Get Your Free Audiobook
-
Class
- Welcome to the Little School by the Sea
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Series: Maggie Adair, Book 1
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
- Categories: Romance
Non-member price: $31.21
People who bought this also bought...
-
Rules
- Things are Changing at the Little School by the Sea
- By: Jenny Colgan
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
For the first time, the girls caught sight of the turreted, castle-like building that would be home for the next nine months, the four towers of the main houses nestled in the hills, with the cliffs behind, leading down to the still turquoise sea. Maggie loves teaching English at beautiful Downey House but she is less keen on planning her wedding to dependable Stan. Instead, she's working on ignoring her crush on David McDonald, who teaches English at the local boys' school.
-
Christmas at the Island Hotel
- By: Jenny Colgan
- Narrated by: Eilidh Beaton
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
On the tiny Scottish island of Mure, Christmas preparations are even more hectic than usual.... Especially when their motley staff includes a temperamental French chef, a spoilt Norwegian kitchen boy who can't peel a potato without mutilating his own hand and a painfully shy kitchen assistant who blushes when anyone speaks to her. Can they pull it together in time for the big opening? And can Flora help her family find happiness this Christmas?
-
-
Nice
- By Gillian Halba on 28-12-2020
-
Five Hundred Miles from You
- By: Jenny Colgan
- Narrated by: Eilidh Beaton
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
They live 500 miles apart. Yet their lives are about to collide. Lissa loves her job as a nurse, but recently she's been doing a better job of looking after other people than looking after herself. After a traumatic incident at work leaves her feeling overwhelmed, she agrees to swap lives with someone in a quiet village in Scotland. Cormac is restless. Just out of the army, he's desperately in need of distraction and there's precious little of it in Kirrinfief. Maybe three months in London is just what he needs.
-
-
It's ok
- By JenB on 17-06-2020
-
The Bookshop on the Shore
- By: Jenny Colgan
- Narrated by: Eilidh Beaton
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Escape to the Scottish Highlands where a tiny bookshop perches on the edge of a loch. Zoe is a single mother, sinking beneath the waves trying to cope by herself in London. Hari, her gorgeous little boy, is perfect in every way - except for the fact that he just doesn't speak at all. When her landlord raises the rent on her flat, Zoe doesn't know where to turn. Then Hari's aunt suggests Zoe could move to Scotland to help run a bookshop. Going from the lonely city to a small village in the Highlands could be the change Zoe and Hari desperately need.
-
-
Overall a good read.
- By Anonymous User on 21-11-2020
-
Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshop of Dreams
- By: Jenny Colgan
- Narrated by: Jane Collingwood
- Length: 13 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Were you a sherbet lemon or chocolate lime fan? Penny chews or hard boiled sweeties (you do get more for your money that way)? The jangle of your pocket money… the rustle of the pink and green striped paper bag… Rosie Hopkins thinks leaving her busy London life, and her boyfriend Gerard, to sort out her elderly Aunt Lilian's sweetshop in a small country village is going to be dull. Boy is she wrong. Lilian Hopkins has spent her life running Lipton's sweetshop, through wartime and family feuds. As she struggles with the idea that it might finally be time to settle up, she also wrestles with the secret history hidden behind the jars of beautifully coloured sweets. Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshop of Dreams - a novel - with recipes.
-
The Endless Beach
- By: Jenny Colgan
- Narrated by: Sarah Barron
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
On the quayside next to the Endless Beach sits the Summer Seaside Kitchen. It's a haven for tourists and locals alike, who all come to eat the freshest local produce on the island and catch up with the gossip. Flora, who runs the café, feels safe and content - unless she thinks too hard about her relationship with Joel, her gorgeous but emotionally (and physically) distant boyfriend. While Flora is in turmoil about her relationship, her best friend, Lorna, is pining after the local doctor.
-
-
Very enjoyable book
- By Anonymous User on 20-04-2018
-
Rules
- Things are Changing at the Little School by the Sea
- By: Jenny Colgan
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
For the first time, the girls caught sight of the turreted, castle-like building that would be home for the next nine months, the four towers of the main houses nestled in the hills, with the cliffs behind, leading down to the still turquoise sea. Maggie loves teaching English at beautiful Downey House but she is less keen on planning her wedding to dependable Stan. Instead, she's working on ignoring her crush on David McDonald, who teaches English at the local boys' school.
-
Christmas at the Island Hotel
- By: Jenny Colgan
- Narrated by: Eilidh Beaton
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
On the tiny Scottish island of Mure, Christmas preparations are even more hectic than usual.... Especially when their motley staff includes a temperamental French chef, a spoilt Norwegian kitchen boy who can't peel a potato without mutilating his own hand and a painfully shy kitchen assistant who blushes when anyone speaks to her. Can they pull it together in time for the big opening? And can Flora help her family find happiness this Christmas?
-
-
Nice
- By Gillian Halba on 28-12-2020
-
Five Hundred Miles from You
- By: Jenny Colgan
- Narrated by: Eilidh Beaton
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
They live 500 miles apart. Yet their lives are about to collide. Lissa loves her job as a nurse, but recently she's been doing a better job of looking after other people than looking after herself. After a traumatic incident at work leaves her feeling overwhelmed, she agrees to swap lives with someone in a quiet village in Scotland. Cormac is restless. Just out of the army, he's desperately in need of distraction and there's precious little of it in Kirrinfief. Maybe three months in London is just what he needs.
-
-
It's ok
- By JenB on 17-06-2020
-
The Bookshop on the Shore
- By: Jenny Colgan
- Narrated by: Eilidh Beaton
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Escape to the Scottish Highlands where a tiny bookshop perches on the edge of a loch. Zoe is a single mother, sinking beneath the waves trying to cope by herself in London. Hari, her gorgeous little boy, is perfect in every way - except for the fact that he just doesn't speak at all. When her landlord raises the rent on her flat, Zoe doesn't know where to turn. Then Hari's aunt suggests Zoe could move to Scotland to help run a bookshop. Going from the lonely city to a small village in the Highlands could be the change Zoe and Hari desperately need.
-
-
Overall a good read.
- By Anonymous User on 21-11-2020
-
Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshop of Dreams
- By: Jenny Colgan
- Narrated by: Jane Collingwood
- Length: 13 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Were you a sherbet lemon or chocolate lime fan? Penny chews or hard boiled sweeties (you do get more for your money that way)? The jangle of your pocket money… the rustle of the pink and green striped paper bag… Rosie Hopkins thinks leaving her busy London life, and her boyfriend Gerard, to sort out her elderly Aunt Lilian's sweetshop in a small country village is going to be dull. Boy is she wrong. Lilian Hopkins has spent her life running Lipton's sweetshop, through wartime and family feuds. As she struggles with the idea that it might finally be time to settle up, she also wrestles with the secret history hidden behind the jars of beautifully coloured sweets. Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshop of Dreams - a novel - with recipes.
-
The Endless Beach
- By: Jenny Colgan
- Narrated by: Sarah Barron
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
On the quayside next to the Endless Beach sits the Summer Seaside Kitchen. It's a haven for tourists and locals alike, who all come to eat the freshest local produce on the island and catch up with the gossip. Flora, who runs the café, feels safe and content - unless she thinks too hard about her relationship with Joel, her gorgeous but emotionally (and physically) distant boyfriend. While Flora is in turmoil about her relationship, her best friend, Lorna, is pining after the local doctor.
-
-
Very enjoyable book
- By Anonymous User on 20-04-2018
-
Lessons: Part 2
- By: Jenny Colgan
- Narrated by: Alex Tregear
- Length: 2 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The unmissable second instalment of Jenny Colgan's return to the Little School by the Sea - perfect for anyone who ever dreamed of going to boarding school!After the scandals of the summer, life has settled down for Maggie Adair and the girls of Downey House. But Ismé, the new scholarship girl, is causing trouble.
-
Christmas at Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshop
- By: Jenny Colgan
- Narrated by: Lucy Price-Lewis
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Includes mouth-watering recipes! Curl up with Rosie, her friends and her family as they prepare for a very special Christmas... Rosie Hopkins is looking forward to Christmas in the little Derbyshire village of Lipton, buried under a thick blanket of snow. Her sweetshop is festooned with striped candy canes, large tempting piles of Turkish Delight, crinkling selection boxes and happy, sticky children. She's going to be spending it with her boyfriend, Stephen, and her family, flying in from Australia.
-
-
Deliciously indulgent
- By simoneinfrance on 08-11-2017
-
The Garden of Forgotten Wishes
- By: Trisha Ashley
- Narrated by: Melissa Vaughan
- Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
All Marnie wants is somewhere to call home. Mourning lost years spent in a marriage that has finally come to an end, she needs a fresh start and time to heal. Things she hopes to find in the rural west Lancashire village her mother always told her about. With nothing but her two green thumbs, Marnie takes a job as a gardener, which comes with a little cottage to make her own. The garden is beautiful - filled with roses, lavender and honeysuckle - and only a little rough around the edges. Which is more than can be said for her next-door neighbour, Ned Mars.
-
-
Extremely Boring Unless An Avid Gardener
- By Jackie on 11-10-2020
-
Lessons: Part 3
- By: Jenny Colgan
- Narrated by: Alex Tregear
- Length: 2 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The unmissable third and final instalment of Jenny Colgan's return to the Little School by the Sea - perfect for anyone who ever dreamed of going to boarding school!
-
The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris
- By: Jenny Colgan
- Narrated by: Penelope Rawlins
- Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
As dawn breaks over the Pont Neuf, and the cobbled alleyways of Paris come to life, Anna Trent is already awake and at work; mixing and stirring the finest, smoothest, richest chocolate; made entirely by hand, it is sold to the grandes dames of Paris. It's a huge shift from the chocolate factory she worked in at home in the north of England. But when an accident changed everything, Anna was thrown back in touch with her French teacher, Claire
-
-
Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris.
- By Robyn on 04-11-2016
-
Meet Me at the Cupcake Café
- By: Jenny Colgan
- Narrated by: Penelope Rawlins
- Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Ever dreamed of starting over? Issy Randall can bake. No, more than that - Issy can create stunning, mouth-wateringly divine cakes. After a childhood spent in her beloved Grampa Joe’s bakery she has undoubtedly inherited his talent. So when she’s made redundant from her safe but dull City job, Issy decides to seize the moment and open up her own café. It should be a piece of cake, right?
-
Lessons: Part 1
- By: Jenny Colgan
- Narrated by: Alex Tregear
- Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
As the summer holidays start, scandal hits Downey House. The attraction between Maggie Adair, the fiery, committed English teacher at Downey House and David McDonald, a teacher at the local boys' school, has escalated - and now both are facing an uncertain future. The girls of Downey House - mercurial Fliss, glamorous Alice and shy, dependable Simone - are facing long summers at home. But the new term is not far away - and it will bring new pupils and lots of fresh new challenges....
-
The Bookshop On The Corner
- By: Jenny Colgan
- Narrated by: Lucy Price-Lewis
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Given a backroom computer job when the beloved Birmingham library she works in turns into a downsized retail complex, Nina misses her old role terribly - dealing with people, greeting her regulars, making sure everyone gets the right books for their needs. Then a new business nobody else wants catches her eye: owning a tiny little bookshop bus up in the Scottish Highlands.
-
-
Really enjoyable even if the guy voices sound like girl voices
- By SJ on 26-02-2016
-
The Summer Seaside Kitchen
- By: Jenny Colgan
- Narrated by: Sarah Barron
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Flora is forced to move back to the tiny island of Mure from the bright lights of London. It's tough: even the beautiful landscapes and bright blue sea can't lift her spirits - she's too busy looking after her dad and her feckless brothers. Then she chances upon her mum's collection of recipes and begins to cook her way through it. As she reconnects with her family and the place she was born, might she also find herself?
-
-
Don’t want to finish
- By Dominic on 06-04-2018
-
Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery
- By: Jenny Colgan
- Narrated by: Anne-Marie Piazza
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Polly Waterford loves running the Little Beach Street Bakery. She's at her happiest when she's creating delicious treats and the festive season always inspires her to bake and knead something extra special for the village residents. In fact, the only thing she loves more than her bakery is curling up with her gorgeous boyfriend, Huckle. She's determined that this Christmas is going to be their best one yet, but life doesn't always work out as planned....
-
-
Sweet
- By Pensive on 20-01-2018
-
Summer at the Little Beach Street Bakery
- By: Jenny Colgan
- Narrated by: Anne-Marie Piazza
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Summer has arrived in the Cornish town of Mount Polbearne, and Polly Waterford couldn't be happier. Because Polly is in love: She's in love with the beautiful seaside town she calls home, she's in love with running the bakery on Beach Street, and she's in love with her boyfriend, Huckle. And yet there's something unsettling about the gentle summer breeze that's floating through town.
-
-
Not the same
- By Amazon Customer on 07-12-2016
-
An Island Christmas
- By: Jenny Colgan
- Narrated by: Sarah Barron
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Christmas on the remote Scottish island of Mure is bleak, stark - and incredibly beautiful. It's a time for hunkering down, getting cosy in front of whisky barrel wood fires and enjoying a dram with the people you love - unless, of course, you're accidentally pregnant to your ex-boss and don't know how to tell him. In what should be the season of peace and goodwill on earth, will Joel think Flora is a bearer of glad tidings?
-
-
Not the cheery Christmas story I was hoping for
- By KiwiLass on 04-11-2018
Publisher's Summary
Maggie went to the window and opened it wide, inhaling the lovely, ozoney air off the sea. Why had she never lived by the sea before? Why had she always looked out on housing estates and not the little white hulls of trawlers bobbing off in the distance?
It's gloriously sunny in Cornwall as the school year starts at the little boarding school by the sea. Maggie, the newest teacher at Downey House, is determined to make her mark - but will it be at the expense of her relationship with safe, dependable Stan?
Simone has won a scholarship and wants to make her parents proud. Forced to share a room with the glossy, pretty, clever girls of Downey House, she needs to find a friend, fast.
Fliss is furious at being sent away from her home. As Simone tries desperately to fit in, Fliss tries desperately to get out.
Over the course of one year, friendships will bloom and lives will be changed forever.
Critic Reviews
"Funny and addictive...just like Malory Towers for grown-ups." (Sophie Kinsella)
More from the same
What listeners say about Class
Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- GERALD MC CANN
- 08-11-2020
Great entertainment
Wonderfully entertaining . Nice story well written and beautifully read. Gentle run through school days and confused love .
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Mrs A McDowell
- 07-08-2020
narrator lets it down
Unfortunately the narrator spoke so fast I had to permanently have the speed down to be able to catch what she was saying. Despite this I quite enjoyed the book as a bit of night-time meandering that didn't tax me too much
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Sarah G
- 27-10-2019
Story OK
I found the narrators voice annoying and didn't like her voices. Elements of story wrong.
-
Overall

- Mrs.P.Leleu
- 21-07-2019
Great read
All characters well described & easy to identify with, really disappointing ending. Love Jilly Bonds narration as usual. Could almost choose books by narrator.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Tracey
- 19-07-2019
Loved it!
Very well read, well told all round Summer holiday read. Couldn't stop listening. Loved the setting and characters.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Sossy
- 09-09-2018
Great Story!
Really enjoyed listening. I didn’t find myself predicting every part of the story but just enjoyed each direction it took. The narration is very easy on the ear - I’m a bit picky but Jilly Bond did it very well.
An enjoyable listen.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Katie
- 24-06-2018
Small adventures, exploring different meanings of the word class
The story is quite good with lots of attention to petty details, where small conflicts and dramas, between likeable characters, take centre stage. The thread of teacher Maggie's storyline, seems a little unresolved at the end, maybe this is resolved in the sequel. Maggie and her pupils despite their different ages, were all equally as engaging to listen to, as characters.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Katherine
- 05-02-2017
Great book
Loved how this book changed perspectives throughout the story, looking at the different students and teachers in the school.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- MPops
- 21-01-2017
Strangely compelling
At times this narration irritated me but at times I was completely immersed. I still can't work out if I enjoyed the story but I think I will purchase the sequel...
20 Best Fantasy Audiobooks
This genre is so full of talent, it can be difficult to know what to listen to next — so look no further than this list to get you started.



20 Best Nonfiction Audiobooks
From the entire history of humanity to astrophysics, to our gut and mental health, dig into this list and learn something new.



Best Australian Podcasts on Audible
Audible Original Podcasts are free for Audible members. Check out this list of home-grown content, from binge-worthy true crime to self-help.


