DescriptionThis collection contains poems Elizabeth Browning wrote in her early days as well as the last poems she wrote before her death at 55: ballads, religious, social-reforming, and political verse. Included are: "The Dream, " "The Image of God, " "A Sea-Side Meditation, " "The Tempest, " "Night and the Merry Man, " "The Romaunt of Margret, " "The Romance of the Ganges, " "The Lost Bower, " "Rime of the Duchess May, " "Catarina to Camoens, " "The Romance of the Swan's Nest, " "A Man's Requirements, " "A Woman's Shortcomings, " "A Curse Before a Nation, " "Christmas Gifts, " "My Heart and I, " "A Musical Instrument, " and several others, all of which demonstrate Browning's astonishing versatility and mastery of the English language.
DescriptionDead: one ordinary man. Just the latest in a string of losers in the wrong place at the worst time. Not the kind of case to yank New Orleans homicide detective Guy Gautreaux back from his leave of absence in Toussaint, Louisiana. There's someone in Toussaint Guy will do anything to protect. Jilly Gable is desperate to find the love of the family who abandoned her as a child. And when the wife of a powerful New Orleans antiques dealer and loan shark sweeps into town claiming to be her mother, Jilly is all too willing to love and forget. Slowly and methodically, evil closes in on Jilly, and only the truth and Guy can save her. Connecting the dots between the Big Easy and Toussaint all but cinches his case, but Jilly and Guy are still in danger. They have only each other for protection. But will that be enough?
DescriptionNew York Times and USA Today best-selling author Victoria Alexander's historical romance novels are favorites with listeners looking for steamy tales of the heart. Set in London in the early 1800s, The Lady in Question follows a debutante on her quest for love. Widow Delia Effington is lonely until she meets the handsome Viscount Tony St. Stephens who makes her heart race. But what she doesn't know is that Tony, in disguise, has had his eye on her for quite some time. When she discovers his true identity, will it bring pain or passion?
DescriptionPreviously unpublished in unabridged audio, these three works (one novel unpublished in her lifetime and two unfinished fragments) reveal Jane Austen's development as a great artist. Lady Susan, with its wicked, beautiful, intelligent, and energetic heroine, is a sparkling melodrama that takes its tone from the outspoken and robust 18th century. Written later, and probably abandoned after her father's death, The Watsons is a tantalizing and highly delightful story whose vitality and optimism centers on the marital prospects of the Watson sisters in a small provincial town. Sanditon, Jane Austen's last fiction, is set in a seaside town; its themes concern the new speculative consumer society and foreshadow the great social upheavals of the Industrial Revolution.
