Classics audiobooks

A Classic Tales Christmas

By: Various

Narrated by: B.J. Harrison

Length: 13 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

All of your favorite Christmas stories in one fantastic collection. From heart felt stories like O. Henry’s "The Gift of the Magi," to tales of mystery from G.K. Chesterton and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Here is a treasure trove of tales from some of the best writers in the world, narrated by the voice of the Classic Tales: B.J. Harrison. Each... Read more

An African Millionaire

By: Grant Allen

Narrated by: Peter Joyce

Length: 8 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Set against the international background of the late Victorian rich and privileged, The African Millionaire is a far-fetched and farcical romp in which gullible Sir Charles Vandrift MP is slowly but steadily parted from his vast wealth by a series of confidence tricks and deceptions. Many and varied are the disguises of the perpetrator, a man... Read more

Uncle Silas

By: J. Sheridan Le Fanu

Narrated by: B.J. Harrison

Length: 17 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Mystery surrounds Maud Ruthyn in this quintessential Gothic Novel. Her melancholy father forbids her to ask or inquire anything concerning his misfortunate brother - Silas. From what she can gather, Silas was once a handsome, ambitious young man, but in his later years, he shrank into obscurity. Why? And why is Maud's governess, Madame de la... Read more

The P.G. Wodehouse Collection

By: P. G. Wodehouse

Narrated by: B.J. Harrison

Length: 15 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

This title includes not only the entire audiobook of Right Ho, Jeeves, but also all of the P.G. Wodehouse titles in the current Classic Tales library. It also includes a Jeeves short story only available in the collection: "Extricating Young Gussie". The complete running time is over 15 hours. Here is a list of the titles: "Leave It To Jeeves",... Read more

Ivanhoe

By: Sir Walter Scott

Narrated by: B.J. Harrison

Length: 20 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Prince John has assembled a collection of avaricious nobles to take control of England while Richard the Lionhearted is imprisoned in Austria. This threatens to bring the country to civil war between the Norman nobles and the conquered Saxons. Standing above it all is Wilfred of Ivanhoe, a disinherited Saxon knight who has fought in the Holy... Read more

The Ambassadors

By: Henry James

Narrated by: Stephen Hoye

Length: 18 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Lambert Strether, a mild, middle-aged American of no particular achievements, is dispatched to Paris from the manufacturing empire of Woollett, Massachusetts. The mission conferred on him by his august patron, Mrs. Newsome, is to discover what, or who, is keeping her son Chad in the notorious city of pleasure and to bring him home. But Strether... Read more

The Bostonians

By: Henry James

Narrated by: Xe Sands

Length: 17 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

From Boston's social underworld emerges Verena Tarrant, a girl with extraordinary oratorical gifts, which she deploys in tawdry meeting-houses on behalf of "the sisterhood of women." She acquires two admirers of a very different stamp: Olive Chancellor, devotee of radical causes and marked out for tragedy; and Basil Ransom, a veteran of the... Read more

The Rainbow

By: D. H. Lawrence

Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon

Length: 18 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Set in the rural midlands of England, The Rainbow revolves around three generations of the Brangwen family over a period of more than sixty years, setting them against the emergence of modern England. When Tom Brangwen marries a Polish widow and adopts her daughter as his own, he is unprepared for the conflict and passion that erupt. Suffused... Read more

Great Expectations

By: Charles Dickens

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 18 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Pip, a poor orphan being raised by a cruel sister, does not have much in the way of great expectations—until he is inexplicably elevated to wealth by an anonymous benefactor. Full of unforgettable characters—including a terrifying convict named Magwitch, the eccentric Miss Havisham, and her beautiful but manipulative niece, Estella, Great... Read more

Invisible Man

By: Ralph Ellison

Narrated by: Joe Morton

Length: 18 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time

Ralph Elllison's Invisible Man is a monumental novel, one that can well be called an epic of modern American Negro life. It is a strange story, in which many extraordinary things happen, some of them shocking and brutal, some of them pitiful and touching--yet always with... Read more

A Tale of Two Cities

By: Charles Dickens

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 14 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, A Tale of Two Cities is one of Charles Dickens’s most popular and dramatic stories.

It begins on a muddy English road in an atmosphere charged with mystery and it ends in the Paris of the Revolution with one of the most famous acts of self-sacrifice in literature. In between lies one of Dickens’s... Read more

The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

By: James Weldon Johnson

Narrated by: Alan Bomar Jones

Length: 5 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

James Weldon Johnson's emotionally gripping novel is a landmark in black literary history and, more than eighty years after its original anonymous publication, a classic of American fiction. The first fictional memoir ever written by a black, The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man influenced a generation of writers during the Harlem Renaissance... Read more

The Duel and Other Stories

By: Anton Chekhov

Narrated by: William Dufris

Length: 6 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Anton Chekhov was a Russian short story writer and a playwright. His playwriting career produced four classics, while his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics alike. As his writing evolved, Chekhov made formal innovations that have influenced the evolution of the modern short story.



This collection of short stories... Read more

Fear and Was It a Dream?

By: Guy de Maupassant

Narrated by: B.J. Harrison

Length: 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Skeletons and corpses rise from their fitful sleep and share a haunting message from beyond the grave. Read more

The Woman in White

By: Wilkie Collins

Narrated by: Josephine Bailey & Simon Prebble

Length: 25 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the greatest mystery thrillers ever written, Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White was a phenomenal bestseller in the 1860s, achieving even greater success than works by Charles Dickens. Full of surprise, intrigue, and suspense, this vastly entertaining novel continues to enthrall audiences today.



The story begins with an eerie midnight... Read more

Il Castigamatti III

By: Eugenia "La Sfinge" Codronchi Argeli

Narrated by: Bibo Fossa

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Altre due novelle ironiche, spumeggianti e divertenti: "Quintetto" e "Sole d'ottobre" Read more

Women in Love

By: D. H. Lawrence

Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon

Length: 18 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

A powerful and engrossing tale of extremes and extremists, D. H. Lawrence's Women in Love follows the passionate relationships of two sisters, Gudrun and Ursula Brangwen, with their respective lovers, the ominous Gerald Crich and the charismatic but fragile Rupert Birkin. Beginning in a narrow-minded English colliery town and culminating amidst... Read more

Les diaboliques 1 – La vengeance d'une femme - Le Plus Bel Amour de Don Juan

By: Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly

Narrated by: Gabrièle Valensi

Length: 2 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Les Diaboliques regroupent six nouvelles de Barbey d'Aurevilly parues en 1874, en voici deux : La Vengeance d'une femme et Le Plus Bel Amour de Don Juan. Ces courts textes ont pour traits communs de soulever une part de mystère dans des situations ordinaires, où la banalité d'une époque rencontre le crime, la passion, et les plus sombres... Read more

Robinson Crusoe - Abridged

By: Daniel Defoe

Narrated by: Santiago Munevar

Length: 1 hour 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A vida y extrañas y sorprendentes aventuras de Robinson Crusoe, publicada en 1719, no es solo uno de los clásicos más leídos de todos los tiempos, sino que, en rigor, se trata de la primera de las grandes novelas inglesas, un texto fundacional. La historia es de todos conocida: Robinson Crusoe naufraga y acaba, solo, en una isla desierta. Poco a... Read more

The Tempest - Abridged

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: a full cast, Sonja Lanzener, Ira Burton, John G...

Length: 1 hour 44 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In The Tempest, long considered one of Shakespeare’s most lyrical plays, Prospero, a sorcerer, and his daughter, Miranda, have been stranded on an enchanted island for twelve years. When a shipwreck—caused by the eponymous tempest—brings enemies to the island, the stage is set for comedy, romance, and reconciliation. The Tempest embodies both... Read more

The Queen’s Necklace

By: Maurice Leblanc

Narrated by: Cameron Stewart

Length: 36 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman Burglar, written by Maurice Leblanc. Often described as a French counterpart to Sherlock Holmes, Lupin is often a force for good, while operating on the wrong side of the law. Read more

Candide

By: Voltaire

Narrated by: Jack Davenport

Length: 3 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Candide, published simultaneously in five European capitals in 1759, became an instant bestseller and is now regarded as one of the key texts of the Enlightenment.This is a witty allegory of a young man whose optimism gives way to disillusionment after a series of terrible misfortunes.Voltaire’s preoccupations with evil and with various kinds of... Read more

Cousin William

By: Harriet Beecher Stowe

Narrated by: Kate Fenton

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin comes the short tale about a grown-up girl named Mary who finds good company with her cousin William—until the townspeople get to talking. Read more

A Jury of Her Peers

By: Susan Glaspell

Narrated by: Jennifer Woodward

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

The facts are that a canary is dead, as is Mr. Foster. His wife, Minnie, is the prime suspect. Sheriff Peters can't crack the case, but two clever women can. Glaspell originally wrote the story as a play entitled Trifles in 1916. Read more