Short Stories audiobooks

Emmalan Elli

By: Kasimir Leino

Narrated by: Ritva-Liisa Elivuo

Length: 4 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Kasimir Leino (1866-1919), alunperin Kasimir Agathon Lönnbohm, oli Eino Leinon isoveli, ja myöskin kirjailija. Hän opiskeli itsensä ylioppilaaksi ja sitten filosofian kandidaatiksi, lisensiaatiksi, ja väitteli filosofian tohtoriksi. Tämän jälkeen hänellä oli paljon sanomalehtimiehen töitä, kun hän työskenteli Hämeen Sanomissa, Valvojassa ja... Read more

Elämän meri, osa 2

By: Arvid Järnefelt

Narrated by: Ritva-Liisa Elivuo

Length: 1 hour 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Talon ainoalla pojalla on elämä pedattuna. Hän käy maanviljelysopiston ja ottaa vanhempiensa tilalla johdon. Poika uudistaa maatilaa ja vanhoja viljelystapoja. Muut ihastelevat nuoren miehen työtä, mutta jokin kalvaa hänen sisintään – hän on rakastunut toisen vaimoon. Mitä tehdä kun ei voi lakata ajattelemasta sitä, jota ei voi saada... Read more

Elämän meri, osa 1

By: Arvid Järnefelt

Narrated by: Ritva-Liisa Elivuo

Length: 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Virkku on vanha ja harvinaisen vihainen koira. Muut ovat kyllästyneet Virkun ärisemiseen ja ulvontaan, mutta isäntä ei ole vielä valmis eroamaan koirastaan. Mutta mikä sitten on tehnyt Virkusta niin äkäisen? Entä mikä tekisi vanhan koiran onnelliseksi?Tämän äänikirjan novellit ovat Arvid Järnefeltin klassikosta Elämän meri vuodelta 1904. Se... Read more

Weihnachtsstern

By: Hans-Peter Schneider

Narrated by: Hans-Peter Schneider

Length: 4 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Besinnliches in einer hektischen Zeit "Wer kann das Wunder erklären, das mit den Menschen geschieht?", fragt sich Hans-Peter Schneider in seinem Weihnachtsbuch. Mit zahlreichen Gedichten und Geschichten beschreibt er, auf welche Art und Weise die Weihnachtszeit erlebt werden kann. Sowohl in heiter-ironischen als auch in... Read more

Lady Susan, the Watsons, Sanditon

By: Jane Austen

Narrated by: Emilia Fox

Length: 7 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

This Penguin Classic is performed by award-winning actress Emilia Fox who is best known for her starring role in the long running BBC drama Silent Witness. She has also won acclaim for her performances in Strangers, Pride and Prejudice and Delicious. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Margaret... Read more

Japanese Ghost Stories

By: Lafcadio Hearn

Narrated by: Eleanor Matsuura

Length: 9 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

This Penguin Classic is performed by Eleanor Matsuura, known for AMC's The Walking Dead and Spooks. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Paul Murray.

In this collection of classic ghost stories from Japan, beautiful princesses turn out to be frogs, paintings come alive, deadly spectral brides haunt the... Read more

The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings

By: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrated by: Catherine Bailey & Tom Ravenscroft

Length: 16 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

This Penguin Classic is performed by Tom Ravenscroft, radio presenter known for his work on BBC 6 Music, and Catherine Bailey, known for A Quiet Passion and The Crown, as leading roles in London Theatres. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by David Galloway.

The Fall of the House of Usher and Other... Read more

The Garden Party and Other Stories

By: Katherine Mansfield

Narrated by: Bonnie Wright

Length: 6 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

This Penguin Classic is performed by Bonnie Wright, best known for her role as Ginny Weasley in the Harry Potter films. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Lorna Sage .

Innovative, startlingly perceptive and aglow with colour, these fifteen stories were written towards the end of Katherine Mansfield's... Read more

Dubliners

By: James Joyce

Narrated by: Andrew Scott

Length: 8 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

This Penguin Classic is performed by Andrew Scott, star of Sherlock, Fleabag and Black Mirror, also known for his on-stage roles in Present Laughter and Hamlet. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Terence Brown.

Joyce's first major work, written when he was only twenty-five, brought his city to the... Read more

Teneriffa del 2

By: Anders Mathlein

Narrated by: Fredrika Eriksson

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Lena har rest ensam sedan Jacob svek henne genom att ha en affär med vännen Mikaela. Nu befinner hon sig på Teneriffa. Hon åker på utflykter och läser en bok om slumpens makt. Och som av en slump hamnar hon på samma buss som Reine, han som blev bedragen av Mikaela. Är det ödet?Det var aldrig meningen att Anneli skulle hamna på Teneriffa. Hon... Read more

Bone Chiller Stories

By: John McDonnell

Narrated by: Larry Gorman

Length: 1 hour 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Do you like to feel afraid? Do you like the thrill in the pit of your stomach when you hear an unknown sound in the dark? When you hear footsteps in an empty house? When you get a sudden shock? You'll get that feeling from "Bone Chillers", a collection of nine scary stories. Here you'll meet shape-shifters, transformers, monsters, water spirits,... Read more

The Nymph and the Fauns - Sexy erotica

By: Olrik

Narrated by: Christina May

Length: 31 minutes

Abridged: No

"Five men were jumping about in fur-clad trousers and were wearing bizarre animal masks. The masks looked a bit like the kind one might put on large dogs to keep them from biting. It also worked splendidly as a costume – for a faun.It was my nymph fantasy.It had come true.The five fauns clearly took it as a sign that they should begin their... Read more

Ultimate Kids’ Adventure Book

By: Jeff Child

Narrated by: John H. Fehskens

Length: 53 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

100 short stories in 1 book!!!This book contains 100 stories about princesses, monsters, heroes, ghosts, ninjas, gangsters, kings, zombies, fights, adventures, enemies, skeletons, witches, elves, orcs, chickens, cows, vampires, dragons, detectives, bats, sheep, and much, much more!Don't skip out on this steal of a deal and get the 100 stories... Read more

States of Man

By: Gareth Cadwallader

Narrated by: Barney Goodall

Length: 3 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Tender, nostalgic, romantic, funny, absurd, magically real, speculative, ironic, nightmarish, entertaining and elegantly rendered…these stories span a century of Man’s consciousness.Once, a man might be a Gatsby chasing his girl half-way around the world, the captain of a football World Cup winning side, a raging Picasso bull in a mythical maze... Read more

Lastuja 6 "Tyven meri"

By: Juhani Aho

Narrated by: Ritva-Liisa Elivuo

Length: 3 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Juhani Aho (1861-1921) kuvasi lastujaan näin: "Puusta asetta vuoleksiessa lennähtelee puusepältä lastuja hänen työhuoneensa permannolle. Yksi ne lakaisee ovesta ulos, toinen nakkaa lieteen palamaan, kolmas heittää lapsille leikkikaluiksi. Tämmöiset kirjaniekan kynäelmät ovat lastuja nekin. Kun ei niitä aina henno tuleenkaan työntää, niin jättää... Read more

De liefdeseilanden - erotisch verhaal

By: Alexandra Södergran

Narrated by: Ad Knippels

Length: 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Wanneer twee gedetineerden uit de Kumla-gevangenis weten te ontsnappen is dat landelijk nieuws. Als ze later spoorloos verdwenen blijken te zijn, staat de overheid machteloos. Waar zijn ze gebleven? De gevangenen worden bovendien als gevaarlijk gezien. Terwijl de autoriteiten doorgaan met hun wanhopige zoektocht, zetten de twee gevangenen met... Read more

Esimerkin vuoksi

By: Juhani Aho

Narrated by: Ritva-Liisa Elivuo

Length: 1 hour 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Juhani Aho (1861-1921) kirjoittu teoksen Esimerkin vuoksi ja se ilmestyi vuonna 1920. Teos kertoo maisterista - nuoresta papista - joka kuului raittiusseuraan ja aikoo toimia kaikin voimin sen hyväksi – kunhan nyt ensin saisi itse tehtyä tupakkalakon . . Ahon leikittelevää tyyliä. Lukija Ritva-Liisa Elivuo- Read more

Gepassioneerde ontmoetingen 2: Jesper - erotisch verhaal

By: Sofia Fritzson

Narrated by: Ad Knippels

Length: 37 minutes

Abridged: No

"Haar glimlach stuurt rechtstreekse signalen naar zijn liezen. Er is nog niets veranderd sinds ze jong waren en ze altijd met zijn zussen optrok. Ze was net een exotische vlinder: altijd in de buurt, maar zodra hij zijn hand uitstak fladderde ze weg. Hij begreep algauw dat ze zich niet liet vangen, maar staakte zijn pogingen nooit. Uiteindelijk... Read more

Eläinlastuja

By: Juhani Aho

Narrated by: Ritva-Liisa Elivuo

Length: 2 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Juhani Aho (1861-1921) kirjoitti apsille suunnatun novellikokoelman Eläinlastuja, joka julkaistiin ensimmäisen kerran vuonna 1928, sarjassa suomalaista kirjallisuutta kouluille. Eläinlastuihin sisältyy myös metsästyksen kuvauksia, joka oli aihepiirinä Aholle itselleen läheistä.Kokoelma sisältää 9 kertomusta:- Ilkityö- Hula- Hektor II- Mullikka-... Read more

China Towns: Based on the Five Towns Novels

By: Arnold Bennett

Narrated by: Kate O'Flynn, Neil Dudgeon, Tim McInnerny, Don ...

Length: 10 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Neil Dudgeon and Tim McInnerny star in this epic tale of money, passion and defiance, inspired by the 'Five Towns' novels of Arnold Bennett

In this radical reinterpretation of Arnold Bennett's classic novels set in the Staffordshire potteries, it's the 19th Century and the Industrial Revolution is at full throttle. Only the ruthless thrive in... Read more

الحصان الشارد

By: فليسبرتو إرناندث

Narrated by: مارلين شكيب

Length: 9 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

"الحصان الشارد" هي مغامرات عازف بيانو مُفلِس، يُبدِّلُ حِس الفكاهة لديه مرارةَ حياة حافلة بالهزائم، فهي الدافع الأول الذي يمنح زخما لحكايات الأوروجوايي فليسبرتو إرناندث... ما إن يشرع هذا الكاتب الذي لا يشبه أحدًا غيره في حكي التعاسات الصغيرة لوجود ينصرم بين فرق الأوركسترا الصغيرة لمقاهي مونتفيديو وجولات الحفلات الموسيقية في قرى ريف الريو دى لا... Read more

ملخص ما جرى

By: رشا عباس

Narrated by: آسيا نابلسي

Length: 3 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

" ما الذي دفعني إلى موافقتكَ في كل ما حدث؟!! في البداية كنا في قلب السيارة تحت المطر الكثيف الذي تشقه إنارة الطريق الخافتة، قلتَ لي أنّ أخي نائمٌ وهو يقود السيارة، لم أكن قد انتبهت وحين نظرت إليه وجدته نائماً فعلاً خلف المقود، أوقفتَ السيارة وأنزَلتهُ منها وأنا أراقبك، وضعتَهُ على الطريق ومددته هناك....لم يستقيظ وبقي غافياً على الصورة التي وضعته... Read more

Snowman Shivers: Two Dark Humor Tales About Snowmen

By: Mark Leslie

Narrated by: Mark Leslie

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: No

You might never build another snowman again!If you ever cast an uncomfortable glance over your shoulder when passing the silent snowy sentinels that stand looking at you as you pass on the icy sidewalk, if you've ever questioned what might really happen if the old silk hat placed on Frosty the Snowman's head was truly magic, then these two dark... Read more

The Heart and Other Viscera

By: Félix J. Palma

Narrated by: Cynthia Farrell & Timothy Andrés Pabon

Length: 6 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times bestselling author of the “supernatural tour de force” (M.J. Rose, bestselling author) The Map of Time crafts an enchanting collection of twelve evocative and macabre stories delving into the magical, ordinary, and darker aspects of love in all its powerful forms.

A young girl receives letters from her lost doll; a cat madly in... Read more