When Catherine Morland, a country clergyman's daughter, is invited to spend a season in Bath with the fashionable high society, little does she imagine the delights and perils that await her. Captivated and disconcerted by what she finds, and introduced to the joys of "Gothic novels" by her new friend, Isabella, Catherine longs for mystery and romance. When she is invited to stay with the beguiling Henry Tilney and his family at Northanger Abbey, she expects mystery and intrigue at every turn. However, the truth turns out to be even stranger than fiction...
Written By : Charles Dickens
Narrated By : Richard Wilson
Published By : Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Runtime : 2 hours
Categories : Classic Literature Classics
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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... See full description...
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Written By : Mary W. Shelley
Narrated By : Tom Casaletto
Published By : Brilliance Audio Inc
Runtime : 8 hours 22 minutes
Categories : Classics Horror & Suspense Horror & Suspense
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Dr. Frankenstein learns the secret of imparting life to inanimate matter. To test his theories, he collects bones from the charnel-houses to construct a "human" being, and then gives it life. The... See full description...
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Written By : Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge
Narrated By : Patrick Cullen
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
Runtime : 5 hours
Categories : Classics Juvenile
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In 1895 two young men destined to make their mark on American life—Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge—discovered they shared a common interest in the remarkable way ordinary Americans demonst... See full description...
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Written By : James M. Cain
Narrated By : Christine Williams
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
Runtime : 10 hours
Categories : Classics
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Mildred Pierce had gorgeous legs, a way with a skillet, and a bone-deep core of toughness. She used those attributes to survive a divorce and to claw her way out of poverty. But Mildred also had two weaknesses: a yen for shiftless men and an unreasoning devotion to her monstrous daughter. See full description...
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Written By : Henry James
Narrated By : Emma Fielding with Dermot Kerrigan
Published By : NAXOS
Runtime : 2 hours 35 minutes
Categories : Classics Horror & Suspense Horror & Suspense
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Perhaps the most brilliantly successful ghost story ever written. The Turn of the Screw creates a terrifyingly believable impression of innocent children so corrupted by evil that they remain... See full description...
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Have you always loved reading but sometimes find it hard to find the time? Theres nothing quite like curling up with a good book but many of us cannot do that as much as we would llike. We sacrifice this special time because we have so many other things to do each day. It is a common problem and it is the reason why people on average are not reading as much as they once did.