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When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and to seek a portion of their family fortune, meeting her cousin Alec proves to be her downfall. A very different man, Angel Clare, seems to offer her love and salvation, but Tess must choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent in the hope of a peaceful future. Thomas Hardy’s timeless masterpiece is brought to life in this new recording by Anne-Marie Duff (Shameless, His Dark Materials).

Young Tess Durbeyfield attempts to restore her family's fortunes by claiming their connection with the aristocratic d'Urbervilles. But Alec d'Urberville is a rich wastrel who seduces her and makes her life miserable. When Tess meets Angel Clare, she is offered true love and happiness, but her past catches up with her and she faces an agonizing moral choice.

Socially critical and emotionally complex, Tess of the d'Urbervilles is Hardy's masterpiece. It tells the story of Tess Durbeyfield, forced by her family's poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy d'Urbervilles. Violated by the son, Alec, her hopes of rebuilding her life with the gentle and bookish Angel Clare founder when he learns of her past.

When John Durbeyfield discovers a family connection to the ancient Norman family, the D'Urbervilles, the fate of daughter Tess is transformed. Sent by her ambitious parents to visit her wealthy D'Urberville cousins, Tess attracts the attention of the unscrupulous Alec. Seduced and discarded by him and alone in the world, she finds work as a milkmaid and the love of Angel Clare. Yet his love cannot accept the truth about Tess's past.

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...

Tess Durbeyfield has become one of the most famous female protagonists in 19th-century British literature. Betrayed by the two men in her life - Alec D’Urberville, her seducer/rapist and father of her fated child; and Angel, her intellectual and pious husband - Tess takes justice, and her own destiny, into her delicate hands. In telling her desperate and passionate story, Hardy brings Tess to life with an extraordinary vividness that makes her live in the heart of the reader long after the novel is concluded.

Caught in the enigmatic web of an unusual case, Special Agent Tess Winnett races against the ticking clock. A suspected serial killer is on the loose hunting prey in the depths of the Everglades. Several women have vanished from the Miami coast, leaving only echoes of their existence. The clues to their fates? Locked away in the tortured mind of one survivor, TV celebrity Kiana Bayliss.

Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles - the crime-solving duo who inspired the smash hit TNT series - return to investigate the gruesome staged murder of a horror film producer in this edge-of-your-seat thriller.

Set in Hardy's Wessex, Tess of the D'Urbervilles is a moving novel of hypocrisy and double standards. Its challenging sub-title, "A Pure Woman", infuriated critics when the book was first published in 1891, and it was condemned as immoral and pessimistic. The novel tells the story of Tess Durbeyfield, the daughter of a poor and dissipated villager, who learns that she may be descended from the ancient family of d'Urbeville.

Mord, Sabotage, eine sprechende Maus und ein Highschool-Treffen: Für die Teilzeit-Journalistin und Vollzeit-Switch-Hexe Harlow Torrent wird das Leben immer stressiger. Als die Familienunternehmen angegriffen werden, bereiten sich die Torrent-Hexen auf einen Krieg vor ... bis ein kleines Problem mit der Switch-Magie außer Kontrolle gerät. Ist es das Werk der teuflischen Familie Coldwell oder eine dunkle Macht, die ein Chaos anzettelt?

Boston Detective Jane Rizzoli is on the case of a big game hunter found dead in his apartment, alone with the body of a beautiful white snow leopard he had recently been commissioned to procure and stuff for a high-profile museum in the area. Medical examiner Maura Isles connects the case to a number of seemingly unrelated deaths where the victims have all been found hanging upside down, the hallmark of a leopard's kill.

Eigentlich sollte es ein einfacher Job für Harlow Torrent, der Switch-Hexe, sein: persönliche Assistentin von Red Forrest, der Bestsellerautorin für cozy Krimis, die wegen der Autorenmesse Writerpalooza in der Stadt ist. Aber als ein Mann aus einer Seitenstraße torkelt und behauptet, er sei von einem Monster angegriffen worden, wird Harlow in ein gefährliches Geheimnis hineingezogen, das seit Jahrzehnten besteht.

She's young. She's beautiful. And her corpse, laid out in the office of Boston medical examiner Cat Novak, betrays no secrets - except for a notebook clutched in one stiff hand, seven numbers scrawled inside. When a second victim is discovered, Cat begins to fear that a serial killer is stalking the city streets: a shadowy madman without mercy or apparent motive. The police are sceptical. The mayor won't listen. And Cat's chief suspect is one of the city's most prominent citizens.

Bridget Walsh stole my breath the second I saw her, but I never expected her to turn my whole damn life upside down. It would figure that the first time I fell in love, it would be with Nathan Walsh’s daughter. Nathan Walsh, a rich, greedy, ruthless developer took over the neighboring town of Oceanview and now he has his sights set on my hometown, the Stone hometown of Trayton. And he’s made it brutally clear that he doesn’t want me anywhere near his daughter.

Das Ende ist nah — das behauptet Destiny Daychannel, eine Internet-Hellseherin, die mit ihrer Horde von Feuerschluckern, Jongleuren und Pantomimen auf Truer Island campiert. Harlow Torrent, Teilzeit-Journalistin und Vollzeit-Hexe, weiß ganz genau, dass mit der Welt etwas nicht stimmt ... und es sind nicht die Pantomimen, die Harlot Bay heimsuchen. Sie wacht immer wieder an seltsamen Orten mit neuen blauen Flecken auf und hat keine Ahnung, wie sie dorthin gekommen ist.

Harlow Torrent, Teilzeit-Journalistin und Vollzeit-Switch-Hexe, wird in einen mysteriösen Mordfall hineingezogen, als die Überreste eines Mannes und eines Mädchens auf Truer Island entdeckt werden. Sie hat Visionen von der Vergangenheit, die nur allzu real erscheinen, und Geister, die von Tag zu Tag körperlicher werden. Harlow versucht, ihre Online-Zeitung am Laufen zu halten, sich mit ihrer streitlustigen Hexenfamilie zu arrangieren und herauszufinden, wie sie sich verhalten soll, wenn der gut aussehende Jack Bishop wieder in der Stadt ist.

Harlow Torrent, Teilzeit-Journalistin und Vollzeit-Switch-Hexe, verfolgt die heiße Spur eines Brandstifters. Wer steckt hinter den tödlichen Bränden? Jemand, der seine eigenen bösen Absichten verfolgt, oder ein Feuergeist, der seinem Wesen entsprechend handelt? Oder steckt vielleicht eine verborgene magische Kraft dahinter?

The Thomas Hardy Collection: Six Novels is a collection of Thomas Hardy most well-renowned works, read by an esteemed cast of narrators. The titles included in this collection are: Far From the Madding Crowd, Tess of the D'Urbevilles, The Return of the Native, Jude the Obscure, The Woodlanders, The Mayor of Casterbridge. This audiobook is fully indexed. Once downloaded, each book and chapter will be listed so you can easily navigate to the individual section.

Harlow Torrent, die Switch-Hexe, versucht alles zusammenzuhalten. Sie möchte einfach nur das Geschäft ihrer vermissten, unheimlichen Tante Cass am Laufen halten, den Müttern in ihrer neuen Bäckerei helfen und vielleicht ein oder zwei Minuten mit ihrem Freund Jack verbringen. Sie versucht, nicht an die Möglichkeit zu denken, dass sie mit einem Zauber belegt wurde, der mächtiger sein könnte, als sie alle ahnen.

Tess of the d’Urbervilles is a complex and impactful novel by Thomas Hardy. The novel follows the life of Tess, the eldest child of a family who believes they have a small claim to royalty because of their family name. When misfortune hits the family, Tess takes it upon herself to seek out a wealthier relative and ask for money, but instead is taken into the service of a libertine, who takes advantage of her situation and youth.