Classics audiobooks

人间失格

By: 太宰治だざい おさむ

Narrated by: 梨芭

Length: 11 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

内容简介：《人间失格》《人间失格》是一部自传体小说，前言和附录以作者口吻叙说，三个手札则以主人公叶藏的口吻叙述。主人公叶藏懦弱胆小，害怕面对世间所有的感情，不了解人类复杂的内心世界，通过取乐别人隐藏真实的自己，用饮酒作乐来逃避这个世界，最终走向毁灭。这种迷茫贯穿了作者和每个人的青春；他被痛苦与迷茫折磨着，一生都在自我厌倦下寻求爱，逃避爱。人间失格，即已丧失为人的资格。借由小说主人公叶藏的遭遇，太宰治表达了自己一生中种种真切的痛苦。这部作品被认为是一部自传性的小说，在发表的同年，太宰治投水身亡。《小丑之花》又名《道化之华》。1930年，太宰治21岁，在东京银座结识了一位年轻的有夫之妇，两人相约在镰仓投水自杀。之后太宰治获救，对方却不幸身亡。太宰治因此而被指控“协助自杀罪”，但不予起诉。此... Read more

The Castle of Otranto

By: Horace Walpole

Narrated by: Lily Harris

Length: 4 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

In a faraway medieval realm, Manfred, an arrogant and evil prince, rules with an iron fist. Banishing his wife to the castle dungeon, he confines — and plans to wed — the lovely Isabella, fiancée of his recently deceased son. The prince's plans are foiled, however, when a well-meaning peasant helps the young woman escape through the castle's... Read more

The Water Babies

By: Charles Kingsley

Narrated by: Simon Hester

Length: 7 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Charles Kingsley's "The Water-Babies" stands as a timeless masterpiece that has captured the hearts and imaginations of readers since its first publication in 1863. A remarkable Victorian clergyman, author, and social reformer, Kingsley wove together a captivating narrative that transcends its era, providing readers with a delightful blend of... Read more

Pride and Prejudice

By: Jane Austen

Narrated by: Sheryl Baker

Length: 10 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Pride and Prejudice is a novel of manners by Jane Austen, first published in 1813. The story follows the main character, Elizabeth Bennet, as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of the British Regency. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman... Read more

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

By: Mark Twain

Narrated by: Joan Webb

Length: 7 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Whether he’s sneaking doughnuts, mooning over a pretty girl, or snookering the local boys to do his work for him, Tom Sawyer is the consummate schemer—but his charm and easygoing nature keep him from being in anyone’s bad graces for long. However, when Tom teams up with his friend Huck Finn, their sleepy Missouri town had better watch out. Based... Read more

The Bird's Christmas Carol

By: Kate Douglas Wiggin

Narrated by: Mary Robinson

Length: 1 hour 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856-1923) was an important reformer of children's education at the turn of the century. During a period when children's place in society was little other than cheap labor, Kate Douglas Wiggin was dedicated to the betterment of youth. She was the first person to found a free kindergarten school in San Francisco in 1878. Her... Read more

О женщинах

By: Антон Чехов

Narrated by: Илья Волков

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: No

«О женщинах» — иронично-сатирическая миниатюра, в котором великий писатель Антон Павлович Чехов насмешливо спародировал автора книги, которая вызвала его недовольство из-за резкой критики эмансипации женщин. Чехов Антон Павлович (1860–1904) — автор знаменитых рассказов, повестей «Палата № 6» и «Черный монах», а также таких произведений: «Случай... Read more

Руководство для желающих жениться

By: Антон Чехов

Narrated by: Илья Волков

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

«Руководство для желающих жениться» — потрясающее творение знаменитого автора А. П. Чехова (1860–1904), посвященное теме женитьбы и сватовства. Автор, как тонкий психолог, ярко, красочно и смешно описывает свои рекомендации и психологические портреты будущих женихов и невест, уделяя особое внимание их наружности. Чехов Антон Павлович — автор... Read more

Сверчок у очага

By: Чарльз Диккенс

Narrated by: Николай Орловский

Length: 5 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

«Сверчок у очага. Волшебная сказка из домашней жизни» - повесть Чарльза Диккенса, вышедшая 20 декабря 1845 года. Диккенс описал повесть как «тихую и домашнюю[…], невинную и симпатичную». Она разделена на главы, в оригинале называемые «чириканьями». Это третья рождественская книга писателя, а в традиционном рождественском рассказе финал всегда... Read more

Manifiesto del Partido Comunista

By: Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels

Narrated by: Max Garzón

Length: 1 hour 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Gratis por lanzamiento!-En español neutro, narración humana-se trata de un manifiesto encargado por la Liga de los Comunistas a Karl Marx y Friedrich Engels entre 1847 y 1848, y publicado por primera vez en Londres el 21 de febrero de 1848. Se trata de un texto temprano de Marx y Engels, en el que se reflejan ya las bases del marxismo,... Read more

Un estudio en escarlata

By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Horacio Lanci

Length: 5 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

“Un estudio en escarlata” (1887) será la primera novela de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) en que encontraremos a Sherlock Holmes, el mítico e increíble personaje que estaba destinado a ser el arquetipo de centenares de detectives que seguirían sus pasos…y ya en ella hallaremos las características básicas de sus cuentos y novelas... Read more

呼啸山庄

By: （英）艾米莉·勃朗特 著

Narrated by: 先读

Length: 12 hours

Abridged: No

内容简介：吉卜赛弃儿希斯克利夫被呼啸山庄的主人恩肖先生收养后，与其女凯瑟琳相互爱慕，并且反抗其子亨得利的专横暴虐。凯瑟琳因为和希斯克利夫社会地位的悬殊以及自己的虚荣心，接受了画眉山庄的主人埃德加的求婚。希斯克利夫愤而出走，三年后致富回乡，发现凯瑟琳已嫁埃德加，便对夺走他爱情与幸福的人进行残酷的报复，通过赌博夺走了亨得利的家财，使其儿子哈里顿成为奴仆，还故意娶了埃德加的妹妹伊莎贝拉进行迫害。希斯克利夫的复仇虽然成功了，但他并未从中获得幸福。作者简介：艾米莉•勃朗特，英国小说家、诗人，著名的“勃朗特三姐妹”之一。三十岁时即英年早逝，被誉为天才女作家。她的长篇小说《呼啸山庄》，自问世后就被认为是“奇特的小说”和“奥秘莫测”的“怪书”，这部作品奠定了她在英国文学史以及世界文学史上的地位。 Read more

Dispatches From The Ruhr

By: Ernest Hemingway

Narrated by: Geoffrey Giuliano & The Bell

Length: 1 hour 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Before finding celebrity as an author, including his 1954 Nobel Prize, Ernest M. Hemingway honed his craft as a journeyman reporter. In the spring of 1923, as a special correspondent for the Toronto Star, he travelled to the occupied Ruhr Valley where he produced a series of 10 articles, collected here as Dispatches from the Ruhr. In them, he... Read more

Diary Horror

By: Robert Bloch, Guy de Maupassant, Malcolm Fergus...

Narrated by: Ian Gordon & Jennifer Gordon

Length: 9 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Fifteen stories told through the recovered pages of diaries/journals.Contents:What Killed Granded? by Ian Gordon (HorrorBabble, 2020)An investigation told through a series of audio logs.The Diary of Alonzo Typer by H. P. Lovecraft (Weird Tales, 1938)An occult researcher disappears without a trace.The Horror in the Lighthouse by E. A. Poe and R.... Read more

Baffling Beasts

By: Walter de la Mare, Arlton Eadie, Robert E. Howa...

Narrated by: Ian Gordon

Length: 6 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Fifteen horror stories about strange beings and behaviours that defy conventional definitions.Contents:Warning Wings by Arlton Eadie (Weird Tales, 1929)A seemingly insignificant white moth.Mother of Toads by Clark Ashton Smith (WT, 1938)An unusual witch.The Destroying Horde by Donald Wandrei (WT, 1935)The first BLOB story?Caterpillars by E. F.... Read more

Peter Pan

By: James Matthew Barrie

Narrated by: Rebecca Shriner

Length: 5 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Join Wendy, John, and Michael Darling as they follow Peter Pan, the boy who never grows up, to a world where fairies live and children can fly. But beware -- danger abounds in this magical land of mermaids, Indians, and fairy dust. Captain Hook and his pirate crew want all children to walk the plank, especially Peter Pan Read more

骆驼祥子

By: 老舍

Narrated by: 沧海

Length: 8 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

内容简介：《骆驼祥子》是老舍的代表作，以北平（今北京）一个人力车夫祥子的行踪为线索，以二十年代末期的北京市民生活为背景，以人力车夫祥子的坎坷、悲惨的生活遭遇为主要情节，深刻揭露了旧中国的黑暗，控诉了统治阶级对劳动者的剥削、压迫，表达了作者对劳动人民的深切同情，向人们展示军阀混战、黑暗统治下的北京底层贫苦市民生活于痛苦深渊中的图景。作者简介：老舍（1899-1966），原名舒庆春，北京人，中国现代小说家、戏剧家，老舍一生勤勉，著述颇丰，被誉为“人民艺术家”主要作品有：长篇小说《骆驼祥子》《四室同堂》《二马》《猫城记》；中篇小说《月牙儿》、《我这一辈子》；短篇小说集《赶集》《樱海集》《蛤藻集》 Read more

О любви

By: Антон Чехов

Narrated by: Илья Волков

Length: 20 minutes

Abridged: No

«О любви» — один из знаменитых рассказов А. П. Чехова (1860–1904), великого русского писателя. Мелкий помещик Павел Константиныч Алехин рассказывает гостям о своей любви к очаровательной Анне Алексеевне, жене председателя окружного суда. Тревога и отчаяние овладевают ими, ведь влюбленные боятся показать свои чувства. Автор мастерски описывает... Read more

На страстной неделе, Накануне поста

By: Антон Чехов

Narrated by: Ирина Королева

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

«На страстной неделе» и "Накануне поста" — творения великого русского писателя Антона Павловича Чехова (1860–1904). "На страстной неделе" - небольшой рассказ способен пленить и окутать душевным теплом и спокойствием — именно так бывает с человеком после исповеди, именно так почувствовал себя маленький герой рассказа. Произведение захватывает с... Read more

Палата № 6

By: Антон Чехов

Narrated by: Дмитрий Шабров

Length: 2 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

«Палата № 6» — самая известная повесть Антона Павловича Чехова (1860–1904), известного русского писателя. Перед нами история доктора Андрея Ефимовича Рагина, главврача психиатрической больницы. Одинокий и отчужденный доктор, будучи не в силах улучшить ужасное положение лечебницы, однажды посещает Палату № 6…Произведение «Палата № 6» поражает... Read more

William - an Englishman

By: Cicely Hamilton

Narrated by: Stephanie Racine

Length: 7 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

A satirical view of the suffragette movement and an unblinking yet compassionate story that chronicles the impact of the First World War on an ordinary young couple, William – an Englishman by Cicely Hamilton won the first Prix Femina-Vie Heureuse prize in 1919.

Written in a hospital tent to the sound of gunfire and shells falling, Cicely... Read more

Midsummer Night in the Workhouse

By: Diana Athill

Narrated by: Diana Athill

Length: 3 hours

Abridged: No

A woman trapped in an agonising love affair; a writer avoiding the group seducer at a writers’ retreat; a girl experiencing her first kiss. Set in 1950s England, as well as Italy and France, Midsummer Night in the Workhouse is a collection of short stories written and read by distinguished editor and author, Diana Athill.

Written in the late... Read more

Cheerful Weather for the Wedding

By: Julia Strachey

Narrated by: Miriam Margolyes

Length: 2 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Young bride-to-be Dolly must overcome several obstacles in this hilarious, sardonic novella by Julia Strachey set in 1930s England. Following an excellent film adaptation in 2012, this audio edition of Cheerful Weather for the Wedding is read by internationally acclaimed actress Miriam Margoyles.

Dolly is twenty-three and about to marry the... Read more

Good Evening, Mrs. Craven

By: Mollie Panter-Downes

Narrated by: Lucy Scott

Length: 4 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Good Evening, Mrs Craven brings together twenty-one of Mollie Panter-Downes’ short stories. Originally published in The New Yorker between 1939 and 1944, these stories have been reprinted and presented as a collection by Persephone Books. This audio edition is read by Lucy Scott.

These stories explore almost every aspect of English domestic life... Read more