Classic Audiobook Collection
Explore over a thousand great books by authors from the ancient world through to the twentieth century. From Jane Austen to Herman Melville to Sun Tzu, from the ancient Greeks to American modernists: If a book changed the world, it's here. Share these full-length audiobooks with friends and start an audiobook club!
1626
Foundation Stones to Happiness and Success by J...
Foundation Stones to Happiness and Success by James Allen audiobook.
This is one of the last books written by James Allen. Like all his works it is eminently practical. He never wrote theories, or for the sake of writing, or to add another to his man...
44 min
1627
Eight Pillars of Prosperity by James Allen ~ Fu...
Eight Pillars of Prosperity by James Allen audiobook.
It is popularly supposed that a greater prosperity for individuals or nations can only come through a political and social reconstruction. This cannot be true apart from the practice of the moral ...
236 min
1628
As A Man Thinketh by James Allen ~ Full Audiobook
As A Man Thinketh by James Allen audiobook.
Allen's books illustrate the use of the power of thought to increase personal capabilities. Although he never achieved great fame or wealth, his works continue to influence people around the world, includin...
53 min
1629
The Game of Life and How to Play It by Florence...
The Game of Life and How to Play It by Florence Scovel Shinn audiobook.
Florence Scovel Shinn, an illustrator living in New York City, became a teacher of New Thought after a divorce. New Thought was a movement which holds the belief that individuals...
161 min
1630
The Adventures of Pinocchio by C. Collodi ~ Ful...
The Adventures of Pinocchio by C. Collodi audiobook.
The Adventures of Pinocchio is a novel for children by Italian author Carlo Collodi (here transl. by Carol della Chiesa). The first half was published in serial form between 1881 and 1883, and then...
275 min
1631
Poor Richard’s Almanack by Benjamin Franklin ~ ...
Poor Richard's Almanack by Benjamin Franklin audiobook.
A brief biographical sketch of Franklin's life, followed by a collection (published in 1899) of 670 aphorisms, apothegms, or proverbs - short, pithy, instructive sayings - that were scattered th...
89 min
1632
All the Brothers Were Valiant by Ben Ames Willi...
All the Brothers Were Valiant by Ben Ames Williams audiobook.
Joel Shore, newly appointed captain of the whaling ship Nathan Ross following his brother's apparent demise as captain of the same ship, elects to make his first cruise as captain to the v...
230 min
1633
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness E. Orczy ~ Fu...
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness E. Orczy audiobook.
The classic story of Sir Percy Blakeney and his alter ego, the Scarlet Pimpernel. A great adventure, set during the French Revolution.
470 min
1634
The Amazons - A Farcical Romance by Arthur W Pi...
The Amazons - A Farcical Romance by Arthur W Pinero audiobook.
This 1895 farce inspired by the outlandish idea of women wearing pants, centers around the predicament of the three daughters of the eccentric Marchioness of Castlejordan, who determined ...
154 min
1635
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell ~ Full Audiobook
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell audiobook.
Black Beauty is a fictional autobiographical memoir told by a horse, who recounts many tales, both of cruelty and kindness. The title page of the first edition states that it was "Translated from the Original Eq...
343 min
1636
The Consolation of Philosophy by Anicius Manliu...
The Consolation of Philosophy by Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius audiobook.
Consolation of Philosophy (Latin: Consolatio Philosophiae) is a philosophical work by Boethius written in about the year 524 AD. It has been described as the single most i...
312 min
1637
Plague Ship by Andre Norton ~ Full Audiobook
Plague Ship by Andre Norton audiobook.
Lured by its exotic gems, the space trader Solar Queen lands on the little-known planet of Sargol, only to find the ruthless Inter-Solar Company there ahead of them. Adapting quickly to the culture of Sargol’s f...
425 min
1638
Penguin Island by Anatole France ~ Full Audiobook
Penguin Island by Anatole France audiobook.
The novel (original French title -- L'Île des Pingouins) is a satire on human nature. The first publication was in 1908. These penguins are mistaken for humans by the 97-year-old priest, Father Mael, becaus...
545 min
1639
Memory - How to Develop, Train and Use It by Wi...
Memory - How to Develop, Train and Use It by William Walker Atkinson audiobook.
An in-depth series of chapters devoted to the use of our memory system; as the title suggests, how to develop our memory system, how to train it to improve it, and how to...
277 min
1640
The Hindu-Yogi Science of Breath by William Wal...
The Hindu-Yogi Science of Breath by William Walker Atkinson audiobook.
Increase your awareness about the forgotten art of breathing as researched, practiced and written by our Eastern brothers. Inside you will find how our Western society has perhaps...
144 min
1641
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare ~ Full Aud...
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare audiobook.
Shakespeare's great festive comedy, probably written and first performed around 1601, follows the adventures of twins Viola and Sebastian, who are separated from each other by a shipwreck. Viola, believ...
136 min
1642
The Tempest by William Shakespeare ~ Full Audio...
The Tempest by William Shakespeare audiobook.
Banished from his own lands by a usurping brother, Prospero and his daughter Miranda have been living on a deserted island for years, until fate brings the brother within the range of Prospero's powers. W...
143 min
1643
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare ~ Full ...
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare audiobook.Romeo and Juliet is perhaps the most famous of Shakespeare’s plays and is thought to be the most famous love story in Western history. It concerns the fate of two very young lovers who would do anyth...
195 min
1644
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare ~...
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare audiobook.
Written around the middle of his career, Much Ado About Nothing is one of Shakespeare's great festive comedies. The men are back from the war, and everyone is ready for romance. The dashing you...
151 min
1645
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespear...
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare audiobook.
Magic, fairies, young lovers chasing each other through a forest, a man with a donkey's head, and impish Puck wreaking havoc right and left. What's going on here? It's A Midsummer Night's Dr...
130 min
1646
Macbeth by William Shakespeare ~ Full Audiobook
Macbeth by William Shakespeare audiobook.
Murder and madness, witches and war: Librivox presents a recording of Macbeth, perhaps Shakespeare's best known tragedy. Macbeth, a general in King Duncan's army, is given a prophecy by a trio of witches: he ...
128 min
1647
King Lear by William Shakespeare ~ Full Audiobook
King Lear by William Shakespeare audiobook.
King Lear is widely held as the greatest of Shakespeare's tragedies; to some, it is the greatest play ever written. King Lear abdicates the British throne, to divide his kingdom among his three daughters in...
202 min
1648
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare ~ Full Aud...
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare audiobook.
William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, based on true events, concerns the conspiracy against Julius Caesar, his assassination in 44 BC, and its immediate aftermath. Probably written in 1599...
146 min
1649
Henry V by William Shakespeare ~ Full Audiobook
Henry V by William Shakespeare audiobook.
After the turmoil and uncertainty of Henry IV a new era appears to dawn for England with the accession of the eponymous Henry V. In this sunny pageant Chorus guides us along Henry's glittering carpet ride of ...
180 min
1650
King Henry IV by William Shakespeare ~ Full Aud...
King Henry IV by William Shakespeare audiobook.
As the play opens, King Henry IV (formerly Henry Bolingbroke) and Henry Percy (Hotspur) argue over the disposition of prisoners from the Battle of Holmedon. The King’s attitude toward Mortimer and the P...
362 min