Classics audiobooks

The Sorrows of Gin

By: John Cheever

Narrated by: Meryl Streep, Ben Cheever & Peter Gallagher

Length: 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Here is one of twelve magnificent stories, originally part of The John Cheever Audio Collection, in which John Cheever celebrates—with unequaled grace and tenderness—the deepest feelings we have.As Cheever writes in his preface, ""These stories seem at times to be stories of a long-lost world when the city of New York was still filled with a... Read more

The Brigadier and the Golf Widow

By: John Cheever

Narrated by: Meryl Streep, Ben Cheever & Peter Gallagher

Length: 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Here is one of twelve magnificent stories, originally part of The John Cheever Audio Collection, in which John Cheever celebrates—with unequaled grace and tenderness—the deepest feelings we have.As Cheever writes in his preface, ""These stories seem at times to be stories of a long-lost world when the city of New York was still filled with a... Read more

Christmas Is a Sad Season for the Poor

By: John Cheever

Narrated by: Meryl Streep, Ben Cheever & Peter Gallagher

Length: 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Here is one of twelve magnificent stories, originally part of The John Cheever Audio Collection, in which John Cheever celebrates—with unequaled grace and tenderness—the deepest feelings we have.As Cheever writes in his preface, ""These stories seem at times to be stories of a long-lost world when the city of New York was still filled with a... Read more

O City of Broken Dreams

By: John Cheever

Narrated by: Meryl Streep, Ben Cheever & Peter Gallagher

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Performed by Blythe DannerHere is one of twelve magnificent stories, originally part of The John Cheever Audio Collection, in which John Cheever celebrates—with unequaled grace and tenderness—the deepest feelings we have.As Cheever writes in his preface, ""These stories seem at times to be stories of a long-lost world when the city of New York... Read more

O Youth and Beauty!

By: John Cheever

Narrated by: Meryl Streep, Ben Cheever & Peter Gallagher

Length: 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Here is one of twelve magnificent stories, originally part of The John Cheever Audio Collection, in which John Cheever celebrates—with unequaled grace and tenderness—the deepest feelings we have.As Cheever writes in his preface, ""These stories seem at times to be stories of a long-lost world when the city of New York was still filled with a... Read more

The Jewels of the Cabots

By: John Cheever

Narrated by: Meryl Streep, Ben Cheever & Peter Gallagher

Length: 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Here is one of twelve magnificent stories, originally part of The John Cheever Audio Collection, in which John Cheever celebrates—with unequaled grace and tenderness—the deepest feelings we have.As Cheever writes in his preface, ""These stories seem at times to be stories of a long-lost world when the city of New York was still filled with a... Read more

Preface

By: John Cheever

Narrated by: Meryl Streep, Ben Cheever & Peter Gallagher

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Here is the preface to the twelve magnificent stories, originally part of The John Cheever Audio Collection, in which John Cheever celebrates—with unequaled grace and tenderness—the deepest feelings we have.As Cheever writes in his preface, ""These stories seem at times to be stories of a long-lost world when the city of New York was still... Read more

The Season of Divorce

By: John Cheever

Narrated by: Meryl Streep, Ben Cheever & Peter Gallagher

Length: 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Here is one of twelve magnificent stories, originally part of The John Cheever Audio Collection, in which John Cheever celebrates—with unequaled grace and tenderness—the deepest feelings we have.As Cheever writes in his preface, ""These stories seem at times to be stories of a long-lost world when the city of New York was still filled with a... Read more

The Five-Forty-Eight

By: John Cheever

Narrated by: Meryl Streep, Ben Cheever & Peter Gallagher

Length: 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Here is one of twelve magnificent stories, originally part of The John Cheever Audio Collection, in which John Cheever celebrates—with unequaled grace and tenderness—the deepest feelings we have.As Cheever writes in his preface, ""These stories seem at times to be stories of a long-lost world when the city of New York was still filled with a... Read more

The Chaste Clarissa

By: John Cheever

Narrated by: Meryl Streep, Ben Cheever & Peter Gallagher

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Here is one of twelve magnificent stories, originally part of The John Cheever Audio Collection, in which John Cheever celebrates—with unequaled grace and tenderness—the deepest feelings we have.As Cheever writes in his preface, ""These stories seem at times to be stories of a long-lost world when the city of New York was still filled with a... Read more

The Swimmer

By: John Cheever

Narrated by: Meryl Streep, Ben Cheever & Peter Gallagher

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Here is one of twelve magnificent stories, originally part of The John Cheever Audio Collection, in which John Cheever celebrates—with unequaled grace and tenderness—the deepest feelings we have.As Cheever writes in his preface, ""These stories seem at times to be stories of a long-lost world when the city of New York was still filled with a... Read more

The Death of Justina

By: John Cheever

Narrated by: Meryl Streep, Ben Cheever & Peter Gallagher

Length: 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by Meryl StreepHere is one of twelve magnificent stories, originally part of The John Cheever Audio Collection, in which John Cheever celebrates—with unequaled grace and tenderness—the deepest feelings we have.As Cheever writes in his preface, ""These stories seem at times to be stories of a long-lost world when the city of New York was... Read more

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Geoffrey Howard

Length: 7 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

These delightful stories of the famous hawkeyed detective are told by his friend and foil, Dr. Watson. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle draws us into nineteenth-century London—hansom cabs, train rides, and foggy nights—where Holmes astutely solves the most complex and perplexing cases of the day. Among the short stories included in this collection is "The... Read more

Crimen y Castigo

By: Fiodor Dostoievski

Narrated by: Staff Audiolibros Colección

Length: 2 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Esta novela plantea un profundo análisis psicológico de su protagonista, el joven estudiante Raskolnikov, cuya firme creencia en que los fines humanitarios justifican la maldad le conduce al asesinato de un usurero petersburgués. Pero, desde que comete el crimen, la culpabilidad será una pesadilla constante con la que el estudiante será incapaz... Read more

The Pilgrim's Progress

By: John Bunyan

Narrated by: Tim Lundeen

Length: 6 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

The purpose in publishing this edition of The Pilgrim’s Progress is to carry forward this treasured legacy for a new generation. With this as the objective, the text of this edition has only been lightly edited—to update archaic words and difficult sentence structure, while retaining the beauty and brilliance of the original story, and to let... Read more

DragonFire

By: Donita K. Paul

Narrated by: Ellen Grafton

Length: 11 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Three years of strife have passed since Kale and Bardon freed Paladin’s knights. Now, fiery dragons scorch their beautiful countryside as an evil husband-and-wife wizard duo fight for supremacy. The people of Amara just want to be left alone, hoping the conflict will disappear. But Paladin is dying, and Bardon and Kale — now married — must... Read more

Drácula

By: Bram Stoker

Narrated by: Staff Audiolibros Colección

Length: 2 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Esta apasionante obra de 1897, escrita en forma de novela epistolar, plasma de modo artístico las investigaciones de Bram Stoker acerca de los vampiros en el folclore europeo. Así vemos como el letrado británico Jonathan Harker emprende una fatigosa jornada hacia la región de Transilvania, en los montes Cárpatos, para dar consejo legal al... Read more

El Arte de la Guerra

By: Sun Tzu

Narrated by: Staff Audiolibros Colección

Length: 2 hours

Abridged: No

La obra del general Sun Tzu no es únicamente un audiolibro de práctica militar, sino un tratado que enseña la estrategia suprema de aplicar con sabiduría el conocimiento de la naturaleza humana en los momentos de confrontación. No es por tanto, un audiolibro sobre la guerra: es una obra para comprender las raíces de un conflicto y buscar una... Read more

Romeo y Julieta

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Staff Audiolibros Colección

Length: 1 hour 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Shakespeare da vida a la historia de dos adolescentes, cuya incontenible pasión coloca al amor por encima de la muerte, en el marco dramático y absurdo del odio que se profesan dos familias: los Montesco y los Capuleto. La obra, que fascinó a lectores de todas las épocas, emociona profundamente en esta nueva versión. Read more

El extraño caso del Dr. Jekyll y el Sr. Hyde

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

Narrated by: Staff Audiolibros Colección

Length: 1 hour 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Londres, a fines del siglo XIX, es un modelo de ciudad moderna: suntuosos edificios, calles iluminadas por faroles de gas, elegantes carruajes y peatones refinados… Sin embargo, en medio de tanto esplendor, empiezan a surgir los indicios de una amenaza, a través de los crímenes de un tal señor Hyde. A lo largo de un relato que mantiene en vilo... Read more

El Mundo Perdido

By: Arthur Doyle Conan

Narrated by: Staff Audiolibros Colección

Length: 1 hour 40 minutes

Abridged: No

El magnífico escritor británico Arthur Conan Doyle relata una expedición a una meseta sudamericana en donde aún sobreviven animales prehistóricos. Inspiradora de grandes películas, esta obra atrapa al lector describiendo ataques de dinosaurios o batallas entre hombres prehistóricos y homínidos primitivos. Read more

El Príncipe

By: Nicolás Maquiavelo

Narrated by: Staff Audiolibros Colección

Length: 2 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

El príncipe constituye un capítulo fundacional del pensamiento y la literatura occidental, y, sin embargo, el lector tiene que sortear la inercia de tópicos seculares al intentar aventurarse por sus páginas. Pero, en última instancia, Maquiavelo fue sobre todo un esforzado patriota florentino, y gran parte de su vida estuvo dedicada al servicio... Read more

Fausto

By: Johann Wolfgang Goethe

Narrated by: Staff Audiolibros Colección

Length: 1 hour 38 minutes

Abridged: No

El doctor Fausto es, en cierta forma, un cadáver: vive junto a su propia muerte. En una ciudad decrépita se celebra una convención médica. Allí, Fausto encuentra a Santos, un antiguo paciente que afirma haber sido desahuciado por éste ocho años atrás. Santos es un ser grosero, inquietante y seductor que guiará a Fausto a través de un viaje... Read more

La Divina Comedia

By: Dante Alighieri

Narrated by: Staff Audiolibros Colección

Length: 1 hour 26 minutes

Abridged: No

La Divina Comedia es una de las obras señeras de la humanidad. Nadie hasta hoy ha logrado alcanzar las cumbres de la inspiración y la fantasía arrebatadora de que hace gala el genial florentino en su poema inmortal. Guiado por Virgilio y de la mano de Beatriz, su angelical enamorada, Dante canta con pavorosos acentos los horrores del Infierno y... Read more