Recommended Classic Audiobooks

The Good Earth: Classic Collection

By: Pearl S. Buck

The story begins on the wedding day of farmer Wang Lung and follows his simple, often one-sided view of the Chinese culture, times, and his connection with the land. The land is a recurring theme throughout the novel, seemingly nurtured by the...

Format: CD Audiobook
Published: Jul 2007
Genre: Fiction - Classics
Version: Unabridged
Discs: 9
The Good Earth: Classic Collection
by Pearl S. Buck
The story begins on the wedding day of farmer Wang Lung and follows his simple, often one-sided view of the Chinese culture, times, and his connection with the land. The land is a recurring theme throughout the novel, seemingly nurtured by the...
CD Audiobook: Unabridged Publication Date: Jul 2007

Frankenstein

By: Mary W. Shelley

Dr. Frankenstein learns the secret of imparting life to inanimate matter. To test his theories, he collects bones from the charnel-houses to construct a 'human' being, and then gives it life. The creature, endowed with supernatural size and strength,...

Format: MP3-CD Audiobook
Published: Jun 2004
Genre: Fiction - Classics
Narrator: Tom Casaletto
Version: Unabridged
Discs: 1
Frankenstein
by Mary W. Shelley
Dr. Frankenstein learns the secret of imparting life to inanimate matter. To test his theories, he collects bones from the charnel-houses to construct a 'human' being, and then gives it life. The creature, endowed with supernatural size and strength,...
MP3-CD Audiobook: Unabridged Publication Date: Jun 2004

Sons and Lovers (Naxos Complete Classics)

By: D. H. Lawrence

Sons and Lovers, Lawrences third published novel, was written by the author at the height of his literary powers. The story of class differences (the relationship between a middle-class woman and a miner) in the tough world of coal mining brought a...

Format: CD Audiobook
Published: Nov 2008
Genre: Fiction - Classics
Narrator: Paul Slack
Version: Unabridged
Discs: 13
Sons and Lovers (Naxos Complete Classics)
by D. H. Lawrence
Sons and Lovers, Lawrences third published novel, was written by the author at the height of his literary powers. The story of class differences (the relationship between a middle-class woman and a miner) in the tough world of coal mining brought a...
CD Audiobook: Unabridged Publication Date: Nov 2008

Homer Box Set: Iliad and Odyssey: Classic Collection

By: Homer

To the ancient world, the Iliad and the Odyssey were history, myth, religion and poetry; so too for modern scholars, they are invaluable resources for anthropological, psychological, and even philosophical speculations. But ancient epics raison...

Format: CD Audiobook
Published: Oct 2008
Genre: Fiction - Classics
Narrator: Nadia May
Version: Unabridged
Homer Box Set: Iliad and Odyssey: Classic Collection
by Homer
To the ancient world, the Iliad and the Odyssey were history, myth, religion and poetry; so too for modern scholars, they are invaluable resources for anthropological, psychological, and even philosophical speculations. But ancient epics raison...
CD Audiobook: Unabridged Publication Date: Oct 2008

The Lady Of The Camellias

By: Alexandre Dumas

1902. A Frontispiece and numerous other portraits with descriptive notes by Octave Uzanne. Written by the son of Alexandre Dumas, The Lady of the Camellias is the story of Marguerite Gautier, a young courtesan, or kept woman, in Paris in the mid...

Format: CD Audiobook
Published: Jan 2006
Genre: Fiction - Classics
Narrator: Laura Paton
Version: Abridged
Discs: 2
The Lady Of The Camellias
by Alexandre Dumas
1902. A Frontispiece and numerous other portraits with descriptive notes by Octave Uzanne. Written by the son of Alexandre Dumas, The Lady of the Camellias is the story of Marguerite Gautier, a young courtesan, or kept woman, in Paris in the mid...
CD Audiobook: Abridged Publication Date: Jan 2006

A Passage to India

By: E. M. Forster

In Forster’s beautifully written novel about British India at the turn of the century, a simple misunderstanding erupts into hostility. The plot centers on Aziz, a young doctor who is initially tolerant of the British presence in India....

Format: CD Audiobook
Published: Sep 2005
Genre: Fiction - Classics
Narrator: Sam Dastor
Version: Unabridged
Discs: 9
A Passage to India
by E. M. Forster
In Forster’s beautifully written novel about British India at the turn of the century, a simple misunderstanding erupts into hostility. The plot centers on Aziz, a young doctor who is initially tolerant of the British presence in India....
CD Audiobook: Unabridged Publication Date: Sep 2005

White Fang The Call Of The Wild

By: Jack London

Jack Londons adventurous nature and his superb ability as a storyteller give these tales striking vitality and force. Thrilling action, an intuitive feeling for animal life, and a sense of justice that often works itself out through violence are the...

Format: CD Audiobook
Published: Nov 2006
Genre: Fiction - Classics
Narrator: John Lee
Version: Unabridged
Discs: 10
White Fang The Call Of The Wild
by Jack London
Jack Londons adventurous nature and his superb ability as a storyteller give these tales striking vitality and force. Thrilling action, an intuitive feeling for animal life, and a sense of justice that often works itself out through violence are the...
CD Audiobook: Unabridged Publication Date: Nov 2006

Something Wicked This Way Comes

By: Ray Bradbury

A masterpiece of modern Gothic literature, Something Wicked This Way Comes is the memorable story of two boys, James Nightshade and William Halloway, and the evil that grips their small Midwestern town with the arrival of a 'dark carnival' one Autumn...

Format: MP3-CD Audiobook
Published: Oct 2007
Genre: Fiction - Classics
Narrator: Cast Full
Version: Unabridged
Discs: 1
Something Wicked This Way Comes
by Ray Bradbury
A masterpiece of modern Gothic literature, Something Wicked This Way Comes is the memorable story of two boys, James Nightshade and William Halloway, and the evil that grips their small Midwestern town with the arrival of a 'dark carnival' one Autumn...
MP3-CD Audiobook: Unabridged Publication Date: Oct 2007

Double Indemnity

By: James Cain

When smalltime insurance salesman Walter Huff meets seductive Phyllis Nirdlinger, the wife of one of his wealthy clients, it takes him only minutes to determine that she wants to get rid of her husband--and not much longer to decide to help her do...

Format: CD Audiobook
Published: Jun 2005
Genre: Fiction - Classics
Narrator: Tbd
Version: Unabridged
Discs: 4
Double Indemnity
by James Cain
When smalltime insurance salesman Walter Huff meets seductive Phyllis Nirdlinger, the wife of one of his wealthy clients, it takes him only minutes to determine that she wants to get rid of her husband--and not much longer to decide to help her do...
CD Audiobook: Unabridged Publication Date: Jun 2005

Mansfield Park

By: Jane Austen

Is she queer?--Is she prudish?' These are not quotations from contenders in the brouhaha over Jane Austen's sexuality. They are questions the rakish Henry Crawford in 'Mansfield Park' asks as he wonders about the nerdiest of all heroines, Fanny...

Format: CD Audiobook
Published: Nov 1995
Genre: Fiction - Classics
Narrator: Juliet Stevenson
Version: Abridged
Discs: 3
Mansfield Park
by Jane Austen
Is she queer?--Is she prudish?' These are not quotations from contenders in the brouhaha over Jane Austen's sexuality. They are questions the rakish Henry Crawford in 'Mansfield Park' asks as he wonders about the nerdiest of all heroines, Fanny...
CD Audiobook: Abridged Publication Date: Nov 1995

The Pickwick Papers

By: Charles Dickens

In 'The Pickwick Papers', Dickens' reached his peak of humor. First commissioned to match illustrations that had benn done, 'The Pickwick Papers' took on a life of its own. Serialized in 20 monthly installments from March 1836 to November 1837, it...

Format: CD Audiobook
Published: Nov 1998
Genre: Fiction - Classics
Narrator: Anton Lesser
Version: Abridged
Discs: 4
The Pickwick Papers
by Charles Dickens
In 'The Pickwick Papers', Dickens' reached his peak of humor. First commissioned to match illustrations that had benn done, 'The Pickwick Papers' took on a life of its own. Serialized in 20 monthly installments from March 1836 to November 1837, it...
CD Audiobook: Abridged Publication Date: Nov 1998

Audrey Hepburn's Enchanted Tales

By: Mary Sheldon

The late screen legend Audrey Heurn uses music from Maurice Ravel's 'Mother Goose' as the framework for her reading of these favorite fairy tales.

Format: CD Audiobook
Published: Nov 2007
Genre: Fiction - Classics
Narrator: Audrey Hepburn
Version: Unabridged
Audrey Hepburn's Enchanted Tales
by Mary Sheldon
The late screen legend Audrey Heurn uses music from Maurice Ravel's 'Mother Goose' as the framework for her reading of these favorite fairy tales.
CD Audiobook: Unabridged Publication Date: Nov 2007

The Idiot

By: Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The chief thing is that they all need him' -thus Dostoyevsky described Prince Myshkin, the hero of perhaps his most remarkable novel. As the still, radiant center of a plot whose turbulent action is extraordinary even for Dostoyevsky, Myshkin...

Format: CD Audiobook
Published: Aug 1995
Genre: Fiction - Classics
Narrator: Michael Sheen
Version: Abridged
Discs: 3
The Idiot
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The chief thing is that they all need him' -thus Dostoyevsky described Prince Myshkin, the hero of perhaps his most remarkable novel. As the still, radiant center of a plot whose turbulent action is extraordinary even for Dostoyevsky, Myshkin...
CD Audiobook: Abridged Publication Date: Aug 1995

The Bostonians

By: Henry James

Dealing heavily with the then very timely political issue of feminism and the changing role of women in society, Henry James's The Bostonians is the story of Civil War veteran Basil Ransom's conflict with his cousin Olive Chancellor for the...

Format: CD Audiobook
Published: Dec 2010
Genre: Fiction - Classics
Narrator: Sands Xe
Version: Unabridged
Discs: 14
The Bostonians
by Henry James
Dealing heavily with the then very timely political issue of feminism and the changing role of women in society, Henry James's The Bostonians is the story of Civil War veteran Basil Ransom's conflict with his cousin Olive Chancellor for the...
CD Audiobook: Unabridged Publication Date: Dec 2010

One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest

By: Ken Kesey

Randle Patrick McMurphy is a boisterous, brawling, fun-loving rebel who swaggers into the ward of a mental hospital and takes over. He's a life-loving fighter who rallies the other patients around him by challenging the dictatorship of Big Nurse. ...

Format: MP3-CD Audiobook
Published: Mar 2005
Genre: Fiction - Classics
Narrator: Tom Parker
Version: Unabridged
Discs: 1
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Ken Kesey
Randle Patrick McMurphy is a boisterous, brawling, fun-loving rebel who swaggers into the ward of a mental hospital and takes over. He's a life-loving fighter who rallies the other patients around him by challenging the dictatorship of Big Nurse. ...
MP3-CD Audiobook: Unabridged Publication Date: Mar 2005

Imperial Woman: The Story of the Last Empress of China

By: Pearl S. Buck

The story of Tzu Hsi is the story of the last Empress in China. In this audio book, Pearl S. Buck recreates the life of one of the most intriguing rules during a time of intense turbulence. Tzu Hsi was born into one of the lowly ranks of the Imperial...

Format: CD Audiobook
Published: Feb 2011
Genre: Fiction - Classics
Narrator: Kirsten Potter
Version: Unabridged
Discs: 12
Imperial Woman: The Story of the Last Empress of China
by Pearl S. Buck
The story of Tzu Hsi is the story of the last Empress in China. In this audio book, Pearl S. Buck recreates the life of one of the most intriguing rules during a time of intense turbulence. Tzu Hsi was born into one of the lowly ranks of the Imperial...
CD Audiobook: Unabridged Publication Date: Feb 2011

Time Machine & The War of the Worlds

By: H. g. Wells

The Time Machine, Wells' first novel (published in 1895) and The War Of The Worlds (1898), comprise two great firsts in the history of science fiction. Respectively, they were the first novels to center around time travel and the first to suggest...

Format: CD Audiobook
Published: Sep 2005
Genre: Fiction - Classics
Narrator: Bill Weideman
Version: Unabridged
Discs: 8
Time Machine & The War of the Worlds
by H. g. Wells
The Time Machine, Wells' first novel (published in 1895) and The War Of The Worlds (1898), comprise two great firsts in the history of science fiction. Respectively, they were the first novels to center around time travel and the first to suggest...
CD Audiobook: Unabridged Publication Date: Sep 2005

The Essential Dylan Thomas: Poetry And Stories

By: Richard Bebb

This varied, well-chosen selection brings onto one CD set the best of Dylan Thomas. Cds 1 & 2: Historial Recordings-the legendary recording of Under Milk Wood, with Richard Burton and and cast. Also, two radio productions he wrote before that great...

Format: CD Audiobook
Published: Mar 2005
Genre: Fiction - Classics
Narrator: Jason Hughes
Version: Abridged
The Essential Dylan Thomas: Poetry And Stories
by Richard Bebb
This varied, well-chosen selection brings onto one CD set the best of Dylan Thomas. Cds 1 & 2: Historial Recordings-the legendary recording of Under Milk Wood, with Richard Burton and and cast. Also, two radio productions he wrote before that great...
CD Audiobook: Abridged Publication Date: Mar 2005

Alice'S Adventures In Wonderland Cd (Family Audio Classics)

By: Lewis Carroll

In an enchanting performance, two-time Academy Award® winner Sally Field takes us on a topsy-turvy adventure through Wonderland. Irresistibly delightful, fascinating and funny, Ms. Field's stunning interpretation brings Alice, the Mad Hatter,...

Format: CD Audiobook
Published: Jul 1997
Genre: Fiction - Classics
Narrator: Sally Field
Version: Abridged
Discs: 2
Alice'S Adventures In Wonderland Cd (Family Audio Classics)
by Lewis Carroll
In an enchanting performance, two-time Academy Award® winner Sally Field takes us on a topsy-turvy adventure through Wonderland. Irresistibly delightful, fascinating and funny, Ms. Field's stunning interpretation brings Alice, the Mad Hatter,...
CD Audiobook: Abridged Publication Date: Jul 1997

Jane Eyre (Blackstone Audio Classics Collection)

By: Charlotte Bronte

Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award Jane Eyre, the plain yet spirited governess, introduced a new kind of heroine in literature--one whose virtuous integrity, sharp intellect, and tireless perseverance broke through class barriers to...

Format: CD Audiobook
Published: Jan 2011
Genre: Fiction - Classics
Narrator: Nadia May
Version: Unabridged
Jane Eyre (Blackstone Audio Classics Collection)
by Charlotte Bronte
Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award Jane Eyre, the plain yet spirited governess, introduced a new kind of heroine in literature--one whose virtuous integrity, sharp intellect, and tireless perseverance broke through class barriers to...
CD Audiobook: Unabridged Publication Date: Jan 2011

Jane Eyre (Oasis Family Listening)

By: Charlotte Bronte

Talk about respect for the feminine! Which, it turns out, is simply respect for the soul. That this author was sent by Providence...to show me the difference between convention and morality, I count as one of the great blessings of a blessed life.

Format: CD Audiobook
Published: Oct 2003
Genre: Fiction - Classics
Version: Abridged
Discs: 2
Jane Eyre (Oasis Family Listening)
by Charlotte Bronte
Talk about respect for the feminine! Which, it turns out, is simply respect for the soul. That this author was sent by Providence...to show me the difference between convention and morality, I count as one of the great blessings of a blessed life.
CD Audiobook: Abridged Publication Date: Oct 2003

Demian

By: Hermann Hesse

A Classic Novel About the Pursuit of Personal Fulfillment--First Time Ever on CD! A brilliant psychological portrait of a troubled young man's quest for self-awareness, this coming-of-age novel achieved instant critical and popular acclaim upon...

Format: CD Audiobook
Published: Aug 2008
Genre: Fiction - Classics
Version: Unabridged
Discs: 5
Demian
by Hermann Hesse
A Classic Novel About the Pursuit of Personal Fulfillment--First Time Ever on CD! A brilliant psychological portrait of a troubled young man's quest for self-awareness, this coming-of-age novel achieved instant critical and popular acclaim upon...
CD Audiobook: Unabridged Publication Date: Aug 2008

The Ambassadors

By: Henry James

One of Henry James's three late masterpieces, The Ambassadors is a bittersweet paean to the life not lived and one of the most achingly beautiful and moving novels ever written.

Format: CD Audiobook
Published: Dec 2010
Genre: Fiction - Classics
Narrator: Stephen Hoye
Version: Unabridged
Discs: 14
The Ambassadors
by Henry James
One of Henry James's three late masterpieces, The Ambassadors is a bittersweet paean to the life not lived and one of the most achingly beautiful and moving novels ever written.
CD Audiobook: Unabridged Publication Date: Dec 2010

Malone Dies

By: Samuel Beckett

This is the second in the famous trilogy of novels written by Samuel Beckett in the late 1940s. An old man is dying in a room. His bowl of soup comes, his pots are emptied. He waits to die. And while he waits, he constructs stories, mainly to pass...

Format: CD Audiobook
Published: Aug 2004
Genre: Fiction - Classics
Narrator: Sean Barrett
Version: Unabridged
Malone Dies
by Samuel Beckett
This is the second in the famous trilogy of novels written by Samuel Beckett in the late 1940s. An old man is dying in a room. His bowl of soup comes, his pots are emptied. He waits to die. And while he waits, he constructs stories, mainly to pass...
CD Audiobook: Unabridged Publication Date: Aug 2004

The Book of Kings

By: James Thackara

While Europe drifts toward Nazism, four students share an apartment in Paris. Thackara brilliantly forges the stories of these four men whose lives mirror the larger picture, while the listener follows Hitler's rise from a dozen different...

Format: MP3-CD Audiobook
Published: Nov 2002
Genre: Fiction - Classics
Narrator: Robert Whitfield
Version: Unabridged
Discs: 3
The Book of Kings
by James Thackara
While Europe drifts toward Nazism, four students share an apartment in Paris. Thackara brilliantly forges the stories of these four men whose lives mirror the larger picture, while the listener follows Hitler's rise from a dozen different...
MP3-CD Audiobook: Unabridged Publication Date: Nov 2002

Dracula (Classical Literature with Classical Music)

By: Brian Cox

Bram Stoker's classic novel of suspense and horror was a bestseller in Britain when it was published in 1897. A late 20th-century biographer of Stoker has suggested that famed Victorian actor Henry Irving, for whom Stoker worked for many years, was...

Format: CD Audiobook
Published: Apr 1997
Genre: Fiction - Classics
Narrator: Bram Stoker
Version: Abridged
Discs: 3
Dracula (Classical Literature with Classical Music)
by Brian Cox
Bram Stoker's classic novel of suspense and horror was a bestseller in Britain when it was published in 1897. A late 20th-century biographer of Stoker has suggested that famed Victorian actor Henry Irving, for whom Stoker worked for many years, was...
CD Audiobook: Abridged Publication Date: Apr 1997

Cannery Row

By: John Steinbeck

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Format: CD Audiobook
Published: Jun 2011
Genre: Fiction - Classics
Version: Unabridged
Discs: 5
Cannery Row
by John Steinbeck
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CD Audiobook: Unabridged Publication Date: Jun 2011

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

By: Betty Smith

Francie Nolan, avid reader, penny-candy connoisseur, and adroit observer of human nature, has much to ponder in colorful, turn-of-the-century Brooklyn. She grows up with a sweet, tragic father, a severely realistic mother, and an aunt who gives her...

Format: CD Audiobook
Published: May 2007
Genre: Fiction - Classics
Narrator: Carrington MacDuffie
Version: Unabridged
Discs: 13
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith
Francie Nolan, avid reader, penny-candy connoisseur, and adroit observer of human nature, has much to ponder in colorful, turn-of-the-century Brooklyn. She grows up with a sweet, tragic father, a severely realistic mother, and an aunt who gives her...
CD Audiobook: Unabridged Publication Date: May 2007

Jane Eyre

By: Charlotte Bronte

With her 1847 novel, 'Jane Eyre', Charlotte Bronte created one of the most unforgettable heroines of all time. Not only is this the classic story of unforgettable love, but it is also the memorable tale of one woman's fight to claim her independence...

Format: CD Audiobook
Published: Jun 2005
Genre: Fiction - Classics
Narrator: Joanna David
Version: Abridged
Discs: 6
Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Bronte
With her 1847 novel, 'Jane Eyre', Charlotte Bronte created one of the most unforgettable heroines of all time. Not only is this the classic story of unforgettable love, but it is also the memorable tale of one woman's fight to claim her independence...
CD Audiobook: Abridged Publication Date: Jun 2005

Ulysses

By: James Joyce

A few intuitive, sensitive visionaries may understand and comprehend 'Ulysses,' James Joyce's new and mammoth volume, without going through a course of training or instruction, but the average intelligent reader will glean little or nothing from...

Format: CD Audiobook
Published: Mar 1994
Genre: Fiction - Classics
Narrator: Jim Norton
Version: Abridged
Discs: 3
Ulysses
by James Joyce
A few intuitive, sensitive visionaries may understand and comprehend 'Ulysses,' James Joyce's new and mammoth volume, without going through a course of training or instruction, but the average intelligent reader will glean little or nothing from...
CD Audiobook: Abridged Publication Date: Mar 1994
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