Classic Audiobook Collection

A Gentleman of Leisure by P. G. Wodehouse audiobook. Genre: comedyWhen charming but chronically underfunded Jimmy Pitt lands in New York, he brings with him a problem no amount of good manners can solve: he is the newly minted heir to an English earldom, and the responsibilities (and expectations) that come with it. Unfortunately, Jimmy is also a practiced 'gentleman of leisure' - quick with a smile, short on steady income, and prone to drifting into schemes that sound harmless until they are not. Amid glittering hotels, drawing-room gossip, and the bustle of high society on both sides of the Atlantic, Jimmy becomes entangled with an alluring young woman, the watchful guardians of reputation, and a set of misunderstandings that make him look far less respectable than he intends. As pressure mounts to settle down, straighten up, and prove he deserves his title, Jimmy must navigate romance, class, and temptation while staying one step ahead of trouble. Light, witty, and fast-moving, this comedic caper showcases Wodehouse's trademark farce, sparkling dialogue, and affectionate satire of the idle rich.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:18:45) Chapter 02(00:33:24) Chapter 03(00:45:16) Chapter 04(00:54:27) Chapter 05(01:07:33) Chapter 06(01:21:41) Chapter 07(01:36:01) Chapter 08(01:46:56) Chapter 09(02:05:05) Chapter 10(02:16:16) Chapter 11(02:36:59) Chapter 12(02:56:32) Chapter 13(03:10:03) Chapter 14(03:29:17) Chapter 15(03:44:16) Chapter 16(04:04:42) Chapter 17(04:22:20) Chapter 18(04:36:32) Chapter 19(04:52:15) Chapter 20(05:08:35) Chapter 21(05:15:51) Chapter 22(05:30:56) Chapter 23(05:53:56) Chapter 24(06:11:34) Chapter 25(06:27:33) Chapter 26(06:39:44) Chapter 27(07:00:52) Chapter 28(07:12:12) Chapter 29(07:31:37) Chapter 30 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde audiobook. Genre: horrorIn glittering fin-de-siecle London, young Dorian Gray sits for a portrait by the devoted artist Basil Hallward. When Basil introduces him to the witty, world-weary Lord Henry Wotton, Dorian is dazzled by Lord Henry's seductive philosophy: that youth and beauty are life's highest prizes, and that restraint is merely a social mask. As Dorian steps into fashionable society, he discovers how easily admiration can become a kind of power - and how quickly pleasure can harden into appetite. After making a fateful wish tied to the newly finished painting, Dorian begins a double life, outwardly unmarked by time while whispers gather around his name. Friendships strain, love turns dangerous, and the portrait becomes a private ledger of choices he cannot undo. With razor-sharp dialogue and an atmosphere of perfumed decadence, Oscar Wilde's classic novel probes vanity, morality, and the cost of living only for sensation. Dorian must decide whether he can master the influence that remade him, or whether the secrets locked away with the painting will ultimately claim everything he values.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 00(00:06:41) Chapter 01(00:37:21) Chapter 02(01:14:25) Chapter 03(01:45:19) Chapter 04(02:23:52) Chapter 05(02:55:06) Chapter 06(03:12:59) Chapter 07(03:46:23) Chapter 08(04:23:48) Chapter 09(04:48:02) Chapter 10(05:12:52) Chapter 1(05:45:44) Chapter 2(06:14:18) Chapter 12(06:31:12) Chapter 13(06:50:17) Chapter 14(07:24:37) Chapter 15(07:47:28) Chapter 16(08:10:56) Chapter 17(08:24:16) Chapter 18(08:48:17) Chapter 19(09:12:08) Chapter 20 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde audiobook. Genre: comedyWhen the practical American Otis family buys England's ancient Canterville Chase, they are warned that the house comes with a resident spirit: Sir Simon de Canterville, a centuries-old ghost with a reputation for terror. The Otises, however, are not the sort to be frightened by clanking chains and midnight apparitions. Hiram B. Otis approaches every haunting with common sense and store-bought solutions, while his wife and children treat the supernatural like a puzzling household inconvenience. As Sir Simon escalates his efforts to reclaim his fearsome legacy, the clash between Old World tradition and brisk New World skepticism turns into a sharp, playful battle of wills that exposes the absurdities on both sides. Amid the comedy, a quieter story emerges around Virginia Otis, whose empathy allows her to see beyond the ghost's theatrics to the loneliness and regret beneath them. Blending witty satire with Gothic atmosphere, The Canterville Ghost explores pride, cultural misunderstanding, and the possibility of compassion where no one expects it.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 1(00:36:52) Chapter 2(01:02:00) Chapter 3(01:23:21) Chapter 01(01:34:26) Chapter 02(01:43:12) Chapter 03(02:00:09) Chapter 04(02:11:59) Chapter 05(02:23:41) Chapter 06(02:33:36) Chapter 07 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde audiobook. Genre: comedyIn Victorian England, respectability is a performance, and Jack Worthing has perfected it - at least on paper. In the country, he is the reliable guardian of young Cecily Cardew; in the city, he escapes into a fabricated life under the name 'Ernest,' where pleasure comes without consequences. His friend Algernon Moncrieff, equally allergic to sincerity, discovers Jack's secret and decides to try on a false identity of his own. What begins as a game of charming deception quickly turns into a tangle of romantic declarations, rigid expectations, and escalating misunderstandings when Jack falls for the sharp-witted Gwendolen Fairfax, who insists she can only love a man named Ernest, and Algernon sets his sights on Cecily, who has been dreaming of her own Ernest for years. Presiding over it all is the formidable Lady Bracknell, whose talent for social interrogation can crush a courtship in a single sentence. Oscar Wilde's sparkling comedy skewers class, manners, and marriage with unstoppable wit, as two men scramble to keep their invented stories from collapsing under the weight of love and society's demands.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 1(00:50:54) Chapter 2(01:47:36) Chapter 3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Adventures of Ulysses by Charles Lamb audiobook. Genre: folkloreIn The Adventures of Ulysses, Charles Lamb reshapes the ancient Greek epic of Odysseus into a swift, vivid tale of wandering, wit, and hard-won homecoming. After the fall of Troy, the warrior-king Ulysses sets sail for Ithaca, longing to return to his faithful wife, Penelope, and his young son, Telemachus. But the sea is ruled by unpredictable gods, and every league toward home seems to invite a new trial: storms that scatter his ships, enchanted islands that lull men into forgetting, and monstrous threats that test the limits of courage and leadership. As Ulysses struggles to keep his companions alive and his own purpose intact, the story becomes a contest between human endurance and the capricious power of fate. Lamb's retelling keeps the wonder and terror of myth while highlighting the moral weight of choices - pride and humility, temptation and restraint, loyalty and betrayal. It is an old-world adventure told with clarity and warmth, inviting listeners to follow a hero who survives not only by strength, but by mind and spirit.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 00(00:02:44) Chapter 01(00:32:12) Chapter 02(01:06:56) Chapter 03(01:29:44) Chapter 04(01:40:40) Chapter 05(01:55:04) Chapter 06(02:10:38) Chapter 07(02:32:30) Chapter 08(03:04:22) Chapter 09(03:25:44) Chapter 10 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens audiobook. Genre: dramaBorn into poverty and raised under the cold machinery of England's workhouse system, young orphan Oliver Twist begins life with little more than his name and a stubborn sense of decency. When a desperate plea for more food marks him as a troublemaker, Oliver is thrust from one harsh institution to another, until he escapes to London in search of something kinder. Instead, he stumbles into the orbit of a gang of child pickpockets led by the cunning, charismatic Fagin and watched over by the violent, unpredictable Bill Sikes. Caught between the city's criminal underworld and the possibility of honest refuge, Oliver becomes the center of a struggle he barely understands - a struggle involving hidden motives, dangerous loyalties, and the question of whether a boy's innocence can survive in a world built to exploit it. As Oliver's past begins to cast a long shadow over his present, the people around him must decide what they are willing to risk for compassion, survival, and justice. Dickens blends suspense, dark humor, and social outrage into a vivid portrait of childhood, crime, and conscience in Victorian London.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 1(00:07:40) Chapter 2(00:31:36) Chapter 3(00:54:48) Chapter 4(01:14:17) Chapter 5(01:41:00) Chapter 6(01:53:40) Chapter 7(02:10:01) Chapter 8(02:30:24) Chapter 9(02:45:19) Chapter 10(02:57:47) Chapter 11(03:16:20) Chapter 12(03:42:06) Chapter 13(03:58:40) Chapter 14(04:20:15) Chapter 15(04:33:42) Chapter 16(04:53:19) Chapter 17(05:13:37) Chapter 18(05:31:26) Chapter 19(05:53:08) Chapter 20(06:11:06) Chapter 21(06:22:48) Chapter 22(06:37:25) Chapter 23(06:52:30) Chapter 24(07:04:20) Chapter 25(07:16:55) Chapter 26(07:41:18) Chapter 27(07:58:01) Chapter 28(08:17:48) Chapter 29(08:26:17) Chapter 30(08:42:09) Chapter 31(09:08:31) Chapter 32(09:29:59) Chapter 33(09:51:46) Chapter 34(10:13:15) Chapter 35(10:32:09) Chapter 36(10:38:42) Chapter 37(11:04:32) Chapter 38(11:29:09) Chapter 39(12:05:23) Chapter 40(12:22:42) Chapter 41(12:44:40) Chapter 42(13:10:41) Chapter 43(13:35:56) Chapter 44(13:52:08) Chapter 45(14:00:40) Chapter 46(14:22:46) Chapter 47(14:43:21) Chapter 48(15:10:22) Chapter 49(15:36:58) Chapter 50(16:01:21) Chapter 51(16:28:29) Chapter 52(16:52:17) Chapter 53 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Autobiography of Charles Darwin by Charles Darwin audiobook. Genre: biographyThe Autobiography of Charles Darwin is the autobiography of the British naturalist Charles Darwin which was published in 1887, five years after his death.Darwin wrote the book, which he entitled Recollections of the Development of my Mind and Character, for his family. He states that he started writing it on about May 28, 1876 and had finished it by August 3.The book was edited by Charles Darwin's son Francis Darwin, who removed several passages about Darwin's critical views of God and Christianity (see Charles Darwin's views on religion). It was published in London by John Murray as part of The life and letters of Charles Darwin, including an autobiographical chapter.The omitted passages were later restored by Darwin's granddaughter Nora Barlow in a 1958 edition to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the publication of The Origin. This edition was published in London by Collins under the title of The Autobiography of Charles Darwin 1809-1882. With the original omissions restored. Edited and with appendix and notes by his granddaughter Nora Barlow.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 1(00:37:45) Chapter 2(01:05:09) Chapter 3(01:21:37) Chapter 4(01:45:01) Chapter 5(02:23:09) Chapter 6 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

George Washington by Calista McCabe Courtenay audiobook. Genre: biographyWritten for younger readers as part of the Makers of American History series, Calista McCabe Courtenay's George Washington traces the rise of a quiet Virginia boy into the public figure who would help shape a new nation. The story begins with Washington's early life and training in discipline and responsibility, then follows him into the wilderness as a teenage surveyor learning endurance, practical leadership, and the value of clear judgment. As tensions grow on the frontier, Washington is drawn into military service during the French and Indian War, where difficult marches, uneasy alliances, and hard lessons test his resolve. Courtenay then turns to the American Revolution, focusing on Washington as Commander-in-Chief, navigating shortages, setbacks, and the constant pressure of holding an inexperienced army together against a powerful enemy. In the final section, the book examines Washington's transition from war leader to statesman, as the country looks to him to guide an untried republic through its earliest political and financial challenges. With an emphasis on character, civic virtue, and steady perseverance, this biography presents Washington as a model of duty under pressure and leadership in uncertain times.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 1(00:19:51) Chapter 2(00:32:55) Chapter 3(00:46:21) Chapter 4(01:03:20) Chapter 5(01:17:28) Chapter 6(01:32:16) Chapter 7(01:45:15) Chapter 8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Penrod and Sam by Booth Tarkington audiobook. Genre: comedySet in a small Midwestern town in the early 1900s, Penrod and Sam follows two inseparable boys - imaginative Penrod Schofield and his loyal partner-in-mischief, Sam Williams - as they turn ordinary days into elaborate adventures. Penrod longs to be seen as daring, honorable, and grown-up, but his grand plans collide with school rules, neighborhood rivalries, and the unpredictable logic of childhood. Together the boys form clubs, stage dramas, chase sudden schemes for money or glory, and stumble into scrapes that test their friendship and their standing with parents, teachers, and local authority figures. As Penrod tries to balance boyish pride with a budding sense of right and wrong, each episode reveals the high stakes of kid life: loyalty, reputation, courage, and the desire to belong. Booth Tarkington captures the comedy of misunderstandings and the tenderness beneath the trouble, painting a vivid portrait of American boyhood where imagination is both a superpower and a fast track to disaster. Warm, sharp, and nostalgic, the story celebrates friendship while gently poking fun at the serious world children build for themselves.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:18:35) Chapter 02(00:34:37) Chapter 03(00:45:04) Chapter 04(01:08:09) Chapter 05(01:25:08) Chapter 06(01:49:15) Chapter 07(01:58:03) Chapter 08(02:10:06) Chapter 09(02:29:25) Chapter 10(02:42:57) Chapter 11(02:59:27) Chapter 12(03:11:11) Chapter 13(03:26:48) Chapter 14(03:41:31) Chapter 15(03:59:28) Chapter 16(04:15:18) Chapter 17(04:43:36) Chapter 18(04:58:58) Chapter 19(05:11:26) Chapter 20(05:18:47) Chapter 21(05:36:02) Chapter 22(05:54:51) Chapter 23(06:18:55) Chapter 24 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Penrod by Booth Tarkington audiobook. Genre: comedyIn early 1900s small-town Indiana, Penrod Schofield is a well-meaning twelve-year-old with a gift for getting into trouble, usually through enthusiasm, imagination, and a stubborn belief that his latest idea simply must work. Between schoolyard rivalries, neighborhood clubs, amateur theatricals, and grand schemes for honor and adventure, Penrod tries to navigate a world governed by adults, rules, and the constant risk of public embarrassment. His friendships with other boys - including steady Sam Williams and the unpredictable Herman Lacey - pull him into dares and alliances that can turn a quiet afternoon into a full-scale crisis. At home, the expectations of his parents and the sharp eye of his sister Marjorie keep him under scrutiny, while his own shifting sense of pride and conscience pushes him to prove he is brave, respectable, and grown up. Booth Tarkington captures childhood as both comedy and battlefield, where every misunderstanding feels monumental and every small victory matters. Penrod is a warm, sharply observed portrait of boyhood, manners, and mischief, told with affectionate wit and a keen eye for human nature.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:10:04) Chapter 02(00:21:36) Chapter 03(00:30:13) Chapter 04(00:39:46) Chapter 05(00:50:43) Chapter 06(01:02:26) Chapter 07(01:09:22) Chapter 08(01:16:49) Chapter 09(01:30:46) Chapter 10(01:40:57) Chapter 11(01:56:29) Chapter 12(02:07:25) Chapter 13(02:21:54) Chapter 14(02:39:43) Chapter 15(02:58:36) Chapter 16(03:09:42) Chapter 17(03:24:32) Chapter 18(03:35:52) Chapter 19(03:44:37) Chapter 20(03:56:35) Chapter 21(04:13:56) Chapter 22(04:22:42) Chapter 23(04:36:15) Chapter 24(04:59:13) Chapter 25(05:15:50) Chapter 26(05:25:58) Chapter 27(05:36:23) Chapter 28(05:44:06) Chapter 29(05:59:42) Chapter 30 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices