Classic Audiobooks Archive

The Just So Stories generally have the theme of a particular animal being altered from an original form to its current form by the acts of human kind or some magical being. Whale has a tiny throat because he swallowed a mariner, who tied a raft inside to block the whale from swallowing other men. Author: Rudyard KiplingLength: 3 hours 4 minutesGenre: Dramatic Readings, Animals & NatureChapters...

Treasure Island is an adventure novel narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold". Traditionally considered a coming-of-age story, Treasure Island is a tale noted for its atmosphere, characters and action, and also as a wry commentary on the ambiguity of morality -- unusual for children's literature. Author: Robert Louis StevensonLength: 6 hours 34 minutesGenre: Action & Adventu...

Part 2 of 2.\n\nFollow the young boy Huckleberry Finn and the slave Jim on their epic journey down the Mississippi River in the years before the Civil War. This masterpiece by Mark Twain is a delightful mixture of exciting adventures, sad mishaps, floods, lazy days floating on the raft, conniving con men and human beings in their most bewildering variety. Author: Mark TwainLength: 11 hours 19 minu...

Part 1 of 2.\n\nFollow the young boy Huckleberry Finn and the slave Jim on their epic journey down the Mississippi River in the years before the Civil War. This masterpiece by Mark Twain is a delightful mixture of exciting adventures, sad mishaps, floods, lazy days floating on the raft, conniving con men and human beings in their most bewildering variety. Author: Mark TwainLength: 11 hours 19 minu...

In London, 1872, a rich English gentlemen named Mr. Phileas Fogg argues with the members in the Reform Club, and takes on a journey around the world in 80 days with his new servant, Passapartout, with accepting a wager. Author: Jules VerneLength: 6 hours 25 minutesGenre: Action & Adventure Fiction, Dramatic ReadingsChapters:00:00 - Chapter 111:16 - Chapter 218:36 - Chapter 331:22 - Chapter 437...

Part 2 of 2.\n\nThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 12 short stories that were originally illustrated by Sidney Paget. These are the first set of short stories that were published and followed the publishing of his first 2 novels, A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of the Four. Author: Sir Arthur Conan DoyleLength: 10 hours 56 minutesGenre: Crime & Mystery Fiction, Detective Fict...

Part 1 of 2.\n\nThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 12 short stories that were originally illustrated by Sidney Paget. These are the first set of short stories that were published and followed the publishing of his first 2 novels, A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of the Four. Author: Sir Arthur Conan DoyleLength: 10 hours 56 minutesGenre: Crime & Mystery Fiction, Detective Fict...

The classic Christmas story of an old miser and the astonishing effect a series of ghostly visitors has upon him. This version has been read in a whisper and is perfect for night-time listening in a quiet room. Author: Charles DickensLength: 3 hours 41 minutesGenre: Published 1800 -1900Chapters:00:00 - Chapter 153:28 - Chapter 201:40:11 - Chapter 302:42:45 - Chapter 403:24:00 - Chapter 5#FullAudio...

Where Go the Boats is a short poem by Robert Louis Stevenson. He was a Scottish author famous for writing Treasure Island. Author: Robert Louis StevensonLength: 18 minutesGenre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)Chapters:00:00 - Chapter 100:57 - Chapter 201:51 - Chapter 302:47 - Chapter 403:37 - Chapter 504:27 - Chapter 605:15 - Chapter 706:05 - Chapter 806:55 - Chapter 907:47 - Chapter...

Part 2 of 2.\n\nThe Divine Comedy (in Italian, Divina Commedia, or just La commedia or Comedia) is an epic poem written by Dante Alighieri in the first decades of the 14th Century, during his exile from his native Florence. Considered the most important work of Italian literature, the poem has also has enormous historical influence on western literature and culture more generally. Author: Dante Al...

Part 1 of 2.\n\nThe Divine Comedy (in Italian, Divina Commedia, or just La commedia or Comedia) is an epic poem written by Dante Alighieri in the first decades of the 14th Century, during his exile from his native Florence. Considered the most important work of Italian literature, the poem has also has enormous historical influence on western literature and culture more generally. Author: Dante Al...

In this classic of H. G.Author: H. G. WellsLength: 4 hours 54 minutesGenre: Action & Adventure Fiction, Fantastic FictionChapters:00:00 - Chapter 128:34 - Chapter 256:24 - Chapter 301:34:58 - Chapter 402:13:39 - Chapter 502:51:29 - Chapter 603:30:29 - Chapter 704:18:49 - Chapter 8#FullAudiobook #ClassicAudiobook #ClassicLiterature #ScienceFictionAudiobook #PublicDomain This audiobook recording...

Part 4 of 4.\n\nNicholas Nickleby was Dickens's third novel following on from Pickwick Papers and Oliver twist. It has a cast of wonderful characters that include Wackford Squeers, the reprehensible and villainous headmaster whose reign of terror at his school in Yorkshire resulted in the abuse and deaths of many of his unwanted and orphaned children, Mr Vincent Crummles and his hilariously inept...

Part 3 of 4.\n\nNicholas Nickleby was Dickens's third novel following on from Pickwick Papers and Oliver twist. It has a cast of wonderful characters that include Wackford Squeers, the reprehensible and villainous headmaster whose reign of terror at his school in Yorkshire resulted in the abuse and deaths of many of his unwanted and orphaned children, Mr Vincent Crummles and his hilariously inept...

Part 2 of 4.\n\nNicholas Nickleby was Dickens's third novel following on from Pickwick Papers and Oliver twist. It has a cast of wonderful characters that include Wackford Squeers, the reprehensible and villainous headmaster whose reign of terror at his school in Yorkshire resulted in the abuse and deaths of many of his unwanted and orphaned children, Mr Vincent Crummles and his hilariously inept...

Part 1 of 4.\n\nNicholas Nickleby was Dickens's third novel following on from Pickwick Papers and Oliver twist. It has a cast of wonderful characters that include Wackford Squeers, the reprehensible and villainous headmaster whose reign of terror at his school in Yorkshire resulted in the abuse and deaths of many of his unwanted and orphaned children, Mr Vincent Crummles and his hilariously inept...

Part 2 of 2.\n\nOriginally published 1870, this recording is from the English translation by Frederick P. Walter, published 1991, containing the unabridged text from the original French and offered up into the public domain. Author: Jules VerneLength: 16 hours 46 minutesGenre: Action & Adventure Fiction, Travel FictionChapters:00:00 - Chapter 112:00 - Chapter 229:02 - Chapter 342:54 - Chapter...

Part 1 of 2.\n\nOriginally published 1870, this recording is from the English translation by Frederick P. Walter, published 1991, containing the unabridged text from the original French and offered up into the public domain. Author: Jules VerneLength: 16 hours 46 minutesGenre: Action & Adventure Fiction, Travel FictionChapters:00:00 - Chapter 112:00 - Chapter 229:02 - Chapter 342:54 - Chapter...

This is the extraordinary tale of a boy, Jim Hawkins, who comes into possession of Captain Flint's treasure map, after a buccaneer takes a room at his inn and later dies. The map spreads its ill luck to all who know of it. Author: Robert Louis StevensonLength: 7 hours 34 minutesGenre: Action & Adventure Fiction, Nautical & Marine FictionChapters:00:00 - Chapter 115:52 - Chapter 230:51 - Ch...

A dramatization of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass for the stage. In this version, Alice goes through the looking glass and encounters a variety of strange and wonderful creatures from favorite scenes of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland the Through the Looking Glass. Author: Lewis CarrollLength: 1 hours 40 minutesGenre: Action & Adventure, Myths,...

Part 2 of 2.\n\nThe Aeneid is the most famous Latin epic poem, written by Virgil in the 1st century BC. The story revolves around the legendary hero Aeneas, a Trojan prince who left behind the ruins of his city and led his fellow citizens to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans. Author: VirgilLength: 10 hours 42 minutesGenre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity), EpicsChapters:00:00...

Part 1 of 2.\n\nThe Aeneid is the most famous Latin epic poem, written by Virgil in the 1st century BC. The story revolves around the legendary hero Aeneas, a Trojan prince who left behind the ruins of his city and led his fellow citizens to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans. Author: VirgilLength: 10 hours 42 minutesGenre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity), EpicsChapters:00:00...

Growing up on the banks of the Mississippi river, a mischievous boy named Tom Sawyer spends his days getting into one scrape after another. Tom's constant cleverness, superstition, trickery, and daring make him a handful to raise, and his Aunt Polly declares that she has "never seen the beat of that boy. Author: Mark TwainLength: 7 hours 59 minutesGenre: Dramatic Readings, Action & Advent...

Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life; Whose misadventured piteous overthrows Do with their death bury their parents' strife. Author: William ShakespeareLength: 3 hours 5 minutesGenr...

Terrifically popular science fiction novel by renowned writer HG Wells, about a scientist discovering how to achieve invisibility. But, in his case, being out of sight evidently does NOT mean out of mind. Author: H. G. WellsLength: 4 hours 38 minutesGenre: Action & Adventure Fiction, Science FictionChapters:00:00 - Chapter 121:07 - Chapter 244:49 - Chapter 301:13:38 - Chapter 401:38:07 - Chapt...