Classic Audiobook Collection
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1776
The Blockade Runners by Jules Verne ~ Full Audi...
The Blockade Runners by Jules Verne audiobook.
Writing at the end of the American Civil War, Verne weaves this story of a Scottish merchant who, in desperation at the interruption of the flow of Southern cotton due to the Union blockade, determines t...
122 min
1777
The Point of Honor by Joseph Conrad ~ Full Audi...
The Point of Honor by Joseph Conrad audiobook.
Set during the Napoleonic Wars, this story features two French Hussar officers, D'Hubert and Feraud. Their quarrel over an initially minor incident turns into a bitter, long-drawn out struggle over the f...
209 min
1778
New Discoveries at Jamestown by John L. Cotter ...
New Discoveries at Jamestown by John L. Cotter audiobook.
Chances are, you are reading this because you are aware that Jamestown, Virginia, celebrated its 400th birthday in 2007. It was the first "successful" English settlement in America. Although t...
127 min
1779
Nights With Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris...
Nights With Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris audiobook.
That the little boy loved Uncle Remus and his stories was so obvious that the tale-spinning sessions began drawing additional listeners. Daddy Jack, an old "Africa man" visiting from down-sta...
759 min
1780
The Diary of a Country Parson by James Woodford...
The Diary of a Country Parson by James Woodforde audiobook.
The Revd. James Woodforde was an English clergyman, best known for his vivid account of parish life in the 18th century. His diary, edited by John Beresford, remained unpublished until the 2...
672 min
1781
The Pathfinder by James Fenimore Cooper ~ Full ...
The Pathfinder by James Fenimore Cooper audiobook.
Natty Bumppo goes by many names: La Longue Carabine, Hawk Eye, Leatherstocking, and in this tale, The Pathfinder. Guide, scout, hunter, and when put to it, soldier, he also fills a lot of roles in pr...
1124 min
1782
The Call of the Wild by Jack London ~ Full Audi...
The Call of the Wild by Jack London audiobook.
In this novel (often mistakenly classified a children’s book) the main protagonist Buck, a St. Bernard/Collie mix, is abducted and sold to a trainer of sled dogs in Alaska. He adapts to the brutal condit...
203 min
1783
The Piazza Tales by Herman Melville ~ Full Audi...
The Piazza Tales by Herman Melville audiobook.
A collection of six short stories by American writer Herman Melville, published in May 1856. Except for the newly written title story, "The Piazza," all of the stories had appeared in Putnam's Monthly be...
585 min
1784
Bartleby, The Scrivener by Herman Melville ~ Fu...
Bartleby, The Scrivener by Herman Melville audiobook.
Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street is a novella by the American novelist Herman Melville (1819–1891). It first appeared anonymously in two parts in the November and December 1853 edit...
115 min
1785
The First Men in the Moon by H. G. Wells ~ Full...
The First Men in the Moon by H. G. Wells audiobook.
Britain won the Moon Race! Decades before Neal Armstrong took his "giant leap for mankind" two intrepid adventurers from Lympne, England, journeyed there using not a rocket, but an antigravity coati...
482 min
1786
Little Wars by H. G. Wells ~ Full Audiobook [fa...
Little Wars by H. G. Wells audiobook.
A Game for Boys from twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty and for that more intelligent sort of girl who likes boys' games and books. With an Appendix on KriegspielMiniature war gaming got its start with ...
104 min
1787
Floor Games by H. G. Wells ~ Full Audiobook [fa...
Floor Games by H. G. Wells audiobook.
H.G. Wells had so much fun playing with his children on the floor of their playroom, he decided to write a jovial little book to inspire other parents in their pursuit of quality time with the kids. While the raw...
45 min
1788
The Perfect Wagnerite by George Bernard Shaw ~ ...
The Perfect Wagnerite by George Bernard Shaw audiobook.The Perfect Wagnerite: A Commentary on the Niblung's Ring (originally published London, 1898) is a philosophical commentary on Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, by the Irish writer Georg...
261 min
1789
Wulf the Saxon by George Alfred Henty ~ Full Au...
Wulf the Saxon by George Alfred Henty audiobook.
Wulf the Saxon is a classic George Henty tale of nobility, loyalty and courage set in 11th century Britain. It relates the adventures of Wulf, a young, but extremely capable Saxon Thane. Wulf with his ...
732 min
1790
The Big Time by Fritz Leiber ~ Full Audiobook [...
The Big Time by Fritz Leiber audiobook.
A classic locked room mystery, in a not-so-classic setting.
223 min
1791
Socialism - Utopian and Scientific by Friedrich...
Socialism - Utopian and Scientific by Friedrich Engels audiobook.
The main idea of "Socialism: Utopian and Scientific" (1880) was distinguishing scientific socialism and utopian socialism. Engels begins by chronicaling the thought of utopian socialis...
167 min
1792
The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey ~ Full Audiob...
The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey audiobook.
Buck Duane, son of a famous gunfighter, falls prey to the old problem - called out by a cowboy who wants to make trouble, Duane kills him and then must ride off to the lawless country near the Neuces River...
669 min
1793
Beasts, Men and Gods by Ferdinand Ossendowski ~...
Beasts, Men and Gods by Ferdinand Ossendowski audiobook.
“Beasts, Men and Gods” is an account of an epic journey, filled with perils and narrow escapes, in the mold of “The Lord of the Rings.”
The difference is: it’s all true.
Ferdinand Ossendowski w...
531 min
1794
Mark Twain and the Happy Island by Elizabeth Wa...
Mark Twain and the Happy Island by Elizabeth Wallace audiobook.This Mark Twain Memoir by Elizabeth Wallace paints an idyllic portrait of his time in Bermuda, not long before his death in 1910. Wallace and Twain met in Bermuda in 1908, became fast fr...
143 min
1795
Anecdotes of Dogs by Edward Jesse ~ Full Audiob...
Anecdotes of Dogs by Edward Jesse audiobook."Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends."The character, sensibilities, and intellectual faculties of animals have always been a favourite study, and they are, perhaps,...
809 min
1796
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton ~ Full Audiobook [...
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton audiobook.
Edith Wharton's 1911 novel Ethan Frome tells the story of a tragic love triangle. Set in the highly symbolic wintry landscape of Starkfield, Massachusetts, the narrative centers on the title character's fraught...
239 min
1797
Crucial Instances by Edith Wharton ~ Full Audio...
Crucial Instances by Edith Wharton audiobook.
This is Edith Wharton's second published collection of short stories (1901). One of these seven stories, "Copy: A Dialogue," is written as a short play. The role of Hilda is read by Arielle Lipshaw, and t...
305 min
1798
Master Flea by E. T. A. Hoffmann ~ Full Audiobo...
Master Flea by E. T. A. Hoffmann audiobook.
Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann (1776 – 1822), better known by his pen name E.T.A. Hoffmann (Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann), was a German Romantic author of fantasy and horror, a jurist, composer, music cri...
323 min
1799
Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence ~ Full Audiob...
Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence audiobook.
This intimate portrait of a coal-miner's family fastens on each member in turn: Walter Morel, the collier; Gertrude, his wife; and the children: William, Annie, Arthur, and Paul. When Mrs. Morel begins to ...
1127 min
1800
The Fortunes of Glencore by Charles James Lever...
The Fortunes of Glencore by Charles James Lever audiobook.
Viscount Glencore has retreated to live alone with his son in Glencore castle after his wife deserted him claiming she did not love him. He wishes to exact revenge on her by denouncing the ma...
1032 min