Classic Audiobook Collection
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1776
Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde ~ Fu...
Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde audiobook.
The Importance of Being Earnest is a classic comedy of manners in which two flippant young men, in order to impress their respected beloveds, pretend that their names are “Ernest,” which both youn...
137 min
1777
The Adventures of Ulysses by Charles Lamb ~ Ful...
The Adventures of Ulysses by Charles Lamb audiobook.
Lamb used Homer's Odyssey as the basis for the re-telling of the story of Ulysses's journey back from Troy to his own kingdom of Ithaca. Not a direct translation and deemed modern in its time, Lamb...
224 min
1778
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens ~ Full Audioboo...
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens audiobook.
Oliver Twist is an 1838 novel by Charles Dickens. It was originally published as a serial.
Like most of Dickens' work, the book is used to call the public's attention to various contemporary social evils, in...
1022 min
1779
The Autobiography of Charles Darwin by Charles ...
The Autobiography of Charles Darwin by Charles Darwin audiobook.
The Autobiography of Charles Darwin is the autobiography of the British naturalist Charles Darwin which was published in 1887, five years after his death.
Darwin wrote the book, which h...
164 min
1780
George Washington by Calista McCabe Courtenay ~...
George Washington by Calista McCabe Courtenay audiobook.
In this biography for young people, Calista McCabe Courtenay takes the reader from George Washington the surveyor to his early military career, first as a colonel in the Virginia militia and th...
122 min
1781
Penrod and Sam by Booth Tarkington ~ Full Audio...
Penrod and Sam by Booth Tarkington audiobook.
Follow more of the hilarious life of the boy Penrod Schofield, his friends Sam Williams, Herman, Verman, Georgie, Maurice, and the love of his life, Marjorie Jones.
389 min
1782
Penrod by Booth Tarkington ~ Full Audiobook [co...
Penrod by Booth Tarkington audiobook.
Join Penrod Schofield and his wistful dog Duke, in a hilarious romp through turn of the century Indianapolis, chronicling his life, loves, and mostly the trouble he gets into.
363 min
1783
The Alchemist by Ben Jonson ~ Full Audiobook [c...
The Alchemist by Ben Jonson audiobook.
An outbreak of plague in London forces a gentleman, Lovewit, to flee temporarily to the country, leaving his house under the sole charge of his butler, Jeremy. Jeremy uses the opportunity given to him to use the...
185 min
1784
The Old Man in the Corner by Baroness E. Orczy ...
The Old Man in the Corner by Baroness E. Orczy audiobook.
Created by Baroness Orczy, author of the famous Scarlet Pimpernel series, The Old Man in the Corner was one of the earliest armchair detectives, popping up with so many others in the wake of t...
380 min
1785
Mental Efficiency and Other Hints to Men and Wo...
Mental Efficiency and Other Hints to Men and Women by Arnold Bennett audiobook.
In this light-hearted yet thought-provoking collection of articles, Bennett offers his thoughts on exercising the mind, organising your life, the advantages (and disadvan...
170 min
1786
The Grand Babylon Hotel by Arnold Bennett ~ Ful...
The Grand Babylon Hotel by Arnold Bennett audiobook.
Theodore Racksole, a rich American multi-millionaire, buys the Grand Babylon Hotel, a luxurious hotel in London, as a whim - and then finds out there are strange things going on - a German prince i...
404 min
1787
Politics by Aristotle ~ Full Audiobook [philoso...
Politics by Aristotle audiobook.
The Politics, by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, is one of the most influential texts in political philosophy. In it, Aristotle explores the role that the political community should play in developing the vir...
554 min
1788
An Englishwoman’s Love-Letters by Anonymous ~ F...
An Englishwoman's Love-Letters by Anonymous audiobook.
It need hardly be said that the woman by whom these letter were written had no thought that they would be read by anyone but the person to whom they were addressed. But a request, conveyed under ...
332 min
1789
The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang ~ Full Audio...
The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang audiobook.
Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book (1889) was a beautifully produced and illustrated edition of fairy tales that has become a classic. This was followed by many other collections of fairy tales, collectively k...
847 min
1790
Star Born by Andre Norton ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]
Star Born by Andre Norton audiobook.
Andre Norton's "Star Born" pictures a human colony in another galaxy, driven away from Earth generations ago by a repressive government. Considered outlaws, the colonists are in permanent hiding.
They have develop...
402 min
1791
The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas ~ Full Audio...
The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas audiobook.
The Black Tulip, written by Alexandre Dumas père and published in 1850, is a historical novel placed in the time of Tulipmania in the Netherlands. The novel begins with the 1672 politically motivated mob ...
455 min
1792
The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton, Jo...
The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison audiobook.
The Federalist Papers (correctly known as The Federalist) are a series of 85 articles advocating the ratification of the United States Constitution. Seventy-seven o...
1274 min
1793
Relativity - The Special and General Theory by ...
Relativity - The Special and General Theory by Albert Einstein audiobook.
This is an introduction to Einstein’s space-bending, time-stretching theory of Relativity, written by the master himself. Special and General relativity explain the structure...
220 min
1794
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain ~ Fu...
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain audiobook.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (published 1876) is a very well-known and popular story concerning American youth. Mark Twain's lively tale of the scrapes and adventures of boyhood is set in St. Pete...
407 min
1795
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius ~ Full Audiobook...
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius audiobook.
Marcus Aurelius wrote Meditations in Greek while on campaign between 170 and 180, as a source for his own guidance and self-improvement. These memos survive and continue to inspire others to this day. These w...
416 min
1796
The Prince by Machiavelli ~ Full Audiobook [phi...
The Prince by Machiavelli audiobook.
The Prince is a political treatise by the Florentine writer Niccolò Machiavelli, originally called “De Principatibus” (About Principalities). It was written around 1513, but not published until 1532, five years af...
336 min
1797
Jack and Jill by Louisa May Alcott ~ Full Audio...
Jack and Jill by Louisa May Alcott audiobook.
When Jack and Jill tumble off of their sled on the first good snow of the season, their injuries cause them to be bedridden for many months putting an end to their fun and frolics. Their parents and frien...
580 min
1798
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery ~ ...
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery audiobook.Lucy Maud Montgomery’s classic children’s novel, Anne of Green Gables tells the story of a red headed orphan girl with a personality you can’t help but love. Despite her “tragical” past, Anne’s ...
578 min
1799
Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott ~ Full Audio...
Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott audiobook.
This is the story of Rose, a rich but lonely and sickly girl who has been recently orphaned and sent to live with her maiden aunts. When Rose's guardian, Uncle Alec, returns from abroad he takes over her ...
419 min
1800
Through the Looking-glass and What Alice Found ...
Through the Looking-glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll audiobook.
Through the Looking Glass, the sequel to Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, was written in 1872 and it finds Alice in a land when she walks through a mirr...
204 min