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Great Classic Love Stories Audiobook
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The world-class writers featured in this collection are adept at conjuring the depth and passion that surrounds all stories of love and loss. The short story form is perfect for capturing the dizzying heights that accompany a new object of affection, as well as the queasy unease and bottomless longing of lost loves.
This recording includes the following stories:
“The Piazza” by Herman Melville (1819–1891), narrated by Peter Marinker
Nature’s beauty encourages a riddle, and a haunting, strange story.
“Rappaccini’s Daughter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864), narrated by Mark Meadows
The woman in the garden resembles a flower—but loving her proves poisonous.
“The Lady with the Dog” by Anton Chekhov (1860–1904), narrated by Peter Marinker
A chance encounter brings lifelong yearning, against all convention.
“Coming, Aphrodite!” by Willa Cather (1873–1947), narrated by Joanne McQuinn
Two artists cross paths—with striking results—on the road to professional success.
“The Dead” by James Joyce (1882–1941), narrated by Gerry O’Brien
A man experiences shifting views on himself, his wife, the past, the living … and the dead.
“Clair de Lune” by Guy de Maupassant (1850–1893), narrated by Cameron Stewart
In spite of himself, an intolerant priest learns of love’s song.
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James Fouhey is an actor and AudioFile Earphones Award–winning narrator living in New York City. He received classical training at Boston University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. He has recorded more than 150 audiobooks across a variety of genres, including science fiction, romance, young adult fiction, and children’s fiction.
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Mark Bramhall has won the prestigious Audie Award for best narration, more than thirty AudioFile Earphones Awards, and has repeatedly been named by AudioFile magazine and Publishers Weekly among their “Best Voices of the Year.” He is also an award-winning actor whose acting credits include off-Broadway, regional, and many Los Angeles venues as well as television, animation, and feature films. He has taught and directed at the American Academy of Dramatic Art.