Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617660 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Rainbow: A Novel Author: Yasunari Kawabata Narrator: Ami Okumura Jones Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 55 minutes Release date: November 7, 2023 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: Available in English for the very first time, a powerful, poignant novel about three half sisters in post-war Japan, from the Nobel Prize-winning author of Snow Country. With the Second World War only a few years in the past, and Japan still reeling from its effects, two sisters—born to the same father but different mothers—struggle to make sense of the new world in which they are coming of age. Asako, the younger, has become obsessed with locating a third sibling, while also experiencing love for the first time. While Momoko, their father’s first child—haunted by the loss of her kamikaze boyfriend and their final, disturbing days together—seeks comfort in a series of unhealthy romances. And both sisters find themselves unable to outrun the legacies of their late mothers. A thoughtful, probing novel about the enduring traumas of war, the unbreakable bonds of family, and the inescapability of the past, The Rainbow is a searing, melancholy work from one of Japan’s greatest writers. A VINTAGE ORIGINAL.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/610709 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mosquitoes Author: William Faulkner Narrator: Nick Sullivan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 58 minutes Release date: May 30, 2023 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: Faulkner’s second novel follows a bohemian cast of artists, socialites, and dilettantes as they set sail on a four-day excursion aboard the Nausikaa. Faulkner’s quick wit and endless appetite for satire make this audiobook a fascinating exploration of character, as well as a rare glimpse into the author himself. The novel explores questions of sex and sexuality, as well as the societal role of the artist. Inspired by his own participation in the arts community in New Orleans, Mosquitoes is an engaging and delightful novel from one of America’s greatest writers.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604087 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Glass Palace Author: Amitav Ghosh Narrator: Ranjit Madgavkar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 44 minutes Release date: April 27, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: The International Bestseller from the Man Booker Prize shortlisted author 'An absorbing story of a world in transition’ JM Coetzee 'A Doctor Zhivago for the Far East' The Independent Rajkumar is only another boy, helping on a market stall in the dusty square outside the royal palace, when the British force the Burmese King, Queen and all the Court into exile. He is rescued by the far-seeing Chinese merchant, and with him builds up a logging business in upper Burma. But haunted by his vision of the Royal Family, he journeys to the obscure town in India where they have been exiled. The story follows the fortunes – rubber estates in Malaya, businesses in Singapore, estates in Burma – which Rajkumar, with his Chinese, British and Burmese relations, friends and associates, builds up – from 1870 through the Second World War to the scattering of the extended family to New York and Thailand, London and Hong Kong in the post-war years.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612283 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Hundred Years of Solitude Author: Gabriel García Márquez Narrator: Ben Onwukwe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 56 minutes Release date: February 2, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS BOOKS AND WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 'Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice' Gabriel García Márquez's great masterpiece is the story of seven generations of the Buendía family and of Macondo, the town they built. Though little more than a settlement surrounded by mountains, Macondo has its wars and disasters, even its wonders and its miracles. A microcosm of Columbian life, its secrets lie hidden, encoded in a book, and only Aureliano Buendía can fathom its mysteries and reveal its shrouded destiny. Blending political reality with magic realism, fantasy and comic invention, One Hundred Years of Solitude is one of the most daringly original works of the twentieth century. 'Should be required reading for the entire human race' The New York Times 'The book that sort of saved my life' Emma Thompson 'No lover of fiction can fail to respond to the grace of Márquez's writing' Sunday Telegraph © Gabriel Garcia Marquez 2007 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616741 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Death Comes for the Archbishop Author: Willa Cather Narrator: Pete Cross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 35 minutes Release date: January 3, 2023 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: In 1851, Father Jean Marie Latour becomes the Apostolic Vicar to New Mexico. While the area is American by law, it's still Mexican and Indian by custom and belief. During the years that follow, Latour tirelessly but gently spreads his faith while facing external and internal obstacles. Loosely based on the life of Jean-Baptiste Lamy and the construction of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, this novel chronicles the events that occur after the capture of the southwest by American forces during the Mexican-American war.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604102 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Figaro Plays: The Barber of Seville, The Marriage of Figaro and The Guilty Mother: Three BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisations Author: Pierre-Augustin Beaumarchais Narrator: John Mcandrew, Moir Leslie, Gary Bond, Michael Aldridge, Dorothy Tutin, Alison Steadman, Full Cast, Nickolas Grace, Norman Rodway Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 45 minutes Release date: December 29, 2022 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: A trilogy of classic plays by Pierre Augustin Caron De Beaumarchais, including The Barber of Seville, The Marriage of Figaro and The Guilty Mother Forerunner to the renowned operas, The Figaro Plays by Pierre Augustin Caron De Beaumarchais are a celebration of how intelligence and wit can bring any servant level with their aristocratic masters. Considered scandalous in their time, the plays went on to be adapted by Rossini (The Barber of Seville) and Mozart (The Marriage of Figaro) to become some of the most popular and acclaimed operas of all time. These original plays show us the stories behind these popular operas. In The Barber of Seville, Count Almaviva falls in love with a young noblewoman, but every attempt to seduce her is countered by her watchful guardian. Only his resourceful servant Figaro may get him what he wants... The Marriage of Figaro sees the Count grown tired of his marriage to Rosina, and instead his thoughts turn to Suzannah, Figaro's own fiancée. Will Figaro's wiles prove sufficient to save two marriages? And in The Guilty Mother, the Countess Almaviva finds troubles of her own with an illegitimate child on the way, and a scheming Major on hand to make every slip-up into a catastrophe. Once again, all depend on Figaro... Translated by John Wells, the English actor, satirist, screenwriter, and co-founder of the magazine Private Eye, this trilogy of comic dramas are masterpieces of power, humour, and marital misadventure. The Barber of Seville Cast Gary Bond - Count Almaviva Nickolas Grace - Figaro Dorothy Tutin - Rosina Michael Aldridge - Bartholo Peter Pratt - Master Basil Michael Bilton - The Youth John Wells - Wide-awake Peter Acre - Notary Arnold Diamond - An Alcade The Marriage of Figaro Cast Dorothy Tutin - The Countess Gary Bond - Count Almaviva Nickolas Grace - Figaro Alison Steadman - Suzannah Michael Aldridge - Bartholo Jean Boht - Marcellina John McAndrew - The Cherub Peter Pratt - Basil Moir Leslie - Little Fanny Michael Bilton - Antonio John Wells - Don Guzman Bridlegoose Peter Acre - Grab Michael Jenner - Ebenezer Sunshine Helena Breck & Narissa Knights - Bridesmaids The Guilty Mother Cast Alison Steadman - Suzannah Nickolas Grace - Figaro Norman Rodway - Major Bejorass Gary Bond - Count Almaviva John McAndrew - Leon Moir Leslie - Floresta Dorothy Tutin - The Countess John Wells - Wilhelm Arnold Diamond - Mr Dim Production credits Music Composed & Conducted by Carl Davis Written by Pierre Augustin Caron De Beaumarchais Translated by John Wells Produced and Directed by Ian Cotterell Originally broadcast on BBC Radio 3: 29 May 1985 (The Barber of Seville) 12 June 1985 (The Guilty Mother) 1 January 1986 (The Marriage of Figaro) ©2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613956 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Romance of Two Worlds Author: Marie Corelli Narrator: Gabrielle De Cuir Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 57 minutes Release date: December 13, 2022 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: “No one is contented in this world, I believe. There is always something left to desire, and the last thing longed for always seems the most necessary to happiness.” Known as the queen of bestsellers, Corelli’s career began with A Romance of Two Worlds, which addressed the contemporary debate between creationism and evolution. The debut novel even developed a cult following of its own, garnering a group of devotees to her passage regarding “The Electric Principle of Christianity” that they believed was born of her own supernatural experiences (a belief from which she did not try to dissuade them). In A Romance of Two Worlds, a young musician in England who has been suffering from depression and a nervous ailment goes on holiday in order to recuperate. While abroad, she meets an Italian artist, Cellini, who gives her a special draught for relaxation. The young woman has divine visions under the influence of the strange potion which she longs to have again. Cellini takes her to Dr. Casimir, also known as Heliobas, for further treatment of her nervous disposition. The doctor describes himself as an “electric physician,” and with his help she is able to experience more visions, as well as some relief from her anxiety. With each vision she learns more about religion and the destiny of mankind, but it is not enough. She is always yearning to learn more, to be closer to the divine.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611838 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lock and Key Library: Old-Time English Stories: Classic Mystery and Detective Stories Author: Thomas De Quincey, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Julian Hawthorne, Charles Robert Maturin, William Thackeray, Laurence Sterne, Charles Dickens Narrator: Gabrielle De Cuir, Paul Boehmer, John Lee, Stefan Rudnicki, Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 17 minutes Release date: December 6, 2022 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: Assembled and edited by Julian Hawthorne and first published in 1907, the Old Time English volume of The Lock and Key Library features ten classic mysteries and ghost stories by Charles Dickens, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Thomas de Quincey, Charles Robert Maturin, Laurence Sterne, and William Makepeace Thackeray. The Old Time English volume opens with two classic ghost stories from Charles Dickens: the first takes place in the traditional (and titular) “Haunted House,” while the second follows the haunting of a railroad, of all places. Then you’ll be treated to two stories by Edward Bulwer-Lytton: one a tale of a rationalist investigating a haunted house, and another a tale of the search for the elixir of life itself! Up next is a ghastly story of murder in a small German town from the mind of Thomas de Quincy, followed by a selection from the classic Irish yarn Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Robert Maturin. But not every tale featured here is doom and gloom. In Laurence Stern’s “A Mystery with a Moral,' you’ll be subjected to the eccentric musings of an English parson as he tries to make sense of a mystery that might not even be real. And then in “The Notch in the Axe', William Makepeace Thackeray contemplates the nature of crime and guilt and judgment, reaching some rather Swiftian conclusions himself. Finally, the last two stories, about another murder in a small German town and about a longstanding family curse, respectively, are both written by anonymous writers, as Julian Hawthorne often chose to include in his collections. This volume of The Lock and Key Library is sure to haunt and charm fans of ghost and detective mysteries alike. Full Contents: “The Haunted House” by Charles Dickens “No. 1 Branch Line: The Signal Man” by Charles Dickens “The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain” by Edward Bulwer-Lytton “The Incantation” by Edward Bulwer-Lytton “The Avenger” by Thomas de Quincey Melmoth the Wanderer (selection) by Charles Robert Maturin “A Mystery with a Moral” by Laurence Sterne “The Notch on the Ax” by William Makepeace Thackeray “Bourgonef” by Anonymous “The Closed Cabinet” by Anonymous

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616709 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hollow Needle: Further Adventures of Arsène Lupin Series: #3 of The Adventures of Arsène Lupin Author: Maurice Leblanc Narrator: Mark Meadows Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 53 minutes Release date: December 6, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: In the third installment of the Arsène Lupin series, we find our gentleman burglar up against Isidore Beautrelet, a young but gifted amateur detective who is determined to foil Lupin once and for all. As he hunts down the Hollow Needle, a needle that contains secrets that have been passed down from French kings since Julius Caesar, Beautrelet is never too far behind.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617692 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A BBC Christmas Collection: 30 Festive Dramas and Stories Author: Jeremy Front, Rachel Joyce, Anton Chekhov, Elizabeth Gaskell, Alexander McCall Smith, Leo Tolstoy, Charles Dickens, Various Narrator: Nikesh Patel, James Fleet, Rebecca Front, Michelle Fairley, Tamsin Grieg, Niamh Cusack, Robert Lindsay, Nina Sosanya, Meera Syal, Full Cast, Stephanie Cole, Stephen Fry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 7 minutes Release date: December 1, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: A sparkling seasonal anthology of BBC dramas and readings Christmas is the perfect time to curl up with a good story, and this cracking collection brings you 30 wonderfully diverse tales inspired by this most special of seasons. From Santa Claus, gift-giving and family gatherings, to an unexpected encounter in a snowstorm and an alternative take on the Nativity, they're sure to get you in the festive mood. Here are modern readings of classics such as Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Tree', Anton Chekhov's 'At Christmas Time', Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Fir Tree', O Henry's 'The Gift of the Magi', Elizabeth Gaskell's 'Christmas Storms and Sunshine' and Leo Tolstoy's 'Papa Panov's Special Christmas'. Alongside them is some superb short fiction by contemporary authors, including Stella Duffy ('South'), Paul McVeigh ('Daddy Christmas'), Laura Barnett ('Survivors'), and nine delightful stories by Alexander McCall Smith. Among the stellar narrators are Don Gilet, Nina Sosanya, Hannah Gordon, Stephanie Cole and Meera Syal. Interspersed with these are a range of spellbinding plays, including Rachel Joyce's poignant Christmas by the Lake; festive action comedy Lena Marsh, Live and Schticking! by Jeremy Front; a very unusual and very dangerous Santa in The Morpeth Carol by Timothy X Atack; and Robert Hudson and Marie Phillips' epistolary animal tale, Some Hay in a Manger, introduced by Stephen Fry. All feature star casts including Niamh Cusack, Robert Lindsay, Sam Troughton, Clare Corbett, Tamsin Greig and Joel Fry. Heartwarming and heartfelt, comic and bittersweet, moving and magical, these fantastic, evocative stories are a real Christmas treat. Note: Chapter metadata updated in January 2023. Contents Christmas by the Lake by Rachel Joyce Christmas Short Stories by Alexander McCall Smith: · 'Motordrome' · 'The Revenge, or Otherwise, of Herbie Bontemps' · 'How to Escape in Gaelic' · 'The Colourful Life of Cousin Grace' · 'Good President Wenceslas' The Christmas Present by Ben Crompton Christmas Compass: Series 1: · 'North' by Malachy Tallack · 'South' by Stella Duffy · 'East' by Ruth Thomas · 'West' by Mike McCormack A Time to Dance by Lucy Gannon Christmas Compass: Series 2 by Alexander McCall Smith · 'Winter Journey' · 'In the DRC' · 'Primatologist' · 'On The Island' Midnight at Christmas by Elliott Kerrigan 'The Fir Tree' by Hans Christian Andersen 'At Christmas Time'by Anton Chekhov 'Papa Panov's Special Christmas' by Leo Tolstoy Some Hay in a Manger by Robert Hudson and Marie Phillips 'Daddy Christmas' by Paul McVeigh 'Christmas Storms and Sunshine'by Elizabeth Gaskell The Morpeth Carol by Timothy X Atack 'Survivors' by Laura Barnett Lena Marsh, Live and Shticking!by Jeremy Front 'A Christmas Tree' by Charles Dickens 'The Gift of the Magi' by O Henry Get Santa by Peter Gibbs 'Home' by Christine Dwyer Hickey © 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/603538 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Thomas Hardy BBC Radio Drama Collection: 10 full-cast dramatisations including Tess of the d’Urbervilles & Far From the Madding Crowd Author: Thomas Hardy Narrator: Callum Scott Howells, Rebecca Humphries, Faye Marsay, Sacha Dhawan, Patrick Kennedy, Olivia Poulet, David Calder, Ruth Wilson, Alex Tregear, Katy Sobey, Toby Jones, Shaun Dooley, Adam Godley, Full Cast, Emma Fielding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 51 minutes Release date: November 24, 2022 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: A definitive, fully-dramatised collection of the best-known works of Thomas Hardy Renowned novelist and poet Thomas Hardy is best known for his fatalistic, often tragic novels set in the 'realistic dream-country' of Wessex, in south and south-west England. Drawing on his own life, he created some of the most memorable characters and stories in Victorian literature - many of which are included here. In five dramas taken from Radio 4's 'Hardy's Women' season, we meet a few of Thomas Hardy's most compelling female protagonists. The Hand of Ethelberta centres around an infamous poet who's not the lady everyone thinks she is; while Two on a Tower is the star-crossed love story of Lady Viviette Constantine and handsome young astronomer Swithin St Cleeve. The Woodlanders tells Hardy's tale of ambition, money and missed chances from the perspective of its unsung heroine, Marty South; unhappy Tess Durbeyfield recounts her life story in Tess of the d'Urbervilles; and in Jude the Obscure, Sue Bridehead relates the tale of stonemason Jude and his dreams of being a scholar. Among the stars of these irresistible adaptations are Rebecca Humphries, Olivia Poulet, Callum Scott Howells, Katy Sobey, Sacha Dhawan, Faye Marsay, Kirsty Oswald and Robert Emms. Also featured are dramatisations of three of Hardy's other masterpieces. Far from the Madding Crowd sees the beautiful, independent Bathsheba Everdene (Alex Tregear) pursued by three suitors: Gabriel Oak (Shaun Dooley), William Boldwood (Toby Jones) and Sergeant Troy (Patrick Kennedy). In The Return of the Native, Hardy's poignant tale of love and longing is brought to life by an ensemble cast including David Calder, Emma Fielding and Adam Godley. And in The Mayor of Casterbridge, starring John Lynch and Ruth Wilson, a man spends his life trying to atone for his terrible past - but however hard he tries to conceal it, it will not be buried. Rounding off our collection we have a pair of classic short stories - 'The Withered Arm' and 'The Fiddler of the Reels', starring Victoria Hamilton, Susan Jameson, Janet Dale, Stephen Tomlin and Struan Rodger. Contents Far from the Madding Crowd The Hand of Ethelberta The Return of the Native Two on a Tower The Mayor of Casterbridge The Woodlanders Tess of the d'Urbervilles Jude the Obscure 'The Withered Arm' 'The Fiddler of the Reels' First published 1874 (Far from the Madding Crowd), 1876 (The Hand of Ethelberta), 1878 (The Return of the Native), 1882 (Two on a Tower), 1886 (The Mayor of Casterbridge), 1887 (The Woodlanders), 1888 ('The Withered Arm'), 1891-2 (Tess of the d'Urbervilles), 1893 ('The Fiddler of the Reels'), 1895 (Jude the Obscure) © 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613951 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life Author: Herman Melville Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 33 minutes Release date: November 22, 2022 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: “I may truly pronounce the Typees to be as polished a community as ever the sun shone upon.” Herman Melville’s first novel, Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life, is a fictionalized account of his time in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands, and it was his most popular work during his lifetime. Tommo has been aboard a whaling ship for six months of grueling travel when he decides, with his friend Toby, to escape and hide on a wild island. They are not alone on Nukuheva. The island is home to a tribe called the Typees known for being cannibals. But when Tommo breaks his leg, they can no longer avoid the valley the Typees call home. They venture down into the tribe’s territory, but instead of the violence they have been expecting, the Typees greet them happily with food and shelter. Tommo and Toby quickly become accustomed to life in the tribe and even prefer aspects of island life to their life in so-called “civilized” society, but they are unable to squash their fear of the rumored cannibalism. Even with Tommo and Toby’s fears of the island and its people, Melville’s novel acknowledges the hypocrisy of the violence of English and American missionaries on these communities when confronted with their own terror of unfamiliar customs.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613947 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Crux Author: Charlotte Perkins Gilman Narrator: Gabrielle De Cuir Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 43 minutes Release date: November 15, 2022 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: If some say “Innocence is the greatest charm of young girls,” the answer is, “What good does it do them?” The Crux is the story of group of women who move from New England to Colorado in order to run a boardinghouse for men. One of these women, the young Vivian Lane, falls in love with a man who has both gonorrhea and syphilis. It then falls to Vivian, when she learns of his illnesses, to decide whether she should marry and have children with this man. She is torn between her own heart and the “duty” of motherhood, as one doctor in the novel puts it, to have children with a healthy father. Through a twenty-first-century lens, Charlotte Perkins Gilman uses this novel to advocate for young women to be educated, to educate themselves, and ensure they are provided all the information they need in order to make informed decisions about their life. But that is not the only reason The Crux is vital to understanding the progression of feminism in the United States. This early piece of feminist literature is an encapsulation of some of early twentieth-century America’s greatest cultural anxieties and issues. Gender and feminism are at the forefront of The Crux, but Gilman also addresses fears regarding eugenics, contagion, and disease, as well as the biological and nationalistic components that were prevalent in the feminist movement of the time. Gilman’s brand of utopian feminism, which she would further explore in her novel Herland, was both a revelation and a product of its time, and therefore remains an insightful and provocative piece of literature to this day.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612376 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Enchanted April Author: Elizabeth Von Arnim Narrator: Robin Siegerman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 32 minutes Release date: November 1, 2022 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: When four women leave their drab lives behind to go on holiday in Italy, their lives are changed forever by the Mediterranean. Mrs. Arbuthnot and Mrs. Wilkins, while part of the same ladies' club, have never spoken. Lady Caroline Dester and the elderly Mrs. Fisher join their holiday so as to mitigate expenses. As these women come together and learn more about themselves than they ever thought possible, they reveal their true personalities and the backdrops of their lives that tend to hinder them. Inspired by the author's own month-long trip to the Italian Riviera, this novel is noted as her most widely-read work.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613939 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dawn O'Hara: The Girl Who Laughed Author: Edna Ferber Narrator: Gabrielle De Cuir Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 34 minutes Release date: October 25, 2022 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: “But best of all, the fascination of the People I’d Like to Know. They pop up now and then in the shifting crowds, and are gone the next moment, leaving behind them a vague regret. Sometimes I call them the People I’d Like to Know and sometimes I call them the People I Know I’d Like, but it means much the same. Their faces flash by in the crowd, and are gone, but I recognize them instantly as belonging to my beloved circle of unknown friends.” After years of living in boarding houses and working to pay for the care of her mentally ill husband, Dawn O’Hara feels closer to fifty than twenty-eight—and on the edge of a mental breakdown. The stress of her life and the hustle and bustle of the big city send her to the doctor, who advises her to return to her small hometown in Michigan to recuperate. With the help of her devoted sister and a handsome German doctor, Dawn is able to get a job as a newspaper reporter, meet new people, and have a year’s worth of adventure. She is ready to start fresh in the countryside, but with the looming memory of her husband in the hospital, she fears she will never truly be free to love—or to be herself—again. Edna Ferber’s first novel was inspired by the author’s own time as a reporter in the city and the countryside. Dawn O’Hara: The Girl Who Laughed shows, from the beginning of her career, the heart, humor, and striking insight that would be present in Ferber’s future work.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/603535 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sylvia Townsend Warner: A BBC Radio Collection: Including Lolly Willowes & The True Heart Author: Sylvia Townsend Warner Narrator: Helen O'hara, Joanne Mitchell, Joanna Mccallum, Tilly Vosburgh, Mick Ford, Louise Brealey, Penelope Wilton, Irene Sutcliffe, Margaret Tyzack, Full Cast, Edward Petherbridge Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 29 minutes Release date: October 20, 2022 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: BBC radio productions of the works of Sylvia Townsend Warner - plus bonus programmes about the author herself Sylvia Townsend Warner was a prolific author of novels, short stories and poetry, who also wrote a biography of T. H. White, translated Proust and was an authority on Tudor church music. A sharp, insightful storyteller, she was one of the 20th Century's most acute observers of English mores, and her work is infused with subversive themes reflecting her feminist and Marxist views. This comprehensive anthology includes dramatisations of her two best-known novels, beginning with her 1926 debut, Lolly Willowes, which was shortlisted for the Prix Femina and launched her literary career. Louise Brealey stars in this joyously comic tale of a respectable, middle-class spinster who finally finds fulfilment in life by taking up witchcraft. Next up is The True Heart, an imaginative retelling of the Cupid and Psyche myth. Set in 1873, it tells the story of orphaned maidservant Sukey, who falls in love, but is cruelly parted from her beloved. Believing that only Queen Victoria can help, she sets off on a heroic journey to see her... Tilly Vosburgh stars, with Mick Ford and Theresa Streatfeild. These are followed by three short stories: 'The Proper Circumstances' (read by Joanna McCallum), 'One Thing Leading to Another' (read by Margaret Tyzack) and 'Oxenhope' (read by Edward Petherbridge). Also featured is the Radio 4 series Stories of Sylvia Townsend Warner, comprising five short tales - 'Flora', 'A Scent of Roses', 'English Mosaic', 'Furnivall's Hoopoe' and 'The Listening Woman' - all read by Penelope Wilton. Concluding our collection are two bonus programmes: Comrade Ackland and I, Frances Bingham's original drama based on the true story of Sylvia Townsend Warner and her partner, poet Valentine Ackland; and The Diaries of Sylvia Townsend Warner, in which Irene Sutcliffe reads five extracts from the journal kept by the novelist from 1927 to her death in 1978. Contents Lolly Willowes The True Heart 'The Proper Circumstances' 'One Thing Leading to Another' 'Oxenhope' 'Flora' 'A Scent of Roses' 'English Mosaic' 'Furnivall's Hoopoe' 'The Listening Woman' Comrade Ackland and I The Diaries of Sylvia Townsend Warner First published 1926 (Lolly Willowes), 1929 (The True Heart), 1944 ('The Proper Circumstances'), 1962 ('One Thing Leading to Another'), 1964 ('English Mosaic'), 1966 ('Oxenhope'), 1969 ('Furnivall's Hoopoe), 1972 ('A Scent of Roses', 'The Listening Woman'), 1977 ('Flora') © 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P) 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614578 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Persuasión (acento castellano) Author: Jane Austen Narrator: Raquel Romero Escribà Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 44 minutes Release date: October 15, 2022 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: Publicada póstumamente en 1818, presenta un cuadro de familia sumamente austeniano: un viudo pomposo que sólo lee el baronetario, una hija soltera llena de pretensiones, una hija casada hipocondríaca y caprichosa, una multitud ruidosa de parientes y vecinos que aparecen por todas partes… y, al fondo, en el último rincón, una heroína sensible, paciente y menospreciada. Una mujer que «había dejado atrás la edad de ruborizarse; pero no, desde luego, la de las emociones»; y que ahora, ocho años después de haber rechazado, persuadida por un mal consejo, al hombre que amaba, ve como éste reaparece en su vida, rico, honorable, pero aún despechado. Una mujer que, quizá por primera vez en la historia de la novela, debe luchar para que el amor le conceda una segunda oportunidad.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/603185 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sea-Wolf Author: Jack London Narrator: Noah Michael Levine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 4 minutes Release date: October 11, 2022 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: 'Humphrey Van Weyden is a smart, domesticated man. He enjoys reading and critiquing literature in his free time. So when he finds himself a survivor of a ferryboat accident and at the complete mercy of a tyrannical schooner captain, his life is turned upside down. Exploring themes of ambition, courage, and survival, this 1904 classic adventure novel features an antagonist based on a sailor Jack London once knew.'

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613934 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Uninhabited House Author: Mrs. J. H. Charlotte Riddell Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 20 minutes Release date: October 11, 2022 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: “If ever a residence, ‘suitable in every respect for a family of position,’ haunted a lawyer’s offices, the ‘Uninhabited House,’ about which I have a story to tell, haunted those of Messrs. Craven and Son, No. 200, Buckingham Street, Strand.” River Hall, the uninhabited house in question, is a place of ghosts and secrets, and it simply cannot keep a tenant. Inherited by the too-young Miss Helena Elmsdale after her father’s death, it falls to her aunt, Miss Susannah Blake, to attend to the house. In order to see that it remains rented out, Miss Blake brings the property to Messrs. Craven and Son for management. The lawyers do their best, but there is something sinister at River Hall, and the tenants cannot seem to leave fast enough, threatening to leave Miss Blake and her orphaned niece in dire financial straits. Miss Blake demands that something be done to rectify the situation, and one of the younger lawyers at the firm decides to stay in the house himself to uncover the mystery of the uninhabited house. A forgotten classic, The Uninhabited House is an examination of the role of women in finances, class mobility, and the very Victorian anxieties over greed and stolen inheritances, all wrapped up in a chilling ghost story for the ages.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/602073 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Terrible People Author: Edgar Wallace Narrator: Tom Woosnam Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 4 minutes Release date: September 27, 2022 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: The day Clay Shelton is set to be hanged, he requests to speak with the inspector who arrested him, Arnold “Betcher” Long. He tells Long that the Gallows Hand will have its revenge. Assuming he is a dead man trying to delay the inevitable, Long ignores him. But when the judge who sentenced Shelton is murdered, he finally starts to take notice. Soon more people involved with the Shelton case begin to die, all killed by a shadowy organization known as the Terrible People, and Long knows it’s only a matter of time before he’s next.