PJ Roscoe has narrated 5 audiobooks on Listento.it by 6 authors. The most-rated is Agnes Grey.
Emma
Summary
Emma Woodhouse has successfully played matchmaker for her friend and discovers that she has a taste for setting up romances for her friends. She gets to work meddling in her friends’ affair, convincing them to call off imminent engagements and relationships in favor of ones she creates. The matchmaking quickly gets out of Emma’s hands, and her actions and instructions begin harming the people she cares about. Though she means well, her interference spirals and her good intentions cause difficulties and confusion. And though Emma continues to matchmake and attempt to create relationships among her friends, each new connection just adds another wrench in the works and scrambles the suitors once again. The question becomes who will be the final couples left together by the end of the novel? Told with Jane Austen’s signature charm and wit, Emma is the story of a most unusual heroine and the chaos she creates in her friend circle with her antics. It is a humorous and heartwarming novel that will leave listeners amused and enchanted.
Public Domain (P)2020 InAudio
Poirot Investigates
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“With method and logic one can accomplish anything!” Follow the greatest of the greatest detective in the world in Agatha Christie’s short-story collection Poirot Investigates. Featuring 11 adventures around the world, this collection show’s Christie’s famous character Hercule Poirot at his best as he travels and unravels mysteries of all sorts. This edition of Poirot Investigates follows the original UK edition of the collection and includes the following captivating stories: “The Adventures of the Western Star” “The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor” “The Adventure of the Cheap Flat” “The Mystery of Hunter’s Lodge” “The Million Dollar Bond Robbery” “The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb” “The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan” “The Kidnapped Prime Minister” “The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim” “The Adventure of the Italian Noble-Man” “The Case of the Missing Will” This mystery collection from the best-selling novelist of all time is an entertaining and invigorating adventure and will leave listeners delighted by the charm and wit of Hercule Poirot as he solves case after case at a clipping pace.
Public Domain (P)2021 InAudio
Mansfield Park
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“The enthusiasm of a woman's love is even beyond the biographer's.” When Fanny Price is very young, she is sent away to live with her aunt and uncle at Mansfield Park, a large estate filled with all of Fanny’s insufferable cousins and family members. Her life is full of people mistreating her and acting unpleasant, and generally giving her a difficult time. She grows older in the midst of her mistreatment, and learns to adjust to the harsh environment at Mansfield Park. As Fanny grows older, she faces awkward situations as her cousins begin to fall in love and pair off, and what ensues is a twisting tale of love triangles, mistaken affection, playful seductions, and the pain of young love scorned. Fanny continues to age and work through all of the drama and theatrics of her family and the men wooing her, with one of them eventually following her as she returns to her original home in Portsmouth to be with her sister. Mansfield Park was Jane Austen’s third novel, and is often stated to be her most mature. The complex love entanglements, mature situations, and familial drama are common in Austen’s literature, but Mansfield Park is one of the most complex of her novels. The book has been lauded for its challenging of the conservative values of the age, and for its masterful artistry which cleverly disguises the social commentary within.
Public Domain (P)2020 InAudio
Sense and Sensibility
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"The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!" (Marianne Dashwood) Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility is a classic staple of English literature. Published in 1811, this novel tells the story of the Dashwood ladies - Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret - as their family is forced to move to a new estate. Elinor and Marianne, the oldest of the trio, come of age in a tumultuous time, and the novel focuses on their romances, tribulations, and relationships with one another as they grow up. Like Austen's other famous novels, Sense and Sensibility has been successful since its publication and is often adapted for stage and screen. The story of Elinor and Marianne's first forays into love and heartbreak is relatable to audiences several decades removed from Austen's time. People across generations identify with the headstrong women who seek love and companionship, often in the wrong places.
Public Domain (P)2020 InAudio
Agnes Grey
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“Well! What is there remarkable in all this? Why have I recorded it? Because, reader, it was important enough to give me a cheerful evening, a night of pleasing dreams, and a morning of felicitous hopes.” Agnes Grey is a young woman determined to prove to her family that she is mature and able to contribute financially to the household when her father’s investment plan goes awry. Agnes seeks out placements as a governess, and her jobs takes her between wealthy households far from home with unruly children and untidy houses. Despite her self-perceived independence and maturity, Agnes lives an isolated life that is full of oppressive rules and strictures. Though she is constantly surrounded by people, she has to sacrifice close supportive familial and romantic relationships in her pursuit of her career. The novel follows her journey as she learns that independence is not the most valuable part of life and as she finds her way back to her home to build a life among those she loves. Anne Bronte’s debut novel gives a uniquely firsthand perspective into the isolating and difficult lives that governesses of the time faced through their years of service. The events in the novel have close ties to Anne Bronte’s real experiences as a governess, and it has been suggested that this semi-autobiographical narrative opened readers’ eyes to the unfair and restrictive lives of 19th-century governesses. A realistically humanizing story told in beautifully simple prose, Agnes Grey is a delightful Bronte novel that is not to be overlooked.
Public Domain (P)2021 InAudio