Classics audiobooks

Orte der Liebe - Abridged

By: Barbara Krohn

Narrated by: Barbara Krohn

Length: 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Barbara Krohn hat sich primär als Autorin von Kriminalromanen einen Namen gemacht. Und doch sind "Der Tote unter der Piazza", "Weg vom Fenster" und "Rosas Rückkehr" (alle Aufbau-Verlagsgruppe) nur ein Teil im Schaffen von Barbara Krohn. "Vor allem dient ihr die Tugend des genauen Hinsehens dazu, atmosphärisch dichte Porträts zu zeichnen:... Read more

Stauffer an Krüsi antworten - Abridged

By: Hans Krüsi & Michael Stauffer

Narrated by: Vanessa Stern, Mirjam Hofmann & Christian Ahlers

Length: 2 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Dichter Stauffer ruft Hans Krüsi. Dies ist die Konstellation des Projektes "Stauffer an Krüsi antworten". Der Aussenseiterkünstler Hans Krüsi, 1995 in St. Gallen gestorben, gibt selber keine Antwort mehr. Aber sein Werk spricht noch immer in unverwechselbarer Deutlichkeit. Dichter Stauffer taucht ein in das noch längst nicht gebändigte Material... Read more

Persuasion - Abridged

By: Jane Austen

Narrated by: Geraldine McEwan

Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Penguin Classics presents Jane Austen's Persuasion, adapted for audio and available as a digital download as part of the Penguin English Library series. Read by the actress Geraldine McEwan.

'Her attachment and regrets had, for a long time, clouded every enjoyment of youth; and an early loss of bloom and spirits had been their lasting... Read more

Far From the Madding Crowd - Abridged

By: Thomas Hardy

Narrated by: Julie Christie

Length: 6 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Penguin Classics presents Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd, adapted for audio and now available as a digital download as part of the Penguin English Library series. Read by the actress Julie Christie.

Hardy's powerful novel of swift sexual passion and slow-burning loyalty centres on Bathsheba Everdene, a proud working woman whose life is... Read more

Moby-Dick - Abridged

By: Herman Melville

Narrated by: William Hootkins

Length: 6 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Penguin Classics presents Herman Melville's Moby-Dick, adapted for audio and available as a digital download as part of the Penguin English Library series. Read by the actor William Hootkins.

'The frail gunwales bent in, collapsed, and snapped, as both jaws, like an enormous shears, sliding further aft, bit the craft completely in... Read more

Dracula - Abridged

By: Bram Stoker

Narrated by: Richard E Grant

Length: 2 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Penguin Classics presents Bram Stoker's Dracula, adapted for audio and available as a digital download as part of the Penguin English Library series. Read by the actor Richard E. Grant.

'Alone with the dead! I dare not go out, for I can hear the low howl of the wolf through the broken window'

A chilling masterpiece of the horror genre, Dracula... Read more

Emma - Abridged

By: Jane Austen

Narrated by: Fiona Shaw

Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Penguin Classics presents Jane Austen's Emma, adapted for audio and now available as a digital download as part of the Penguin English Library series. Read by the actress Fiona Shaw.

'I never have been in love; it is not my way, or my nature; and I do not think I ever shall'

Beautiful, clever, rich - and single - Emma Woodhouse is perfectly... Read more

Where Angels Fear to Tread - Abridged

By: E. M. Forster

Narrated by: Stephen Fry

Length: 2 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Penguin Audio presents E.M. Forster's Where Angels Fear to Tread, adapted for listening and now available as a digital audiobook as part of the Penguin English Library series. This abridged version is read by Stephen Fry.

'I had got an idea that everyone here spent their lives in making little sacrifices for objects they didn't care for, to... Read more

Joseph Andrews - Abridged

By: Henry Fielding

Narrated by: Sean Barrett

Length: 5 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Penguin Classics presents Henry Fielding's Joseph Andrews, adapted for audio and available as a digital download as part of the Penguin English Library series. Read by the actor Sean Barrett.

'Kissing, Joseph, is but a prologue to a Play. Can I believe a young fellow of your Age and Complexion will be content with Kissing?'

Henry Fielding's... Read more

The Scarlet Letter - Abridged

By: Nathaniel Hawthorne

Narrated by: Bob Sessions

Length: 2 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Penguin Classics presents Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, adapted for audio and available as a digital download as part of the Penguin English Library series. Read by the actor Bob Sessions.

'Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, - stern and wild ones, - and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss'

Fiercely... Read more

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Abridged

By: Mark Twain

Narrated by: Kerry Shale

Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Penguin Classics presents Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, adapted for audio and now available as a digital download as part of the Penguin English Library series. Read by the actor Kerry Shale.

'I'm unfavorable to killin' a man as long as you can git around it; it ain't good sense, it ain't good morals. Ain't I right?'

The... Read more

Gulliver's Travels - Abridged

By: Jonathan Swift

Narrated by: Hugh Laurie

Length: 5 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Penguin Classics presents Jonathan Swift's inventive classic, Gulliver's Travels, adapted for audio and now available as a digital download as part of the Penguin English Library series. Read by Hugh Laurie, star of the hit TV series House.

'Fifteen hundred of the Emperor's largest horses, each about four inches and an half high, were employed... Read more

Shirley - Abridged

By: Charlotte Brontë

Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Penguin Classics presents Charlotte Brontë's Shirley, adapted for audio and now available as a digital download as part of the Penguin English Library series. Read by the actor Juliet Stevenson.

'Alas, Experience! No other mentor has so wasted and frozen a face as yours: none wears a robe so black, none bears a rod so heavy ...'

Struggling... Read more

Classic Literature - Abridged

By: Jim Hodges Productions

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 9 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Bring history back to life through this historically accurate and edifying program read by Jim Hodges. These high-quality radio theater performances reenact great literature written by Dickens, Twain, Austen, and Cervantes. Many accredited universities used this series as a supplement to correspondence college courses. It was an ambitious series... Read more

Barchester Towers - Abridged

By: Anthony Trollope

Narrated by: David Timson

Length: 5 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Penguin Classics presents Anthony Trollope's Barchester Towers, adapted for audio and now available as a digital download as part of the Penguin English Library series. Read by the actor David Timson.

'What! to come here a stranger, a young, unknown, and unfriended stranger, and tell us, in the name of the bishop his master, that we are ignorant... Read more

Little Eve Edgarton Volume 1 - Abridged

By: Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

Narrated by: Nina Salzar

Length: 1 hour 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

Strap yourself into this sizzling romance classic! Eleanor Hallowell Abbott brings her romantic stories to life in audiobook form. Read more

Little Eve Edgarton Volume 2 - Abridged

By: Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

Narrated by: Nina Salzar

Length: 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Strap yourself into this sizzling romance classic! Eleanor Hallowell Abbott brings her romantic stories to life in audiobook form. Read more

Little Eve Edgarton Volume 3 - Abridged

By: Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

Narrated by: Nina Salzar

Length: 31 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Strap yourself into this sizzling romance classic! Eleanor Hallowell Abbott brings her romantic stories to life in audiobook form. Read more

Little Eve Edgarton Volume 4 - Abridged

By: Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

Narrated by: Nina Salzar

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Strap yourself into this sizzling romance classic! Eleanor Hallowell Abbott brings her romantic stories to life in audiobook form. Read more

Little Eve Edgarton Volume 5 - Abridged

By: Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

Narrated by: Nina Salzar

Length: 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Strap yourself into this sizzling romance classic! Eleanor Hallowell Abbott brings her romantic stories to life in audiobook form. Read more

Little Eve Edgarton Volume 6 - Abridged

By: Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

Narrated by: Nina Salzar

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Strap yourself into this sizzling romance classic! Eleanor Hallowell Abbott brings her romantic stories to life in audiobook form. Read more

Little Eve Edgarton Volume 7 - Abridged

By: Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

Narrated by: Nina Salzar

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Strap yourself into this sizzling romance classic! Eleanor Hallowell Abbott brings her romantic stories to life in audiobook form. Read more

Vanity Fair - Abridged

By: William Makepeace Thackeray

Narrated by: Robert Hardy

Length: 7 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Penguin Classics presents William Makepeace Thackeray adapted for audio and available as a digital download as part of the Penguin English Library series. Read by Robert Hardy.

'Vanitas Vanitatum! Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?'

No one is better equipped in the struggle for wealth and... Read more

Daniel Deronda - Abridged

By: George Eliot

Narrated by: Eleanor Bron

Length: 5 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Penguin Classics presents George Eliot's Daniel Deronda, adapted for audio and available as a digital download as part of the Penguin English Library series. Read by the actress Eleanor Bron.

'What can I do? ... I must get up in the morning and do what every one else does. It is all like a dance set beforehand. I seem to see all that can be - and... Read more