The Greatest Romance Classics of All Time (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. 50 Novels in One VolumeBy Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë, William Shakespeare, Fanny Burney, Stendhal, R.D. Blackmore, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Henry James, Nathaniel Hawthorne, George Eliot, Leo Tolstoy, Thomas Hardy, Elizabeth Gaskell, Edith Wharton, Louisa May Alcott, Alexandre Dumas, Meredith Nicholson, Charles Dickens, Gaston Leroux, E. M. Forster, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Theodore Dreiser, H. G. Wells, Grace Livingston Hill, Earl Derr Biggers, Walter Scott, Virginia Woolf, Burton Egbert Stevenson, P.G. Wodehouse, Georgette Heyer, Madeleine L'Engle, O. Douglas, Kate Chopin
Length763h 23m
About this audiobook
The Greatest Romance Classics of All Time gathers an extraordinary constellation of works that trace romance from Renaissance drama and epistolary intrigue to Victorian realism, Gothic intensity, modernist inwardness, and twentieth-century popular fiction. Its range encompasses courtship comedy, tragic passion, social satire, domestic fiction, psychological portraiture, adventure, and mystery-inflected love stories, revealing romance as both intimate emotion and a powerful lens on class, gender, morality, and social change. The contributors include foundational figures of English, American, French, Russian, and European literary traditions, from Shakespeare, Austen, the Brontës, Burney, Eliot, Hardy, Gaskell, and Dickens to Tolstoy, Stendhal, Laclos, Dumas, James, Hawthorne, Wharton, Forster, Woolf, Fitzgerald, Dreiser, Wells, and others. Together, these voices span Romanticism, realism, naturalism, modernism, and popular genre fiction, showing how love stories have shaped—and been shaped by—historical debates over marriage, inheritance, desire, autonomy, and social convention. This anthology is ideal for readers seeking a single volume through which to encounter the breadth of romance as a literary mode. It offers not merely beloved narratives, but a comparative education in style, period, and perspective, inviting sustained dialogue among diverse traditions and illuminating why romance remains central to the history of literature.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- An Introduction draws the threads together, discussing why these diverse authors and texts belong in one collection.
- Historical Context explores the cultural and intellectual currents that shaped these works, offering insight into the shared (or contrasting) eras that influenced each writer.
- A combined Synopsis (Selection) briefly outlines the key plots or arguments of the included pieces, helping readers grasp the anthology's overall scope without giving away essential twists.
- A collective Analysis highlights common themes, stylistic variations, and significant crossovers in tone and technique, tying together writers from different backgrounds.
- Reflection questions encourage readers to compare the different voices and perspectives within the collection, fostering a richer understanding of the overarching conversation.
Audiobook details
GenreRomance
Length763 hrs 23 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 20, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare(Play) (pt. 1)
3Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare(Play) (pt. 2)
4Romeo & Juliet (Prose Version) (pt. 1)
5Romeo & Juliet (Prose Version) (pt. 2)
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6Romeo & Juliet (Prose Version) (pt. 3)
7Romeo & Juliet (Prose Version) (pt. 4)
8Romeo & Juliet (Prose Version) (pt. 5)
9Evelina (Fanny Burney) (pt. 1)
10Evelina (Fanny Burney) (pt. 2)
11Evelina (Fanny Burney) (pt. 3)
12Evelina (Fanny Burney) (pt. 4)
13Evelina (Fanny Burney) (pt. 5)
14Evelina (Fanny Burney) (pt. 6)
15Evelina (Fanny Burney) (pt. 7)
16Evelina (Fanny Burney) (pt. 8)
17Camilla (Fanny Burney) (pt. 1)
18Camilla (Fanny Burney) (pt. 2)
19Camilla (Fanny Burney) (pt. 3)
20Camilla (Fanny Burney) (pt. 4)
21Camilla (Fanny Burney) (pt. 5)
22Camilla (Fanny Burney) (pt. 6)
23Camilla (Fanny Burney) (pt. 7)
24Camilla (Fanny Burney) (pt. 8)
25Camilla (Fanny Burney) (pt. 9)
26Camilla (Fanny Burney) (pt. 10)
27Camilla (Fanny Burney) (pt. 11)
28Camilla (Fanny Burney) (pt. 12)
29Camilla (Fanny Burney) (pt. 13)
30Camilla (Fanny Burney) (pt. 14)
31Camilla (Fanny Burney) (pt. 15)
32Camilla (Fanny Burney) (pt. 16)
33Camilla (Fanny Burney) (pt. 17)
34Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen) (pt. 1)
35Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen) (pt. 2)
36Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen) (pt. 3)
37Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen) (pt. 4)
38Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen) (pt. 5)
39Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen) (pt. 6)
40Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen) (pt. 1)
41Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen) (pt. 2)
42Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen) (pt. 3)
43Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen) (pt. 4)
44Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen) (pt. 5)
45Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen) (pt. 6)
46Mansfield Park (Jane Austen) (pt. 1)
47Mansfield Park (Jane Austen) (pt. 2)
48Mansfield Park (Jane Austen) (pt. 3)
49Mansfield Park (Jane Austen) (pt. 4)
50Mansfield Park (Jane Austen) (pt. 5)
Pride and Prejudice & Sense and Sensibility (Annotated)Jane Austen27h 44m$2 · $0.00
Stolz und Vorurteil & Jane Eyre (Kommentiert)Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë41h 57m$2.50 · $0.00
The Complete Works of Jane Austen (Annotated)Jane Austen89h 42m$2 · $0.00
Sense & Sensibility (Annotated)Jane Austen14h 46m$2 · $0.00
Pride & Prejudice (Annotated)Jane Austen15h 10m$2 · $0.00
Stolz & Vorurteil (Kommentiert)Jane Austen16h 54m$1 · $0.00
Orgueil et Préjugés / Pride and Prejudice (Annotated)Jane Austen27h 49m$2 · $0.00
Orgullo y Prejuicio (Anotado)Jane Austen14h 35m$2 · $0.00
Orgullo y Prejuicio (Anotado)Jane Austen14h 33m$2 · $0.00
Sentido y sensibilidad (Anotado)Jane Austen15h 13m$2 · $0.00
The Watsons (Annotated)Jane Austen5h 39m$2 · $0.00
Sense and SensibilityJane Austen11h 18m$12 · $0.00
EmmaJane Austen15h 6m$12 · $0.00
Die größten Romane von Jane Austen (Kommentiert)Jane Austen45h 9m$3 · $0.00
Stolz und Vorurteil & Emma (Kommentiert)Jane Austen35h 43m$2 · $0.00
Stolz und Vorurteil (Kommentiert)Jane Austen16h 50m$1 · $0.00
L'Abbaye de Northanger (Annoté)Jane Austen10h 22m$2 · $0.00
Gevoel en verstand (Geannoteerd)Jane Austen16h 7m$2 · $0.00
PersuasionJane Austen7h 49m$12 · $0.00
Stolthet och fördomJane Austen12h 12m$18 · $0.00
Game Changers Volume 2/Common Goal/Role Model/The Long GameRachel Reid33h 1m5.0 (1)$53 · $0.00
RiversnowTess Thompson8h 11m$20
The Chandler Brothers, the Entire CollectionCarly Phillips26h 33m$30
Breath of HeavenDeborah Raney9h 11m$23
Desperate MeasuresBrenda Jackson8h 59m5.0 (1)$28 · $0.00
Pride & Prejudice (Annotated)Jane Austen15h 10m$2 · $0.00
Searching For ThanksgivingS.E. Smith4h 24m$20
The InheritanceBlair Howard6h 40m$23
The Dance with Me TrilogyShelley Shepard Gray21h 44m$35
The Search (Annotated)Grace Livingston Hill7h 29m$2 · $0.00
The Captivating WarriorCami Checketts, Daniel Banner4h 8m$15
Sniffing Out JusticeCarol J. Post6h 28m$12 · $0.00
TimberTate James15h 36m$23
The ReunionJana Deleon6h 31m$26 · $0.00
Long LostLexi Blake13h 12m$23
The Vineyard BrideKatie Winters5h 5m$15
Something Like LoveBeverly Jenkins10h 21m5.0 (1)$29 · $0.00
Wishes from the HeartSophie Mays4h 9m$15 · $0.00
Blizzard ShowdownShirlee McCoy5h 16m5.0 (1)$12 · $0.00
The Heart of CourageLynne Basham Tagawa10h 57m$20
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