Classic Audiobook Collection

Black Magic - a Tale of the Rise and Fall of the Antichrist by Marjorie Bowen audiobook. Genre: horrorSet in medieval Europe, Black Magic follows a talented but restless woodcarver in a northern French town who begins his days gilding a figure of the Devil and ends them studying forbidden arts. Drawn to secret texts, whispered rituals, and the promise of knowledge without limits, he makes a deliberate step into the occult - and discovers that power, once touched, demands to be pursued. His rise carries him far beyond his workshop into a world of ruthless nobles, shifting alliances, and a Church whose spiritual authority is inseparable from politics. Along the way, desire and devotion tangle into dangerous attachments, and acts of violence and deception spread like a stain through courts and cloisters alike. As rumors of witchcraft and sacrilege multiply, the cost of ambition becomes impossible to ignore: every gain invites a darker bargain, every victory creates a new enemy, and the line between human will and supernatural influence grows frighteningly thin. Part Gothic nightmare, part historical intrigue, Bowen's novel builds a tense struggle between temptation and conscience, and between the hunger for dominion and the possibility of grace.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:24:27) Chapter 02(00:34:26) Chapter 03(00:49:01) Chapter 04(01:05:06) Chapter 05(01:19:14) Chapter 06(01:37:08) Chapter 07(02:09:26) Chapter 08(02:30:07) Chapter 09(02:49:45) Chapter 10(03:05:03) Chapter 11(03:25:43) Chapter 12(03:42:41) Chapter 13(04:10:42) Chapter 14(04:40:27) Chapter 15(05:11:02) Chapter 16(05:23:26) Chapter 17(05:48:46) Chapter 18(06:07:16) Chapter 19(06:31:47) Chapter 20(06:50:53) Chapter 21(07:08:07) Chapter 22(07:23:38) Chapter 23(07:40:30) Chapter 24(08:04:06) Chapter 25(08:22:51) Chapter 26(08:40:34) Chapter 27(08:57:12) Chapter 28(09:11:18) Chapter 29(09:20:09) Chapter 30(09:35:28) Chapter 31(09:43:42) Chapter 32(09:59:38) Chapter 33(10:12:58) Chapter 34(10:29:42) Chapter 35 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ardath by Marie Corelli audiobook. Genre: fantasyIn late-Victorian London, Theos Alwyn is a gifted but struggling young writer who has begun to doubt the value of art, faith, and even his own moral compass. When an enigmatic Eastern mystic offers him a strange, fateful gift, Theos is drawn into an experience that feels like a dream and a judgment at once: a sweeping vision of a vanished world called Ardath, a radiant civilization that seems to promise everything his modern life denies him - beauty, knowledge, power, and a love that could eclipse all earthly attachments. Yet Ardath is not merely an escape. As Theos moves through its dazzling splendor and perilous allure, he is forced to confront the deadlier temptations of pride, desire, and self-worship, and to ask what it truly means to be redeemed. Lyrical, theatrical, and spiritually charged, Marie Corelli blends romance, mysticism, and moral parable into a story about ambition and conscience, the seduction of perfection, and the hard cost of choosing the soul over the self.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:21:15) Chapter 02(00:52:53) Chapter 03(01:21:25) Chapter 04(01:38:31) Chapter 05(02:07:45) Chapter 06(02:29:52) Chapter 07(02:50:36) Chapter 08(03:08:40) Chapter 09(03:25:50) Chapter 10(03:51:20) Chapter 11(04:14:00) Chapter 12(04:46:24) Chapter 13(05:15:58) Chapter 14(05:40:52) Chapter 15(06:14:03) Chapter 16(07:02:38) Chapter 17(08:04:14) Chapter 18(08:50:00) Chapter 19(09:27:02) Chapter 20(10:06:02) Chapter 21(10:54:05) Chapter 22(11:28:36) Chapter 23(12:07:01) Chapter 24(12:51:14) Chapter 25(13:17:41) Chapter 26(13:48:54) Chapter 27(14:29:05) Chapter 28(14:55:02) Chapter 29(15:34:40) Chapter 30(16:22:55) Chapter 31(16:54:34) Chapter 32(17:29:56) Chapter 33(18:01:49) Chapter 34(18:25:55) Chapter 35(19:13:06) Chapter 36(19:53:24) Chapter 37(20:29:17) Chapter 38(20:58:08) Chapter 39(21:24:39) Chapter 40 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Daredevil by Maria Thompson Daviess audiobook. Genre: romanceIn the shadow of the Great War, Roberta Carruthers - the bold, quick-witted daughter of an American soldier and a French marquise - sails into New York carrying grief, responsibility, and one urgent hope: help for her frail younger brother, Pierre. But a clerical mistake and an iron-willed, woman-hating uncle in Tennessee turn her homecoming into a high-wire act. Mistaken for the long-awaited nephew, Roberta makes a reckless, loving choice: she becomes 'Robert' to secure Pierre's care and keep their future intact. What begins as a disguise quickly becomes a dangerous education in power, politics, and desire, as Roberta navigates Southern society, suspicious household allies, and wartime intrigue that reaches from American drawing rooms to the needs of France itself. With German espionage whispers in the air and patriotic duty at stake, she must keep her secret, outmaneuver those who would exploit the war, and decide what kind of life - and love - she can claim when the mask fits too well. Clever, romantic, and suspenseful, The Daredevil is a story of daring identity, sacrifice, and the freedom to redefine oneself.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:23:53) Chapter 02(00:49:15) Chapter 03(01:11:47) Chapter 04(01:27:35) Chapter 05(01:41:06) Chapter 06(01:56:20) Chapter 07(02:05:27) Chapter 08(02:22:53) Chapter 09(02:39:32) Chapter 10(03:02:12) Chapter 11(03:22:15) Chapter 12(03:41:29) Chapter 13(04:01:33) Chapter 14(04:18:49) Chapter 15(04:35:55) Chapter 16(04:51:59) Chapter 17(05:10:32) Chapter 18(05:28:48) Chapter 19(05:50:58) Chapter 20 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Castle of Twilight by Margaret Horton Potter audiobook. Genre: fantasyFor ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:30:23) Chapter 02(01:13:36) Chapter 03(01:53:25) Chapter 04(02:27:11) Chapter 05(03:09:14) Chapter 06(03:36:56) Chapter 07(04:11:45) Chapter 08(04:41:23) Chapter 09(05:13:23) Chapter 10(05:53:08) Chapter 11(06:24:06) Chapter 12(06:59:24) Chapter 13(07:37:28) Chapter 14(08:14:09) Chapter 15(08:36:53) Chapter 16 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An American in the Making, the Life Story of an Immigrant by Marcus Eli Ravage audiobook. Genre: biographyFor ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 00(00:08:41) Chapter 01(00:33:30) Chapter 02(00:58:03) Chapter 03(01:11:46) Chapter 04(01:34:35) Chapter 05(01:55:07) Chapter 06(02:15:19) Chapter 07(02:32:49) Chapter 08(02:59:48) Chapter 09(03:39:33) Chapter 10(04:05:36) Chapter 11(04:28:09) Chapter 12(04:56:41) Chapter 13(05:14:47) Chapter 14(05:40:00) Chapter 15(06:07:36) Chapter 16(06:27:09) Chapter 17(06:54:25) Chapter 18(07:22:27) Chapter 19(07:50:15) Chapter 20(08:19:55) Chapter 21 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Swann's Way by Marcel Proust audiobook. Genre: dramaSwann's Way, the first volume of Marcel Proust's monumental In Search of Lost Time, invites listeners into a richly detailed world where memory, desire, and social performance shape a life as surely as events do. From the quiet rituals of childhood in the provincial village of Combray, a sensitive narrator learns how longing can attach itself to places, habits, and especially to the approval of others. Years later, in Paris, the narrator moves at the edges of fashionable society, observing its codes and vanities with sharp tenderness. Interwoven with these recollections is the celebrated story of Charles Swann, a cultivated man drawn into an obsessive love for the enigmatic Odette de Crecy, a relationship that pulls him through salons, rumors, and self-deception. As the narrator and Swann each confront the distance between inner feeling and outward appearance, Proust transforms seemingly small moments - a taste, a phrase, a glance - into revelations about time and the self. Lyrical, psychologically precise, and often quietly comic, Swann's Way explores how we construct our identities from what we remember, what we misread, and what we cannot let go.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:36:42) Chapter 02(01:26:15) Chapter 03(02:01:22) Chapter 04(02:40:12) Chapter 05(03:27:20) Chapter 06(04:15:08) Chapter 07(05:04:37) Chapter 08(05:49:58) Chapter 09(06:31:52) Chapter 10(07:20:17) Chapter 11(08:09:11) Chapter 12(08:54:02) Chapter 13(09:29:48) Chapter 14(10:07:59) Chapter 15(11:01:29) Chapter 16(11:57:57) Chapter 17(12:48:31) Chapter 18(13:43:39) Chapter 19(14:40:45) Chapter 20(15:33:13) Chapter 21(16:27:31) Chapter 22(17:24:49) Chapter 23(18:18:59) Chapter 24(19:18:53) Chapter 25(20:17:34) Chapter 26(21:12:24) Chapter 27(22:01:47) Chapter 28(22:47:25) Chapter 29(23:30:29) Chapter 30 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emily of New Moon by Lucy Maud Montgomery audiobook. Genre: familyEmily Starr never knew what it was to be lonely -- until her beloved father died. Now Emily's an orphan, and her mother's snobbish relatives are taking her to live with them at New Moon Farm. She's sure she won't be happy Emily deals with stiff, stern Aunt Elizabeth and her malicious classmates by holding her head high and using her quick wit. Things begin to change when she makes friends: with Teddy, who does marvelous drawings; with Perry, who's sailed all over the world with his father yet has never been to school; and above all, with Use, a tomboy with a blazing temper. Amazingly, Emily finds New Moon beautiful and fascinating. With new friends and adventures, Emily might someday think of herself as Emily of New Moon.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:15:03) Chapter 02(00:38:29) Chapter 03(01:06:49) Chapter 04(01:28:51) Chapter 05(01:45:02) Chapter 06(02:08:53) Chapter 07(02:41:34) Chapter 08(03:06:51) Chapter 09(03:19:56) Chapter 10(03:38:49) Chapter 11(03:56:26) Chapter 12(04:15:14) Chapter 13(04:34:31) Chapter 14(04:50:32) Chapter 15(05:11:03) Chapter 16(05:26:29) Chapter 17(05:52:54) Chapter 18(06:23:04) Chapter 19(06:53:35) Chapter 20(07:32:22) Chapter 21(07:42:13) Chapter 22(08:06:49) Chapter 23(08:32:28) Chapter 24(08:51:04) Chapter 25(09:15:02) Chapter 26(09:32:10) Chapter 27(09:47:09) Chapter 28(10:15:20) Chapter 29(10:41:19) Chapter 30(11:00:27) Chapter 31(11:29:53) Chapter 32(11:57:44) Chapter 33(12:29:17) Chapter 34 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emily Climbs by Lucy Maud Montgomery audiobook. Genre: familyEmily Byrd Starr longs to attend Queen's Academy to earn her teaching license, but her tradition-bound relatives at New Moon refuse. She is instead offered the chance to go to Shrewsbury High School with her friends, on two conditions. The first is that she board with her disliked Aunt Ruth, but it is the second that causes Emily difficulties. Emily must not write a word during her high-school education.From the author of Anne of Green Gables, Emily Climbs carries forward the story of the lovable little heroine whom a multitude of readers met in Emily of New Moon. This story covers Emily's happy years from 14 to 17.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:21:56) Chapter 02(01:03:01) Chapter 03(01:40:08) Chapter 04(02:14:46) Chapter 05(02:39:57) Chapter 06(03:03:41) Chapter 07(03:37:36) Chapter 08(04:06:30) Chapter 09(04:17:51) Chapter 10(04:52:51) Chapter 11(05:29:11) Chapter 12(05:59:29) Chapter 13(06:35:09) Chapter 14(06:52:59) Chapter 15(07:14:09) Chapter 16(07:51:15) Chapter 17(08:08:34) Chapter 18(08:24:53) Chapter 19(08:58:09) Chapter 20(09:14:31) Chapter 21(09:45:55) Chapter 22(10:14:00) Chapter 23(10:26:08) Chapter 24(10:49:27) Chapter 25 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tales of War by Lord Dunsany audiobook. Genre: historyIn Tales of War, Lord Dunsany turns his lyrical imagination toward the mud, wire, and sudden terror of the First World War, shaping a sequence of short sketches that feel like dispatches, parables, and haunted memories all at once. From the men of the small village of Daleswood, who carry thoughts of home into the trenches, to solitary sentries listening to the dark beyond the parapet, these pieces follow soldiers as they endure boredom, fear, and bursts of violence, then try to make sense of what remains. Dunsany moves through ruined roads and fields in Picardy, the strange etiquette of No Man's Land, and the brittle humor that surfaces when survival depends on it. Alongside moments of stark realism are flashes of the uncanny and satiric: sudden shifts in perspective, dreams that feel truer than waking, and bitter commentary on the forces that send ordinary people to suffer. Woven throughout is a longing for England and for spring returning to a wounded landscape, even as the war threatens to erase everything familiar.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:12:33) Chapter 02(00:17:35) Chapter 03(00:22:38) Chapter 04(00:27:48) Chapter 05(00:32:26) Chapter 06(00:38:22) Chapter 07(00:41:17) Chapter 08(00:49:01) Chapter 09(00:54:23) Chapter 10(00:58:11) Chapter 11(01:01:10) Chapter 12(01:04:44) Chapter 13(01:08:23) Chapter 14(01:13:09) Chapter 15(01:16:02) Chapter 16(01:19:12) Chapter 17(01:27:11) Chapter 18(01:32:46) Chapter 19(01:40:09) Chapter 20(01:44:05) Chapter 21(01:48:38) Chapter 22(01:53:25) Chapter 23(01:55:41) Chapter 24(02:00:37) Chapter 25(02:05:18) Chapter 26(02:10:55) Chapter 27(02:17:21) Chapter 28(02:24:31) Chapter 29(02:29:01) Chapter 30(02:33:30) Chapter 31 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thoughts on Art and Life by Leonardo da Vinci audiobook. Genre: philosophyThoughts on Art and Life gathers Leonardo da Vinci's own words into a vivid portrait of a mind that refused to separate beauty from truth. Drawn from his notebooks, these short observations, reflections, and practical notes move between the studio and the wider world: how a painter should study light and shadow, why perspective matters, what careful drawing teaches the eye, and how nature's patterns can guide an artist's hand. Leonardo writes as both craftsman and philosopher, urging discipline, patience, and relentless curiosity, while also capturing the wonder that comes from looking closely at water, clouds, plants, faces, and motion. As the entries unfold, listeners meet Leonardo not through a conventional life story, but through his working methods and inner questions - what it means to learn, to see, to invent, and to pursue excellence when perfection always feels one step away. The central tension is timeless: balancing imagination with observation, and ambition with the hard, daily practice required to turn insight into art.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 00(00:27:16) Chapter 01(00:48:00) Chapter 02(01:01:14) Chapter 03(01:18:54) Chapter 04(01:38:40) Chapter 05(01:52:01) Chapter 06(02:08:23) Chapter 07(02:27:42) Chapter 08(02:47:09) Chapter 09(03:03:54) Chapter 10(03:20:27) Chapter 11(03:38:27) Chapter 12(03:55:00) Chapter 13(04:13:59) Chapter 14(04:33:53) Chapter 15(04:54:32) Chapter 16(05:15:40) Chapter 17 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices