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Classic Audiobooks
Whether you've read them ten times over, or experiencing them for the first time, Audible's selection of Classics is well worth listening to again and again. You'll discover a whole new way to engage with authors like Jane Austen, Harper Lee, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, George Orwell, Homer, Joseph Conrad and more.Most Popular
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Dune Messiah
- By: Frank Herbert
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, Katherine Kellgren, Euan Morton, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
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The sci-fi series continues! The second Dune volume journeys through the changes of planet Arrakis's social order and surreal environment.
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Better than the first Dune book
- By Anonymous User on 26-12-2020
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Children of Dune
- By: Frank Herbert
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, Simon Vance
- Length: 16 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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The sand-blasted world of Arrakis has become green, watered, and fertile....
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A solid instalment
- By Anonymous User on 26-12-2020
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Meditations
- By: Marcus Aurelius, George Long - translator, Duncan Steen - translator
- Narrated by: Duncan Steen
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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One of the most significant books ever written by a head of state, the Meditations are a collection of philosophical thoughts by the Emperor Marcus Aurelius....
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Meditations
- By PD on 09-05-2019
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The Silmarillion
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien
- Narrated by: Andy Serkis
- Length: 19 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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The forerunner to The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion tells the earlier history of Middle-earth, recounting the events of the First and Second Ages, and introducing some of the key characters, such as Galadriel, Elrond, Elendil and the Dark Lord, Sauron....
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Perfect match of voice to the epic of Tolkien!
- By Costa on 26-06-2023
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Atlas Shrugged
- By: Ayn Rand
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 62 hrs and 56 mins
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Tremendous in scope and breathtaking in its suspense, Atlas Shrugged is Ayn Rand's magnum opus, an electrifying moral defense of capitalism and free enterprise....
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Hate/enjoyed this
- By Matthew L on 21-11-2018
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Fahrenheit 451
- By: Ray Bradbury
- Narrated by: Tim Robbins
- Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
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Ray Bradbury's internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 is a masterwork of 20th-century literature set in a bleak, dystopian future, narrated here by Academy Award-winning actor Tim Robbins....
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great story poorly presented
- By Richard Try on 11-05-2015
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Dune Messiah
- By: Frank Herbert
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, Katherine Kellgren, Euan Morton, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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The sci-fi series continues! The second Dune volume journeys through the changes of planet Arrakis's social order and surreal environment.
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Better than the first Dune book
- By Anonymous User on 26-12-2020
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Children of Dune
- By: Frank Herbert
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, Simon Vance
- Length: 16 hrs and 51 mins
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The sand-blasted world of Arrakis has become green, watered, and fertile....
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A solid instalment
- By Anonymous User on 26-12-2020
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Meditations
- By: Marcus Aurelius, George Long - translator, Duncan Steen - translator
- Narrated by: Duncan Steen
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
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One of the most significant books ever written by a head of state, the Meditations are a collection of philosophical thoughts by the Emperor Marcus Aurelius....
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Meditations
- By PD on 09-05-2019
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The Silmarillion
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien
- Narrated by: Andy Serkis
- Length: 19 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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The forerunner to The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion tells the earlier history of Middle-earth, recounting the events of the First and Second Ages, and introducing some of the key characters, such as Galadriel, Elrond, Elendil and the Dark Lord, Sauron....
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Perfect match of voice to the epic of Tolkien!
- By Costa on 26-06-2023
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Atlas Shrugged
- By: Ayn Rand
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 62 hrs and 56 mins
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Tremendous in scope and breathtaking in its suspense, Atlas Shrugged is Ayn Rand's magnum opus, an electrifying moral defense of capitalism and free enterprise....
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Hate/enjoyed this
- By Matthew L on 21-11-2018
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Fahrenheit 451
- By: Ray Bradbury
- Narrated by: Tim Robbins
- Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
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Ray Bradbury's internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 is a masterwork of 20th-century literature set in a bleak, dystopian future, narrated here by Academy Award-winning actor Tim Robbins....
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great story poorly presented
- By Richard Try on 11-05-2015
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The Wandering Inn
- The Wandering Inn, Book 1
- By: pirateaba
- Narrated by: Andrea Parsneau
- Length: 43 hrs and 10 mins
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An inn is a place to rest, a place to share stories, a place to find adventure, or a starting ground for quests and legends. It is in this world, at least. To Erin Solstice, an inn seems like a medieval relic from the past. But here she is, running from Goblins and trying to survive....
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Man people don't understand shock and trauma
- By Amazon Customer on 14-04-2020
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Crooked Kingdom
- By: Leigh Bardugo
- Narrated by: Roger Clark, Jay Snyder, Elizabeth Evans, and others
- Length: 17 hrs and 58 mins
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Kaz Brekker and his crew have just pulled off a heist so daring even they didn't think they'd survive. But instead of divvying up a fat reward, they're right back to fighting for their lives....
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Amazing conclusion to a great duology
- By Kristin on 18-03-2017
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The Count of Monte Cristo
- By: Alexandre Dumas
- Narrated by: Bill Homewood
- Length: 52 hrs and 41 mins
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On the eve of his marriage to the beautiful Mercedes, having that very day been made captain of his ship, the young sailor Edmond Dantès is arrested on a charge of treason....
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my favorite book performed brilliantly
- By Michael on 29-12-2014
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Slaughterhouse-Five
- By: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrated by: James Franco
- Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
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Traumatized by the bombing of Dresden at the time he had been imprisoned, Pilgrim drifts through all events and history, sometimes deeply implicated, sometimes a witness....
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Excellent detail and black humour
- By Cyndi on 19-05-2016
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Death Masks
- The Dresden Files, Book 5
- By: Jim Butcher
- Narrated by: James Marsters
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
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Harry Dresden, Chicago's only practicing professional wizard, should be happy that business is pretty good for a change....
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Excellent as always
- By Anonymous User on 28-01-2024
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The Odyssey
- Audible Iliad & Odyssey, Book 2
- By: Homer, Emily Wilson - translator
- Narrated by: Claire Danes
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
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A lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer’s “nimble gallop” and brings an ancient epic to new life....
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ridiculous 3 hour introduction
- By Anonymous User on 12-02-2020
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Crime and Punishment
- Penguin Classics
- By: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Oliver Ready
- Narrated by: Don Warrington
- Length: 25 hrs and 2 mins
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This acclaimed new translation of Dostoyevsky's 'psychological record of a crime' gives his dark masterpiece of murder and pursuit a renewed vitality, expressing its jagged, staccato urgency and fevered atmosphere as never before....
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A classic
- By David Graieg on 31-10-2020
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The Brothers Karamazov
- Penguin Classics
- By: Fyodor Dostoyevsky, David McDuff - translator
- Narrated by: Luke Thompson
- Length: 43 hrs and 6 mins
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The murder of brutal landowner Fyodor Karamazov changes the lives of his sons irrevocably....
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Bravo to a classic!
- By JJ Nuttall on 06-07-2022
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Crime and Punishment
- By: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Narrated by: Constantine Gregory
- Length: 22 hrs and 2 mins
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A century after it first appeared, Crime and Punishment remains one of the most gripping psychological thrillers....
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One of the greatest literary feats
- By Georgeorges on 28-07-2020
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Dramatised)
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Ian Holm, Michael Hordern, Robert Stephens, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins
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Part One, The Fellowship of the Ring, introduces us to Frodo Baggins. With his uncle Bilbo having mysteriously disappeared, Frodo finds himself in possession of a simple gold ring that has great and evil power....
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It isn't lord of the rings
- By Amazon Customer on 09-10-2017
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The Winds of War
- By: Herman Wouk
- Narrated by: Kevin Pariseau
- Length: 45 hrs and 48 mins
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Herman Wouk's spellbinding narrative captures the tide of global events - and all the drama, romance, heroism, and tragedy of World War II - as it immerses us in the lives of a single American family....
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Beautifully read
- By Maureen Burns on 16-01-2023
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Frankenstein
- Penguin Classics
- By: Mary Shelley
- Narrated by: Colin Salmon, Peter Noble - introduction
- Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Obsessed with the idea of creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material with which to fashion a new being, shocking his creation to life with electricity....
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A classic beautifully delivered
- By JW Sydney on 02-03-2021
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2001
- A Space Odyssey
- By: Arthur C. Clarke
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
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From the savannas of Africa at the dawn of mankind to the rings of Saturn as man adventures to the outer rim of our solar system, 2001: A Space Odyssey is a journey unlike any other....
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watch out for Authors spoiler
- By Ben on 24-06-2016
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Julia
- By: Sandra Newman
- Narrated by: Louise Brearley
- Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
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London, chief city of Airstrip One, the third most populous province of Oceania. It's 1984 and Julia Worthing works as a mechanic fixing the novel-writing...
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Fabulous
- By Darcy Moore on 28-10-2023
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Born in Fire
- Demon Days, Vampire Nights World, Book 1
- By: K.F. Breene
- Narrated by: Nicole Poole
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Supernatural Bounty Hunter isn't the sort of thing you see on LinkedIn. But with a rare type of magic like mine, I don't have many options....
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Awesome
- By Coby on 23-03-2018
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BBC Radio Shakespeare: A Collection of Six Tragedies
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Bill Wallis, Corin Redgrave, full cast, and others
- Length: 16 hrs and 26 mins
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A collection of BBC Radio 3's iconic Shakespeare productions: six tragedies with all star casts including Michael Sheen, Juliet Stevenson, Kenneth Cranham, Corin Redgrave, Ken Stott, Geraldine James, Bill Wallis, Siân Phillips and Sophie Dahl....
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Oedipus the King
- By: Sophocles
- Narrated by: Michael Sheen, full cast
- Length: 1 hr and 40 mins
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In the hands of Sophocles, the master dramatist, the anguished tale of a man fated to kill his father and marry his mother retains its power to shock and move beyond any Freudian reference....
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Finnegans Wake
- By: James Joyce
- Narrated by: Barry McGovern, Marcella Riordan
- Length: 29 hrs and 18 mins
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Finnegans Wake is the greatest challenge in 20th-century literature. In the rich nighttime and the language of dreams, here are history, anecdote, myth, folk tale and, above all, a wondrous sense of humor....
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Challenging but worthwhile
- By Amazon Customer on 18-04-2022
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March
- By: Geraldine Brooks
- Narrated by: Richard Easton
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
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From Louisa May Alcott's beloved classic Little Women, Geraldine Brooks has animated the character of the absent father, March....
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Definitely qualifies for 5 stars
- By Marita on 15-11-2022
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Adrian Mole: The Prostrate Years
- By: Sue Townsend
- Narrated by: Ark Hadfield
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
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Adrian Mole is 39 and a quarter. He has been forced to move next door to his parents. And his numerous nightly visits to the lavatory lead him to suspect prostate trouble....
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Things finally work out for Adrian
- By Pete Shields on 03-04-2022
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- 50th Anniversary Edition
- By: Ken Kesey, Robert Faggen - introduction
- Narrated by: John C. Reilly
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
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Boisterous, ribald, and ultimately shattering, Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest has left an indelible mark on the literature of our time....
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one of the favs
- By Andrew Mark Stewart Aussie on 08-02-2024
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A Prayer for Owen Meany
- By: John Irving
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 27 hrs and 19 mins
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Of all of John Irving's books, this is the one that lends itself best to audio. In print, Owen Meany's dialogue is set in capital letters; for this production, Irving himself selected Joe Barrett to deliver Meany's difficult voice as intended.....
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Out-standing novel!
- By Wendy on 18-03-2016
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Mrs. Dalloway
- By: Virginia Woolf
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
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It is a June day in London in 1923, and the lovely Clarissa Dalloway is having a party....
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Had to read for English Class
- By Connor on 08-03-2015
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The Master and Margarita
- By: Mikhail Bulgakov
- Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt
- Length: 16 hrs and 52 mins
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The Devil comes to Moscow; but he isn't all bad. Pontius Pilate sentences a charismatic leader to his death, but yearns for redemption. And a writer tries to destroy his greatest tale....
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Brilliant, absolutely brilliant. Read it!
- By jdk on 25-07-2016
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The Blue Castle
- A Romantic Novel
- By: L. M. Montgomery
- Narrated by: John Rayburn
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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If it had not rained on a certain May morning, Valancy Stirling’s whole life would have been entirely different. She would have gone, with the rest of her clan, to Aunt Wellington’s engagement picnic and Dr. Trent would have gone to Montreal. But it did rain and you shall hear what happened to her because of it. Valancy wakened early, in the lifeless, hopeless hour just preceding dawn. She had not slept very well.
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O Pioneers
- Settling the Frontier
- By: Willa Cather
- Narrated by: John Rayburn
- Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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One January day, many years ago, the little town of Hanover, anchored on a windy Nebraska tableland, was trying not to be blown away. A mist of fine snowflakes was curling and eddying about the cluster of low drab buildings huddled on the gray prairie, under a gray sky. The dwelling-houses were set about haphazard on the tough prairie sod; some of them looked as if they had been moved in overnight, and others as if they were straying off by themselves, headed straight for the open plain. None of them had any appearance of permanence, and the howling wind blew under them as well as over them.
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Jane Eyre
- By: Charlotte Brontë
- Narrated by: Sara Nichols
- Length: 21 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Universally acknowledged as one of the most popular and brilliant books ever written, "Jane Eyre" is Charlotte Brontë's masterpiece, often listed with Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" as among the finest romance novels ever published. The story follows the hardscrabble life of its eponymous lead character, Jane Eyre, who is orphaned at a young age and forced to live under the rule of her heartless Aunt Reed and her equally cruel children.
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To the Lighthouse
- By: Virginia Woolfe
- Narrated by: Deaver Brown
- Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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An English saga centered around one family at their summer house. Each word is narrated with elegance for the listener.
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The Crawling Chaos (Annotated)
- By: Howard Phillips Lovecraft
- Narrated by: Matthew Schmitz
- Length: 20 mins
- Unabridged
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"The Crawling Chaos" is a short story by American writers H. P. Lovecraft and Winifred V. Jackson, first published April 1921 in the United Cooperative. As in their other collaboration, "The Green Meadow", the tale was credited to "Elizabeth Berkeley" (Jackson) and "Lewis Theobald, Jun" (Lovecraft). Lovecraft wrote the entire text, but Jackson is also credited since the story was based on a dream she experienced.
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- By: Mark Twain
- Narrated by: Sam Kusi
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel by American author Mark Twain, which was first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885. Commonly named among the Great American Novels, the work is among the first in major American literature to be written throughout in vernacular English, characterized by local color regionalism. It is told in the first person by Huckleberry "Huck" Finn, the narrator of two other Twain novels (Tom Sawyer Abroad and Tom Sawyer, Detective) and a friend of Tom Sawyer. It is a direct sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
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The Blue Castle
- A Romantic Novel
- By: L. M. Montgomery
- Narrated by: John Rayburn
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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If it had not rained on a certain May morning, Valancy Stirling’s whole life would have been entirely different. She would have gone, with the rest of her clan, to Aunt Wellington’s engagement picnic and Dr. Trent would have gone to Montreal. But it did rain and you shall hear what happened to her because of it. Valancy wakened early, in the lifeless, hopeless hour just preceding dawn. She had not slept very well.
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O Pioneers
- Settling the Frontier
- By: Willa Cather
- Narrated by: John Rayburn
- Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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One January day, many years ago, the little town of Hanover, anchored on a windy Nebraska tableland, was trying not to be blown away. A mist of fine snowflakes was curling and eddying about the cluster of low drab buildings huddled on the gray prairie, under a gray sky. The dwelling-houses were set about haphazard on the tough prairie sod; some of them looked as if they had been moved in overnight, and others as if they were straying off by themselves, headed straight for the open plain. None of them had any appearance of permanence, and the howling wind blew under them as well as over them.
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Jane Eyre
- By: Charlotte Brontë
- Narrated by: Sara Nichols
- Length: 21 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Universally acknowledged as one of the most popular and brilliant books ever written, "Jane Eyre" is Charlotte Brontë's masterpiece, often listed with Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" as among the finest romance novels ever published. The story follows the hardscrabble life of its eponymous lead character, Jane Eyre, who is orphaned at a young age and forced to live under the rule of her heartless Aunt Reed and her equally cruel children.
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To the Lighthouse
- By: Virginia Woolfe
- Narrated by: Deaver Brown
- Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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An English saga centered around one family at their summer house. Each word is narrated with elegance for the listener.
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The Crawling Chaos (Annotated)
- By: Howard Phillips Lovecraft
- Narrated by: Matthew Schmitz
- Length: 20 mins
- Unabridged
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"The Crawling Chaos" is a short story by American writers H. P. Lovecraft and Winifred V. Jackson, first published April 1921 in the United Cooperative. As in their other collaboration, "The Green Meadow", the tale was credited to "Elizabeth Berkeley" (Jackson) and "Lewis Theobald, Jun" (Lovecraft). Lovecraft wrote the entire text, but Jackson is also credited since the story was based on a dream she experienced.
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- By: Mark Twain
- Narrated by: Sam Kusi
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel by American author Mark Twain, which was first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885. Commonly named among the Great American Novels, the work is among the first in major American literature to be written throughout in vernacular English, characterized by local color regionalism. It is told in the first person by Huckleberry "Huck" Finn, the narrator of two other Twain novels (Tom Sawyer Abroad and Tom Sawyer, Detective) and a friend of Tom Sawyer. It is a direct sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
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Poe Vol. 1
- By: Edgar Allan Poe
- Narrated by: Jason William Bayless
- Length: 1 hr and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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This edition contains four short stories: The Fall of the House of Usher, The Cask of Amontillado, The Masque of the Red Death, and The Tell-Tale Heart. Edgar Allan Poe is a giant of American literature and a master of the macabre, as proven in these four classic short stories. These innovative and evocative works are just a few of Poe's writings that helped define the horror genre in the 19th century.
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Ranger Bill: Old Time Radio Show, Volume Two
- By: Charles Erkhart
- Narrated by: Miron Canaday
- Length: 34 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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"Ranger Bill" is a classic Christian radio adventure series that captivated audiences in the 1950s and 1960s. Set in the fictional town of Knotty Pine, the show follows the daring exploits of Ranger Bill Jefferson, a dedicated forest ranger, and his humorous sidekick, Stumpy Jenkins.
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Ethan Frome
- By: Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: Richard Thomas
- Length: 3 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Winter in a Massachusetts village serves as a backdrop to Edith Wharton's masterpiece about a man with little hope of escaping his bleak future. Married to an older woman named Zeena, Ethan Frome finds himself drawn to his wife's cousin, Mattie.
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The Electric Executioner
- By: Adolphe de Castro, H.P. Lovecraft
- Narrated by: Josh Greenwood
- Length: 47 mins
- Unabridged
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A certain man embarks on a business trip to Mexico. In the train, he finds himself alone in a compartment with someone who turns out to be a dangerous maniac.
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The Bull from the Sea
- By: Mary Renault
- Narrated by: Michael York
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
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Slaying the minotaur was only the beginning. Theseus's legendary exploits continue in this magnificent tale of mythological adventure in classical Greece. Picking up where The King Must Die left off, this stirring sequel recounts Theseus's triumphant return from Crete to become King of Athens.
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'A Voyage to Lilliput' (20 June 1702-3 June 1706)
- Gulliver's Travels, Part One
- By: Jonathan Swift
- Narrated by: Joel Grey
- Length: 4 hrs and 45 mins
- Abridged
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Shipwrecked on an unknown island, Lemuel Gulliver finds himself not merely a fish out of water, but a very big fish in a small pond. He awakens to find himself tied to the ground by the natives of Lilliput—tiny people small enough to fit in his pocket and play hide and seek in his hair!
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The Very Old Folk
- By: H.P. Lovecraft
- Narrated by: Josh Greenwood
- Length: 17 mins
- Unabridged
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The so-called "Roman dream," excerpted from a letter to Donald Wandrei dated November 2, 1927. In this dream, Lovecraft was a quaestor in one of the Spanish provinces under Roman rule. In the town of Pompeii, an ancient people threatened the city, performing terrifying rituals every year on the eve of November.
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The Valley of the Worm
- By: Robert E. Howard
- Narrated by: Matthew Schmitz
- Length: 58 mins
- Unabridged
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This early work by Robert E. Howard was originally published in 1934. 'The Valley of the Worm' is a story in the James Allison series and tells the tale of a Texan who recalls his past lives as ancient heroes. Robert Ervin Howard was born in Peaster, Texas in 1906. During his youth, his family moved between a variety of Texan boomtowns, and Howard - a bookish and somewhat introverted child - was steeped in the violent myths and legends of the Old South.
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The Beauties
- By: Anton Chekhov
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 20 mins
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One great example of Chekhov's minimalism is found in The Beauties, a very short "story" - I use the term loosely, because it is really just two snapshots, two unrelated anecdotes in which a man describes seeing true beauty in two different women. These women are imperfect, yet enigmatically alluring. Chekhov's genius lies in the way he manages to convey with such apparent effortlessness a profound sense of the mystery of beauty, and of the sadness of those who observe and think.
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Dangerous Liaisons
- By: Choderlos de Laclos
- Narrated by: Nicholas Boulton, Georgina Sutton, Lucy Scott, and others
- Length: 16 hrs and 8 mins
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First appearing in 1782, Dangerous Liaisons is one of the most scandalous and controversial novels in European literature. The plot unfolds through a series of letters as the two main protagonists, the Vicomte de Valmont and the Marquise de Merteuil, attempt to bring about the seduction of a young woman. The epistolary nature of the novel gives a multi-faceted perspective of the action, which places the book firmly in the tradition of libertine literature.
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Persuasion
- By: Jane Austen
- Narrated by: Jane Wood
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
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The story of English families, marriage, second chances, and the gentry.
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Kipps
- The Story of a Simple Soul
- By: H. G. Wells
- Narrated by: Chris MacDonnell
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
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First published in 1905, H. G. Wells’s Kipps is an appraisal of society and class framed in a “rags to riches” style plot.