Classics audiobooks

The Iliad

By: Homer

Narrated by: Stephen C.

Length: 15 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

It is the tenth year of the Trojan War. The Greek allies have laid siege to the city of Troy, but the leaders of the Greek factions are beginning to turn on one another. When Agamemnon, the king of Mycenae, angers Achilles, leader of the Myrmidons, the gods begin to intervene more directly in the conflict, and the war becomes even more dangerous... Read more

Middlemarch, with eBook

By: George Eliot

Narrated by: Kate Reading

Length: 31 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Middlemarch is a recognized masterpiece that explores the complex social world of nineteenth-century England. It is concerned with the lives of several ordinary people, albeit ones with high social standing.

The novel is set in the small town of Middlemarch and follows the interrelated lives of several characters. At the heart of the book is... Read more

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

By: Betty Smith

Narrated by: Kate Burton

Length: 15 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

A PBS Great American Read Top 100 PickThe beloved American classic about a young girl's coming-of-age at the turn of the twentieth century.From the moment she entered the world, Francie Nolan needed to be made of stern stuff, for growing up in the Williamsburg slums of Brooklyn, New York demanded fortitude, precocity, and strength of spirit.... Read more

I Am Legend

By: Richard Matheson

Narrated by: Robertson Dean

Length: 5 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

The basis for the film starring Academy Award nominee Will Smith, I Am Legend is a classic of horror and suspense.In I Am Legend, a terrible plague has decimated the world, and those who were unfortunate enough to survive are transformed into bloodthirsty creatures of the night. Robert Neville is the last living man on earth. Every other man,... Read more

That Hideous Strength

By: C. S. Lewis

Narrated by: Geoffrey Howard

Length: 14 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

This is the final book in C. S. Lewis’s acclaimed Ransom Trilogy, which includes Out of the Silent Planet and Perelandra. A classic work of fantasy as much for the wonder of its storytelling as for its insights into the human condition, the trilogy stages an epic battle between forces of light and darkness across a canvas of other worlds.In That... Read more

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

By: Anonymous

Narrated by: Bill Wallis

Length: 5 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

The famous Middle English poem by an anonymous English poet is beautifully translated by fellow poet Simon Armitage in this edition. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight narrates in crystalline verse the strange tale of a green knight who rudely interrupts the Round Table festivities one Yuletide, casting a pall of unease over the company and... Read more

Sense and Sensibility

By: Jane Austen

Narrated by: Elizabeth Grace

Length: 16 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Step into the refined world of "Sense and Sensibility," the beloved novel by Jane Austen, narrated by the soothing voice of Elizabeth Grace and produced by Slumber Studios.If restless nights or a busy mind keep you awake, this audiobook is designed to ease you into a peaceful, restful slumber.Close your eyes, relax, and let Elizabeth’s soothing... Read more

Anna Karenina

By: Leo Tolstoy

Narrated by: Frankie Porter, Tim Campbell, Sebastian Brown, ...

Length: 39 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Tolstoy's classic novel reimagined in a multi-cast performance tells the classic tale of all-consuming love—and the resulting self-destruction.

Our titular character, Anna Karenina, is a beautiful and vivacious woman who wants for nothing, but her life still feels empty. When she meets the handsome officer, Count Vronsky, her passionless marriage... Read more

Les Miserables

By: Victor Hugo

Narrated by: Pete Cross

Length: 62 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Considered to be French novelist Victor Hugo's masterpiece, Les Miserables, which was published in 1862, is a sprawling historical and philosophical epic that covers from 1815 through the Paris Uprising in 1832. Notable for its many subplots and digressions from the main storyline, the novel's stated aim is a progress from evil to good, from... Read more

The Hound of the Baskervilles

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Keith Higginbotham

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Unravel the mystery of "The Hound of the Baskervilles" with this captivating audiobook by Arthur Conan Doyle. Set against the eerie backdrop of the English moors, this timeless tale follows the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes and his loyal companion Dr. John Watson as they investigate the mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville.As the... Read more

A Room With a View

By: E.M. Forster

Narrated by: Karen Cass

Length: 7 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

"But you do," he went on, not waiting for contradiction. "You love the boy body and soul, plainly, directly, as he loves you, and no other word expresses it ..." Lucy has her rigid, middle-class life mapped out for her, until she visits Florence with her uptight cousin Charlotte, and finds her neatly ordered existence thrown off balance. Her... Read more

Dracula

By: Bram Stoker

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 14 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

This blood-curdling tale of thirsty vampires continues to hold audiences spellbound more than a century after its publication.Summoned to assist with legal matters regarding a real estate transaction, young Englishman Jonathan Harker journeys to the dismal, dreary castle of Count Dracula in Transylvania. The fledgling solicitor is completely... Read more

The Christmas Classics

By: Charles Dickens, Washington Irving, Kate Dougla...

Narrated by: Ralph Cosham, Phil Paonessa, Suzie Althens, Cha...

Length: 18 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

With timeless classics from some of the most notable names in literature, this Christmas story bundle is the perfect listen for the most wonderful time of the year. This bundle includes: A Christmas Carol, Old Christmas, The Romance of a Christmas Card, The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding, A Christmas Dream, and How It Came True on... Read more

The Convenient Marriage

By: Georgette Heyer

Narrated by: Avita Jay

Length: 10 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

The Convenient Marriage is read by Avita Jay, who has appeared on stage in Sunday Morning at the Centre of the World, Peer Gynt and Bring on the Bollywood.

Horry Winwood doesn't play by the rules.

So when her family are near ruin and her sister is about to enter a loveless marriage to a wealthy man to settle the family... Read more

Chess Story

By: Stefan Zweig

Narrated by: Daniel Allen

Length: 2 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

"Chess Story," also known as "The Royal Game," is Stefan Zweig's compelling novella that unfolds on a passenger steamer. It narrates the psychological duel between Mirko Czentovic, a chess champion with a mysterious past, and Dr. B, a reclusive genius. Set against the backdrop of World War II, the story explores themes of isolation, obsession,... Read more

Portrait of a Lady

By: Henry James

Narrated by: Cyril Taylor-Carr & The Oxford 8

Length: 22 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Portrait of a Lady is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly and Macmillan's Magazine in 1880–81 and then as a book in 1881. It is one of James's most popular novels and is regarded by critics as one of his finest.
Henry James was an American-British author. He is regarded as a key transitional figure between... Read more

Gulliver's Travels

By: Jonathan Swift

Narrated by: Ram Ranjini

Length: 9 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Embark on an extraordinary adventure with "Gulliver's Travels," the timeless satire by Jonathan Swift, brought to life by the engaging narration of Ram Ranjini. This classic tale follows Lemuel Gulliver, a ship’s surgeon who finds himself cast away on strange and fantastical lands, each with its own unique culture and peculiarities.From the... Read more

The Adventures of Huckleberry

By: Mark Twain

Narrated by: James Hamill

Length: 9 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

The original Great American Novel, an incomparable adventure story and a classic of anarchic humour, Twain's masterpiece sees Huckleberry Finn and Jim the slave escape their difficult lives by fleeing down the Mississippi on a raft. There, they find steamships, feuding families, an unlikely Duke and King and vital lessons about the world in... Read more

DragonLight

By: Donita K. Paul

Narrated by: Ellen Grafton

Length: 13 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

The breathtaking conclusion to the DragonKeeper chronicles! The fantastic land of Amara is recovering from years of war as well as from the spiritual apathy corroding the Amarans’ hearts. With Kale and her father serving as dragon keepers for Paladin, the dragon populace has exploded. It’s a peaceful, exciting time of rebuilding. And yet, an... Read more

Go Set a Watchman

By: Harper Lee

Narrated by: Reese Witherspoon

Length: 6 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Performed by Reese Witherspoon#1 New York Times Bestseller“Go Set a Watchman is such an important book, perhaps the most important novel on race to come out of the white South in decades.""  — New York Times A landmark novel by Harper Lee, set two decades after her beloved Pulitzer Prize–winning masterpiece, To Kill a... Read more

1984

By: George Orwell

Narrated by: Theo Solomon

Length: 12 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the most celebrated classics of the twentieth century, this cautionary tale of a man trapped under the gaze of an authoritarian state is more relevant now than ever before.“Thoughtcrime was not a thing that could be concealed for ever. You might dodge successfully for a while, even for years, but sooner or later they were bound to get... Read more

Beowulf: A New Translation

By: Maria Dahvana Headley

Narrated by: JD Jackson & Maria Dahvana Headley

Length: 4 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

"Narrator JD Jackson addresses his listener as "bro" in this decidedly contemporary retelling of the classic saga...His brilliant performance captures all the artistry, wit, and immediacy of this fresh translation, and breathes new life into what for most has been a literary fossil." -- AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winner

A new,... Read more

The Grapes of Wrath

By: John Steinbeck

Narrated by: Dylan Baker

Length: 21 hours

Abridged: No

John Steinbeck's powerful evocation of the suffering and hardship caused by the Great Depression, and a panoramic vision of the struggle for the American Dream, The Grapes of Wrath includes a critical introduction by Robert DeMott in Penguin Modern Classics. 'I've done my damndest to rip a reader's nerves to rags, I don't want him satisfied.'... Read more

Moby Dick

By: Herman Melville

Narrated by: Frank Muller

Length: 21 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Its famous opening line, "Call me Ishmael," dramatic in its stark simplicity, begins an epic that is widely regarded as the greatest novel ever written by an American. Labeled variously a realistic story of whaling, a romance of unusual adventure and eccentric characters, a symbolic allegory, and a drama of heroic conflict, Moby Dick is first... Read more