Titoli in Vittoriano

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Sian Clifford, star of Fleabag and Vanity Fair. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Margaret R. Higonnet. When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and seek a...

New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas’s sparking tale of love, romance, and Christmas magic, set in Victorian London, in which the irresistible Wallflowers help steer the course of true love for a notorious wealthy American and his reluctant British bride. The search for true love...

Trots svårigheterna ger polislöjtnant Andersen inte upp jakten på kvinnorna som troligen tog Emilies pengar. Kommer de att hållas ansvariga för vad de har gjort? Odd vill expandera sin verksamhet i Minnesota och beger sig till Denver för att sälja både de två obebyggda fastigheterna och verksamheten där. Men kan han förmå sig att sälja verksamheten mot chef Howards starka vilja?

Emilie kan knappt tro sina ögon när hon ser vem som går mot skolbyggnaden. Ola återvänder till Trøndelag som en välbärgad herre med en resväska full av presenter, och Birte är särskilt glad över sin. Men Ola längtar redan tillbaka till Amerika – och till Emilie…

Tiden för förlossningen närmar sig, och även om Emilie är exalterad är hon också orolig. Kommer allt att gå bra – och hur kommer hennes framtid att se ut som ensamstående mamma? Simon får olycksbådande nyheter om att Jorid har insjuknat i lunginflammation. Det är inte alls säkert att hon kommer att överleva.

Lady Piper Brudenall hoped, prayed, and pleaded for her brother to return to London and rescue her from the marriage her mother arranged for her. Heartbroken by her brother's apparent abandonment, Piper knew she had no one left to trust. Leaving behind life as she knew it, she ran away from it all. Connor MacKintosh relishes the chance to take control of the Marquis of Aylesbury's estate, Dinton Grange, while his sister and her husband were on their honeymoon.

Unsatisfied with the expectations of Creole society and unhappy with her family life, Edna Pontellier begins to fall in love with the dapper Robert Lebrun. Lebrun's flirtations, along with the lifestyle of renowned musician Mademoiselle Reisz, rejuvenates Edna's sense of freedom and independence. However, an affair with the womanizer Alcee Arobin provides Edna with a taste of the danger that comes with living outside of social convention.

Miss Emily Goodnight - who cannot see a thing without her blasted spectacles - is raising the art of meddling to new heights. Why leave her future in the hands of fate when she's perfectly capable of managing it herself? The Earl of Blakely, London's most unattainable bachelor, finds Miss Goodnight's schemes nearly as intriguing as the curves hidden beneath her frumpy gowns. Secure in his independence, he's focused on one thing only: evading his father's manipulating ways. Hell's Belle indeed!

Heather McEntrie sabe lo que dicen de mujeres como ella. Que son un problema. Que son una vergüenza. Que acabarán solas, rodeadas de partituras polvorientas y sueños rotos. Que hablen. Que juzguen. Heather tiene cosas más importantes que hacer que escuchar a mediocres: como conquistar Londres a golpe de talento y mala leche. Todo iba razonablemente bien... hasta que Robert Wilmot, el escritor insufrible con el que lleva media vida peleando, se cruzó en su camino. Otra vez. Y esta vez no bastará un puñetazo para sacarlo de su vida. Ni mil.

Lady Isla Kinsey knows that the animosity between her family, the Dukedom of Grayburn, and their distant kinsmen, the Earldom of Northcairn, is the stuff of legends. Therefore, falling in love with a son of the enemy house would be apocalyptic. So when Captain Tavish Balfour, second son of the Earl of Northcairn, returns home after Waterloo, Lady Isla is determined to resist his allure. Granted, the not-falling-in-love part would be easier if Isla and Tavish weren't already married.

BBC Radio dramatisations and readings of Browning’s most famous poems, performed by stars including Anton Lesser, Roger Allam and David Tennant, plus two bonus plays Victorian poet Robert Browning was renowned for his evocative dramatic monologues peopled with vivid, morally ambiguous...

In an alternate Victorian London where magic reigns supreme, Duke Evander Ravenwood hides a dangerous secret—he is an Archmage of unparalleled power. When a brutal murder throws him into the path of Viggo Stonewall, the notorious leader of the underground information guild Nightshade, Evander's carefully constructed world begins to unravel.

Lucy, a smart, attractive, and well-respected botanist, travels to Blackwell Manor to take care of her sick cousin, Kate, who is married to Miles' younger brother. For Lucy, the trip is a welcome respite from her work and recent discovery of a breakthrough serum that could eliminate the scourge of vampires from London. But Lucy finds more than she bargained for when she arrives at the Manor.

De Elzas, 1877. De liefde tussen Irene en haar man, de rijke wijnhandelaar Franz Gerban, bloeit verder op. Omdat Franz veel op reis is en de eenzaamheid dan de kop opsteekt, gaat ze op zoek naar een andere invulling van haar dagen. Ze zet zich actief in voor de rechten van vrouwen uit de arbeidersklasse en ontmoet tijdens een bijeenkomst vakbondsleider Josef, haar vroegere minnaar. Dat maakt haar man razend jaloers en zet hun huwelijk onder druk. En dan ontdekt Franz ook nog eens een geheim dat een grote uitdaging vormt voor hun toekomst.

New York, zomer 1891. Fiona Finnegan en Nicholas Soames zijn net getrouwd. Ondanks dat hun huwelijk ongewoon is en de wonden uit het verleden nog niet volledig zijn geheeld, zijn ze gelukkig samen en dromen ze over een lang en gelukkig leven voor zichzelf, maar ook voor hun geliefden. Wanneer Fiona merkt dat er liefde lijkt op te bloeien tussen haar oom, die weduwnaar is, en zijn buurvrouw Mary Munro, is ze razend enthousiast en hoopt ze dat hij haar snel ten huwelijk vraagt. Maar dat blijkt ijdele hoop te zijn wanneer ze tijdens een familiediner ander nieuws hoort.

The duke of Hightower is a busy man. The last thing he needs to do is to chase down the owner of a runaway gray, sometimes ridden by a mysterious rider. A reckless rider is not what he needs. He’s shocked when he finally meets her and her parrot, Sam. She’s beautiful and very independent. Her bird, not so much. Lady Daphne Waterton has always marched to her own drummer, much to the chagrin of her parents. She has made it a game to either let her mare free on the duke’s estate or ride across his meadow like the wind. Marriage is the last thing on her mind, but that was before she met the duke.

A new adaptation of L. P. Hartley's story of a boy who is betrayed by a sophisticated young rich woman and her farmer lover who use him to ferry letters back and forth in the blazing summer of 1900 - with Richard Griffiths and Harriet Walter. It's best known from the 1970 film, which focused on the main plot line. But on re-reading the book, adaptor Frances Byrnes found within it another drama perfect for audio in which an old man finds a boyhood diary and is forced to unlock the trauma inside.

Florrie Buckley is an orphan living on the wind-blasted moors of Cornwall. It's a hard existence, but Florrie is content; she runs wild in the mysterious landscape. She thinks her destiny is set in stone. But when Florrie is 14, she inherits a never-imagined secret. She is related to a wealthy and notorious London family: the Graces.

After breaking my heart and publicly humiliating me, I vow to forget his existence. He has other plans, though, and vows to make certain I don’t. The only one I can turn to for help is a man I thought to be my enemy. Drew’s best friend Sebastian who claims to be my brother. He promises me security and protection. But no one can protect me from Drew. The faster I run, the more he chases. The harder I struggle, the tighter his grip becomes.

Prudence Cynster has turned her back on husband hunting in favor of horse hunting. As the head of the breeding program underpinning the success of the Cynster racing stables, she's on a quest to acquire the necessary horses to refresh the stable's breeding stock.