Classics audiobooks

Don Quijote

By: Cervantes

Narrated by: Wolfgang Schrader

Length: 27 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Du suchst einen wirklichen Klassiker? Mit "Don Quijote" hast du ihn gefunden. Dieser erste moderne Roman, dieses berühmteste spanische Erzählwerk aus dem frühen 17. Jahrhundert, ist ein Klassiker der Weltliteratur, der atemberaubend modernste Erzähltechniken vorwegnimmt. Deshalb vermag er auch den heutigen Leser noch in eine so kunstvolle... Read more

Contos de Fadas: Grimm

By: Jacob Grimm & Wilhelm Grimm

Narrated by: Fernanda Resende

Length: 4 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Este título apresenta uma seleção fantástica com algumas das narrativas mais adoradas de Jacob e Wilhelm Grimm, como Cinderela, A Bela Adormecida e Chapeuzinho Vermelho. Cada história conduz o leitor a uma viagem cativante através da imaginação dos lendários folcloristas alemães, com personagens icônicos e lições atemporais sobre amor, coragem e... Read more

Contos de Fadas: Andersen

By: Hans Christian Andersen

Narrated by: Fernanda Resende

Length: 7 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Esta obra reúne alguns dos mais aclamados contos de Hans Christian Andersen, cujo legado inestimável atravessa gerações com histórias que continuam encantando crianças e adultos de todo o mundo. A Pequena Sereia, O Patinho Feio, A Roupa Nova do Imperador e muitas outras narrativas emocionantes em uma coletânea atemporal e indispensável para os... Read more

Jane Eyre

By: Charlotte Brontë

Narrated by: Sarah Coomes

Length: 22 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

The novel follows the emotions and experiences of the eponymous Jane Eyre, her growth to adulthood, and her love for Mr. Rochester, the Byronic master of Thornfield Hall. The novel contains elements of social criticism, with a strong sense of morality at its core, but is nonetheless a novel many consider ahead of its time given the... Read more

Frankenstein

By: Mary Shelley

Narrated by: David Dobrik

Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to life by YouTube superstar David Dobrik, Frankenstein is one of the earliest examples of science fiction, introducing the prototypical “mad scientist” who creates a monster who destroys everyone and everything that is dear to him. The scientist is the eponymous character of the novel but the name, Frankenstein, has become popularly... Read more

Persuasion

By: Jane Austen

Narrated by: Cynthia Erivo

Length: 8 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Narrated by Tony Award-winning actress and musician Cynthia Erivo, Persuasion is one of the most moving love stories Austen ever penned. It's the story of Anne Elliott, Jane Austen's only aging heroine, who has devoted her life to caring for her financially irresponsible family. Just when she is growing content with her uneventful lifestyle, a... Read more

Cane

By: Jean Toomer

Narrated by: Audra McDonald

Length: 5 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Narrated by six-time Tony Award-winning actress Audra McDonald, Jean Toomer’s revolutionary masterpiece Cane is exemplary of the era we now know as the Harlem Renaissance, and has come to be considered one of the classic works of American literary modernism. A boldly experimental “novel” mixing prose, poetry, and dramatic sketches, the book’s... Read more

The Red Badge of Courage

By: Stephen Crane

Narrated by: Santino Fontana

Length: 4 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

The Red Badge of Courage is the story of an eighteen-year-old boy whose romantic ideas about military life move him to join the Civil War, a conflict that is, to this day, the deadliest war in American history. Henry Fleming, the boy, often referred to as “the youth,” is from New York, the state to suffer the most casualties. When “the youth”... Read more

The Awakening

By: Kate Chopin

Narrated by: Hilary Swank

Length: 5 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Narrated by two-time Academy Award-winning actress Hilary Swank, The Awakening is set in New Orleans and the Southern Louisiana coast at the end of the nineteenth century. The plot centers on Edna Pontellier and her struggle to reconcile her increasingly unorthodox views on femininity and motherhood with the prevailing social attitudes of the... Read more

BEFORE JANE EYRE

By: R.Q. Bell

Narrated by: Dallin Bradford

Length: 8 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

A NEGLECTED SECOND SON, Edward Rochester struggles in the shadow of his elder brother, whose jealous intrigues poison everything he touches. When Edward's long-cherished love and hopes for happiness with a childhood sweetheart are crushed by those intrigues, he is devastated. To blot out the bitter failure, Edward takes the unwelcome path laid... Read more

Niebla

By: Miguel de Unamuno

Narrated by: Max Garzón

Length: 8 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Gratis por lanzamiento!-En español neutro, narración humana-Niebla es una novela escrita por Miguel de Unamuno en 1907 y publicada en 1914 por la Editorial Renacimiento que narra la historia de Augusto Pérez, un joven rico licenciado en Derecho, hijo único de una madre viuda y sus problemas de amoríos y existenciales que vive al cuestionar su... Read more

The Scarlet Letter

By: Nathaniel Hawthorne

Narrated by: Jae Huff

Length: 9 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Immerse yourself in the timeless classic, "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, brought to life in this captivating audiobook rendition. Set in 17th-century Puritan New England, this tale follows Hester Prynne, a woman branded with a scarlet letter 'A' for the sin of adultery, and explores themes of guilt, redemption, and societal... Read more

James (Giacomo)

By: Italo Svevo

Narrated by: Gianluca Testa

Length: 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Giacomo este un fermier pe care naratorul îl întâlnește în timpul unei plimbări în zona rurală din Friuli și care îi spune povestea lui. De fiecare dată când Giacomo își găsește un loc de muncă protestează și ajunge să se lanseze în propagandă și dezbateri pentru a-și convinge colegii să ceară condiții optime de muncă, punând mereu mari probleme... Read more

الغريب

By: ألبير كامو

Narrated by: داود عفيشات

Length: 5 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

'سادتي القضاة، إن هذا الرجل، غداة وفاة والدته، ذهب للسباحة، وبدأ فصول علاقة غير شرعية، ثم ذهب للضحك أمام فيلم فكاهي. ليس لي ما أقوله بعد.' يحكي 'ميرسو' الشاب الفرنسي، العائش في الجزائر لا مبالاته مع الحياة العبثية التي لا تستحق الاهتمام. بالأمس ماتت أمه فدفنها بقلب خالي من المشاعر، ثم استمرت الحياة كما كانت، دورة باردة من الأحداث الخالية من... Read more

A Lady's Story

By: Anton Chekhov

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Natalya was once a happy and radiant young woman. Now an older woman, she reflects about her youth. In particular, she thinks about the heavy emphasis she put on her wealth and the relationships and experiences that it cost her. One man, Pyotr, loved her, but they both let their different statuses in society prevent their love from having a... Read more

The Darling

By: Anton Chekhov

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: 30 minutes

Abridged: No

"The Darling"  is a short story by Russian author Anton Chekhov, first published in the No.1, 1899, issue of Semya (Family) magazine, on January 3, in Moscow. Later, Chekhov included it into Volume 9 of his Collected Works, published by Adolf Marks. The story follows the life of a woman who is referred to by others as "darling" for her... Read more

Unique Selections

By: H. G. Wells

Narrated by: John Rayburn

Length: 7 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

In truth the mastery of flying was the work of thousands of men—this man a suggestion and that an experiment, until at last only one vigorous intellectual effort was needed to finish the work. But the inexorable injustice of the popular mind has decided that of all these thousands, one man, and that a man who never flew, should be chosen as the... Read more

Editha's Burglar

By: Frances Hodgson Burnett

Narrated by: Katherine Moran

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Editha was a queer little girl. She was rather old-fashioned, as her aunts used to call it, and was always very fond of books. Indeed, Editha perhaps read more than was quite good for her. She spent the greater part of her time in the library reading her papa's big books and newspapers. Her most recent obsession, derived from her daily news... Read more

Kashtanka

By: Anton Chekhov

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

"Kashtanka" — Anton Chekov's short story about a dog with two masters — is a fable about the conundrum of the creative life. The dog Kashtanka belongs to a drunken carpenter who takes her out one day, but on the way home loses her in the confusion of a military parade. The story is told by an omniscient narrator who privileges Kashtanka's point... Read more

Gusev

By: Anton Chekhov

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: 34 minutes

Abridged: No

"Gusev"  is an 1890 short story by Anton Chekhov. Several discharged soldiers return home from the Far East by ship. Confined to the hospital cabin, they are all apparently dying of consumption and seemingly indifferent to their condition. Among them are Gusev, a mild, racist, slightly dim man, and the mysterious Pavel Ivanovich, an ardent... Read more

The Schoolmistress

By: Anton Chekhov

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: 21 minutes

Abridged: No

The short story focuses on a schoolmistress who is returning home after collecting her salary from the town. The weather is terrible, and makes the journey far longer than it should be. She meets a man named Hanov, an aging man who is joyful and seemingly ignorant of the misery of life. On this journey, Marya Vassilyevna ponders her life, her... Read more

The Requiem

By: Anton Chekhov

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: 13 minutes

Abridged: No

"The Requiem"  is an 1886 short story by Anton Chekhov. Andrey Andreyitch, a shopkeeper, comes to the local village church to ask for prayers for his recently deceased daughter Maria, and is chided by the priest for the wrong kind of language that he'd used in his written request. The shopkeeper's daughter was an actress, and quite a well known... Read more

The First-Class Passenger

By: Anton Chekhov

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Anton Chekhov was a Russian writer who wrote short stories and plays.His short stories are still read by many people around the world.The short story, The First Class Passenger by Anton Chekov, was first published in 1886 and reflects the social background of the Russian society of that time. Read more

The Cattle-Dealers

By: Anton Chekhov

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: 40 minutes

Abridged: No

The old man Malakhin, accompanied by his rather useless son Yasha, makes a journey to Saint Petersburg in a freight train with the view of selling his cattle. Everybody around is bent on extorting the money from him. The train driver simply refuses to move the train without being paid, and the uber-conductor has to have his reward too. Malakhin... Read more