Literary Fiction Audiobooks | Literature

"Dick Dewy and Fancy Day, the lovers; the simpleton Leaf; Penney the shoemaker; and the rest of the Mellstock rustics inhabit this charming sunlit novel, the first in the great Wessex canon. The book is divided into the four seasons of the year and, like a happily-remembered childhood, a tranquil timelessness and Arcadian appropriateness is established in each."

Thomas Hardy (Author), Margaret Hilton (Narrator)

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The Shadow Women

Angela Hunt (Author), Barbara Rosenblat, Kate Forbes, Suzanne Toren (Narrator)

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Saving Grace

"Having justly earned her reputation as a master storyteller, Lee Smith's name evokes images of authentic country folk struggling through some of life's most arduous tests. Saving Grace adds a stunning spiritual dimension. The daughter of a snake-handling preacher who ignores the needs of his destitute family, Florida Grace doesn't think much of Jesus. He's the reason she's lived in squalor most of her life. He certainly doesn't keep her womanizing zealot of a father on the straight and narrow. In fact, Jesus hasn't been there for her through her failed marriage, or the death of her son. But in one shining moment everything changes when He calls out to her, and she returns to her roots to heed His call. Narrator Christina Moore gives perfect voice to the vulnerability and wisdom of a young woman on a turbulent spiritual journey. The endearing heroine and the poetic language present a quandary: you want to savor this book a chapter at a time, but you can't put it down."

Lee Smith (Author), Christina Moore (Narrator)

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A Room With a View

"Written when he was 25, E.M. Forster's turn-of-the-century novel contains all the essential elements of a great love story: social comedy, unavoidable mishaps, a beautiful setting, and a young man and woman at crossed purposes. One of the author's lighter, less sardonic novels, A Room with a View features a heroine unique for her time. Overwhelmed by the snobbish advice of her English companions, Lucy Honeychurch must find an anchor of resolve within her own heart if she is ever able to truly love."

E.M. Forster (Author), John Franklyn-Robbins (Narrator)

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Oral History

"Oral History, the lyrical saga of a Virginia mountain family, follows four generations of Cantrells over more than a century. With each chapter, Lee Smith, a master of regional voices, adds another branch to a family tree that sings with secrets and sadness, beauty and joy. Researching an assignment for an Oral History course, Jennifer drives to the Virginia hills where her mother and father grew up. Raised by a stepmother, the young college student wonders why her father never talks of her real mother or relatives. So from the moment she steps out of the car, Jennifer is intrigued by the mystery of her heritage. One by one, the Cantrells tell of lives filled with vitality, colored by the land and family history. Through the voices of a full cast of narrators, Lee Smith's remarkable novel becomes a truly extraordinary listening experience."

Lee Smith (Author), C.J. Critt, Christine Mcmurdo-Wallis, Jeff Woodman, Ruth Ann Phimister, Sally Darling, Tom Stechschulte (Narrator)

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Sweet and Vicious

"The best-selling author of Kissing in Manhattan pens a comic tale of violence that is also a fully realized love story. Grace McGlone, waiting for her one true love, falls hard for Henry Dante. But little does she know he is carrying 'The Planets,' a set of famous Spanish diamonds that might cost them their lives."

David Schickler (Author), Nick Landrum (Narrator)

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[German] - MIR... ... so viel wie nie

"Der Dichter Michael Stauffer und die Musiker Hans Koch und Fabian Kuratli legen mit 'So viel wie nie' ein Werk voller Magie und schräger Komik vor. Stauffer brabbelt, summt, buchstabiert, schnorrt, singt, erzählt und fantasiert. Er wechselt fliessend zwischen Dialekt, Kauderwelsch, Gesang und Laut-Improvisation. Die Instrumentalisten Koch und Kuratli mischen sich treffsicher ein, zitieren aus dem ganzen Vokabular zeitgenössischer Pop-Avantgarde und verwandeln die Geschichten zu einem Hörkino, das man nicht mehr verlassen möchte. Michael Stauffer wurde am 20. Juli 1972 um 14.55 Uhr in Winterthur, im Kanton Zürich, geboren. In Bern und Lausanne besuchte er die Universität und studierte Deutsch, Französisch und Bildnerisches Gestalten und schloss diese Studien mit dem Lehramt für diese drei Fächer ab. Stauffer macht Prosa, Hörspiele, Lyrik, Theaterstücke, Performances, singt, lärmt, improvisiert, macht Konzepte und feilt unentwegt am Staufferwerk. Hans Koch aus Bielist ein äusserst innovativer improvisierender Holzbläser, mit einem wohltuend eigenständigen und -willigen Stil. Mit Elektronik, Sampling und Computer, erweiterte Hans Koch seit den neunziger Jahren die Klänge seiner Instrumente. Koch spielt regelmässig in verschiedenen Formationen und macht Film-, Hörspiel- und Theatermusik. Fabian Kuratli aus Bern gehört der ersten Generation von Musikern an, welche mit Technomusik aufgewachsen ist. Sein Spiel wird von Stilen aus der Techno-, House-, Dub- und Breakbeat-Welt beeinflusst. Dank seines unverkennbaren Stiles ist er einer der vielbeschäftigsten Schlagzeuger der Schweiz."

Fabian Kuratli, Hans Koch, Michael Stauffer (Author), Michael Stauffer (Narrator)

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[German] - Tausend strahlende Sonnen

"'...Nicht zu zählen sind die Monde, die auf ihren Dächern schimmern, noch die tausend strahlenden Sonnen, die verborgen hinter Mauern stecken...' Saib-e-Tabri, 17. Jhd., aus einem Gedicht über Kabul Khaled Hosseini erzählt die atemberaubende und ergreifende Geschichte zweier Frauen in Afghanistan, deren Freundschaft und Mut alle Not und Unterdrückung überwindet. Dem Autor von Drachenläufer gelingt es wieder auf unvergleichliche Weise, seine Figuren so lebendig und authentisch werden zu lassen, dass der Leser sie lange nicht vergisst. Khaled Hosseini wurde 1965 in Kabul geboren. Seine Familie erhielt 1980 politisches Asyl in den USA. Hosseini lebt heute als Arzt in Nordkalifornien. 'Drachenläufer' war sein furioser Debütroman, der sich weltweit millionenfach verkauft. Andrea Hörnke-Trieß ist als herausragende Hörbuchsprecherin für ihre packenden und feinfühligen Interpretationen bekannt. Sie wurde bereits für den Deutschen Hörbuchpreis vorgeschlagen."

Khaled Hosseini (Author), Andrea Hörnke Trieß (Narrator)

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The Castle

"On his deathbed, Franz Kafka asked that all his unpublished manuscripts be burned. Fortunately, his request was ignored, allowing such works as The Trial to earn recognition among the literary masterpieces of the 20th century. This brilliant translation of The Castle captures comedic elements and visual imagery that earlier interpretations missed. A traveler known only as K. is promised a job as Land-Surveyor by officials of the Castle. But when K. arrives in town to claim his position, he learns that owing to a clerical error, his services aren’t needed after all. Seeking an explanation, K. endures increasingly frustrating setbacks as he strives in vain to simply make contact with someone—anyone—from the Castle. Saturated with absurdist humor, this haunting novel has fascinated and puzzled readers throughout the world. Some critics praise it as the century’s great religious parable, while others interpret it as indisputably antireligious."

Franz Kafka (Author), George Guidall (Narrator)

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If I Gained the World

"Linda Nichols is a best-selling author of Christian fiction and was a 2003 Christy Awards finalist. She creates another inspiring and emotional novel with If I Gained the World. After leaving her partner, Daniel, Lenore plans on beginning a new life with their son. But parting from the man she loved for so many years sends her into a deep depression. Finally, Lenore meets the people of the Greater Grace Tabernacle, and with their help, she finds peace and happiness again."

Linda Nichols (Author), Richard Ferrone (Narrator)

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Sanctuary

"Rediscover this Faulkner classic--or explore it for the first time. A powerful novel examining the nature of evil, informed by the works of T. S. Eliot and Freud, mythology, local lore, and hard-boiled detective fiction, Sanctuary is the dark, at times brutal, story of the kidnapping of Mississippi debutante Temple Drake, who introduces her own form of venality into Memphis underworld where she is being held."

William Faulkner (Author), Stephen Hoye (Narrator)

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Good Faith

"Greed. Envy. Sex. Property. In her subversively funny and genuinely moving new novel, Jane Smiley nails down several American obsessions with the expertise of a master carpenter. Forthright, likable Joe Stratford is the kind of local businessman everybody trusts, for good reason. But it's 1982, and even in Joe's small town, values are in upheaval: not just property values, either. Enter Marcus Burns, a would-be master of the universe whose years with the IRS have taught him which rules are meant to be broken. Before long he and Joe are new best friends-and partners in an investment venture so complex that no one may ever understand it. Add to this Joe's roller coaster affair with his mentor's married daughter. The result is as suspenseful and entertaining as any of Jane Smiley's fiction"

Jane Smiley (Author), Richard Poe (Narrator)

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