Classic Audiobook Collection

The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson audiobook. Genre: adventureIn the unsettled years of England's War of the Roses, where a man stood on the issue of kingship could make his fortune... or end his life. Dick Shelton, a nobly-born lad, is on the cusp of manhood, and he is thrust bodily into this stew where allegiances shift under one's feet. Circumstances cause him to fall in with a gentlemaiden in boy's disguise. Until he learns of the deception, Dick is unaware that the young lady is an heiress whom his guardian Sir Daniel had kidnapped. And the introduction of an outlaw with a penchant for putting black arrows into the bodies of the men who had wronged him affords Dick a worrying hint - that Sir Daniel might have been the man that had murdered Dick's father! For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 00(00:37:03) Chapter 01(00:56:41) Chapter 02(01:09:58) Chapter 03(01:26:28) Chapter 04(01:43:49) Chapter 05(02:02:12) Chapter 06(02:17:35) Chapter 07(02:36:55) Chapter 08(02:55:50) Chapter 09(03:12:56) Chapter 10(03:27:38) Chapter 11(03:38:22) Chapter 12(03:56:26) Chapter 13(04:11:41) Chapter 14(04:25:17) Chapter 15(04:32:29) Chapter 16(04:50:56) Chapter 17(05:04:19) Chapter 18(05:16:32) Chapter 19(05:33:12) Chapter 20(05:53:43) Chapter 21(06:10:06) Chapter 22(06:30:43) Chapter 23(06:38:53) Chapter 24(07:02:46) Chapter 25(07:17:27) Chapter 26(07:31:46) Chapter 27(07:41:05) Chapter 28(08:02:04) Chapter 29(08:19:10) Chapter 30(08:39:26) Chapter 31(08:48:27) Chapter 32 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amusement Only by Richard Marsh audiobook. Genre: mysteryAmusement Only is a spirited Edwardian collection of twelve tales by Richard Marsh, each built to entertain while keeping a faint edge of danger just out of sight. In The Lost Duchess, London society is jolted when the Duke of Datchet learns his wife has seemingly vanished from a sealed carriage, and a brazen ransom demand turns a glittering dinner engagement into a race against time. In The Strange Occurrences in Canterstone Jail, a routine morning becomes a crisis when an entire prison finds its cell doors mysteriously refusing to open, testing order, authority, and nerves. Twins! spins a brisk comedy of confusion as lookalike brothers become entangled in other people's grudges and debts, while A Vision of the Night drifts into uncanny territory when an artist paints a face from a dream and is confronted by the living woman behind it. Between the shocks and puzzles, Marsh threads sly social satire: patent-medicine schemes, domestic misadventures, and romances that feel like traps. By turns witty, suspenseful, and eerie, these stories ask how easily identity, reputation, and reality can be swapped for sheer amusement.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:18:16) Chapter 02(00:36:05) Chapter 03(00:56:28) Chapter 04(01:23:11) Chapter 05(01:49:29) Chapter 06(02:14:29) Chapter 07(02:30:59) Chapter 08(02:36:15) Chapter 09(02:51:51) Chapter 10(03:01:56) Chapter 11(03:09:00) Chapter 12(03:14:46) Chapter 13(03:40:37) Chapter 14(03:59:36) Chapter 15(04:21:08) Chapter 16(04:34:19) Chapter 17(04:55:30) Chapter 18(05:02:00) Chapter 19(05:09:47) Chapter 20(05:22:42) Chapter 21(05:45:22) Chapter 22(06:07:00) Chapter 23(06:18:57) Chapter 24(06:40:08) Chapter 25(06:48:37) Chapter 26(06:56:42) Chapter 27(07:12:17) Chapter 28(07:18:52) Chapter 29(07:33:47) Chapter 30(07:39:00) Chapter 31(08:10:36) Chapter 32 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vagabond Adventures by Ralph Keeler audiobook. Genre: biographyFirst published in 1870, Vagabond Adventures is Ralph Keeler's fast-moving memoir of how an orphaned, restless American boy turns himself into a wanderer long before he is old enough to understand the price of freedom. At eleven, Keeler flees an unhappy life in Buffalo and plunges into the rough schooling of docks, cabins, and lake steamers, where quick wits matter as much as hard work and luck. Just as he begins to find his footing, he is swept into the bright, precarious world of traveling entertainment, spending formative years on the road with minstrel companies and learning how performers survive backstage rivalries, bad management, and unpredictable audiences. In early manhood, the roaming continues with a shoestring journey through Europe, where Keeler adopts local disguises and habits to stretch a tiny budget, trading comfort for experience and discovery. By turns humorous, candid, and sharply observant, Keeler chronicles the constant tug between hunger and hope, belonging and independence, and the question that follows every escape: what kind of life is he actually running toward?For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:03:49) Chapter 02(00:15:59) Chapter 03(00:29:19) Chapter 04(00:45:27) Chapter 05(00:53:11) Chapter 06(01:03:20) Chapter 07(01:14:16) Chapter 08(01:25:19) Chapter 09(01:36:57) Chapter 10(01:48:23) Chapter 11(01:57:20) Chapter 12(02:07:34) Chapter 13(02:23:13) Chapter 14(02:42:26) Chapter 15(02:55:54) Chapter 16(03:17:59) Chapter 17(03:35:36) Chapter 18(03:57:34) Chapter 19(04:08:47) Chapter 20(04:17:28) Chapter 21(04:26:11) Chapter 22(04:40:42) Chapter 23(04:55:59) Chapter 24(05:09:47) Chapter 25 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Phaedo by Plato audiobook. Genre: philosophyPlato's Phaedo is one of the great dialogues of his middle period, along with the Republic and the Symposium. The Phaedo, which depicts the death of Socrates, is also Plato's seventh and last dialogue to detail the philosopher's final days (the first six being Theaetetus, Euthyphro, Sophist, Statesman, Apology, and Crito).In the dialogue, Socrates discusses the nature of the afterlife on his last day before being executed by drinking hemlock. Socrates has been imprisoned and sentenced to death by an Athenian jury for not believing in the gods of the state and for corrupting the youth of the city. The dialogue is told from the perspective of one of Socrates' students, Phaedo of Elis. Having been present at Socrates' death bed, Phaedo relates the dialogue from that day to Echecrates, a fellow philosopher. By engaging in dialectic with a group of Socrates' friends, including the Thebans Cebes and Simmias, Socrates explores various arguments for the soul's immortality in order to show that there is an afterlife in which the soul will dwell following death. Phaedo tells the story that following the discussion, he and the others were there to witness the death of Socrates.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:17:37) Chapter 02(00:37:25) Chapter 03(01:01:50) Chapter 04(01:23:37) Chapter 05(01:56:51) Chapter 06(02:14:53) Chapter 07(02:36:32) Chapter 08 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ten From Infinity by Paul W. Fairman audiobook. Genre: scifiIt began when a pedestrian got hit by a cab in New York City. No doubt it was the only motor mishap in the history of creation that reached out among the stars—for far out in space a signal was registered: Something has gone wrong....And something had gone wrong, for the doctors discovered their accident patient had two hearts. It was the beginning of the discovery that the Earth had been invaded by 10 such creatures from Outer Space.Every effort was made to learn their purpose. An orbital flight was launched to spot alien bodies—only to be destroyed in space. One of the alien men was captured—but no threat of pain or death could unlock the secret in his brain.Something had gone wrong. And somehow, some way had to be found to make it right—before the threat of danger overwhelmed all mankind.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 1(00:17:53) Chapter 2(00:41:27) Chapter 3(00:50:44) Chapter 4(01:02:54) Chapter 5(01:28:34) Chapter 6(01:47:14) Chapter 7(02:04:41) Chapter 8(02:22:10) Chapter 9(02:44:04) Chapter 10(02:57:07) Chapter 11(03:12:08) Chapter 12(03:36:09) Chapter 13 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death by Patrick Henry audiobook. Genre: speechesSet on the eve of the American Revolution, Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death captures Patrick Henry's electrifying address to the Second Virginia Convention in March 1775, when the colonies were still divided over whether reconciliation with Britain remained possible. As delegates weigh petitions, boycotts, and patience against the rising pressure of royal power, Henry steps forward with a fierce, urgent argument: the time for hoping and waiting has passed, and Virginia must prepare to defend its rights. Moving from measured analysis to blazing conviction, he challenges his listeners to confront hard realities about freedom, security, and the cost of resistance. More than a political appeal, the speech is a masterclass in persuasion, blending moral clarity, vivid imagery, and relentless logic to rally a hesitant audience toward action. Ideal for listeners interested in the founding era and the power of oratory, this short but monumental work explores the themes of liberty versus tyranny, courage under uncertainty, and the moment when private doubt becomes public resolve.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The First Battle of Bull Run by P. G. T. Beauregard audiobook. Genre: historyIn this first-person military narrative, Confederate General P. G. T. Beauregard reconstructs the tense weeks that led to the Civil War's first great clash at Manassas, known in the North as the First Battle of Bull Run. Beginning with the aftermath of Fort Sumter and his sudden call to defend the rail junction at Manassas, Beauregard explains why the ground mattered, what his army lacked, and how geography, rail lines, and supply shaped every decision. As pressure builds in Richmond and Washington, he describes the intelligence he gathered about Union plans, the arguments over strategy with Confederate leaders, and the urgent effort to concentrate scattered forces in time. When the Federal advance finally comes, the account follows the rapid shifts of initiative, the confusion of coordinating inexperienced troops, and the race to reinforce threatened points before the line breaks. Part campaign study and part memoir, the book highlights the fog of war, the friction between politics and command, and the hard lessons learned at the opening of a conflict neither side yet understood.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 1(00:26:54) Chapter 2(01:13:13) Chapter 3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Cloak by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol audiobook. Genre: tragedyIn wintry St Petersburg, Akaky Akakievich Bashmachkin is a meek, middle-aged civil servant whose life is reduced to copying documents in silence and being mocked by his colleagues. Threadbare and nearly invisible, he endures the citys cold and the offices casual cruelty with the same dull patience that has shaped him for years. When his old coat finally becomes impossible to patch, Akaky is forced into a choice that feels enormous for someone with almost nothing: save painstakingly for a new cloak, or continue to disappear into the freezing streets. The purchase of that single garment begins to change how others see him - and how he sees himself - awakening hopes of comfort, respect, and belonging he has never dared to claim. But in a city ruled by rank, indifference, and arbitrary power, a small dream can become dangerously fragile. With sharp satire and deep compassion, Gogol follows Akaky through the offices, alleys, and stairwells of imperial Russia, revealing how a society can grind down a human soul while insisting it is only following procedure.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:38:33) Chapter 02 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Twice-Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne audiobook. Genre: folkloreIn Twice-Told Tales, Nathaniel Hawthorne gathers a landmark collection of short fiction that helped define American romanticism and the darkly luminous literature of New England. Moving between village streets, lonely forests, and haunted corners of history, these stories blend everyday detail with the uncanny, revealing how pride, guilt, ambition, and hidden desire can shape a life. Hawthorne returns again and again to communities where public reputation matters, where old grievances linger, and where a single private choice can echo for years. Across sketches, legends, and moral fables, he introduces figures such as the restless dreamer, the burdened minister, the suspicious neighbor, and the ordinary person confronted by a symbol that will not let go. Some tales draw on the Puritan past, others on contemporary scenes, but all share Hawthorne's signature atmosphere: quiet dread, compassionate irony, and a fascination with the line between sin and self-deception. Rich in imagery and suspense yet rooted in human psychology, Twice-Told Tales invites listeners into a world where history feels alive and every shadow hints at a deeper truth.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:21:13) Chapter 02(00:39:19) Chapter 03(01:02:41) Chapter 04(01:39:11) Chapter 05(02:05:27) Chapter 06(02:53:17) Chapter 07(03:32:10) Chapter 08(04:01:46) Chapter 09(04:22:33) Chapter 10(04:46:56) Chapter 11(05:04:18) Chapter 12(05:39:22) Chapter 13(06:15:41) Chapter 14(06:31:09) Chapter 15(06:48:19) Chapter 16(07:01:12) Chapter 17(07:17:00) Chapter 18(07:31:50) Chapter 19(07:47:36) Chapter 20(08:13:34) Chapter 21(08:49:10) Chapter 22(09:19:31) Chapter 23(09:59:44) Chapter 24(10:29:30) Chapter 25(10:42:03) Chapter 26(11:13:57) Chapter 27(11:34:29) Chapter 28(11:53:06) Chapter 29(12:06:55) Chapter 30(12:50:24) Chapter 31(13:18:02) Chapter 32(14:11:04) Chapter 33(14:36:29) Chapter 34(14:51:28) Chapter 35(15:08:17) Chapter 36(15:26:50) Chapter 37(15:45:28) Chapter 38(16:14:31) Chapter 39(16:34:35) Chapter 40 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mosses From An Old Manse by Nathaniel Hawthorne audiobook. Genre: romance'Mosses from an Old Manse' is a short story collection by Nathaniel Hawthorne, first published in 1846. The collection includes several previously-published short stories and is named in honor of The Old Manse where Hawthorne and his wife lived for the first three years of their marriage. A second edition was published in 1854, which added 'Feathertop,' 'Passages from a Relinquished Work, and 'Sketches from Memory.'Many of the tales collected in 'Mosses from an Old Manse' are allegories and, typical of Hawthorne, focus on the negative side of human nature. Hawthorne's friend Herman Melville noted this aspect in his review 'Hawthorne and His Mosses': 'This black conceit pervades him through and through. You may be witched by his sunlight, transported by the bright gildings in the skies he builds over you; but there is the blackness of darkness beyond; and even his bright gildings but fringe and play upon the edges of thunder-clouds.' William Henry Channing reviewed the collection in The Harbinger and noted that its author 'had been baptized in the deep waters of Tragedy' and his work was dark with only brief moments of 'serene brightness' which was never brighter than 'dusky twilight'. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:29:24) Chapter 02(00:55:49) Chapter 03(01:18:28) Chapter 04(02:07:29) Chapter 05(02:46:45) Chapter 06(03:26:06) Chapter 07(04:00:33) Chapter 08(04:49:10) Chapter 09(05:10:23) Chapter 10(05:57:38) Chapter 11(06:34:59) Chapter 12(07:30:10) Chapter 13(08:09:53) Chapter 14(08:44:03) Chapter 15(09:40:13) Chapter 16(10:15:08) Chapter 17(10:48:32) Chapter 18(11:10:44) Chapter 19(11:34:59) Chapter 20(12:05:51) Chapter 21(12:37:32) Chapter 22(13:26:25) Chapter 23(14:18:55) Chapter 24(14:55:10) Chapter 25(15:43:43) Chapter 26(16:37:40) Chapter 27(17:15:47) Chapter 28(17:54:32) Chapter 29(18:13:11) Chapter 30 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices