Classics audiobooks

Westward Ho!

By: Charles Kingsley

Narrated by: Frederick Davidson

Length: 19 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Subtitle: or the Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the County of Devon in the Reign of Her Most Glorious Majesty Queen ElizabethFrom the coral reefs of the Barbados to the jungles and fabled cities of the Orinoco and on to the great sea battle with the Spanish Armada, this vibrant novel captures the daring spirit... Read more

The Man of Property

By: John Galsworthy

Narrated by: Frederick Davidson

Length: 13 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

John Galsworthy’s epic Forsyte Saga follows the fortunes of the venerable Forsyte family, a moneyed clan whose passions are ever at war with its values. Galsworthy won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932 “for his distinguished art of narration, which takes its highest form in the Forsyte Saga.”The Man of Property, the first novel in the... Read more

In Chancery

By: John Galsworthy

Narrated by: Frederick Davidson

Length: 10 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

John Galsworthy’s epic Forsyte Saga follows the fortunes of the venerable Forsyte family, a moneyed clan whose values are ever at war with its passions. In Chancery, the second novel in the trilogy, follows the events of A Man of Property.After suffering the death of her lover and abuse from her husband, Soames, Irene Forsyte finally leaves her... Read more

Jack London Boxed Set

By: Jack London

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 11 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Jack London’s adventurous nature, intuitive feeling for animal life, and superb storytelling skills give his tales a striking vitality and force. Thrilling action and a sense of justice characterize the classic stories in this collection.White FangIn the desolate, frozen wilds of northwest Canada, a lone wolf fights the heroic daily fight for... Read more

To Let

By: John Galsworthy

Narrated by: Frederick Davidson

Length: 9 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

To Let concludes John Galsworthy’s Forsyte Saga, the first trilogy of his epic nine-volume Forsyte Chronicles, which follows the fortunes of the venerable Forsyte family, a moneyed clan whose values are ever at war with its passions.In To Let, Irene’s son, Jon, and Soames’ daughter, Fleur, now both nineteen years old, fall in love. But when Jon... Read more

The White Monkey

By: John Galsworthy

Narrated by: David Case

Length: 9 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

The White Monkey is the fourth of the nine novels in the Forsyte Chronicles and marks the opening of the second trilogy in the series, called A Modern Comedy. In this new chapter, Fleur and Michael Mont begin to question their marriage when their good friend, author Wilfred Desert, can no longer contain his passion for Fleur. Fleur finds herself... Read more

The Silver Spoon

By: John Galsworthy

Narrated by: David Case

Length: 9 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

The Silver Spoon is the fifth of the nine novels in the Forsyte Chronicles, John Galsworthy’s epic story of the moneyed Forsyte family during the decline of the Victorian age. It is part of the second trilogy, called A Modern Comedy, and continues his fascinating study of the British propertied class in a changing society.In this novel, Soames... Read more

Swan Song

By: John Galsworthy

Narrated by: David Case

Length: 10 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Swan Song is the conclusion of the second trilogy in the Forsyte Chronicles, which is called A Modern Comedy. John Galsworthy's epic story of the moneyed Forsyte family is a fascinating study of the British propertied class during the decline of the Victorian age.The "man of property," Soames Forsyte, has mellowed with the passing of the years... Read more

Flowering Wilderness

By: John Galsworthy

Narrated by: David Case

Length: 7 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

John Galsworthy devoted virtually his entire professional career to creating the fictional but entirely representative family of propertied Victorians, the Forsytes. He made their lives and times, loves and losses, and fortunes and deaths so real that readers accused him of including real individuals whom they knew as the characters in his... Read more

One More River

By: John Galsworthy

Narrated by: Frederick Davidson

Length: 8 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

In John Galsworthy’s last written novel, the conclusion of the final trilogy in his epic Forsyte Chronicles, Dinny Charwell is recovering steadily from her disastrous late love affair while now it is her sister, Clare, who is in trouble.After just eighteen months of marriage, Clare has fled from her highly esteemed but sadistic husband, Gerald,... Read more

The Buried Book

By: David Damrosch

Narrated by: William Hughes

Length: 7 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Etched in the wedge-shaped letters known as cuneiform on clay tablets, the Epic of Gilgamesh stands as the earliest classic of world literature. Its earliest surviving fragments date back to the eighteenth century BC, more than 3,700 years ago. In The Buried Book, David Damrosch tells the story of George Smith, a self-taught linguist, who one... Read more

The Man with the Golden Arm

By: Nelson Algren

Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner

Length: 14 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the first National Book Award in 1950, this modern classic takes us into the gritty underbelly of post–World War II America. It is the story of “Frankie Machine,” a veteran, drug addict, and card-dealer in an illicit poker game being run in Chicago’s near northwest side. Frankie has just returned from the federal prison for narcotics... Read more

Carmilla

By: Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Narrated by: Megan Follows

Length: 3 hours

Abridged: No

This was the very first vampire thriller, eventually becoming inspiration for Bram Stoker's Dracula, as well classics by Robert Louis Stevenson. In this tale of blood and terror, pure innocence becomes the target of age-old evil. Virtuous Laura has grown up in a solitary castle and longs for a close friend. Her wish seems granted with the... Read more

“Babette’s Feast” and “Sorrow-Acre”

By: Isak Dinesen

Narrated by: Colleen Dewhurst

Length: 2 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

“Through all the world there goes one long cry from the heart of the artist: give me leave to do my utmost.” This line from “Babette’s Feast” lends itself to both of the stories in this audio collection, which tell of unbreakable human spirit and total commitment to life choices. “Babette’s Feast,” now an award-winning film, takes a humorous... Read more

Bambi

By: Felix Salten

Narrated by: Frank Dolan

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Bambi's life in the woods begins happily. There are forest animals to play with—friend Hare, the chattery squirrel, the noisy screech owl, and Bambi's twin cousins, frail Gobo and beautiful Faline. But winter comes, and Bambi learns that the woods hold danger—and things he doesn't understand. The first snowfall makes food hard to find. Bambi's... Read more

False Dawn

By: Edith Wharton

Narrated by: Sir Derek Jacobi

Length: 2 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

The first of four novellas, together called Old New York, set in the mid-1800s.Lewis Raycie is sent on a grand tour of Europe with instructions from his father to acquire a collection of accepted Art Works. His father's dream is to own a Raphael; instead, Lewis returns with a priceless collection of Renaissance masterpieces by Piero della... Read more

Great American Suspense

By: various authors

Narrated by: Geraint Wyn Davies

Length: 2 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Immerse yourself. Savor the best storytelling from the greatest authors of the supernatural; the haunting language and brilliant rendition create an extraordinary atmosphere.This audio recording includes:"Ethan Brand" by Nathaniel Hawthorne: a lime-burner and his young son encounter the man searching for the Unpardonable Sin."The Yellow Sign" by... Read more

Great Classic Stories III

By: various authors

Narrated by: various narrators, Bronson Pinchot, Jennifer Br...

Length: 7 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

A great new collection of classic short fiction, brilliantly read by a selection of narratorsThis recording includes the following stories:- “The Lightening-Rod Man” by Herman Melville- “One of the Missing” by Ambrose Bierce- “The Leopard Man’s Story” by Jack London- “Tennessee’s Partner” by Bret Harte- “The New Catacomb” by Sir Arthur Conan... Read more

Greenmantle

By: John Buchan

Narrated by: Christian Rodska

Length: 9 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

In Greenmantle, Richard Hannay, hero of The Thirty-Nine Steps, travels across war-torn Europe in search of a German plot and an Islamic Messiah. He is joined by three more of Buchan's heroes: Peter Pienaar, the old Boer Scout; John S. Blenkiron, the American determined to fight the Kaiser; and Sandy Arbuthnot. Greenmantle himself is partly... Read more

Jude the Obscure

By: Thomas Hardy

Narrated by: Stephen Thorne

Length: 15 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Jude Fawley is a stone mason with a passion for scholarship who longs to study at the nearby university town of Christminster. Then Arabella Donn comes into his life. His longing for her eclipses all else for a time, and they marry but unhappily. Meeting his spirited and intelligent cousin, Sue Bridehead, Jude dares to dream again. But in... Read more

Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime, and Other Stories

By: Oscar Wilde

Narrated by: Sir Derek Jacobi

Length: 6 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

“Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime” is a masterpiece of polished cynicism in which poison, explosive clocks, and finally murder forerun married bliss. Also included are “The Canterville Ghost,” “The Model Millionaire,” “The Young King,” “The Fisherman and His Soul,” “The Happy Prince,” “The Devoted Friend,” and “The Portrait of Mr. W. H.” These eight... Read more

Mark Twain’s Library of Humor

By: Mark Twain & various authors

Narrated by: Marni Webb, Richard Russ & others

Length: 6 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Master wit Mark Twain selected these twenty-seven stories himself by fifteen of his favorite nineteenth century authors. The order follows that which Twain placed them in in the original anthology, published in 1888. He indulged his comic fancy rather than making a textbook in which all themes or authors are placed together, saying that "This... Read more

Oliver Twist

By: Charles Dickens

Narrated by: Martin Jarvis

Length: 16 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

One of Dickens’ most popular novels, Oliver Twist tells the story of a young workhouse orphan who escapes into the mean backstreets of Victorian London. There, he is thrust into a den of thieves where some of Dickens’ most depraved villains preside: the incorrigible Artful Dodger, the barbarous bully Bill Sikes, and the terrible Fagin, whose... Read more

Ramona

By: Helen Hunt Jackson

Narrated by: Boots Martin

Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

This extraordinarily popular novel weaves together romance, history, and a passionate protest against the oppression of Native Americans in the 1800s. Termed the Uncle Tom’s Cabin of the southwestern Indians and the first protest novel of California, the story vividly portrays three cultures—Indian, Mexican, and Anglo—locked in combat. The... Read more