadie Smith - Introduction
- Narrated by: Zadie Smith, Bahni Turpin
- Length: 1 hr and 54 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 182
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 161
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 158
In this 1983 short story - the only short story Morrison ever wrote - we meet Twyla and Roberta, who have known each other since they were eight years old and spent four months together as roommates in St. Bonaventure shelter. Inseparable then, they lose touch as they grow older, only later to find each other again at a diner, a grocery store, and again at a protest. Seemingly at opposite ends of every problem, and at each other's throats each time they meet, the two women still cannot deny the deep bond their shared experience has forged between them.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Read the introduction last
- By Robert C Purnell on 02-01-22
By: Toni Morrison, and others
-
The Cask of Amontillado
- By: Edgar Allan Poe
- Narrated by: B.J. Harrison
- Length: 15 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 289
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 258
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 258
The bloody-minded Montresor leads the pompous Fortunato deep into the catacombs, seeking the famed Amontillado wine. Here we have one of Poe’s most terrifying, and most “beloved” tales. Revenge and pomposity commingle beneath the river’s bed, leading to a delightfully sinister conclusion.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Get a better mic
- By Jordan Stclaire on 08-03-19
By: Edgar Allan Poe
-
The Open Boat
- By: Stephen Crane
- Narrated by: Richard Rohan
- Length: 58 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 46
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 35
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 34
As a well-paid war correspondent, Stephen Crane was shipwrecked en route to Cuba in early 1897. He and a small party of passengers spent 30 hours adrift off the coast of Florida, an experience that Crane would later transform into this, his most famous short story, in 1898.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Worth hearing again
- By HamIAm on 09-15-15
By: Stephen Crane
-
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
- Collected Stories of the Supernatural
- By: Ambrose Bierce
- Narrated by: Mark Hammer
- Length: 2 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 172
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 145
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 142
American journalist, short story writer, and poet, Ambrose Bierce is best known for his formidably vicious wit - given free rein in his famous column, "The Prattler." But his stories were elegantly crafted, with a compelling blend of realistic detail, clever plot twists, and his own sardonic humor. These 8 macabre stories, read here by Mark Hammer, establish Bierce as a master of the genre.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Well Read!
- By KT on 05-05-21
By: Ambrose Bierce
-
The House in the Middle of the Street
- By: Jennifer Sklias-Gahan
- Narrated by: Jennifer Sklias-Gahan
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 20
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 19
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 19
On the very last day of the year, Rebecca prepared a "special" bread for her family's first New Year's Eve together. As she opened the kitchen window to let in the cool winter breeze, she heard a sturdy knocking at their front door. She peeped out the window and saw two children standing there, a boy and a girl.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
A fitting tale for a new year
- By Anonymous User on 01-14-24
-
Collected Stories of William Faulkner
- By: William Faulkner
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer, Susan Denaker, Scott Brick, and others
- Length: 31 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 286
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 210
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 212
This magisterial collection of short works by Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner reminds listeners of his ability to compress his epic vision into narratives as hard and wounding as bullets. Among the 42 selections in this audiobook are such classics as "A Bear Hunt", "A Rose for Emily", "Two Soldiers", and "The Brooch".
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Audiobook Table of Contents (by Chapter)
- By Anonymous User on 09-27-20
By: William Faulkner
-
The Luck of Roaring Camp
- By: Bret Harte
- Narrated by: Laurence Olivier
- Length: 28 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
Here, Laurence Olivier tells the tale of Thomas Luck in this adaptation of Bret Harte's The Luck of Roaring Camp, first published in Overland Monthly in 1868. During the Californian gold rush a child is born to the only woman in the camp and, for a short time, he indeed brings luck. "Theatre Royal" is a series of radio dramas first broadcast by the BBC in 1953 and in the USA soon after. Starring many of Britain's finest actors, it was the only radio series in which Lord Olivier took a major role.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Winning combination of grit & color
- By Richard A. Rawson on 01-06-21
By: Bret Harte
-
The Souls of Black Folk
- By: W. E. B. Du Bois
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,092
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,793
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,791
“The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line,” writes Du Bois, in one of the most prophetic works in all of American literature. First published in 1903, this collection of 15 essays dared to describe the racism that prevailed at that time in America—and to demand an end to it. Du Bois’ writing draws on his early experiences, from teaching in the hills of Tennessee, to the death of his infant son, to his historic break with the conciliatory position of Booker T. Washington.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Essays of 'life and love and strife and failure'
- By ESK on 02-08-13
By: W. E. B. Du Bois
-
The Crucible
- By: Arthur Miller
- Narrated by: Stacy Keach, Richard Dreyfuss, Ed Begley Jr., and others
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,559
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,264
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,261
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.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Abridged Version
- By Michael G. Stoffel on 05-07-12
By: Arthur Miller
Publisher's summary
Désirée and Armand’s marriage was passionate and loving. But everything changes when their baby is born, who appears to be of mixed race.
Set before the Civil War in Louisiana, and originally published on January 14, 1893, Kate Chopin shines a light on the antebellum culture, which rendered some of the most vulnerable absolutely powerless.
Related to this topic
-
Old New York
- By: Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir, Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 137
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 120
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 121
Spanning four decades in the mid-19th century, the interconnected novellas of Old New York lay out in vivid detail the complex and inscrutable codes, customs, and taboos of New York society in classic Wharton style.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
narration
- By Alissa on 01-31-23
By: Edith Wharton
-
Dawn of the Morning
- By: Grace Livingston Hill
- Narrated by: Paula Faye Leinweber
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 47
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 42
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 42
Dawn of the Morning is the story of a young woman coming of age in the early 1800s. Having never known a loving home, she is sent away to school by her hard and unfeeling father and stepmother, and a marriage is arranged for her to a man she dislikes and fears.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Outstanding!
- By MrsAlex on 05-07-19
-
Pavilion of Women
- By: Pearl S. Buck
- Narrated by: Adam Verner
- Length: 15 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 449
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 384
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 385
On her 40th birthday, Madame Wu carries out a decision she has been planning for a long time: she tells her husband that after 24 years their physical life together is now over and she wishes him to take a second wife. The House of Wu, one of the oldest and most revered in China, is thrown into an uproar by her decision, but Madame Wu will not be dissuaded and arranges for a young country girl to come take her place in bed.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Horrible narration!
- By C. Boatenreiter on 06-17-15
By: Pearl S. Buck
-
Ramona
- The Heart and Conscience of Early California
- By: Helent Hunt Jackson
- Narrated by: Boots Martin
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 109
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 89
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 88
Termed the Uncle Tom's Cabin of the southwestern Indians and the first protest novel of California, Ramona is the story of 3 cultures - Indian, Mexican, and Anglo - locked in combat. The upheaval and injustice are humanized through the romance of a beautiful half-Indian orphan who grow up as the ward of Señora Moreno in privileged surroundings, then falls in love with an Indian and joins him in a life of poverty and tragedy. The Ramona Pageant in Hemet, California, based on this romance, has played each year since 1923, reenacting the transition period between Mexican traditions and the new U.S. and state governments.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
Not The Full Book
- By Kimberley on 03-23-16
-
Peony
- A Novel of China
- By: Pearl S. Buck
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 404
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 334
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 334
Young Peony is sold into a rich Chinese household as a bondmaid - an awkward role in which she is more a servant, but less a daughter. As she grows into a lovely, provocative young woman, Peony falls in love with the family's only son. However, tradition forbids them to wed. How she resolves her love for him and her devotion to her adoptive family unfolds in this profound tale, based on true events in China over a century ago.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Jews in China
- By Jean on 04-22-12
By: Pearl S. Buck
-
The Enchanted Barn
- By: Grace Livingston Hill
- Narrated by: Anne Hancock
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 173
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 147
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 148
Shirley Hollister is desperate. She, her ailing mother, and her four siblings are being forced out of their cramped city apartment. Where to go on her meager stenographer's salary? On a whim, she takes a trolley ride into the countryside and spies a barn: spacious, full of light, and surrounded by God's wondrous nature. Her new landlord, Sidney Graham, is intrigued by this lovely young woman and her plans to turn his abandoned barn into a home.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
charming and uplifting
- By Kristie Spencer on 06-28-18
-
Old New York
- By: Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir, Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 137
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 120
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 121
Spanning four decades in the mid-19th century, the interconnected novellas of Old New York lay out in vivid detail the complex and inscrutable codes, customs, and taboos of New York society in classic Wharton style.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
narration
- By Alissa on 01-31-23
By: Edith Wharton
-
Dawn of the Morning
- By: Grace Livingston Hill
- Narrated by: Paula Faye Leinweber
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 47
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 42
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 42
Dawn of the Morning is the story of a young woman coming of age in the early 1800s. Having never known a loving home, she is sent away to school by her hard and unfeeling father and stepmother, and a marriage is arranged for her to a man she dislikes and fears.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Outstanding!
- By MrsAlex on 05-07-19
-
Pavilion of Women
- By: Pearl S. Buck
- Narrated by: Adam Verner
- Length: 15 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 449
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 384
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 385
On her 40th birthday, Madame Wu carries out a decision she has been planning for a long time: she tells her husband that after 24 years their physical life together is now over and she wishes him to take a second wife. The House of Wu, one of the oldest and most revered in China, is thrown into an uproar by her decision, but Madame Wu will not be dissuaded and arranges for a young country girl to come take her place in bed.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Horrible narration!
- By C. Boatenreiter on 06-17-15
By: Pearl S. Buck
-
Ramona
- The Heart and Conscience of Early California
- By: Helent Hunt Jackson
- Narrated by: Boots Martin
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 109
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 89
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 88
Termed the Uncle Tom's Cabin of the southwestern Indians and the first protest novel of California, Ramona is the story of 3 cultures - Indian, Mexican, and Anglo - locked in combat. The upheaval and injustice are humanized through the romance of a beautiful half-Indian orphan who grow up as the ward of Señora Moreno in privileged surroundings, then falls in love with an Indian and joins him in a life of poverty and tragedy. The Ramona Pageant in Hemet, California, based on this romance, has played each year since 1923, reenacting the transition period between Mexican traditions and the new U.S. and state governments.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
Not The Full Book
- By Kimberley on 03-23-16
-
Peony
- A Novel of China
- By: Pearl S. Buck
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 404
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 334
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 334
Young Peony is sold into a rich Chinese household as a bondmaid - an awkward role in which she is more a servant, but less a daughter. As she grows into a lovely, provocative young woman, Peony falls in love with the family's only son. However, tradition forbids them to wed. How she resolves her love for him and her devotion to her adoptive family unfolds in this profound tale, based on true events in China over a century ago.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Jews in China
- By Jean on 04-22-12
By: Pearl S. Buck
-
The Enchanted Barn
- By: Grace Livingston Hill
- Narrated by: Anne Hancock
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 173
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 147
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 148
Shirley Hollister is desperate. She, her ailing mother, and her four siblings are being forced out of their cramped city apartment. Where to go on her meager stenographer's salary? On a whim, she takes a trolley ride into the countryside and spies a barn: spacious, full of light, and surrounded by God's wondrous nature. Her new landlord, Sidney Graham, is intrigued by this lovely young woman and her plans to turn his abandoned barn into a home.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
charming and uplifting
- By Kristie Spencer on 06-28-18
-
Absalom, Absalom!
- By: William Faulkner
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 927
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 764
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 765
Absalom, Absalom! tells the story of Thomas Sutpen, the enigmatic stranger who came to Jefferson township in the early 1830s. With a French architect and a band of wild Haitians, he wrung a fabulous plantation out of the muddy bottoms of the north Mississippi wilderness. Sutpen was a man, Faulker said, "who wanted sons and the sons destroyed him". His tragedy left its impress not only on his contemporaries but also on men who came after, men like Quentin Compson, haunted even into the 20th century by Sutpen's legacy.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
A long, enjoyable listen
- By pilot on 01-08-09
By: William Faulkner
-
The Shuttle
- By: Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Narrated by: Tabi That
- Length: 19 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 51
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 47
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 48
Rosalie Vanderpoel, the daughter of an American multimillionaire marries an impoverished English baronet and goes to live in England. She all but loses contact with her family in America. Years later her younger sister Bettina, beautiful, intelligent and extremely rich, goes to England to find what has happened to her sister. She finds Rosalie shabby and dispirited, cowed by her husband's ill-treatment. Bettina sets about to rectify matters.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
More than Lovely
- By jTacy67 on 01-17-18
-
The Return of the Native
- By: Thomas Hardy
- Narrated by: Alan Rickman
- Length: 15 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,666
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,500
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,470
Set on Egdon Heath, a fictional barren moor in Wessex, Eustacia Vye longs for the excitement of city life but is cut off from the world in her grandfather's lonely cottage. Clym Yeobright who has returned to the area to become a schoolmaster seems to offer everything she dreams of: passion, excitement and the opportunity to escape. However, Clym's ambitions are quite different, and marriage only increases Eustacia's destructive restlessness, drawing others into a tangled web of deceit and unhappiness.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
A Perfect Pairing
- By Mel on 11-04-12
By: Thomas Hardy
-
The Return of the Native
- By: Thomas Hardy
- Narrated by: Nicholas Rowe
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 32
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 30
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 29
In the remote wildness of Egdon Heath, the crossed love affairs and marriages of a small group of people are played out against the background of nature’s beauty and indifference to mankind. Through a series of vivid incidents and encounters, The Return of the Native moves in a relentless drive towards tragedy, as the plans and dreams of the lovers miscarry, defeated by chance, or destiny or self-deception. In their unhappy stories, Hardy gives us a powerful dramatization of his bleak philosophy, his belief in man’s helplessness before the malevolence of the universe.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Thomas Hardy
- By Jeff Lacy on 05-06-17
By: Thomas Hardy
-
Monticello
- A Daughter and Her Father; A Novel
- By: Sally Cabot Gunning
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 53
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 42
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 44
After the death of her beloved mother, Martha Jefferson spent five years abroad with her father, Thomas Jefferson, on his first diplomatic mission to France. Now, at 17, Jefferson's bright, handsome eldest daughter is returning to the lush hills of the family's beloved Virginia plantation, Monticello. While the large, beautiful estate is the same as she remembers, Martha has changed. The young girl who sailed to Europe is now a woman with a heart made heavy by a first love gone wrong.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Very good Narrator !
- By Roxie Reed on 05-23-24
-
Christmas Stories
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 48
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 43
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 41
Charles Dickens was a major contributor to the romantic revival of Christmas traditions that occurred in the Victorian era. With their heart, humor and good morals, Dickens' Christmas stories have made the author's name synonymous with the season. Here we present four charming novellas to complete his series that began with "A Christmas Carol", with echoes of sleigh bells throughout. The stories include "The Chimes", "The Cricket on the Hearth", "The Battle of Life", and "The Haunted Man" - the perfect companion for the yearly celebrations.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Delightful
- By Tad Davis on 08-22-16
By: Charles Dickens
-
Letter from an Unknown Woman
- By: Stefan Zweig
- Narrated by: Heather Wood, K. Anderson Yancy
- Length: 1 hr and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 87
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 79
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 78
Immediately following the death of her young son, distraught and heartbroken, a woman sends a heart-wrenching letter to the only man she has ever loved, chronicling their love affair, opening with, "To you, who have never known me."
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Tough 2 Hear With Background Music & Sound Effects
- By DK on 09-19-15
By: Stefan Zweig
-
Ghosts: Edith Wharton's Gothic Tales
- By: Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: Alison Larkin, Jonathan Epstein, Corinna May, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 159
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 144
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 144
Beneath the brilliance that was behind The Age of Innocence and Ethan Frome was a dark side. A dark side which produced magnificent tales of the unseen influences in our lives, such as "Mr. Jones", "The Eyes", "Kerfol", "The Ladie's Maid's Bell", and "The Looking Glass".
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Ghastly Shadows of the Feminine Condition
- By Diane on 10-16-12
By: Edith Wharton
-
Beauty and Sadness
- By: Yasunari Kawabata
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 128
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 103
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 105
Returning to Kyoto, where temple bells announce the New Year, a grave and penitent Oki is drawn to a haunting obsession from his past. Gently lyrical, yet fierce with the stark intensity of passion, Kawabata's last novel tells the story of the lasting consequences of a brief love affair.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
nostalgic literature from Japan
- By Emily on 10-29-10
-
A Christmas Carol: A Signature Performance by Tim Curry
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Tim Curry
- Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 22,372
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 18,551
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 18,445
A Signature Performance: Tim Curry rescues Charles Dickens from the jaws of Disney with his one-of-a-kind performance of the treasured classic. Our listeners loved this version so much that it inspired our whole line of Signature Classics.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Wonderful!!!
- By Alia on 12-11-09
By: Charles Dickens
-
The Best Ghost Stories Ever Told
- Best Stories Ever Told
- By: Stephen Brennan - editor
- Narrated by: J. M. Badger, Imelda Pot
- Length: 24 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 216
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 193
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 192
A big, brilliant, spooky collection of classic and contemporary ghost stories that will make you hesitate before turning off that light.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
A very mixed review
- By Michael Mayer on 08-05-15
-
The Pastures of Heaven
- By: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 311
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 273
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 274
Today, nearly 40 years after his death, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck remains one of America's greatest writers and cultural figures. We have begun publishing his many works for the first time as Penguin Classics. This season we continue with the seven spectacular and influential books East of Eden, Cannery Row, In Dubious Battle, The Long Valley, The Moon Is Down, The Pastures of Heaven, and Tortilla Flat.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Golden, mythical America
- By Dan Harlow on 07-07-13
By: John Steinbeck