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    The Mayor of Casterbridge (Dramatised), Hörbuch, Digital, 211min
    Hardy's powerful tale, set in mid-19th century Dorset, tells the tragic story of Michael Henchard, a man who cannot escape his past. Drunk on rum at a country fair, Henchard sells his wife to a sailor for five guineas. Unable to find, them and overcome with guilt and remorse, he vows to be teetotal for 21 years. Many years later his wife seeks him out in Casterbridge, where he has gained both wealth and the well-respected position of mayor. His family restored to him, Henchard's happiness should be complete. But beneath the surface still smoulders the same impetuousness and temper that, combined with fate, bring about his degradation and ruin. Language: English. Narrator: John Nettles, David Calder, Janet Dale. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/pf/bbcw/001725/pf_bbcw_001725_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Fair Deception , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 478min
    When Kit Kydd rescues Susanna Fair from an abduction attempt, it seems to be fate: Kit needs to appear settled to be made his great-aunt's heir, and Susanna is an actress. By pretending to be engaged for the duration of a visit to Lady Penfold, Kit can protect her from further danger. But Lady Penfold lives in the horse-racing town of Newmarket, which holds the secret of Susanna's scandalous past. And the dishonourable Rafe Warwick has 2000 guineas riding on making Susanna his mistress - and he doesn't take defeat lightly. And then Susanna's travelling theatre company need her to perform in public one last time. And Susanna really, really, hadn't intended falling in love with Kit. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Julie Teal. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/isis/000910/bk_isis_000910_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Hardy: The Mayor of Casterbridge , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 739min
    Michael Henchard, drunk at a country fair, sells his wife and baby daughter for five guineas. The following day, in despair and remorse, he forswears alcohol and sets out to redeem himself. In time, he becomes a respected merchant and eventually the mayor of the town. But Fate is not to be so easily appeased, and Henchard finds his past actions resonate through and destroy his plans for the future. One of the greatest novels in the English language, The Mayor of Casterbridge sees Thomas Hardy at his best, bringing landscape and richly imagined characters to life, and setting the hope of love against the forces of Providence.PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Anton Lesser. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/naxo/000591/bk_naxo_000591_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Diamond , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 385min
    Diamond wasn't always a star. Born to penniless parents who longed for a strong, healthy son, she was a dainty, delicate daughter - and a bitter disappointment. Discovering she has an extraordinary gift for acrobatics, Diamond uses her talent to earn a few pennies, but brings shame on her family. Then a mysterious, cruel-eyed stranger spots her performing, and makes a deal with her father. Diamond is sold for five guineas, and is taken to become an acrobat at Tanglefield's Travelling Circus. The crowds adore Diamond, but life behind the velvet curtains is far from glamorous. Her wicked master forces Diamond to attempt ever more daring and dangerous tricks, until she is terrified to step into the ring. But there are true friends to be found at the circus, too. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Emma Weaver. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bbcw/007268/bk_bbcw_007268_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Infants of the Brush: A Chimney Sweep's Story , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 468min
    Infants of the Brush is historical fiction based on Armory v. Delamirie, a 1700s court case before the King's Bench against Paul de Lamerie, a silversmith. In the vein of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, Infants of the Brush is set in a time when climbing boys were forced up burning flues to dislodge harmful soot and coal ash. Egan Whitcombe is just six years old when he is sold to Master Armory for a few coins. As one of Master Armory's eight broomers, Egan quickly learns that his life depends on absolute obedience. Pitt, the leader of Master Armory's broomers, teaches Egan to sweep chimneys and negotiate for scraps of bread. Broken and starving, the boys discover friendship as they struggle to save five guineas, the cost of a broomer's independence. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Troughton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/109327/bk_acx0_109327_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Eugenie's Story: Swallowcliffe Hall, Book 4 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 417min
    This is the journal of Eugenie Vye: the prettiest debutante of the 1890 season, with hair she can sit on and a 17-inch waist - yet somehow three years later, still unmarried. Lord Vye's daughter might be thought to want for nothing, but life isn't easy on 50 guineas a year with a jealous stepmother watching one's every move. Eugenie's passionate nature and unerring ability to get hold of the wrong end of the stick land her in trouble as she follows her heart: from elegant Swallowcliffe to the streets of fashionable London, by way of rural Ireland, glamorous belle époque Paris and an idyllic artists' retreat at Giverny. She hurtles from one near-disaster to another, rescued only by a sense of humor, unquenchable optimism and her dear American friend Julia - until finally discovering love was right under her nose all along. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jennie Walters. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/007166/bk_acx0_007166_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Dangerous Games , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 888min
    A woman who becomes a gambling prize discovers that nothing is more seductive, or dangerous, than love... When her father auctions her off to pay his gambling debts, Melissa Seacourt vows that she will be no man's bought bride. Desperate to escape her fate shackled to someone she could never love, Melissa instead is forced to honor and obey the seductive stranger who comes to her rescue. Purchasing a wife for 20,000 guineas wasn't the end game Nicholas Barrington envisioned when he walked into the notorious Newmarket gambling club. But the innocent Melissa arouses much more than his protective instincts. It will take all of Nick’s skill and daring to best a cunning adversary hellbent on his destruction. With two lives now hanging in the balance, Nick's playing for the highest stakes of all: his future with the woman who won his heart. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cat Gould. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/015836/bk_adbl_015836_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Tailor of Salisbury: A True Story , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 153min
    Re-released. Geoffrey James Hurford, a tailor who worked in Salisbury, England, was born in 1921 in Damerham, Hampshire, at a time when Crown Prince Hirohito, aged 20, had just been named Regent of Japan, when the cinema was erupting with excitement at the arrival on screen of Italy's most glamorous star, Rudolph Valentino, and when, in the United Kingdom, a 45-mile-to-the-gallon, brand-new Rover two-seater car could be bought for 230 guineas. As a child, Geoffrey contracted osteomyelitis, a chronic bone infection, and subsequently spent several years in hospital undergoing traumatic operations. By the time he was 21, he voluntarily made the decision to have his leg amputated. This fascinating account of Geoffrey's life - childhood, tailoring college, marriage and an extensive working career - is given a sensitive and humorous "talking head" performance by Martin Jarvis. It is an aspirational and entertaining true story of a tailor who, until his death in his early 80s, carried on working from the Dickensian tiny front room of his house in Salisbury's city centre. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Martin Jarvis. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rksw/000004/bk_rksw_000004_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Mayor of Casterbridge , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 815min
    The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy is a tragic novel set in the fictional town of Casterbridge. Michael Henchard, a young hay trusser, overindulges in rum-laced furmity and quarrels with his wife, Susan. Spurred by alcohol, he decides to auction off his wife and baby daughter, Elizabeth-Jane, to a sailor, Mr. Newson, for five guineas. Once sober the next day, he is too late to recover his family, particularly since his reluctance to reveal his own bad conduct keeps him from conducting an effective search. When he realizes that his wife and daughter are gone, probably for good, he swears not to touch liquor again for as many years as he has lived so far (21). Nineteen years later, Henchard, now a successful grain merchant, is the eponymous Mayor of Casterbridge, known for his staunch sobriety. He is well respected for his financial acumen and his work ethic, but he is not well liked. Impulsive, selfish behavior and a violent temper are still part of his character, as are dishonesty and secretive activity. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peta Johnson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/alph/000099/bk_alph_000099_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 52min
    The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb, one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the ninth of the 12 stories collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The story was first published in Strand Magazine in March 1892. An engineer, Victor Hatherly, attends Dr. Watson's Surgery after his thumb is chopped off, and recounts his tale to Watson and Holmes. Hatherly had been hired for 50 guineas to repair a machine he was told compressed Fuller's earth into bricks. Hatherly was told to keep the job confidential, and was transported to the job in a carriage with frosted glass, to keep the location secret. He was shown the press, but on closer inspection discovered a "rust of metallic deposit" on the press, and he suspected it was not being used for compressing earth. He confronted his employer, who attacked him, and during his escape his thumb is chopped off. Holmes deduces that the press is being used to produce counterfeit coins, and works out its location. However, when they arrive, the house is on fire, and the criminals have escaped. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Marc Smythe. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/live/000531/bk_live_000531_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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