Fiction - Literary audiobooks

The Picture of Dorian Gray - Abridged

By: Oscar Wilde & Gerhard Symons

Narrated by: Gerhard Symons

Length: 5 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This is an abridged audiobook of The Picture of Dorian Gray in English. It is intended for intermediate English-language students (CEFR: level B1/B2).This audiobook is a simplified version of the classic story by nineteenth-century playwright and novelist Oscar Wilde (1854-1900).It is abridged and narrated by Gerhard Symons, a native English... Read more

Appel à l'amour - Abridged

By: Anthony De Mello

Narrated by: Gérard Poirier

Length: 1 hour 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Les dix méditations originales contenues dans ce titre audio sont aussi les mémoires d'un mystique qui a osé voir la réalité. Avec les années, leur auteur est devenu homme de compassion et d'amour, et ces réflexions jalonnent le chemin difficile qu'il a dû parcourir à la fin de sa vie pour se dépouiller de tout système de croyances, de toute... Read more

Cent éléphants sur un brin d'herbe - Abridged

By: Le Dalaï Lama

Narrated by: Jean Leclerc

Length: 1 hour 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Sur le ton chaleureux et confidentiel qui lui est naturel même en présence de nombreux interlocuteurs, le Dalaï-lama livre le fruit de ses réflexions sur l'homme, l'environnement, sur la société, les institutions, la politique, les religions. Que propose-t-il ? "Quel est votre secret ?", lui demande-t-on partout où il est invité. "Sagesse,... Read more

The Mermaids Singing - Abridged

By: Lisa Carey

Narrated by: Jan Maxwell

Length: 2 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: Yes

There is an island off the west coast of Ireland called Inis Muruch—the Island of the Mermaids—a world where myth is more powerful than truth, where the sea sings with the healing and haunting voices of women, and where death is never as strong as the redemptive power of family and love. It is here that Lisa Carey sets her lyrical and sensual... Read more

Le prophète - Abridged

By: Khalil Gibran

Narrated by: Patrice Laffont, Yann le Gac, Patrick Bouchitey...

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Best-seller des années 60 traduit dans plus de 35 langues et vendu à plusieurs millions d'exemplaires. Le Prophète demeure l'un des ouvrages philosophiques parmi les plus populaires au monde. Avec Le Prophète, Khalil Gibran nous livre, dans une poésie éclatante, un message à la fois simple et profond. L'amour, le mariage, l'amitié et l'argent... Read more

The Widow of the South - Abridged

By: Robert Hicks

Narrated by: Becky Ann Baker, Tom Wopat, David Chandler & Jo...

Length: 5 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Based on a true story, this debut Civil War novel follows a Southern plantation woman's journey of transforming her home into a hospital for the war.
This debut novel is based on the true story of Carrie McGavock. During the Civil War's Battle of Franklin, a five-hour bloodbath with 9,200 casualties, McGavock's home was turned into a field... Read more

Lettres à un jeune poète - Abridged

By: Rainer Maria Rilke

Narrated by: François Garagnon

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

En 1903, un poète de vingt ans, Franz Xaver Kappus, alors étudiant à l'Académie militaire de Wiener-Neustadt, décide d'envoyer à Rainer-Maria Rilke, ses premiers essais poétiques accompagnés d'une lettre dans laquelle il lui avoue douter de sa vocation. Il ne pouvait espérer plus belle écoute et plus juste accueil à ses incertitudes. Pendant 5... Read more

Моби Дик, или Белый кит - Abridged

By: Герман Мелвилл

Narrated by: Станислав Федосов

Length: 9 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

В 1851 году, когда американский писатель, моряк и путешественник Герман Мелвилл впервые опубликовал свой роман, современники не поняли и не оценили его. Лишь в 20-е годы ХХ века историки литературы, критики, а затем и читатели открыли Мелвилла заново, а книга о белом ките была признана "величайшим американским романом" и "шедевром мировой... Read more

E.T.A. Hoffmann Die Abenteuer der Sylvester-Nacht - Abridged

By: E.T.A. Hoffmann

Narrated by: Hans-Jürgen Schatz

Length: 1 hour 28 minutes

Abridged: Yes

E.T.A. Hoffmann Die Abenteuer der Sylvester-Nacht Als der knapp 25jährige Heinrich Heine 1822 die "Briefe aus Berlin" schrieb, konnte er sich den schwer erkrankten, berühmten Juristen, Komponisten und Schriftsteller Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann (1776-1822) ins Berliner Café Royal (Unter den Linden/Ecke Charlottenstrasse) als Gast nur... Read more

Leeway Cottage - Abridged

By: Beth Gutcheon

Narrated by: Elizabeth Marvel

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

In this beautifully written tour de force of a novel, Beth Gutcheon takes readers back to the coastal village of Dundee, Maine. There, in a Victorian summer house called Leeway Cottage, we witness the scenes of a long 20th century marriage.In April of 1940, a rich girl of the Dundee summer colony named Sydney Brant marries a gifted Danish... Read more

Au nom du père, du fils et de la crème glacée - Abridged

By: Pierre Morency

Narrated by: Pierre Morency

Length: 1 hour 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Après avoir secoué un certain nombre de nos croyances depuis la parution de son best-seller Demandez et vous recevrez, Pierre Morency s'attaque ici de plein fouet aux fondements des écrits religieux et à la relation des humains avec le Père. Son postulat ? Dieu est content lorsque nous sommes gros, pauvres, malades et misérables. Il ne veut pas... Read more

Vanity Fair: July 2015 Issue - Abridged

By: Vanity Fair

Narrated by: various narrators

Length: 5 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Listen to Vanity Fair on the goGet the latest issue as it hits newsstandsBuy a single issue or subscribeVanity Fair is a cultural filter, sparking the global conversation about the people and ideas that matter most. With a dedication to journalistic excellence and powerful storytelling, Vanity Fair is the first choice—often the only choice—for... Read more

Руки женщин моей семьи были не для письма - Abridged

By: Егана Джаббарова

Narrated by: Анна Геллер

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

В центре книги Еганы Джаббаровой — тело молодой женщины, существование которого, с одной стороны, регулируется строгими правилами патриархальной азербайджанской семьи и общины, а с другой — подчинено неврологической болезни, вызывающей сильные боли и отнимающей речь. Обращаясь с методичностью исследователя к каждой из частей тела, писательница... Read more

The Journeys of Socrates - Abridged

By: Dan Millman

Narrated by: Sam Tsoutsouvas

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

The international bestselling author is back with a page-turning tale of the origins of the peaceful warriorIn the heart of nineteenth century Tsarist Russia an orphaned boy born of both Jewish and Cossack blood desperately seeks to find a place in a dangerous world. Sergei Ivanov’s (Socrates’) journey from a military academy to America is a... Read more

Vanity Fair: August 2015 Issue - Abridged

By: Vanity Fair

Narrated by: various narrators

Length: 4 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Listen to Vanity Fair on the goGet the latest issue as it hits newsstandsBuy a single issue or subscribeVanity Fair is a cultural filter, sparking the global conversation about the people and ideas that matter most. With a dedication to journalistic excellence and powerful storytelling, Vanity Fair is the first choice—often the only choice—for... Read more

Perles de sagesse amérindienne - Abridged

By: Claire Payment

Narrated by: Albert Millaire, Claudie Stanké & Sophie Stanké

Length: 1 hour 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Durant notre vie, il nous arrive à tous de subir un outrage, un affront, de nous sentir trahis ou rejetés. Point n'est besoin de nous empresser d'avoir recours à la vengeance pour étouffer notre tristesse. La sagesse amérindienne nous invite à analyser notre chagrin, à le vivre pleinement dans le moment présent et à croire en la bonté innée de... Read more

Vanity Fair: September 2015 Issue - Abridged

By: Vanity Fair

Narrated by: various narrators

Length: 4 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

FREE EXTRA: Download the audio version of our cover story on Taylor Swift, featuring an exclusive interview with VF.com staff writer Josh Duboff. Download the story here: http://bit.ly/1HE60Av Which TV drama is Swift obsessing over?Who does she look to for guidance?What’s next for the star?In this issue: Editor’s Letter: Graydon Carter’s... Read more

Zwei in einem Leben (Autorisierte Lesefassung) - Abridged

By: David Nicholls

Narrated by: Tessa Mittelstaedt & Timo Weisschnur

Length: 9 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Manchmal muss man sich verlaufen, um anzukommen. Der neue große Liebesroman von Bestseller-Autor David Nicholls! Marnie steckt fest. Sie arbeitet allein in ihrer Londoner Wohnung, kämpft mit den langen Nachmittagen und einem Leben, das zunehmend an ihr vorbeizuziehen scheint. Michael ist dabei, sich zu verlieren. Er leidet unter der Trennung... Read more

Little Women - Abridged

By: Louisa May Alcott

Narrated by: Lorelei King

Length: 8 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Little Women begins the much-loved story of the March sisters: Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy. The girls grow up amidst the turmoils, adventures, and hardships of the American Civil War.There is Meg, the eldest, plump and fair; Jo, the tomboy who longs to be a writer and fights against the constraints of her sex; Beth, shy, timid, and delicate, who... Read more

Everlasting - Abridged

By: Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

Narrated by: Xanthe Elbrick

Length: 6 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Once Abrielle was a proud, exceptional lady coveted for her bearing, her breeding, her wit, and her beauty. But when her stepfather is denied his rightful title and the wealth that accompanies it, Abrielle finds herself suddenly disgraced. Only one would still have her, the oafish and grotesque Desmond de Marlé. Yet no one else can rescue her... Read more

Bitterroot - Abridged

By: James Lee Burke

Narrated by: Will Patton

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Following his acclaimed bestseller Purple Cane Road, James Lee Burke returns with a triumphant tour de force.

Set in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana, home to celebrities seeking to escape the pressures of public life, as well as to xenophobes dedicated to establishing a bulkhead of patriotic paranoia, Burke’s novel features Billy Bob Holland,... Read more

PARIS TROUT - Abridged

By: Pete Dexter

Narrated by: Charles S. Dutton

Length: 2 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A respected white citizen of Cotton Point, Georgia, Paris Trout is a shopkeeper, a money-lender, and a murderer of blacks. And his friends, family and foes do not realize the danger they face in a man who simply will not see his own guilt. Read more

Geschichten von Henriette und Onkel Titus - Abridged

By: Peter Hacks

Narrated by: Carmen-Maja Antoni & Jennipher Antoni

Length: 1 hour 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Henriette und Onkel Titus sind ein tolles Team; sie hat mehr Phantasie, er mehr Verstand, "aber jeder hat genug von beidem". Gemeinsam erleben sie die abenteuerlichsten Dinge. So befreien sie einen weinenden Stein von seinem Liebeskummer, erfinden eine Denkmaschine und fangen im Stadtpark einen Affen, der natürlich sprechen kann. Denn, wie Onkel... Read more

BROTHERLY LOVE - Abridged

By: Pete Dexter

Narrated by: Chris Sarandon

Length: 2 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In Philadelphia city, 1961, a division of power exists between the Italian mobs and the predominantly Irish labour leaders. When the youngest daughter of union man Charley Flood is accidentally killed by one of the Mafia's cops it is the beginning of a suicidal chain of retaliation. Read more