In this collection are four of the finest cases of Mr Sherlock Holmes, narrated by his faithful friend and admirer Dr Watson. What was the mystery of the engineer' thumb? What was behind the disappearance of the race horse?

One of the great novels of nineteenth-century France, Flaubert draws a deeply-felt but sympathetic portrait of a woman who, having warned a country doctor and found herself unhappy with a rural, genteel existence, longs for love and excitement.

In 1897 Bram Stoker wrote a story expressing the most persistent nightmare of the human condition, and now for over a century Dracula has reigned supreme as the undisputed masterpiece of horror writing. We have all grown up beneath the shadow of the elegant Count, at once an attractive, brutal and erotic creature of the night. Read by David Horovitch, Jamie Parker, Joseph Kloska, Alison Pettitt and cast, this Complete Classic Unabridged Edition, spans a total of 14 CDs. David Horovitch's long and distinguished theatre career includes many West End, National Theatre and RSC stage appearances. Among his many readings for Naxos Audiobooks are Lampedusa's The Leopard, Dickens's Nicholas Nickleby, Ovid's Metamorphoses and Conrad's Heart of Darkness. Known for roles in film, TV and theatre, Jamie Parker has read Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd and Under the Greenwood Tree for Naxos Audiobooks. Joseph Kloska has appeared in over 100 plays, readings and live broadcasts for the BBC.

In Framley Parsonage, the fourth novel of Trollope’s Chronicles of Barsetshire, the author leaves the confines of Barchester and looks to the countryside, where he relates the moral difficulties of Mark Robarts, the young clergyman who has recently been appointed Vicar of Framley. Desperate to keep up socially with the local aristocracy, the country parson is persuaded to underwrite the debts of Sowerby, a well-respected peer. However, when the debts are called in, Robarts finds himself in a serious predicament. Written with acute insight, together with a great deal of warmth and humor towards his characters’ attendant charms and foibles, Framley Parsonage is sure to delight. David Shaw-Parker’s reading perfectly captures the genial but acute voice of Anthony Trollope.

Maggie Tulliver has two lovers Philip Wakem, son of her father's enemy, and Stephen Guest, already promised to her cousin. But the love she wants most in the world is that of her brother Tom. Maggie's struggle against her passionate and sensual nature leads her to a deeper understanding and to eventual tragedy.

For the background to this historical novel, a tale of mystery, suspense and unsolved murder, Dickens chose the anti-Catholic Gordon Riots of 1780. Mayhem reigns in the streets of London, vividly described by Dickens, and the innocent Barnaby Rudge is drawn into the thick of it. Against the public disorder, Dickens tells of the private discord within families— with fathers and sons at loggerheads— and creates a wealth of colorful characters: The sinuously evil Lord Chester; the pretty and vivacious Dolly Varden; and the host and regulars at the Maypole Inn— a symbol of security.

LAWRENCE, D.H.: Sons and Lovers (Unabridged)

To inherit a great fortune. To inherit a great misfortune.' These words, from Nathaniel Hawthorne' notebook, neatly encapsulate the theme of the House of the Seven Gables-that of a family whose fortunes are poisoned by it's past misdeeds.

Now considered by many to be Charlotte Bronte's best novel, though unlikely to eclipse Jane Eyre in fame and popularity, Villette is largely concerned with the experiences of Lucy Snowe in a girl's boarding school in a fictionalized Belgium. Lucy flees unhappiness in England only to find more abroad. Her love for Dr John unrequited, she slowly realizes that a deeper attachment is growing between her and her irascible domineering mentor and colleague, M. Paul Emanuel.

A mysterious boatman on the Thames, a drowned heir, a dustman and his wife, and a host of other Dickens characters populate this novel of relationships between the classes, money, greed and love.

Information is everything in Hard-boiled Wonderland. A specialist encrypter is attacked by thugs with orders from an unknown source, is chased by invisible predators, and dates an insatiably hungry librarian who never puts on weight. In the End of the World a new arrival is learning his role as dream-reader. But there is something eerily disquieting about the changeless nature of the town and it's fable-like inhabitants. Told in alternate chapters, the two stories converge and combine to create a novel that is surreal, beautiful, thrilling and extraordinary.

The unremarkable Catholic priest, Father Brown, combines intuition and a profound interest in human nature to solve more crimes that are seemingly improbable. A prophet of a new religion appears in Westminster. Why does an Italian Prince seek exile in Norfolk? Who killed a jovial old philanthropist, and why? a decadent poet is inexplicably murdered in his own home. Did God kill a priest's brother? What really happened in a British battle glorified in history? This second volume of stories from the Innocence of Father Brown presents six crimes, which are at times surreal, bi.

The Pickwick Papers (Unabridged)

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Michael Henchard, drunk at a country fair, sells his wife and baby daughter for five guineas. The following day, in despair and remorse, he forswears alcohol and sets out to redeem himself. In time, he becomes a respected merchant and eventually the mayor of the town. But Fate is not to be so easily appeased, and Henchard finds his past actions resonate through and destroy his plans for the future. One of the greatest novels in the English language, the Mayor of Casterbridge sees Thomas Hardy at his best, bringing landscape and richly imagined characters to life, and setti.

Rip Van Winkle (Unabridged)

When the naïve David Balfour sets out on his quest for a long-lost relative, a terrifying chain of events is set in motion. He is plunged into a world of infamy and violence from which there seems no escape, until, that is, he meets the enigmatic and valiant Highlander, Alan Breck.

In One of the First Novels in the English Language, We Follow the Picaresque Adventures of Joseph Andrews, a Virtuous Young Man Who Is Keen to Maintain His Innocence Despite Being Coerced By Nearly Every Woman He Encounters. The Episodic Journey Sees Him Travel Home to London with His Tutor, Parson Adams, As He Heads to Find His Sweetheart, Fanny. Much Mayhem Ensues Along the Way As They Become Embroiled in a Series of Escapades and Slapstick Brawls. An Expert Satirist, Henry Fielding (1707-54), Through the Many Twists and Turns of Narration, Combines High and Low Literature, and High and Low Humor to Create a Wittily Funny Novel That He Aptly Named a 'Comic Epic Poem in Prose'. This 11 CD Set, Approx. 14 Hours in Running Time, Marks the First Complete Recording of Fielding's Great Comic Work.

Considered one of China's great classical novels, Wu Ch'�ng-�n's Journey to the West was translated by Arthur waley in abridged form as Monkey in 1942 and has delighted English readers ever since. It is a riveting adventure story about a priest's quest to obtain holy Buddhist scriptures for the Tang emperor; joining him on this rollicking journey: Sandy, Pigs and the mischievous Monkey King, Sn Wukong, whose flying cloud and magic cudgel are never far from his infamous deeds. Waley's accessible rendition of Wu Ch'�ng-�n's novel has become a classic in it's own right: Gods, demons and disobedient monkey spirits all come alive in this entertaining work.

When his ship is wrecked in a storm, Robinson Crusoe finds himself stranded on a desert island with no one to help him and no chance of rescue. Scared and alone, he tries to make a life for himself, building shelters, hunting food, taming animals, crafting boats and making clothes. But just as his life appears to be settled, he sees someone else's footprint on the beach and a different struggle for survival begins, this time against cannibals and pirates. Published in 1719, the novel was an immediate success and continue to fascinate new generations.

L.P. Hartley’s heartbreaking novel The Go-Between is a haunting, moving, and evocative work about social constraints and childhood innocence. The story is set during the long hot summer of 1900 and follows young Leo Colston who is invited to stay for a month at an aristocratic manor in Norfolk. While there he falls in love with his friend’s sister who commissions him to carry secret notes to her lover, the local farmer. This story has been adapted multiple times for stage and screen, most recently the BBC One TV film starring Jim Broadbent. The story is exclusively licensed to Naxos Audiobooks. Sean Barrett gives a tender and sympathetic interpretation, full of warmth and insight.

Oliver Twist (Unabridged)