Classic Audiobook Collection

Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum audiobook. Genre: adventureJoshua Slocum was the first man to sail around the world alone in a small boat. He personally rebuilt an 11.2 metre sloop-rigged fishing boat that he named the Spray. On April 24, 1895, he set sail from Boston, Massachusetts. More than three years later, he returned to Newport, Rhode Island, on June 27, 1898 having circumnavigated the world, a distance of 46,000 miles (74,000 km).In 1899 he described the voyage in Sailing Alone Around the World now considered a classic of travel literature. It is a wonderful adventure story from the Age of Sail and a book of which Arthur Ransome declared, 'boys who do not like this book ought to be drowned at once'.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:16:10) Chapter 02(00:35:51) Chapter 03(00:57:39) Chapter 04(01:19:23) Chapter 05(01:47:48) Chapter 06(02:10:05) Chapter 07(02:35:35) Chapter 08(02:54:53) Chapter 09(03:19:09) Chapter 10(03:39:04) Chapter 11(03:58:17) Chapter 12(04:19:12) Chapter 13(04:42:56) Chapter 14(05:07:22) Chapter 15(05:36:16) Chapter 16(06:05:19) Chapter 17(06:28:22) Chapter 18(06:45:59) Chapter 19(07:06:59) Chapter 20(07:22:46) Chapter 21(07:37:55) Chapter 22 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Heidi by Johanna Spyri audiobook. Genre: familyHear Heidi if you’ve ever longed to see the Swiss mountain slopes. This story transports the listener from the fine air and freedom of the mountaintop to the confines of Frankfurt, back to the peaks again, bounding in flowered fields with goats at your heels and sky utterly surrounding you.We meet Heidi when she is 5, led up the mountain by her aunt who has raised the orphan but must leave now for a position in Frankfurt. In a mountain cottage overlooking the valley is Heidi’s grandfather, and there with him the girl’s sweet, free nature expands with the vista. The author’s voice is straightforward, and so is our reader’s, with the child’s wonder, devotion, and sometimes humorous good intentions. When Heidi is taken from the mountains and nearly doesn’t make it back again, the most humorous as well as most heart-wringing scenes occur. All she learns during her absence from the mountain she brings back as seeds that will grow to benefit everyone around her.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:32:55) Chapter 02(00:51:33) Chapter 03(01:22:37) Chapter 04(01:54:10) Chapter 05(02:17:54) Chapter 06(02:36:38) Chapter 07(03:08:31) Chapter 08(03:32:52) Chapter 09(03:46:41) Chapter 10(04:08:24) Chapter 11(04:20:16) Chapter 12(04:45:48) Chapter 13(05:23:27) Chapter 14(05:53:34) Chapter 15(06:09:10) Chapter 16(06:29:14) Chapter 17(06:48:30) Chapter 18(07:12:33) Chapter 19(07:29:13) Chapter 20(08:06:01) Chapter 21(08:24:57) Chapter 22(08:57:36) Chapter 23 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss audiobook. Genre: adventureThe Swiss Family Robinson has delighted generations of readers with its exciting tale of a family which, though shipwrecked, displays “the right stuff” and builds a charming colony that later, they do not want to leave. Cut off from the comforts and companionship of other humans, they use a familiarity with natural history and biology to find the resources and build the tools to construct a canoe, weave cloth, irrigate a garden, and turn an immense hollow tree into a lofty house with a spiral staircase. They domesticate buffaloes, wild asses, and monkeys. They establish farms and plantations. And finally, they have a terrifying encounter with natives from a nearby island.Johann David Wyss, the author, did not live to complete his tale. Storytellers over the years have injected so many episodes into the various versions that probably none closely match the original. (Indeed, the Baroness de Montholieu expanded the book from two volumes into five when she translated it into French.) This effort was re-translated into English in 1849 by W.H.G. Kingston, abridging the edition severely. It follows the British sensibilities of the period in terms of sentence structure and emphasis. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 1(00:18:47) Chapter 2(00:40:07) Chapter 3(00:58:11) Chapter 4(01:13:13) Chapter 5(01:23:05) Chapter 6(01:29:49) Chapter 7(01:38:55) Chapter 8(01:48:58) Chapter 9(01:58:56) Chapter 10(02:08:07) Chapter 11(02:27:21) Chapter 12(02:38:11) Chapter 13(02:48:36) Chapter 14(03:00:58) Chapter 15(03:13:43) Chapter 16(03:24:46) Chapter 17(03:38:00) Chapter 18(03:47:10) Chapter 19(03:55:50) Chapter 20(04:13:25) Chapter 21(04:28:23) Chapter 22(04:42:00) Chapter 23(04:54:08) Chapter 24(05:05:42) Chapter 25(05:19:32) Chapter 26(05:38:11) Chapter 27(06:02:12) Chapter 28(06:14:47) Chapter 29(06:31:56) Chapter 30(06:41:15) Chapter 31(06:50:51) Chapter 32(07:06:08) Chapter 33(07:18:57) Chapter 34(07:31:50) Chapter 35(07:46:08) Chapter 36(07:58:39) Chapter 37(08:12:55) Chapter 38(08:31:55) Chapter 39(08:52:14) Chapter 40(09:12:29) Chapter 41(09:26:02) Chapter 42(09:40:18) Chapter 43(09:50:02) Chapter 44(10:09:32) Chapter 45(10:21:08) Chapter 46(10:50:04) Chapter 47(11:10:11) Chapter 48(11:31:44) Chapter 49(11:58:13) Chapter 50(12:13:31) Chapter 51(12:39:21) Chapter 52 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emma by Jane Austen audiobook. Genre: romanceIn the comfortable village of Highbury, Emma Woodhouse is clever, wealthy, and certain she understands the hidden currents of other people's hearts. With her father devoted and her social position secure, Emma decides to amuse herself by arranging romances, starting with her new friend Harriet Smith, a sweet, impressionable young woman eager to rise in the world. But as Emma nudges Harriet toward what she believes is a better match, she misreads motives, overlooks quiet truths, and stirs up misunderstandings that ripple through dinners, dances, and country visits. Watching with a mix of affection and frustration is Mr. Knightley, Emma's longtime friend and the one person willing to challenge her self-confidence. When a charming newcomer, unexpected attentions, and shifting friendships complicate Highbury's small society, Emma must confront the limits of her judgment and the cost of treating real emotions like a game. Witty, incisive, and deeply human, Jane Austen's Emma explores class, manners, and the difficult work of seeing others, and oneself, clearly.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:19:24) Chapter 02(00:29:24) Chapter 03(00:40:14) Chapter 04(00:59:09) Chapter 05(01:11:02) Chapter 06(01:26:36) Chapter 07(01:40:36) Chapter 08(02:04:11) Chapter 09(02:30:49) Chapter 10(02:44:45) Chapter 11(02:56:31) Chapter 12(03:14:55) Chapter 13(03:31:26) Chapter 14(03:44:55) Chapter 15(04:03:30) Chapter 16(04:14:28) Chapter 17(04:21:11) Chapter 18(04:35:06) Chapter 19(04:50:41) Chapter 20(05:04:48) Chapter 21(05:27:30) Chapter 22(05:37:12) Chapter 23(05:55:39) Chapter 24(06:12:20) Chapter 25(06:24:45) Chapter 26(07:00:53) Chapter 27(07:17:18) Chapter 28(07:28:50) Chapter 29(07:47:05) Chapter 30(07:59:52) Chapter 31(08:11:15) Chapter 32(08:33:48) Chapter 33(08:51:05) Chapter 34(09:08:31) Chapter 35(09:20:49) Chapter 36(09:36:25) Chapter 37(09:43:27) Chapter 38(10:07:52) Chapter 39(10:17:00) Chapter 40(10:28:41) Chapter 41(10:44:56) Chapter 42(11:13:24) Chapter 43(11:32:33) Chapter 44(11:46:29) Chapter 45(12:00:28) Chapter 46(12:18:12) Chapter 47(12:42:21) Chapter 48(12:58:26) Chapter 49(13:17:36) Chapter 50(13:37:02) Chapter 51(13:50:28) Chapter 52(14:09:15) Chapter 53(14:26:02) Chapter 54(14:46:22) Chapter 55 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Idle Thoughts Of An Idle Fellow by Jerome K Jerome audiobook. Genre: comedyIn Idle Thoughts Of An Idle Fellow, Jerome K. Jerome invites you into the mind of a charmingly unhurried narrator who has time to notice everything - and to question why so much of it is taken so seriously. Presented as a series of witty, conversational essays, the book roams from the small irritations and pleasures of everyday life to the larger mysteries of human nature. Jerome muses on being idle (and the exhausting effort required to appear busy), the strange pride people take in suffering, the way we romanticize the past, and the nonsense we willingly accept in the name of manners, ambition, or respectability. Along the way he sketches vivid scenes of city streets, social gatherings, and private daydreams, always with a warm eye for contradiction: we crave freedom but fear it, long for change but cling to habit, and laugh at others even as we recognize ourselves. Light on plot and heavy on personality, this is a timeless companion for anyone who enjoys sharp observation, gentle satire, and humor that turns ordinary life into a parade of delightful absurdities.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 00(00:03:00) Chapter 01(00:13:01) Chapter 02(00:18:02) Chapter 03(00:28:00) Chapter 04(00:37:14) Chapter 05(00:40:17) Chapter 06(00:58:25) Chapter 07(01:21:18) Chapter 08(01:51:14) Chapter 09(02:12:05) Chapter 10(02:32:11) Chapter 11(02:54:09) Chapter 12(03:17:06) Chapter 13(03:38:04) Chapter 14 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris audiobook. Genre: folkloreThat the little boy loved Uncle Remus and his stories was so obvious that the tale-spinning sessions began drawing additional listeners. Daddy Jack, an old 'Africa man' visiting from down-state; Sis Tempy, the strong chief of the mansion's servants; and Tildy, a young and pretty servant-girl - all found their way to Uncle Remus' rude cabin when their duties or interests permitted, to sit around the hearth and hear the wonderful tales of the animals, and foremost among them, Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox.It turned out that some of the tales had different ways of telling, and the visitors took their turns at being the story-teller. Always one or more clever animals humbled or hornswoggled others among their community with flattery, wide-eyed mystery, or outright fraud.After the success of Harris' 'Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings' ( http://librivox.org/uncle-remus-by-joel-chandler-harris/ ), he went on to write eight more books compiling the tales he himself had heard on the plantation in his young days. This is the first of those sequels.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 1(00:06:45) Chapter 2(00:12:33) Chapter 3(00:19:19) Chapter 4(00:24:46) Chapter 5(00:30:52) Chapter 6(00:40:19) Chapter 7(00:49:11) Chapter 8(00:55:22) Chapter 9(01:04:26) Chapter 10(01:13:10) Chapter 11(01:20:44) Chapter 12(01:26:11) Chapter 13(01:33:51) Chapter 14(01:38:08) Chapter 15(01:42:43) Chapter 16(01:49:19) Chapter 17(01:58:23) Chapter 18(02:06:45) Chapter 19(02:15:58) Chapter 20(02:24:59) Chapter 21(02:30:16) Chapter 22(02:36:26) Chapter 23(02:42:29) Chapter 24(02:49:49) Chapter 25(02:55:57) Chapter 26(03:03:45) Chapter 27(03:12:35) Chapter 28(03:20:40) Chapter 29(03:28:44) Chapter 30(03:36:12) Chapter 31(03:46:07) Chapter 32(03:55:16) Chapter 33(03:59:17) Chapter 34(04:09:23) Chapter 35(04:17:30) Chapter 36(04:26:50) Chapter 37(04:36:21) Chapter 38(04:39:54) Chapter 39(04:59:47) Chapter 40(05:11:24) Chapter 41(05:20:44) Chapter 42(05:29:44) Chapter 43(05:39:26) Chapter 44(05:54:18) Chapter 45(06:01:40) Chapter 46 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald audiobook. Genre: dramaIn the glittering summer of 1922, Nick Carraway arrives on Long Island hoping for a fresh start and finds himself drawn into the dazzling, uneasy world of the newly rich. Renting a modest house in West Egg, Nick becomes neighbor to the mysterious Jay Gatsby, a man whose lavish weekend parties spill over with champagne, jazz, and rumors. As Nick is pulled into Gatsby's orbit, he also reconnects with his cousin Daisy Buchanan and her domineering husband Tom, whose old-money comfort masks restless desire and simmering cruelty. Through Nick's watchful eyes, Gatsby's charm and carefully crafted image collide with the stubborn realities of class, reputation, and the past that refuses to stay buried. When Gatsby reaches for a dream centered on Daisy and everything she seems to represent, the story tightens into a portrait of longing, illusion, and moral compromise. Elegant and devastating, The Great Gatsby explores ambition and love in an age of excess, asking what it costs to build yourself anew - and what happens when the dream is built on fragile foundations.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:43:09) Chapter 02(01:12:53) Chapter 03(01:52:37) Chapter 04(02:30:01) Chapter 05(03:00:06) Chapter 06(03:29:22) Chapter 07(04:32:27) Chapter 08(05:03:28) Chapter 09 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Room With A View by E. M. Forster audiobook. Genre: romanceWhen young Lucy Honeychurch travels to Florence with her cautious cousin and chaperone Charlotte Bartlett, she expects a tasteful tour of art, manners, and proper society. Instead, a simple mix-up at their pension introduces Lucy to the unconventional Emersons - the candid, emotionally perceptive Mr. Emerson and his impulsive son George - whose openness challenges everything Lucy has been taught to value. As the citys beauty stirs new feelings, Lucy finds herself caught between the safety of convention and the unsettling pull of honesty and passion. Back in England, the pressure to be agreeable and respectable closes in: family expectations, social rituals, and a seemingly ideal match promise comfort, while memories of Italy refuse to fade. With sharp wit and tender insight, Forster traces Lucys growing awareness of what it costs to live by other peoples rules. A Room with a View is a luminous story of self-discovery and class, where love becomes a test of courage and authenticity, and where the choice between appearance and truth can reshape a life.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:28:17) Chapter 02(01:02:14) Chapter 03(01:26:25) Chapter 04(01:42:40) Chapter 05(02:12:14) Chapter 06(02:38:53) Chapter 07(03:05:51) Chapter 08(03:38:55) Chapter 09(04:08:09) Chapter 10(04:27:53) Chapter 11(04:40:23) Chapter 12(05:01:23) Chapter 13(05:19:54) Chapter 14(05:33:38) Chapter 15(06:02:32) Chapter 16(06:19:52) Chapter 17(06:32:05) Chapter 18(07:04:18) Chapter 19(07:36:10) Chapter 20 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen audiobook. Genre: romanceTaken from a crowded Portsmouth home to the grand estate of her wealthy relatives, young Fanny Price grows up on the margins of Mansfield Park - quiet, observant, and never allowed to forget her dependence on the Bertrams' charity. As she comes of age, Fanny finds her closest ally in her kind cousin Edmund, whose steady friendship becomes her moral compass in a household that prizes comfort and appearances. The calm routines of the estate are upended when the charming, fashionable Crawford siblings arrive, bringing wit, flirtation, and a taste for London sophistication. Their presence sparks rivalries, tests loyalties, and draws the Bertram family into choices that blur the line between amusement and impropriety. Caught between gratitude and principle, Fanny must navigate powerful expectations, romantic pressures, and the subtle cruelties of class while holding fast to her own sense of right and wrong. With sharp social comedy and psychological insight, Mansfield Park explores love and duty, reputation and conscience, and what it costs to remain true to oneself in a world eager to reward charm over character.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 1(00:16:24) Chapter 2(00:36:00) Chapter 3(00:55:04) Chapter 4(01:13:48) Chapter 5(01:28:45) Chapter 6(01:48:34) Chapter 7(02:10:18) Chapter 8(02:25:04) Chapter 9(02:49:18) Chapter 10(03:06:24) Chapter 11(03:19:51) Chapter 12(03:31:44) Chapter 13(03:48:43) Chapter 14(04:03:34) Chapter 15(04:24:32) Chapter 16(04:38:21) Chapter 17(04:49:14) Chapter 18(05:06:33) Chapter 19(05:29:38) Chapter 20(05:46:09) Chapter 21(06:02:58) Chapter 22(06:25:02) Chapter 23(06:46:23) Chapter 24(07:03:38) Chapter 25(07:28:46) Chapter 26(07:45:27) Chapter 27(08:06:30) Chapter 28(08:24:27) Chapter 29(08:40:37) Chapter 30(08:53:32) Chapter 31(09:13:08) Chapter 32(09:40:32) Chapter 33(09:56:37) Chapter 34(10:18:14) Chapter 35(10:38:38) Chapter 36(10:58:12) Chapter 37(11:15:21) Chapter 38(11:40:22) Chapter 39(11:49:56) Chapter 40(12:02:43) Chapter 41(12:18:33) Chapter 42(12:30:11) Chapter 43(12:40:17) Chapter 44(12:58:38) Chapter 45(13:14:58) Chapter 46(13:35:42) Chapter 47(14:00:43) Chapter 48 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ulysses by James Joyce audiobook. Genre: dramaOn a single summer day in Dublin, two wanderers trace separate paths that quietly begin to mirror each other. Leopold Bloom, a thoughtful advertising canvasser, moves through the city's streets, pubs, shops, and seaside promenades, observing its rituals with a tender, skeptical eye as private worries shadow his ordinary errands. Stephen Dedalus, a young writer and teacher, wrestles with intellect, faith, family, and ambition, drifting among friends and rivals while searching for a place to belong. As their routes crisscross, Joyce turns the everyday into epic: conversations become battles of wit, meals become ceremonies, and passing impressions swell into a chorus of voices that capture a whole city in motion. Told through dazzling shifts in style - from precise realism to parody, mythic echo, and intimate interior monologue - Ulysses invites you to listen inside minds as they grapple with desire, guilt, loneliness, and hope. At its heart is a question both simple and immense: how do we endure the hours, love imperfectly, and still find connection in a world that rarely slows down?For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(01:00:49) Chapter 02(01:35:27) Chapter 03(02:22:44) Chapter 04(03:06:15) Chapter 05(03:56:39) Chapter 06(05:19:56) Chapter 07(06:17:53) Chapter 1(07:04:26) Chapter 2(07:47:53) Chapter 3(08:39:00) Chapter 4(09:21:49) Chapter 5(10:07:17) Chapter 6(10:53:01) Chapter 7(11:37:50) Chapter 8(12:33:16) Chapter 9(13:42:32) Chapter 10(15:20:09) Chapter 11(15:40:29) Chapter 12(16:14:36) Chapter 13(16:41:58) Chapter 14(17:08:10) Chapter 15(18:08:29) Chapter 16(19:03:35) Chapter 17(19:58:14) Chapter 18(20:50:06) Chapter 19(21:24:59) Chapter 20(22:06:47) Chapter 21(22:37:47) Chapter 22(23:29:56) Chapter 23(24:25:54) Chapter 24(25:14:12) Chapter 25(26:10:06) Chapter 26(27:07:50) Chapter 27(27:58:30) Chapter 28(28:55:54) Chapter 29(29:48:33) Chapter 30(30:32:24) Chapter 31(31:34:11) Chapter 32 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices