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The Turn of the Screw
The Turn of the Screw, by Henry James
Adapted by Jennifer Gascoigne
Recording in British English

When Miss Jessel accepts a position as governess to look after Flora and Miles little does she know that her job will be so
€ 14,⁷⁰
Great Expectations
When poor orphan Pip falls in love with the rich and beautiful Estella he never imagines that he, too, one day will have money. After Mr Jaggers tells Pip he has great expectations and a secret rich benefactor, Pip moves to London
€ 16,⁵⁰
Emma
Emma is beautiful, clever, rich, happy and never wants to get married.
She enjoys match-making her friends in the village of Highbury but slowly seems to lose her touch as complications begin with Frank, Harriet, Jane and
€ 16,⁵⁰
Jane Eyre
Poor orphan Jane Eyre lives an unhappy childhood. She is hated by her guardian aunt and cousins and then sent to the strict and loveless Lowood School.
But life at school improves, and Jane stays on as a teacher, though she
€ 16,⁵⁰
The Picture of Dorian Gray
“I’ll grow old and ugly. But this portrait will always stay young.”

Artist Basil Hallward sees Dorian Gray at a party and suddenly feels that something bad is going to happen. But then the young and handsome Dorian becomes his
€ 15,⁰⁰
Wuthering Heights
Heathcliff, an orphan, is raised by Mr Earnshaw with his own children, Hindley and Catherine. Hindley hates him but his passionate sister Catherine becomes his close friend, and they fall deeply in love.
When Catherine decides
€ 16,⁵⁰
Dracula
Jonathan Harker travels to Transylvania to see a local nobleman, Count Dracula. Jonathan realises that things are not what they seem at Castle Dracula and, before he knows it, his nightmare begins.
€ 13,⁸⁰
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
This is the story of Ichabod Crane, a superstitious schoolmaster who arrives in Sleepy Hollow. Ichabod falls in love with Katrina van Tassel, a wealthy farmer’s daughter, but he must compete with the strong, handsome Brom Bones fo
€ 12,³⁰
The Call of the Wild
Buck leads a good life in California, but one day he is stolen to be a sledge dog and taken to the harsh and freezing cold Yukon. Here Buck must learn to fight for his survivial. Can he rise above his enemies and become the maste
€ 16,⁵⁰
The Garden Party and Sixpence
In The Garden Party, Laura is excited about her mother’s annual garden party until she discovers that a man has died close to the family’s home.

In Sixpence, when Dicky, an active, exuberant young boy, accidentally breaks a
€ 14,⁷⁰
The Last of the Mohicans
In America, during the French and Indian wars, two young women, Cora and Alice,
set off on a dangerous journey to be reunited with their father Colonel Munro.
€ 16,⁵⁰
Sense and Sensibility
Two very different sisters meet and fall in love with two very different men. Elinor is the elder sister and she represents sense. Marianne is the younger sister and she represents sensibility. Elinor falls in love with Edward, a
€ 16,⁵⁰
Pride and Prejudice
Mrs Bennet’s main purpose in life is to see her five daughters married. She is very happy when
a handsome rich gentleman, Mr Bingley, arrives in the neighbourhood, and falls in love with her eldest daughter Jane.
€ 15,⁰⁰
Frankenstein
As a young scientist, Victor Frankenstein becomes obsessed with creating life. After searching desperately for material and isolating himself to complete his task, Frankenstein finally meets his own creation: only to be disgusted
€ 11,²⁰
Twelve Years A Slave
Solomon Northup was kidnapped as a free man and sold into slavery. This is his story of his twelve years as a slave.
Solomon paints a clear picture of the life of a slave, the endless work and the cruel treatment,
€ 12,³⁰