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The Greatest Female Writers Classics Collection is a stunning compilation of twenty books by some of the most legendary women writers throughout history. From Mary Wollstonecraft’s groundbreaking call for women’s rights to Austen’s unparalleled witty romance; from Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s clever reckoning with female oppression to the stunning verse of Emily Dickinson: these writers put women’s literary genius on the map, and continue to resonate with audiences today.

This timeless collection brings together three of the finest works in the literary canon, read in full by some of the very best audiobook narrators. With over 38 hours of unmissable storytelling, tracked by chapter so you can easily find your place, this is the ideal way to enjoy these classic masterpieces.

The Ultimate Classics Collection: Volume Two is the second instalment of our wide-ranging classic collections. Volume Two features 13 essential classic novels from Jane Austen; Edith Wharton; Leo Tolstoy; D.H. Lawrence, and many more, alongside selected poetry from Christina Rossetti; Elizabeth Browning; and Emily Dickinson. Read by a cast of incredible narrators including Joanne Froggatt, Adjoa Andoh, Jonathan Keeble, and many more, this is your new go-to collection to catch up on those classics you've always wanted to hear.

Penelope Wilton narrates BBC Radio 4’s epic dramatisation of the treasured family saga Elizabeth Jane Howard’s five book chronicle of the upper-middle class. Cazalet family begins in 1938, as siblings Hugh, Edward, Rupert and Rachel join together for another family holiday at Home Place, their house in the Sussex countryside. During the course of The Light Years, Marking Time, Confusion, Casting Off and All Change, the progress of their lives, and those of their children, will be charted.

Twelve dramatisations of the best love stories ever written, performed by star casts. Treat yourself to this stunning collection of classic stories of love, loss, obstacles overcome and desperate attraction. This is a beautiful, moving and at times thrilling listen which takes you on a journey through the greatest tales of romance ever told. These unmissable, dramatised novels feature stellar performances from fantastic casts including Vanessa Kirby, Hiftu Quasem, Kate Philips, Rory Kinnear, Toby Jones, John Hurt and David Tennant.

Set in the height of the Second World War, The Cazalet Chronicles continues with the third in the series, Confusion, where chaos has become a way of life for the Cazalet family. Read by Indira Varma (Game of Thrones, Luther and Oedipus at The Old Vic) 'Compelling, moving, unputdownable...

This carefully curated anthology brings together the most iconic romantic tales of all time—each filled with complex characters, sweeping emotions, and timeless narratives that will captivate your heart. From the fiery romance of Wuthering Heights to the quiet yearning of A Room with a View, these stories are a perfect blend of forbidden love, tragic endings, and tender moments of connection.

What if love—wild, sacred, and untamed—was the key to remembering who you truly are? Magdalene Unveiled: Discover the Way of Love, Healing, and Holy Fire brings together 33 transformational leaders, spiritual teachers, healers, and truth-tellers who have each walked through the fires of personal initiation—and emerged carrying the torch of divine feminine wisdom. With raw vulnerability and radiant courage, these women share soul-stirring stories that illuminate how the ancient teachings of Mary Magdalene continue to awaken modern women into embodied leadership, sacred service, and ...

The Ultimate Classics Collection: Volume Five is the fifth instalment of our wide-ranging classic collections. Volume Five features 14 essential works that reach across Europe, America, and Russia - from Twain to Dostoyevsky to Austen - to bring together some of the most influential authors of the 18th and 19th century. Read by a cast of incredible narrators, this is a chance to expand your listening by going deeper into some of your favourite authors' works and find your new favourite piece of classic literature.

A beautiful, very moving, melancholic and elegiac novel set in the late 1960s in Melton, a small town in the West Country. The story revolves around a disparate group of people who come together there to establish an arts festival...This is the story of their intertwining relationships and how they come to love, and not to love each other in different ways and why - a perfect book to curl up and read by the fireside on an autumn afternoon and as satisfying a read as Brief Encounter is a film.

With an introduction by Hilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall. Originally published in 1956, The Long View is Elizabeth Jane Howard's uncannily authentic portrait of one marriage and one woman. Written with exhilarating wit, it is a gut-wrenching account of the birth and death of a relationship. In...

Grief, loneliness, Brexit, motherhood, identity, single parenthood, rootlessness, drinking culture, and integration are just some of the issues tackled in a series of powerful stories written by 10 women on the challenges of expat life in Spain, France, Hong Kong, Australia, Israel, Belgium, New Zealand, and the UK.

The Second World War has finally ended and so begins a new era of freedom and opportunity for the Cazalet family in Casting Off, the fourth novel in Elizabeth Jane Howard's magnificent Cazalet Chronicles. Read by Indira Varma (Game of Thrones, Luther and Oedipus at The Old Vic). 'Compelling...

Painting a candid picture of a family in crisis, Something in Disguise is a haunting, heartfelt novel from the bestselling author of the Cazalet Chronicles, Elizabeth Jane Howard. May's second marriage to Colonel Herbert Brown-Lacy is turning out to be a terrible mistake. Her son, Oliver, leaves...

The most profound and important speeches ever delivered are here collected in this anthology, this volume featuring some of the most influential women in world history. Fort Raphael Publishing has collected seven of the most important and iconic speeches of all time, all of which were written and delivered by the most important women of their respective eras.

È l'estate del 1937 e la famiglia Cazalet si appresta a riunirsi nella dimora di campagna. Ad attenderli, uno stuolo di cameriere e domestici, lunghe passeggiate, il tè a letto la mattina, segreti e bugie. I due capostipiti, affettuosamente soprannominati il Generale e la Duchessa, vigilano su atmosfere d’altri tempi. Ma sotto la rassicurante e rigida morale vittoriana qualcosa sta cominciando a cambiare. Un romanzo "che mette voglia di divorare al più presto anche gli altri quattro capitoli della saga dei Cazalet." (Mario Fortunato, L'Espresso)

Estamos en 1939. Hitler acaba de invadir Polonia y los primeros nubarrones de la guerra van ensombreciendo la vida de los Cazalet: en su residencia de Sussex hay que cegar la luz de las ventanas, la escasez de alimentos empieza a hacerse notar y las exigencias del esfuerzo bélico obligan a los miembros de la familia a enfrentar complicadas decisiones. Algunos hombres --los ancianos, los lisiados-- tienen que resignarse a ver cómo los demás son llamados a luchar por su país; otros, en cambio, solo querrían regresar intactos a casa tras el infierno de Dunquerque.

El de 1937 y el de 1938. Dos veranos inolvidables, a salvo bajo la dorada luz de Sussex, donde los días se consumen en una sucesión de juegos infantiles y pícnics en la playa. Tres generaciones de la acomodada familia Cazalet reunidas en su finca natal. Los quehaceres de dos abuelos, cuatro hijos, nueve nietos, innumerables parientes políticos, criados y animales domésticos que abarcan desde lo cotidiano hasta lo más trascendental.

El de 1937 y el de 1938. Dos veranos inolvidables, a salvo bajo la dorada luz de Sussex, donde los días se consumen en una sucesión de juegos infantiles y pícnics en la playa. Tres generaciones de la acomodada familia Cazalet reunidas en su finca natal. Los quehaceres de dos abuelos, cuatro hijos, nueve nietos, innumerables parientes políticos, criados y animales domésticos que abarcan desde lo cotidiano hasta lo más trascendental.

Deana and Lizzie are two women whose lives unexpectedly crossed through a shared past with the same emotionally abusive partner. From that pain came Surviving Toxic Relationships—a faith-based podcast about truth, healing, and empowerment after emotional and relational abuse.Grounded in faith and guided by God’s grace, they share honest conversations about manipulation, betrayal, gaslighting, trauma bonding, and recovery. Their mission isn’t to label anyone—it’s to reveal the patterns of toxic relationships and show how healing and freedom are possible through faith.Each episode ...