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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.
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Mythos
- By: Stephen Fry
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 15 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,560
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,289
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,268
The Greek myths are amongst the greatest stories ever told, passed down through millennia and inspiring writers and artists as varied as Shakespeare, Michelangelo, James Joyce....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Superb!
- By Anonymous User on 14-11-2017
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- The Fellowship of the Ring
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Rob Inglis
- Length: 19 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,435
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,320
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,314
In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful story, poor production
- By Bek on 05-11-2017
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The Two Towers
- The Lord of the Rings, Book 2
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Rob Inglis
- Length: 16 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 888
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 816
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Story5 out of 5 stars 816
Frodo and the Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord....
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5 out of 5 stars
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very engaging
- By Gerowyn on 16-07-2018
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Little Women
- By: Louisa May Alcott
- Narrated by: Barbara Caruso
- Length: 19 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 70
A charming portrait of the joys and hardships of the four sisters in Civil War New England....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Boring and terrible
- By ella on 16-02-2020
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Mythos
- By: Stephen Fry
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 15 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,560
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,289
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,268
The Greek myths are amongst the greatest stories ever told, passed down through millennia and inspiring writers and artists as varied as Shakespeare, Michelangelo, James Joyce....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Superb!
- By Anonymous User on 14-11-2017
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- The Fellowship of the Ring
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Rob Inglis
- Length: 19 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,435
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,320
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,314
In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful story, poor production
- By Bek on 05-11-2017
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The Two Towers
- The Lord of the Rings, Book 2
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Rob Inglis
- Length: 16 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 888
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 816
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Story5 out of 5 stars 816
Frodo and the Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord....
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5 out of 5 stars
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very engaging
- By Gerowyn on 16-07-2018
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Little Women
- By: Louisa May Alcott
- Narrated by: Barbara Caruso
- Length: 19 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 70
A charming portrait of the joys and hardships of the four sisters in Civil War New England....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Boring and terrible
- By ella on 16-02-2020
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Heroes
- Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures
- By: Stephen Fry
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 15 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,060
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 990
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Story5 out of 5 stars 986
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Heroes, written and read by Stephen Fry. There are heroes - and then there are Greek heroes....
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5 out of 5 stars
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amazing from start to end!
- By Anonymous User on 27-11-2018
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The Return of the King
- The Lord of the Rings, Book 3
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Rob Inglis
- Length: 14 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 823
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 755
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Story5 out of 5 stars 755
The armies of the Dark Lord Sauron are massing as his evil shadow spreads ever wider. Men, Dwarves, Elves and Ents unite forces to do battle agains the Dark....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Lacks the appendices
- By Jim on 05-09-2017
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Nicholas Nickleby
- The Dickens Collection: Audible Original Podcast
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
- Length: 36 hrs and 20 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 41
When 19-year old Nicholas Nickleby is left destitute after his father's death, he appeals to his wealthy uncle to help him find work and to protect his mother and sister....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A masterpiece brought to life
- By Bondfan1972 on 24-02-2019
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Pride and Prejudice
- By: Jane Austen
- Narrated by: Rosamund Pike
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 706
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 648
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Story5 out of 5 stars 647
One of Jane Austen’s most beloved works, Pride and Prejudice, is vividly brought to life by Academy Award nominee Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl)....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful reading of a gorgeous book
- By Belinda on 23-08-2016
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Emma
- An Audible Original Drama
- By: Jane Austen, Anna Lea - adaptation
- Narrated by: Emma Thompson, Joanne Froggatt, Isabella Inchbald, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 102
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 95
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Story5 out of 5 stars 93
A lively comedy of manners, with a witty and subtle exploration of relationships, Emma is often seen as Jane Austen's most flawless work....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Lovable classic
- By Anonymous User on 20-12-2019
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To Kill a Mockingbird
- By: Harper Lee
- Narrated by: Sissy Spacek
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,072
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 993
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 987
Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the '30s....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Transported to the wold of Scout and Jem.
- By Frances on 18-05-2015
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Crime and Punishment
- By: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Narrated by: Constantine Gregory
- Length: 22 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 170
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 163
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 163
A century after it first appeared, Crime and Punishment remains one of the most gripping psychological thrillers....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow, this is something
- By Chris Lee on 27-08-2018
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: The Chronicles of Narnia
- By: C.S. Lewis
- Narrated by: Michael York
- Length: 4 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 205
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 188
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Story5 out of 5 stars 187
Lucy has stumbled upon a marvellous land of fauns and centaurs, nymphs and talking animals....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book. Great narration.
- By Jessica Dawes on 12-09-2018
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Little Women
- An Audible Original Drama
- By: Louisa May Alcott
- Narrated by: Emily Bauer, Laura Dern, Lauren Fortgang, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9
This new Audible Original dramatisation of Little Women stars a full cast led by two-time Academy Award nominee, four-time Golden Globe winner, and Emmy winner Laura Dern (Little Women, Big Little Lies, Jurassic Park)....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome
- By Spike Vincent Thomson on 16-01-2020
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The Snow Queen
- By: Hans Christian Andersen
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 1 hr and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 56
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 54
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 55
This classic tale is a fantastical fable of two dear friends - one of whom goes astray and is literally lost to the north woods, while the other undertakes an epic journey to rescue him....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Disney please send help
- By James on 29-12-2019
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Brave New World
- By: Aldous Huxley
- Narrated by: Michael York
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 643
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 585
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 581
On the 75th anniversary of its publication, this outstanding work of literature is more crucial and relevant today than ever before....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Worth revisiting
- By Nienke Lucas on 17-07-2015
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Fahrenheit 451
- By: Ray Bradbury
- Narrated by: Tim Robbins
- Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 506
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 470
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 466
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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5 out of 5 stars
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Very good
- By MarnieB on 23-10-2017
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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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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 332
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 280
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 274
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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5 out of 5 stars
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Great introduction to Philosophy
- By C. R. Grice on 25-03-2017
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The Oscar Wilde BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Five Full-Cast Productions
- By: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: Miriam Margolyes, Judi Dench, Diana Rigg, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 58 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 16
A collection of the major works of Oscar Wilde, with incredible casts including Judi Dench, Martin Clunes, Michael Sheen, Miriam Margolyes, Ian McDiarmid, Joely Richardson, Penelope Keith, Martin Jarvis, Diana Rigg, Simon Russell Beale, Sheila Hancock, Ian McKellen and Stephen Fry....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love love love Oscar
- By elizabeth b. on 22-02-2020
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The Call of the Wild
- By: Jack London
- Narrated by: Pablo Schreiber
- Length: 3 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10
Emmy and Tony Award-nominated actor Pablo Schreiber (The Wire, Orange Is the New Black) delivers a stirring performance of Jack London’s fierce yet tender tale of loyalty between man and beast, told from the point of view of a dog....
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Anna Karenina
- By: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrated by: Maggie Gyllenhaal
- Length: 35 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 255
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 239
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 240
Leo Tolstoy's classic story of doomed love is one of the most admired novels in world literature....
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5 out of 5 stars
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The best way to experience Anna Karenina
- By Brookethechicken on 11-10-2016
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Sense and Sensibility
- By: Jane Austen
- Narrated by: Rosamund Pike
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 102
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 96
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 95
In this Audible Exclusive production, Academy Award nominee Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) narrates one of Jane Austen’s most beloved works, Sense and Sensibility....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Rosamund Pike is sublime
- By indigirl on 22-09-2018
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Animal Farm
- By: George Orwell
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 519
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 464
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 467
Animal Farm is George Orwell's great socio-political allegory set in a farmyard....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Classic book, weird music
- By Vivienne on 23-01-2019
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War and Peace
- By: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 61 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 89
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 82
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 84
Often called the greatest novel ever written, War and Peace is at once an epic of the Napoleonic wars, a philosophical study, and a celebration of the Russian spirit....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great text, terrible reading
- By Fahim Ahmad on 26-02-2018
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The Prince
- By: Niccolò Machiavelli
- Narrated by: David McCallion
- Length: 4 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 42
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 36
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 36
In an attempt to appeal to the Medici family during the Italian Renaissance, Machiavelli outlines the way to acquire and retain political power, and how great men should behave in a princely government....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Overrated
- By Amazon Customer on 24-11-2018
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Murder Is Easy
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Gemma Whelan
- Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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In a quiet English village, a killer is about to strike. Again and again....
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Middlemarch
- By: George Eliot
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 35 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 184
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 177
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 176
Dorothea Brooke is an ardent idealist who represses her vivacity and intelligence for the cold, theological pedant Casaubon....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Masterpiece and superbly read.
- By Allie C on 31-01-2017
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Of Mice and Men
- By: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: Clarke Peters
- Length: 3 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 196
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 181
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 181
Streetwise George and his big, childlike friend Lennie are drifters, searching for work in the fields and valleys of California....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A masterclass in story-telling
- By Danelle Kenny on 05-10-2014
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Audible Theatre Collection: Ibsen
- By: Henrik Ibsen
- Narrated by: Owen Teale, Harry Myers, Laura Carmichael, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
- Original Recording
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This collection of three of Henrik Ibsen's most well-known and important plays is voiced by a sparkling cast and features music, SFX and a full soundscape....
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Audible Theatre Collection: Oedipus
- By: Sophocles, Ian Johnston - translator
- Narrated by: Jamie Glover, Hayley Atwell, Michael Maloney, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 10 mins
- Original Recording
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The three Theban plays by Sophocles - Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone - are great landmarks of Western theatre....
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Dracula [Audible Edition]
- By: Bram Stoker
- Narrated by: Alan Cumming, Tim Curry, Simon Vance, and others
- Length: 15 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 336
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 312
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 311
By returning to Stoker's original storytelling structure with an all-star cast of narrators, we've sought to recapture its originally intended horror and power.....
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4 out of 5 stars
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All Star Cast Not So Great
- By Rebecca on 03-08-2015
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
- By: Ernest Hemingway
- Narrated by: Campbell Scott
- Length: 16 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 132
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 122
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 123
Greater in power, broader in scope, and more intensely emotional than any of the author's previous works, For Whom the Bell Tolls stands as one of the best war novels of all time....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Recommend
- By Rudu on 02-10-2018
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The Old Man and the Sea
- By: Ernest Hemingway
- Narrated by: Donald Sutherland
- Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 216
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 190
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 189
Written in 1952, this hugely successful novella confirmed Hemingway's power and presence in the literary world and played a large part in his winning the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Phenomenally engaging
- By Jack Agius on 15-02-2019
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As a Man Thinketh
- By: James Allen
- Narrated by: Brian Holsopple
- Length: 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 291
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 232
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Story5 out of 5 stars 226
This audiobook version of As A Man Thinketh is true to the original....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Simply Amazing
- By Client d'Amazon on 21-09-2018
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Homer Box Set: Iliad & Odyssey
- By: Homer, W. H. D. Rouse - translator
- Narrated by: Anthony Heald
- Length: 25 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 106
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 103
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 103
Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey are unquestionably two of the greatest epic masterpieces in Western literature....
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4 out of 5 stars
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The only problem is volume
- By Daniel S Henby on 19-06-2019
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The Haunting of Hill House
- By: Shirley Jackson
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 106
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 102
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 100
Past the rusted gates and untrimmed hedges, Hill House broods and waits….
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5 out of 5 stars
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An enjoyable book
- By Kindle Customer on 21-07-2019
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Heart of Darkness: A Signature Performance by Kenneth Branagh
- By: Joseph Conrad
- Narrated by: Kenneth Branagh
- Length: 3 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 243
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 220
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 225
This significant piece of literature by Joseph Conrad is a moody, symbolic narrative that follows Charles Marlow as he retells his early days as a steamboat captain on the Congo River....
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5 out of 5 stars
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classic
- By Anonymous User on 30-09-2019
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Mathilda
- By: Mary Shelley
- Narrated by: Lillian Rachel
- Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Writing to her only friend from her deathbed, Mathilda finally reveals the history that led to her isolated life of despairing melancholy. Of her mother dying in childbirth, her father's confession of his incestuous desire and subsequent suicide, and her relationship with a handsome young poet that fails to reverse Matilda's emotional withdrawal or prevent her lonely death. The haunting and relentlessly self-examining voice of Mary Shelley's protagonist is a bare narrative of trauma of a brave woman's failed search for love, atonement, and redemption.
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The Metamorphosis
- By: Franz Kafka
- Narrated by: Jowanna Lewis
- Length: 1 hr and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning to find himself transformed into a "monstrous vermin". He initially considers the transformation to be temporary and slowly ponders the consequences of this metamorphosis. Unable to get up and leave the bed, Gregor reflects on his job as a traveling salesman and cloth merchant, which he characterizes as an exhausting and never-ending traffic. He sees his employer as a despot and would quickly quit his job were he not his family's sole breadwinner and working off his bankrupt father's debts...
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The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality
- By: Ludwig Von Mises
- Narrated by: John Ridle
- Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality by Austrian School economist and libertarian thinker Ludwig von Mises is an investigation into the psychological roots of the anti-capitalistic stance that is widespread in segments of the general population of the capitalist world. Von Mises suggests various reasons for this mentality, primarily his claim that free competition in the market economy allows no excuses of one's failures. Rather, he argues, it creates great incentive for one's desire for improvement and greater effort to succeed, as well as a greater reward for that success.
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As a Man Thinketh
- By: James Allen
- Narrated by: Jason McCoy
- Length: 49 mins
- Unabridged
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This book (the result of meditation and experience) is not intended as an exhaustive treatise on the much written-upon subject of the power of thought. It is suggestive rather than explanatory, its object being to stimulate men and women to the discovery and perception of the truth that - "They themselves are makers of themselves" - by virtue of the thoughts which they choose and encourage. That mind is the master weaver, both of the inner garment of character and the outer garment of circumstance....
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Playing with Fire [Classic Tales Edition]
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: B.J. Harrison
- Length: 34 mins
- Unabridged
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More than vaporous spirits are summoned when a group of friends hold a séance. Mind the knocking, and keep your nerve.
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Mythology
- Celtic Folklore, Fairies, Trolls, and Gods
- By: Coby Evans
- Narrated by: K. M. Logan
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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As you learn about the Fenians, Finn, Conan, and Dermot, you can become engaged in a story full of drama, clever thinking, and causes and consequences, both foreseen and unforeseen. Fights, love, and betrayal play a role in the Celtic stories and the Irish folklore from the past. Aside from the fictional stories to entertain and inspire you, there will be chapters devoted to a historical background to enlighten you about the cultural way of thinking, the settings in which these tales evolved, and the belief system they embraced at the time.
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Mathilda
- By: Mary Shelley
- Narrated by: Lillian Rachel
- Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Writing to her only friend from her deathbed, Mathilda finally reveals the history that led to her isolated life of despairing melancholy. Of her mother dying in childbirth, her father's confession of his incestuous desire and subsequent suicide, and her relationship with a handsome young poet that fails to reverse Matilda's emotional withdrawal or prevent her lonely death. The haunting and relentlessly self-examining voice of Mary Shelley's protagonist is a bare narrative of trauma of a brave woman's failed search for love, atonement, and redemption.
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The Metamorphosis
- By: Franz Kafka
- Narrated by: Jowanna Lewis
- Length: 1 hr and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning to find himself transformed into a "monstrous vermin". He initially considers the transformation to be temporary and slowly ponders the consequences of this metamorphosis. Unable to get up and leave the bed, Gregor reflects on his job as a traveling salesman and cloth merchant, which he characterizes as an exhausting and never-ending traffic. He sees his employer as a despot and would quickly quit his job were he not his family's sole breadwinner and working off his bankrupt father's debts...
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The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality
- By: Ludwig Von Mises
- Narrated by: John Ridle
- Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality by Austrian School economist and libertarian thinker Ludwig von Mises is an investigation into the psychological roots of the anti-capitalistic stance that is widespread in segments of the general population of the capitalist world. Von Mises suggests various reasons for this mentality, primarily his claim that free competition in the market economy allows no excuses of one's failures. Rather, he argues, it creates great incentive for one's desire for improvement and greater effort to succeed, as well as a greater reward for that success.
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As a Man Thinketh
- By: James Allen
- Narrated by: Jason McCoy
- Length: 49 mins
- Unabridged
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This book (the result of meditation and experience) is not intended as an exhaustive treatise on the much written-upon subject of the power of thought. It is suggestive rather than explanatory, its object being to stimulate men and women to the discovery and perception of the truth that - "They themselves are makers of themselves" - by virtue of the thoughts which they choose and encourage. That mind is the master weaver, both of the inner garment of character and the outer garment of circumstance....
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Playing with Fire [Classic Tales Edition]
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: B.J. Harrison
- Length: 34 mins
- Unabridged
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More than vaporous spirits are summoned when a group of friends hold a séance. Mind the knocking, and keep your nerve.
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Mythology
- Celtic Folklore, Fairies, Trolls, and Gods
- By: Coby Evans
- Narrated by: K. M. Logan
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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As you learn about the Fenians, Finn, Conan, and Dermot, you can become engaged in a story full of drama, clever thinking, and causes and consequences, both foreseen and unforeseen. Fights, love, and betrayal play a role in the Celtic stories and the Irish folklore from the past. Aside from the fictional stories to entertain and inspire you, there will be chapters devoted to a historical background to enlighten you about the cultural way of thinking, the settings in which these tales evolved, and the belief system they embraced at the time.
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The Judge's House [Classic Tales Edition]
- By: Bram Stoker
- Narrated by: B.J. Harrison
- Length: 50 mins
- Unabridged
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When a student arrives in a small town, seeking a quiet place where he can study in peace, he rents an old mansion where a notorious hanging judge once lived. But once he begins receiving regular nightly visits by an enormous rat with malevolent eyes, he soon discovers why the locals fear the judge’s house.
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The Monkey's Paw
- By: W W Jacobs
- Narrated by: Don Gentry
- Length: 23 mins
- Unabridged
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William Wymark Jacobs (1863 - 1943) was an English short-story writer. "The Monkey's Paw" is a classic horror story whose title refers to a shrunken monkey’s paw that is said to have the power to grant its possessor three wishes.
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The Epic of Gilgamesh
- By: Stephen Langdon
- Narrated by: Victor Craig
- Length: 23 mins
- Unabridged
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The Epic of Gilgamesh is the oldest surviving literary work in the world. The epic poetry describes the ancient King Gilgamesh and his journey to discover the secret to eternal life.
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Murder Is Easy
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Gemma Whelan
- Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Officer Luke Fitzwilliam is on a train to London when he meets a strange woman. She claims there is a serial killer in the quiet village of Wychwood. He has already taken the lives of three people and is about claim his fourth victim. Fitzwilliam dismisses this as the ramblings of an old woman. But within hours she is found dead. Crushed by a passing car. And then the fourth victim is found.
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The Complete Original Short Stories, Volume VII
- By: Guy de Maupassant
- Narrated by: Cate Barratt
- Length: 3 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Guy de Maupassant, France's gift to the world of short stories, was a prolific writer of this genre. His complete collection numbers just under 200.
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The Blue Fairy Book
- By: Andrew Lang
- Narrated by: Anna Lee
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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The poet, novelist, and literary critic Andrew Lang (1844-1912) created the enchanting world of fairyland inhabited by the snow-queen, the mermaid's son, giants, ogres, dwarfs, monsters and magicians. The Blue Fairy Book (1889) is the first volume in the series and contains some of the most familiar tales from sources like The Arabian Nights, Grimm, Charles Perrault, Madame D'Aulnoy, Norwegian folklore, and more.
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Complete Tales and Poems
- By: Edgar Allen Poe
- Narrated by: David Miles, Michael Goodrick
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Edgar Allan Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and of American literature as a whole, and he was one of the country's earliest practitioners of the short story. Although best known for his short stories, Edgar Allan Poe was by nature and choice a poet.
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The Wolf
- By: Guy De Maupassant
- Narrated by: Brian Richy
- Length: 13 mins
- Unabridged
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The Marquis d’Arville recounts to his dinner companions why he has refused to go hunting although his ancestors were fanatical about the sport. For his ancestors, Jean and François, hunting was ''the only thing they spoke of and lived for.'' One day, they heard reports of an enormous wolf that was terrorizing the locals, preying on livestock, injuring guard-dogs, wounding a woman and devouring two children. As a result, the brothers resolve to find and kill the beast. It proved difficult.
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Why the Housekeeper Needs the Vote
- By: Anne O'Hagan
- Narrated by: Sarah Heinitz
- Length: 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Anne O'Hagan Shinn (1869-1933) was a feminist, suffragist, journalist, and writer of short stories who regularly contributed to publications such as Vanity Fair and Harper's. She is known for her writings detailing the exploitation of young women working as shop clerks in early 20th-century America. Why the Housekeeper Needs the Vote is a pamphlet published by the National American Woman Suffrage Association, in New York, in 1900. The author spells out why the housekeeper needs the right to vote.
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Her Letters
- By: Kate Chopin
- Narrated by: Alana Morgan
- Length: 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Kate Chopin (1850-1904) was an author of short stories and novels based in Louisiana. This story was published in Vogue in 1895. This short story begins with a woman trying to get rid of letters which are the only evidence of her having an affair outside her marriage. Having burned some of them, she cannot proceed with burning the rest because emotions overwhelmed her.
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Apologia Pro Vita Sua
- By: John Henry Newman
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 15 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Apologia Pro Vita Sua (A Defence of One's Own Life), John Henry Newman's defense of his religious beliefs, was published in 1864 in response to Charles Kingsley of the Church of England after Newman quit his position as the Anglican vicar of St. Mary's, Oxford. From 1833 to 1841 there was friction in the Church of England which culminated in Newman's 1845 resignation as an Anglican vicar and his conversion to Roman Catholicism. Newman's essay responded to attacks from Charles Kingsley of the broad church party, who criticised Newman's conversion.
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The Good Soldier
- By: Ford Madox Ford
- Narrated by: Greg Carter
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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The tragic story of two couples, one American and one English, traveling together through Europe for an extended amount of time told by a seemingly unreliable narrator John Dowell.