Audiobooks by Edith Wharton

Rescued from a poverty-stricken mountain life, Charity Royall lives as ward to Lawyer Royall in the New England town of North Dormer. However, Charity is bored by her job at the local library–until a young man Lucius Harney plucks her from the drabness of North Dormer life. A young architect and sophisticated man about town, Herney’s good looks and refinement awaken Charity’s passionate nature. Meanwhile, Charity contends with unwanted matrimonial advances from Lawyer Royall. Summer is a heart-wrenching coming-of-age story regarded by Wharton as one of her best works.

Edith Wharton (Author), Elizabeth Schmidt (Narrator)

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Wonder Of Women - Ghost Stories

Let’s be clear. We are all equal under the law. However, even in these more modern times that is not an absolute and still remains a distant ambition for many. In the days when Britain ruled the waves and bestrode the world as its policeman and plunderer in chief it also subjugated half of its own people to second class status. Women were chattel and property. There were some exceptions based on wealth and birthright but for the overwhelming majority your lot was to fall in with the rules and do as you were told. Many did.But whilst male society sought to place obstacles in the path to equality, it could not deny their literary talents, which many times they circumvented by using male pseudonyms. However, the soaring sales of magazines and periodicals during the Victorian Age meant they had voracious appetites for literature, whatever the sex of its gender.Dozens of authors appeared to fill the need. Narratives had new ideas. Characters were emboldened by societal changes and the female voice taking responsibility.The women included here are talents that dazzle. Put them up against anyone and they rise to the top. Whether they remain with an avid readership today or faded to obscurity with the passing of the times their quality remains undimmed. 1 - Women of Wonder - Ghost Stories - An Introduction2 - Man Size In Marble by Edith Nesbit3 - The Eyes by Edith Wharton4 - The Story of Salome by Amelia Edwards5 - The Shadows on the Wall by Mary E Wilkins Freeman6 - A Spirit Elopement by Clotilde Graves7 - Since I Died by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps8 - Reality or Delusion by Mrs Ellen Wood9 - Was It An Illusion. A Parson's Story by Amelia Edwards10 - The Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing But the Truth by Rhoda Broughton11 - The Ghost at the Rath by Rosa Mulholland12 - Christmas Eve at a Cornish Manor House by Clara Venn13 - The Ghost by Catherine Wells14 - The Ghost in the Clock Room by Hesba Stretton15 - The Little Room by Madeline Yale Wynne16 - The Open Door - Part 1 by Margaret Oliphant17 - The Open Door - Part 2 by Margaret Oliphant18 - To Let by B M Croker19 - Let Loose by Mary Cholmondeley.wav20 - The Runaway by Marion Hepworth-Dixon21 - The Phantom Coach by Amelia Edwards22 - The 4 15 Express by Amelia Edwards23 - The Token by May Sinclair24 - The Striding Place by Gertrude Atherton25 - The Readjustment by Mary Austin26 - The Cold Embrace by Mary Elizabeth Braddon27 - The Old Nurse's Story by Elizabeth Gaskell28 - Dionea - Part 1 by Vernon Lee29 - Dionea - Part 2 by Vernon Lee30 - John Charrington's Wedding by Edith Nesbit

Amelia B. Edwards, B M Croker, Catherine Wells, Clara Venn, Clotilde Graves, Edith Nesbit, Edith Wharton, Elizabeth Gaskell, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Gertrude Atherton, Hesba Stretton, Madeline Yale Wynne, Margaret Oliphant, Marion Hepworth-Dixon, Mary Austin, Mary Cholmondeley, Mary E Wilkins Freeman, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, May Sinclair, Mrs Ellen Wood, Rhoda Broughton, Rosa Mulholland, Vernon Lee (Author), Elliot Fitzpatrick, Lisa Bowerman, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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Wonder Of Women - Supernatural Stories

Let’s be clear. We are all equal under the law. However, even in these more modern times that is not an absolute and still remains a distant ambition for many. In the days when Britain ruled the waves and bestrode the world as its policeman and plunderer in chief it also subjugated half of its own people to second class status. Women were chattel and property. There were some exceptions based on wealth and birthright but for the overwhelming majority your lot was to fall in with the rules and do as you were told. Many did.But whilst male society sought to place obstacles in the path to equality, it could not deny their literary talents, which many times they circumvented by using male pseudonyms. However, the soaring sales of magazines and periodicals during the Victorian Age meant they had voracious appetites for literature, whatever the sex of its gender.Dozens of authors appeared to fill the need. Narratives had new ideas. Characters were emboldened by societal changes and the female voice taking responsibility.The women included here are talents that dazzle. Put them up against anyone and they rise to the top. Whether they remain with an avid readership today or faded to obscurity with the passing of the times their quality remains undimmed. 1 - Women of Wonder - Supernatural - An Introduction2 - The Lifted Veil - Part 1 by George Eliot3 - The Lifted Veil - Part 2 by George Eliot4 - The Eyes by Edith Wharton5 - Dionea - Part 1 by Vernon Lee6 - Dionea - Part 2 by Vernon Lee7 - The Ebony Frame by Edith Nesbit8 - The Green Bowl by Sarah Orne Jewett9 - The Operation by Violet Hunt10 - Let Loose by Mary Cholmondeley.wav11 - The First Evening by Catherine Crowe12 - A Wicked Voice - Part 1 by Vernon Lee13 - A Wicked Voice - Part 2 by Vernon Lee14 - Marsyas in Flanders by Vernon Lee15 - Hodge by Elinor Mordaunt16 - A Spirit Elopement by Clotilde Graves17 - The Night of No Weather by Violet Hunt18 - The Mass for the Dead by Edith Nesbit19 - The Telegram by Violet Hunt20 - Amour Dure - Part 1 by Violet Paget writing as Vernon Lee21 - Amour Dure - Part 2 by Violet Paget writing as Vernon Lee

Catherine Crowe, Clotilde Graves, Edith Nesbit, Edith Wharton, Elinor Mordaunt, George Eliot, Mary Cholmondeley, Sarah Orne Jewett, Vernon Lee, Violet Hunt, Violet Paget writing as Vernon Lee (Author), Elliot Fitzpatrick, Laurel Lefkow, Lisa Bowerman (Narrator)

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Wonder Of Women - The Weird Stories - Volume 1

Let’s be clear. We are all equal under the law. However, even in these more modern times that is not an absolute and still remains a distant ambition for many. In the days when Britain ruled the waves and bestrode the world as its policeman and plunderer in chief it also subjugated half of its own people to second class status. Women were chattel and property. There were some exceptions based on wealth and birthright but for the overwhelming majority your lot was to fall in with the rules and do as you were told. Many did.But whilst male society sought to place obstacles in the path to equality, it could not deny their literary talents, which many times they circumvented by using male pseudonyms. However, the soaring sales of magazines and periodicals during the Victorian Age meant they had voracious appetites for literature, whatever the sex of its gender.Dozens of authors appeared to fill the need. Narratives had new ideas. Characters were emboldened by societal changes and the female voice taking responsibility.The women included here are talents that dazzle. Put them up against anyone and they rise to the top. Whether they remain with an avid readership today or faded to obscurity with the passing of the times their quality remains undimmed. 1 - Women of Wonder - The Weird Stories - Volume 1 - An Introduction2 - A Haunted House by Virginia Woolf3 - The Green Bowl by Sarah Orne Jewett4 - The Cold Embrace by Mary Elizabeth Braddon5 - The Eyes by Edith Wharton6 - Hodge by Elinor Mordaunt7 - The Weird of the Walfords by Louisa Baldwin8 - Decay by Marjorie Bowen9 - A Dreamer by Barbara Baynton10 - Let Loose by Mary Cholmondeley.wav11 - Where Their Fire Is Not Quenched by May Sinclair12 - When the Devil Was Well by Gertrude Atherton13 - With & Without Buttons by Mary Butts14 - Couching at the Door by D K Broster15 - The Open Door - Part 1 by Margaret Oliphant16 - The Open Door - Part 2 by Margaret Oliphant

Barbara Baynton, D.K. Broster, Edith Wharton, Elinor Mordaunt, Gertrude Atherton, Louisa Baldwin, Margaret Oliphant, Marjorie Bowen, Mary Butts, Mary Cholmondeley, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, May Sinclair, Sarah Orne Jewett, Virginia Woolf (Author), Elliot Fitzpatrick, Laurel Lefkow, Lisa Bowerman (Narrator)

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Wonder Of Women - Stories About Affairs

Ada Radford, Edith Nesbit, Edith Wharton, Ellen Glasgow, Gertrude Barrows Bennett writing as Francis Stevens, Kate Chopin, Marjorie Bowen, May Sinclair, Virginia Woolf (Author), Janet Maw, Liza Ross, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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Crucial Instances

Edith Wharton (January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was an American writer and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper-class New York 'aristocracy' to portray, realistically, the lives and morals of the Gilded Age. In 1921, she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, for her novel, The Age of Innocence. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame, in 1996

Edith Wharton (Author), Elizabeth Klatt, Various (Narrator)

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The Age of Innocence

Mrs. Archer and Janey, in the course of their visits to Europe, had so unflinchingly lived up to this principle, and met the friendly advances of their fellow-travellers with an air of such impenetrable reserve, that they had almost achieved the record of never having exchanged a word with a 'foreigner' other than those employed in hotels and railway-stations. Their own compatriots—save those previously known or properly accredited—they treated with an even more pronounced disdain; so that, unless they ran across a Chivers, a Dagonet or a Mingott, their months abroad were spent in an unbroken tête-à-tête. But the utmost precautions are sometimes unavailing; and one night at Botzen one of the two English ladies in the room across the passage (whose names, dress and social situation were already intimately known to Janey) had knocked on the door and asked if Mrs. Archer had a bottle of liniment. The other lady— the intruder's sister, Mrs. Carfry—had been seized with a sudden attack of bronchitis; and Mrs. Archer, who never travelled without a complete family pharmacy, was fortunately able to produce the required remedy. Mrs. Carfry was very ill, and as she and her sister Miss Harle were travelling alone they were profoundly grateful to the Archer ladies, who supplied them with ingenious comforts and whose efficient maid helped to nurse the invalid back to health.

Edith Wharton (Author), Brenda Dayne (Narrator)

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Gothic Imagination: Dracula, Frankenstein & more: A BBC Radio Drama Collection

A BBC chilling collection of classic gothic horror and ghost stories adapted or written by women In this breathtaking collection of gothic horror and eerie tales, draw the curtains and pull the blankets close for two classic Victorian horror tales in new adaptations, Dracula starring Nicky Henson, Charles Edwards, Don Gilet and Ellie Kendrick and Frankenstein, with Jamie Parker (Harry Potter) as Frankenstein and Shaun Dooley (Gentleman Jack, Broadchurch) as the Monster. Next is a thrilling drama about the scandalous Mary Shelley and Lord Byron in Bloody Poetry. In the sensational psycho-sexual thriller The Mysteries of Udolpho with Robert Glenister (Suspicion, Spooks), a young woman is trapped in a castle of nightmares and villains. But who can she trust? Four spine-chilling dramatised tales follow: The Cold Embrace, where a handsome artist makes a terrible mistake, Man Sized in Marble, in which newly-weds must face a horrifying truth, Afterward sees a couple paying the price for an unexpected windfall, and The Demon Lover, featuring Jenny Howe (Silent Witness, Eastenders) about a woman struggling home through the Blitz. Finally, two of Mary Shelley's finest short stories, The Mortal Immortal - when a young apprentice drinks a potion to cure his heartbreak but discovers a feeling far worse - and Rodger Dodworth: The Reanimated Englishman - where a man is woken after 170 years encased in ice. Cast and credits Dracula Written by Rebecca Lenkiewicz Story written by Bram Stoker Directed by Jessica Dromgoole First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 14 October 2012 Frankenstein Dramatised by Lucy Catherine Written by Mary Shelley Directed by Marc Beeby First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 28 October - 4 November 2012 Bloody Poetry Written by Howard Brenton Adapted by Alison Hindell Directed by Alison Hindell First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 20 October 2012 The Mysteries of Udolpho Written by Ann Radcliffe Dramatised by Catherine Czerkawska Directed by David Blount First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 13 October - 24 October 1996 The Cold Embrace Written by Mary Braddon Produced by Marion Nancarrow Directed by Christopher Hawes First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 26 July 1997 Man Sized in Marble Written by Edith Nesbit Produced by Marion Nancarrow Dramatised by Christopher Hawes First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 17 November 1997 Afterward Written by Edith Wharton Produced by Marion Nancarrow Directed by Christopher Hawes First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 24 November 1997 The Demon Lover Written by Elizabeth Bowen Produced by Marion Nancarrow Directed by Christopher Hawes First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 17 July 1997 The Mortal Immortal Written by Mary Shelley Produced by Gemma Jenkins First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 3 December 2005 Rodger Dodworth: The Reanimated Englishman Written by Mary Shelley Produced by John Cardy First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 24 May 1982 ©2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Ann Ratcliffe, Bram Stoker, Edith Nesbit, Edith Wharton, Elizabeth Bowen, Howard Brenton, Lucy Catherine, Mary Braddon, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Rebecca Lenkiewicz (Author), Charles Edwards, Don Gilet, Ellie Kendrick, Full Cast, Jamie Parker, Maggie Steed, Robert Glenister, Shaun Dooley, Tracy-Ann Oberman (Narrator)

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Short Stories Set in Italy – The English Language in a Foreign Land

The cliché is of the artist starving in his garret. Be it poet or author it seems romantic but lacks somewhat in the comforts and quality of life.Somewhat better then to live and write in perhaps the Classical Cultural centre of the world; Italy. A gloried land that sates the appetite yet something increases its ambition and its yearning for further reach. Being an English author in a new and different culture seems to work its magic when these two are placed together in the same spot with a rich vocabulary; ideas seem more fully formed and characters have another edge to their existence. For the outsider looking in, more can be revealed and shared with ourselves.01 - Short Stories Set in Italy - The English Language in a Foreign Land - An Introduction02 - Souls Belated by Edith Wharton03 - A Dream of Armageddon - Part 1 by H G Wells04 - A Dream of Armageddon - Part 2 by H G Wells05 - The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe06 - Amour Dure - Part 1 by Violet Paget writing as Vernon Lee07 - Amour Dure - Part 2 by Violet Paget writing as Vernon Lee08 - On the Gull's Road by Willa Cather09 - The Story of Salome by Amelia Edwards10 - The Muse's Tragedy by Edith Wharton11 - A Tale of Negative Gravity by Frank R Stockton12 - A Wicked Voice - Part 1 by Vernon Lee13 - A Wicked Voice - Part 2 by Vernon Lee14 - The Cold Embrace by Mary Elizabeth Braddon15 - For the Blood is the Life by F Marion Crawford03 - Alexander the Ratcatcher by Richard Garnett17 - The Iron Shroud by William Mudford18 - Caterpillars by E F Benson19 - No 5 Branch Line. The Engineer by Amelia Edwards20 - Roman Fever by Edith Wharton21 - Dionea - Part 1 by Vernon Lee22 - Dionea - Part 2 by Vernon Lee23 - Rappaccini's Daughter - Part 1 by Nathaniel Hawthorne24 - Rappaccini's Daughter - Part 2 by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Edgar Allan Poe, Edith Wharton (Author), Elliot Fitzpatrick (Narrator)

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The Top 10 Short Stories - Love

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author's brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted 'Top Tens' across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions - Why that story? Why that author? The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme. Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature.Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made. If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something.In this volume our classic authors turn their pens to the immortal quest for love. What they find and what they reveal are, of course, illuminating, beguiling and the best of magical literature.01 - The Top 10 - Love - An Introduction02 - Araby by James Joyce03 - A Modern Lover - Part 1 by D H Lawrence04 - A Modern Lover - Part 2 by D H Lawrence05 - The Fullness of Life by Edith Wharton06 - About Love by Anton Chekhov07 - Mr and Mrs Dove by Katherine Mansfield08 - The Blizzard by Alexander Pushkin09 - On the Gull's Road by Willa Cather10 - Madame Rose Hanie by Khalil Gibran11 - The Gift of the Magi by O Henry12 - The Nightingale and the Rose by Oscar Wilde

Alexander Pushkin, Anton Chekhov, D.H. Lawrence, Edith Wharton, James Joyce, Katherine Mansfield, Khalil Gibran, O Henry, Oscar Wilde, Willa Cather (Author), David Shaw-Parker, Jim Norton, Kelly O'doherty (Narrator)

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The Writing of Fiction

“True originality consists not in a new manner, but in a new vision.” Grab a pen and hone your writing skills under the guidance one of the greatest teachers of the craft. Edith Wharton made her claim in the literary world as the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Literature. She is famous for her works of fiction, which include The Age of Innocence, The House of Mirth, and Ethan Frome. Breaking from this tradition, The Writing of Fiction sets itself apart as a distinctive work of nonfiction, in which Wharton pulls back the curtain to reveal the theories behind a great story. The Writing of Fiction delves into the timeless questions of all aspiring writers: 1. How do I find inspiration? 2. How do I turn thoughts and ideas into words? 3. How do I make my characters seem real? 4. How do I write something original when so much has already been written? 5. How do I tell a compelling story? Wharton offers advice specific to writing short stories and writing novels. She pulls insights from other great writers along the way and concludes with an in-depth analysis of French novelist Marcel Proust. The Writing of Fiction is a chance to mingle with renowned writers and find your own voice. Consider it Wharton’s personal invitation to discover your own potential and jump-start your creative process.

Edith Wharton (Author), Erin Bateman (Narrator)

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The Ultimate Ghost Stories Collection: Novels and Stories from Poe; M.R. James, Charles Dickens, Hen

The Ultimate Ghost Stories Collection is a fully-indexed collection of classic ghost stories, read by three Audie-winning narrators. Included here are stories by Henry James, M.R. James, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Edith Wharton, and Washington Irving. - The Turn of the Screw, Henry James - x14 M.R. James Stories - Canon Alberics Scrap-Book; Lost Hearts; The Mezzotint; The Ash-tree; Number 13; Casting the Runes; Count Magnus; Oh Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad; A Warning to the Curious; A View From a Hill; A Neighbour's Landmark; The Uncommon Prayer-Book; Wailing Well; The Fenstanton Witch. - x4 Edgar Allan Poe Stories - Morella; Ligeia; The Mask of the Red Death; The Oval Portrait. - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Washington Irving - The Empty House, Algernon Blackwood - How It Happened, Arthur Conan Doyle - The Fullness of Life, Edith Wharton - The Signalman, Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, Edith Wharton, Henry James, M.R. James, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Washington Irving (Author), Jonathan Keeble, Juile Teal, Malk Williams (Narrator)

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