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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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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
By: Alexandre Dumas
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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
By: Frank Herbert
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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
By: J. R. R. Tolkien, and others
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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
By: Marcus Aurelius, and others
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The Old Man and the Sea
- By: Ernest Hemingway
- Narrated by: Donald Sutherland
- Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
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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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Character building
- By Damien Carson on 16-10-2018
By: Ernest Hemingway
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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
By: Frank Herbert
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The Count of Monte Cristo
- By: Alexandre Dumas
- Narrated by: Bill Homewood
- Length: 52 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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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
By: Alexandre Dumas
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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
By: Frank Herbert
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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
By: J. R. R. Tolkien, and others
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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
By: Marcus Aurelius, and others
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The Old Man and the Sea
- By: Ernest Hemingway
- Narrated by: Donald Sutherland
- Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
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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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Character building
- By Damien Carson on 16-10-2018
By: Ernest Hemingway
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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
By: Frank Herbert
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Brave New World
- By: Aldous Huxley
- Narrated by: Michael York
- Length: 8 hrs
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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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Classic.
- By Anonymous User on 07-02-2019
By: Aldous Huxley
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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
By: J. R. R. Tolkien
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The Decameron
- By: Giovanni Boccaccio
- Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale, Gunnar Cauthery, Alison Pettitt, and others
- Length: 28 hrs and 5 mins
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The Decameron is one of the greatest literary works of the Middle Ages. Ten young people have fled the Black Death in Florence and, in an idyllic setting, tell a series of brilliant stories....
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jaunty tales from mediaeval Italy
- By Red Skippy on 19-05-2020
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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
By: Fyodor Dostoyevsky, and others
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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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Roadside Picnic
- By: Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky, Olena Bormashenko - translator
- Narrated by: Robert Forster
- Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins
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Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those young rebels who are compelled to venture illegally into the Zone to collect the mysterious artifacts that the alien visitors left scattered around....
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A classic this is not
- By Anonymous User on 24-09-2019
By: Arkady Strugatsky, and others
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The Prince
- By: Niccolò Machiavelli
- Narrated by: David McCallion
- Length: 4 hrs and 1 min
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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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Overrated
- By Amazon Customer on 24-11-2018
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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
By: Ray Bradbury
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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
By: pirateaba
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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
By: Ayn Rand
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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
By: Ken Kesey, and others
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Middlemarch
- By: George Eliot
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 35 hrs and 38 mins
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Dorothea Brooke is an ardent idealist who represses her vivacity and intelligence for the cold, theological pedant Casaubon....
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Masterpiece and superbly read.
- By Allie C on 31-01-2017
By: George Eliot
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
- By: Ernest Hemingway
- Narrated by: Campbell Scott
- Length: 16 hrs and 17 mins
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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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Recommend
- By Rudu on 02-10-2018
By: Ernest Hemingway
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The Left Hand of Darkness
- By: Ursula K. Le Guin
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
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The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human emissary to Winter, an alien world whose inhabitants can change their gender....
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Excellent story, but narration does not work well
- By Kaz on 04-10-2019
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Corpies
- Super Powereds Spinoff, Book 1
- By: Drew Hayes
- Narrated by: Kyle McCarley
- Length: 19 hrs and 50 mins
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Titan was one of the nation's most loved and respected Heroes, until an infidelity scandal tore his image and family apart....
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Amazing side story
- By Owain Rhys Trigg on 25-05-2024
By: Drew Hayes
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Crime and Punishment
- Penguin Classics
- By: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Oliver Ready
- Narrated by: Don Warrington
- Length: 25 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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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
By: Fyodor Dostoevsky, and others
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull: The New Complete Edition
- By: Richard Bach
- Narrated by: Marcus Lovett
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
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Now, for the first time ever, a new complete edition audiobook original of the timeless classic by Richard Bach. This is the story for people who follow their hearts and make their own rules....
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Absolutely astonished
- By HURSHID on 28-02-2023
By: Richard Bach
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The Anne of Green Gables Collection
- Anne Shirley Books 1-6 and Avonlea Short Stories
- By: L.M. Montgomery
- Narrated by: Susie Berneis, Tara Ward
- Length: 73 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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This audiobook collection includes Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Anne's House of Dreams, Rainbow Valley, and Rilla of Ingleside....
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Seriously the worst, do not bother.
- By Anonymous User on 13-02-2019
By: L.M. Montgomery
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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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Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey are unquestionably two of the greatest epic masterpieces in Western literature....
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10/10
- By Mr on 12-09-2014
By: Homer, and others
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Prodigal Summer
- By: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrated by: Barbara Kingsolver
- Length: 15 hrs and 46 mins
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Prodigal Summer weaves together three stories of human love within a larger tapestry of lives in southern Appalachia....
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Coyote
- By Anonymous User on 13-07-2023
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BBC Classics: Ultimate Story Collection
- 90 Unmissable Tales
- By: Oscar Wilde, Arthur Conan Doyle, Virginia Woolf, and others
- Narrated by: Sam Dale, Joseph Ayre, Carolyn Pickles, and others
- Length: 26 hrs and 4 mins
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A treasure chest of timeless short stories by some of the world's greatest authors....
By: Oscar Wilde, and others
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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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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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Great text, terrible reading
- By Fahim Ahmad on 26-02-2018
By: Leo Tolstoy
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Just One Damned Thing After Another
- The Chronicles of St Mary's, Book 1
- By: Jodi Taylor
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
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When Madeleine Maxwell is recruited by the St Mary's Institute of Historical Research, she discovers the historians there don't just study the past - they revisit it....
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Comic and very novel (no pun intended)
- By Kaz on 25-06-2016
By: Jodi Taylor
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Solaris
- The Definitive Edition
- By: Stanislaw Lem, Bill Johnston - translator
- Narrated by: Alessandro Juliani
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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At last, one of the world’s greatest works of science fiction is available - just as author Stanislaw Lem intended it....
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Reflections in the ocean
- By Anonymous User on 11-03-2023
By: Stanislaw Lem, and others
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The Telegraph Boy
- By: Horatio Alger Jr.
- Narrated by: Christopher Crennen
- Length: 4 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899) wrote over 100 ‘rags-to-riches’ novels, often about teenage boys forced by circumstances to earn their own living selling newspapers, blacking boots, carrying luggage, or tending store.
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Paul Prescott's Charge
- By: Horatio Alger Jr.
- Narrated by: Christopher Crennen
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899) wrote over 100 ‘rags-to-riches’ novels, often about teenage boys forced by circumstances to earn their own living selling newspapers, blacking boots, carrying luggage, or tending store.
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Risen from the Ranks
- Harry Walton's Success
- By: Horatio Alger Jr.
- Narrated by: Christopher Crennen
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899) wrote over 100 ‘rags-to-riches’ novels, often about teenage boys forced by circumstances to earn their own living selling newspapers, blacking boots, carrying luggage, or tending store.
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Strong and Steady
- Paddle Your Own Canoe
- By: Horatio Alger Jr.
- Narrated by: Christopher Crennen
- Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899) wrote over 100 ‘rags-to-riches’ novels, often about teenage boys forced by circumstances to earn their own living selling newspapers, blacking boots, carrying luggage, or tending store.
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Rogues in the House
- By: Robert E. Howard
- Narrated by: Josh Greenwood
- Length: 1 hr and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Step into the treacherous alleys of a city steeped in mystery and danger, where the infamous thief Conan finds himself entangled in a web of deceit and betrayal. “Rogues in the House” by Robert E. Howard is a tale of cunning plots and savage confrontations, where trust is as scarce as a noble heart. In this classic adventure, witness Conan’s wit and strength as he faces off against a powerful sorcerer, treacherous politicians, and a monstrous creature lurking within the shadows of an accursed temple.
By: Robert E. Howard
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Ancient Sorceries
- By: Algernon Blackwood
- Narrated by: Arthur Lane
- Length: 1 hr and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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“Ancient Sorceries” is a tale where mysterious events intertwine with reality. The protagonist, a traveler, stops in a remote French town where the inhabitants appear strangely cat-like and watch him closely. Is it just imagination, or is there something more? You’ll discover the secrets of ancient sorceries.
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The Telegraph Boy
- By: Horatio Alger Jr.
- Narrated by: Christopher Crennen
- Length: 4 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899) wrote over 100 ‘rags-to-riches’ novels, often about teenage boys forced by circumstances to earn their own living selling newspapers, blacking boots, carrying luggage, or tending store.
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Paul Prescott's Charge
- By: Horatio Alger Jr.
- Narrated by: Christopher Crennen
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899) wrote over 100 ‘rags-to-riches’ novels, often about teenage boys forced by circumstances to earn their own living selling newspapers, blacking boots, carrying luggage, or tending store.
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Risen from the Ranks
- Harry Walton's Success
- By: Horatio Alger Jr.
- Narrated by: Christopher Crennen
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899) wrote over 100 ‘rags-to-riches’ novels, often about teenage boys forced by circumstances to earn their own living selling newspapers, blacking boots, carrying luggage, or tending store.
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Strong and Steady
- Paddle Your Own Canoe
- By: Horatio Alger Jr.
- Narrated by: Christopher Crennen
- Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899) wrote over 100 ‘rags-to-riches’ novels, often about teenage boys forced by circumstances to earn their own living selling newspapers, blacking boots, carrying luggage, or tending store.
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Rogues in the House
- By: Robert E. Howard
- Narrated by: Josh Greenwood
- Length: 1 hr and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Step into the treacherous alleys of a city steeped in mystery and danger, where the infamous thief Conan finds himself entangled in a web of deceit and betrayal. “Rogues in the House” by Robert E. Howard is a tale of cunning plots and savage confrontations, where trust is as scarce as a noble heart. In this classic adventure, witness Conan’s wit and strength as he faces off against a powerful sorcerer, treacherous politicians, and a monstrous creature lurking within the shadows of an accursed temple.
By: Robert E. Howard
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Ancient Sorceries
- By: Algernon Blackwood
- Narrated by: Arthur Lane
- Length: 1 hr and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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“Ancient Sorceries” is a tale where mysterious events intertwine with reality. The protagonist, a traveler, stops in a remote French town where the inhabitants appear strangely cat-like and watch him closely. Is it just imagination, or is there something more? You’ll discover the secrets of ancient sorceries.
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Saki
- A Short Story Collection
- By: Saki
- Narrated by: David Shaw-Parker, Ghizela Rowe, Mark Rice-Oxley
- Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Hector Hugh Munro, more familiarly known by his pen-name ‘Saki’, was born in what was then Akyab in British Burma on 18th December 1870. His father was an Inspector General for the Indian Imperial Police, and his mother the daughter of a Rear Admiral. After a stint working in Burma with the Indian Imperial Police, Saki decided to move to London to make a living as a writer. Initially he wrote as a journalist for a number of newspapers and magazines before attempting an historical study, ‘The Rise of the Russian Empire’, whose real value lay in directing him to writing short stories instead.
By: Saki
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The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
- By: Dorothy L. Sayers
- Narrated by: Graham Scott
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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As veterans of many wars mingle in the funereal halls of the Bellona Club on Armistice Day, old General Fentiman is found dead in his accustomed chair beside the fire. On the same day, the General's sister, Lady Dormer, also dies, leaving a curious will in which her vast fortune passed to the General if he is still living at the time of her death; or else to her ward, Ann Dorland. Lord Peter Wimsey is tasked with unraveling the pretty little problem of who died first - the General, or his sister?
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A Study in Scarlet
- A Sherlock Holmes Novel
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Mark Young
- Length: 3 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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A Study in Scarlet is an 1887 detective novel by Scottish author Arthur Conan Doyle. The story marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who would become the most famous detective duo in popular fiction. The book's title derives from a speech given by Holmes, a consulting detective, to his friend and chronicler Watson on the nature of his work, in which he describes the story's murder investigation as his "study in scarlet".
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Northanger Abbey
- By: Jane Austen
- Narrated by: Sara Nichols
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Jane Austen's "Northanger Abbey" took a meandering course toward publication. Originally written in 1803 as a satire of the popular Gothic novels of the day, the book was not published until after Austen's death in 1817. The story concerns seventeen-year-old Catherine Morland, who has lived her entire life in the small village of Fullerton with her parents and nine siblings. This sedate (and frankly boring) life is upended when Catherine receives an invitation to visit the resort city of Bath and thus break out of her humdrum existence.
By: Jane Austen
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Sink or Swim
- Harry Raymond's Resolve
- By: Horatio Alger Jr.
- Narrated by: Christopher Crennen
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899) wrote over 100 ‘rags-to-riches’ novels, often about teenage boys forced by circumstances to earn their own living selling newspapers, blacking boots, carrying luggage, or tending store. Alger’s heroes are honest, temperate, generous, and brave, good in a fight and ready to protect a weaker boy from a bully. Alger stresses work, study, and thrift as ways to escape poverty. Alger’s villains, on the other hand, are usually dishonest, sometimes alcoholic or brutal.
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Julius
- The Street Boy Out West
- By: Horatio Alger Jr.
- Narrated by: Christopher Crennen
- Length: 4 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899) wrote over 100 ‘rags-to-riches’ novels, often about teenage boys forced by circumstances to earn their own living selling newspapers, blacking boots, carrying luggage, or tending store. Alger’s heroes are honest, temperate, generous, and brave, good in a fight and ready to protect a weaker boy from a bully. Alger stresses work, study, and thrift as ways to escape poverty. Alger’s villains, on the other hand, are usually dishonest, sometimes alcoholic or brutal.
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The Young Outlaw
- Adrift in the Streets
- By: Horatio Alger Jr.
- Narrated by: Christopher Crennen
- Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899) wrote over 100 ‘rags-to-riches’ novels, often about teenage boys forced by circumstances to earn their own living selling newspapers, blacking boots, carrying luggage, or tending store. Alger’s heroes are honest, temperate, generous, and brave, good in a fight and ready to protect a weaker boy from a bully. Alger stresses work, study, and thrift as ways to escape poverty. Alger’s villains, on the other hand, are usually dishonest, sometimes alcoholic or brutal.
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Phil, the Fiddler
- The Story of a Young Street Musician
- By: Horatio Alger Jr.
- Narrated by: Christopher Crennen
- Length: 4 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899) wrote over 100 ‘rags-to-riches’ novels, often about teenage boys forced by circumstances to earn their own living selling newspapers, blacking boots, carrying luggage, or tending store. Alger’s heroes are honest, temperate, generous, and brave, good in a fight and ready to protect a weaker boy from a bully. Alger stresses work, study, and thrift as ways to escape poverty. Alger’s villains, on the other hand, are usually dishonest, sometimes alcoholic or brutal.
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Herbert Carter's Legacy
- The Inventor's Son
- By: Horatio Alger Jr.
- Narrated by: Christopher Crennen
- Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899) wrote over 100 ‘rags-to-riches’ novels, often about teenage boys forced by circumstances to earn their own living selling newspapers, blacking boots, carrying luggage, or tending store. Alger’s heroes are honest, temperate, generous, and brave, good in a fight and ready to protect a weaker boy from a bully. Alger stresses work, study, and thrift as ways to escape poverty. Alger’s villains, on the other hand, are usually dishonest, sometimes alcoholic or brutal.
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Rufus and Rose
- The Fortunes of Rough and Ready
- By: Horatio Alger Jr.
- Narrated by: Christopher Crennen
- Length: 5 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899) wrote over 100 ‘rags-to-riches’ novels, often about teenage boys forced by circumstances to earn their own living selling newspapers, blacking boots, carrying luggage, or tending store. Alger’s heroes are honest, temperate, generous, and brave, good in a fight and ready to protect a weaker boy from a bully. Alger stresses work, study, and thrift as ways to escape poverty. Alger’s villains, on the other hand, are usually dishonest, sometimes alcoholic or brutal.
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Visions of Gerard
- By: Jack Kerouac
- Narrated by: Andrew Eiden
- Length: 3 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Unique among Jack Kerouac’s novels, Visions of Gerard captures the scenes and sensations of earliest childhood, the first four years in the life of Ti Jean Duluoz as they unfold in the short, tragic-happy life of his brother, Gerard. Set in Kerouac’s hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts, childhood’s intensity, innocence, suffering, and delight unfold as Gerard interacts with animals, has visions of Our Lady in heaven, astonishes the priest in the church confessional, and observes his family as they laugh and drink and weep—that is, when he isn’t sick and confined to bed.
By: Jack Kerouac
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Tattered Tom
- The Story of a Street Arab
- By: Horatio Alger Jr.
- Narrated by: Christopher Crennen
- Length: 5 hrs
- Unabridged
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Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899) wrote over 100 ‘rags-to-riches’ novels, often about teenage boys forced by circumstances to earn their own living selling newspapers, blacking boots, carrying luggage, or tending store. (Surprisingly, Tom is a girl.) Alger’s heroes are honest, temperate, generous, and brave, good in a fight and ready to protect a weaker boy from a bully. Alger stresses work, study, and thrift as ways to escape poverty.