Classics audiobooks

Notaufnahme - Abridged

By: Etrit Hasler

Narrated by: Etrit Hasler

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Etrit Hasler & The Hollow Man - Ein Soundtrack der Düsternis! Der Musiker The Hollow Man und der Autor Etrit Hasler schaffen aus der Kraft und Dringlichkeit der Slam-Poesie ein neues Genre. Die gnadenlos und so schnell wie möglich vorgetragenen Texte Haslers treffen auf The Hollow Mans packende und abwechslungsreiche elektronische... Read more

Born To Be Here - Abridged

By: Tom Combo

Narrated by: Tom Combo

Length: 1 hour 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Ein ganzes Jahr und ein German International Poetry Slam ist seit der letzten CD im Hause Menschenversand vergangen. Jetzt haben wir endlich wieder freudige Kunde: Das Hörbuch Tom Combo! "Born To Be Here" enthält 40 Tracks oder 70 Minuten ... Combo - Verschnaufpausen sind selten, unerwartete Wendungen und damit verbundene Stil- und... Read more

All das. All diese Dinge - Abridged

By: Timo Brunke

Narrated by: Timo Brunke

Length: 1 hour 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Timo Brunke beobachtet präzise und seziert "all diese Dinge" um sich herum bis in die kleinsten Einzelteile. Aus einem Einkauf im Supermarkt wird eine furiose "Tetra-Ode". In atemraubenden Versen zoomt Brunke auf Schönheitslotionen, Atompartikel und Tag-pfauen-augen beim Bestäubungsakt. Mit der Losung "Und bist du nicht sichtbar, so bist du... Read more

The Aeneid

By: Virgil & Robert Fagles

Narrated by: Simon Callow

Length: 12 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

From the award-winning translator of The Iliad and The Odyssey comes a brilliant new translation of Virgil's great epic

Fleeing the ashes of Troy, Aeneas, Achilles’ mighty foe in the Iliad, begins an incredible journey to fulfill his destiny as the founder of Rome. His voyage will take him through stormy seas, entangle him in a tragic love... 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

The Garden of Eden

By: Ernest Hemingway

Narrated by: Patrick Wilson

Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

The last uncompleted novel of Ernest Hemingway, published posthumously in 1986, charts the life of a young American writer and his glamorous wife who fall for the same woman.

A sensational bestseller when it appeared in 1986, The Garden of Eden is the last uncompleted novel of Ernest Hemingway, which he worked on intermittently from 1946 until... Read more

The Sun Also Rises

By: Ernest Hemingway

Narrated by: William Hurt

Length: 8 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

2007 Audie Award Finalist for Classics

Originally published in 1926, The Sun Also Rises is Ernest Hemingway’s first novel and a classic example of his spare but powerful writing style.​

A poignant look at the disillusionment and angst of the post-World War I generation, the novel introduces two of Hemingway’s most unforgettable characters: Jake... Read more

A Master of Craft

By: W. W. Jacobs

Narrated by: Peter Joyce

Length: 7 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

A Master of Craft’ was written in 1900. It was said of W.W.Jacobs that he was one of the few writers who succeeded in being deliberately humorous. In this yarn, dedicated to his wife, he tells of marital mishap and misadventure among mariners in the East End of London. Will Poppy Tyrell find happiness? What are the dark secrets of Cap’n Flower?... Read more

A Christmas Carol (Reissue) - Abridged

By: Charles Dickens

Narrated by: Patrick Stewart

Length: 1 hour 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Grammy Award Nominee for Best Spoken Word Album!

Tiny Tim, Bob Cratchit, and Ebenezer Scrooge come to marvelous life in Patrick Stewart's critically acclaimed solo interpretation of A Christmas Carol.

The star of X-Men and The Royal Shakespeare Company, Stewart has performed his one-man stage production of this holiday classic to sell-out... Read more

Eugénie Grandet

By: Honore Balzac

Narrated by: Françoise Gillard

Length: 5 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Le père d'Eugénie Grandet a été tonnelier. Grâce à un sens aigu des affaires et une grande avarice, il a réussi à faire fortune en profitant des événements de cette époque instable. Autrefois maire de Saumur, il fait maintenant fructifier sa grande fortune tout en faisant croire à sa femme et à sa fille qu'ils ne sont pas bien riches. Les... Read more

Contrapunto - Abridged

By: Aldous Huxley

Narrated by: Laura Garcia

Length: 3 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Contrapunto (Point Counter Point) es una novela del escritor inglés Aldous Huxley publicada en 1928 y considerada por la crítica y por el propio autor como la más característica, ambiciosa y lograda de las cinco publicadas hasta la irrupción de "Un mundo feliz" ("Brave New World"). Muchos incluso la definen como el mejor trabajo de Huxley.[cita... Read more

El Poder Y La Gloria - Abridged

By: Graham Greene

Narrated by: Fabio Camero

Length: 3 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

La cercanía a Dios a través del pecado. Un sacerdote que ha caído en el vicio se encuentra en medio de una violenta revolución en un país latinoamericano. Característica de los revolucionarios es su tendencia atea y de repente el sacerdote, a pesar de sus vicios, se encuentra en el dilema que le permitirá volver a sus creencias. Ese es el tema... Read more

The Memoirs of Cleopatra

By: Margaret George

Narrated by: Donada Peters

Length: 49 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Bestselling novelist Margaret George brings to life the glittering kingdom of Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile, in this luch, sweeping, and richly detailed saga. Told in Cleopatra's own voice, this is a mesmerizing tale of ambition, passion, and betrayl, which begins when the twenty-year-old queen seeks out the most powerful man in the world, Julius... Read more

Der Frauenmörder

By: Hugo Bettauer

Narrated by: Ulrich Tukur

Length: 2 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

In dieser Kriminalgeschichte aus dem Berlin der 20er Jahre, stürmen Hauswartsfrauen in höchster Erregung die Polizeireviere, denn es verschwinden heiratstolle Mädels zuhauf. Ein blonder Herr mit Kneifer hat sie alle abgeholt - ein Serienmörder? Die Berliner Bevölkerung steht im Gerichtssaal Kopf. Ein verkannter Poet soll der Mörder sein. Read more

Across the River and Into the Trees

By: Ernest Hemingway

Narrated by: Boyd Gaines

Length: 7 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Liev Schreiber!

A poignant tale of a revitalizing love that is found too late—the fleeting connection between an Italian countess and an injured American colonel inspires light and hope, while only darkness lies ahead.

In the fall of 1948, Ernest Hemingway made his first extended visit to Italy in thirty... Read more

The Iliad - Abridged

By: Homer

Narrated by: Derek Jacobi & Maria Tucci

Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Dating to the ninth century BC, Homer’s timeless poem still vividly conveys the horror and heroism of men and gods wrestling with towering emotions and battling amidst devastation and destruction, as it moves inexorably to  the wrenching, tragic conclusion of the Trojan War. Renowned classicist Bernard Knox observes in his superb Introduction... Read more

Our Mutual Friend - Abridged

By: Charles Dickens

Narrated by: Alex Jennings

Length: 5 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Charles Dickens' classic novel of mystery, read by Alex Jennings. A body is found in the River Thames and is identified as John Harmon. He was due to inherit a great fortune on the condition that he marry a young woman called Bella Wilfer. And so the story begins and unravels and we are introduced to the mysterious John Rokesmith, Our ... Read more

Treasure Island

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

Narrated by: Buster Merryfield, Full Cast, Iain Cuthbertson ...

Length: 2 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Jack Shepherd and Iain Cuthbertson star in a BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of the classic swashbuckling tale. Having outwitted a band of pirates to obtain a map disclosing the whereabouts of Captain Flint's treasure, Young Jim sets sail for Treasure Island. But the crew of the Hispaniola are not what they seem. Revealing themselves as... Read more

The Wind In The Willows

By: Kenneth Grahame

Narrated by: Alan Bennett, Richard Briers, Adrian Scarboroug...

Length: 2 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Richard Briers, Adrian Scarborough and Terence Rigby star in this full-cast dramatisation, narrated by Alan Bennett.When Mole abandons his spring cleaning one morning, he surfaces into the sunlight and encounters the Water Rat. Mole stays with Ratty in his snug waterside home, and soon he meets Ratty’s friends: Badger, who lives in the Wild... Read more

Wie es euch gefällt (Ungekürzt)

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Katharina Thalbach

Length: 2 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

"Wie es euch gefällt" wurde im September 2006 auf Platz 4 der hr2-Hörbuchbestenliste gewählt!: "Katharina Thalbach trägt den Text mit allen Regieanweisungen so temperamentvoll und emphatisch vor, dass man meint, das Stück vor sich zu sehen." Rosalind schwärmt für Orlando, Celia vergöttert Rosalind, Silvius wirbt um Phoebe, Phoebe hat sich in die... Read more

To Have and Have Not

By: Ernest Hemingway

Narrated by: Will Patton

Length: 5 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

From one of the best writers in American literature, a classic novel about smuggling, intrigue, and love.

To Have and Have Not is the dramatic story of Harry Morgan, an honest man who is forced into running contraband between Cuba and Key West as a means of keeping his crumbling family financially afloat. His adventures lead him into the world of... Read more

Essential Cheever

By: John Cheever

Narrated by: Meryl Streep & Ben Cheever

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

One Great Author. One Great CD.Here are two magnificent stories in which John Cheever celebrates—with unequaled grace and tenderness—the deepest feelings we have. As Cheever wrote, ""These stories seem at times to be stories of a long-lost world when the city of New York was still filled with a river light, when you heard the Benny Goodman... Read more

Little Women

By: Louisa May Alcott

Narrated by: Barbara Caruso

Length: 19 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott is a classic novel originally published in 1868. It tells the story of four sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March, and their coming of age during the American Civil War. With the help of their beloved mother and their beloved neighbor, Mr. Laurence, the girls learn valuable lessons about love, family, and the... Read more

Eugenie Grandet

By: Honore de Balzac

Narrated by: Peter Joyce

Length: 8 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Eugénie Grandet is Balzac's first great novel and one of the series Comédie Humaine. At the beginning of the story the heroine lives an unfulfilled life in rural France, her nature crushed by a domineering and miserly father.Gallant cousin Charles arrives and acts as a catalyst on Eugénie’s personality and emotions. Will her love survive the... Read more