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The Two Destinies
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Wilkie Collins
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Molly Gibson, the only daughter of a widowed doctor in the small provincial town of Hollingford, lost her mother when she was a child. Her father remarries wanting to give Molly the woman's presence he feels she lacks. To Molly, any stepmother would have been a shock, but the new Mrs. Gibson is a self-absorbed, petty widow, and Molly's unhappiness is compounded by the realisation that her father has come to regret his second marriage.
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Superb! Story and Narration A++
- De Jo en 05-24-10
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Lady Audley's Secret
- De: Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Narrado por: Olivia Poulet
- Duración: 13 h y 11 m
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From the author of The Christmas Hirelings comes this Audible Exclusive production of Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s classic sensation novel Lady Audley’s Secret. English actress Olivia Poulet gives an assured and captivating narration; a cornerstone of the genre and a scandal at the time of its publication, Lady Audley’s Secret is an entertaining and shocking tale of high drama and shifting perceptions.
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Classic 19th Century “sensation novel”
- De Susan en 08-20-19
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Dr Wortle's School
- De: Anthony Trollope
- Narrado por: Timothy West
- Duración: 6 h y 54 m
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Dr Wortle's School introduces the unassuming Mr. Peacocke and his polite, newly-wed bride, as they join the teaching staff of an elite and exclusive Christian boys' school. Dr. Wortle, a devoted English scholar and the headmaster of the seminary academy, welcomes his two new teachers, confident that they will uphold the high standards of education at the school.
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Trollope is amazing, and Timothy West is amazing
- De Claire en 04-18-12
De: Anthony Trollope
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Mary Barton
- A Tale of Manchester Life
- De: Elizabeth Gaskell
- Narrado por: Juliet Stevenson
- Duración: 16 h y 17 m
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When her father assassinates Henry Carson, his employer's son and Mary's admirer, suspicion falls on Mary's second admirer, Jem, a fellow worker. Mary has to prove her lover's innocence without incriminating her own father.
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Mrs. Gaskell was so far ahead of her time
- De Pat en 08-20-13
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Jude The Obscure
- De: Thomas Hardy
- Narrado por: Stephen Thorne
- Duración: 15 h y 21 m
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This is the story of a young country workman obsessed by his ambition to become an Oxford student, interwoven with his fraught relationships with two women.
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Staggering
- De Tad Davis en 02-16-10
De: Thomas Hardy
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The Age of Innocence
- De: Edith Wharton
- Narrado por: David Horovitch
- Duración: 12 h y 5 m
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Countess Ellen Olenska, separated from her European husband, returns to old New York society. She bears with her an independence and an awareness of life which stirs the educated sensitivity of the charming Newland Archer, engaged to be married to her cousin, May Welland. Though he accepts the society's standards and rules he is acutely aware of their limitations. He knows May will assure him a conventional future but Ellen, scandalously separated from her husband, forces Archer to question his values and beliefs.
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Narrated to Perfection
- De Ilana en 09-18-12
De: Edith Wharton
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The Enchanted April
- De: Elizabeth von Arnim
- Narrado por: Eleanor Bron
- Duración: 8 h y 9 m
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It began in a women's club in London on a February afternoon. A discreet advertisement in The Times, addressed to "Those who Appreciate Wistaria and Sunshine..." lures four very different women away from the dismal British weather to San Salvatore, a castle high above a bay on the sunny Italian Riviera. There, the Mediterranean spirit stirs the souls of Mrs Arbuthnot, Mrs Wilkins, Lady Caroline Dester, and Mrs Fisher, and remarkable changes occur.
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Oh, Gosh! What a Delightful Surprise!
- De Gillian en 01-27-14
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The Europeans
- De: Henry James
- Narrado por: Eleanor Bron
- Duración: 6 h y 9 m
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Eugenia, an American expatriate brought up in Europe, arrives in rural New England with her charming brother Felix, hoping to find a wealthy second husband after the collapse of her marriage to a German prince. Their exotic, sophisticated airs cause quite a stir with their affluent, God-fearing American cousins, the Wentworth's - and provoke the disapproval of their uncle, suspicious of foreign influences.
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wonderful novel, wonderful reader, poor recording
- De Catherine en 11-14-09
De: Henry James
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The Evil Genius
- The Novel and the Play
- De: Wilkie Collins
- Narrado por: Gabrielle de Cuir, Stefan Rudnicki, Kathe Mazur, y otros
- Duración: 16 h y 4 m
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Skyboat Media presents, paired together for the first time, both the novel and the play of The Evil Genius by Wilkie Collins. Although both versions of the story were written at the same time, the play has never before been published and was only ever performed once on the stage. In fact, it is almost entirely unknown and is otherwise unavailable.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Domestic drama
- De Maggie Parker en 01-02-25
De: Wilkie Collins
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Mrs. Zant and the Ghost
- De: Wilkie Collins
- Narrado por: Gillian Anderson
- Duración: 1 h y 37 m
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Mrs Zant has recently lost her beloved husband, and while walking in the Kensington Gardens, the spot where she and her deceased husband declared their love for each other, she feels his presence trying to warn her of some coming danger. Mr Rayburn witnesses it all, and he'll have to fight his own incredulity regarding the supernatural and his gut feeling that the disturbed young woman is telling the truth.
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Something Like the Old Form
- De John en 09-27-16
De: Wilkie Collins
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The Secret Agent
- De: Joseph Conrad
- Narrado por: David Threlfall
- Duración: 9 h y 27 m
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Exclusively from Audible. The Secret Agent is based on an actual attempt made in 1894 to blow up the Greenwich Observatory. A labyrinth of greed, corruption, and betrayal, it is the most darkly humorous of all Conrad's tales. It follows a European secret agent, Adolf Verloc, 'a London shop owner' with anarchist leanings who becomes reluctantly involved in a plot to blow up the Greenwich Observatory. Full of great characters, melodramatic irony and psychological intrigue the tale is far from simple....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Languid & loquacious language
- De Edward Ogden en 11-23-10
De: Joseph Conrad
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Madame Bovary
- De: Gustave Flaubert, Gerard Hopkins - translator
- Narrado por: Ronald Pickup
- Duración: 15 h y 22 m
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Before marrying, Emma Bovary believed she would enter a life of luxury and passion like the sentimental stories she'd read in her novels and magazines. Now married to an ordinary country doctor her life is not the romantic ideal she imagined and seeks an escape through having extra-marital affairs. This devastating spiral into deceit and despair leads to catastrophic consequences. Emma Bovary continues to be enjoyed to this day because of its profound humanity, still as fresh today as when it was first written.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic Narrator
- De A. Laprade-velasco en 07-18-10
De: Gustave Flaubert, y otros
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The House of Mirth
- De: Edith Wharton
- Narrado por: Eleanor Bron
- Duración: 12 h y 35 m
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Beautiful, sophisticated and endlessly ambitious Lily Bart endeavours to climb the social ladder of New York's elite by securing a good match and living beyond her means. Now nearing 30 years of age and having rejected several proposals, forever in the hope of finding someone better, her future prospects are threatened. A damning commentary of 20th-century social order, Edith Wharton's tale established her as one of the greatest British novelists of the 1900s.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Like Henry James but more accessible
- De Merlin en 08-19-12
De: Edith Wharton
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The Darkwater Bride
- An Audible Original Drama
- De: Marty Ross
- Narrado por: Clare Corbett, Donal Finn, Jamie Glover, y otros
- Duración: 6 h y 45 m
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Late Victorian London. When James Miller, the most respectable of Scottish businessmen, is pulled, dead, from the Thames, his daughter is drawn into an investigation which reveals a whole world of secrets and corruption. Alongside local detective Culley, Catriona’s search for her father’s killer leads all the way to the tragic truth behind the ghostly legend of The Darkwater Bride and the power of her deadly kiss. The Darkwater Bride combines the genres of the Victorian mystery thriller with the equally classic Victorian mode of the ghostly tale.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Well that was uncomfortable
- De East Coast Buyer en 04-11-19
De: Marty Ross
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- David Desilva
- 11-10-23
Music to your ears
Collins’ use of language is exquisite and incredibly beautiful to read. I thoroughly enjoyed this lovely story!
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- Guzel
- 11-12-24
only the begging was interesting in a romantic way...
I was really disappointed in the almost ending of the story when suddenly he was planning to kill her... and then everything was rosy again... really strange
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- Maggie Parker
- 01-11-25
Bravo sir!
Victorian Goth Romance at its finest. It’s
Not one of his masterpieces yet i found it delightful.
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- RMac
- 02-22-23
Atmospheric Gothic romance
Happy to have come across this lesser known tale by Wilkie Collins. It does ask you to suspend your disbelief, and just enjoy the storytelling. Wilkie Collins is so entertaining!
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- DRFH
- 10-24-23
Perfect
Great story, well told, romantic. Loved every minute.I would say one of Willkie Collins best.
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- LunaCaspianDakota
- 02-29-24
Fun story, well written, stupendous reader.
Pleasant story, no fatal flaws, excellent performance, fun travelogue (England, Scotland, Shetlands). Riveting plot. A very nice, light read (listen).
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- LillibetC
- 02-04-25
Wilkie Never Disappoints
I just love Wilkie Collins’ writing! He has such a way with words - very entertaining.
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- Plant lady
- 10-07-23
Nice love story but….
I enjoyed listening to this book until it got interrupted by commercials! I never listened to a book with commercials! I gave it a little more listen but when the commercials would actually interrupt a sentence and come on often I stopped listening. Too bad because I started liking the book.
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- Mistral
- 02-19-25
Well read and thoroughly delightful. I recommend to anyone of a fanciful or romantic bent. Truly excellent!
Mysterious women, treacherous landscapes, telepathic visions, and undying love. This engrossing story has it all. Perhaps it’s a bit heavy in Victorian morality, but that’s the only thing to jar against modern sensibilities. The reader is also really pleasant to listen to. I enjoyed every minute.
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- Laurie
- 02-02-20
Lovely Gothic Romance
Not sure why this novel gets mediocre reviews. It’s an engrossing tale of two children who fall in love, are separated, and then reconnect later in life without recognizing each other. There is the psychic mystery of how their minds communicate when they are apart. The ESP is close enough to the realms of reality to be believable. The emotions and experiences of the lovers are relatable to modern readers. I need to add that the climax is probably the least consistent part of the story and is more in keeping with Gothic tastes than with the character of the protagonist.
This is a Wilkie Collins gem that I hadn’t read yet. I was grateful to find it as an audiobook with such an excellent reader. His voice is a bit reminiscent of Jeremy Irons. The delivery is smooth and evocative. He does justice to the excellent prose style of this under-appreciated Victorian writer.
This was a treat.
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