Classics audiobooks

El Retrato Oval - Abridged

By: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrated by: Voz Sintética

Length: 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"El retrato oval" de Edgar Allan Poe narra la obsesión de un pintor que captura la vitalidad de su esposa en un retrato, consumiendo su vida en el proceso. La narración se desarrolla a través de la observación de un hombre herido que descubre la trágica historia que se esconde tras el cuadro en un castillo abandonado. Read more

O Retrato Oval - Abridged

By: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrated by: Voz Sintética

Length: 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"O Retrato Oval", de Edgar Allan Poe, relata a obsessão de um pintor que captura a vitalidade de sua esposa em um retrato, consumindo sua vida no processo. A narrativa se desenrola por meio da observação de um homem ferido que descobre a trágica história por trás da pintura em um castelo abandonado. Read more

Animal Farm - Abridged

By: George Orwell

Narrated by: Gill Mills

Length: 2 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Animal Farm is an enduring literary masterpiece written by the acclaimed British author George Orwell. This compelling novella, often considered a staple in modern literature, presents a gripping tale of revolution, power, and corruption. Orwell's Animal Farm is much more than a simple story about a group of farm animals; it is a profound... Read more

The Shipping News - Abridged

By: Annie Proulx

Narrated by: Robert Joy

Length: 5 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Annie Proulx’s The Shipping News is a vigorous, darkly comic, and at times magical portrait of the contemporary North American family.

Quoyle, a third-rate newspaper hack, with a “head shaped like a crenshaw, no neck, reddish hair...features as bunched as kissed fingertips,” is wrenched violently out of his workaday... Read more

История одного музыканта (радиопостановка) - Abridged

By: Федор Достоевский

Narrated by: Юрий Яковлев & Олег Борисов

Length: 1 hour 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

История одного музыканта - радиоспектакль по повести Ф. M. Достоевского "Неточка Незванова". Достоевский очень тонко, психологично описывает жизнь девочки с самого детства и до зрелого возраста, ее внутреннюю борьбу, изменения в характере, ее мечты и стремление к счастью. Исполнители: Гребенщикова Лариса, Саввина Ия, Борисов Олег, Яковлев Юрий,... Read more

The Black Cat - Abridged

By: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrated by: Voz Sintética

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat" is a short story that explores themes of guilt and perversity. The narrator, haunted by cruelty to his black cat and acts of domestic violence, is consumed by paranoia and madness. His attempt to conceal a crime leads to his own disgrace. Read more

Who Has Seen the Wind - Abridged

By: W. O. Mitchell

Narrated by: W. O. Mitchell

Length: 2 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Hailed as “one of the finest Canadian novels ever written” by The Globe and Mail, W.O. Mitchell’s Who Has Seen the Wind is a beloved mainstay of Canadian literature. This new, abridged audio edition is read by the author himself.

Mitchell’s novel follows Brian O’Connal, a young boy growing up in Depression-era Saskatchewan. Curious and eager to... Read more

O Gato Preto - Abridged

By: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrated by: Voz Sintética

Length: 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"O Gato Preto", de Edgar Allan Poe, é um conto que explora temas de culpa e perversidade. O narrador, assombrado pela crueldade com seu gato preto e por atos de violência doméstica, é consumido pela paranoia e pela loucura. Sua tentativa de ocultar um crime leva à sua própria desgraça. Read more

Pinocho - Abridged

By: Carlo Collodi

Narrated by: Armando Hernandez

Length: 1 hour 26 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Esta obra universal y conocida por casi todos es la historia de Gepetto, un viejo carpintero, que deseaba que su última creación, Pinocho, una bonita marioneta de madera, fuera su hijo y se convirtiera en un niño de verdad. El Hada Azul le concedió el deseo, no sin antes advertir a Pinocho que para ser un niño de verdad deberá demostrar que es... Read more

El Gato Negro - Abridged

By: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrated by: Voz Sintética

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

El gato negro" de Edgar Allan Poe es un relato corto que explora los temas de la culpa y la perversidad. El narrador, atormentado por la crueldad hacia su gato negro y los actos de violencia doméstica, se ve consumido por la paranoia y la locura. Su intento de ocultar un crimen le lleva a su propia desgracia. Read more

The Kite - Abridged

By: W. O. Mitchell

Narrated by: W. O. Mitchell

Length: 2 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A beautiful story of intergenerational friendship and self-discovery, W.O Mitchell’s The Kite comes to life in this new, abridged audio edition read by the author himself.

Veteran reporter David Lang reluctantly arrives on assignment to the small prairie town of Shelby, Alberta, to write a piece on the 111st birthday of Daddy Sherry, the town’s... Read more

Peter Pan - Abridged

By: J. M Barrie

Narrated by: Gill Mills

Length: 4 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie is a literary masterpiece that has captured the hearts and imaginations of readers and audiences for over a century. Written by the Scottish author Sir James Matthew Barrie, the story first took flight as a play in 1904 before being immortalized in novel form.The narrative unfolds in the magical realm of Neverland, a... Read more

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Abridged

By: Lewis Carroll

Narrated by: Gill Mills

Length: 2 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll is a timeless literary classic that transports readers into a whimsical realm of fantasy and imagination. Penned by the English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll, this enchanting tale was first published in 1865 and has since captivated generations with its... Read more

Win Some - Abridged

By: Brian Slipka

Narrated by: Jeff Gould

Length: 3 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Meet Sam Masterson, an aging professional baseball player who feels he can't catch a break. In most conversations, Sam strikes out, causing strained relationships wherever he is. Self-absorbed and distracted, Sam tries to rehab his aching body so no one will notice his diminishing prowess. Then a public debacle threatens to end his... Read more

The Pit and The Pendulum - Abridged

By: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrated by: Voz Sintética

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum", a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition faces psychological and physical torture in a dark cell. He struggles to survive deadly traps, including a sharp pendulum and a deep well, using his ingenuity to escape. Read more

O Poço e o Pêndulo - Abridged

By: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrated by: Voz Sintética

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Em "O poço e o pêndulo", de Edgar Allan Poe, um prisioneiro da Inquisição Espanhola enfrenta torturas psicológicas e físicas em uma cela escura. Ele luta para sobreviver a armadilhas mortais, incluindo um pêndulo afiado e um poço profundo, usando sua engenhosidade para escapar. Read more

El Pozo y el Péndulo - Abridged

By: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrated by: Voz Sintética

Length: 45 minutes

Abridged: Yes

En "El pozo y el péndulo", de Edgar Allan Poe, un prisionero de la Inquisición española se enfrenta a torturas psicológicas y físicas en una oscura celda. Lucha por sobrevivir a trampas mortales, incluyendo un péndulo afilado y un pozo profundo, utilizando su ingenio para escapar. Read more

Candide - Abridged

By: Voltaire

Narrated by: Jeff Moon

Length: 2 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Embark on a satirical adventure through the absurdities of life with "Candide" by Voltaire, now available as an engaging audiobook. In this timeless classic, listeners will journey alongside the young and naive Candide as he navigates a series of misadventures and philosophical encounters in his pursuit of happiness and understanding.As the... Read more

الإلياذة - Abridged

By: Homer

Narrated by: رأفت بازو

Length: 29 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: Yes

الإلياذة أحد أعظم الملاحم الأدبية على مر التاريخ. Read more

Picnic at Hanging Rock - Abridged

By: Joan Lindsay

Narrated by: Jacqueline McKenzie

Length: 3 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

‘Everyone agreed that the day was just right for the picnic to Hanging Rock - a shimmering summer morning warm and still, with cicadas shrilling...’ St Valentine’s Day, in the midst of the hot summer of 1900, a party of schoolgirls went on a picnic to Hanging Rock. Some were never to return... An Australian classic, the disappearance of... Read more

Measure for Measure - Abridged

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Denis Daly, Kendra Murray, Josh Innerst, Simon ...

Length: 2 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Measure for Measure is one of darkest of Shakespeare’s comedies. Written in about 1603 and first performed in 1604, it immediately preceded the composition of the major tragedies Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth.Duke Vincentino, the ruler of Vienna, fears that under his mild sovereignty, the people may have become lazy and lax. He decides to “go... Read more

The Watsons - Abridged

By: L. Oulton & Jane Austen

Narrated by: Graham Scott, Denis Daly, Catherine Bilson, Lin...

Length: 3 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Jane Austen probably commenced writing The Watsons in 1803 and discontinued it after her father’s death in 1805. The original text contains no chapter divisions. It was first published in 1871 as an appendix to A Memoir of Jane Austen, by the novelist’s nephew, James Edward Austen-Leigh.The story concerns the young and vivacious Emma Watson, one... Read more

The Kingdom of God is Within You - Abridged

By: Leo Tolstoy

Narrated by: Michael Scott

Length: 2 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr, along with many others, have referred to the influence that this work, written by Leo Tolstoy, has had on their psyche, and subsequent permanent change in their state of mind. The selected excerpt, from this much larger writing, reveal Tolstoy's philosophy regarding the literal interpretation of Christ's... Read more

Пропавшая грамота (радиопостановка) - Abridged

By: Николай Гоголь

Narrated by: Александр Калягин

Length: 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Пропавшая грамота – радиопостановка по одноименному произведению. Повесть Николая Васильевича Гоголя из цикла «Вечера на хуторе близ Диканьки». Написана предположительно в 1829—1831 годах. Читает Александр Калягин. Read more