Romance audiobooks

Venus in Furs

Venus in Furs is part of the unfinished series of novels Legacy of Cain created by Austrian author Leopold von Sacher-Masoch. Venus in Furs narrates the story of Severin von Kusiemski, whose extreme infatuation with Wanda von Dunajew provoked him to ask her to treat him as a slave. The pair find it super-sensual and they move to Florence for more p..

Women in Love

by D. H. Lawrence

Women in Love is one of the most controversial novels which deal with sexual relationship of similar genders. There has been rumors that D. H. Lawrence would have portrayed himself through Rupert Birkin and his wife Frieda through Ursula. The novel starts up sisters Gudrun and Ursula falls in love with Gerald Crich and Rupert Birkin. Soon new relat..

Ivanhoe: A Romance

by Sir Walter Scott

Walter Scott's Ivanhoe is a historical romance novel set during the period the Saxon families were losing ground and Normans were overpowering. Cedric of Ivanhoe disowns his son Wilfred for his support to Norman King Richard I. The protagonist Wilfred falls in love with Cedric's ward Rowena, while his father had plans to marry him to beautiful Rebe..

The Sorrows of Young Werther

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The Sorrows of Young Werther is a semi-autobiographical novel by German author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The protagonist Werther falls in love with beautiful Lotte for her motherly care to her siblings since their father's death. Werther's endless sorrows starts on knowing Lotte is already engaged with Albert who is 11 years elder than her. Thoug..

Anne of the Island

by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Anne of the Island chronicles the third chapter of Annie Shirley's life, after she leaves the school teacher job and decides to continue her higher studies at Redmond College in King sport. Lucy Maud Montgomery narrates the youthful life of Annie's boarding life, getting along-with old schoolmates, romance, heartbreaks and marriage. Gilbert Blythe'..

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

by Laurence Sterne

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (or, more briefly, Tristram Shandy) is a humorous novel by Laurence Sterne. It was published in nine volumes, the first two appearing in 1759, and seven others following over the next seven years. Probably Sterne's most enduring work, it purports to be a biography of the eponymous character. Its s..

Vanity Fair

by William Makepeace Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray portrays the 19th century English society in a satirical tone with his classic novel Vanity Fair. The story opens up with two young girls Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley depart to their native after completing the studies. It is hard to believe how they became close friends with their ironical characters. Amelia believes i..

Hedda Gabler

by Henrik Ibsen

Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen's play Hedda Gabler dramatize an young woman's thrust for luxurious life leading to tragic death. Much against her wishes Hedda Gabler marries academic George Tesman, in an attempt to hide her immoral pregnancy. The couples meet their ex-lovers Eilert Lövborg and Thea Elvsted. In an attempt to sidelines Eilert's ac..