Resultados Editorial "Audible Studios" en Narrativa literaria

After publication in 1928, it was banned for obscenity before going on to become an international best seller. It tells the story of Stephen Gordon, an Englishwoman from an upper-class family who is ostracised for falling in love with another woman, Mary Llewellyn. Groundbreaking in its day, Radclyffe Hall’s novel ultimately makes a very clear plea in regards to homosexuality: 'Give us also the right to our existence'.

This exquisite, resonant novel by PEN/Faulkner winner James Salter is a brilliant portrait of a marriage by a contemporary American master. It is the story of Nedra and Viri, whose favored life is centered around dinners, ingenious games with their children, enviable friends, and near-perfect days passed skating on a frozen river or sunning on the beach.

Teorema es la inexorable descripción de la conducta y de los conflictos de una familia burguesa en un momento de crisis y, al mismo tiempo, una parábola acerca de la irrupción de lo religioso en el orden familiar y de sus demoledoras consecuencias, que se desatan a partir de la visita de un enigmático joven. Este establecerá una irresistible conexión sexual e intelectual con todos los componentes de la familia, a través de la cual cada uno de ellos tomará conciencia de su más íntima naturaleza.

The orphaned heroine Ruth, apprenticed to a dressmaker, is seduced by wealthy Henry Bellingham who is captivated by her simplicity and beauty. Their affair causes her to lose her home and job to which he offers her shelter, only to cruelly abandon her soon after. She is offered a chance of a new life though shamed in the eyes of society by her illegitimate son. When Henry reappears offering marriage she must choose between social acceptance and her own pride.

Leo Tolstoy's classic story of doomed love is one of the most admired novels in world literature. Generations of readers have been enthralled by his magnificent heroine, the unhappily married Anna Karenina, and her tragic affair with dashing Count Vronsky.

Late one moonlit night, Walter Hartright encounters a solitary and terrified woman dressed all in white. He saves her from capture by her pursuers and determines to solve the mystery of her distress and terror. Inspired by an actual criminal case, this gripping tale of murder, intrigue, madness and mistaken identity has never been out of print since its publication and brought Collins great fame and success.

Madrid, 1906. Un Maharajá se enamora locamente de una joven bailarina malagueña. La muchacha se llama Anita Delgado. El riquísimo personaje es el monarca de un principado del Punjab. En 1908, Anita Delgado se convierte en la Princesa de Kapurthala. Ésta es la sorprendente narración de la vida de la única Maharaní española en la fascinante India de los Maharajás.

War and Peace is at once an epic war chronicle and an exploration of everything that make us all human: love and hate, ambition and despair, life and death. Allow yourself to get lost in the lives of three Russian aristocratic families, whose triumphs and challenges are every bit as resonant to today’s listener as they were to original readers. Thandiwe Newton inhabits each character with such flair that it is easy to forget that you are listening to one voice.

On board a ship bound for Natal, adventurer Allan Quatermain meets Sir Henry Curtis and Captain John Good. His new friends have set out to find Sir Henry's younger brother, who vanished while seeking King Solomon's legendary diamond mines in the African interior. By strange chance, Quatermain has a map to the mines, drawn in blood, and agrees to join the others on their perilous journey.

This quintessential coming-of-age novel describes the early life of Stephen Dedalus. It is set in Ireland during the 19th century, which was a time of emerging Irish nationalism and conservative Catholicism. Highly autobiographical in nature, the work is also notable for its being the first one in which Joyce uses innovative “stream of consciousness” writing style. A Portrait... follows Stephen Dedalus from his babyhood into early adulthood.

Yesi y Desi. Vecinas. Amigas. Rivales. Dos destinos que se entrecruzan con consecuencias devastadoras. Berta Marsé se estrena en la novela. "Nacer en el mismo año, bajo el mismo signo zodiacal, vivir en el mismo barrio y estudiar en el mismo colegio, frecuentar el mismo parque, las mismas plazas, los mismos comercios no tiene por qué suponer una estrecha amistad. Si acaso una amistad circunscrita al espacio y al tiempo, ineludible, como una especie de tara genética. Pero no una amistad verdadera.

Pip is an orphan, brought up in a village on the Essex marshes by his disagreeable sister and her husband Joe Gargery, the kind-hearted village blacksmith. Life is harsh and Pip has few prospects until he receives from an anonymous benefactor the chance of escaping the forge for a more promising life in London. But his expectations are fraught with difficulties as he is haunted by figures from his past such as the escaped convict Magwitch, the eccentric Miss Havisham, and her proud, beautiful ward, Estella.

Form-defining short stories. First published in 1914, James Joyce defined what the short story could be with his collection The Dubliners. A mixture of prose and poetry, each story can be listened to independently, or as a collection. From childhood to maturity, we see what life - and ultimately death - can be, via an extraordinary cast of characters, all of whom experience an epiphany. There’s Father Flynn, the priest; Evelyn, the shop girl who dreams of escape; Mrs Mooney, the butcher’s daughter, who runs a boarding house.

Y por eso no es sorprendente que Meredith vaya a ir, aunque sí que lo es su propuesta. Ava no puede dejar de pensar que ahí hay algo extraño, por más que Connor intente tranquilizarla y que Lily no desconfíe porque lo único que quiere es no pensar en Tom ni Finn ni Ximena ni Jasmine, puesto que lo que ha pasado es horrible, atroz, y ¿por qué Oliver no puede limitarse a desaparecer de su vida, como parecen haberlo hecho Martha y Rex? Nate, sin embargo, diría que las personas desaparecen demasiado rápido en comparación con la huella que dejan. ¿O acaso no es así, Jordan?

Pol, una joven promesa del fútbol internacional, está pasando por horas bajas. De pronto descubre a través de sus diálogos con el capitán del equipo los cambios necesarios en su mentalidad para convertirse en un deportista campeón. Gracias a una tarea que debe realizar, Pol anota en una libreta roja todos los aprendizajes que extrae de los intercambios con su mentor. La lectura y la reflexión constantes de esta libreta harán que Pol desarrolle los diez hábitos que crean a las personas extraordinarias.

In this satirical faux autobiography, Moll Flanders, abandoned at birth, sets her rebellious heart on a life of independence in late 17th-century England. A strong-willed woman, she is determined to make a better life for herself, no matter what it takes: thievery, prostitution, seductions, marriages, or illicit liaisons. Born to a convicted felon in Newgate prison Moll learns to live off her wits, refusing to be a helpless victim and defying most traditional depictions of women of the era.

A collection of short stories, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories was first published in 1979 and awarded the Cheltenham Festival Literary Prize. This Audible exclusive adaptation is narrated by legendary actors, Richard Armitage and Emilia Fox, who take on different chapters of the audiobook. Among these are 'The Bloody Chamber', 'The Courtship of Mr Lyon', 'The Tiger's Bride', 'Puss in Boots', 'The Erl-King', 'The Snow Child', 'The Lady of the House of Love', 'The Werewolf' and 'Wolf-Alice'.

A Madrid vive una famiglia come tante: una madre vedova ormai anziana, tre figli adulti. La madre fra poco compirà ottant’anni e, per l’occasione, l’unico figlio maschio vuole organizzare un pranzo che riunisca tutti. Ma le sorelle non ci stanno: ha forse dimenticato che non si parlano più da mesi? In effetti, a ben guardare la situazione è tutt’altro che idilliaca.

El escenario de Chilean Electric está completamente a oscuras. Es la condición necesaria de un audiolibro preciso y singular, una bella genealogía de la luz. La Plaza de Armas de Santiago fue iluminada artificialmente en 1883 y la abuela de Nona Fernández estuvo allí, le dijo. Pero la mujer nació en 1908.

Set during the time of the Napoleonic Wars, this classic gives a satirical picture of a worldly society. The novel revolves around the exploits of the impoverished but beautiful and devious Becky Sharp who craves wealth and a position in society. Calculating and determined to succeed, she charms, deceives and manipulates everyone she meets. A novel of early 19th-century English society, it takes its title from the place designated as the centre of human corruption in John Bunyan's 17th-century allegory.