Delightful....A sparky sense of humour combined with lively social commentary
make this a joy to read.Bookseller
A wildly romantic tale whose hero and heroine are totally unromantic.Daily Telegraph
This two-part adult fairytale by the author of The Secret Garden combines a charming
Cinderella tale with an ironic look at class structure and the Edwardian marriage market in
turn-of-the-century London.
Emily Fox-Seton is a simple but good-hearted woman struggling to make ends meet while
maintaining the dignity of one distantly related to the aristocracy. The Marquis of Walderhurst
is an awkward but eligible bachelor being comically pursued by a pageant of unmarried ladies.
When the Marquis surprises everybody by giving his attentions to Emily, he makes himself a
fairy prince in her eyes. But marrying her prince is not the end of Emilys troubles, as the forces
of envy are more cunning and more dangerous than she can yet understand. Will Emilys
innocence be her downfall after all?
Written By : William Shakespeare
Narrated By : Hannah Gordon
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 1 minutes
Categories : Shakespeare Classic Literature
Price : $1.65
In this recording from the BBC Sound Archives, Hannah Gordon is Shakespeare's wise Portia. More info...
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Written By : Charles Dickens
Narrated By : Richard Wilson
Published By : Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Runtime : 2 hours
Categories : Classic Literature Classics
Price : $17.25
The story of how the extraordinary events of Christmas Eve change the miserly Scrooge forever have made A Christmas Carol one of the greatest of all Christmas stories... More info...
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Written By : Daniel Defoe
Narrated By : Nadia May
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
Runtime : 11 hours 30 minutes
Categories : Classic Literature
Price : $23.95
From her birth in Newgate Prison, where her mother is under sentence of death for theft, to her final position of wealth, Moll Flanders demonstrates a spirit of industry and an indomitable will. One of the earliest social novels of English life, Moll Flanders features one of the most lively,... More info...
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Written By : George Eliot
Narrated By : Nadia May
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
Runtime : 22 hours
Categories : Classic Literature
Price : $39.95
In this novel, Eliot re-creates the upheavals of fifteenth-century Florence through the noble and courageous Romola, who finds herself increasingly disillusioned by the career of Savonarola and repelled by her unscrupulous, self-indulgent husband. More info...
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Written By : Dylan Thomas
Narrated By : Dylan Thomas and Cast
Published By : Harper Collins UK
Runtime : 1 hour 30 minutes
Categories : Poetry Classic Literature General
Price : $13.25
Dylan Thomas wrote this as a radio play for voices and this is the only recording ever made with Thomas in the cast. This play is full of humour, a joyful sense of the goodness of life and love... More info...
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