The Forty Rules of Love

By: Elif Shafak

Narrated by: George Blagden

Brought to you by Penguin.

The audiobook edition of The Forty Rules of Love written by Elif Shafak, read by George Blagden.
Ella Rubinstein has a husband, three teenage children, and a pleasant home. Everything that should make her confident and fulfilled. Yet there is an emptiness at the heart of Ella's life - an emptiness once filled by love.

So when Ella reads a manuscript about the thirteenth-century Sufi poet Rumi and his mentor Shams of Tabriz, and his forty rules of life and love, she is ready to look at her life anew. Compelled to embrace change, she embarks on a journey to meet the mysterious author. It is a quest infused with Sufi mysticism and verse, taking Ella and us into a faraway world where faith and doubt are heartbreakingly explored. The Forty Rules of Love is a mesmerising tale of discovery, language, truth and, of course, love itself.

© Elif Shafak 2010 (P) Penguin Audio 2019

©2019 Elif Shafak (P)2019 Penguin Audio

My first Audible experience

This book was recommended to me by my friend who also suggested signing up for audible.

The Forty Rules of Love is the first book I have read by Elif Shafak. It’s a beautiful story about love, kindness and friendship. I particularly enjoyed Shafak’s descriptions of whatever there was in this book. Moreover, different colours of the voice of the narrator added this extra factor to the entire experience. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone.

amazingly beautiful and captivating

This was the most amazing and captivating book I ever read.
Not only written in a elegant and intriguing narrative, but also having the main story (that is a gift in itself) counted from the different perspective, made us dive deep in story in the characters skin, making it impossible to stop listening to it from start to end.
It was Genius!

A true eye opener

I was quite perplexed wether to buy this, thinking it might be anther generic love novel. How wrong was I - this book is a true eye opener, it is about love; but a very philosophical approach to it. The story was excellent & one can definitely improve oneself by listening to this novel. Amazing.

An amazing book

Contains everything needed. Loved it wholeheartedly
Will be listening to it again for sure. Amazing

Loved it

A spiritual book with a storyline. Thoroughly enjoyable. narrator does a fab job of it too.

A touching story and an equally touching narration

The book has successfully given life to many characters, each of which had their own beliefs and opinions.
The narrator did a great job embodying the different characters and distinguishing between them.
The only reason I didn't rate it as a 5 star book was because of the gloominess that surrounded the final chapters.

A Journey for the Soul

I read the book before (in Arabic), and I wished to revisit and go through the experience again. The story feeds your soul & the narrator was in harmony with the deep invoking thought

40th Rule

A life without Love is of no Account 🌌 Love is the answer as Love Being One of the Elements of the earth that Complete & Unite all 🌌

its just sucks you in before you even realize it.

amazing story lines cross centuries apart... very enlightened and flows through smoothly from beginning to end.

Masterpiece

Thank you for this magnificent book that’s so magical yet it grounded me so much