The Double (Unabridged)
By: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Narrated by: Roger May
Length: 7 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
"The Double was published in 1846. A classic of doppelgänger literature, it is conidered one of Dostoyvesky's most significant shorter works. Our protagonist, Golyadkin senior, is persecuted by his double, Golyadkin junior, who resembles him closely in almost every detail. The latter abuses the former with mounting scorn and brutality as the... Read more
View audiobookThe Dream of a Ridiculous Man (Unabridged)
By: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Narrated by: Ben Allen
Length: 59 minutes
Abridged: No
While contemplating his life and deeming himself ridiculous, a man on the verge of suicide is interrupted by a young girl begging for his help. In his dark mood, he brushes her away, but when he returns home to commit the act he cannot move past his feelings of guilt over his treatment of the girl. The Dream of a Ridiculous Man was adapted into... Read more
View audiobookThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Unabridged)
By: Mark Twain
Narrated by: Nathan Osgood
Length: 7 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
Daring young Tom Sawyer is a hero to his friends and a torment to his relations. During one hot summer, Tom witnesses a murder, attends his own funeral, rescues an innocent man from the gallows, searches for treasure in a haunted house, foils a devilish plot and discovers a box of gold. But can he escape his nemesis, the villainous Injun Joe? Read more
View audiobookCrime 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
View audiobookThe Analects of Confucius (Unabridged)
By: Confucius
Narrated by: Malk Williams
Length: 3 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
The Analects are a collection of Confucius�s sayings brought together by his pupils shortly after his death in 497 BC. Together they express a philosophy, or a moral code, by which Confucius, one of the most humane thinkers of all time, believed everyone should live. Upholding the ideals of wisdom, self-knowledge, courage and love of one�s... Read more
View audiobookPersonal Recollections of Joan of Arc (Unabridged)
By: Mark Twain
Narrated by: Ian Porter
Length: 20 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
Presented as a translation by Jean Francois Alden of Joan of Arc's page and secretary the Sieur Louis de Conte's memoirs, Twain's Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc first appeared as a serial in Harper's Magazine beginning in April of 1895. It is a panorama of stirring scenes recount Joan's childhood in Domremy, the story of her voices, the... Read more
View audiobookThe Gilded Age (Unabridged)
By: Mark Twain
Narrated by: Nathan Osgood
Length: 17 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
One of the first major American novels to satirize the political milieu of Washington, and the wild speculation schemes that exploded across the nation in the years that followed the Civil War, The Gilded Age gave this remarkable era its name. This rollicking novel is rife with unscrupulous politicians, colourful plutocrats, and blindly... Read more
View audiobookEditorial Wild Oats (Unabridged)
By: Mark Twain
Narrated by: Kenneth Jay
Length: 1 hour 2 minutes
Abridged: No
Editorial Wild Oats is a classic collection of non-fiction, comedic essays from Mark Twain. It contains: My First Literary Venture Journalism in Tennessee Nicodemus Dodge Printer Mr. Bloke's Item How I Edited an Agricultural Paper The Killing of Julius Caesar 'Localized'. Read more
View audiobookOld Times on the Mississippi (Unabridged)
By: Mark Twain
Narrated by: Nathan Osgood
Length: 3 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
This is a rare non-fiction autobiographical story by Mark Twain in which he talks about his early days of riding on a steamboat throughout the Mississippi River. His experiences on this river would later help him write his famous fictional stories including the characters of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Read more
View audiobookNotes from the Underground (Unabridged)
By: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
Length: 4 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
Notes from the Underground is Dostoevsky�s early masterpiece and is one of the first examples of existentialist literature. Dostoevsky�s narrator is the anonymous voice of the masterful novella. Retired and isolated from society, he is bitter, contemptuous, and contemplative as he presents his anecdotes and philosophical outlooks. Presented as... Read more
View audiobookLord Jim
By: Joseph Conrad
Narrated by: Jason Smith (Male Synthesized Voice)
Length: 12 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
"Lord Jim" is a novel by Joseph Conrad, originally published as a serial in Blackwood's Magazine from 1899 to 1900 and later as a book in 1900. The novel is a complex exploration of honor, guilt, and redemption through the story of Jim, a young British seaman. Jim dreams of being a hero but is faced with a critical test when he abandons a ship... Read more
View audiobookTess Of The D'ubervilles
By: Thomas Hardy
Narrated by: Jason Smith (Male Synthesized Voice)
Length: 13 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
"Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented" is a novel by Thomas Hardy, first published in 1891. The novel explores the life of Tess Durbeyfield, a young woman from a rural working-class family who is sent to claim kinship with the wealthy d'Urberville family. Tess's life is forever changed by this connection, leading to a... Read more
View audiobookThe Mill on the Floss
By: George Eliot & (Mary Ann Evans)
Narrated by: Jason Smith (Male Synthesized Voice)
Length: 18 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
"The Mill on the Floss," published in 1860, is a novel by George Eliot (the pen name of Mary Ann Evans). It is a poignant portrayal of Victorian England and captures the complexities of family dynamics, societal expectations, and personal aspirations. The story centers on Maggie Tulliver, a passionate and intelligent woman struggling to satisfy... Read more
View audiobookBróðurdóttir amtmannsins
By: E. Marlitt
Narrated by: Hrafnhildur Halldórsdóttir
Length: 5 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
Þýskur verksmiðjueigandi fær óvæntan arf og skyndilega er allt breytt. Hann uppgötvar ánægjuna í einfaldleika lífsins og finnur á endanum ástina. Við sögu kemur amtmaður, sem er persónugervingur íhaldsseminnar, enda er sagan skrifuð sem ádeila á stéttaskiptingu í Þýskalandi á 19. öld.Bókin naut mikilla vinsælda á Íslandi áður fyrr sem hluti af... Read more
View audiobookThe Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle & John Scott
Narrated by: Caroline Fantozzi
Length: 1 hour 18 minutes
Abridged: No
In The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle, Sherlock Holmes is presented with a mysterious case involving a stolen gem. It all starts when Mr. Henry Baker arrives at 221b Baker Street to ask for help from Holmes and Watson. After hearing his story, they quickly set out on an adventure to figure out the mystery of who stole the precious blue jewel... Read more
View audiobookJames (Giacomo)
By: Italo Svevo
Narrated by: Gianluca Testa
Length: 15 minutes
Abridged: No
Giacomo is a farmer that the narrator meets during a walk in the Friuli countryside and who tells him his story. Every time Giacomo finds a job he protests and ends up launching into propaganda and debates to convince his fellow workers to demand optimal working conditions, always causing big problems for his employers. Not finding any more... Read more
View audiobookThe Benson Murder Case
By: S. S. Van Dine
Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
Length: 8 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
“Crimes possess all the basic factors of a work of art—approach, conception, technique, imagination, attack, method, and organization.”The Benson Murder Case introduces S. S. Van Dine’s brilliant and iconic detective to the world in one of the most popular detective novels of the twentieth century, inspired by the real-life murder of a famous... Read more
View audiobookThe Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
By: G.K. Chesterton
Narrated by: Jason Smith (Male Synthesized Voice)
Length: 5 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
"The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare" is a metaphysical thriller and allegorical novel by G.K. Chesterton, first published in 1908. The narrative follows Gabriel Syme, a poet who infiltrates a group of anarchists, each named after a day of the week, and is himself elected "Thursday". The book explores themes of order, chaos, and the nature of... Read more
View audiobookThe Rainbow
By: Yasunari Kawabata
Narrated by: Ami Okumura Jones
Length: 5 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
Available in English for the very first time, a powerful, poignant novel about three half sisters in post-war Japan, from the Nobel Prize-winning author of Snow Country.
With the Second World War only a few years in the past, and Japan still reeling from its effects, two sisters—born to the same father but different mothers—struggle to make sense... Read more
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea - Abridged
By: Jules Verne
Narrated by: Aria Mia Loberti
Length: 12 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: Yes
A luminous new recording of Jules Verne’s modern classic read by Aria Mia Loberti, star of Netflix’s limited series adaptation of All the Light We Cannot See“The year 1866 was signalized by a remarkable incident…Vessels had been met by ‘an enormous thing,’ a long object, spindle-shaped, occasionally phosphorescent, and infinitely larger and more... Read more
View audiobookStrohhalm, Kohle und Bohne - Märchenstunde, Folge 190 (Ungekürzt)
By: Brüder Grimm
Narrated by: Viola Gabor
Length: 28 minutes
Abridged: No
Strohhalm, Kohle und Bohne wollen reisen. Als sie an einen Bach kommen, legt sich der Strohhalm darüber, die Kohle will hinüber, aber verbrennt ihn, so dass beide umkommen. Die Bohne rutscht nach, quillt im Wasser auf und platzt. Ein Schneider näht sie zusammen. Seit dieser Zeit hätten alle Bohnen eine Naht. Read more
View audiobookThe Pilgrims Progress
By: John Bunyan
Narrated by: Jason Smith (Male Synthesized Voice)
Length: 8 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
"The Pilgrim's Progress" by John Bunyan is one of the most important works of English literature. Initially published in 1678, this religious allegory details the journey of the protagonist, Christian, from his hometown to the Celestial City. Along the way, Christian encounters various symbolic characters and obstacles that represent the trials... Read more
View audiobookSwann's Way
By: Marcel Proust
Narrated by: Jason Smith (Male Synthesized Voice)
Length: 17 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
"Swann's Way" is the first volume of Marcel Proust's seminal work, "In Search of Lost Time" (À la recherche du temps perdu), originally published in 1913. It introduces readers to the themes that Proust explores throughout the series: involuntary memory, love, art, and the interplay between perception and reality. The novel is known for its... Read more
View audiobookSivagamiyin Sabatham Part 1
By: Kalki
Narrated by: Deepika Arun
Length: 6 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
'Sivagamiyin Sabadham' is a historical Tamil novel set in 7th century South India. The struggle for supremacy between the Chalukya Emperor, Pulikesi II, and the Pallava Emperor, Mahendra Varmar and at a later stage, his son, Narasimha Varmar, forms the core of the novel.
அமரர் கல்கி எழுதிய அற்புத வரலாற்றுப் புதினம் ‘சிவகாமியின் சபதம்’. பல்லவ... Read more