Classics audiobooks

Point Counter Point

By: Aldous Huxley

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki

Length: 20 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

“Everybody strains after happiness, and the result is that nobody’s happy.”In music, counterpoint is the art of writing melodies that play in conjunction with one another, according to a strict set of rules, in order to emphasize the melody by contrast. In debate, point/counterpoint is a means of persuasion in which the speaker begins by... Read more

Far from the Madding Crowd (Unabridged)

By: Thomas Hardy

Narrated by: Sam Kusi

Length: 14 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Independent and spirited Bathsheba Everdene has come to Weatherbury to take up her position as a farmer on the largest estate in the area. Her bold presence draws three very different suitors: the gentleman-farmer Boldwood, soldier-seducer Sergeant Troy and the devoted shepherd Gabriel Oak. Each, in contrasting ways, unsettles her decisions and... Read more

Running Away to Sea (Unabridged)

By: Daniel Defoe

Narrated by: Ant Richards

Length: 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Daniel Defoe born Daniel Foe; c. 1660 - 24 April 1731) was an English writer, trader, journalist, pamphleteer and spy. He is most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe, published in 1719, which is claimed to be second only to the Bible in its number of translations. He has been seen as one of the earliest proponents of the English novel, and... Read more

The Tempest (Unabridged)

By: Charles Dickens

Narrated by: Ant Richards

Length: 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Charles Dickens was a writer and social critic who created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and... Read more

Roughing It (Unabridged)

By: Mark Twain

Narrated by: Gary Williams

Length: 20 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Roughing It is a book of semi-autobiographical travel literature written by American humorist Mark Twain. He wrote it during 1870-71 and published in 1872, as a prequel to his first book The Innocents Abroad (1869). This book tells of Twain's adventures prior to his pleasure cruise related in Innocents Abroad. Read more

A Struggle with a Devil Fish (Unabridged)

By: Victor Hugo

Narrated by: Ant Richards

Length: 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Victor-Marie Hugo 26 February 1802 - 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote abundantly in an exceptional variety of genres: lyrics, satires, epics, philosophical poems, epigrams, novels, history, critical essays,... Read more

The Master Mind of Mars - Barsoom Series, Book 6 (Unabridged)

By: Edgar Rice Burroughs

Narrated by: Peter Silverleaf

Length: 5 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

The Master Mind of Mars is a science fantasy novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the sixth of his Barsoom series. Burroughs' working titles for the novel were A Weird Adventure on Mars and Vad Varo of Barsoom. It was first published in the magazine Amazing Stories Annual vol. 1, on July 15, 1927. The first book edition was published... Read more

The Man and the Cannon (Unabridged)

By: Victor Hugo

Narrated by: Ant Richards

Length: 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Victor-Marie Hugo 26 February 1802 - 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote abundantly in an exceptional variety of genres: lyrics, satires, epics, philosophical poems, epigrams, novels, history, critical essays,... Read more

A Ship on Fire at Sea (Unabridged)

By: Jean Ingelow

Narrated by: Ant Richards

Length: 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Jean Ingelow (17 March 1820 - 20 July 1897) was an English poet and novelist, who gained sudden fame in 1863. She also wrote several stories for children. Ingelow followed this in 1851 with a story, "Allerton and Dreux", but it was the publication of her Poems in 1863 that suddenly made her popular. It ran rapidly through numerous editions and... Read more

In the Gulf Stream (Unabridged)

By: Charles Kingsley

Narrated by: Ant Richards

Length: 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Charles Kingsley (12 June 1819 - 23 January 1875) was a broad church priest of the Church of England, a university professor, social reformer, historian, novelist and poet. He is particularly associated with Christian socialism, the working men's college, and forming labour cooperatives, which failed, but encouraged later working reforms. He was... Read more

The Loss of the Royal George (Unabridged)

By: W. H. G. Kingston

Narrated by: Ant Richards

Length: 19 minutes

Abridged: No

William Henry Giles Kingston writer of tales for boys, William Henry Giles Kingston was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant. His first book, The Circassian Chief, appeared in 1844. His first book for boys, Peter the Whaler, was published in 1851, and had such success that he retired from... Read more

Sailors' Yarns (Unabridged)

By: Pierre Loti

Narrated by: Ant Richards

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Pierre Loti born to a Protestant family, Loti's education began in his birthplace, Rochefort, Charente-Maritime. At age 17 he entered the naval school in Brest and studied at Le Borda. He gradually rose in his profession, attaining the rank of captain in 1906. In January 1910 he went on the reserve list. He was in the habit of claiming that he... Read more

Equality at Sea (Unabridged)

By: Frederick Marryat

Narrated by: Ant Richards

Length: 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Captain Frederick Marryat (10 July 1792 - 9 August 1848) was a Royal Navy officer, a novelist, and an acquaintance of Charles Dickens. He is noted today as an early pioneer of nautical fiction, particularly for his semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy (1836). He is remembered also for his children's novel The Children of the New Forest... Read more

The Wood Beyond the World (Unabridged)

By: William Morris

Narrated by: Allan Monteiro

Length: 4 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

When the wife of Golden Walter betrays him for another man, he leaves home on a trading voyage to avoid the necessity of a feud with her family. However, his efforts are fruitless, as word comes to him en route that his wife's clan has killed his father. As a storm then carries him to a faraway country, the effect of this news is merely to... Read more

The Club-Hauling of the Diomede (Unabridged)

By: Frederick Marryat

Narrated by: Ant Richards

Length: 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Captain Frederick Marryat (10 July 1792 - 9 August 1848) was a Royal Navy officer, a novelist, and an acquaintance of Charles Dickens. He is noted today as an early pioneer of nautical fiction, particularly for his semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy (1836). He is remembered also for his children's novel The Children of the New Forest... Read more

Captain Paul (Unabridged)

By: Alexandre Dumas

Narrated by: Ray Ritchie

Length: 6 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

This antiquarian book contains Alexandre Dumas's 1846 novel, "Captain Paul". A romantic romp of brave heroes, devious villains, desperate battles, and true love, this epic tale of high adventure and daring-do is highly recommended for fans of Dumas's work, and would make for a fantastic addition to any bookshelf. The novel is loosely based on... Read more

Kinder- und Hausmärchen (Ungekürzt)

By: Brüder Grimm

Narrated by: Viola Gabor

Length: 30 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Die Märchen der Brüder Grimm sind das am weitesten verbreitete Buch deutscher Sprache. Viele Ausgaben sind in irgendeiner Form, meist für Kinder, bearbeitet. Diese Gesamtausgabe bietet die Märchen so, wie sie von den Brüdern Grimm selbst herausgegeben wurden. Read more

Captains Courageous (Unabridged)

By: Rudyard Kipling

Narrated by: Allan Monteiro

Length: 4 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

A pampered millionaire's son tumbles overboard from a luxury liner and falls into good fortune, disguised in the form of a fishing boat. The gruff and hearty crew teach the young man to be worth his salt as they fish the waters off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Brimming with adventure and humor. Read more

Twelve Years a Slave (Unabridged)

By: Solomon Northup

Narrated by: Carl Mason

Length: 7 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Twelve Years a Slave, sub-title: Narrative of Solomon Northup, citizen of New-York, kidnapped in Washington city in 1841, and rescued in 1853, from a cotton plantation near the Red River in Louisiana, is a memoir by Solomon Northup as told to and edited by David Wilson. It is a slave narrative of a black man who was born free in New York state... Read more

The Chase (Unabridged)

By: Herman Melville

Narrated by: Ant Richards

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Herman Melville August 1, 1819 - September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851); Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia; and Billy Budd, Sailor, a posthumously published novella. Although his reputation... Read more

Rounding Cape Horn (Unabridged)

By: Herman Melville

Narrated by: Ant Richards

Length: 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Herman Melville August 1, 1819 - September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851); Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia; and Billy Budd, Sailor, a posthumously published novella. Although his reputation... Read more

The Merchantman and the Pirate (Unabridged)

By: Charles Reade

Narrated by: Ant Richards

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Ships at anchor reared their tall masts, here and there; and the broad stream was enlivened and colored by junks and boats of all sizes and vivid hues, propelled on the screw principle by a great scull at the stern, with projecting handles for the crew to work; and at times a gorgeous mandarin boat, with two great glaring eyes set in the bows,... Read more

The Chessmen of Mars - Barsoom Series, Book 5 (Unabridged)

By: Edgar Rice Burroughs

Narrated by: Peter Silverleaf

Length: 9 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

The Chessmen of Mars is a science fantasy novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the fifth of his Barsoom series. Burroughs began writing it in January, 1921. In this novel Burroughs focuses on a younger member of the family established by John Carter and Dejah Thoris, protagonists of the first three books in the series. The heroine this... Read more

A Gale of Wind (Unabridged)

By: William Clark Russell

Narrated by: Ant Richards

Length: 19 minutes

Abridged: No

William Clark Russell (24 February 1844 - 8 November 1911) was an English writer best known for his nautical novels. At the age of 13 Russell joined the United Kingdom's Merchant Navy, serving for eight years. The hardships of life at sea damaged his health permanently, but provided him with material for a career as a writer. He wrote short... Read more