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10 Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die, Vol. 2

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The Ambassadors is an acclaimed 1903 novel by Henry James. Recognized for its psychological depth, the work explores themes of cultural awakening and personal transformation through the eyes of its protagonist. Along with earning a place among the most celebrated works of American literature, The Ambassadors has had a significant influence on modern literature.
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It’s likely you have an actor who you can’t wait to see in a new movie or television series. Your favorite performer just might also be an acclaimed audiobook narrator. It’s always a delight to pick up a familiar story and find an unexpected famous friend in the narrator’s booth, especially when that celebrity has a spectacular talent for narration. Discover some of literature’s greatest stories brought to life by some of Hollywood’s greatest talents.
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The Ultimate Horror Collection: 60+ Novels and Stories from H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, M.R. James, Bram Stoker, Henry James, Mary Shelley, and More
- Frankenstein; Dracula; Jekyll and Hyde; Carmilla; The Fall of the House of Usher; The Call of Cthulhu; The Turn of the Screw; The Mezzotint; and More
- By: H. P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, M. R. James, and others
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble, Peter Noble, Malk Williams, and others
- Length: 93 hrs and 12 mins
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The Ultimate Horror Collection is a fully-indexed collection of over 60 classic horror stories, read by four Audie-winning narrators....
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The Best Horror Collection on Audible!
- By James on 08-31-22
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The Ultimate Horror Collection: 60+ Novels and Stories from H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, M.R. James, Bram Stoker, Henry James, Mary Shelley, and More
- Frankenstein; Dracula; Jekyll and Hyde; Carmilla; The Fall of the House of Usher; The Call of Cthulhu; The Turn of the Screw; The Mezzotint; and More
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble, Peter Noble, Malk Williams, Karen Cass, Julie Teal
- Length: 93 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 08-26-22
- Language: English
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The Portrait of a Lady
- By: Henry James
- Narrated by: John Wood
- Length: 23 hrs and 55 mins
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When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American is brought to Europe by her wealthy aunt Touchett, it is expected that she will soon marry....
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Highly recommended
- By David on 06-26-10
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The Portrait of a Lady
- Narrated by: John Wood
- Length: 23 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 04-02-10
- Language: English
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The Turn of the Screw
- By: Henry James
- Narrated by: Emma Thompson, Richard Armitage - introduction
- Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins
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When a governess is hired to care for two children at a British country estate, she begins to sense an otherworldly presence around the grounds....
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Great, but Mightn't be the Best on Audible
- By Gillian on 03-16-16
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The Turn of the Screw
- Narrated by: Emma Thompson, Richard Armitage - introduction
- Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 03-15-16
- Language: English
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The Portrait of a Lady
- By: Henry James
- Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
- Length: 21 hrs and 31 mins
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When Isabel Archer, a young American woman with looks, wit, and imagination, arrives in Europe, she sees the world as "a place of brightness, of free expression, of irresistible action"....
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Bleak and believable
- By Karen on 04-26-09
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The Portrait of a Lady
- Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
- Length: 21 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 07-29-08
- Language: English
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The Bostonians
- By: Henry James
- Narrated by: Elisabeth Rodgers
- Length: 16 hrs and 59 mins
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From Boston's social underworld emerges Verena Tarrant, a girl with extraordinary oratorical gifts, which she deploys in tawdry meeting-houses on behalf of "the sisterhood of women"....
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insightful and intricate portrayal of women from multiple perspectives in history of womens suffrage movement
- By Sharryn Bowman on 08-24-24
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The Bostonians
- Narrated by: Elisabeth Rodgers
- Length: 16 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 01-24-11
- Language: English
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The Portrait of a Lady
- By: Henry James
- Narrated by: Nadia May
- Length: 22 hrs and 48 mins
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An American heiress newly arrived in Europe, Isabel does not look to a man to furnish her with destiny....
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Nary a good marriage to be found...
- By Rebecarol on 05-09-08
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The Portrait of a Lady
- Narrated by: Nadia May
- Length: 22 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 12-12-07
- Language: English
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The Golden Bowl
- By: Henry James
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble, Katherine Kellgren
- Length: 21 hrs and 39 mins
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Published in 1904, The Golden Bowl is the last completed novel of Henry James. In it, the widowed American Adam Verver is in Europe with his daughter Maggie....
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Collapses under the weight of its own brilliance
- By Erez on 03-18-14
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The Golden Bowl
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble, Katherine Kellgren
- Length: 21 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 04-25-11
- Language: English
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The Europeans
- By: Henry James
- Narrated by: Eleanor Bron
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
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Eugenia, an American expatriate brought up in Europe, arrives in rural New England with her charming brother Felix, hoping to find a wealthy second husband....
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wonderful novel, wonderful reader, poor recording
- By Catherine on 11-14-09
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The Europeans
- Narrated by: Eleanor Bron
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 03-16-09
- Language: English
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The Wings of the Dove
- By: Henry James
- Narrated by: Justine Eyre
- Length: 17 hrs and 56 mins
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Beautiful Kate Croy may have been left penniless by her relatives, but her bold, ambitious nature ensures she will not succumb meekly to a life of poverty....
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great book ruined by performer
- By Renate on 05-02-16
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The Wings of the Dove
- Narrated by: Justine Eyre
- Length: 17 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 12-14-10
- Language: English
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The Bostonians
- By: Henry James
- Narrated by: Xe Sands
- Length: 17 hrs and 48 mins
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From Boston's social underworld emerges Verena Tarrant, a girl with extraordinary oratorical gifts, which she deploys in tawdry meeting-houses on behalf of "the sisterhood of women"....
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Fantastic reading!
- By FranceyO on 07-15-11
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The Bostonians
- Narrated by: Xe Sands
- Length: 17 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 01-10-11
- Language: English
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The Ultimate Modern Classics Collection - Volume One: 18 Novels and Stories from George Orwell, Ernest Hemingway, Virgina Woolf, Thomas Mann, James Joyce, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry James, & More
- 1984, Animal Farm, Brat Farrar, Dubliners, Howards End, The Great Gatsby, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Sun Also Rises, To the Lighthouse, & More
- By: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Arthur Conan Doyle, George Orwell, and others
- Narrated by: Iwan Rheon, Hugh Kermode, Leighton Pugh, and others
- Length: 151 hrs and 10 mins
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The Ultimate Modern Classics Collection: Volume One is the first instalment in our classics collection focusing on the most important and iconic novels, stories, and poems of the 20th century.
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Modern Masterpieces
- By Anonymous User on 03-01-25
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The Ultimate Modern Classics Collection - Volume One: 18 Novels and Stories from George Orwell, Ernest Hemingway, Virgina Woolf, Thomas Mann, James Joyce, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry James, & More
- 1984, Animal Farm, Brat Farrar, Dubliners, Howards End, The Great Gatsby, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Sun Also Rises, To the Lighthouse, & More
- Narrated by: Iwan Rheon, Hugh Kermode, Leighton Pugh, Barnaby Edwards, Aidan Kelly, full cast
- Series: Sherlock Holmes, Book 5
- Length: 151 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 02-24-25
- Language: English
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10 Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die, Vol. 2
- The Gold-Bug, Romeo and Juliet, Faust, the Adventures of Tom Sawyer, the Death of Ivan Ilyich, the Lost World, the Turn of the Screw, the Little Prince, the Picture of Dorian Gray, the Awakening
- By: Edgar Allan Poe, William Shakespeare, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, and others
- Narrated by: David Miles, Luana Marantz, Abigail Reno, and others
- Length: 44 hrs and 49 mins
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This book contains the following works: Edgar Allan Poe: The Gold Bug, William Shakespeare: Romeo And Juliet, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe: Faust, Mark Twain ...
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10 Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die, Vol. 2
- The Gold-Bug, Romeo and Juliet, Faust, the Adventures of Tom Sawyer, the Death of Ivan Ilyich, the Lost World, the Turn of the Screw, the Little Prince, the Picture of Dorian Gray, the Awakening
- Narrated by: David Miles, Luana Marantz, Abigail Reno, Simon Jackson, Rick Walz, Kelli Winkler, Paul Gibson, Sharon Plummer
- Length: 44 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 02-18-25
- Language: English
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The American
- By: Henry James
- Narrated by: Adam Sims
- Length: 14 hrs and 13 mins
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Self-made American millionaire Christopher Newman arrives in Paris brimming with hope and optimism, excited to experience the culture and, hopefully, find the perfect woman to become his wife....
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excellent reading
- By Andorboth on 12-03-22
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The American
- Narrated by: Adam Sims
- Length: 14 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 06-25-20
- Language: English
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The Real Thing and Other Stories
- By: Henry James
- Narrated by: Jeremy Northam
- Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins
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Illusion and love - two of James' favourite things - grin thorough this collection of funny and wicked tales....
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Jeremy Northam's perfection
- By Ann on 07-06-19
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The Real Thing and Other Stories
- Narrated by: Jeremy Northam
- Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 11-18-15
- Language: English
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The Tragic Muse
- By: Henry James
- Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
- Length: 20 hrs and 1 min
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Pressured into a political career by his traditional, establishmentarian family, Nick Dormer longs to be a painter. Eventually, encouraged by the carefree aesthete Gabriel Nash, reminiscent of Oscar Wilde, he resigns from Parliament and follows his artistic dream....
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The Tragic Muse
- Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
- Length: 20 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 09-11-19
- Language: English
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The Turn of the Screw
- Penguin Classics
- By: Henry James
- Narrated by: Tuppence Middleton
- Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
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In what Henry James called a 'trap for the unwary', The Turn of the Screw tells of a nameless young governess sent to a country house to take charge of two orphans, Miles and Flora....
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The Turn of the Screw
- Penguin Classics
- Narrated by: Tuppence Middleton
- Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 09-26-19
- Language: English
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Daisy Miller & Washington Square (AmazonClassics Edition)
- By: Henry James
- Narrated by: Emily Sutton-Smith
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
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Daisy Miller is a beautiful American girl abroad. Assured, flirtatious, and at odds with reserved European etiquette, she meets two men: Mr. Winterbourne, a world-weary compatriot in full pursuit, and Mr. Giovanelli, a passionate Italian with questionable motives....
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Daisy Miller & Washington Square (AmazonClassics Edition)
- Narrated by: Emily Sutton-Smith
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 02-04-20
- Language: English
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Washington Square
- By: Henry James
- Narrated by: Jennifer Ehle
- Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
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The battle between a father and a daughter is usually portrayed in literature as a struggle between a headstrong but feisty girl and a tradition-bound lead weight of a father....
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A fine narrator, wasted
- By Tad Davis on 05-05-16
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Washington Square
- Narrated by: Jennifer Ehle
- Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 11-19-15
- Language: English
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The Beast in the Jungle
- By: Henry James
- Narrated by: Kris Dyer
- Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins
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Bachelor John Marcher is haunted by the premonition that something terrible lies in store for him, like a "beast in the jungle" lying in wait....
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Excellent narration and affordable price
- By Ann on 06-16-20
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The Beast in the Jungle
- Narrated by: Kris Dyer
- Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 03-13-20
- Language: English
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The Portrait of a Lady
- By: Henry James
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 26 hrs and 41 mins
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The Portrait of a Lady tells the compelling and ultimately tragic tale of a beautiful young American woman's encounter with European sophistication....
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Couldn't get past the terrible American accents.
- By Sarah on 04-07-17
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The Portrait of a Lady
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 26 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 08-10-16
- Language: English
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