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- Narrado por: Christopher Cazenove
- Duración: 20 h y 41 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 64
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 55
Stuart Cuno has decided to become good. Not believing in God, he invents his own methods, which include celibacy, chastity, and the abandonment of a promising academic career. Interfering friends and relations question his sincerity, his sanity, and his motives.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Squabble of Smartypants
- De Geoff Maddison en 09-10-12
De: Iris Murdoch
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A Change of Climate
- A Novel
- De: Hilary Mantel
- Narrado por: Sandra Duncan
- Duración: 12 h y 11 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 90
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 74
Ralph and Anna Eldred are an exemplary couple, devoting themselves to doing good. 30 years ago as missionaries in Africa, the worst that could happen did. Shattered by their encounter with inexplicable evil, they returned to England, never to speak of it again. But when Ralph falls into an affair, Anna finds no forgiveness in her heart, and 30 years of repressed rage and grief explode, destroying not only a marriage but also their love, their faith, and everything they thought they were.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautifully written
- De Patricia S. en 10-11-15
De: Hilary Mantel
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To the Lighthouse
- De: Virginia Woolf
- Narrado por: Nicole Kidman
- Duración: 6 h y 37 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,120
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,002
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 996
To the Lighthouse is Virginia Woolf’s arresting analysis of domestic family life, centering on the Ramseys and their visits to the Isle of Skye in Scotland in the early 1900s. Nicole Kidman (Moulin Rouge, Eyes Wide Shut), who won an Oscar for her portrayal of Woolf in the film adaptation of Michael Cunningham’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel
The Hours, brings the impressionistic prose of this classic to vibrant life.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A book that will challenge you to think.
- De Kelly en 04-23-17
De: Virginia Woolf
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The Essex Serpent
- A Novel
- De: Sarah Perry
- Narrado por: Juanita McMahon
- Duración: 14 h y 44 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,130
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,028
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,028
When Cora Seaborne's brilliant, domineering husband dies, she steps into her new life as a widow with as much relief as sadness: her marriage was not a happy one. Wed at 19, this woman of exceptional intelligence and curiosity was ill-suited for the role of society wife. Seeking refuge in fresh air and open space in the wake of the funeral, Cora leaves London for a visit to coastal Essex, accompanied by her inquisitive and obsessive 11-year old son, Francis, and the boy's nanny, Martha.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Unbearable Narrator
- De ACB en 06-08-17
De: Sarah Perry
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The Muse
- A Novel
- De: Jessie Burton
- Narrado por: Bahni Turpin, Maria Elena Infantino
- Duración: 13 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 395
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 365
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 360
England, 1967. Odelle Bastien is a Caribbean émigré trying to make her way in London. When she starts working at the prestigious Skelton Institute of Art, she discovers a painting rumored to be the work of Isaac Robles, a young artist of immense talent and vision whose mysterious death has confounded the art world for decades. The excitement over the painting is matched by the intrigue around the conflicting stories of its discovery.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Mixed narration
- De Amy Fleury en 08-05-16
De: Jessie Burton
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Wicked
- The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
- De: Gregory Maguire
- Narrado por: John McDonough
- Duración: 19 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 9,565
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 6,697
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 6,736
Heralded as an instant classic of fantasy literature, Maguire has written a wonderfully imaginative retelling of The Wizard of Oz told from the Wicked Witch's point of view. More than just a fairy tale for adults, Wicked is a meditation on the nature of good and evil.
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5 out of 5 stars
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It's not easy being green
- De PangaeaReads en 07-30-08
De: Gregory Maguire
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Late in the Day
- A Novel
- De: Tessa Hadley
- Narrado por: Abigail Thaw
- Duración: 7 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 183
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 168
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 168
Alexandr and Christine and Zachary and Lydia have been friends since they first met in their 20s. Thirty years later, Alex and Christine are spending a leisurely summer’s evening at home when they receive a call from a distraught Lydia: She is at the hospital. Zach is dead. In the wake of this profound loss, the three friends find themselves unmoored; all agree that Zach, with his generous, grounded spirit, was the irreplaceable one they couldn’t afford to lose. Inconsolable, Lydia moves in with Alex and Christine. The loss warps their relationships.
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4 out of 5 stars
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It's all in the performance
- De RueRue en 02-08-19
De: Tessa Hadley
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Mr. Fox
- A Novel
- De: Helen Oyeyemi
- Narrado por: Carol Boyd
- Duración: 8 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 102
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 89
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 91
Fairy-tale romances end with a wedding and the fairy tales don't get complicated. In this book, celebrated writer Mr. Fox can't stop himself from killing off the heroines of his novels, and neither can his wife, Daphne. It's not until Mary, his muse, comes to life and transforms him from author into subject that his story begins to unfold differently....
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2 out of 5 stars
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A Great Novel, just Poor for Audio
- De James A. Dittes en 08-13-16
De: Helen Oyeyemi
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East of the Sun
- De: Julia Gregson
- Narrado por: Tania Rodrigues
- Duración: 19 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 159
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 110
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 111
Autumn 1928. Three young women are on their way to India, each with a new life in mind. Rose, a beautiful but naive bride-to-be, is anxious about leaving her family and marrying a man she hardly knows. Victoria, her bridesmaid couldn't be happier to get away from her overbearing mother, and is determined to find herself a husband. And Viva, their inexperienced chaperone, is in search of the India of her childhood, ghosts from the past and freedom.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Indian history takes a back seat to 3 young women
- De Richard en 05-24-16
De: Julia Gregson
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South Riding
- De: Winifred Holtby
- Narrado por: Carole Boyd
- Duración: 19 h y 15 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 52
In this rich and memorable evocation of the fictional South Riding of Yorkshire are the lives, loves and sorrows of the central characters. There is Sarah Burton, fiery young headmistress; Robert Carne of Maythorpe Hall, a councillor tormented by his own disastrous marriage; Jo Astell, a socialist fighting poverty and his own illness; and Mrs Beddows, the first woman Alderman of the district (like Winifred's own mother).
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4 out of 5 stars
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Worth Revisiting
- De Ilana en 11-04-12
De: Winifred Holtby
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My Dear I Wanted to Tell You
- A Novel
- De: Louisa Young
- Narrado por: Dan Stevens
- Duración: 10 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 235
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 222
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 219
The lives of two very different couples - an officer and his aristocratic wife, and a young soldier and his childhood sweetheart - are irrevocably intertwined and forever changed in this stunning World War I epic of love and war. Moving among Ypres, London, and Paris, this emotionally rich and evocative novel is both a powerful exploration of the lasting effects of war on those who fight - and those who don't - and a poignant testament to the enduring power of love.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Just read it!! Or rather, listen!
- De Annie M. en 08-31-14
De: Louisa Young
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Fludd
- A Novel
- De: Hilary Mantel
- Narrado por: Gordon Griffin
- Duración: 6 h y 40 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 87
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 76
One dark and stormy night in 1956, a stranger named Fludd mysteriously turns up in the dismal village of Fetherhoughton. He is the curate sent by the bishop to assist Father Angwin - or is he? In the most unlikely of places, a superstitious town that understands little of romance or sentimentality, where bad blood between neighbors is ancient and impenetrable, miracles begin to bloom. Fludd becomes lover, gravedigger, and savior, transforming his dull office into a golden regency of decision, unashamed sensation, and unprecedented action.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Small, tight irreverant novel that wryly inverts
- De Darwin8u en 07-21-13
De: Hilary Mantel
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Ada, or Ardor
- A Family Chronicle
- De: Vladimir Nabokov
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 20 h y 46 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 163
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 141
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 142
Published two weeks after Vladimir Nabokov’s seventieth birthday, Ada, or Ardor is one of his greatest masterpieces, the glorious culmination of his career as a novelist. It tells a love story troubled by incest, but it is also at once a fairy tale, epic, philosophical treatise on the nature of time, parody of the history of the novel, and erotic catalogue. Ada, or Ardor is no less than the supreme work of an imagination at white heat. This is the first American edition to include the extensive and ingeniously sardonic appendix by the author, written under the anagrammatic pseudonym Vivian Darkbloom.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Incest, a game the Whole Family Can Play
- De Darwin8u en 08-12-13
De: Vladimir Nabokov
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The Unseen
- A Novel
- De: Katherine Webb
- Narrado por: Clare Wille
- Duración: 15 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 48
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 44
A vicar with a passion for nature, the Reverend Albert Canning leads a happy existence with his naive wife, Hester, in their sleepy Berkshire village in the year 1911. But as the English summer dawns, the Cannings' lives are forever changed by two new arrivals: Cat, their new maid, a disaffected, free-spirited young woman sent down from London after entanglements with the law; and Robin Durrant, a leading expert in the occult, enticed by tales of elemental beings in the water meadows nearby.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book!
- De Dana en 09-03-12
De: Katherine Webb
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Named of the Dragon
- De: Susanna Kearsley
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 9 h y 48 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 790
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 722
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 714
The charm of spending the Christmas holidays in South Wales, with its crumbling castles and ancient myths, seems the perfect distraction from the nightmares that have plagued literary agent Lyn Ravenshaw since the loss of her baby five years ago. Instead she meets an emotionally fragile young widow who's convinced that Lyn's recurring dreams have drawn her to Castle Farm for an important purpose - and she's running out of time.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not Kearsley's best
- De Sindy en 06-27-16
De: Susanna Kearsley
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What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
Cannot remember having such a hard time getting into a book. Could not even finish
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story line hard to follow - if there was one.
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