Tragedy audiobooks

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare, is the everlasting romance story of western literature. A happy ending romance becomes a life, the tragic end becomes history. Even though it was written five hundred years ago, the lead character names Romeo and Juliet became the synonyms for young lovers of the ..

Madame Bovary

by Gustave Flaubert

Madame Bovary is a novel written by Gustave Flaubert which focuses on the immoral life of a woman leads to disaster to their family and ends up in their daughter being orphaned and forced to become a labor in spite of being born as a daughter to a doctor...

Metamorphosis

by Franz Kafka

Metamorphosis is a short story written by Franz Kafka, a German novelist who is one of the most influential authors of 20th century. Metamorphosis narrates the story of Gregor Samsa, a salesman who found himself transformed to a large insect on a day while wake up from his sleep. Gregor's attempt to live with his transformed body lead to endless pr..

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

by Ambrose Bierce

Written during American Civil War, A dead Man’s dream or An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge is top of the short stories which brings out Ambrose Bierce's unique style of narration which abandon linear narration in favor of internal mind. Confederate sympathizer Peyton Farquhar has been trapped by a soldier who made him to visit Owl Creek Bridge sta..

Faust

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Faust is a tragic play based on black magic written by German playwright Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Although the protagonist Faust is a legendary character, it is actually derived from a German magician lived in fifteenth century. Written in two parts, this audio edition contains both parts...

The Scarlet Letter

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne's magnum opus The Scarlet Letter is a historical romance novel with the themes of morality, adultery, sin and guilt. Hester Prynne, a young woman who could not trace his husband for a long time thought he is not alive. She gives birth to a girl child and is about to be punished by public humiliation and wearing a letter "A". Re..

The Jungle

by Upton Sinclair

The Jungle is a political fiction novel written by American novelist Upton Sinclair, which exposed the exploitation of Immigrants to America and health violations in the metapacking industry. This novel narrates the story of Jurgis Rudkus, an immigrant from Lithuania looking for better living conditions in Chicago ends up spending his whole life i..

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..