Classics

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

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....

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....

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...

One of Jane Austen’s most beloved works, Pride and Prejudice, is vividly brought to life by Academy Award nominee Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl)....

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

One winter night, seven men and a woman are parachuted onto a mountainside in wartime Germany....

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

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.

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....

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....

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....

Great Expectations follows Pip's life from a plucky but poor and put-upon child in the Kent marshes, to a young man with "great expectations" in London and the choices he must make as a result of his winding journey....

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....

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

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....

From New York Times best-selling author Kresley Cole comes this spellbinding story of a demon king trapped by an enchantress for her wanton purposes....

Anne Elliot, daughter of the snobbish Sir Walter Elliot, is woman of quiet charm and deep feelings....

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....

Past the rusted gates and untrimmed hedges, Hill House broods and waits….

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

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....

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

A collection of BBC radio full-cast dramatisations of Jane Austen's six major novels....

>He was the father of the occult, the founder of astrology, the discoverer of alchemy. He was Hermes Trismegistus, and he possessed all divine knowledge....

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.

¡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.

Elizabeth Bennet não tem a menor intenção de se submeter a homem nenhum ou, para ser franca, à vida nenhuma que não seja vivida inteiramente nos seus termos. Quer se casar por amor, dançar só quando tiver vontade e —se for possível — encontrar um canto silencioso para ler sem ser interrompida. Mas, quando é apresentada ao rico e totalmente insuportável sr. Darcy, passa a questionar tudo que achava que sabia.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

Voices in the Wind Audio Theatre’s production of THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, the timeless masterpiece made famous by Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre On The Air on October 30, 1938, comes to life again in this engaging audio theatre performance featuring a stellar cast of voice actors, original music, sound effects, and background ambiences.

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.

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.

It is 1922. Myrtle Wilson lives a lonely, desolate existence above her husband’s garage in the “valley of ashes” between New York and Long Island. All her dreams—and her marriage itself—are turning to dust until she crosses paths with Tom Buchanan on the subway. In one moment, Myrtle’s life is irrevocably changed. “You can’t live forever, you can’t live forever” becomes the mantra that galvanizes her decision to embark on a fateful affair with the wealthy stranger.

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.

Phileas Fogg, der exzentrische englische Gentleman, schließt eine waghalsige Wette ab: Er will die Erde in 80 Tagen umrunden – und kein Hindernis, kein Sturm, keine Verspätung darf ihn aufhalten! Begleitet von seinem treuen Diener Passepartout reist er durch exotische Länder, erlebt Gefahren, Wunder und die Jagd seines Lebens.

Step into the macabre world of Herbert West–Reanimator, H. P. Lovecraft’s chilling tale of science gone too far. First published in 1922, this groundbreaking horror classic follows the brilliant but unhinged Dr. Herbert West, a medical student obsessed with conquering death itself.

When a weary traveler seeks refuge in an abandoned Missouri plantation, he meets an aged recluse who unravels a tale of obsession, dark magic, and a monstrous secret hidden within the enigmatic Marceline. As love turns to dread and family curses entwine with ancient evil, the story spirals into madness, possession, and shocking revelations that defy comprehension.

Mucho más que un escritor de ciencia-ficción, este volumen viene a situar a Ray Bradbury (1920-2012) como el escritor clásico cuya narrativa breve que fijó durante décadas gran parte de nuestro imaginario fantástico ha trascendido con más rotundidad hasta el siglo XIX. Desde sus cuentos más conocidos (los incluidos en Crónicas marcianas o El hombre ilustrado) a relatos menos conocidos o versiones no recopiladas, esta edición, que cuenta con nueva traducción de Ce Santiago y prologada por Laura Fernández, nos muestra de forma cronológica la evolución vital y literaria de un autor.

Echoes of the Frontier gathers thirteen unforgettable tales by literary giants such as Jack London, Willa Cather, Mark Twain, and Bret Harte—each story capturing a different facet of life at the edge of civilization. From the perilous ride of The Denver Express to the poetic solitude of On the Divide, and from the chilling desperation of Love of Life to the dry wit of Nevada Sketches, these stories illuminate the grit, dreams, and humanity of those who dared to tame the wild.

Get ready for an adrenaline-fueled adventure that will set your spirit on fire! “The Call of The Wild” isn’t just an audiobook—it’s a heart-racing journey into the raw power of nature and the unstoppable strength within. Follow Buck, a loyal dog torn from luxury and thrown into the ruthless wilds of the Yukon, where every moment is a battle for survival and every choice pushes him closer to his true destiny.

Confront the horrifying consequences of ambition in Frankenstein, question identity in the gothic mystery "Transformation," and ponder the bittersweet curse of eternal life in "The Mortal Immortal." This collection of Mary Shelley's gloriously gothic stories is a must-have for fans of classic literature, haunting storytelling, and Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein.

Fully dramatized by best-selling narrator Steve Cook, with cinematic music and sound effects, this unabridged re-telling of Dickens' classic Christmas tale has something for everyone. All the sounds of 19th-century London are captured, from clopping hooves on cobblestones to booming Westminster chimes at midnight to the supernatural comings and goings of Scrooge’s four nocturnal visitors. Plus, a complete soundtrack of suspenseful and seasonal music throughout puts the finishing touches on a true, old-fashioned radio theatre-style experience.

Collected here are two different versions of the classic story. It includes not only the original, written by E. T. A. Hoffman, but also the translation/adaptation by the famous novelist Alexandre Dumas (The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, The Man in the Iron Mask). These, in turn, inspired the world-famous Tchaikovsky ballet. Listeners can finally compare and contrast the two different versions, and thrill to the story in both its multifaceted variations.

Filled with sword-and-sorcery action, political intrigue, and eerie supernatural menace, The Shadow Kingdom is a cornerstone of pulp fantasy that laid the foundation for the heroic fantasy genre. Perfect for fans of epic battles, dark conspiracies, and timeless adventure.