Classic Audiobook Collection

She by H. Rider Haggard audiobook. Genre: adventureWhen Cambridge scholar Horace Holly becomes guardian to a newborn boy, Leo Vincey, he also inherits a locked iron box and an ominous instruction: on Leo's twenty-fifth birthday, open it and follow where it leads. Inside lies a mysterious shard of ancient pottery and a letter pointing toward a lost African kingdom and an extraordinary woman who may be tied to Leo's bloodline across millennia. Years later, Holly, the grown Leo, and their steadfast servant Job set out on a perilous expedition into unmapped territory, driven by curiosity, duty, and a pull that feels like fate. Their journey brings them into the hands of the Amahagger people and toward the hidden realm of Kôr, where the legendary ruler Ayesha - called She-who-must-be-obeyed - reigns with hypnotic beauty, terrifying power, and a long memory of betrayal. As fascination turns to dread, the travelers are caught between imperial ambition, forbidden love, and the crushing weight of immortality, forced to ask what it costs to defy time, desire, and death itself.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 00(00:13:14) Chapter 01(00:33:07) Chapter 02(00:47:04) Chapter 03(01:27:35) Chapter 04(01:49:03) Chapter 05(02:13:42) Chapter 06(02:45:19) Chapter 07(03:12:04) Chapter 08(03:33:53) Chapter 09(03:51:15) Chapter 10(04:17:22) Chapter 11(04:42:01) Chapter 12(05:06:04) Chapter 13(05:33:09) Chapter 14(05:52:48) Chapter 15(06:12:28) Chapter 16(06:35:56) Chapter 17(07:04:16) Chapter 18(07:28:43) Chapter 19(07:51:49) Chapter 20(08:25:30) Chapter 21(08:47:48) Chapter 22(09:17:32) Chapter 23(09:39:24) Chapter 24(10:04:33) Chapter 25(10:37:01) Chapter 26(10:59:55) Chapter 27(11:19:49) Chapter 28 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anticipations by H. G. Wells audiobook. Genre: scienceWells considered this book one of his most important, a natural follow-up to such works as his Man of the Year Million and The Time Machine. His goal was to get people to think and act in new ways. The book starts with a look at how humans get along socially and how they carry out their business ventures. It then discusses how these elements influence others, such as politics, the world of work, and education. H. G. tried to make clear how the current social order was disintegrating without preparing another to take its place. He then traced the roots of democracy, which in its present state he saw as unworkable. Instead, he proposed a new republic. He also critiqued modern warfare.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:30:33) Chapter 02(00:51:44) Chapter 03(01:19:01) Chapter 04(01:42:58) Chapter 05(02:12:44) Chapter 06(02:44:24) Chapter 07(03:16:45) Chapter 08(03:48:05) Chapter 09(04:29:29) Chapter 10(04:43:48) Chapter 11(05:18:15) Chapter 12(05:46:57) Chapter 13(06:19:40) Chapter 14(06:32:13) Chapter 15(06:53:17) Chapter 16(07:25:10) Chapter 17(08:03:32) Chapter 18 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio audiobook. Genre: historyIn plague-stricken Florence, a group of ten young nobles-seven women and three men-flee the city for the countryside, hoping to outlast the terror and grief consuming their world. To keep fear and boredom at bay, they agree on a daily ritual: each person will tell a story, and each day will follow a guiding theme chosen by the day's leader. Over ten days, their hundred tales range from bawdy farce to tender romance, from moral fables to biting social satire, revealing a society where wit can be a weapon, desire can upend fortunes, and luck can crown the clever or punish the vain. Merchants, monks, lovers, tricksters, and rulers all take turns at center stage, while the storytellers themselves form a lively chorus that argues about virtue, pleasure, hypocrisy, and the surprising ways people survive hardship. By framing exuberant storytelling against a backdrop of catastrophe, The Decameron becomes both an escape and a mirror: a celebration of human appetite and ingenuity, and a sharp-eyed look at the values that endure when the world feels uncertain.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 000(00:07:24) Chapter 001(00:55:24) Chapter 002(01:29:04) Chapter 003(01:40:43) Chapter 004(01:48:41) Chapter 005(01:58:27) Chapter 006(02:06:09) Chapter 007(02:12:18) Chapter 008(02:24:04) Chapter 009(02:30:36) Chapter 010(02:34:14) Chapter 011(02:44:58) Chapter 012(02:53:16) Chapter 013(02:55:15) Chapter 014(03:08:50) Chapter 015(03:24:21) Chapter 016(03:51:45) Chapter 017(04:03:46) Chapter 018(04:36:04) Chapter 019(05:05:58) Chapter 020(06:03:02) Chapter 021(06:44:07) Chapter 022(07:18:49) Chapter 023(07:37:42) Chapter 024(07:45:23) Chapter 025(07:54:03) Chapter 026(08:09:15) Chapter 027(08:26:44) Chapter 028(08:50:11) Chapter 029(09:03:52) Chapter 030(09:20:24) Chapter 031(09:41:54) Chapter 032(10:20:24) Chapter 033(10:44:30) Chapter 034(11:09:26) Chapter 035(11:23:43) Chapter 036(11:32:13) Chapter 037(11:50:56) Chapter 038(12:17:56) Chapter 039(12:48:53) Chapter 040(13:05:42) Chapter 041(13:20:07) Chapter 042(13:30:04) Chapter 043(13:50:02) Chapter 044(13:59:35) Chapter 045(14:14:35) Chapter 046(14:22:36) Chapter 047(14:43:11) Chapter 048(14:50:28) Chapter 049(14:53:10) Chapter 050(15:22:47) Chapter 051(15:36:19) Chapter 052(15:55:15) Chapter 053(16:07:39) Chapter 054(16:23:43) Chapter 055(16:42:47) Chapter 056(16:59:32) Chapter 057(17:14:40) Chapter 058(17:31:47) Chapter 059(17:52:01) Chapter 060(17:58:36) Chapter 061(18:04:32) Chapter 062(18:08:41) Chapter 063(18:20:42) Chapter 064(18:25:42) Chapter 065(18:32:57) Chapter 066(18:39:07) Chapter 067(18:45:08) Chapter 068(18:51:59) Chapter 069(18:55:43) Chapter 070(19:02:11) Chapter 071(19:22:06) Chapter 072(19:37:50) Chapter 073(19:41:45) Chapter 074(19:51:42) Chapter 075(20:02:38) Chapter 076(20:17:13) Chapter 077(20:27:56) Chapter 078(20:47:59) Chapter 079(21:01:11) Chapter 080(21:16:13) Chapter 081(21:38:18) Chapter 082(22:05:54) Chapter 083(22:15:20) Chapter 084(22:22:21) Chapter 085(22:24:16) Chapter 086(22:32:08) Chapter 087(22:46:54) Chapter 088(23:09:55) Chapter 089(23:21:31) Chapter 090Max Character Limit reached Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The House of the Vampire by George Sylvester Viereck audiobook. Genre: horrorIn early-20th-century New York and its salons of artists, critics, and social climbers, aspiring writer Ernest Fielding is hungry for recognition and a place among the brilliant and the powerful. When he is welcomed into the circle of the refined and unnervingly charismatic Reginald Clarke, Ernest believes he has found a patron with unmatched taste and influence. Clarke offers introductions, encouragement, and an intoxicating vision of greatness - but his attention comes with an unsettling cost. As Ernest's confidence and creative fire begin to ebb, he notices the same pattern among other gifted people drawn into Clarke's orbit: a strange weariness, a dimming of will, and a dependence that feels less like friendship than possession. The more Ernest tries to understand the force at work, the more he is pulled between ambition and self-preservation, between the desire to be shaped by a master and the fear of being consumed by him. Blending psychological menace with gothic atmosphere, The House of the Vampire explores artistic exploitation, social manipulation, and the terrifying possibility that some predators feed not on blood, but on talent itself.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:10:55) Chapter 02(00:21:58) Chapter 03(00:33:10) Chapter 04(00:41:23) Chapter 05(00:52:17) Chapter 06(01:01:58) Chapter 07(01:11:34) Chapter 08(01:22:56) Chapter 09(01:36:03) Chapter 10(01:45:40) Chapter 11(01:59:10) Chapter 12(02:11:19) Chapter 13(02:21:28) Chapter 14(02:35:02) Chapter 15 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Light Princess by George MacDonald audiobook. Genre: fantasyIn a whimsical kingdom where magic and mischief mingle with real consequence, a newborn princess is cursed by a spiteful aunt so that she has no gravity - not only in body, but in spirit. She floats, drifts, and laughs at everything, unable to take life seriously or feel its ordinary weight. Courtiers invent elaborate contraptions to keep her from bobbing into the rafters, physicians offer solemn nonsense, and the king and queen grow desperate for a cure that might make their daughter truly present in the world. Across the mountains, a young prince from a neighboring land encounters the strange, bright girl and becomes entangled in the mystery of her condition. As drought threatens one kingdom and a magical lake becomes the focus of power, peril, and possibility, the princess and prince are drawn toward choices that test courage, compassion, and the meaning of responsibility. By turns playful and poignant, George MacDonald's classic fairy tale explores what it costs to love, what it means to be 'grounded,' and how a heart learns to carry both joy and sorrow.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 1(00:02:04) Chapter 2(00:06:37) Chapter 3(00:10:32) Chapter 4(00:14:39) Chapter 5(00:20:44) Chapter 6(00:26:11) Chapter 7(00:35:52) Chapter 8(00:44:27) Chapter 9(00:57:08) Chapter 10(01:03:58) Chapter 11(01:13:56) Chapter 12(01:19:10) Chapter 13(01:25:50) Chapter 14(01:39:05) Chapter 15 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith audiobook. Genre: comedyFor ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 1(00:00:51) Chapter 2(00:08:14) Chapter 3(00:21:21) Chapter 4(00:34:10) Chapter 5(00:46:04) Chapter 6(01:02:33) Chapter 7(01:12:58) Chapter 8(01:24:13) Chapter 9(01:36:05) Chapter 10(01:43:33) Chapter 11(01:50:41) Chapter 12(02:05:59) Chapter 13(02:14:10) Chapter 14(02:27:01) Chapter 15(02:42:20) Chapter 16(02:50:29) Chapter 17(02:57:19) Chapter 18(03:02:54) Chapter 19(03:18:55) Chapter 20(03:27:59) Chapter 21(03:38:33) Chapter 22(03:50:09) Chapter 23(04:08:49) Chapter 24(04:19:58) Chapter 25 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter audiobook. Genre: dramaSet in rural Indiana at the edge of the mysterious Limberlost swamp, A Girl of the Limberlost follows Elnora Comstock, a bright, determined teenager aching for an education and a life larger than the hard poverty and silence of her home. Her widowed mother, Katharine, is sharp with grief and refuses to spend money on schooling, forcing Elnora to find her own way. With the help of kind neighbors and a growing knowledge of the natural world, Elnora begins collecting rare moths and specimens from the swamp to sell, turning long, risky days among the trees and marshes into a plan for independence. As her confidence grows, so do the pressures: gossip in a small town, the sting of social class, and the painful question of why her mother seems unable to love her openly. At school, Elnora meets people who challenge her assumptions and awaken new hopes, including the possibility of first love. Rich with vivid nature writing and emotional realism, this coming-of-age story explores resilience, reconciliation, and the price of becoming yourself.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 1(00:35:33) Chapter 2(00:55:17) Chapter 3(01:18:28) Chapter 4(01:53:51) Chapter 5(02:14:10) Chapter 6(02:43:13) Chapter 7(03:26:22) Chapter 8(03:38:03) Chapter 9(04:03:20) Chapter 10(04:40:09) Chapter 11(05:09:39) Chapter 12(05:54:16) Chapter 13(06:25:32) Chapter 14(06:45:35) Chapter 15(07:08:36) Chapter 16(07:31:09) Chapter 17(08:02:59) Chapter 18(08:23:31) Chapter 19(08:47:26) Chapter 20(09:02:47) Chapter 21(09:32:18) Chapter 22(10:06:16) Chapter 23(10:29:49) Chapter 24(10:51:50) Chapter 25 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky audiobook. Genre: philosophyThe extraordinary child-adult Prince Myshkin, confined for several years in a Swiss sanatorium suffering from severe epilepsy, returns to Russia to claim his inheritance and to find a place in healthy human society. The teeming St Petersburg community he enters is far from receptive to an innocent like himself, despite some early successes and relentless pursuit by grotesque fortune-hunters. His naive gaucheries give rise to extreme reactions among his new acquaintance, ranging from anguished protectiveness to mockery and contempt. But even before reaching the city, during the memorable train journey that opens the novel, he has encountered the demonic Rogozhin, the son of a wealthy merchant who is in thrall to the equally doomed Natasha Filippovna: beautiful, capricious and destructively neurotic, she joins with the two weirdly contrasted men in a spiralling dance of death...For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:29:43) Chapter 02(00:58:33) Chapter 03(01:34:11) Chapter 04(02:14:49) Chapter 05(03:00:29) Chapter 06(03:29:17) Chapter 07(04:06:06) Chapter 08(04:44:20) Chapter 09(05:08:07) Chapter 10(05:28:32) Chapter 11(05:48:53) Chapter 12(06:20:31) Chapter 13(06:49:03) Chapter 14(07:18:36) Chapter 15(07:46:16) Chapter 16(08:23:19) Chapter 17(08:52:23) Chapter 18(09:34:01) Chapter 19(10:17:06) Chapter 20(10:34:00) Chapter 21(11:14:40) Chapter 22(11:56:15) Chapter 23(12:24:19) Chapter 24(13:18:31) Chapter 25(13:56:36) Chapter 26(14:40:37) Chapter 27(15:23:53) Chapter 28(15:44:49) Chapter 29(16:20:23) Chapter 30(16:50:26) Chapter 31(17:26:21) Chapter 32(18:00:18) Chapter 33(18:29:32) Chapter 34(19:06:05) Chapter 35(19:37:47) Chapter 36(20:10:01) Chapter 37(20:38:46) Chapter 38(20:54:50) Chapter 39(21:22:58) Chapter 40(21:44:19) Chapter 41(22:11:19) Chapter 42(22:41:13) Chapter 43(23:25:06) Chapter 44(24:02:43) Chapter 45(24:45:24) Chapter 46(25:31:51) Chapter 47(26:01:56) Chapter 48(26:34:45) Chapter 49(27:08:45) Chapter 50 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Wisdom of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton audiobook. Genre: mysteryFor ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 1(00:33:59) Chapter 2(01:15:18) Chapter 3(01:51:01) Chapter 4(02:31:04) Chapter 5(03:07:24) Chapter 6(03:45:07) Chapter 7(04:17:49) Chapter 8(05:03:01) Chapter 9(05:37:54) Chapter 10(06:09:41) Chapter 11(06:46:27) Chapter 12 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Innocence of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton audiobook. Genre: mysteryIn The Innocence of Father Brown, G. K. Chesterton introduces an unlikely detective: Father Brown, a quiet Catholic priest with a shabby umbrella, a round face, and a disarming manner that makes criminals underestimate him. Moving through English villages, country houses, and city streets, Father Brown is repeatedly drawn into baffling crimes - stolen jewels, sudden disappearances, impossible murders, and deceptions staged with theatrical flair. While others chase evidence, reputation, or spectacle, he listens patiently, notices what vanity hides, and uses a deep understanding of human weakness to see through lies. Alongside him appears the elegant and notorious thief Flambeau, whose encounters with the priest become a tense contest of wits and conscience. Each case is a compact puzzle, but the stories also explore larger questions about pride, temptation, forgiveness, and the thin line between respectability and wrongdoing. Wry, philosophical, and richly atmospheric, this classic collection invites listeners into mysteries where the smallest detail - or the smallest act of mercy - can change everything.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 1(00:56:44) Chapter 2(01:58:03) Chapter 3(02:56:49) Chapter 4(03:38:57) Chapter 5(04:28:42) Chapter 6(05:11:34) Chapter 7(06:06:22) Chapter 8(07:08:04) Chapter 9(07:59:26) Chapter 10(08:50:25) Chapter 11(09:42:46) Chapter 12 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices