Classic Audiobooks Archive

Eight years ago, Anne Elliot fell in love with a poor but ambitious young naval officer, Frederick Wentworth. The Elliots were dissatisfied with Anne's choice, feeling he was not distinguished enough for their family, and her older friend and mentor, Lady Russell, acting in place of Anne's deceased mother, persuaded her to break off the match. Author: Jane AustenLength: 7 hours 52 minutesGenre: Ro...

Part 2 of 2.\n\nPride and Prejudice is the most famous of Jane Austen's novels, and its opening is one of the most famous lines in English literature - "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. " Its manuscript was first written between 1796 and 1797, and was initially called First Impressions, but was never published und...

Part 1 of 2.\n\nPride and Prejudice is the most famous of Jane Austen's novels, and its opening is one of the most famous lines in English literature - "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. " Its manuscript was first written between 1796 and 1797, and was initially called First Impressions, but was never published und...

"Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do. ".Author: Lewis CarrollLength: 2 hours 43 minutesGenre: Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy TalesChapters:00:00 - Chapter 113:07 - Chapter 225:42 - Chapter 336:01 - Chapter 450:34 - Chapter 501:03:41 - Chapter 601:19:30 - Chapter 701:33:41 - Chapter 801:47:58 - Chapter 902...

Hear Heidi if you've ever longed to see the Swiss mountain slopes. This story transports the listener from the fine air and freedom of the mountaintop to the confines of Frankfurt, back to the peaks again, bounding in flowered fields with goats at your heels and sky utterly surrounding you. Author: Johanna SpyriLength: 9 hours 45 minutesGenre: GeneralChapters:00:00 - Chapter 132:54 - Chapter 251:3...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels wrote their <i>Manifesto</i> in December 1847, as a guide to the fundamental principles and practices of Communists. The <i>Manifesto</i> also predicted the ultimate downfall of the capitalist system. Author: Friedrich Engels Length: 1 hours 36 minutes Genre: *Non-fiction, Philosophy, Psychology Cha...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com This classic story by Margery Williams, published in 1922, imparts the timeless message that toys need not be expensive or modern to be appreciated. Through giving and receiving love, even a commonplace stuffed animal can become real in the eyes of a child. Author: Margery Williams Length: 22 minutes Genre: Children's Fiction #FullAudiobook #ClassicAudi...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com <em>"What is REAL. "</em> asked the Rabbit one day. Author: Margery Williams Length: 28 minutes Genre: Children's Fiction #FullAudiobook #ClassicAudiobook #ClassicLiterature #FreeAudiobook #PublicDomain This audiobook recording is from LibriVox.org. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. Text and narration are public domain. Narra...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Lao-Tze's <em>Tao Teh King</em> illuminates The Tao: a guiding principle of the universe and all within it. By exploring the nature of dualities and complements, Lao-Tze dissects strength and weakness; presence and absence; life and death. Author: Lao Tzu Length: 1 hours 34 minutes Genre: *Non-fiction, Philosophy Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com This much-loved story follows a group of animal friends in the English countryside as they pursue adventure. and as adventure pursues them. Author: Kenneth Grahame Length: 6 hours 47 minutes Genre: Animals & Nature Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 29:55 - Chapter 2 59:30 - Chapter 3 01:29:26 - Chapter 4 02:00:22 - Chapter 5 02:38:22 - Chapter 6 03:10:37...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com The Gods of Mars is a 1918 Edgar Rice Burroughs science fiction novel, the second of his famous Barsoom series. It can be said that the novel set the tone for much science fiction to come. Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs Length: 7 hours 41 minutes Genre: Science Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 31:09 - Chapter 2 56:34 - Chapter 3 01:23:39 - Chapter 4 01...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com This delightful novel begins when a family of five children moves from London to the English countryside. While playing in a gravel pit soon after the move, they discover an ancient and rather grumpy sand-fairy known as the Psammead, who agrees to grant one wish of theirs per day. Author: E. Nesbit Length: 5 hours 38 minutes Genre: Action & Adventur...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Hidden and mistaken identities, requited and unrequited loves, pranks and jokes abound in this romantic comedy. (Summary by Karen Savage) <b>Cast:</b> Orsino, Duke of Illyria - <a href="http://librivox. Author: William Shakespeare Length: 2 hours 24 minutes Genre: Comedy Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 33:41 - Chapter 2 01:10:13 - Chapter 3 0...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Lucy Maud Montgomery's classic children's novel, <em>Anne of Green Gables</em> tells the story of a red headed orphan girl with a personality you can't help but love. Despite her "tragical" past, Anne's optimism and imagination have helped her to always see the best in things. Author: Lucy Maud Montgomery Length: 9 hours 34 minutes Genre: Ch...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com 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 optimism and imagination have helped her to always see the best in things. Author: Lucy Maud Montgomery Length: 10 hours 52 minutes Genre: Children's Fiction, Ge...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com 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 mirror into the Looking-Glass House. The land is full of mythological creatures and characters and nursery rhyme characters. Author: Lewis Carroll Length: 3 hours 19 minutes Genre: Action &a...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com The timeless story of the Wizard Of Oz. Follow Dorothy as she leaves Kansas for Oz on a cyclone. Author: L. Frank Baum Length: 3 hours 44 minutes Genre: General Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 01:34 - Chapter 2 07:58 - Chapter 3 19:40 - Chapter 4 31:02 - Chapter 5 39:00 - Chapter 6 50:19 - Chapter 7 59:06 - Chapter 8 01:09:14 - Chapter 9 01:20:09 - Chapter...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Treasure Island is an adventure novel, a thrilling tale of "buccaneers and buried gold. " Traditionally considered a coming of age story, it is an adventure tale of superb atmosphere, character and action, and also a wry commentary on the ambiguity of morality-as seen in Long John Silver-unusual for children's literature then and now. Author: Robert Lou...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com H. G. Author: H. G. Wells Length: 6 hours 43 minutes Genre: Science Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 13:52 - Chapter 2 22:13 - Chapter 3 29:04 - Chapter 4 35:23 - Chapter 5 45:45 - Chapter 6 52:21 - Chapter 7 01:02:30 - Chapter 8 01:09:30 - Chapter 9 01:22:56 - Chapter 10 01:36:42 - Chapter 11 01:53:57 - Chapter 12 02:17:37 - Chapter 13 02:28:27 - Ch...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com <i>The Invisible Man</i> (1897) is one of the most famous science fiction novels of all time. Written by H. Author: H. G. Wells Length: 4 hours 54 minutes Genre: Science Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 22:41 - Chapter 2 47:06 - Chapter 3 01:16:21 - Chapter 4 01:34:55 - Chapter 5 01:53:22 - Chapter 6 02:10:41 - Chapter 7 02:37:13 - Chapte...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a novella by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1886. London lawyer Utterson is driven to investigate Edward Hyde, the unlikely protg of his friend Dr Henry Jekyll, suspecting the relationship to be founded on blackmail. Author: Robert Louis Stevenson Length: 3 hours 8 minutes Genr...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Dorian Gray, a young man of wealth and stature in late 1800's London, meets Lord Henry Wotton while posing for a portrait by his friend Basil Hallward. Once the painting is complete, Dorian realizes that it will always be young and attractive, while he will be forced to age and wither with the years. Author: Oscar Wilde Length: 6 hours 11 minutes Genre:...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Hamlet is commonly regarded as one of the greatest plays ever written. Drawing on Danish chronicles and the Elizabethan vogue for revenge tragedy, Shakespeare created a play that is at once a philosophic treatise, a family drama, and a supernatural thriller. Author: William Shakespeare Length: 3 hours 53 minutes Genre: Plays, Drama, Tragedy Chapters: 00...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Samuel Pepys was the first Secretary to the Admiralty during the reign of Charles II, instrumental in developing the Royal Navy and witness to some of the most significant events of the Restoration period, including the Great Fire of London. His famous diary, which covers a period of some ten years, throws a frank and intimate light on a fascinating per...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com This anthology collects a number of fascinating strands of Bertrand Russell's thought. "Mathematics and the Metaphysicians" details the impact of the 1900 World Congress of Philosophers on Russell's development and the hope that new methods in mathematics could be applied to the solution of ancient philosophical problems. Author: Bertrand Russell Length...