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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...

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.

Wit and Wisdom of Oscar Wilde is a timeless collection of the sharpest observations, paradoxes, and epigrams from one of literature’s most brilliant minds. Oscar Wilde’s wit is elegant, mischievous, and relentlessly insightful. With effortless precision, he skewers social conventions, exposes hypocrisy, and reveals enduring truths about love, ambition, beauty, morality, and human folly. Each quotation stands alone yet contributes to a larger portrait of Wilde’s worldview—one that prizes individuality, intellectual courage, and the art of living well.

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 grumpy duke. A sharp-tongued widow. One reckless wager that changes everything. A Pride and Prejudice Variation She swore never to belong to another man. He never wanted to be a legend. Society has other plans. Elizabeth Bennet Collins has survived a loveless marriage, buried a husband she never wanted, and emerged into London society with one firm resolution: she will never again be any man's possession. Armed with a sharp wit and sharper instincts, she has already refused three proposals this Season—and become the most whispered-about widow of the Ton. Fitzwilliam Darcy, Duke of ...

Arthur Schnitzler was an Austrian author and playwright. His work is considered to be a sharp and stylistically conscious chronicle of Viennese society around 1900. His work often explored the human psyche and the complexities of life in the late Habsburg empire. This collection includes; The...

Brought to you by Penguin. A collection of powerful contemporary poetry exploring themes of masculinity, love, grief and connection, from British poet and viral phenomenon Lucas Jones. 'You're here to make All the wonder make sense You're not the life - You're the living itself' How do you...

Darcy came to Hertfordshire to find Bingley a wife. He found Elizabeth instead— Fitzwilliam Darcy has a plan. His friend Bingley needs a wife, and the eldest Bennet daughter is perfect: beautiful, amiable, and appropriately situated in the Hertfordshire countryside. All Darcy needs to do is engineer their attachment while keeping his own attention firmly fixed on business rather than a certain impertinent second daughter with muddy petticoats and devastating wit. Elizabeth Bennet has a plan too. Get Jane married, stay comfortably redundant, and avoid the matrimonial market forever. She ...

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".

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.

Milieu des années 60 : au cours d'un été caniculaire en Toscane, l'harmonie tranquille d'une famille française est bouleversée par un événement inattendu. En trois jours, ce sont plusieurs vies qui basculent. La stupeur impose aussitôt le secret. Celui-ci sera longtemps gardé. Jusqu'à ce qu'un écrivain, héritier de cette histoire, parte de nos jours en quête de la vérité.

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.

Meet Detective Inspector Zoe Finch. She's ambitious, determined, and damaged. And she's about to uncover evidence that could make her career... or get her sacked.

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.

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.

Set in English society before the 1832 Reform Bill, Wives and Daughters centers on the story of youthful Molly Gibson, brought up from childhood by her father. When he remarries, a new stepsister enters Molly's quiet life, the loveable, but worldly and troubling, Cynthia. The narrative traces the development of the two girls into womanhood within the gossiping and watchful society of Hollingford.

In the shadow of World War II, a young woman’s life is forever changed. Krista Schulz, a 17-year-old German girl living in Poland, faces a harrowing loss as the Nazi occupation shatters her peaceful life. After witnessing the brutal murder of her beloved grandparents, the Nazis are now hunting her. Krista flees her village, carrying the weight of unanswered questions and a heart heavy with grief. Determined to survive and find purpose in the chaos, Krista makes her way to Warsaw. As she grows from a frightened young girl into a resolute young woman, Krista discovers the strength within ...

Wolfgang Borchert erzählt die Geschichte des Heimkehrers Beckmann, der nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg in ein zerbrochenes Deutschland zurückkehrt – traumatisiert, entwurzelt und von der Gesellschaft abgelehnt. In dichter Sprache und intensiven Dialogen entfaltet Borchert ein erschütterndes Zeitdokument über Schuld, Verantwortung und die Sehnsucht nach einem Platz im Leben – zwischen Hoffnung und Verzweiflung. Draußen vor der Tür ist eines der eindringlichsten Dramen der deutschen Nachkriegsliteratur.

Dantons Tod spielt zur Zeit der Französischen Revolution – in einer Phase, in der die Schreckensherrschaft unter Robespierre eskaliert. Georg Büchners Drama zeigt das innere Ringen des Revolutionsführers Danton, der von Zweifeln, Schuldgefühlen und Müdigkeit gegenüber der Gewalt zerrissen ist. Die Revolution frisst ihre Kinder – und Danton wird selbst zum Opfer eines Systems, das er einst mitgeschaffen hat.

Es erzählt die Legende des Freiheitskämpfers, der sich gegen Unterdrückung und Willkürherrschaft auflehnt – und dabei Mut, Menschlichkeit und politische Weitsicht vereint. Das Drama verbindet historische Ereignisse mit Schillers Ideal von Freiheit und Selbstbestimmung. Die berühmte Apfelschussszene ist nur ein Höhepunkt dieser fesselnden Inszenierung.