Classics

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....

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Kayvan Novak, Josh Cohen, Alistair Petrie, and Richard Hughes. Don Quixote has become so entranced by reading romances of chivalry that he determines to become a knight errant and pursue bold adventures, accompanied by his squire...

Knowledge is power. That would be the motto of Lander University, had it not been snatched up and used to death by others long before the school was founded....

Despite having their secret revealed, the residents of Melbrook Hall return to Lander University for another year in the Hero Certification Program....

Badgelor has been patient, or at least as patient as a homicidal badger can be. With the celebration of Grebthar Day, it's finally time to go get Charles! Nothing is going to stop Jim and his companions, not even the signs of the Dark Overlord's return....

Widely regarded as the first English novel, Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe is one of the most popular and influential adventure stories of all time....

The Greatcoats are back - and this time it's personal. How do you kill a Saint? Falcio, Brasti and Kest are about to find out, as someone is doing just that, and they've started with a friend. The Dukes were already looking for ways to weasel out of their promise to put Aline on her father's...

Tyen is teaching mechanical magic at a school respected throughout the worlds. News arrives that the formidable ruler of all worlds is back and enforcing his old laws....

Desperate times cause for desperate measures and when the Clan of the Fox flees, first Northumberland and then Iceland, the Viking warriors have no idea of the world they will find when they sail across the endless ocean....

Captain Telryn “Trip” Yert is on the most important mission of his life. Accompanied by Captain Kaika, the sentient soulblade Jaxi, and Rysha Ravenwood, he must find a way to close a portal that’s allowing more and more dragons into the world....

Penguin Classics presents H. G. Wells' The Time Machine, adapted for audio and now available as a digital download as part of the Penguin English Library series. Read by the actor Brian Cox. 'Great shapes like big machines rose out of the dimness, and cast grotesque black shadows, in which dim...

Dragged to an unfamiliar continent transformed by war and monstrous creatures, Cleve's path home has never been less clear....

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Patrick Gibson, known for his roles in The OA, The Tudors and The Passing Bells. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Declan Kiberd 'Everybody knows now that Ulysses is the greatest novel of the century' Anthony...

MacKayla Lane's life is good. She has great friends, a decent job, and a car that breaks down only every other week or so....

C. S. Lewis reworks the timeless myth of Cupid and Psyche into an enduring piece of contemporary fiction in this novel about the struggle between sacred and profane love....

From the acclaimed master of action and suspense. The all time classic Millions of pounds in gold bullion are being pirated in the Irish Sea. Investigations by the British Secret Service, and a sixth sense, have bought Philip Calvert to a bleak, lonely bay in the Western Highlands. But the...

In a sleepy steel-mill town, the ultimate battle between Good and Evil is about to begin . . . Sinnissippi Park, in Hopewell, Illinois, has long hidden a mysterious evil, locked away from humankind by powers greater than most could even imagine. But now the malevolent creatures that normally...

A classic thriller from the bestselling master of action and suspense. The atomic submarine Dolphin has impossible orders: to sail beneath the ice floes of the Arctic Ocean, and somehow locate and rescue the men of weather-station Zebra, gutted by fire and drifting with the ice-pack somewhere...

This is the definitive, fascinating account of this unforgettable tale of a band of samurai who defied the Emperor to avenge the disgrace and death of their master....

The novel that launched the astonishing career of one of the 20th century’s greatest writers of action and suspense – an acclaimed classic of heroism and the sea in World War II. Constant patrols have pushed the crew of the HMS Ulysses beyond the limits of endurance. And now they must be put...

From the acclaimed master of action and suspense. The all time classic. An airliner crashes in the polar ice-cap. In temperatures 40 degrees below zero, six men and four women survive. But for the members of a remote scientific research station who rescue them, there are some sinister questions...

Luke and Amy arrive at the Messner ranch to discover not everything has gone according to plan....

It’s a plan fraught with risk. Attempting time travel means tampering with the natural laws of the universe, which could drastically alter history - and destiny - forever....

A new age dawns in the kingdom of Eileanan, but not without resistance. Now the Righ, Lachlan the Winged, overturns his dead brother’s decrees against witchcraft. But 16 years of hatred and superstition have cloaked Eileanan in darkness....

Titan was one of the nation's most loved and respected Heroes, until an infidelity scandal tore his image and family apart....

Regarded by many as the most luminous example of Mark Twain's work, this fictional biography of Joan of Arc was purportedly written by Joan's page and secretary — Sieur Louis de Conté. (Twain's alter ego even shared the author's same initials — S. L. C.) Told from the viewpoint of this lifelong friend, the historical novel is a panorama of stirring scenes and marvel of pageantry — from Joan's early childhood in Domremy and her touching story of the voices, to the fight for Orleans, the taking of Tourelles and Jargeau, and the splendid march to Rheims.

Regarded as the grandfather of realistic fiction, Robinson Crusoe is the ultimate test of endurance. After a disastrous shipwreck leaves him stranded on a deserted island, a headstrong young Englishman must reconstruct civilization from scratch.

In Der Ruf der Wildnis (1903) – Die Geschichte eines Hundes – erzählt Jack London die eindrucksvolle Geschichte des Hundes Buck, der aus seinem behüteten Leben in Kalifornien gerissen wird und im rauen Norden während des Klondike-Goldrausches seinen Weg in die Wildnis findet. Zwischen Zivilisation und Naturinstinkt entfaltet sich ein packender Überlebenskampf, der bis heute Leser und Hörer fesselt. Ein zeitloser Abenteuerroman über Instinkt, Freiheit, Anpassung und den unbändigen Willen zum Überleben – atmosphärisch dicht und bildgewaltig erzählt.

Hughie Erskine is in love and wants to marry, but the girl's father will not allow it, since Erskine has no money. Erskine's friend Alan Trevor is a painter, and he visits him at his studio one day to find him with a pitiable beggar—the model for his painting. Erskine only has one coin, on which he depends for transportation, but he decides he can walk for a couple of weeks and gives the beggar the coin.

Ein fesselndes Abenteuer zwischen Wildnis und Zivilisation – ungekürzt gesprochen von Jürgen Fritsche. Über das Hörbuch: Wolfsblut ( White Fang ) von Jack London ist ein weltberühmter Abenteuerroman über einen Halbwolf, der in der eisigen Wildnis Kanadas zur Zeit des Goldrauschs geboren wird. Aufgewachsen zwischen rauer Natur und menschlicher Grausamkeit, erlebt Wolfsblut Misstrauen, Ausgrenzung – und schließlich auch Vertrauen und Fürsorge.

Der Seemann Marlow erzählt von seiner Reise in das unerforschte Herz Afrikas, wo er auf den mysteriösen Mr. Kurtz trifft – einen einst idealistischen Kolonialisten, der von Macht und Wahnsinn verschlungen wurde. Conrads Werk ist eine eindringliche Kritik an Kolonialismus, Gier und der Dunkelheit im menschlichen Inneren.

La historia narra el retorno de Odiseo (Ulises) a su hogar, Ítaca, después de la Guerra de Troya. Su viaje dura diez años y está lleno de obstáculos impuestos por dioses y criaturas míticas. Mientras tanto, en Ítaca, su esposa Penélope soporta el asedio de numerosos pretendientes, manteniéndose fiel gracias a su ingenio. El hijo de ambos, Telémaco, también juega un papel importante buscando noticias de su padre.

Sie erzählen von Schuld und Schicksal, von Liebe und Verzicht, von Menschen zwischen Pflichtgefühl und innerer Sehnsucht. Theodor Storm gehört zu den bedeutendsten Erzählern und Lyrikern des 19. Jahrhunderts. In seinen Novellen und Gedichten verbindet sich feine Sprache mit psychologischer Tiefe, atmosphärischer Dichte und norddeutscher Melancholie.

Tout le monde connaît les aventures de Robinson Crusoé: ce classique fondateur nous entraîne à travers des voyages et péripéties surprenantes, où l’inattendu forge le caractère. Porté par la prose de Daniel Defoe, le récit déroule une suite de tableaux saisissants—dangers, labeurs, découvertes—qui captivent jeunes et adultes. Entre épreuves et émerveillements, on y suit un homme aux prises avec le monde et lui-même, affrontant l’adversité par la réflexion, l’endurance et l’ingéniosité. Redécouvrez l’original auquel on revient toujours avec plaisir.

Charles Marlow recounts his adventures into the Congo and into the brutality of British colonialism.