Classics audiobooks

Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea - Abridged

By: Jules Verne

Narrated by: Harlan Ellison

Length: 5 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“The year 1866 was signalised by a remarkable incident, a mysterious and puzzling phenomenon, which doubtless no one has yet forgotten…For some time past, vessels had been met by ‘an enormous thing,’ a long object, spindle-shaped, occasionally phosphorescent, and infinitely larger and more rapid in its movements than a whale.”When Professor... Read more

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Abridged

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

Narrated by: Tom Baker

Length: 1 hour 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. ... Read more

O Mistério de Marie Rogêt - Abridged

By: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrated by: Voz Sintética

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

"O Mistério de Marie Rogêt", conto de Edgar Allan Poe, é uma narrativa policial que explora a investigação de Dupin sobre o misterioso desaparecimento e a subsequente morte de uma jovem em Paris, com base em um caso real em Nova York, destacando a análise e a dedução lógica. Read more

Crime and Punishment - Abridged

By: Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Narrated by: Alex Jennings

Length: 5 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

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

Die Rumplhanni - Abridged

By: Lena Christ

Narrated by: Eva Sixt & Rüdiger Hacker

Length: 3 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Johanna Rumpl, die "Rumplhanni", verdingt sich als Magd beim Hauserbauern zu Öd bei Aibling. Selbst Bäuerin zu werden, ist ihr Traum ‒ was für ein uneheliches Kind niederer Herkunft nicht einfach ist: "A Barasolflickersbankert, a windiger Deanstbot, a oaschichtiger!" nennt sie der Staudenschneidergirgl. Der einzige Weg zum eigenen Hof scheint... Read more

Quick Classics Collection: Victorian Women - Abridged

By: Louisa May Alcott, George Eliot & Jane Austen

Narrated by: Glenda Jackson, Dame Judi Dench & Prunella Scales

Length: 8 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. ... Read more

The Body Snatcher - Abridged

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

Narrated by: David Ault

Length: 35 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A young medical student named Fettes is assisting his professor in procuring cadavers to be dissected by his fellow students. He knows many of the bodies that are sold to him were stolen from graves—but he needs his job and keeps his silence.To remain silent, however, is to invite worse trouble. Late one night there is a knock at the door and... Read more

Quick Classics Collection: British Writers - Abridged

By: George Eliot, D.H. Lawrence & Charles Dickens

Narrated by: Dame Judi Dench, Sir Ian McKellen & Sir John Gi...

Length: 8 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. ... Read more

Quick Classics Collection: Gothic - Abridged

By: Henry James, Bram Stoker & Robert Louis Stevenson

Narrated by: Virginia McKenna, Bruce Alexander & Tom Baker

Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. ... Read more

Quick Classics Collection: 19th-Century Writers - Abridged

By: Elizabeth Gaskell, Walter Scott & George Eliot

Narrated by: Prunella Scales, Tim Pigott-Smith & Dame Judi D...

Length: 7 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. ... Read more

Quick Classics Collection: 20th-Century Writers - Abridged

By: Joseph Conrad, D. H. Lawrence & M. R. James

Narrated by: Tim Pigott-Smith, Sir Ian McKellen & Sir Michae...

Length: 8 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. ... Read more

Our Mutual Friend - Abridged

By: Charles Dickens

Narrated by: David Timson

Length: 11 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Out of the dust-heaps and dirty streets of mid-Victorian London Dickens creates a classic murder-mystery tale. A dead man is fished out of the Thames by a scavenger and his daughter. Who is he, and how did he get there? His death affects members of all levels of a society permeated by greed. Dickens presents an array of characters both touching... Read more

Bleak House - Abridged

By: Charles Dickens

Narrated by: Sir John Gielgud

Length: 2 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. ... Read more

Quick Classics Collection: Travel - Abridged

By: Mark Twain, Jerome K. Jerome & Daniel Defoe

Narrated by: Bing Crosby, Jeremy Nicholas & Harry Andrews

Length: 7 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: Yes

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. ... Read more

Around the World in 80 Days - Abridged

By: Jules Verne

Narrated by: Tim Pigott-Smith

Length: 2 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. A... Read more

La muerte de Iván Ilich - Abridged

By: Leon Tolstoi

Narrated by: Miguel de Ugarte

Length: 2 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Iván Ilich es un pequeño burócrata que fue educado en su infancia con las convicciones de poder alcanzar un puesto dentro del gobierno del Imperio Ruso. Poco a poco sus ideales se van cumpliendo, pero se dará cuenta de que su esfuerzo ha sido en vano; al llegar cerca de la posición que siempre soñó, se encontrará con el dilema de descifrar el... Read more

El signo de los cuatro - Abridged

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Franco Patiño & Miguel de Ugarte

Length: 5 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

En Inglaterra, a fines del siglo XIX, Tras la misteriosa desaparición de su padre, Mary empieza a recibir valiosas perlas de un remitente desconocido. Después de un prolongado silencio, el generoso personaje da señales de vida y quiere que Mary se reúna con él. La joven pide ayuda a Sherlock Holmes para que la acompañe. El desconocido resulta... Read more

Robinson Crusoe - Abridged

By: Daniel Defoe

Narrated by: Harry Andrews

Length: 2 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. ... Read more

Three Men in a Boat - Abridged

By: Jerome K. Jerome

Narrated by: Jeremy Nicholas

Length: 2 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. ... Read more

The Secret Agent - Abridged

By: Joseph Conrad

Narrated by: Tim Pigott-Smith

Length: 3 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. ... Read more

Cuentos de Kafka - Abridged

By: Franz Kafka

Narrated by: Franco Patiño

Length: 2 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Una genial recopilación de novelas cortas de Frank Kafka. Incluye las obras completas de: La Condena, El artista del hambre, Ser Infeliz y El Fogonero Read more

Una partida de ajedrez - Abridged

By: Stefan Zweig

Narrated by: Miguel de Ugarte

Length: 2 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: Yes

El campeón mundial de ajedrez, Mirko Czentovic, viaja en un buque de vapor desde Nueva York hacia Buenos Aires a disputar un torneo. McConnor, un obstinado pasajero aficionado, desde que se entera de su presencia no descansa hasta lograr jugar una partida con él, pero no le sale barato: doscientos cincuenta dólares por partida es el precio de... Read more

Pabellón 6 - Abridged

By: Antón Chéjov

Narrated by: Staff Audiolibros Colección

Length: 2 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Andréi Yefímych, doctor e intelectual de un sórdido e insalubre sanatorio mental de provincias, donde la violencia y la fuerza bruta se ejercen contra los internos, entabla una curiosa relación de amistad con uno de sus pacientes, Iván Dmítrich. Este encuentro tambaleará las estoicas e ingenuas creencias de Andréi, precipitándolo así hacia el... Read more

El diablo de la botella - Abridged

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

Narrated by: Franco Patiño

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Keawe es un hawaiano que decide conocer otras tierras y se embarca en un buque que se dirige a San Francisco, donde descubre una casa preciosa, cuyo dueño parece triste y solo. Keawe se pregunta cómo el dueño de una casa tan hermosa puede ser tan infeliz. Tras enseñarle su mansión, el anciano le muestra una botella de vidrio blanco en cuyo... Read more