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Thomas Hardy brings us an England that once existed but no more. It is rural, traditional, pastoral - a society of mannered conduct that flows like a deep river where powerful currents eddy and swirl. In this powerful novel of love and disillusion, Hardy's heroine is torn between the three men in her life. Passionate but capricious, her romantic involvements have fascinated generations of readers.

Con su nombre envuelto en escándalo, las perspectivas de matrimonio de Cornelia Mortmain son nulas. El salvaje aventurero Burnell es exactamente el tipo de "hombre peligroso" que ella ha jurado evitar. Hacerse pasar por su prometida solo puede significar problemas, o hacerla tan notoria que podría volverse irresistible. ¿Podrán convencer a todos de que están perdidamente enamorados? ¡El juego comienza! Qué esperar: bromas ingeniosas y escenas hilarantes, una heroína intelectual que encuentra a alguien que está a su altura, un compromiso falso y una fiesta de Navidad que lo cambia todo...

'Young Adult Classics' is a new series from Naxos AudioBooks which aims to bring key works of literature to a young audience in abridged form. Lively, accessible readings with music is the key. Jane Eyre is the tale of a young governess who becomes entangled with the powerful Mr Rochester, finding mystery and uneasiness in his house.

After her estate is entailed away, Jessamine Foster has no choice but to live with relatives who detest her. When her aunt gives her an ultimatum to leave, Jessamine accepts a position as companion to Lord Kirkendale's sister - even though she's been warned her predecessors can't seem to resist the earl's exceptional good looks. Can Jessamine manage to hold on to her job without losing her heart?

Henry James' signature theme, the American abroad, centers on a beautiful but flawed daughter of a wealthy Schenectady industrialist. Daisy Miller travels through Europe with her doting, vapid mother and rambunctious young brother. Daisy falls for the sophisticated Mr. Winterbourne, another expatriate, but their romance is threatened by Daisy's behavior. The mores and traditional social customs were something Daisy managed to ignore and caused more than a few eyebrows to be raised throwing her reputation into question. The story has a tragic and unexpected ending.