Classic Audiobook Collection

Around the World in Seventy-Two Days by Nellie Bly audiobook. Genre: adventureIn 1889, journalist Nellie Bly makes a bold wager against the limits placed on women and on travel itself: she will circle the globe faster than the fictional record set in Jules Verne's novel. Around the World in Seventy-Two Days is her fast-moving, first-person account of that real-life race against time, told through port stops, train rides, steamships, and hurried connections that leave no room for hesitation. Traveling largely alone with little more than a small bag and fierce determination, Bly must navigate unfamiliar languages, tight schedules, rough seas, and skeptical officials while reporting every obstacle with wit and clarity. Along the way, she captures vivid impressions of cities and countryside across Europe, Asia, and beyond, comparing customs, food, and everyday life with a reporter's sharp eye and a storyteller's pace. More than a travelogue, this is a portrait of ambition and self-reliance, as Bly turns a publicity challenge into a headline-making feat and an enduring testament to curiosity, speed, and grit.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 1(00:15:42) Chapter 2(00:36:11) Chapter 3(00:53:10) Chapter 4(01:09:47) Chapter 5(01:33:04) Chapter 6(01:51:04) Chapter 7(02:14:47) Chapter 8(02:54:37) Chapter 9(03:23:57) Chapter 10(03:40:51) Chapter 11(04:09:02) Chapter 12(04:39:01) Chapter 13(04:44:24) Chapter 14(05:12:48) Chapter 15(05:24:12) Chapter 16(05:39:26) Chapter 17 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Euthyphro by Plato audiobook. Genre: philosophySet on the steps of an Athenian courthouse, Plato's Euthyphro stages a sharp, suspenseful conversation on a question that still unsettles moral and religious life: what makes an action truly holy or right? Socrates, facing a serious legal charge, encounters Euthyphro, a confident religious expert who has come to prosecute his own father for wrongdoing. Struck by Euthyphro's certainty, Socrates asks him to define piety itself, hoping to learn what holiness is in every case, not just in a single example. What follows is a fast-moving exchange of proposals, objections, and refinements, as Socrates tests each definition for clarity, consistency, and depth. Along the way, the dialogue probes the relationship between human justice and divine approval, the limits of tradition, and the danger of mistaking confidence for knowledge. With wit, precision, and escalating philosophical pressure, Euthyphro invites listeners into the heart of Socratic inquiry and the enduring challenge of grounding ethics in something more solid than mere opinion.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

Mr. Spaceship by Philip K. Dick audiobook. Genre: scifiIn a far-future war against the enigmatic Yuks, Terra's fleet keeps losing to weapons that are not machines at all, but living, adaptive organisms that can outthink any automated guidance system. Technocrat Philip Kramer and his colleague Gross propose a breakthrough that sounds like sacrilege: replace the standard Johnson Control with something faster, subtler, and unmistakably human - a living brain. The only problem is finding a donor and deciding what, exactly, is being sacrificed when a mind is removed from its body and wired into a warship. Enter Professor Thomas, Kramer's former teacher, dying and willing to volunteer for the procedure. The project succeeds beyond anyone's expectations, and the newly built cruiser earns a nickname that is half joke, half prayer: Mr. Spaceship. But the moment the ship takes to the stars, Kramer discovers that intelligence cannot be treated as a mere component. As military necessity collides with personal loyalty, Kramer and his wife, Dolores, are drawn into a struggle over control, identity, and whether a civilization obsessed with winning wars deserves the future it is trying to reach.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 1(00:16:33) Chapter 2(00:30:41) Chapter 3(00:47:06) Chapter 4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Psmith in the City by P. G. Wodehouse audiobook. Genre: comedyWhen impecunious but unflappably confident Rupert Psmith and his steady, athletic friend Mike Jackson arrive in London, they are fresh from school and short on funds, which means only one thing: employment. Soon they find themselves drafted into the gray world of a City bank, where clerks shuffle papers, superiors bark orders, and every day threatens to smother youth under a blanket of routine. Psmith, however, is not built for quiet obedience. With his unmistakable monocle, elaborate vocabulary, and heroic devotion to personal dignity, he turns the office into a stage, needling pompous managers, defending downtrodden coworkers, and treating every rule as an invitation to creative interpretation. As Mike tries to balance responsibility, ambition, and loyalty, Psmith's principled mischief draws the pair into workplace rivalries, after-hours scrapes, and a tangle of friendships and romances that complicate their precarious position. Packed with sparkling dialogue and sharply observed social satire, Psmith in the City is a warm, whirlwind comedy about class, courage, and the art of staying cheerful while the grown-up world tries its best to be dull.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:29:51) Chapter 02(00:59:17) Chapter 03(01:43:48) Chapter 04(02:25:32) Chapter 05(02:33:37) Chapter 06(02:45:52) Chapter 07(02:59:15) Chapter 08(03:29:42) Chapter 09(03:59:01) Chapter 10(04:34:55) Chapter 11(05:13:19) Chapter 12(05:24:49) Chapter 13(05:40:39) Chapter 14 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Damsel in Distress by P. G. Wodehouse audiobook. Genre: comedyWhen wealthy, amiable American George Finch arrives in England, he expects country houses, polite society, and perhaps a little leisure. Instead, he collides with Maud Marsh - spirited, proud, and very much not looking for rescue - and promptly convinces himself that fate has handed him the perfect role: gallant savior to a damsel in distress. Maud, however, is entangled in the quiet crises of a respectable but cash-strapped family: a domineering, status-minded relative who believes money solves everything, a household balancing on appearances, and a brother whose reckless choices threaten to pull them all into scandal. As George tries to help, his well-intentioned interventions ricochet through drawing rooms and country lanes, stirring up misunderstandings, unwanted engagements, wounded pride, and a parade of eccentrics with strong opinions on how love and duty ought to work. With P. G. Wodehouse's signature sparkle and precision, A Damsel in Distress turns romance into high comedy - a battle between sincerity and social maneuvering, where the hardest thing about playing the hero is figuring out what the heroine actually wants.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:29:25) Chapter 02(00:49:31) Chapter 03(01:06:01) Chapter 04(01:20:49) Chapter 05(01:33:42) Chapter 06(01:59:50) Chapter 07(02:19:54) Chapter 08(02:32:59) Chapter 09(02:50:25) Chapter 10(03:01:30) Chapter 11(03:17:12) Chapter 12(03:25:41) Chapter 13(03:42:11) Chapter 14(03:58:44) Chapter 15(04:28:08) Chapter 16(04:48:52) Chapter 17(05:00:03) Chapter 18(05:11:13) Chapter 19(05:26:32) Chapter 20(05:40:41) Chapter 21(06:08:22) Chapter 22(06:23:36) Chapter 23(06:42:51) Chapter 24(06:55:58) Chapter 25(07:03:13) Chapter 26(07:22:45) Chapter 27 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne audiobook. Genre: dramaIn a rigid 17th-century Puritan settlement, Hester Prynne is forced to stand before her community branded as an adulteress, marked by a scarlet letter sewn to her clothing. Refusing to name the child's father, she raises her spirited daughter Pearl on the edge of society, living under constant scrutiny and moral judgment. As Hester struggles to protect her child and carve out a life with dignity, the town's most revered young minister, Arthur Dimmesdale, begins to wither under a private burden that no sermon can ease. When Hester's long-lost husband returns in secret, taking the name Roger Chillingworth, he becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth behind Hester's shame, turning his sharp intelligence into a tool of quiet vengeance. Set amid stark forests, stern meetinghouses, and the watchful eyes of neighbors, The Scarlet Letter follows a web of sin, punishment, and mercy, asking who truly has the right to judge. Hawthorne's classic novel explores secrecy and confession, public law and private conscience, and the fierce cost - and surprising strength - of love and redemption.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 1(00:51:29) Chapter 2(01:38:23) Chapter 01(01:41:37) Chapter 02(02:02:10) Chapter 03(02:23:39) Chapter 04(02:40:37) Chapter 05(03:01:56) Chapter 06(03:24:31) Chapter 07(03:40:47) Chapter 08(03:59:23) Chapter 09(04:21:34) Chapter 10(04:44:46) Chapter 11(05:02:21) Chapter 12(05:28:18) Chapter 13(05:48:34) Chapter 14(06:03:45) Chapter 15(06:19:17) Chapter 16(06:33:38) Chapter 17(07:00:24) Chapter 18(07:14:29) Chapter 19(07:31:01) Chapter 20(07:52:12) Chapter 21(08:11:16) Chapter 22(08:40:34) Chapter 23(08:57:17) Chapter 24 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the Bishop’s Carriage by Miriam Michelson audiobook. Genre: mysteryNancy 'Nance' Olden has learned to survive by her wits. Raised in a brutal charity home the girls bitterly nickname the Cruelty, she runs away into a city that offers little mercy and plenty of temptation. On the streets she falls in with Tom Dorgan, a charming, dangerous crook who sees her quick mind as an asset, and together they play confidence games and thefts that keep the police close behind. During a frantic escape, Nance slips into the wrong carriage and collides with an unlikely protector: a dignified bishop whose intervention turns a near-capture into a baffling second chance. But escaping the law is not the same as escaping a past, and Nance soon finds herself pulled between two worlds - the electric thrill and loyalty of her old partnership with Tom, and the promise of a respectable life offered by new allies who recognize her talent for mimicry and performance. As Nance is drawn toward the stage and a different name for herself, the city tightens its net, old crimes resurface, and she must decide what she truly wants to steal: money, freedom, or a future.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:35:33) Chapter 02(01:12:37) Chapter 03(01:25:39) Chapter 04(01:51:20) Chapter 05(02:09:52) Chapter 06(02:25:37) Chapter 07(02:44:01) Chapter 08(03:10:11) Chapter 09(03:26:04) Chapter 10(03:43:11) Chapter 11(03:59:22) Chapter 12(04:14:53) Chapter 13(04:31:06) Chapter 14(04:43:15) Chapter 15(04:58:27) Chapter 16(05:06:11) Chapter 17 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Blonde Lady by Maurice Leblanc audiobook. Genre: mysteryIn 'The Blonde Lady, being a record of the duel of wits between Arsène Lupin and the English detective' - original title 'Arsène Lupin contre Herlock Sholmes' - the gentleman-burglar once more meets his enemy, the English detective Herlock Sholmes. If in the last story of 'Arsène Lupin, gentleman-burglar' Sherlock Holmes arrives too late (the name was at a later date changed to Herlock Sholmes in reply to complaints and threats by Conan Doyle regarding copyrights), in the two stories that compose 'The Blonde Lady' these two great intellects are bound in opposite directions. Where one chooses to abide to the law, the other uses his power and wits to crime - and who is going to win?These two stories appeared in chapters and as separate pieces in the magazine Je Sais Tout, during the years of 1906 and 1907, and were published together as a book first in 1908, being the second of the books where Arsène Lupin, the kind-hearted and humorous thief, is the main character. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 1(00:55:25) Chapter 2(01:44:09) Chapter 3(02:28:38) Chapter 4(03:10:00) Chapter 5(03:59:16) Chapter 6(04:47:43) Chapter 7(05:22:15) Chapter 8(05:56:32) Chapter 9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

King Arthur and His Knights by Maude L. Radford audiobook. Genre: folkloreMaude L. Radford's King Arthur and His Knights gathers a sweeping cycle of Arthurian adventures into a brisk, child-friendly retelling that begins with a boy raised in a knight's household, unaware of his true birth. When Britain lacks a rightful ruler, a test of destiny reveals Arthur as the one meant to wear the crown, and the young king must quickly grow into the burden of leadership. Guided by Merlin and armed with the famed blade Excalibur, Arthur builds a court at Camelot and founds the fellowship of the Round Table - a brotherhood sworn to courage, courtesy, and protection of the weak. From there the book follows a series of vivid episodes: tournaments and feasts, enchanted weapons and perilous quests, and the defining deeds of knights such as Gareth, Balin, Geraint, and Lancelot. As rival powers and dark magic press in, the greatest threats also come from within - pride, divided loyalties, and love tested against honor. The legends move steadily toward the spiritual challenge of the Holy Grail, asking what true knighthood costs when glory is no longer enough.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:19:03) Chapter 02(00:23:54) Chapter 03(00:37:51) Chapter 04(00:54:48) Chapter 05(01:03:24) Chapter 06(01:16:19) Chapter 07(01:29:56) Chapter 08(01:51:11) Chapter 09(02:01:57) Chapter 10(02:13:32) Chapter 11(02:25:12) Chapter 12(02:32:41) Chapter 13(02:43:02) Chapter 14(02:48:31) Chapter 15(03:03:48) Chapter 16(03:09:59) Chapter 17(03:22:48) Chapter 18(03:35:15) Chapter 19(03:51:48) Chapter 20(04:09:36) Chapter 21 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley audiobook. Genre: horrorWhen ambitious young scientist Victor Frankenstein pursues the secrets of life itself, his experiment crosses a boundary that cannot be uncrossed. In the shadowed lecture halls and icy landscapes of Europe, Victor assembles a living being from dead matter and brings it into the world - only to recoil from what he has made. Cast out and desperate to understand his place among humans, the Creature begins a lonely education through stolen glimpses of family, kindness, and cruelty, learning language and longing for connection. As creator and creation spiral into a devastating conflict, their choices pull friends and family into the widening consequences of Victor's obsession. Framed through layered narrators and told with eerie elegance, Frankenstein explores the cost of unchecked ambition, the responsibilities of parenthood and invention, and what it means to be human when society refuses to see your humanity. From candlelit laboratories to windswept mountains and frozen seas, Mary Shelley's landmark novel blends suspense, moral inquiry, and tragic intensity into a haunting tale of scientific hubris and profound loneliness.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:24:44) Chapter 02(00:46:41) Chapter 03(00:59:15) Chapter 04(01:15:01) Chapter 05(01:34:18) Chapter 06(01:52:40) Chapter 07(02:09:31) Chapter 08(02:27:32) Chapter 09(02:51:44) Chapter 10(03:14:08) Chapter 11(03:30:09) Chapter 12(03:48:15) Chapter 13(04:08:22) Chapter 14(04:24:43) Chapter 15(04:40:25) Chapter 16(04:53:20) Chapter 17(05:16:26) Chapter 18(05:40:57) Chapter 19(05:55:17) Chapter 20(06:14:02) Chapter 21(06:31:11) Chapter 22(06:55:09) Chapter 23(07:20:08) Chapter 24(07:42:45) Chapter 25(08:00:52) Chapter 26 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices