Literary audiobooks

Diary of a Pilgrimage

Diary of a Pilgrimage is a novel by Jerome K. Jerome published in 1891. It tells of a trip undertaken by Jerome and his friend "B" to see the Oberammergau Passion Play in Germany. They travel by train from London Victoria to Dover and have a rough overnight crossing of the Channel to Ostend and thence by train to Cologne where they spend a night in..

Ward No. 6

by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

"Ward No. 6" is an 1892 short story by Anton Chekhov. The story is set in a provincial mental asylum and explores the philosophical conflict between Ivan Gromov, a patient, and Andrey Ragin, the director of the asylum. Gromov denounces the injustice he sees everywhere, while Dr. Ragin insists on ignoring injustice and other evils; partially as a re..

An Anonymous Story

by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

The narrator (the "anonymous man"), who is actually a political activist (perhaps even an anarchist), assumes a new fake identity and takes a job as Orlov's footman, in order to get inside information to use against his father. While working undercover in this way, the narrator ("Stefan") observes a domestic tragedy...

My Life: The Story of a Provincial

by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Renowned as the greatest short story writer ever, Anton Chekhov was also a master of the novella, and perhaps his most overlooked is this gem, My Life—the tale of a rebellious young man so disgusted with bourgeois society that he drops out to live amongst the working classes, only to find himself confronted by the morally and mentally deadening eff..

Dear Brutus

by James Mathew Barrie

1917. In a remote English village there are rumours of an enchanted wood. One of the inhabitants – a mysterious old man – invites eight strangers to stay. They all have something in common. When, one evening, the wood miraculously appears the guests feel compelled to enter. What happens there has the power to change their lives forever… From J. M. ..

The Portrait of a Lady

by Henry James

The Portrait of a Lady is a fiction novel by American novelist Henry James, deals with personal freedom, responsibility, and betrayal. Isabel Archer would never have expected to loose her freedom and inherited fortunes through a marriage proposal fabricated by cunning American expatriates Osmond and Madame Merle. The duo Osmond and Merle who had ad..