Classic Audiobook Collection

Spirits in Bondage by C. S. Lewis audiobook. Genre: poetrySpirits in Bondage is C.S. Lewis’s first book and the first of his works to be available in the public domain. It was released in 1919 under the pseudonym of Clive Hamilton and was written in a period of darker thought for C.S. Lewis than was later evidenced in his Christian apologist writings.The darkness of the verse is most evident in Part One (The Prison House), begins to change in the short transitional Part Two (Hesitation) and attains a more hopeful tone in the final Part Three (Escape). Yet a dreamy effect, influenced by Celtic and Druid mythology, persists throughout.Spirits in Bondage consists of forty poems that provide an intriguing insight into the youthful heart of C.S. Lewis and occasionally provides interesting lyrical foreshadowing of some of the landscapes portrayed in his famous Chronicles of Narnia series.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 1(00:41:18) Chapter 2(00:48:17) Chapter 3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Art of Controversy (or - The Art of Being Right) by Arthur Schopenhauer audiobook. Genre: philosophyThe Art of Controversy (or The Art of Being Right) (Die Kunst, Recht zu Behalten) is a short treatise written in 1831 by the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer in which he presents thirty-eight methods of gaining an unfair advantage in a debate and thereby being right even if you are wrong. Schopenhauer champions the virtue of dialectical argument, in his view wrongly neglected by philosophers in favour of logic, and goes on to discuss the distinction between our conscious intellectual powers and our will. The text is a favourite of debaters including the philosophers AC Grayling and Mary Warnock, and the Mayor of London Boris Johnson.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:24:41) Chapter 02(00:29:34) Chapter 03(00:45:35) Chapter 04(00:55:06) Chapter 05(01:14:12) Chapter 06(01:28:18) Chapter 07(01:50:52) Chapter 08(02:08:35) Chapter 09(02:45:32) Chapter 10 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

He Knew He Was Right by Anthony Trollope audiobook. Genre: dramaIn Anthony Trollope's He Knew He Was Right, a comfortable Victorian marriage begins to fracture under the slow, relentless pressure of pride and suspicion. Louis Trevelyan, an honorable, high-minded English gentleman, becomes convinced that his wife, the spirited and independent Emily, is behaving improperly in her friendship with a charming older colonel. What starts as a demand for reassurance hardens into a test of obedience, and soon Louis' certainty turns into an obsession that isolates him from family, friends, and the reasonable counsel of those who care for him. Emily, unwilling to accept humiliation or surrender her sense of dignity, resists in ways that only deepen the conflict. As the Trevelyan household splinters, Trollope widens the lens to include a lively network of relatives, suitors, and social climbers whose romantic schemes and moral compromises echo the novel's central questions about power, duty, and self-deception. Moving from drawing rooms to country estates, the story builds through escalating confrontations, legal and financial pressures, and the devastating emotional cost of being unable to yield. With psychological insight and sharp social observation, Trollope traces how a private conviction can become a public catastrophe.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:19:51) Chapter 02(00:36:37) Chapter 03(00:56:03) Chapter 04(01:14:31) Chapter 05(01:30:56) Chapter 06(01:55:52) Chapter 07(02:20:04) Chapter 08(02:38:21) Chapter 09(02:55:14) Chapter 10(03:07:37) Chapter 11(03:33:23) Chapter 12(03:53:30) Chapter 13(04:22:09) Chapter 14(04:41:18) Chapter 15(04:52:38) Chapter 16(05:10:16) Chapter 17(05:27:40) Chapter 18(05:48:40) Chapter 19(06:09:40) Chapter 20(06:26:27) Chapter 21(06:43:29) Chapter 22(07:05:56) Chapter 23(07:23:40) Chapter 24(07:40:31) Chapter 25(08:00:52) Chapter 26(08:18:09) Chapter 27(08:35:04) Chapter 28(08:51:58) Chapter 29(09:07:42) Chapter 30(09:30:12) Chapter 31(09:51:48) Chapter 32(10:07:31) Chapter 33(10:22:42) Chapter 34(10:33:46) Chapter 35(11:00:51) Chapter 36(11:15:13) Chapter 37(11:37:03) Chapter 38(11:48:11) Chapter 39(12:00:53) Chapter 40(12:10:42) Chapter 41(12:32:18) Chapter 42(12:49:58) Chapter 43(13:05:35) Chapter 44(13:26:55) Chapter 45(13:45:01) Chapter 46(14:01:08) Chapter 47(14:26:31) Chapter 48(14:45:05) Chapter 49(14:58:14) Chapter 50(15:15:09) Chapter 51(15:43:41) Chapter 52(15:53:42) Chapter 53(16:10:03) Chapter 54(16:27:41) Chapter 55(16:49:54) Chapter 56(17:09:08) Chapter 57(17:31:19) Chapter 58(17:45:15) Chapter 59(17:57:24) Chapter 60(18:25:20) Chapter 61(18:41:11) Chapter 62(19:02:59) Chapter 63(19:25:13) Chapter 64(19:37:06) Chapter 65(19:59:28) Chapter 66(20:09:58) Chapter 67(20:32:21) Chapter 68(20:44:03) Chapter 69(20:55:55) Chapter 70(21:12:44) Chapter 71(21:29:00) Chapter 72(21:46:56) Chapter 73(22:06:20) Chapter 74(22:25:46) Chapter 75(22:45:51) Chapter 76(23:02:59) Chapter 77(23:23:50) Chapter 78(23:47:33) Chapter 79(23:59:43) Chapter 80(24:19:50) Chapter 81(24:42:19) Chapter 82(24:59:09) Chapter 83(25:15:25) Chapter 84(25:28:09) Chapter 85(25:48:11) Chapter 86(26:12:55) Chapter 87Max Character Limit reached Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Fortunes of Philippa by Angela Brazil audiobook. Genre: dramaRaised in the sunlit beauty of San Carlos in South America, ten-year-old Philippa has known a life of freedom, stories, and fierce devotion to her widowed father, the British Consul. But when he decides she must have a proper English education, Philippa is uprooted and sent across the sea to live with practical Aunt Agatha and a houseful of cousins. Homesick and out of step with English ways, she must learn new rules of manners, family life, and belonging - and then face a greater test when she is enrolled at The Hollies, a strict girls' school where lessons, games, and social expectations are all equally demanding.At school, Philippa finds herself caught between warm-hearted allies like Catherine (Cathy) Winstanley and classmates who seem determined to cut the newcomer down to size - especially the sharp, influential Ernestine Salt. From rivalries and pranks to societies, performances, and a picnic that turns unexpectedly dangerous, Philippa discovers that courage is not only for grand adventures, but for apologies, second chances, and standing steady when the world changes. And as the long years of separation near an end, one looming voyage promises to decide what comes next for Philippa and the life she has been building.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:16:05) Chapter 02(00:33:26) Chapter 03(00:52:11) Chapter 04(01:05:04) Chapter 05(01:23:19) Chapter 06(01:44:26) Chapter 07(02:05:58) Chapter 08(02:28:23) Chapter 09(02:53:22) Chapter 10(03:13:39) Chapter 11(03:31:40) Chapter 12 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Humility by Andrew Murray audiobook. Genre: religionIn Humility, South African pastor and devotional writer Andrew Murray offers a clear, searching guide to the virtue he calls the root of all Christian life: genuine humility before God. Drawing on Scripture and the example of Jesus Christ, Murray argues that humility is not self-contempt or passivity, but a joyful surrender of self-rule that makes room for God's presence and power. With the care of a spiritual physician, he names the subtle ways pride hides in religious activity, reputation, and even apparent goodness, and he invites readers into a different way of living: dependence, gentleness, teachability, and quiet confidence grounded in grace. Each chapter functions like a meditation, combining practical exhortation with prayerful reflection, calling the reader to examine motives, relationships, and daily habits. The central conflict is inward and persistent: the struggle between self-exaltation and the life of Christ formed within. Written in Murray's warm, direct style, Humility speaks to anyone who longs for deeper spiritual growth and a faith marked not by performance, but by Christlike love.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:09:05) Chapter 02(00:19:54) Chapter 03(00:29:20) Chapter 04(00:40:57) Chapter 05(00:50:44) Chapter 06(01:02:42) Chapter 07(01:12:49) Chapter 08(01:23:40) Chapter 09(01:32:35) Chapter 10(01:43:13) Chapter 11(01:53:12) Chapter 12 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Little Maid of Province Town by Alice Turner Curtis audiobook. Genre: adventureOn the windy tip of Cape Cod, in the small fishing settlement of Province Town, eight-year-old Anne Nelson is suddenly alone: her mother is gone, and her seafaring father has vanished, leaving only rumors in his wake. When Captain Enos Stoddard and his kind-hearted wife, Martha, take Anne into their home, she hopes she has finally found safety - but the village is uneasy. British ships prowl the coast as tensions rise toward revolution, and some neighbors whisper that Anne's father was a traitor. Branded a 'spy's daughter' by other children, Anne must learn whom to trust while proving she is more than the stories people tell about her family. Between chores, schoolroom lessons, and the simple comforts of a household that begins to feel like her own, Anne is swept into a chain of coastal mishaps and small adventures - missing animals, dangerous wanderings, and unexpected encounters that reveal how close the conflict has come to shore. As Anne grows braver and more capable, her greatest challenge remains the same: finding her place, and finding the truth about the father she still believes will return.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:13:20) Chapter 02(00:27:02) Chapter 03(00:38:30) Chapter 04(00:51:36) Chapter 05(01:03:57) Chapter 06(01:14:21) Chapter 07(01:27:21) Chapter 08(01:38:30) Chapter 09(01:48:39) Chapter 10(02:00:01) Chapter 11(02:10:44) Chapter 12(02:25:41) Chapter 13(02:40:40) Chapter 14(03:00:28) Chapter 15(03:09:56) Chapter 16(03:19:01) Chapter 17 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson audiobook. Genre: adventureDavid Balfour, a lad of seventeen and newly orphaned, is directed to go and live with his rich uncle, the master of the estate of Shaws in the lowlands of Scotland near Edinburgh. His uncle, Ebenezer (as close a miser as Dickens' Ebenezer Scrooge), is shocked to suddenly have his young relative descend on him and tries to rid himself of David with an arranged accident. Failing that, he pays the captain of a brig to kidnap David and sell him into slavery in Carolina.A collision in the fog brings onboard the brig a survivor, Alan Breck Stewart, who is carrying a dangerous amount of gold on his person. David warns him of a plan by the brig's captain and crew to overpower him and seize the money, and then finds himself fighting alongside Alan in a battle royale. By good fortune, Alan is handy with a sword and they have access to the firearms locker, and the pair so completely defeat the crew that barely enough hands remain to sail her. Limping to port, she is holed by rocks, and David finds himself a castaway.Being in Alan's presence continues to be a chancey business. David is talking to Colin Roy Campbell, the King's Factor who has been oppressing Alan's people, when the man is shot to death, and David is chased as an accomplice. The two 'take to the heather' and barely survive near brushes with redcoats as they thread through the Trossachs and other highland ranges of Scotland. Only after an arduous weeks-long trek through territory where they are actively hunted do they emerge in the more settled districts around the river Forth, only to find guards upon the bridge. With no money remaining, they must somehow cross to Queensferry, find Ebenezer's lawyer, and lay claim to David's inheritance in order to send Alan safely on to France. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 00(00:11:28) Chapter 01(00:22:15) Chapter 02(00:34:18) Chapter 03(00:51:20) Chapter 04(01:09:47) Chapter 05(01:24:45) Chapter 06(01:36:18) Chapter 07(01:52:44) Chapter 08(02:04:18) Chapter 09(02:24:34) Chapter 10(02:39:24) Chapter 11(02:49:40) Chapter 12(03:09:55) Chapter 13(03:22:46) Chapter 14(03:42:55) Chapter 15(04:00:37) Chapter 16(04:17:25) Chapter 17(04:30:16) Chapter 18(04:48:04) Chapter 19(05:02:11) Chapter 20(05:21:23) Chapter 21(05:37:46) Chapter 22(05:55:27) Chapter 23(06:14:30) Chapter 24(06:38:22) Chapter 25(06:53:52) Chapter 26(07:17:42) Chapter 27(07:35:59) Chapter 28(07:53:27) Chapter 29(08:09:10) Chapter 30 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Green Mansions by William Henry Hudson audiobook. Genre: romance'Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest' is a narration of his life story by Abel, a Venezuelan, to a comrade. Once a wealthy young man, he meddled in politics to the extent of provoking a revolution... which failed.Escaping into the tropical forests of Guyana Abel takes up gold hunting, then journal-writing, and fails at both. Now with no aim for his life, he drifts until he takes up residence with a remote Indian tribe. Soon he learns of a wood the Indians avoid, as it is inhabited by a dangerous Daughter of the Didi, who, they say, slew one of them with magic. The fellow was in fact hit with a poisoned dart by accident, but his dying belief that she had caught the dart and hurled it at him survived him.Intrigued, Abel visits the wood repeatedly, and eventually encounters Rima. She indeed is something magical. She seems to have a pact with nature: animals don't molest her, she speaks in a melodious birdsong (as well as Spanish), and she even makes her garments of spider silk. When Abel is bitten by a venomous snake that acts protective of her, she and her 'grandfather' Nuflo nurse Abel back to health.Both Abel and Rima are wonderments to each other, someone unlike any other person they have ever encountered. They fall in love, a love that is stymied by Rima's inability to understand the feelings Abel creates in her. On a long trek to discover Rima's origins, they find that her unique people no longer exist, but they finally confront the magnetism that is drawing them together. Finally they find joy, and make plans... until Rima is murdered by the Indians.And then it is time for vengeance! For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 00(00:10:57) Chapter 01(00:47:33) Chapter 02(01:10:59) Chapter 03(01:32:40) Chapter 04(01:46:18) Chapter 05(02:12:21) Chapter 06(02:38:23) Chapter 07(02:58:40) Chapter 08(03:33:25) Chapter 09(03:52:09) Chapter 10(04:18:41) Chapter 11(04:50:53) Chapter 12(05:19:06) Chapter 13(05:42:54) Chapter 14(05:56:07) Chapter 15(06:26:10) Chapter 16(06:42:48) Chapter 17(07:17:46) Chapter 18(07:36:21) Chapter 19(08:06:00) Chapter 20(08:39:11) Chapter 21(09:09:49) Chapter 22 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Three Midshipmen by William Henry Giles Kingston audiobook. Genre: adventureIn The Three Midshipmen, W.H.G. Kingston drops listeners onto the gun decks and quarterdecks of the Royal Navy, where three teenage midshipmen begin their lives at sea with more courage than experience. Bound together by friendship and rivalry, they must learn the hard rules of discipline, seamanship, and leadership while serving under demanding officers and facing enemies who do not forgive mistakes. From crowded ports to lonely watches at midnight, their world is shaped by sudden squalls, cramped hammocks, strict routine, and the constant possibility of action. As the ship is driven into danger by war and weather alike, the boys are tested in ways no classroom could prepare them for: split-second decisions aloft, tense encounters with hostile vessels, and moments when loyalty to shipmates matters as much as bravery. Kingston blends brisk nautical detail with coming-of-age stakes, showing how character is forged through duty, loss, and hard-won competence. The result is a classic sea story about friendship, honor, and earning your place on a ship where the ocean is always the final judge.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:30:49) Chapter 02(01:04:50) Chapter 03(01:34:43) Chapter 04(02:09:11) Chapter 05(02:49:27) Chapter 06(03:31:00) Chapter 07(04:12:48) Chapter 08(04:42:35) Chapter 09(05:16:04) Chapter 10(05:46:20) Chapter 11(06:20:29) Chapter 12(06:41:51) Chapter 13(07:23:51) Chapter 14(07:53:01) Chapter 15(08:18:43) Chapter 16(08:48:27) Chapter 17(09:18:09) Chapter 18(10:06:43) Chapter 19(10:49:18) Chapter 20(11:18:58) Chapter 21(12:00:05) Chapter 22(12:40:08) Chapter 23(13:08:51) Chapter 24(13:29:11) Chapter 25(13:47:24) Chapter 26(14:07:13) Chapter 27(14:30:59) Chapter 28(14:57:24) Chapter 29(15:20:24) Chapter 30(15:42:18) Chapter 31(16:08:35) Chapter 32(16:24:22) Chapter 33(16:48:03) Chapter 34 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Mutiny of the Bounty and other narratives by William Bligh audiobook. Genre: historyWritten by Captain William Bligh, The Mutiny of the Bounty and other narratives presents a first-hand, seafaring account of one of the most famous uprisings in naval history and the perilous journeys that followed. Bligh sets the stage aboard His Majesty's Ship Bounty, sent across the Pacific on a high-stakes mission tied to empire, commerce, and the transport of breadfruit. As months at sea strain supplies, patience, and discipline, Bligh's demanding command style collides with an exhausted crew, and the simmering tensions crystallize around his master, Fletcher Christian. When loyalty fractures, Bligh must confront not only the immediate crisis aboard ship but the larger ordeal of leadership, responsibility, and survival in unforgiving waters. Alongside the central narrative, the accompanying accounts broaden the portrait of exploration-era voyaging: hard choices made far from home, the constant calculation of wind and current, and the thin margin between order and disaster. Stark, practical, and intensely human, these narratives invite listeners into the day-to-day reality of 18th century naval life, where authority is tested and endurance becomes its own form of navigation.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:30:58) Chapter 02(00:55:27) Chapter 03(01:23:04) Chapter 04(01:41:55) Chapter 05(02:00:23) Chapter 06(02:16:07) Chapter 07(02:38:05) Chapter 08(02:58:25) Chapter 09(03:15:17) Chapter 10(03:24:07) Chapter 11 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices