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Mythos
- By: Stephen Fry
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 15 hrs and 25 mins
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The Greek myths are amongst the greatest stories ever told, passed down through millennia and inspiring writers and artists as varied as Shakespeare, Michelangelo, James Joyce....
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Boring version of the Greek myths
- By IoBB on 22-08-19
By: Stephen Fry
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The Fellowship of the Ring
- The Lord of the Rings, Book 1
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Andy Serkis
- Length: 22 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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In a sleepy village in the Shire, a young hobbit is entrusted with an immense task. He must make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ruling Ring of Power - the only thing that prevents the Dark Lord Sauron’s evil dominion....
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Poor
- By Anonymous User on 17-09-21
By: J. R. R. Tolkien
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The Two Towers
- The Lord of the Rings, Book 2
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Andy Serkis
- Length: 20 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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The company of the Ring is torn asunder. Frodo and Sam continue their journey alone down the great River Anduin - alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go....
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Gollum!
- By Jens on 23-09-21
By: J. R. R. Tolkien
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Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection
- By: Stephen Fry - introductions, Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 71 hrs and 57 mins
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Audible is proud to present Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection, read by Stephen Fry, a lifelong fan of Doyle's detective fiction....
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******* SORT OUT THE NAVIGATION ***********
- By William on 31-03-20
By: Stephen Fry - introductions, and others
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The Return of the King
- The Lord of the Rings, Book 3
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Andy Serkis
- Length: 21 hrs and 52 mins
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The armies of the Dark Lord are massing as his evil shadow spreads even wider. Men, Dwarves, Elves and Ents unite forces to battle against the Dark. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam struggle further into Mordor in their heroic quest to destroy the One Ring....
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Wonderful performance, but.....
- By ms.A on 31-10-21
By: J. R. R. Tolkien
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The Hobbit
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Andy Serkis
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely travelling further than the pantry of his hobbit-hole in Bag End....
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Baggins of fun
- By Nidge on 03-09-20
By: J. R. R. Tolkien
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Mythos
- By: Stephen Fry
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 15 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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The Greek myths are amongst the greatest stories ever told, passed down through millennia and inspiring writers and artists as varied as Shakespeare, Michelangelo, James Joyce....
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Boring version of the Greek myths
- By IoBB on 22-08-19
By: Stephen Fry
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The Fellowship of the Ring
- The Lord of the Rings, Book 1
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Andy Serkis
- Length: 22 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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In a sleepy village in the Shire, a young hobbit is entrusted with an immense task. He must make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ruling Ring of Power - the only thing that prevents the Dark Lord Sauron’s evil dominion....
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Poor
- By Anonymous User on 17-09-21
By: J. R. R. Tolkien
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The Two Towers
- The Lord of the Rings, Book 2
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Andy Serkis
- Length: 20 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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The company of the Ring is torn asunder. Frodo and Sam continue their journey alone down the great River Anduin - alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go....
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Gollum!
- By Jens on 23-09-21
By: J. R. R. Tolkien
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Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection
- By: Stephen Fry - introductions, Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 71 hrs and 57 mins
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Audible is proud to present Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection, read by Stephen Fry, a lifelong fan of Doyle's detective fiction....
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******* SORT OUT THE NAVIGATION ***********
- By William on 31-03-20
By: Stephen Fry - introductions, and others
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The Return of the King
- The Lord of the Rings, Book 3
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Andy Serkis
- Length: 21 hrs and 52 mins
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The armies of the Dark Lord are massing as his evil shadow spreads even wider. Men, Dwarves, Elves and Ents unite forces to battle against the Dark. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam struggle further into Mordor in their heroic quest to destroy the One Ring....
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Wonderful performance, but.....
- By ms.A on 31-10-21
By: J. R. R. Tolkien
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The Hobbit
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Andy Serkis
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely travelling further than the pantry of his hobbit-hole in Bag End....
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Baggins of fun
- By Nidge on 03-09-20
By: J. R. R. Tolkien
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Where Eagles Dare
- By: Alistair MacLean
- Narrated by: Jonathan Oliver
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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One winter night, seven men and a woman are parachuted onto a mountainside in wartime Germany....
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A great story, not dealt justice
- By Mark on 07-09-17
By: Alistair MacLean
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Animal Farm
- By: George Orwell
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Animal Farm is George Orwell's great socio-political allegory set in a farmyard....
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Brilliant classic, superbly read by Simon Callow
- By Anthony on 15-06-14
By: George Orwell
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Heroes
- Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures
- By: Stephen Fry
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 15 hrs
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Read by Stephen Fry himself, Heroes harnesses the magic of ancient legends in an entertaining and modern retelling in Fry's iconic and captivating narration....
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Great Book, Shame about the poor navigation
- By Anonymous User on 28-03-19
By: Stephen Fry
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The Silmarillion
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Martin Shaw
- Length: 14 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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The Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien’s world....
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Great but with random audio glitches...
- By Allpressto on 28-08-17
By: J. R. R. Tolkien
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Dune Messiah
- By: Frank Herbert
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, Katherine Kellgren, Euan Morton, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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The second Dune installment explores new developments on the planet Arrakis, with its intricate social order and strange, threatening environment....
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What Matrix Revolution/Reloaded is to the Original
- By Mrs on 06-10-16
By: Frank Herbert
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The Handmaid's Tale
- By: Margaret Atwood
- Narrated by: Elisabeth Moss, Bradley Whitford, Amy Landecker, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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The Republic of Gilead offers Offred only one function: to breed. If she deviates, she will, like dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness....
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Absolutely Incredible
- By Emma on 01-10-19
By: Margaret Atwood
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Woman on the Edge of Time
- By: Marge Piercy
- Narrated by: Tanya Eby
- Length: 14 hrs and 58 mins
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Often compared to Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid’s Tale and Naomi Alderman's The Power - Woman on the Edge of Time has been hailed as a classic of speculative science fiction....
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Interesting vision but disappointing ending
- By ThatPersonOverThere on 22-07-21
By: Marge Piercy
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Coming Up for Air
- Penguin Modern Classics
- By: George Orwell
- Narrated by: Daniel Rigby
- Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
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George Orwell's paean to the end of an idyllic era in British history, Coming Up for Air is a poignant account of one man's attempt to recapture childhood innocence as war looms on the horizon....
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Top reading
- By Mister Peridot on 10-03-21
By: George Orwell
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1984
- By: George Orwell
- Narrated by: Andrew Wincott
- Length: 12 hrs and 19 mins
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Big Brother is watching you.... 1984 is the year in which it happens. The world is divided into three superstates....
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Overrated doesn't begin to cover it.
- By Lauren on 05-07-17
By: George Orwell
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Broken Homes
- Rivers of London, Book 4
- By: Ben Aaronovitch
- Narrated by: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
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Ben Aaronovitch has stormed the best-seller list with his superb London crime series - a unique blend of police procedural; loving detail about the greatest character of all, London; and a dash of the supernatural....
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Magic and Mayhem...
- By Sharon on 28-07-13
By: Ben Aaronovitch
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Children of Dune
- By: Frank Herbert
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, Simon Vance
- Length: 16 hrs and 51 mins
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The sand-blasted world of Arrakis has become green, watered, and fertile....
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A different experience
- By Richard on 19-06-12
By: Frank Herbert
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A Dance to the Music of Time: Second Movement
- By: Anthony Powell
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 20 hrs and 30 mins
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Anthony Powell's universally acclaimed epic encompasses a four-volume panorama of twentieth century London....
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The narrative moves on
- By Kirstine on 20-07-13
By: Anthony Powell
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To Kill a Mockingbird
- By: Harper Lee
- Narrated by: Sissy Spacek
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the '30s....
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You have to listen to this!
- By David J Avery on 20-07-15
By: Harper Lee
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Foxglove Summer
- Rivers of London, Book 5
- By: Ben Aaronovitch
- Narrated by: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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In the fifth of his best-selling series Ben Aaronovitch takes Peter Grant out of whatever comfort zone he might have found and takes him out of London.
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You can take a city wizard to the country but...
- By Sarah on 17-11-14
By: Ben Aaronovitch
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Sword of Destiny
- By: Andrzej Sapkowski
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Geralt of Rivia is a Witcher, a man whose magic powers and lifelong training have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless assassin....
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The sword of destiny has two blades...
- By Anne on 08-12-15
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P.G. Wodehouse Volume 1
- The Jeeves Collection
- By: P.G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 40 hrs and 37 mins
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Audible Studios presents this brand new performance by Stephen Fry of some of his favourite Jeeves stories from P.G. Wodehouse, with an exclusive introduction....
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Wrong voice...
- By TC on 19-12-20
By: P.G. Wodehouse
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Guards! Guards!
- By: Terry Pratchett
- Narrated by: Nigel Planer
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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If you find yourself ruminating on questions like "Where have all the dragons gone?" then this is the story for you....
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Eminently Re-readable
- By mollyeyre on 08-07-13
By: Terry Pratchett
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All the Light We Cannot See
- By: Anthony Doerr
- Narrated by: Julie Teal
- Length: 17 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Marie Laure lives with her father in Paris within walking distance of the Museum of Natural History where he works as the master of the locks (there are thousands of locks in the museum)....
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Despite the narrator
- By JF7588 on 06-02-15
By: Anthony Doerr
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
- By: Muriel Spark
- Narrated by: Miriam Margolyes
- Length: 4 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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A liberated young schoolteacher at an Edinburgh girls' school during the 1930's instructs her girls on the ways of life. Ignoring the more mundane subjects, she teaches them of love, politics and art....
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Sharp wit that doesn't date
- By Adrienne on 23-12-12
By: Muriel Spark
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Rain and Other Stories
- By: W. Somerset Maugham
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
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Somerset Maugham is one of the best-loved short story writers of the last 100 years....
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Wonderful
- By Sue on 26-04-16
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The Black Company
- Chronicles of The Black Company, Book 1
- By: Glen Cook
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
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Some feel the Lady, newly risen from centuries in thrall, stands between humankind and evil. Some feel she is evil itself....
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Captivating
- By John on 26-03-11
By: Glen Cook
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The Time Traveler's Wife
- By: Audrey Niffenegger
- Narrated by: Fred Berman, Phoebe Strole
- Length: 17 hrs and 38 mins
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Clare and Henry have known each other since Clare was six and Henry was 36. They were married when Clare was 23 and Henry was 31....
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Immaculately crafted tale
- By Vivienne F on 29-11-14
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- By: Simon Armitage - translator
- Narrated by: Simon Armitage
- Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
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When the mysterious Green Knight arrives unbidden at the Round Table one Christmas, only Gawain is brave enough to take up his challenge....
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Armitage's Triumph
- By Pagespinner on 07-11-17
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Season of Storms
- By: Andrzej Sapkowski, David French - translator
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
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Geralt. The witcher whose mission is to protect ordinary people from the monsters created with magic. A mutant who has the task of killing unnatural beings....
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I mistook the stars reflected in a pond at night..
- By Blackmixen on 23-05-20
By: Andrzej Sapkowski, and others
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Petersburg
- By: Andrei Bely
- Narrated by: Deaver Brown
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
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The last great 19th-century Russian novelist brings his symbolism together with realism, to blend real and fictional people together in the Russian revolutionary period of 1905 that laid the seeds for the 1917 dark Soviet period that Bely anticipates, set in the Paris of Russia, St Petersburg. An intriguing fantasy mixed with reality, dark and bright colors, with a dose of romanticism.
By: Andrei Bely
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In Our Time & Three Stories and Ten Poems
- By: Ernest Hemingway
- Narrated by: John Jones, Kenneth C. Gaskins
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
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Originally composed of six vignettes commissioned by Ezra Pound, Ernest Hemingway’s In Our Time was later expanded by Hemingway himself, with the addition of 12 more short writings.
By: Ernest Hemingway
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Animal Farm
- By: George Orwell
- Narrated by: Peter Silverleaf
- Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
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"Animal Farm" is Orwell's classic satire of the Russian Revolution - an account of the bold struggle, initiated by the animals, that transforms Mr. Jones's Manor Farm into Animal Farm - a wholly democratic society built on the credo that All Animals Are Created Equal. But are they?
By: George Orwell
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Christ in Concrete
- By: Pietro di Donato, Studs Terkel - preface, Fred Gardaphe - introduction
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
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Largely autobiographical, Christ in Concrete opens with the dramatic Good Friday collapse of a building under construction, crucifying in concrete an Italian construction worker, whose death leaves his pregnant wife and eight children impoverished. His oldest son, Paul, at just 12 years old, must take over his father’s role—and his job.
By: Pietro di Donato, and others
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The Complete Don Quixote
- Classics - SelfMadeHero
- By: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
- Narrated by: Federico Ramirez, Sergio Rafael
- Length: 36 hrs and 6 mins
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More than 400 years ago, Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616) sent his irrepressible optimist of a hero out to tilt at windmills—and Don Quixote and his philosophical squire, Sancho Panza, still remain among the world's most popular and entertaining figures, as well as the archetypes for the tall, thin straight man and his short, stocky comic sidekick. This is sequential storytelling and art at its finest, as we follow Don Quixote on his search for adventure and chivalrous quests—and he will not be defeated by such foes as logic, propriety, or sanity.
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Ellen Middleton
- By: Georgiana Fullerton
- Narrated by: Nancy Love, Thomas Maddison, Lucy Dreams
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
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The book, Ellen Middleton: A Tale, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten, we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, recorded, and redesigned as an audiobook.
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Petersburg
- By: Andrei Bely
- Narrated by: Deaver Brown
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
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The last great 19th-century Russian novelist brings his symbolism together with realism, to blend real and fictional people together in the Russian revolutionary period of 1905 that laid the seeds for the 1917 dark Soviet period that Bely anticipates, set in the Paris of Russia, St Petersburg. An intriguing fantasy mixed with reality, dark and bright colors, with a dose of romanticism.
By: Andrei Bely
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In Our Time & Three Stories and Ten Poems
- By: Ernest Hemingway
- Narrated by: John Jones, Kenneth C. Gaskins
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
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Originally composed of six vignettes commissioned by Ezra Pound, Ernest Hemingway’s In Our Time was later expanded by Hemingway himself, with the addition of 12 more short writings.
By: Ernest Hemingway
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Animal Farm
- By: George Orwell
- Narrated by: Peter Silverleaf
- Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
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"Animal Farm" is Orwell's classic satire of the Russian Revolution - an account of the bold struggle, initiated by the animals, that transforms Mr. Jones's Manor Farm into Animal Farm - a wholly democratic society built on the credo that All Animals Are Created Equal. But are they?
By: George Orwell
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Christ in Concrete
- By: Pietro di Donato, Studs Terkel - preface, Fred Gardaphe - introduction
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
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Largely autobiographical, Christ in Concrete opens with the dramatic Good Friday collapse of a building under construction, crucifying in concrete an Italian construction worker, whose death leaves his pregnant wife and eight children impoverished. His oldest son, Paul, at just 12 years old, must take over his father’s role—and his job.
By: Pietro di Donato, and others
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The Complete Don Quixote
- Classics - SelfMadeHero
- By: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
- Narrated by: Federico Ramirez, Sergio Rafael
- Length: 36 hrs and 6 mins
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More than 400 years ago, Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616) sent his irrepressible optimist of a hero out to tilt at windmills—and Don Quixote and his philosophical squire, Sancho Panza, still remain among the world's most popular and entertaining figures, as well as the archetypes for the tall, thin straight man and his short, stocky comic sidekick. This is sequential storytelling and art at its finest, as we follow Don Quixote on his search for adventure and chivalrous quests—and he will not be defeated by such foes as logic, propriety, or sanity.
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Ellen Middleton
- By: Georgiana Fullerton
- Narrated by: Nancy Love, Thomas Maddison, Lucy Dreams
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
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The book, Ellen Middleton: A Tale, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten, we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, recorded, and redesigned as an audiobook.
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Carry On, Jeeves
- Jeeves & Wooster, Book 3
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: B.J. Harrison
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
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Bertie’s friends are stepping it up. In order to de-sticky their wickets, they are asking him to impersonate themselves to country relatives, adopt a wayward infant, and even steal a marginally libelous manuscript. And to top it all off, Jeeves himself details his surreptitious plans for the young master to make an impromptu speech at a girl’s school. What’s a spirited cove to do?
By: P. G. Wodehouse
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The Yellow Wallpaper (Unabridged)
- By: Charlotte Perkins Gilman
- Narrated by: Sara Nichols
- Length: 42 mins
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The Yellow Wallpaper is a short story of extraordinary power, exploring issues of mental health, the role of women in society, and the oppressive nature of the patriarchy. Told in the first person, the story follows the plight of a woman confined by her husband in a small room in an old mansion—ostensibly for her own good. As her boredom increases and her sanity deteriorates, she becomes fixated on the wallpaper in the room, the yellow design of which includes an image of a trapped woman.
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My Ántonia
- By: Willa Cather
- Narrated by: Joan Allen
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
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At the end of the 19th century, fourteen-year-old Ántonia Shimerda has realized the immigrant's dream. She has just arrived in rural Nebraska with her Bohemian (Czech) family at the same time as ten-year-old Jim Burden, an orphan sent to live with his grandparents. While Jim's family is prosperous and steady, the Shimerdas quickly find themselves mired in poverty and struggle to make ends meet. But they live near to each other (by pioneer standards), and the two youngsters become close. Ántonia's warmth belongs to the land and the people who love her. For Jim, Ántonia is home.
By: Willa Cather
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R in the Month
- By: Nancy Spain, Sandi Toksvig - introduction
- Narrated by: Eilidh Beaton
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
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The oyster party had the kiss of death upon it—even though there were two 'R's in the month. Miriam Birdseye—famed revue star and sleuth—could have told you that from the start. She isn't a bit surprised to learn that her fiancé's mother died in the night. But who at the seedy Sussex hotel would have poisoned the bivalves? Could it be the hotel proprietor—a handsome, drunken bankrupt? His put-upon wife? Miriam's impressively moustachioed fiancé? Or the menacing, unsavoury chef?
By: Nancy Spain, and others
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The Cricket on the Hearth
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Rob Goll, Amanda Friday
- Length: 3 hrs and 30 mins
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The Cricket on the Hearth, published in 1845, is the third in Charles Dickens' series of "Christmas Books." The story centers around the hearth and home of the good-hearted carrier, John Peerybingle, and his young wife Mary—affectionately called Dot by her husband. Their baby boy is cared for by a clumsy nanny, Tilly Slowboy. The household is completed by Boxer the dog and the cricket on the hearth, who acts as a guardian angel to the family. When disaster looms following the arrival of an elderly stranger, the cricket appears in fairy form to save the day.
By: Charles Dickens
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Madame Bovary
- By: Gustave Flaubert
- Narrated by: Glenda Jackson
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
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Emma Bovary is the original desperate housewife. Beautiful but bored, Emma is not content to be the mere dutiful wife of a French country doctor. She believes she was meant for something more—a life of luxury, leisure, and, above all, true and passionate love. She spends lavishly on clothes and on her home and throws herself headlong into a reckless series of doomed affairs. Soon heartbroken and crippled by debts, she takes drastic action, with tragic consequences for her husband and daughter.
By: Gustave Flaubert
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The Lady of Shalott
- By: Alfred Lord Tennyson
- Narrated by: Rob Goll
- Length: 17 mins
- Unabridged
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The lyrical ballad The Lady of Shalott is one of Tennyson's best-known and best-loved poems. It is based on the story of Elaine of Astolat, a figure from Arthurian legend, who dies from her unrequited love for Sir Lancelot. The subject matter provided inspiration for many of the Pre-Raphaelite painters. Tennyson published two versions of the poem, both of which are included in this recording. The first was written in 1832, and the second—the better-known of the two versions—in 1842.
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Little Women
- By: Louisa May Alcott
- Narrated by: Jamie Lee Curtis
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
- Abridged
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With humor and pathos, Little Women follows the lives of four young women and their mother as they face the daily struggles of life. Set in Concord, Massachusetts, this is the story of four sisters who learn hard lessons of poverty and growing up in New England during the American Civil War. Each of the March sisters has a vision of what their ideal future will bring, though ultimately experiencing, as most young do, something completely different. The sisters are put to the test when their mother must leave them to attend to their father who is badly wounded in the war.
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Between Two Worlds
- The Lanny Budd Novels, Book 2
- By: Upton Sinclair
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 31 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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The First World War brought an abrupt end to Lanny Budd’s idyllic youth. Now, in the wake of the Treaty of Versailles, he barely recognizes the beloved Europe of his boyhood. At the start of his career as an international art dealer, Lanny travels to Italy and witnesses the brutal charisma of Fascist leader Benito Mussolini. Meanwhile, in Germany, the failed Beer Hall Putsch led by Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Party strikes an ominous note foreshadowing the devastation to come.
By: Upton Sinclair
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The Home and the World (AmazonClassics Edition)
- By: Rabindranath Tagore, Surendranath Tagore - translator
- Narrated by: Sohm Kapila, Neil Shah, Vikas Adam
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Nikhil is a passive landowner. His houseguest is Sandip, a headstrong anti-imperialist. Between them is Nikhil’s wife, Bimala, dutiful to her conventional husband yet drawn to the fiery independence and bold flirtations of the charismatic Sandip. As Bimala questions her role as a woman and the possibilities for her life outside marriage, the three undergo an emotional struggle that will change their lives forever—just as their country undergoes a radical upheaval of its own.
By: Rabindranath Tagore, and others
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The Lost Girl
- By: D. H. Lawrence
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 15 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Just as the lovely Alvina Houghton comes of age, her widowed father’s business starts to dry up. In a drastic effort to regain his fortune and secure his daughter’s standing in society, James Houghton buys, of all things, a theater. Her father’s plans and dreams go misunderstood in the town, but the theater itself does quite well...for a time. One of the traveling players employed at the theater, a sensual Italian man named Ciccio, catches Alvina’s eye, and she finds herself intensely attracted to him.
By: D. H. Lawrence
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Tell Me a Riddle, Requa I, and Other Works
- By: Tillie Olsen
- Narrated by: Isabel Keating, Tillie Olsen
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
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Audible is proud to present the first-ever audiobook recording of Tillie Olsen's legendary short stories, included "Tell Me a Riddle", and "I Stand Here Ironing"—works that transformed women's self-reflection and literature forever. Tillie Olsen's work, since the 1930s, spoke to the hard truths of motherhood and marriage, domestic life, and labor. Her political conviction and poetic intensity brought a depth to an influence that continues to be felt today.
By: Tillie Olsen