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Atonement
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Atonement is a 2001 novel by British author Ian McEwan about love, guilt, and redemption. Set primarily in England, the story follows the lives of its three main characters—Briony Tallis; her older sister, Cecilia; and Robbie Turner, the son of the family's housekeeper—and the repercussions of Briony's actions over the decades.
Featured Article: 10 Great Contemporary Fiction Authors
If you like well-written novels that prioritize compelling timely storylines with artful prose and structure, then this is the genre for you. So, why is it called "contemporary"? Because it’s fiction set in the real world, in times contemporary to the date it was published, and the stories deal with real-world issues. Representing a diversity of backgrounds and nationalities, here are our picks for the best writers of contemporary fiction over the last 50 years.
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Expiación
- By: Ian McEwan, Editorial Anagrama
- Narrated by: Neus Sendra
- Length: 14 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9
En la gran casa de campo de la familia Tallis, la madre se ha encerrado en su habitación con migraña, y el señor Talli está en Londres...
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Expiación
- Narrated by: Neus Sendra
- Length: 14 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 07-13-22
- Language: Spanish
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Chesil Beach
- By: Ian McEwan, Editorial Anagrama
- Narrated by: Neus Sendra
- Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2
Tienen poco más de veinte años, y se conocieron en una manifestación contra las armas nucleares...
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Chesil Beach
- Narrated by: Neus Sendra
- Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 09-07-22
- Language: Spanish
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Saturday
- By: Ian McEwan
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 842
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 446
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Story4 out of 5 stars 449
Neurosurgeon Henry Perowne enjoys life immensely and considers himself fortunate to love the woman he's married to....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Extraordinary
- By Madrid on 04-25-05
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Saturday
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 03-24-05
- Language: English
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Machines Like Me
- By: Ian McEwan
- Narrated by: Billy Howle
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 222
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 193
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 194
Machines Like Me occurs in an alternative 1980s London. Charlie, drifting through life and dodging full-time employment, is in love with Miranda, a bright student who lives with a terrible secret....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining
- By Mauro Locarnini on 01-01-21
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Machines Like Me
- Narrated by: Billy Howle
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 04-18-19
- Language: English
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Atonement
- By: Ian McEwan
- Narrated by: Jill Tanner
- Length: 14 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 3,115
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,164
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,159
In Atonement, three children lose their innocence...
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5 out of 5 stars
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An amazing book about complex human perception
- By Amazon Customer on 08-17-04
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Atonement
- Narrated by: Jill Tanner
- Length: 14 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 08-15-03
- Language: English
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Machines Like Me
- A Novel
- By: Ian McEwan
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 838
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 735
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Story4 out of 5 stars 731
In an alternative 1980s London, two lovers will be tested beyond their understanding. Charlie, drifting through life, is in love with Miranda, a bright student who lives with a terrible secret. When Charlie comes into money, he buys Adam, one of the first batch of synthetic humans....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Very disappointed.
- By Tom on 05-25-19
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Machines Like Me
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 04-23-19
- Language: English
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The Cockroach
- By: Ian McEwan
- Narrated by: Bill Nighy
- Length: 2 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 60
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Story4 out of 5 stars 49
A brilliant, of-the-moment political satire like no other: here is Ian McEwan's Brexit-era take on Kafka's Metamorphosis, centered on a cockroach transformed into the prime minister of England....
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5 out of 5 stars
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An excellent parody on life during Brexit
- By Kate Juliff on 11-28-19
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The Cockroach
- Narrated by: Bill Nighy
- Length: 2 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 10-09-19
- Language: English
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Lessons
- By: Ian McEwan
- Narrated by: Simon McBurney
- Length: 17 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 88
While the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has descended, young Roland Baines's life is turned upside down....
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5 out of 5 stars
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McEwan at his best
- By Anonymous User on 10-14-24
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Lessons
- Narrated by: Simon McBurney
- Length: 17 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 09-13-22
- Language: English
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The Child in Time
- By: Ian McEwan
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 138
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 114
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Story4 out of 5 stars 113
Two parents come to appreciate the forces of love and time after the disappearance of their daughter, Kate....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not McEwan's Best Effort
- By Charles on 06-07-09
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The Child in Time
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 10-23-08
- Language: English
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Solar
- By: Ian McEwan
- Narrated by: Roger Allam, Ian McEwan
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 482
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 275
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Story4 out of 5 stars 274
Nobel Prize-winning physicist Michael Beard is fast approaching 60, a mere shell of the academic titan he once was....
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1 out of 5 stars
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What a disappointment
- By SharkHunterSFO on 04-02-10
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Solar
- Narrated by: Roger Allam, Ian McEwan
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 03-30-10
- Language: English
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Atonement
- By: Ian McEwan
- Narrated by: Harriet Walter
- Length: 13 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
Watching her too is Robbie Turner who, like Cecilia, has recently come down from Cambridge. By the end of that day, the lives of all three will have been changed for ever.
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Atonement
- Narrated by: Harriet Walter
- Length: 13 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 07-04-24
- Language: English
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The Innocent
- By: Ian McEwan
- Narrated by: John Franklyn-Robbins
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 233
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 161
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Story4 out of 5 stars 160
War-weary Berlin has much to offer Leonard Markham, a young, naive postal engineer: first the arts of sophisticated intrigue, then the delights of sexual pleasure....
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4 out of 5 stars
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A little gem
- By Geoffrey on 08-19-04
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The Innocent
- Narrated by: John Franklyn-Robbins
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 05-20-04
- Language: English
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Atonement
- By: Ian McEwan
- Narrated by: Josephine Bailey
- Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
- Abridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
On the hottest day in 1935, and on the brink of a world war, three children lose their innocence as the sweltering summer heat bears down and their lives are changed forever....
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5 out of 5 stars
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for writers
- By Anonymous User on 11-04-24
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Atonement
- Narrated by: Josephine Bailey
- Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 09-21-22
- Language: English
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Nutshell
- By: Ian McEwan
- Narrated by: Rory Kinnear
- Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,133
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,920
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,910
Nutshell is a classic story of murder and deceit, told by a narrator with a perspective and voice unlike any in recent literature....
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Long Version, and the Short.
- By Ilana on 09-19-16
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Nutshell
- Narrated by: Rory Kinnear
- Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 09-13-16
- Language: English
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The Daydreamer
- By: Ian McEwan
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 31
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Story4 out of 5 stars 22
Internationally best-selling author and Booker Prize winner Ian McEwan presents his first book for children, The Daydreamer....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Charming and Sweet!!!
- By Matthew S. Hill on 03-27-17
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The Daydreamer
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 08-18-04
- Language: English
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Enduring Love
- By: Ian McEwan
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 365
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 214
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Story4 out of 5 stars 215
On a sunny afternoon, the middle-aged writer Joe Rose and his wife look up from their picnic in the countryside to see an elderly man desperately trying to anchor his giant helium balloon....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Thriller of the minds and relationships
- By EVERETT on 12-28-04
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Enduring Love
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 9 hrs
- Release date: 03-11-04
- Language: English
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Amsterdam
- By: Ian McEwan
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 4 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 158
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 143
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Story4 out of 5 stars 142
The best-selling author of Atonement and Enduring Love, Ian McEwan is known as one of contemporary fiction’s most acclaimed writers....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Make something, and die.
- By Darwin8u on 02-07-17
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Amsterdam
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 4 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 12-07-11
- Language: English
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The Comfort of Strangers
- By: Ian McEwan
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 4 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 206
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 110
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 111
The Comfort of Strangers is an exquisitely crafted gothic novella....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Mysterious, bizarre
- By EVERETT on 07-21-07
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The Comfort of Strangers
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 4 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 05-20-04
- Language: English
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The Cement Garden
- By: Ian McEwan
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 267
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 177
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 176
A tour de force of stunning power, The Cement Garden is a beautiful yet disturbing look at the psychology of childhood....
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4 out of 5 stars
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One of his best
- By Yennta on 04-03-10
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The Cement Garden
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 03-10-04
- Language: English
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On Chesil Beach
- By: Ian McEwan
- Narrated by: Ian McEwan
- Length: 4 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 492
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 270
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Story4 out of 5 stars 272
Florence is a talented musician who dreams of the perfect life she will create with Edward. But she is overcome by sheer disgust at the idea of physical contact....
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the best new novels in recent years
- By George on 06-13-07
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On Chesil Beach
- Narrated by: Ian McEwan
- Length: 4 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 05-02-07
- Language: English
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