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William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair (Audiobook)
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Read by Edward Petherbridge (Abridged: 2hrs 25mins) Thackeray’s novel is a bitingly satirical depiction of the corruptions of Regency society. But it is also a splendidly readable tale, written in the manner of 18th Century novels. Few of the characters are noted for their virtue, but the zest and enthusiasm...
Charlotte Bronte - Villette (Audiobook)
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Read by Carole Boyd (Abridged: 2hrs 24mins) The story of Villette is told in flashback by Lucy Snowe, who tells of the trials of her young self first in England, and then in Belgium. Charlotte Bronte does not paint a romantic picture of an unsupported woman's life − her heroine...
George Eliot - Adam Bede (Audiobook)
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Read by Hannah Gordon (Abridged: 2hrs 25mins) The fictitious landscape of Loamshire provides the setting for this country tragedy, with little peace about the intertwined lives of its inhabitants. Dinah Morris is an earnest Methodist preacher who rejects Seth Bede for a life devoted to God. Adam Bede, his brother,...
Herman Melville - Moby Dick (Audiobook)
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Read by Bob Sessions (Abridged: 2hrs 25mins) Moby Dick is an epic work of the 19th century, not just in its length or its geographical vastness, but also in the way the main characters, Ahab and Ishmael, are presented to the reader. Ahab is, in true classical tradition, a larger-than-life,...
Robert Louis Stevenson - Treasure Island (Audiobook)
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Read by Roger Blake (Abridged: 2hrs 25mins) Stevenson's classic tale of 18th-century intrigue, conspiracy and piracy has everything an adventure story should have, especially a resourceful young hero in Jim Hawkins. From the moment a drunken sailor arrives to menace the tranquillity of his father's inn, Jim is caught up...
Charles Dickens - Oliver Twist (Audiobook)
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Read by Martin Jarvis (Abridged: 2hrs 25mins) There can be few writers who have painted such a penetrating picture of Victorian life. From the outset of the novel, following Oliver's birth and his mother's death, observe how Dickens vehemently satirises the hypocrisy of his society regarding its callous attitude towards...
Baroness Orczy - The Scarlet Pimpernel (Audiobook)
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Read by Adrian Lukis (Abridged: 2hrs 25mins) From its opening amid the horrors of the French Revolution, to its unexpected ending on the shores of the English Channel, The Scarlet Pimpernel fizzes with excitement and wit. Dominating the action is the apparently limp-wristed fop, Sir Percy Blakeney, the most unlikely,...
Henry James - The Bostonians (Audiobook)
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Read by Bill Hootkins (Abridged: 2hrs 25mins) The Bostonians is set ten years after the end of the American Civil War. The North had been victorious because of its industrial strength, but could not live up to the ideals for which it fought. James satirizes the North’s moral decline in...
Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby (Audiobook)
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Read by Martin Jarvis (Abridged: 2hrs 25mins) Dickens' exuberant novel charts the rise of its young hero Nicholas Nickleby, who progresses from an impoverished youngster gladly accepting his uncle's offer of help, to an assured businessman capable of thwarting villainous plans. The book unfolds in a series of vivid scenes,...
Anthony Trollope - Barchester Towers (Audiobook)
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Read by Christopher Timothy (Abridged: 2hrs 25mins) The intrigues of peaceful Barchester are of tremendous importance to its inhabitants, and Anthony Trollope enjoys observing how differently they impinge on the separate worlds of men and women. Men have to make a place for themselves in society; for them ambition is...