Classics audiobooks

The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Stories, with eBook

By: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrated by: David Case

Length: 4 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Between 1841 and 1844, Edgar Allan Poe invented the detective fiction genre with his mesmerizing stories of a young French eccentric named C. Auguste Dupin. Introducing to literature the concept of applying reason to solving crime, these tales brought Poe fame and fortune. Years later, Dorothy Sayers would describe "The Murders in the Rue... Read more

Three Men on the Bummel, with eBook

By: Jerome K. Jerome

Narrated by: David Case

Length: 6 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Three Men on the Bummel is the story of a Victorian bicycle trip gone wrong—then wrong and wrong again! A trio of British gentlemen attempt a cycling expedition in Germany's Black Forest. Confusion about the differences in language and culture get them into continual trouble, whether it's boarding a train, buying a present for an aunt, or simply... Read more

Catriona, with eBook

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

Narrated by: David Case

Length: 9 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Catriona is a stirring tale of love, danger, and political intrigue set amidst the stately grandeur of old Edinburgh. David Balfour is an orphaned young gentleman who has recently managed to claim his inheritance from a miserly (and murderous) uncle. Now he and his friends James Stewart and Alan Breck are implicated in a sensational killing, and... Read more

Baree: The Wolf Dog, with eBook

By: James Oliver Curwood

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: 6 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Baree, the son of a grey wolf and a black dog, was born in the vast Canadian wilderness. He learns about nature and his fellow animals by trial and error—fighting with owls and playing with beavers. Being alone in the wild, he desperately seeks to join a pack of wolves, but they see him as a dog, and he is driven away.



If the wolves are... Read more

Jungle Tales of Tarzan, with eBook

By: Edgar Rice Burroughs

Narrated by: Shelly Frasier

Length: 7 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Edgar Rice Burroughs created one of the most iconic figures in American pop culture, Tarzan of the Apes. It is impossible to overstate his influence on entire genres of popular literature in the decades after his enormously winning pulp novels sparked the public's imagination.



Jungle Tales of Tarzan explores the life of the young Tarzan, his... Read more

At the Earth's Core, with eBook

By: Edgar Rice Burroughs

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: 5 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

David Innes is a young man who has just inherited a large mining company. An eccentric inventor, Abner Perry, convinces Innes to underwrite a project to build an "iron mole," claiming it will make them both wealthy. The mechanical beast works well—actually too well. On the maiden voyage, instead of digging for a few minutes and returning, they... Read more

Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar, with eBook

By: Edgar Rice Burroughs

Narrated by: Shelly Frasier

Length: 7 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Edgar Rice Burroughs is the creator of one of the most iconic figures in American pop culture: Tarzan of the Apes. Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar is the fifth book in the Tarzan series and considered by many to be one of the best.



In one of his earlier adventures, Tarzan visited the mysterious, ruinous city of Opar that dated back to Atlantean... Read more

Pellucidar, with eBook

By: Edgar Rice Burroughs

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: 5 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

In this sequel to At the Earth's Core, David Innes vows revenge and returns to the inner world of Pellucidar to rescue the beautiful Dian, who had been torn from his arms by trickery. However, his return trip places him far from the land of his beloved, and he is forced to undertake a desperate journey thousands of miles across the fierce inner... Read more

The Island of Doctor Moreau, with eBook

By: H. G. Wells

Narrated by: Jonathan Kent

Length: 4 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

The Island of Dr. Moreau follows a shipwreck survivor to an island on which animals are being transformed into human-like creatures, both physically and socially, by the cold and calculating Dr. Moreau. When it was first published in 1896, The Island of Dr. Moreau shocked and horrified most of its audience as well as reviewers. H. G. Wells... Read more

The Hand of Fu-Manchu, with eBook

By: Sax Rohmer

Narrated by: John Bolen

Length: 6 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Sir Gregory Hale returns to London from Mongolia with a mysterious Tulun-Nur chest that holds the "key to India," a vital secret of Dr. Fu-Manchu's notorious Si-Fan organization. Unfortunately, Hale is murdered before he is able to disclose the secret to Nayland Smith. The Burmese police commissioner and Dr. Petrie launch a mission to affront... Read more

The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu, with eBook

By: Sax Rohmer

Narrated by: John Bolen

Length: 7 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Originally published as a series of short stories in Colliers Weekly, this action-packed sequel to The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu features a number of fiendish doings, including kidnappings, snake murders, albino peacocks, killer apes, quicksand, a haunted house, rat torture, and more. Fu-Manchu summons a poisonous cat, fiery hands of death, and a... Read more

The Man Who Would Be King and Other Stories, with eBook

By: Rudyard Kipling

Narrated by: Rebecca Burns

Length: 4 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Rudyard Kipling's "The Man Who Would Be King" is one of literature's greatest and most famous adventure stories. This stirring tale of two happy-go-lucky British ne'er-do-wells trying to carve out their own kingdom in the remote mountains of Afghanistan has also proved over time to be a work of penetrating and lasting political insight—amidst... Read more

The Metamorphosis and Other Stories, with eBook

By: Guy de Maupassant & Franz Kafka

Narrated by: Tom Whitworth

Length: 4 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Throughout his amazing career, Franz Kafka created some of the most haunting, timeless, and enduring images of the nightmare world of everyday life. First published in 1915, "The Metamorphosis" is one of Kafka's most famous works. The story begins when traveling salesman Gregor Samsa wakes from a series of disturbing dreams to discover that he... Read more

Candide, with eBook

By: Voltaire

Narrated by: Tom Whitworth

Length: 3 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Caustic and hilarious, Candide has ranked as one of the world's great satires since its first publication in 1759. It concerns the adventures of the youthful Candide, disciple of Dr. Pangloss.



In the course of his travels in Europe and South America, Candide sees and suffers such misfortune that it is difficult for him to believe that this is... Read more

The Malefactor, with eBook

By: E. Phillips Oppenheim

Narrated by: John Bolen

Length: 7 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Sir Wingrave Seton allowed himself to be imprisoned for nine years rather than betray a lady's honor. Seeking revenge for his incarceration, he acquires immense wealth for the sole purpose of destroying the lives of others. A lonely Boston housewife, a young stockbroker, and an orphaned daughter of a church organist all seem to be headed for... Read more

The Bat, with eBook

By: Mary Roberts Rinehart

Narrated by: Shelly Frasier

Length: 6 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Miss Cornelia Van Gorder has left her New York City home for a vacation in an isolated country mansion with her beautiful young niece, neurotic maid, pompous butler, and a mysterious but genteel young man, only to find herself the victim of an elusive master criminal known as the Bat.



The spirited and headstrong spinster is not easily fazed,... Read more

Mystery Stories of Violet Strange, with eBook

By: Anna Katharine Green

Narrated by: Shelly Frasier

Length: 9 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Violet Strange is no ordinary well-to-do young New York City debutante. Unbeknownst to her family and society friends, she leads a secret life as a professional sleuth for a private detective agency. On a mission to raise money for an undisclosed project, the determined and gutsy young debutante diligently snoops around sleepwalking widows,... Read more

Active Service, with eBook

By: Stephen Crane

Narrated by: John Bolen

Length: 7 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

How far would a father go to keep his daughter from marrying the wrong man? Rufus Coleman, the respected editor of the New York Eclipse, plans to marry Marjory Wainwright. Yet to her father, Professor Wainwright, Rufus is still the wastrel that he thought him to be as a student in college. To thwart the marriage, the professor drags Marjory off... Read more

Child of Storm, with eBook

By: Henry Rider Haggard

Narrated by: Shelly Frasier

Length: 9 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

In this sequel to Marie, Allan Quatermain helps his Zulu friend Saduko in a crazy battle to win 100 cattle for the dowry of his love, Mameena. However, the beautiful and mysterious Mameena, known as the "Child of Storm," seduces Allan and tries to engage him in marriage.



Fortunately, Quatermain sees through her witchcraft. The Zulu king declares... Read more

Michael Strogoff, with eBook

By: Jules Verne

Narrated by: John Bolen

Length: 9 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

A courier of the Czar must be dispatched to warn the Governor-General of Sibera at once: Ivan Ogareff has allied himself with the fierce and ambitious Feofar-Khan. The Tartar chiefs are pouring their men into Siberia and fomenting rebellion. Should Ivan Ogareff and his allies succeed, the Siberian provinces will be wrested away from Russian... Read more

The Secret of the Night, with eBook

By: Gaston Leroux

Narrated by: John Bolen

Length: 10 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

The surviving Nihilists have condemned the Russian General Trebassof to death for the crimes he and his troops committed against the revolution. Three attempts on his life have failed, but the Czar is determined to keep him alive. The Czar assigns the redoubtable French detective reporter Rouletabille to the case. It quickly becomes apparent... Read more

Stalky and Co., with eBook

By: Rudyard Kipling

Narrated by: Shelly Frasier

Length: 7 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Based on Rudyard Kipling's own adolescent experiences, Stalky and Co. is a cunning story of mischievous nineteenth-century British schoolboys attempting scholastic mutiny. The faculty and headmaster of a boys' private school repeatedly pursue a trio of poetic pranksters—"Stalky," "Beetle," and "Turkey"—as they wage war on fellow students and the... Read more

Marie, with eBook

By: Henry Rider Haggard

Narrated by: Shelly Frasier

Length: 10 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

This first novel in Henry Rider Haggard's Zulu trilogy depicts the tumultuous political era of the 1830s involving the trek-Boers, the French colonists, and the Zulu tribe in the Cape colony of South Africa. Hate and suspicion run high between the home government and the Dutch subjects.



Allan Quatermain accompanies the ill-fated Pieter Retief and... Read more

Beyond the City, with eBook

By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Shelly Frasier

Length: 3 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Destiny brings three peculiar households together in the placid English countryside. The desire for money and romance drives these Victorians beyond the natural boundaries of their middle-class lives. As the web of lust and deceit draws these accidental neighbors ever closer, a financial scandal befalls one of them. An outside "rank pirate" is... Read more