
A Lady's Guide to Marvels and Misadventure
Échec de l'ajout au panier.
Échec de l'ajout à la liste d'envies.
Échec de la suppression de la liste d’envies.
Échec du suivi du balado
Ne plus suivre le balado a échoué
0,99 $/mois pendant vos 3 premiers mois
Acheter pour 28,95 $
-
Narrateur(s):
-
Beverley A. Crick
-
Auteur(s):
-
Angela Bell
À propos de cet audio
Miss Clara Marie Stanton's family may be eccentric, but they certainly aren't insane. London, England, 1860: When Clara's ex-fiancé begins to spread rumors that her family suffers from hereditary insanity, it's all she can do to protect them from his desperate schemes, society's prejudice, and a lifetime in an asylum. Then Clara's grandfather Drosselmeyer brings on an apprentice with a mechanical leg, and all pretense of normalcy takes wing.
Theodore Kingsley, a shame-chased vagabond haunted by the war, wants a fresh start far from Kingsley Court and the disappointed father who declared him dead. Upon returning to England, Theodore meets clockmaker Drosselmeyer, who hires him as an apprentice, much to Clara's dismay.
When Drosselmeyer spontaneously disappears in his secret flying owl machine, he leaves behind a note for Clara, beseeching her to make her dreams of adventure a reality by joining him on a merry scavenger hunt across Europe.
Together, Clara and Theodore set off to follow Drosselmeyer's trail of clues, but they will have to stay one step ahead of a villain who wants the flying machine for himself—at any cost.
©2024 Angela Bell (P)2024 Recorded BooksVous pourriez aussi aimer...
-
Floating Hotel
- Auteur(s): Grace Curtis
- Narrateur(s): Braden Wright
- Durée: 10 h et 3 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
Welcome to the Grand Abeona Hotel: home of the finest food, the sweetest service, and the very best views the galaxy has to offer. All year round it moves from planet to planet, system to system, pampering guests across the furthest reaches of the milky way. The last word in sub-orbital luxury—and an absolute magnet for intrigue. Intrigues such as: Why are there love poems in the lobby inbox? How many Imperial spies are currently on board? What is the true purpose of the Problem Solver’s conference? And perhaps most pertinently—who is driving the ship?
-
-
Prose is nice but rambling weak storyline
- Écrit par SoulFood Wanderer le 2024-05-20
Auteur(s): Grace Curtis
-
Dreadful
- Auteur(s): Caitlin Rozakis
- Narrateur(s): Keval Shah
- Durée: 11 h et 28 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
Gav isn't really sure how he ended up with a castle full of goblins, or why he has a princess locked in a cell. All he can do is play along with his own evil plan in hopes of getting his memories back before he gets himself killed. But as he realizes that nothing—from the incredibly tasteless cloak adorned with flames to the aforementioned princess—is quite what it seems, Gav must face up to all the things the Dread Lord Gavrax has done. And he'll have to answer the hardest question of all—who does he want to be?
-
-
Forgetful Evil Wizard, What’s not to like!
- Écrit par DarthGerardius le 2024-09-29
Auteur(s): Caitlin Rozakis
-
Sipsworth
- Auteur(s): Simon Van Booy
- Narrateur(s): Christine Rendel
- Durée: 5 h et 10 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
Following the deaths of her husband and son, Helen Cartwright returns to the English village of her childhood after living abroad for six decades. Her only wish is to die quickly and without fuss. Helen retreats into her home on Westminster Crescent, becoming a creature of routine and habit. Then, one cold autumn night, a chance encounter with an abandoned pet mouse on the street outside her house sets Helen on a surprising journey of friendship.
-
-
I was more invested than I expected
- Écrit par Jan MacArthur le 2025-02-10
Auteur(s): Simon Van Booy
-
Unlikely Story
- Auteur(s): Ali Rosen
- Narrateur(s): Carly Robins
- Durée: 9 h et 27 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
As a relationship therapist, Nora helps patients explore their feelings honestly. But she’s hiding an embarrassing relationship secret of her own: she’s in love with someone she’s never even met. J edits the advice column Nora’s been writing anonymously for the last seven years. He’s in London, she’s in New York, and they communicate solely through shared files. When he confides that his girlfriend’s out of the picture, and her boss asks her to come to London, Nora takes both as a sign.
Auteur(s): Ali Rosen
-
A Letter to the Luminous Deep
- Auteur(s): Sylvie Cathrall
- Narrateur(s): Claire Morgan, Joshua Riley, Justin Avoth, Autres
- Durée: 12 h et 31 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
A beautiful discovery outside the window of her underwater home prompts the reclusive E. to begin a correspondence with renowned scholar Henerey Clel. The letters they share are filled with passion, at first for their mutual interests, and then, inevitably, for each other. Together, they uncover a mystery from the unknown depths, destined to transform the underwater world they both equally fear and love. But by no mere coincidence, a seaquake destroys E.'s home, and she and Henerey vanish.
Auteur(s): Sylvie Cathrall
-
If the Tide Turns
- Auteur(s): Rachel Rueckert
- Narrateur(s): Pilar Witherspoon
- Durée: 12 h et 5 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
Set during the Golden Age of Pirates and the shadowy aftermath of the Salem witch trials, this vivid literary debut is inspired by the captivating true story of real-life pirate Samuel Bellamy, combining high seas adventure, star-crossed longing, surprisingly timely questions about social justice and freedom, and the emotionally satisfying tale of one strong-willed young woman determined to choose her own path.
-
-
🥹
- Écrit par @haylingbookstorm le 2024-07-23
Auteur(s): Rachel Rueckert
-
Floating Hotel
- Auteur(s): Grace Curtis
- Narrateur(s): Braden Wright
- Durée: 10 h et 3 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
Welcome to the Grand Abeona Hotel: home of the finest food, the sweetest service, and the very best views the galaxy has to offer. All year round it moves from planet to planet, system to system, pampering guests across the furthest reaches of the milky way. The last word in sub-orbital luxury—and an absolute magnet for intrigue. Intrigues such as: Why are there love poems in the lobby inbox? How many Imperial spies are currently on board? What is the true purpose of the Problem Solver’s conference? And perhaps most pertinently—who is driving the ship?
-
-
Prose is nice but rambling weak storyline
- Écrit par SoulFood Wanderer le 2024-05-20
Auteur(s): Grace Curtis
-
Dreadful
- Auteur(s): Caitlin Rozakis
- Narrateur(s): Keval Shah
- Durée: 11 h et 28 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
Gav isn't really sure how he ended up with a castle full of goblins, or why he has a princess locked in a cell. All he can do is play along with his own evil plan in hopes of getting his memories back before he gets himself killed. But as he realizes that nothing—from the incredibly tasteless cloak adorned with flames to the aforementioned princess—is quite what it seems, Gav must face up to all the things the Dread Lord Gavrax has done. And he'll have to answer the hardest question of all—who does he want to be?
-
-
Forgetful Evil Wizard, What’s not to like!
- Écrit par DarthGerardius le 2024-09-29
Auteur(s): Caitlin Rozakis
-
Sipsworth
- Auteur(s): Simon Van Booy
- Narrateur(s): Christine Rendel
- Durée: 5 h et 10 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
Following the deaths of her husband and son, Helen Cartwright returns to the English village of her childhood after living abroad for six decades. Her only wish is to die quickly and without fuss. Helen retreats into her home on Westminster Crescent, becoming a creature of routine and habit. Then, one cold autumn night, a chance encounter with an abandoned pet mouse on the street outside her house sets Helen on a surprising journey of friendship.
-
-
I was more invested than I expected
- Écrit par Jan MacArthur le 2025-02-10
Auteur(s): Simon Van Booy
-
Unlikely Story
- Auteur(s): Ali Rosen
- Narrateur(s): Carly Robins
- Durée: 9 h et 27 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
As a relationship therapist, Nora helps patients explore their feelings honestly. But she’s hiding an embarrassing relationship secret of her own: she’s in love with someone she’s never even met. J edits the advice column Nora’s been writing anonymously for the last seven years. He’s in London, she’s in New York, and they communicate solely through shared files. When he confides that his girlfriend’s out of the picture, and her boss asks her to come to London, Nora takes both as a sign.
Auteur(s): Ali Rosen
-
A Letter to the Luminous Deep
- Auteur(s): Sylvie Cathrall
- Narrateur(s): Claire Morgan, Joshua Riley, Justin Avoth, Autres
- Durée: 12 h et 31 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
A beautiful discovery outside the window of her underwater home prompts the reclusive E. to begin a correspondence with renowned scholar Henerey Clel. The letters they share are filled with passion, at first for their mutual interests, and then, inevitably, for each other. Together, they uncover a mystery from the unknown depths, destined to transform the underwater world they both equally fear and love. But by no mere coincidence, a seaquake destroys E.'s home, and she and Henerey vanish.
Auteur(s): Sylvie Cathrall
-
If the Tide Turns
- Auteur(s): Rachel Rueckert
- Narrateur(s): Pilar Witherspoon
- Durée: 12 h et 5 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
Set during the Golden Age of Pirates and the shadowy aftermath of the Salem witch trials, this vivid literary debut is inspired by the captivating true story of real-life pirate Samuel Bellamy, combining high seas adventure, star-crossed longing, surprisingly timely questions about social justice and freedom, and the emotionally satisfying tale of one strong-willed young woman determined to choose her own path.
-
-
🥹
- Écrit par @haylingbookstorm le 2024-07-23
Auteur(s): Rachel Rueckert
-
The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson
- A Novel
- Auteur(s): Ellen Baker
- Narrateur(s): Cassandra Campbell
- Durée: 13 h et 55 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
In 1924, four-year-old Cecily Larson’s mother reluctantly drops her off at an orphanage in Chicago, promising to be back once she’s made enough money to support both Cecily and herself. But she never returns, and shortly after high-spirited Cecily turns seven, she is sold to a traveling circus to perform as the “little sister” to glamorous bareback rider Isabelle DuMonde. With Isabelle and the rest of the circus, Cecily finally feels she’s found the family she craves.
-
-
Lovely Characters
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2024-11-18
Auteur(s): Ellen Baker
-
Starter Villain
- Auteur(s): John Scalzi
- Narrateur(s): Wil Wheaton
- Durée: 8 h et 5 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place. Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan. Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano lair) to Charlie. But becoming a supervillain isn't all giant laser death rays and lava pits.
-
-
One of my favourite books this year
- Écrit par J. Bundock le 2023-10-06
Auteur(s): John Scalzi
-
I Cheerfully Refuse
- Auteur(s): Leif Enger
- Narrateur(s): David Aaron Baker
- Durée: 11 h et 55 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
Set in a not-too-distant America, I Cheerfully Refuse is the tale of a bereaved and pursued musician embarking under sail on a sentient Lake Superior in search of his departed, deeply beloved, bookselling wife. Rainy, an endearing bear of an Orphean narrator, seeks refuge in the harbors, fogs, and remote islands of the inland sea. Encountering lunatic storms and rising corpses from the warming depths, Rainy finds on land an increasingly desperate and illiterate people, a malignant billionaire ruling class, crumbled infrastructure, and a lawless society.
-
-
Fantastic!
- Écrit par Budb le 2024-09-17
Auteur(s): Leif Enger
-
Strange Practice
- Auteur(s): Vivian Shaw
- Narrateur(s): Suzannah Hampton
- Durée: 9 h et 23 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
Dr. Greta Helsing has inherited the family's highly specialized and highly peculiar medical practice. She treats the undead for a host of ills - vocal strain in banshees, arthritis in barrow-wights, and entropy in mummies. It's a quiet, supernatural-adjacent life until a sect of murderous monks emerges, killing human and undead Londoners alike. As terror takes hold of the city, Greta must use her unusual skills to stop the cult if she hopes to save her practice - and her life.
-
-
Fun and Quirky
- Écrit par Kait le 2024-12-17
Auteur(s): Vivian Shaw
-
The Undetectables
- Auteur(s): Courtney Smyth
- Narrateur(s): Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Durée: 12 h et 33 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
A magical serial killer is stalking the Occult town of Wrackton. Hypnotic whistling causes victims to chew their own tongues off, leading to the killer being dubbed the Whistler (original, right?). Enter the Undetectables, a detective agency run by three witches and a ghost in a cat costume (don't ask). They are hired to investigate the murders, but with their only case so far left unsolved, will they be up to the task?
Auteur(s): Courtney Smyth
-
Slow Dance
- A Novel
- Auteur(s): Rainbow Rowell
- Narrateur(s): Rebecca Lowman
- Durée: 11 h et 31 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
They were just friends. Best friends. They spent entire summers sitting on Shiloh’s porch steps, dreaming about the future. They promised each other that, no matter what, their friendship would never change. Well, Shiloh did go to college, and Cary did join the Navy. And yet, somehow, everything changed.
-
-
Slow dance is the slowest book ever.
- Écrit par disneynut97 le 2025-06-09
Auteur(s): Rainbow Rowell
-
The Curse of Pietro Houdini
- A Novel
- Auteur(s): Derek B. Miller
- Narrateur(s): Gabra Zackman
- Durée: 11 h et 23 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
Heartfelt, powerfully engaging, and in the tradition of Anthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See, this is a work of storytelling bravado: a thrilling action-packed art heist, an imaginative chronicle of forgotten history, and a poignant coming-of-age epic where a child navigates one of the most morally complex fronts of World War II and lives to tell the tale.
-
-
A modern classic
- Écrit par Robert le 2025-06-18
Auteur(s): Derek B. Miller
-
The Crescent Moon Tearoom
- A Novel
- Auteur(s): Stacy Sivinski
- Narrateur(s): Nikki Massoud
- Durée: 9 h et 56 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
Ever since the untimely death of their parents, Anne, Beatrix, and Violet Quigley have made a business of threading together the stories that rest in the swirls of ginger, cloves, and cardamon that lie at the bottom of their customers’ cups. Their days at the teashop are filled with talk of butterflies and good fortune intertwined with the sound of cinnamon shortbread being snapped by laced fingers. That is, until the Council of Witches comes calling with news that the city Diviner has lost her powers, and the sisters suddenly find themselves being pulled in different directions.
-
-
Frustrating
- Écrit par Christine le 2025-08-04
Auteur(s): Stacy Sivinski
-
When the World Goes Quiet
- A Novel
- Auteur(s): Gian Sardar
- Narrateur(s): Jesse Vilinsky
- Durée: 12 h et 6 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
It’s 1918 in German-occupied Bruges, Belgium. With luck, Evelien will make it to the end of the war and be given what she was promised: a prized painting in exchange for safeguarding her employer’s possessions. Until then, Evelien knows to keep her head down and stay out of trouble. But life never goes to plan, especially in war. A member of the Resistance approaches Evelien: steal a list of names hidden in her employer’s home.
-
-
Great story
- Écrit par Joanne le 2024-09-10
Auteur(s): Gian Sardar
-
The Book of Doors
- A Novel
- Auteur(s): Gareth Brown
- Narrateur(s): Miranda Raison
- Durée: 13 h et 16 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
Cassie Andrews works in a New York City bookshop, shelving books, making coffee for customers, and living an unassuming, ordinary life. Until the day one of her favorite customers—a lonely yet charming old man—dies right in front of her. Cassie is devastated. She always loved his stories, and now she has nothing to remember him by. Nothing but the last book he was reading. But this is no ordinary book… It is the Book of Doors. Inscribed with enigmatic words and mysterious drawings, it promises Cassie that any door is every door. You just need to know how to open them.
-
-
Absolutely LOVED it
- Écrit par TiMiMo le 2024-04-23
Auteur(s): Gareth Brown
-
The Wild Side
- Auteur(s): Fern Michaels
- Narrateur(s): Jennifer O'Donnell
- Durée: 10 h et 49 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
For Melanie Drake, school guidance counselor in a small Virginia town, the day’s challenges typically involve a playground scuffle or a student skipping school. It’s worlds away from her previous career as a vital part of the Office of Special Investigations. There, she devoted herself heart and soul to covert operations, the riskier the better.
-
-
disjointed storylines.
- Écrit par B Nols le 2025-06-15
Auteur(s): Fern Michaels
-
The Cemetery of Untold Stories
- Auteur(s): Julia Alvarez
- Narrateur(s): Alma Cuervo
- Durée: 8 h et 56 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
Alma Cruz, the celebrated writer at the heart of The Cemetery of Untold Stories, doesn’t want to end up like her friend, a novelist who fought so long and hard to finish a book that it threatened her sanity. So when Alma inherits a small plot of land in the Dominican Republic, her homeland, she has the beautiful idea of turning it into a place to bury her untold stories—literally. She creates a graveyard for the manuscript drafts and revisions, and the characters whose lives she tried and failed to bring to life and who still haunt her.
-
-
Empathetic on every level
- Écrit par Charlene Dokter le 2025-06-11
Auteur(s): Julia Alvarez
Ce que les critiques en disent
"Utterly charming! What an original and adorable story. Angela Bell's debut is a book I can, without hesitation, highly recommend."—JEN TURANO, USA Today bestselling author
"Bell's voice will draw you immediately into her world, and her characters will hold you there. A must read!"—ROSEANNA M. WHITE, Christy Award-winning author
Great narrator - story is whimsical
Un problème est survenu. Veuillez réessayer dans quelques minutes.
it's one thing to express your belief, when it fits naturally into the storyline, but it's quite another to make your listener hear it over and over again. The amount of preaching about God and faith was to the excess, repetitive, and wearing.
I actually turned the volume down on my phone for several minutes at a time to try and escape the preaching, and every time I came back, they were still talking about faith and God.
Even though I thought the story was cute and enjoyable, I will be steering clear of this author I'm going forward.
It had so much potential
Un problème est survenu. Veuillez réessayer dans quelques minutes.
Read: September 2024
Format: Audible audiobook
Narrator: Beverley A. Crick (excellent!)
[The narrator was extremely suited to this book and did a fabulous job!]
COMMENTS: I never would have chosen this on my own. It’s *way* out of my wheelhouse. It’s very eclectic with fantasy and whimsy.
I got this on an Audible deal because of all the people who loved it. I really didn’t know that it would be a fit for me but sometimes a push is a good thing.
My perspective? This wasn’t for me unfortunately. I was fine with the early part of the book but the very long trip was so repetitious for me that my mind wandered often. I struggled to finish, since it’s just not my style, but I forced myself to see it through and push my boundaries. I did feel that this story was twice as long as it truly needed to be. I loved the character of Arthur/Theo. There was some good humour and a couple of quotes that I really enjoyed.
- Ch. 4 of audiobook: “His candied promises still concealed arsenic-filled centers.”
- Ch. 14 of audiobook: “Don’t get so busy tending the garden that you never sit back and enjoy the view.”
For folks that like fantastical whimsy, this book is definitely for them. She’s a good writer for this style. It’s got a Mary Poppins vibe and it reminded me of the many Saturday matinées I saw as a kid. I think it would make a great kids’ movie in many ways. It’s a niche style but just not *my* niche. And that’s okay! :-)
It’s very difficult for me to rate a story that isn’t my “cup of tea,” but I will put it in the middle-ish. I enjoyed the beginning (prior to the trip), the character of Arthur/Theo, the creativity of the author, and the happily ever after ending. I fully acknowledge my interest bias so take that for what you will. I can only rate by my own personal experience.
A niche story but just not for me.
Un problème est survenu. Veuillez réessayer dans quelques minutes.
TW: excessive religiosity
Un problème est survenu. Veuillez réessayer dans quelques minutes.
Whimsical premise; didactic execution
Un problème est survenu. Veuillez réessayer dans quelques minutes.
This is Christian Fiction
Un problème est survenu. Veuillez réessayer dans quelques minutes.