Classics audiobooks


Emma - Abridged
By: Jane Austen
Narrated by: Fiona Shaw
Length: 6 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Penguin Classics presents Jane Austen's Emma, adapted for audio and now available as a digital download as part of the Penguin English Library series. Read by the actress Fiona Shaw.
'I never have been in love; it is not my way, or my nature; and I do not think I ever shall'
Beautiful, clever, rich - and single - Emma Woodhouse is perfectly... Read more


Where Angels Fear to Tread - Abridged
By: E. M. Forster
Narrated by: Stephen Fry
Length: 2 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Penguin Audio presents E.M. Forster's Where Angels Fear to Tread, adapted for listening and now available as a digital audiobook as part of the Penguin English Library series. This abridged version is read by Stephen Fry.
'I had got an idea that everyone here spent their lives in making little sacrifices for objects they didn't care for, to... Read more


Joseph Andrews - Abridged
By: Henry Fielding
Narrated by: Sean Barrett
Length: 5 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Penguin Classics presents Henry Fielding's Joseph Andrews, adapted for audio and available as a digital download as part of the Penguin English Library series. Read by the actor Sean Barrett.
'Kissing, Joseph, is but a prologue to a Play. Can I believe a young fellow of your Age and Complexion will be content with Kissing?'
Henry Fielding's... Read more


The Scarlet Letter - Abridged
By: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Narrated by: Bob Sessions
Length: 2 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Penguin Classics presents Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, adapted for audio and available as a digital download as part of the Penguin English Library series. Read by the actor Bob Sessions.
'Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, - stern and wild ones, - and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss'
Fiercely... Read more


The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Abridged
By: Mark Twain
Narrated by: Kerry Shale
Length: 4 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Penguin Classics presents Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, adapted for audio and now available as a digital download as part of the Penguin English Library series. Read by the actor Kerry Shale.
'I'm unfavorable to killin' a man as long as you can git around it; it ain't good sense, it ain't good morals. Ain't I right?'
The... Read more


Gulliver's Travels - Abridged
By: Jonathan Swift
Narrated by: Hugh Laurie
Length: 5 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Penguin Classics presents Jonathan Swift's inventive classic, Gulliver's Travels, adapted for audio and now available as a digital download as part of the Penguin English Library series. Read by Hugh Laurie, star of the hit TV series House.
'Fifteen hundred of the Emperor's largest horses, each about four inches and an half high, were employed... Read more