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Georgette Heyer
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Renowned gamester and the first to admit that he is entirely void of a romantic disposition, Max Ravenscar regards all eligible females with indifference and unconcern.
But when he meets the woman his young cousin Adrian is bent on marrying - the beautiful Deborah Grantham, mistress of her aunt's gaming house - he finds that none of his experience in risk and gambling has prepared him for such a worthy opponent.
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- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 30 hrs and 35 mins
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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby is closely modelled on the 18h-century novels that Charles Dickens loved as a child, such as Robinson Crusoe, in which the fortunes of a hero shape the plot. The likeable young Nicholas, left penniless on the death of his father, sets off in search of better prospects.
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loved it much more than expected!
- By Blue Ridge Book Lover on 05-29-12
By: Charles Dickens
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These Three Remain
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- By: Pamela Aidan
- Narrated by: George Holmes
- Length: 18 hrs and 15 mins
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His proposal of marriage to the lovely, but socially inferior, Elizabeth Bennet thoroughly rejected, Darcy must come to terms with her evaluation of his character and a future without her.
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You need to be a P&P fan
- By Connie on 08-06-08
By: Pamela Aidan
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Unequal Affections
- A Pride and Prejudice Retelling
- By: Lara S. Ormiston, Devleena Gosh PhD - Foreward
- Narrated by: Carmela Corbett
- Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
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When Elizabeth Bennet first knew Mr. Darcy, she despised him and was sure he felt the same. Angered by his pride and reserve, influenced by the lies of the charming Mr. Wickham, she never troubled herself to believe he was anything other than the worst of men - until, one day, he unexpectedly proposed. Mr. Darcy's passionate avowal of love causes Elizabeth to reevaluate everything she thought she knew about him.
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In case you didn't love Darcy enough!
- By CrisRod7 on 04-17-14
By: Lara S. Ormiston, and others
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Cranford
- By: Elizabeth Gaskell
- Narrated by: Prunella Scales
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
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A vivid and affectionate portrait of the residents of an English country town in the mid-19th century, Cranford describes a community dominated by its independent and refined women, relating the adventures of Miss Matty and Miss Deborah, two middle-aged spinster sisters striving to live with dignity in reduced circumstances. Through a series of satirical vignettes, Gaskell sympathetically portrays changing small town customs and values in mid-Victorian England....
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Quietly, subtly sweet and heartwarming
- By T. on 03-26-12
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The Idiot
- By: Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
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In The Idiot, Prince Myshkin possesses a childlike innocence and trusting nature that leave him vulnerable to abuse by those around him. Returning to St. Petersburg to collect an inheritance, Myshkin realizes he is a stranger in a society obsessed with wealth, manipulation and power.
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Avoid Constance Garnett
- By Anthony on 04-09-17
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The Cross of Love
- Barbara Cartland's Pink Collection 1
- By: Barbara Cartland
- Narrated by: Anthony Wren
- Length: 4 hrs and 27 mins
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When Rena's father dies she is alone in the world, forced out of the vicarage that has been her home, with nowhere to go and no money. She seeks help at the large wooden cross standing in the nearby grounds of "The Grange". And there in the earth she finds three golden coins, which she hands over to the new young Earl of Lansdale. They form a friendship, the sweetest one of her life. But her new happiness is threatened by Mr. Wyngate, a wealthy man determined to force the Earl to marry his daughter.
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The Cross of Love
- By Cindy H. on 06-11-17
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Why Dukes Say I Do
- Wicked Widows, Book 1
- By: Manda Collins
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
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Lady Isabella Wharton has little interest in the customs of the country. But when her godmother asks her to pay a visit to her bachelor grandson in Yorkshire, she goes to see the newly-titled - and notoriously rustic - Duke of Ormond. Trevor Carey doesn't care about what goes on behind ballroom doors. He is content with the simple life - and isn't ashamed to admit it to a society flirt like Lady Isabella. But the country air brings out a different side of Isabella - one full of longing and passion. Can her sophistication be hiding a desire for love?
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Tender Romance with suspense and mystery.
- By 🌸DARA on 08-05-13
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Dombey and Son
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
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In this carefully crafted novel, Dickens reveals the complexity of London society in the enterprising 1840s as he takes the listener into the business firm and home of one of its most representative patriarchs, Paul Dombey.
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Perfect pair
- By Philip on 03-25-08
By: Charles Dickens
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Magic & Manners
- An Austen Chronicle, Book 1
- By: C. E. Murphy
- Narrated by: Gemma Dawson
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It is a truth universally accepted that well-bred members of society are not beleaguered with magic. For Elsabeth Dover and her sisters, that truth means living in a perpetual state of caution, never using their sorcerous gifts in public. Elsabeth chafes under the stricture, although not enough to risk the possibility of good marriages for her sisters...until she meets handsome, arrogant Fitzgerald Archer
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Addictive
- By Heather on 05-05-16
By: C. E. Murphy
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When the most eligible Earl of Rule offers for the hand of the beauty of the Winwood family, he has no notion of the distress he causes his intended. For Miss Lizzie Winwood is promised to the excellent, but impoverished, Mr Edward Heron. Disaster can only be averted by the delightful impetuosity of her youngest sister, Horatia, who conceives her own, distinctly original plans . . .
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- EdmundLBarlow
- 10-31-24
Love an old fashioned romance
Really love the characters and always the end of georgette hare books! And of course a fisty girl
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- Green_Sticky
- 03-16-24
Fabulous!
This is one of my favorites by Heyer, and Daphne did a splendid rendering of it. It is now one of my favorite audiobooks as well! Each character had their own voice, and all of Heyer’s wit and humor was faithfully portrayed as it should be; a delight to listen to. 5 stars!!
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- laura
- 04-19-24
love georgette heyer
this is one of georgette heyers better stories. and fortunately the narration on this is better than the previous recording. the narrator did a pretty good job with the voices but pronounced some of the words wrong. I'm not sure why the makers of audio books got rid of all the old, really amazing recordings of heyers books. and I'm not sure why all the new narrators are subpar. but at least this recording is better than the old one.
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- roberta graham
- 12-10-23
So good
The story was excellent, and the reader VERY good. The characters Georgette Heyer creates are so well drawn, the dialect and setting so historically accurate, that hearing this book was like going back in time and really being there.
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- Karen
- 12-25-23
Delighted!
I am an English Major! and therefore qualified to pronounce that Georgette Heyer is not a real writer and her romances cannot be considered literature, and furthermore no English Major would waste her time ... WAIT! Only I find hat nearly 5 decades of snobbish toiling amongst the literati have deprived me of the most realistic and sparkling (who knew you could have both) dialogue, and the most unobtrusive yet fascinating description I've had the privilege to read. Plots may be a bit too pat, but they are also ingenious puzzles. Unalloyed happily-ever-afters they may be, but they are always great fun. Miss Heyer should be named among the giants of literature. No, I am not being snide.
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- Mcadams
- 06-02-24
Heyer is a master
I always tell people Heyer is equal parts Jane Austin, a good 1930’s screwball comedy ie Brining up Baby and a heavy dose of charm. If one of those appeal to you take the chance and try to not fall in love. Favorites - Grand Sofie, Frederica, Cotillion
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-15-22
Please make available on Audible UK
And all Heyer titles!!!! I'm tired of having to have 2 accounts (UK & USA)
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- mad4books
- 01-21-24
Dragged down by the narration
The newer Heyer recordings are very hit or miss. The narrator on this one doesn’t seem to get Georgette Heyer. The text is over-acted and the cadence is jerky, as though the reader lacks the breath to read an entire sentence without breaking it into separate phrases. I’ll be returning this one.
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