Classics

Paul Atreides avenges the traitorous plot against his noble family - and brings to fruition humankind's most ancient, unattainable dream.

The bestselling science fiction series of all time continues! Frank Herbert's second installment explores new developments on the desert planet Arrakis, with its intricate social order and its strange threatening environment. Dune Messiah picks up the story of the man known as Maud'dib, heir to...

In this Audible Original collection, an all-star list of narrators (Billie Piper, Claire Foy, Emma Thompson, Florence Pugh and Gugu Mbatha-Raw) capture Austen’s pin-sharp humour and tone in these dramatisations of her six beloved novels accompanied by a full cast....

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....

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....

On the 75th anniversary of its publication, this outstanding work of literature is more crucial and relevant today than ever before....

The sand-blasted world of Arrakis has become green, watered, and fertile....

Nearly seventy years after its original publication, Ray Bradbury’s internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 stands as a classic of world literature set in a bleak, dystopian future. Today its message has grown more relevant than ever before.

The Ultimate Classics Collection: Volume One is a continent-hopping, century-spanning collection of 15 essential classic novels by British, American, and Russian authors, read by a cast of incredible narrators including Stephen Fry, Jason Isaacs, Adjoa Andoh, David Rintoul, and many more.

The murder of brutal landowner Fyodor Karamazov changes the lives of his sons irrevocably....

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....

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....

A wonderfully imaginative retelling of The Wizard of Oz told from the Wicked Witch's point of view....

Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey are unquestionably two of the greatest epic masterpieces in Western literature....

A lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer’s “nimble gallop” and brings an ancient epic to new life....

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....

The great adventure story tells of Odysseus, a veteran of the Trojan War, who - through a landscape peopled with monsters, sea nymphs, evil enchantresses, and vengeful gods....

One of the most beloved novels of our time, Watership Down is an epic journey, a stirring tale of adventure, courage, and survival....

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....

One of the 20th century's enduring works, One Hundred Years of Solitude is a widely beloved and acclaimed novel known throughout the world and the ultimate achievement in a Nobel Prize-winning career....

The classic World War II thriller from the acclaimed master of action and suspense....

The Last of the Mohicans is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in January 1826....

In the turbulent summer of 1974, Kate Mularkey has accepted her place at the bottom of the eighth-grade social food chain. Then, to her amazement, the "coolest girl in the world" moves in across the street and wants to be her friend....

C.S. Lewis gives us the correspondence of the worldly-wise old Devil to his nephew, Wormwood, a novice demon in charge of securing the damnation of an ordinary young man....

"I am a sick man.... I am a spiteful man", a nameless voice cries out. And so, from underground, emerge the passionate confessions of a suffering man; the painful self-examination of a tormented soul; the bristling scorn of a lonely individual....

Elizabeth Bennet non è il tipo di donna che si piega. Né agli uomini, né a un destino scritto da altri. Non immagina, però, che l'arrivo del ricco e insopportabile signor Darcy sia destinato a mettere in discussione ogni sua certezza. Scoprite il mondo interiore di Elizabeth, dove la ragione duella con il cuore nel tentativo di conciliare l'orgoglio dell'identità con la vulnerabilità del sentimento.

The Arsène Lupin Collection: Books 1-10 contains the first ten collections in the Arsène Lupin series, read by Rupert Degas. In the course of these ten novels we are introduced to Lupin and see him practice his own moral form of detection and recrimination, helping those who have been left behind in twentieth-century France.

La historia comienza con el ambicioso científico Víctor Frankenstein, obsesionado con desentrañar los misterios de la vida y la muerte. En su búsqueda por crear vida, Víctor ensambla una criatura a partir de partes de cadáveres y, usando métodos científicos avanzados, le da vida.

This curated collection brings together five iconic works from some of Ireland's greatest writers, each offering a distinct voice and vision that helped shape modern Irish literature. From gothic horror to modernist experimentation, biting satire to fading aristocracy, these novels capture the complexities of identity, society, and imagination across centuries.

¡Coge a tus hermanas y apretaos los corsés! Esta es una nueva versión, distinta a todas, de la entrañable novela de Jane Austen Orgullo y prejuicio. Interpretada por un extraordinario elenco y con banda sonora original de la compositora nominada a un Grammy Morgan Kibby. Elizabeth Bennet no piensa conformarse con cualquier hombre ni, para el caso, con cualquier vida que no se adapte a sus gustos. Se casará por amor, bailará cuando le apetezca y —a poder ser— buscará un lugar tranquilo donde leer sin que la interrumpan.

Sense and Sensibility tells the story of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. Left almost penniless and homeless on the death of their father, each needs to resolve their problems by marrying well. But fate takes them on a bumpy road as impetuous Marianne falls for the duplicitous Willoughby while Elinor seems to be unlucky in love. As ever, Austen resolves her heroines' fortunes in her inimitable and witty way.

Ready to fall head over heels for one of the most beloved stories ever written? Get ready, because Pride and Prejudice (Classic Literature Edition) isn’t just a novel—it’s a journey into the sparkling heart of wit, passion, and timeless romance that will leave you utterly captivated from the very first word.

Alla fine del lungo viaggio che doveva condurla alla dimora della signora Macclesfield, per diventarne la governante, Elinor Rochdale si trova invece al cospetto di un elegante gentiluomo, lord Carlyon, il quale le chiede di sposare il cugino Eustace, che giace nella stanza accanto, agonizzante. Così Elinor diventa sposa e vedova nel giro di una notte… e si trova al centro di una singolarissima vicenda di documenti segreti, agenti inglesi al servizio di Napoleone e assassini.

Published in 1919, Woolf's early novel unfolds in Edwardian London, where Katherine Hilbery, the granddaughter of a celebrated poet, navigates questions of marriage, independence and intellectual freedom. Her forthright acquaintance, Mary Datchet, a suffragist committed to political change, carries a contrasting vision of life and love, and her opinions throw Katherine's choices into sharp relief. While more traditional in form than Woolf's later works, Night and Day reveals her emerging mastery of psychological depth and subtle irony.

Told through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles, Dracula is one of the best examples of an epistolary novel, using the “found” nature of its entries to immerse the listener in a dark and thrilling tale. Whether you are returning to an old standard or listening to this brilliant novel for the first time, Dracula is a spectacular and riveting experience.

First published in 1927 and newly translated here, Franz Kafka's Amerika is a gripping and humorous tale of a young exile searching for new opportunities while navigating hope and disillusionment in his pursuit of belonging.

An imposing castle looms over a village and no one seems to be allowed inside...not even K., the Land Surveyor whose livelihood depends on getting inside. Though never completed due to Kafka's untimely death, The Castle paints a striking image of absurdity and the nature of existence itself.

Apasionado, romántico y lleno de peligro, Secuestrado es la clásica novela de alta aventura de Robert Louis Stevenson. Amada por generaciones, es la saga de David Balfour, un joven heredero cuyo tío codicioso conspira para despojarlo de su fortuna heredada y planea hacerlo secuestrar y vender como esclavo. Pero el honor, la lealtad y el coraje son recompensados; el huérfano y náufrago sobrevive al secuestro y al naufragio, es rescatado por un temerario pícaro y logra una emocionante huida a la libertad a través de las agrestes tierras altas de Escocia.

Liefde in tijden van cholera is een prachtige, tijdloze literaire klassieker en naast Honderd jaar eenzaamheid het bekendste werk van Nobelprijswinnaar Gabriel García Márquez Liefde in tijden van cholera is het onvergetelijke liefdesverhaal van Florentino Ariza en Fermina Daza. Op ongeëvenaarde wijze worden grote thema's als liefde, dood, ouderdom, noodlot en begeerte samengebracht in een mild en menselijk universum. In de pers 'Márquez op z'n sensueelst.

Gregor Samsa, a seemingly average salesman and cloth merchant, awakes one morning to find himself transformed into a monstrous insect. Trapped inside his new grotesque form, Gregor struggles to hold down his job and maintain his place in the family who become increasingly wary of him, frightful of his new body. Soon Gregor is unable to communicate at all, and becomes fearful he will forget his human side altogether.

Jane Austen's classic tale of love overcoming preconceptions centers on the two eldest daughters of the Bennet family: Jane and Elizabeth. Elizabeth has to fend off an unwelcome offer of marriage from the Rev. Collins, while mistakenly falling for the charms of the dashing Mr Wickham, before realizing that appearances are deceptive and that her prejudice against Mr Darcy has blinded her to his real character.

When shy Fanny Price arrives at Mansfield Park to live with her cousins, she is overwhelmed and only put at ease by her cousin, Edmund Bertram, whom she soon comes to love. But Edmund's head is turned by the beautiful Mary Crawford and she and her brother Henry spark a series of romantic entanglements that lead the Bertram family to the brink of social disaster. It becomes apparent to Fanny that pretty manners and fine words are no substitute for integrity.

SOON TO BE A NETFLIX FILM FROM ACADEMY AWARD–WINNING VISIONARY GUILLERMO DEL TORO. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s timeless, terrifying gothic tale of one man’s obsession to create life—and the monster that became his legacy...

Blending psychological terror and cosmic dread, this Lovecraftian classic explores the fragility of reason and the monstrous history lurking beneath civilization’s veneer. Perfect for fans of eerie atmospheric fiction, haunted estates, and tales of forbidden discovery.

Step into the twisted geometry of nightmare in H. P. Lovecraft’s The Dreams in the Witch House. When Walter Gilman, a student at Miskatonic University, rents a room in Arkham’s infamous Witch House, he believes its strange angles hide cosmic secrets. Gilman is drawn into a nightmare of black magic, forbidden mathematics, and sacrificial horror.

Set in 1914, Woman of Mystery centres around the world of Paul Delroze. On the evening before the Second World War, a painful memory rears its ugly head: his father, a decorated veteran who served in the Franco-Prussian War, being brutally murdered at the hands of an unidentified German woman, as Paul and his father were taking an innocent stroll through the French countryside when he was a child. At his core, Paul always knew the day when the two nations – Germany and France – would fight again, and once he heard the call for battle, he was determined to take revenge once and for all.

Long presumed dead after a long period of inactivity, the gentleman burglar Arsène Lupin makes a triumphant return to solve the disappearance of a small fortune. Set in Paris during the Second World War, Lupin's investigation leads him to Captain Patrice Beval and his love, Coralie, a volunteer nurse who valiantly helped save Beval's life. Lupin soon learns that Coralie is in danger and, after a bloody murder case, is determined to protect Coralie and Beval from the sinister culprit afoot – while finding the missing gold, of course.

Dorian Gray, un joven de inigualable belleza, queda cautivado por una filosofía hedonista y realiza un deseo fatídico: que su retrato envejezca en su lugar, mientras él permanece eternamente joven. Este deseo se convierte en realidad, y con cada acto inmoral, su retrato se transforma grotescamente, reflejando la decadencia de su alma.

Catherine Wynne's introduction reappraises the stories by looking at Conan Doyle's medical background and its influence on the creation of the famous detective.

En 1942, Larence Pritchard Waterhouse, genio matemático y joven capitán de la Marina estadounidense, es asignado a colaborar con Bobby Shaftoe en una misión secreta que consiste en descifrar los códigos de las potencias del Eje. De este modo se pretende evitar que los nazis perciban que la Inteligencia aliada ha descubierto el sistema de cifrado de su mítico código Enigma. Sesenta años más tarde, Randy Waterhouse, brillante «criptohacker», proyecta la creación en el Sureste asiático de un paraíso de datos y el mayor exponente de la libertad informática: la Cripta.