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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Wuthering Heights
- An Audible Exclusive Performance
- By: Emily Brontë, Ann Dinsdale - introduction
- Narrated by: Joanne Froggatt, Rachel Atkins - introduction
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall571
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Performance515
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Story513
A passionate tale of a chaotic and often violent love, Wuthering Heights takes the listener on a journey through one man's lustful hunt for revenge....
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Talented narration by Joanne Froggatt
- By Akira on 03-12-2022
By: Emily Brontë, and others
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Wuthering Heights
- Penguin Classics
- By: Emily Brontë
- Narrated by: Aimee Lou Wood, Kristin Atherton
- Length: 13 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall18
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Performance17
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Story17
Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Aimee Lou Wood, star of Netflix's Sex Education. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Pauline Nestor. Lockwood, the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange on the bleak Yorkshire moors, is forced to seek shelter one night...
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Eternal love, eternal pain
- By Juy Hepner on 30-01-2022
By: Emily Brontë
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The Alchemist
- A Fable About Following Your Dream
- By: Paulo Coelho
- Narrated by: Jeremy Irons
- Length: 4 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4,358
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Performance3,771
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Story3,763
AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER OVER 120 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE PUBLISHED IN 89 LANGUAGES “Teaches us about dreams, destiny, and the reason we are all here.”—Oprah Daily, “Best Self-Help Books of a Generation” A spellbinding audio presentation of the extraordinary bestseller...
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wouldn't recommend
- By Larissa on 04-09-2017
By: Paulo Coelho
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Dune
- By: Frank Herbert
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, Orlagh Cassidy, Euan Morton, and others
- Length: 21 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6,233
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Performance5,481
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Story5,484
Long-listed, Audible.com Best of the Year, 2007 Long-listed, Audible.com 100 Audible Essentials, 2007 Audie Award winner, 2008 NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE directed by Denis Villeneuve, starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh...
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Poor performance of an exceptional book
- By Ben on 22-07-2015
By: Frank Herbert
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The Silmarillion
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien - editor
- Narrated by: Andy Serkis
- Length: 19 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall141
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Performance120
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Story120
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 tales of The Silmarillion are set...
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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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The Jane Austen Collection
- An Audible Original Drama
- By: Jane Austen
- Narrated by: Claire Foy, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Billie Piper, and others
- Length: 45 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall796
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Performance717
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Story712
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....
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This Wrongly claims to be the unabridged version
- By Ailsa on 25-01-2021
By: Jane Austen
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Wuthering Heights
- An Audible Exclusive Performance
- By: Emily Brontë, Ann Dinsdale - introduction
- Narrated by: Joanne Froggatt, Rachel Atkins - introduction
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall571
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Performance515
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Story513
A passionate tale of a chaotic and often violent love, Wuthering Heights takes the listener on a journey through one man's lustful hunt for revenge....
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Talented narration by Joanne Froggatt
- By Akira on 03-12-2022
By: Emily Brontë, and others
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Wuthering Heights
- Penguin Classics
- By: Emily Brontë
- Narrated by: Aimee Lou Wood, Kristin Atherton
- Length: 13 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall18
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Performance17
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Story17
Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Aimee Lou Wood, star of Netflix's Sex Education. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Pauline Nestor. Lockwood, the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange on the bleak Yorkshire moors, is forced to seek shelter one night...
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Eternal love, eternal pain
- By Juy Hepner on 30-01-2022
By: Emily Brontë
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The Alchemist
- A Fable About Following Your Dream
- By: Paulo Coelho
- Narrated by: Jeremy Irons
- Length: 4 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4,358
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Performance3,771
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Story3,763
AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER OVER 120 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE PUBLISHED IN 89 LANGUAGES “Teaches us about dreams, destiny, and the reason we are all here.”—Oprah Daily, “Best Self-Help Books of a Generation” A spellbinding audio presentation of the extraordinary bestseller...
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wouldn't recommend
- By Larissa on 04-09-2017
By: Paulo Coelho
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Dune
- By: Frank Herbert
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, Orlagh Cassidy, Euan Morton, and others
- Length: 21 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6,233
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Performance5,481
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Story5,484
Long-listed, Audible.com Best of the Year, 2007 Long-listed, Audible.com 100 Audible Essentials, 2007 Audie Award winner, 2008 NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE directed by Denis Villeneuve, starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh...
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Poor performance of an exceptional book
- By Ben on 22-07-2015
By: Frank Herbert
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The Silmarillion
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien - editor
- Narrated by: Andy Serkis
- Length: 19 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall141
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Performance120
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Story120
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 tales of The Silmarillion are set...
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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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The Jane Austen Collection
- An Audible Original Drama
- By: Jane Austen
- Narrated by: Claire Foy, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Billie Piper, and others
- Length: 45 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall796
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Performance717
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Story712
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....
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This Wrongly claims to be the unabridged version
- By Ailsa on 25-01-2021
By: Jane Austen
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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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Overall943
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Performance868
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Story869
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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The Ultimate Classics Collection – Volume One: 15 Novels from Dostoyevsky, Dickens, Tolstoy, Melville, Brontë, & More
- The Brothers Karamazov, Great Expectations, Moby Dick, The Call of the Wild, The Castle, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Middlemarch, War and Peace, Wuthering Heights, & More
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, and others
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry, Adjoa Andoh, David Rintoul, and others
- Length: 272 hrs and 9 mins
- Highlights
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Overall2
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Performance2
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Story2
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.
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272 hours of perfectly performed classics
- By James on 01-03-2025
By: Arthur Conan Doyle, and others
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Catherine: A Retelling of Wuthering Heights
- By: Essie Fox
- Narrated by: Isabel Caswell
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Story0
With a nature as wild as the moors she loves to roam, Catherine Earnshaw grows up alongside Heathcliff, a foundling her father rescued from the streets of Liverpool. Their fierce, untamed bond deepens as they grow – until Mr Earnshaw's death leaves Hindley, Catherine's brutal brother, in control.
By: Essie Fox
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Wuthering Heights
- By: Emily Brontë
- Narrated by: Selena Simmons
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Story1
Wuthering Heights is Emily Brontë's only novel. It was first published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell, and a posthumous second edition was...
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Skips big chunks of book text
- By Maria Kovaleva on 17-02-2026
By: Emily Brontë
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Dune Messiah
- Book Two in the Dune Chronicles
- By: Frank Herbert
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, Euan Morton, Simon Vance, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,570
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Performance1,364
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Story1,366
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...
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Better than the first Dune book
- By Anonymous on 26-12-2020
By: Frank Herbert
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Zorba the Greek
- By: Nikos Kazantzakis
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall68
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Performance63
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Story63
A wonderful tale of a young man’s coming of age, Zorba the Greek has been a classic of world literature since it was first translated into English in 1952 ....
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so dated
- By Elizabeth on 23-04-2025
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Crime and Punishment
- Penguin Classics
- By: Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Oliver Ready - translator
- Narrated by: Don Warrington
- Length: 25 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall38
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Performance32
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Story32
Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Don Warrington, known for his roles in Death in Paradise and The Five as well as his multiple Shakespearean performances. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Oliver Ready. 'A truly great translation . . . This...
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A classic
- By David Graieg on 31-10-2020
By: Fyodor Dostoyevsky, and others
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Brave New World
- By: Aldous Huxley
- Narrated by: Michael York
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall1,700
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Performance1,480
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Story1,474
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 on 07-02-2019
By: Aldous Huxley
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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
- Unabridged
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Overall48
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Performance40
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Story40
Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Luke Thompson, best known for his role in the hit Netflix drama Bridgerton. This definitive recording includes an introduction by David McDuff. The murder of brutal landowner Fyodor Karamazov changes the lives of his sons...
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Bravo to a classic!
- By JJ Nuttall on 06-07-2022
By: Fyodor Dostoyevsky, and others
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Fahrenheit 451
- A Novel
- By: Ray Bradbury
- Narrated by: Penn Badgley
- Length: 4 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall20
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Performance17
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Story17
A new recording of Ray Bradbury’s timeless classic Fahrenheit 451 narrated by Penn Badgley! 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...
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What a thought provoking enjoyable read. Wonderful work.
- By Kindle Customer on 30-01-2026
By: Ray Bradbury
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Slaughterhouse-Five
- By: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrated by: James Franco
- Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall829
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Performance738
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Story738
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....
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Excellent detail and black humour
- By Cyndi on 19-05-2016
By: Kurt Vonnegut
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The Odyssey
- Audible Iliad & Odyssey, Book 2
- By: Homer, Emily Wilson - translator
- Narrated by: Claire Danes
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall150
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Performance141
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Story141
A lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer’s “nimble gallop” and brings an ancient epic to new life....
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ridiculous 3 hour introduction
- By Anonymous on 12-02-2020
By: Homer, and others
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The Master and Margarita
- By: Mikhail Bulgakov
- Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt
- Length: 16 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall209
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Performance184
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Story185
The Devil comes to Moscow; but he isn't all bad. Pontius Pilate sentences a charismatic leader to his death, but yearns for redemption. And a writer tries to destroy his greatest tale....
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Masterpiece
- By Rayan on 11-09-2020
By: Mikhail Bulgakov
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Firefly Lane
- A Novel
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
- Length: 17 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall346
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Performance320
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Story319
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....
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Page turner for so many pages
- By Anonymous on 28-02-2023
By: Kristin Hannah
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- A Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisation
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Peter Woodthorpe, Ian Holm, Robert Stephens, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall211
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Performance188
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Story185
With its first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on March 8, 1981, this dramatised tale of Middle Earth became an instant global classic. It boasts a truly outstanding cast including Ian Holm (as Frodo), Michael Hordern (as Gandalf), Robert Stephens (as Aragorn), Bill Nighy (as Sam Gamgee) and John Le...
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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 Old Man and the Sea
- By: Ernest Hemingway
- Narrated by: Donald Sutherland
- Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall522
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Performance446
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Story447
2007 Audie Award Finalist for Solo Narration—Male The last novel Ernest Hemingway saw published, The Old Man and the Sea has proved itself to be one of the most enduring works of American fiction. It is the story of an old Cuban fisherman, down on his luck, and his supreme ordeal: a relentless...
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Character building
- By Damien Carson on 16-10-2018
By: Ernest Hemingway
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One Hundred Years of Solitude
- By: Gabriel García Márquez, Gregory Rabassa - translator
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 14 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall277
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Performance237
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Story236
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....
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Oh for Armando Duran...
- By Kim on 06-09-2018
By: Gabriel García Márquez, and others
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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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Overall871
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Performance756
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Story756
The sand-blasted world of Arrakis has become green, watered, and fertile. Old Paul Atreides, who led the desert Fremen to political and religious domination of the galaxy, is gone. But for the children of Dune, the very blossoming of their land contains the seeds of its own destruction. The...
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A solid instalment
- By Anonymous on 26-12-2020
By: Frank Herbert
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Roadside Picnic
- By: Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky
- Narrated by: Robert Forster
- Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall183
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Performance151
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Story151
Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those young rebels who are compelled, in spite of extreme danger, to venture illegally into the Zone to collect the mysterious artifacts that the alien visitors left scattered around. His life is dominated by the place and the thriving black market in the alien...
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A classic this is not
- By Anonymous on 24-09-2019
By: Arkady Strugatsky, and others
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Wuthering Heights
- By: Emily Brontë
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 13 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall41
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Performance40
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Story39
Prepare to be as swept up and buffeted by the extraordinary power of Brontë's storytelling as Cathy and Heathcliff are by the winds of Wuthering Heights....
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Withering Heights
- By carolin ellwood on 20-01-2026
By: Emily Brontë
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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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Overall2,326
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Performance2,132
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Story2,127
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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Wonderful reading of a gorgeous book
- By Belinda on 23-08-2016
By: Jane Austen
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The Game of Life and How to Play It
- By: Florence Scovel Shinn
- Narrated by: Rosemary Benson
- Length: 2 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall94
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Performance79
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Story78
Through stories of real-life situations and biblical tenets, Shinn teaches that the empowering use of positive attitude and affirmations can create a path to wealth....
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Feeling Blessed to know the truth!
- By maria loper on 02-08-2020
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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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Overall329
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Performance283
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Story285
Ernest Hemingway's masterpiece on war, love, loyalty, and honor tells the story of Robert Jordan, an antifascist American fighting in the Spanish Civil War. In 1937 Ernest Hemingway traveled to Spain to cover the civil war there for the North American Newspaper Alliance. Three years later he...
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Recommend
- By Rudu on 02-10-2018
By: Ernest Hemingway
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Heretics of Dune
- Dune Chronicles, Book 5
- By: Frank Herbert
- Narrated by: Simon Vance, Scott Brick
- Length: 18 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall333
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Performance281
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Story281
Heretics of Dune, the fifth installment in Frank Herbert's classic sci-fi series. On Arrakis, now called Rakis, known to legend as Dune, 10 times 10 centuries have passed. The planet is becoming desert again. The Lost Ones are returning home from the far reaches of space. The great sandworms are...
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Solid Dune book
- By patrick on 05-04-2016
By: Frank Herbert
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Heathcliff
- A Wuthering Heights Story
- By: Gracie Oddie-James
- Narrated by: Daryl McCormack, Charlie Rowe, Sagar Radia, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall2
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Performance2
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Story2
The Heathcliff we know is obsessive, possessive and cruel, bound and beholden to his childhood love and would-be soulmate Catherine, and their home at Wuthering Heights. But before his descent into monstrous revenge, there were three missing years. A time of possibility, freedom and a different kind of love… With Cathy’s rejection burning hot in his ears, Heathcliff flees the moors and arrives in London, seeking distraction and oblivion...
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Bibliothek Europa - Aufbruch ins Heute
- Meisterwerke der europäischen Literatur und Philosophie.
- By: Franz Kafka, Sophokles, Sven Görtz, and others
- Narrated by: Sven Görtz, Jürgen Fritsche
- Length: 62 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Charles Dickens ist ein Könner der Unterhaltung mit Tiefgang, Humor und kritischem Engagement, sein Roman „Oliver Twist", vielfach verfilmt, bleibt ein Standardwerk der Moderne. Das gilt auch für das naturalistische Drama „Fräulein Julie" von August Strindberg aus dem Jahr 1888, in dem der Schwede den Sprengstoff des Herzens und den Sprengstoff des Klassenkampfes auf der Bühne explodieren lässt.
By: Franz Kafka, and others
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Catherine: A Retelling of Wuthering Heights
- By: Essie Fox
- Narrated by: Isabel Caswell
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance0
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With a nature as wild as the moors she loves to roam, Catherine Earnshaw grows up alongside Heathcliff, a foundling her father rescued from the streets of Liverpool. Their fierce, untamed bond deepens as they grow – until Mr Earnshaw's death leaves Hindley, Catherine's brutal brother, in control and Heathcliff reduced to servitude. Desperate to protect him, Catherine turns to Edgar Linton, the handsome heir to Thrushcross Grange. She believes his wealth might free Heathcliff from cruelty – but her choice is fatally misunderstood.
By: Essie Fox
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Classic Love Stories: A BBC Radio Drama Collection
- 12 Full-Cast Dramatisations including Wuthering Heights, now a major film
- By: Leo Tolstoy, Charlotte Brönte, Gustave Flaubert, and others
- Narrated by: Vanessa Kirby, Tom Burke, Rory Kinnear, and others
- Length: 27 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Twelve dramatisations of the best love stories ever written, performed by star casts Treat yourself to this stunning collection of classic stories of love, loss, obstacles overcome and desperate attraction. This is a beautiful, moving and at times thrilling listen which takes you on a journey...
By: Leo Tolstoy, and others
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Animal Farm
- The Masterpiece of Dystopian Fiction: A Chilling Tale of Revolution and the Corruption of Ideals
- By: George Orwell
- Narrated by: Diogenes Dreamer
- Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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In Animal Farm, George Orwell delivers a biting satire that has shaped the political consciousness of generations. It begins with a stirring rebellion: the animals of Manor Farm rise up to claim their independence. But as the intelligent pigs take the mantle of leadership, the initial spirit of equality is replaced by a hierarchy of deceit.
By: George Orwell
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1984 & Animal Farm: The Essential George Orwell Box Set
- A Chilling Vision of Big Brother, Political Satire & the Struggle for Freedom
- By: George Orwell
- Narrated by: Diogenes Dreamer
- Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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George Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm are not merely novels; they are the definitive sociopolitical manifestos of the 20th century. In this essential collection, experience the full force of Orwell's legacy as he dissects the mechanisms of totalitarianism and the terrifying ease with which truth is manufactured.
By: George Orwell
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Heathcliff
- A Wuthering Heights Story
- By: Gracie Oddie-James
- Narrated by: Daryl McCormack, Charlie Rowe, Sagar Radia, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall2
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Performance2
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Story2
The Heathcliff we know is obsessive, possessive and cruel, bound and beholden to his childhood love and would-be soulmate Catherine, and their home at Wuthering Heights. But before his descent into monstrous revenge, there were three missing years. A time of possibility, freedom and a different kind of love… With Cathy’s rejection burning hot in his ears, Heathcliff flees the moors and arrives in London, seeking distraction and oblivion...
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Bibliothek Europa - Aufbruch ins Heute
- Meisterwerke der europäischen Literatur und Philosophie.
- By: Franz Kafka, Sophokles, Sven Görtz, and others
- Narrated by: Sven Görtz, Jürgen Fritsche
- Length: 62 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Story0
Charles Dickens ist ein Könner der Unterhaltung mit Tiefgang, Humor und kritischem Engagement, sein Roman „Oliver Twist", vielfach verfilmt, bleibt ein Standardwerk der Moderne. Das gilt auch für das naturalistische Drama „Fräulein Julie" von August Strindberg aus dem Jahr 1888, in dem der Schwede den Sprengstoff des Herzens und den Sprengstoff des Klassenkampfes auf der Bühne explodieren lässt.
By: Franz Kafka, and others
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Catherine: A Retelling of Wuthering Heights
- By: Essie Fox
- Narrated by: Isabel Caswell
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Story0
With a nature as wild as the moors she loves to roam, Catherine Earnshaw grows up alongside Heathcliff, a foundling her father rescued from the streets of Liverpool. Their fierce, untamed bond deepens as they grow – until Mr Earnshaw's death leaves Hindley, Catherine's brutal brother, in control and Heathcliff reduced to servitude. Desperate to protect him, Catherine turns to Edgar Linton, the handsome heir to Thrushcross Grange. She believes his wealth might free Heathcliff from cruelty – but her choice is fatally misunderstood.
By: Essie Fox
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Classic Love Stories: A BBC Radio Drama Collection
- 12 Full-Cast Dramatisations including Wuthering Heights, now a major film
- By: Leo Tolstoy, Charlotte Brönte, Gustave Flaubert, and others
- Narrated by: Vanessa Kirby, Tom Burke, Rory Kinnear, and others
- Length: 27 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Twelve dramatisations of the best love stories ever written, performed by star casts Treat yourself to this stunning collection of classic stories of love, loss, obstacles overcome and desperate attraction. This is a beautiful, moving and at times thrilling listen which takes you on a journey...
By: Leo Tolstoy, and others
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Animal Farm
- The Masterpiece of Dystopian Fiction: A Chilling Tale of Revolution and the Corruption of Ideals
- By: George Orwell
- Narrated by: Diogenes Dreamer
- Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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In Animal Farm, George Orwell delivers a biting satire that has shaped the political consciousness of generations. It begins with a stirring rebellion: the animals of Manor Farm rise up to claim their independence. But as the intelligent pigs take the mantle of leadership, the initial spirit of equality is replaced by a hierarchy of deceit.
By: George Orwell
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1984 & Animal Farm: The Essential George Orwell Box Set
- A Chilling Vision of Big Brother, Political Satire & the Struggle for Freedom
- By: George Orwell
- Narrated by: Diogenes Dreamer
- Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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George Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm are not merely novels; they are the definitive sociopolitical manifestos of the 20th century. In this essential collection, experience the full force of Orwell's legacy as he dissects the mechanisms of totalitarianism and the terrifying ease with which truth is manufactured.
By: George Orwell
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1984
- The Ultimate Dystopian Classic: A Chilling Vision of Totalitarianism, Mass Surveillance, and the Erosion of Truth
- By: George Orwell
- Narrated by: Diogenes Dreamer
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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George Orwell’s 1984 brings renewed clarity to a world defined by surveillance, manipulation, and the suffocation of individuality. In this unforgettable vision of the future, citizens live under constant watch. Truth is no longer a shared foundation—it is whatever the Party declares it to be.
By: George Orwell
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Dyster cypres
- By: Agatha Christie, Michael Alring - Übersetzer
- Narrated by: Louise Davidsen
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Et anonymt brev fører til en retssag mod Ellinor Carlisle, der står anklaget for et mord, som hun resolut erklærer sig uskyldig i. Nøglen til sagen ligger i brevet, som har lokket Ellinor og hendes forlovede langt ud på landet til hendes døende tantes store, forfaldne hus, hvor den smukke unge Mary Gerrard ifølge brevet forsøger at fedte sig ind hos den gamle for at komme med i hendes testamente. Da Mary findes død, falder mistanken straks på Ellinor. Hercule Poirot bliver sat på sagen, og han er langt fra overbevist om, at politiet har fundet den rigtige morder.
By: Agatha Christie, and others
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Der Prozess
- Spannend nacherzählt in 20 Minuten
- By: Franz Kafka
- Narrated by: Georg Elmenhorst
- Length: 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Eines Tages wird Josef K. verhaftet – ohne Anklage, ohne Erklärung, ohne Schuld. Was folgt, ist ein Albtraum aus undurchsichtigen Behörden, endlosen Verhören und einer Macht, die niemand greifen kann. Ein Hörbuch über Angst, Schuld und das Gefühl, ausgeliefert zu sein – erschreckend aktuell und zeitlos zugleich.
By: Franz Kafka
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The Collected Short Stories of Algernon Blackwood
- The Willows, The Wendigo, Sand, The Garden of Survival, The Glamour of the Snow, The Insanity of Jones, The Man Who Found Out and The Man Whom the Trees Loved
- By: Algernon Blackwood
- Narrated by: Rory Young, Alex Freeman, Charles Robert Fox, and others
- Length: 15 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Enter the strange, whispering world of Algernon Blackwood, one of the most influential masters of supernatural and cosmic horror. The Collected Short Stories of Algernon Blackwood brings together some of his most enduring and unsettling works—stories where nature itself becomes conscious, hostile, and profoundly unknowable.
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Bibliothek Europa - Dein Leben im Blick
- Meisterwerke der europäischen Literatur und Philosophie.
- By: Platon, Sven Görtz, Herman Bang, and others
- Narrated by: Sven Görtz, Jürgen Fritsche
- Length: 29 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Charles Dickens ist ein Könner der Unterhaltung mit Tiefgang, Humor und kritischem Engagement, sein Roman „Oliver Twist", vielfach verfilmt, bleibt ein Standardwerk der Moderne. Wenn junger Geist mit Rebellenmut zusammentrifft, dann kommt bisweilen ein Bühnendrama mit expressiver Schlagkraft heraus – so geschehen mit „Die Räuber" von Friedrich Schiller, ein Gründungswerk des Sturm und Drang.
By: Platon, and others
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Bibliothek Europa - Zeiten und Leben
- Meisterwerke der europäischen Literatur und Philosophie.
- By: Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, H. G. Wells, Sven Görtz, and others
- Narrated by: Sven Görtz, Tim Eriksson, Jürgen Fritsche
- Length: 31 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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In seinem modernen Klassiker der Science-Fiction-Literatur Die Zeitmaschine wagt H.G. Wells einen Blick in die ferne Zukunft unserer Welt, und was sein Protagonist erlebt, ist nicht nur erfreulich, aber auch nicht hoffnungslos. Seit vielen Jahren zählt Woyzeck von Georg Büchner zu den meistgespielten Theaterstücken auf deutschsprachigen Bühnen, ebenso vielfach verfilmt und multimedial adaptiert – kein Wunder: Das Drama um einen von gesellschaftlichen Erniedrigungen gequälten einfachen Mann ist so zeitlos wie das Leben selbst.
By: Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, and others
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Bibliothek Europa - Wer wir sind
- Meisterwerke der europäischen Literatur und Philosophie.
- By: Franz Kafka, Sven Görtz, Balthasar Gracián, and others
- Narrated by: Sven Görtz, Jürgen Fritsche
- Length: 29 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Dass es in der Welt der durchorganisierten Gesellschaft zugeht wie in einem geordneten Irrenhaus, in dem die Momente des Zufalls, der Willkür und der belanglosen Gründlichkeit geheimen Gesetzen und Mustern folgen, die uns martern und entfremden, offenbart uns Franz Kafka mit seinem Roman „Der Prozess". Das Drama „Hamlet" von William Shakespeare zeigt einen Menschen in tiefer Krise seiner Existenz und spart dabei weder an Gruseleffekten, Humor, Philosophie oder Liebestragik.
By: Franz Kafka, and others
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R.D Wingfield: Nightmare and Other Thrillers
- 13 Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramas
- By: R.D Wingfield
- Narrated by: Nigel Havers, Andrew Sachs, Frances Jeater, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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A collection of vintage thrillers from popular crime writer RD Wingfield Well known as the creator of Inspector Jack Frost, RD Wingfield scripted numerous twisty, suspenseful dramas for BBC Radio between 1968 and 1995. Many of the thirteen tales in this collection were originally thought to be...
By: R.D Wingfield
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Erlesene Erzählungen
- By: Maurice Maeterlinck
- Narrated by: Friedrich Frieden
- Length: 4 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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In den Tiefen der Materie legt Maeterlinck eine erfrischende Leichtigkeit an den Tag, innerhalb derer gesellschaftliche, historische und künstlerische, aber auch allgemeine und spezifische Gegenstände mit prosaischer Eleganz und schmunzelndem Lächeln abgearbeitet werden. Man ist sich nicht immer sicher, ob dieser Art Wechselspiel von Erkenntnis und unmittelbar folgender Relativierung die Absicht zu Grunde liegt, die Realität möglichst vieler Perspektiven zu verdeutlichen: vielleicht ja, vielleicht nein, vielleicht teilweise.
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Maria Stuart
- Spannend nacherzählt, Band 5
- By: Friedrich Schiller, Georg Elmenhorst
- Narrated by: Georg Elmenhorst
- Length: 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Friedrich Schillers Drama Maria Stuart erzählt vom Machtkampf zweier Königinnen, von politischem Kalkül, persönlicher Schuld und der Frage nach moralischer Verantwortung. Im Mittelpunkt stehen Maria Stuart, die gefangene schottische Königin, und Elisabeth I. von England, deren Entscheidungen über Leben und Tod bestimmen. Die Nacherzählung folgt dem dramatischen Verlauf des Originals, macht die politischen und persönlichen Konflikte klar nachvollziehbar und bewahrt die emotionale Intensität des Stücks – auch für Hörerinnen und Hörer ohne Vorkenntnisse.
By: Friedrich Schiller, and others
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Alexander in Babylon
- By: Jakob Wassermann
- Narrated by: Jonas Falkenberg
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Im Frühling des Jahres 324 v. Chr. erreicht Alexander mit den Resten seines Heeres Susa. Alexander hält ein fürchterliches Strafgericht unter Statthaltern, Richtern und Steuerverwaltern ab, die seine lange Abwesenheit in Indien zur Bereicherung ausgenutzt hatten. Auch das Diadem aus dem Kyrosgrab wurde gestohlen. Der Dieb befindet sich noch unentdeckt mitten im Heer.
By: Jakob Wassermann
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Schachnovelle
- Spannend nacherzählt, Band 8
- By: Stefan Zweig, Georg Elmenhorst
- Narrated by: Georg Elmenhorst
- Length: 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Stefan Zweigs »Schachnovelle« ist eine eindringliche Erzählung über Isolation, geistigen Widerstand und die zerstörerische Kraft des Denkens. Diese Hörbuchfassung erzählt die Handlung konzentriert, klar und spannungsvoll in nur 25 Minuten nach. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Begegnung zwischen dem weltberühmten Schachweltmeister Czentovic und einem geheimnisvollen Mitreisenden auf einem Ozeandampfer.
By: Stefan Zweig, and others
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Emilia Galotti
- Spannend nacherzählt in 20 Minuten
- By: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Georg Elmenhorst
- Narrated by: Georg Elmenhorst
- Length: 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Ein junges Mädchen. Ein mächtiger Prinz. Eine Liebe, die im Schatten der Willkür zerbricht. In dieser verdichteten Nacherzählung wird Emilia Galotti zu einem fesselnden Drama über Macht, Moral und Ohnmacht – klar, konzentriert und emotional zugespitzt. Die berühmte Geschichte um die tugendhafte Emilia, den begehrenden Fürsten und einen Vater, der vor einer unvorstellbaren Entscheidung steht, wurde neu erzählt: verständlich, temporeich und ohne den Kern des Originals zu verfälschen.
By: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, and others
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Delitto e Castigo
- By: Fëdor Dostoevskij
- Narrated by: Francesco Ventura
- Length: 21 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Attraverso la tormentata vicenda di Rodion Raskol'nikov, Dostoevskij esplora il confine sottile tra colpa e redenzione, orgoglio e pietà, ragione e follia. In questo audiolibro, la narrazione accompagna l'ascoltatore nella San Pietroburgo soffocante e febbrile del romanzo, restituendo tutta la tensione psicologica, il dramma morale e la profondità filosofica dell'opera.
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Canasta de cuentos mexicanos
- By: B. Traven
- Narrated by: José Manuel Rincón
- Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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B. Traven, nacido en Alemania, vivió más de la mitad de su vida en México y sintió gran admiración por su gente. Canasta de cuentos mexicanos es un testimonio de ello a través de diez cuentos que retratan las costumbres, ideas y conflictos del país durante la primera mitad del siglo XX.
By: B. Traven
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Der zerbrochene Krug
- Nacherzählung in 25 Minuten
- By: Heinrich von Kleist, Georg Elmenhorst
- Narrated by: Georg Elmenhorst
- Length: 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Missverständnisse, Vertuschungen, peinliche Ausreden – Kleists Gerichtskomödie gehört zu den brillantesten Stücken der deutschen Literatur. Diese 25-Minuten-Nacherzählung bringt alles Wesentliche auf den Punkt: den verschmitzten Dorfrichter Adam, der über seine eigenen Verfehlungen stolpert, die klugen Frauen des Dorfs, die ihn immer weiter in die Enge treiben, und die zeitlose Komik eines Falls, der nie hätte vor Gericht landen dürfen. Prägnant, verständlich, pointiert – und dennoch voller Atmosphäre.
By: Heinrich von Kleist, and others
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Mario und der Zauberer
- Spannend nacherzählt in 25 Minuten
- By: Thomas Mann
- Narrated by: Georg Elmenhorst
- Length: 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Ein Sommer in Italien. Eine scheinbar harmlose Zaubershow. Ein Abend, der eskaliert. Ein deutscher Urlaubsort gerät unter den Einfluss des unheimlichen Magiers Cipolla. Mit Wortgewalt und psychologischer Manipulation zwingt er sein Publikum in die Knie – bis der junge Kellner Mario eine Grenze überschreitet, die niemand für möglich gehalten hätte.
By: Thomas Mann
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Woyzeck
- Spannend nacherzählt in 25 Minuten
- By: Georg Büchner, Georg Elmenhorst
- Narrated by: Georg Elmenhorst
- Length: 23 mins
- Unabridged
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In einer kraftvollen, atmosphärischen Nacherzählung erleben wir den Soldaten Woyzeck, der unter Armut, Demütigung und seelischem Druck immer weiter zerbricht. Der Hauptmann verspottet ihn, der Doktor missbraucht ihn für Experimente, und Marie – seine große Liebe – lässt sich vom Tambourmajor verführen. Was als stilles Leiden beginnt, steigert sich zu einem inneren Sturm, der Woyzeck schließlich in eine tragische, unausweichliche Tat treibt. Das Hörbuch konzentriert sich auf die emotionale Essenz des Dramas: soziale Not, psychische Zerrüttung und die zerstörerische Kraft von Eifersucht.
By: Georg Büchner, and others
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Der Sandmann
- By: E. T. A. Hoffmann
- Narrated by: Sven Görtz
- Length: 1 hr and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Im Zentrum steht Nathanael, der als Kind vom geheimnisvollen Sandmann heimgesucht wurde. Jahre später kehrt die unheimliche Figur in anderer Gestalt zurück – und zieht ihn in einen Strudel aus Obsession, Angst und Wahnsinn. Mit Der Sandmann schrieb E. T. A. Hoffmann eine der berühmtesten Erzählungen der deutschen Literatur – ein faszinierendes Spiel mit Wahn, Wirklichkeit und der Macht dunkler Kindheitsängste.
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Ilíada [The Iliad]
- Ilíada y Odisea 1
- By: Homero, Fernando Gutiérrez - translator
- Narrated by: Pedro Casablanc, Elsa Veiga
- Length: 17 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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La Ilíada es el poema más antiguo de la literatura occidental y está considerada como una de las grandes obras de nuestra tradición. Esta epopeya griega, que, como la Odisea, ha sido atribuida a Homero, es un canto al glorioso y trágico desenlace de la guerra de Troya. En la Antigüedad se consideraba que este poema se basaba en la historia real y que los personajes que aparecían en él eran un modelo de comportamiento y heroísmo.
By: Homero, and others
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König Ödipus
- Nacherzählt in 35 Minuten
- By: Sophokles, Georg Elmenhorst
- Narrated by: Georg Elmenhorst
- Length: 37 mins
- Unabridged
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In dieser konzentrierten Hörbuchfassung entfaltet sich die Tragödie des Ödipus mit packender Klarheit. Ohne Umwege führt die Erzählung durch die düstere Prophezeiung, den verzweifelten Kampf eines Königs gegen sein Schicksal und die erschütternde Aufdeckung einer Wahrheit, die sein Leben zerstört.
By: Sophokles, and others
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Hilperich
- By: Jakob Wassermann
- Narrated by: Jonas Falkenberg
- Length: 1 hr
- Unabridged
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Es handelt sich um eines seiner bekanntesten Werke aus dem frühen 20. Jahrhundert und setzt sich mit Themen wie Individualität, Ethik und gesellschaftlichen Spannungen auseinander. Kanzlist Johann Querschneider zu Nürnberg, ein seltsamer Kauz, ein Hungerleider doch nach Diogenes' Art, erzählt: Vierundzwanzig Jahre sind seit meines Vaters Tod verflossen.
By: Jakob Wassermann
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The Bottle Neck
- By: Hans Christian Andersen
- Narrated by: Mike Polischuk
- Length: 31 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Bottle Neck, Hans Christian Andersen tells a quietly extraordinary story through the long life of a simple object—a glass bottle that passes from celebration to ruin, from usefulness to neglect, and back again.
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Cakes and Ale
- By: William Somerset Maugham
- Narrated by: Chris MacDonnell
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Cakes and Ale is the novel that William Somerset Maugham said he wished to be remembered for. Published in 1930 and written in the first person singular, Maugham's narrator (and alter-ego) Ashenden exposes the disapproving, moral judgement made by conservative society on the character of Rosie Driffield and opines that it is unjustified.