All audiobooks

Bleak House

by Charles Dickens

Bleak House, which criticized the English Legal and Judicial system is Charles Dickens's finest novel with an array of subplots. Derived thorough real life wills of Charles Day and William Jennens and of Charlotte Smith's father-in-law Richard Smith; and his own experiences of attempting to copyright his books, Dickens portrayed the devastating ann..

The Wind in the Willows

by Kenneth Grahame

The Wind in the Willows is a children's novel written by Scottish author Kenneth Grahame. Unique in theme, this novel chronicles the life of animals and their adventures which can resemble human lives. The narration style could be a good moral education to the kids and the characters portay loyalty, manners, self-restraint, and comradeship. Similar..

The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus

by Christopher Marlowe

Christopher Marlowe's play The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus is the dramatization of the Faust, which dealt with black magic and horror. When Doctor Faustus quest for knowledge exhausted with conventional forms of education, his friend's suggest black magic. Obsessed with the powers of black magic he swaps his soul with devil's power and end u..

Ethan Frome

by Edith Wharton

Edith Wharton's tragic novel Ethan Frome narrates the triangle romance of Ethan, his sick wife Zeena and her cousin Mattie. Unhealthy Zeena brings her cousin Mattie to take care of her in home. With poverty ruling his life, Ethan is obsessed with young Mattie who does not stop him advancing towards her. Knowing their affair Zeena plans to replace h..

The Moonstone

by Wilkie Collins

Considered as the prequel of English mystery novels, The Moonstone written by Wilkie Collins narrates the story of a stolen diamond which is being chased by many criminals years of after it was missing. Rachel Verinder, a young girl recieves a diamond necklace as her birthday gift based on a will from his uncle Colonel Herncastle, who served in Bri..

Uncle Tom's Cabin

by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin portrayed the horrors of slavery and ignited need for abolition. Banning of this novel only fueled the theme of it and opened the way for American Civil War. Slaves Uncle Tom and Eliza lead reasonably peaceful life under their master Arthur Shelby, who owns a farm in Kentucky. His farming losses force..

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

by Jules Verne

French novelist Jules Verne's sea story Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea is an adventurous science fiction work voyaging through dangerous icebergs, Octopuses and storms. Assigned by American government Professor Aronnax and Ned Lan along with Conseil starts their voyage to hunt and destroy a dangerous sea monster which destroyed many ships. D..

The Idiot

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Fyodor Dostoyevsky's philosophical novel The Idiot chronicles the society which lost humanity and obsessed towards money, sex and power. There is a proverb "When you are in Rome, behave like a Roman", but if you can't behave like a Roman what would happen. Myshkin who suffered with epilepsy treated for years and retuns to his native for better life..