Classics audiobooks

Crime and Punishment (Unabridged)

By: Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Narrated by: David Rintoul

Length: 22 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders through the slums of St Petersburg and commits a random murder without remorse or regret. He imagines himself to be a great man, a Napoleon: acting for a higher purpose beyond conventional moral law. But as he embarks on a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a suspicious police... Read more

Lolita

By: Vladimir Nabokov

Narrated by: Jeremy Irons

Length: 11 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The most famous and controversial novel from one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century tells the story of Humbert Humbert’s obsessive, devouring, and doomed passion for the nymphet Dolores Haze.

“The conjunction of a sense of humor with a sense of horror [results in] satire of a very special kind.”—The New Yorker

One of The Atlantic’s... Read more

Gravity's Rainbow

By: Thomas Pynchon

Narrated by: George Guidall

Length: 37 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the 1973 National Book Award, Gravity's Rainbow is a postmodern epic, a work as exhaustively significant to the second half of the twentieth century as Joyce's Ulysses was to the first. Its sprawling, encyclopedic narrative and penetrating analysis of the impact of technology on society make it an intellectual tour de force.

For more... Read more

Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson

Length: 12 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Miss Marple: The Complete Story Collection gathers together in one magnificent volume all of Agatha Christie’s short stories featuring her beloved intrepid investigator, Miss Marple. It’s an unparalleled compendium of murder, mayhem, mystery, and detection that represents some of the finest short form fiction in the crime fiction field, and is... Read more

Beowulf: A New Translation

By: Maria Dahvana Headley

Narrated by: JD Jackson & Maria Dahvana Headley

Length: 4 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

"Narrator JD Jackson addresses his listener as "bro" in this decidedly contemporary retelling of the classic saga...His brilliant performance captures all the artistry, wit, and immediacy of this fresh translation, and breathes new life into what for most has been a literary fossil." -- AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winner

A new,... Read more

Moby Dick

By: Herman Melville

Narrated by: Frank Muller

Length: 21 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Its famous opening line, "Call me Ishmael," dramatic in its stark simplicity, begins an epic that is widely regarded as the greatest novel ever written by an American. Labeled variously a realistic story of whaling, a romance of unusual adventure and eccentric characters, a symbolic allegory, and a drama of heroic conflict, Moby Dick is first... Read more

As I Lay Dying

By: William Faulkner

Narrated by: Various

Length: 6 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time

From the Modern Library’s new set of beautifully repackaged hardcover classics by William Faulkner—also available are Snopes, The Sound and the Fury, Light in August, Absalom, Absalom!, and Selected Short Stories

One of William Faulkner’s finest novels, As I Lay Dying,... Read more

Sense and Sensibility

By: Jane Austen

Narrated by: Nicola Coughlan

Length: 13 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

This Penguin Classic is performed by Nicola Coughlan, known for her starring roles as Clare Devlin in Derry Girls and Penelope Featherington in Bridgerton. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Ros Ballaster.

Jane Austen's subtle and witty novel of secrets and suppression, lies and seduction, brilliantly... Read more

March

By: Geraldine Brooks

Narrated by: Richard Easton

Length: 10 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize--a powerful love story set against the backdrop of the Civil War, from the author of The Secret Chord.

From Louisa May Alcott's beloved classic Little Women, Geraldine Brooks has animated the character of the absent father, March, and crafted a story "filled with the ache of love and marriage and with the power of war... Read more

Mythology

By: Edith Hamilton

Narrated by: Suzanne Toren

Length: 14 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Dive into the timeless tales of gods and heroes in this bestselling A-to-Z encyclopedia detailing classic myths and legends—perfect for curious readers and academics alike. Edith Hamilton's mythology succeeds like no other book in bringing to life for the modern reader the Greek, Roman and Norse myths that are the keystone of Western culture-the... Read more

Little Women

By: Louisa May Alcott

Narrated by: Susie Berneis

Length: 19 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Based loosely on Louisa May Alcott's own upbringing, Little Women follows the lives of four sisters - Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March. Each girl has a vision of what their ideal future will bring, though ultimately experiencing, as most young do, something completely different. Little Women, originally written as two volumes, was a great commercial... Read more

Absalom, Absalom!

By: William Faulkner

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 12 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

ABSALOM, ABSALOM! tells the story of Thomas Sutpen, the enigmatic stranger who came to Jefferson township in the early 1830s. With a French architect and a band of wild Haitians, he wrung a fabulous plantation out of the muddy bottoms of the north Mississippi wilderness.

Sutpen was a man, Faulker said, "who wanted sons and the sons destroyed... Read more

The Other Wind

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

Narrated by: Samuel Roukin

Length: 8 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

The sorcerer Alder fears sleep. The dead are pulling him to them at night. Through him they may free themselves and invade Earthsea. Alder seeks advice from Ged, once Archmage. Ged tells him to go to Tenar, Tehanu, and the young king at Havnor. They are joined by amber-eyed Irian, a fierce dragon able to assume the shape of a woman. The threat... Read more

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

By: Stephen Chbosky

Narrated by: Noah Galvin

Length: 6 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

“A timeless story for every young person who needs to understand that they are not alone.” —Judy Blume

“Once in a while, a novel comes along that becomes a generational touchstone. The Perks of Being a Wallflower is one of those books.” —R. J. Palacio, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wonder

This #1 New York Times bestselling... Read more

Our Spoons Came from Woolworths

By: Barbara Comyns

Narrated by: Madeleine Leslay

Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

´I defy anyone to read the opening pages and not to be drawn in, as I was... Quite simply, Comyns writes like no one else.´ - Maggie O'Farrell, author of "Hamnet". Pretty, unworldly Sophia is twenty-one years old and hastily married to a young painter called Charles. An artist's model with an eccentric collection of pets, she is ill-equipped to... Read more

The Secret Garden

By: Frances Hodgson Burnett

Narrated by: Tamaryn Payne

Length: 8 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Told in the beautiful and charming words of Frances Hodgson Burnett, this classic children’s tale of redemption and transformation is full of so many priceless lessons.  After losing both of her parents, young Mary Lennox is sent from the lively and bustling world of India to the cold and secretive manor of an aloof relative in England.  On her... Read more

Flowers in the Attic

By: V.C. Andrews

Narrated by: Mena Suvari

Length: 15 hours

Abridged: No

Celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the enduring gothic masterpiece Flowers in the Attic—the unforgettable forbidden love story that earned V.C. Andrews a fiercely devoted fan base and became an international cult classic.

At the top of the stairs there are four secrets hidden—blond, innocent, and fighting for their lives…

They were a perfect... Read more

Foundation (Apple Series Tie-in Edition)

By: Isaac Asimov

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 8 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

The first novel in Isaac Asimov’s classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series

THE EPIC SAGA THAT INSPIRED THE APPLE TV+ SERIES FOUNDATION • Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read
 
For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. But only Hari Seldon, creator... Read more

The Pursuit of Love

By: Nancy Mitford

Narrated by: Bessie Carter

Length: 7 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Mitford's most enduringly popular novel, The Pursuit of Love is a classic comedy about growing up and falling in love among the privileged and eccentric.

Mitford modeled her characters on her own famously unconventional family. We are introduced to the Radletts through the eyes of their cousin Fanny, who stays with them at Alconleigh, their... Read more

The Razor's Edge

By: W. Somerset Maugham

Narrated by: Michael Page

Length: 11 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

A compelling novel of self-discovery and the search for meaning from the author of The Painted VeilThe Great War changed everything and everyone, and Larry Darrell is no exception. Though his physical wounds from the war heal, his spirit is changed almost beyond recognition. He leaves his betrothed, the beautiful and devoted Isabel; studies... Read more

East of Eden

By: John Steinbeck

Narrated by: Richard Poe

Length: 25 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

The masterpiece of Steinbeck’s later years, East of Eden is a sprawling epic in which Steinbeck created his most mesmerizing characters and explored his most enduring themes: the mystery of identity, the inexplicability of love, and the murderous consequences of love’s absence. Read more

Ulysses

By: James Joyce

Narrated by: Patrick Gibson

Length: 32 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

This Penguin Classic is performed by Patrick Gibson, known for his roles in The OA, The Tudors and The Passing Bells. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Declan Kiberd

'Everybody knows now that Ulysses is the greatest novel of the century' Anthony Burgess, Observer

Following the events of one single day... Read more

Ivanhoe

By: Sir Walter Scott

Narrated by: Simon Prebble

Length: 18 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

The epitome of the chivalric novel, Ivanhoe sweeps listeners into Medieval England and the lives of a memorable cast of characters. Ivanhoe, a trusted ally of Richard the Lion Hearted, returns from the Crusades to reclaim the inheritance his father denied him. Rebecca, a vibrant, beautiful Jewish woman, is defended by Ivanhoe against a charge of... Read more

The Chocolate War

By: Robert Cormier

Narrated by: Frank Muller

Length: 5 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the most controversial YA novels of all time, The Chocolate War is a modern masterpiece that speaks to fans of S. E. Hinton’s The Outsiders and John Knowles’s A Separate Peace.
 
After suffering rejection from seven major publishers, The Chocolate War made its debut in 1974, and quickly became a bestselling—and provocative—classic for... Read more