Classic Audiobook Collection

Lady Audley’s Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon audiobook. Genre: mysteryIn Victorian England, the beautiful and captivating Lady Audley seems to have stepped out of a fairy tale: she is young, charming, and newly married to the wealthy Sir Michael Audley at Audley Court. But beneath the bright surfaces of country-house comfort and polite society, unsettling questions begin to gather. When Sir Michael's nephew, Robert Audley - an idle barrister more interested in ease than ambition - is jolted into action by a friend's sudden disappearance, his quiet curiosity hardens into obsession. Drawn into shadowed corridors, half-buried letters, and contradictory testimonies, Robert traces a web of secrets that reaches uncomfortably close to the woman now at the center of the family. As suspicion spreads, alliances shift and reputations tremble, forcing Robert to choose between loyalty and truth while Lady Audley fights to protect the life she has built. Blending domestic drama with mounting dread, Lady Audley's Secret explores the power of identity, the peril of appearances, and the price of reinvention in a society where a woman's past can be both weapon and ruin.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 1(00:28:55) Chapter 2(00:54:57) Chapter 3(01:11:10) Chapter 4(01:22:31) Chapter 5(01:34:55) Chapter 6(01:46:16) Chapter 7(02:10:50) Chapter 8(02:35:27) Chapter 9(02:50:01) Chapter 10(02:58:23) Chapter 11(03:09:59) Chapter 12(03:20:25) Chapter 13(03:35:16) Chapter 14(03:52:00) Chapter 15(04:15:15) Chapter 16(04:33:25) Chapter 17(04:45:26) Chapter 18(04:57:48) Chapter 19(05:23:33) Chapter 20(05:39:53) Chapter 21(06:06:13) Chapter 22(06:34:43) Chapter 23(06:51:48) Chapter 24(07:07:36) Chapter 25(07:39:29) Chapter 26(08:04:16) Chapter 27(08:27:30) Chapter 28(08:46:59) Chapter 29(09:22:25) Chapter 30(09:45:37) Chapter 31(10:14:16) Chapter 32(10:50:30) Chapter 33(11:20:32) Chapter 34(11:53:17) Chapter 35(12:16:43) Chapter 36(12:34:01) Chapter 37(12:56:04) Chapter 38(13:54:16) Chapter 39(14:12:12) Chapter 40 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Poems Every Child Should Know by Mary E. Burt audiobook. Genre: poetryPoems Every Child Should Know, selected and arranged by educator Mary E. Burt, is a welcoming doorway into the classics of English-language verse for young listeners and the grown-ups who share stories with them. Built as a treasury rather than a single narrative, this anthology gathers memorable poems that have long been read aloud in classrooms and homes, offering a rich mix of lullabies, ballads, nature poems, humorous pieces, and stirring favorites tied to seasons, family life, courage, and wonder. Burt's guiding purpose is simple and enduring: to place strong, beautiful language within reach of children, with selections chosen for clarity, musicality, and emotional immediacy. As voices shift from playful to solemn and from intimate to grand, listeners meet a wide range of poets and styles, learning how rhythm, rhyme, and vivid imagery can capture everyday feelings as well as big ideas. Whether used for bedtime listening, family read-alouds, or introducing poetry one unforgettable line at a time, this collection invites children to memorize, recite, and return to poems that grow deeper with age.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 1(00:05:09) Chapter 2(00:11:34) Chapter 3(00:16:55) Chapter 4(00:22:54) Chapter 5(00:27:31) Chapter 6(00:31:45) Chapter 7(00:35:36) Chapter 8(00:41:28) Chapter 9(00:47:32) Chapter 10(00:51:28) Chapter 11(00:56:55) Chapter 12(01:03:40) Chapter 13(01:08:10) Chapter 14(01:13:15) Chapter 15(01:18:39) Chapter 16(01:25:21) Chapter 17(01:30:50) Chapter 18(01:36:51) Chapter 19(01:43:41) Chapter 20(01:48:35) Chapter 21(01:53:28) Chapter 22(01:59:03) Chapter 23(02:03:35) Chapter 24(02:07:11) Chapter 25(02:13:08) Chapter 26(02:16:44) Chapter 27(02:20:26) Chapter 28(02:25:38) Chapter 29(02:30:47) Chapter 30(02:36:02) Chapter 31(02:39:33) Chapter 32(02:45:51) Chapter 33(02:51:39) Chapter 34(02:57:29) Chapter 35(03:05:25) Chapter 36(03:11:37) Chapter 37(03:17:39) Chapter 38(03:22:24) Chapter 39(03:27:15) Chapter 40(03:33:36) Chapter 41(03:39:39) Chapter 42(03:43:47) Chapter 43(03:50:45) Chapter 44(03:56:53) Chapter 45(04:01:59) Chapter 46(04:08:10) Chapter 47(04:14:36) Chapter 48(04:20:03) Chapter 49(04:25:18) Chapter 50(04:36:59) Chapter 51(04:48:51) Chapter 52(04:53:16) Chapter 53(04:58:44) Chapter 54(05:04:26) Chapter 55(05:09:20) Chapter 56(05:15:02) Chapter 57(05:20:42) Chapter 58(05:29:36) Chapter 59(05:36:13) Chapter 60(05:44:56) Chapter 61(05:51:14) Chapter 62(06:02:08) Chapter 63(06:07:07) Chapter 64(06:12:03) Chapter 65(06:17:50) Chapter 66(06:28:47) Chapter 67(06:33:35) Chapter 68(06:38:42) Chapter 69(06:47:47) Chapter 70(06:52:31) Chapter 71(06:58:36) Chapter 72(07:05:18) Chapter 73(07:14:08) Chapter 74(07:24:27) Chapter 75(07:30:11) Chapter 76(07:36:08) Chapter 77(07:44:14) Chapter 78(07:50:34) Chapter 79(07:56:22) Chapter 80(08:00:34) Chapter 81 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Story of Abraham Lincoln by Mary A. Hamilton audiobook. Genre: biographyIn this biography for young adults, Mary A. Hamilton gives a British person’s perspective on the 16th President of the United States. A glowing tribute to “Honest Abe”, the author traces Lincoln’s ancestral roots and recounts his birth in Kentucky, his youth in Indiana, his adult life in Illinois and his years in the White House. She also provides a good background on the causes and course of the American Civil War.Hamilton is not always historically precise. For example, she erroneously names Jefferson Davis as the Southern Democratic candidate for president running against Lincoln and Douglas in 1860 rather than John C. Breckinridge. However, overall “The Story of Abraham Lincoln” is a good summarization and interesting account of the life, values and politics of Lincoln.Cautions: Chapter 7 contains a single use of an epithet for African-Americans in a quotation from a British magazine. Chapter 8 ends with an example of a stereotypical Southern black dialect which many may find offensive.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:19:57) Chapter 02(00:37:29) Chapter 03(00:56:04) Chapter 04(01:13:54) Chapter 05(01:34:29) Chapter 06(01:49:42) Chapter 07(02:09:45) Chapter 08(02:23:40) Chapter 09 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The American Claimant by Mark Twain audiobook. Genre: comedyThe American Claimant is an 1892 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The story focuses on the class differences and expectations of monarchic, hierarchical Britain and the upstart, 'all men are created equal' America. Twain wrote the novel with the help of phonographic dictation, the first author (according to Twain himself) to do so. This was also (according to Twain) an attempt to write a book without mention of the weather, the first of its kind in fictitious literature. Indeed, all the weather is contained in an appendix, at the back of the book, which the reader is encouraged to turn to from time to time.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 00(00:03:18) Chapter 01(00:18:43) Chapter 02(00:33:43) Chapter 03(00:54:58) Chapter 04(01:05:52) Chapter 05(01:19:51) Chapter 06(01:27:37) Chapter 07(01:36:45) Chapter 08(01:47:12) Chapter 09(02:01:23) Chapter 10(02:19:50) Chapter 11(02:40:55) Chapter 12(02:59:45) Chapter 13(03:18:09) Chapter 14(03:30:52) Chapter 15(03:44:53) Chapter 16(03:58:36) Chapter 17(04:15:24) Chapter 18(04:29:56) Chapter 19(04:44:07) Chapter 20(04:56:19) Chapter 21(05:19:49) Chapter 22(05:37:23) Chapter 23(05:57:20) Chapter 24(06:18:13) Chapter 25(06:36:55) Chapter 26 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roughing It by Mark Twain audiobook. Genre: biographyMark Twain's Roughing It is a riotous, clear-eyed memoir of a young man's leap into the vast uncertainties of the American West. When Samuel Clemens follows his brother to the Nevada Territory, he trades the familiar rhythms of the Mississippi for stagecoaches, mining camps, boomtown dreams, and the hard lessons of life on the frontier. From dusty deserts and rough lodging houses to speculative silver claims and quicksilver schemes, Twain chronicles a region where fortunes appear overnight and vanish just as fast. Along the way he meets an unforgettable parade of prospectors, gamblers, entrepreneurs, and would-be legends, and he tests his own ambitions as he tries on one precarious job after another. With sharp satire and storyteller swagger, Twain balances vivid reportage with tall-tale exaggeration, revealing how the West manufactures myth in real time. Beneath the laughter runs a coming-of-age journey: a restless observer learning what is real, what is performance, and what it costs to chase opportunity across an enormous, unruly landscape.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:06:19) Chapter 02(00:16:24) Chapter 03(00:31:03) Chapter 04(00:50:58) Chapter 05(01:00:27) Chapter 06(01:11:01) Chapter 07(01:25:21) Chapter 08(01:33:46) Chapter 09(01:43:37) Chapter 10(01:59:12) Chapter 11(02:15:55) Chapter 12(02:35:35) Chapter 13(02:44:21) Chapter 14(02:50:48) Chapter 15(03:03:52) Chapter 16(03:23:56) Chapter 17(03:32:56) Chapter 18(03:40:40) Chapter 19(03:47:59) Chapter 20(04:00:36) Chapter 21(04:17:38) Chapter 22(04:26:37) Chapter 23(04:36:52) Chapter 24(04:47:58) Chapter 25(04:59:35) Chapter 26(05:10:40) Chapter 27(05:18:59) Chapter 28(05:28:46) Chapter 29(05:37:34) Chapter 30(05:46:51) Chapter 31(06:03:13) Chapter 32(06:12:35) Chapter 33(06:17:47) Chapter 34(06:29:14) Chapter 35(06:35:38) Chapter 36(06:47:01) Chapter 37(06:58:17) Chapter 38(07:06:32) Chapter 39(07:17:29) Chapter 40(07:30:17) Chapter 41(07:42:41) Chapter 42(07:53:51) Chapter 43(08:06:06) Chapter 44(08:18:24) Chapter 45(08:30:31) Chapter 46(08:45:09) Chapter 47(09:02:46) Chapter 48(09:16:20) Chapter 49(09:28:30) Chapter 50(09:40:09) Chapter 51(10:01:28) Chapter 52(10:18:09) Chapter 53(10:29:52) Chapter 54(10:43:34) Chapter 55(11:01:19) Chapter 56(11:13:05) Chapter 57(11:21:36) Chapter 58(11:36:29) Chapter 59(11:49:06) Chapter 60(11:57:31) Chapter 61(12:07:59) Chapter 62(12:28:40) Chapter 63(12:37:36) Chapter 64(12:50:10) Chapter 65(13:03:48) Chapter 66(13:16:28) Chapter 67(13:33:48) Chapter 68(13:53:42) Chapter 69(14:04:19) Chapter 70(14:19:36) Chapter 71(14:28:44) Chapter 72(14:39:44) Chapter 73(14:53:05) Chapter 74(15:04:07) Chapter 75(15:12:12) Chapter 76(15:25:46) Chapter 77(15:36:17) Chapter 78(15:46:23) Chapter 79(15:57:20) Chapter 1(16:09:10) Chapter 2(16:18:55) Chapter 3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain audiobook. Genre: comedyWhen you dive into Mark Twain’s (Samuel Clemens’) The Innocents Abroad, you have to be ready to learn more about the unadorned, ungilded reality of 19th century “touring” than you might think you want to learn. This is a tough, literary journey. It was tough for Twain and his fellow “pilgrims”, both religious and otherwise. They set out, on a June day in 1867, to visit major tourist sites in Europe and the near east, including Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, “the Holy Land”, and Egypt. What Twain records, in often humorous, sometimes grotesque but always fascinating detail, are the day-to-day ups and downs of discovering the truth about people and places. The truths they learn are often far different than their education and rumor have made them preconceive.This is a voyage of discovery. It’s long and, in places, tiresome. But it’s revelatory about so much. As with some of his other works, Twain includes popular prejudices of his time, which are today considered socially unacceptable. His references to “Indians”, “Negroes” and “infidels” come to mind.Beyond the lows, though, there are the highs of Twain’s cutting wit and insight as he guides us along the bumpy and often dangerous voyage.No need to buckle up. Just take it slow, and steady…like the journey itself.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 1(00:18:23) Chapter 2(00:35:26) Chapter 3(01:05:20) Chapter 4(01:44:12) Chapter 5(02:08:40) Chapter 6(02:35:14) Chapter 7(03:18:21) Chapter 8(03:58:55) Chapter 9(04:29:47) Chapter 10(05:17:01) Chapter 11(05:47:27) Chapter 12(06:09:49) Chapter 13(06:37:09) Chapter 14(06:56:58) Chapter 15(07:16:46) Chapter 16(07:55:51) Chapter 17(08:21:31) Chapter 18(08:40:34) Chapter 19(09:13:04) Chapter 20(09:31:47) Chapter 21(10:01:07) Chapter 22(10:24:34) Chapter 23(10:51:56) Chapter 24(11:03:13) Chapter 25(11:34:19) Chapter 26(11:52:03) Chapter 27(12:02:08) Chapter 28(12:22:26) Chapter 29(12:36:58) Chapter 30(12:49:26) Chapter 31(13:02:56) Chapter 32(13:26:23) Chapter 33(13:52:55) Chapter 34(14:11:24) Chapter 35(14:39:28) Chapter 36(15:02:38) Chapter 37(15:24:13) Chapter 38(15:45:58) Chapter 39(16:14:17) Chapter 40(16:27:53) Chapter 41(17:00:15) Chapter 42(17:23:59) Chapter 43(18:00:34) Chapter 44(18:10:27) Chapter 45(18:27:52) Chapter 46(18:59:44) Chapter 47(19:13:47) Chapter 48 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain audiobook. Genre: historyIn Life on the Mississippi, Mark Twain returns to the great river that shaped his youth, blending memoir, travel writing, and sharp-eyed social observation. The book opens with Twain's boyhood obsession with steamboats and his hard-won apprenticeship as a river pilot, where reading the Mississippi's shifting channels, snags, and sandbars becomes both a craft and a test of nerve. Years later, now a famous author, Twain journeys down the river again, comparing the bustling, commercialized post-Civil War Mississippi to the wilder waterway he once knew. Along the way he sketches a lively panorama of towns and river landings, gamblers and preachers, entrepreneurs and eccentrics, and the everyday people who make the river a moving crossroads of American life. With humor that can turn suddenly reflective, Twain explores how progress remakes landscapes and memories alike, and how stories cling to places even as they change. By turns hilarious, wistful, and incisive, this is an affectionate, clear-sighted portrait of a river and a nation in motion.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:15:10) Chapter 02(00:27:42) Chapter 03(00:59:41) Chapter 04(01:09:46) Chapter 05(01:19:07) Chapter 06(01:34:20) Chapter 07(01:47:48) Chapter 08(02:01:09) Chapter 09(02:15:03) Chapter 10(02:27:31) Chapter 11(02:42:25) Chapter 12(02:55:37) Chapter 13(03:13:31) Chapter 14(03:27:50) Chapter 15(03:52:32) Chapter 16(04:04:32) Chapter 17(04:21:03) Chapter 18(04:33:02) Chapter 19(04:41:03) Chapter 20(04:53:08) Chapter 21(04:54:52) Chapter 22(05:12:38) Chapter 23(05:19:23) Chapter 24(05:31:19) Chapter 25(05:43:59) Chapter 26(05:58:18) Chapter 27(06:10:05) Chapter 28(06:28:33) Chapter 29(06:49:08) Chapter 30(07:06:53) Chapter 31(07:39:15) Chapter 32(07:48:06) Chapter 33(07:58:36) Chapter 34(08:02:53) Chapter 35(08:20:30) Chapter 36(08:34:30) Chapter 37(08:36:41) Chapter 38(08:50:53) Chapter 39(09:03:38) Chapter 40(09:16:28) Chapter 41(09:25:34) Chapter 42(09:34:22) Chapter 43(09:42:45) Chapter 44(09:57:50) Chapter 45(10:15:36) Chapter 46(10:25:07) Chapter 47(10:30:19) Chapter 48(10:44:36) Chapter 49(10:56:48) Chapter 50(11:08:33) Chapter 51(11:23:26) Chapter 52(11:49:06) Chapter 53(11:59:57) Chapter 54(12:17:03) Chapter 55(12:30:13) Chapter 56(12:41:24) Chapter 57(12:54:59) Chapter 58(13:08:57) Chapter 59(13:24:34) Chapter 60(13:41:09) Chapter 61(14:04:45) Chapter 62(14:13:44) Chapter 63(14:22:45) Chapter 64 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Colors of Space by Marion Zimmer Bradley audiobook. Genre: scifiBart Steele, Space Academy graduate, is on his way home to his father's business - he runs a fleet of spaceships for interstellar travel. The secret for fast interstellar travel though is still tightly kept by the alien race Lhari. An agreement between humans and Lhari has been made that permits humans only to travel in cold sleep as passengers aboard Lhari vessels as to not reveal the secret.Some humans – the Mentorians - have had a slight genetic shift which enhanced their vision to withstand the light levels that the aliens Lhari use and live in. Mentorians perceive a wider optical spectrum than ordinary humans – some can see the ‘eighth color’. Mentorians act as translators, middleman and interpreters between the two races. But their ability sets them apart from the rest of humanity. Bart, half Mentorian, has this ability.Bart, surgically altering his appearance to hire as a Lhari on a homeworld bound Lhari vessel, attempts to steal the secret of the Warp Drive - an attempt on which countless humans spies have failed before.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 00(00:01:44) Chapter 01(00:28:29) Chapter 02(00:46:17) Chapter 03(01:10:40) Chapter 04(01:23:08) Chapter 05(01:40:19) Chapter 06(01:57:30) Chapter 07(02:20:30) Chapter 08(02:48:46) Chapter 09(03:13:33) Chapter 10(03:30:10) Chapter 11(03:51:45) Chapter 12(04:14:06) Chapter 13(04:38:47) Chapter 14 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney audiobook. Genre: familyIn a cramped little house that the neighborhood dismisses as the 'Little Brown House,' Mrs. Pepper is doing her best to keep her lively brood together after hardship leaves the family with almost nothing but each other. The five Pepper children - Ben, Polly, Joel, David, and the baby, Phronsie - tumble through each day with noisy games, small responsibilities, and big hearts, determined to help their mother and make their home bright in spite of cold rooms and empty cupboards. When sickness and money troubles threaten their fragile routine, the children learn what it means to be brave, to work, and to share, even when there is not much to share. Their fortunes begin to shift when kind strangers notice the Peppers' grit and goodness, offering opportunities that feel almost too hopeful to trust. Warm, humorous, and quietly emotional, Margaret Sidney's classic follows one close-knit family's struggle to grow up fast without losing the simple joys of childhood, and to hold on to love, pride, and faith as they reach for a better life.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 1(00:13:28) Chapter 2(00:34:35) Chapter 3(00:46:15) Chapter 4(01:08:29) Chapter 5(01:24:31) Chapter 6(01:46:19) Chapter 7(01:55:32) Chapter 8(02:03:18) Chapter 9(02:21:27) Chapter 10(02:29:06) Chapter 11(02:33:59) Chapter 12(02:59:40) Chapter 13(03:07:03) Chapter 14(03:27:15) Chapter 15(03:46:29) Chapter 16(04:05:10) Chapter 17(04:23:02) Chapter 18(04:46:27) Chapter 19(04:53:07) Chapter 20(05:05:06) Chapter 21(05:25:50) Chapter 22(05:54:43) Chapter 23(06:22:10) Chapter 24(06:33:01) Chapter 25 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Story Girl by Lucy Maud Montgomery audiobook. Genre: familyIn The Story Girl, Lucy Maud Montgomery invites you into a golden summer on Prince Edward Island, where imagination is as essential as bread on the table. When Beverley and Felix King are sent to live with their relatives at the old homestead called the Golden Road, they quickly fall into the lively orbit of cousins, neighbors, and, above all, the unforgettable Sara Stanley - the 'Story Girl.' Gifted with a voice that can transform everyday life into legend, Sara gathers the children in barns, kitchens, and twilight fields to spin tales of romance, adventure, ghosts, and faraway places. As the weeks pass, the friends roam the countryside, stage small dramas, and test the boundaries of childhood freedom, while quietly brushing against the grown-up world of expectations, heartbreak, and change. Warm, humorous, and nostalgic, this coming-of-age classic celebrates the power of storytelling to bind a community together and to help young hearts make sense of joy, jealousy, and longing - even when the future begins to tug them away from the Golden Road.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:19:28) Chapter 02(00:32:25) Chapter 03(00:54:05) Chapter 04(01:11:00) Chapter 05(01:30:35) Chapter 06(01:46:07) Chapter 07(02:04:36) Chapter 08(02:24:08) Chapter 09(02:36:43) Chapter 10(02:54:59) Chapter 11(03:08:42) Chapter 12(03:19:18) Chapter 13(03:28:22) Chapter 14(03:43:27) Chapter 15(03:59:35) Chapter 16(04:15:50) Chapter 17(04:24:41) Chapter 18(04:36:58) Chapter 19(05:01:49) Chapter 20(05:14:19) Chapter 21(05:24:56) Chapter 22(05:41:47) Chapter 23(06:00:29) Chapter 24(06:20:43) Chapter 25(06:34:48) Chapter 26(06:51:31) Chapter 27(07:13:42) Chapter 28(07:29:19) Chapter 29(07:48:13) Chapter 30(08:06:40) Chapter 31(08:16:50) Chapter 32 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices