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William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time.
In rural England, a female-dominated community runs on social customs and gossip. At its heart are spinster sisters Miss Matty and Miss Deborah, who must withstand the everyday dramas and hardships of provincial life.
Gaskell’s vivid portrayal of 19th century country folk is reinvigorated by the narration of the inimitable Prunella Scales, star of Fawlty Towers.
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De: Wilkie Collins
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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
- De: Charles Dickens
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 30 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 358
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 307
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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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5 out of 5 stars
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loved it much more than expected!
- De Blue Ridge Book Lover en 05-29-12
De: Charles Dickens
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David Copperfield
- De: Charles Dickens
- Narrado por: Philippe Duquenoy
- Duración: 32 h y 7 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 46
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 43
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 42
David Copperfield is the charming tale of a young boy's journey from an impoverished childhood in Victorian England to a renowned novelist. The story of David Copperfield brings to life some of the most beloved and notorious Dickens characters, including the wicked stepfather, Edward Murdstone; David's friend, Tommy Traddles; Agnes; and the bookkeeper Uriah Heep.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A wonderful Dickens classic, brought to Life!
- De Ron en 06-15-19
De: Charles Dickens
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Middlemarch
- De: George Eliot
- Narrado por: Juliet Stevenson
- Duración: 35 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,198
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 4,703
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,666
Dorothea Brooke is an ardent idealist who represses her vivacity and intelligence for the cold, theological pedant Casaubon. One man understands her true nature: the artist Will Ladislaw. But how can love triumph against her sense of duty and Casaubon’s mean spirit? Meanwhile, in the little world of Middlemarch, the broader world is mirrored: the world of politics, social change, and reforms, as well as betrayal, greed, blackmail, ambition, and disappointment.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best Audible book ever
- De Molly-o en 12-25-11
De: George Eliot
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The Warden: Timothy West Version
- De: Anthony Trollope
- Narrado por: Timothy West
- Duración: 6 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 904
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 767
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 758
The first novel of six in Trollope's series of the Chronicles of Barsetshire introducing the fictional cathedral town of Barchester and the characters of Septimus Harding, the Warden, and his son-in-law Archdeacon Grantly. The Warden concerns the moral dilemma of the conscientious Reverend Septimus Harding, who finds himself at the centre of a bitter conflict between defenders of Church privilege and the reformers of the mid-Victorian period.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Old Man & His Terrific and Single Daughter
- De Joseph R en 08-30-09
De: Anthony Trollope
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Scenes of Clerical Life
- De: George Eliot
- Narrado por: Wanda McCaddon
- Duración: 14 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 56
The Sad Fortunes of the Rev. Amos Barton, through vignettes of his life, portrays a character who is hard to like and easy to ridicule. Many people do ridicule as well as slander and despise him, until his suffering shocks them into fellowship and sympathy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The first work...from a very old soul
- De Theodoc en 04-07-21
De: George Eliot
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Mr. Darcy's Daughters
- De: Elizabeth Aston
- Narrado por: Morag Sims
- Duración: 11 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 301
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 274
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 274
Picking up 20 years after Pride and Prejudice left off, Mr. Darcy's Daughters begins in the year 1818. Elizabeth and Darcy have gone to Constantinople, giving us an opportunity to get to know their five daughters, who have left the sheltered surroundings of Pemberley for a few months in London.
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2 out of 5 stars
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soooo much drama!
- De Kindle Customer en 09-12-20
De: Elizabeth Aston
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Jude The Obscure
- De: Thomas Hardy
- Narrado por: Stephen Thorne
- Duración: 15 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 268
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 219
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This is the story of a young country workman obsessed by his ambition to become an Oxford student, interwoven with his fraught relationships with two women.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Staggering
- De Tad Davis en 02-16-10
De: Thomas Hardy
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Lady Audley's Secret
- De: Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Narrado por: Olivia Poulet
- Duración: 13 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,985
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,834
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,824
From the author of The Christmas Hirelings comes this Audible Exclusive production of Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s classic sensation novel Lady Audley’s Secret. English actress Olivia Poulet gives an assured and captivating narration; a cornerstone of the genre and a scandal at the time of its publication, Lady Audley’s Secret is an entertaining and shocking tale of high drama and shifting perceptions.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Classic 19th Century “sensation novel”
- De Susan en 08-20-19
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Le Pere Goriot
- De: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrado por: David McCallion
- Duración: 9 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 58
Honoré de Balzac uses his classic style of detail to describe a most controversial setting in his novel Le Pere Goriot. The story takes place in Paris just after the fall of Napoleon in 1819. The story focuses on three characters, Rastignac, a student who wants to try and make it big in the capital, Vautrin, an interesting and funny character who is also quite mysterious, and the main character, Goriot, that carries a heavy burden that only a loving parent would endure.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A minor masterpiece
- De Jack Rock en 03-04-18
De: Honoré de Balzac
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A Room with a View
- De: E. M. Forster
- Narrado por: Rebecca Hall
- Duración: 7 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,431
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,195
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,195
In this rich new audio production, acclaimed British American actress Rebecca Hall brings one of E. M. Forster's most admired works to life in this classic tale of human struggle. A charming young Englishwoman, Lucy Honeychurch, is wooed by both free-spirited George Emerson and wealthy Cecil Vyse while vacationing in Italy. Though attracted to George, Lucy becomes engaged to Cecil despite twice turning down his proposals. On hearing of the news, George confesses his love, leaving Lucy torn between marrying the more socially acceptable Cecil or George, the man she knows would bring her true happiness. Should Lucy choose social acceptance or true love?
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5 out of 5 stars
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A lovely performance, and a wonderful story
- De Robert en 01-19-19
De: E. M. Forster
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The Shuttle
- De: Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Narrado por: Tabi That
- Duración: 19 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 50
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 51
Rosalie Vanderpoel, the daughter of an American multimillionaire marries an impoverished English baronet and goes to live in England. She all but loses contact with her family in America. Years later her younger sister Bettina, beautiful, intelligent and extremely rich, goes to England to find what has happened to her sister. She finds Rosalie shabby and dispirited, cowed by her husband's ill-treatment. Bettina sets about to rectify matters.
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5 out of 5 stars
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More than Lovely
- De jTacy67 en 01-17-18
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Father Goriot
- De: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrado por: Bill Homewood
- Duración: 12 h
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 60
Impoverished young aristocrat Eugene de Rastignac is determined to climb the social ladder and impress himself on Parisian high society. While staying at the Maison Vauquer, a boarding house in Paris's rue Neuve-Sainte-Genevieve, he encounters Jean-Joachim Goriot, a retired vermicelli maker who has spent his entire fortune supporting his two daughters. The boarders strike up a friendship and Goriot learns of Rastignac's feelings for his daughter Delphine. He begins to see Rastignac as the ideal son-in-law, and the perfect substitute for Delphine's domineering husband. But Rastignac has other opportunities too....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Astounding performance
- De Laurence Grey en 04-05-21
De: Honoré de Balzac
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Daisy Miller
- De: Henry James
- Narrado por: Ellie Kendrick
- Duración: 3 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 47
Travelling in Europe with her family, Daisy Miller, an exquisitely beautiful young American woman, presents her fellow countryman Winterbourne with a dilemma he cannot resolve. Is she deliberately flouting social convention in the outspoken way she talks and acts, or is she simply ignorant of those conventions? When she strikes up an intimate friendship with an urbane young Italian, her flat refusal to observe the codes of respectable behaviour leave her perilously exposed.
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5 out of 5 stars
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loved the story
- De Dominick Garcez en 02-18-23
De: Henry James