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Classic Audiobook Collection

Classic Audiobook Collection

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 Explore over a thousand great books by authors from the ancient world through to the twentieth century. From Jane Austen to Herman Melville to Sun Tzu, from the ancient Greeks to American modernists: If a book changed the world, it's here. Share these full-length audiobooks with friends and start an audiobook club! For ad-free listening try our premium subscription You can now filter by genre, by searching our titles by the following keywords: adventure biography business comedy cooking drama family fantasy folklore history horror mystery philosophy poetry religion romance science scifi self help speeches thriller tragedyClassic Audiobook Collection LLC Art Literary History & Criticism
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  • Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia by Samuel Johnson ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy]

    Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia by Samuel Johnson ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy]
    Mar 30 2026
    Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia by Samuel Johnson audiobook. Genre: philosophy Samuel Johnson's Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia follows a young prince raised in the sheltered luxury of the Happy Valley, a paradise designed to keep royal heirs content and obedient until they are called to rule. Yet Rasselas finds that comfort alone cannot quiet his restless mind. Longing to understand how people truly live, and what kind of life leads to lasting happiness, he escapes with his thoughtful sister Nekayah, her attendant Pekuah, and the wise poet Imlac. Their journey carries them through cities, courts, monasteries, and private homes, where they meet philosophers, scholars, rulers, hermits, and lovers, each offering a different answer to the problem of how one ought to live. Part travel narrative, part moral inquiry, the book turns every encounter into a sharp and often moving examination of ambition, wealth, learning, pleasure, solitude, and grief. Rather than offering easy comfort, Johnson creates a reflective and humane story about the gap between human hopes and human experience, asking whether any earthly condition can fully satisfy the heart. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:29:55) Chapter 02 (00:47:40) Chapter 03 (01:04:32) Chapter 04 (01:34:06) Chapter 05 (01:57:04) Chapter 06 (02:15:40) Chapter 07 (02:30:20) Chapter 08 (02:49:35) Chapter 09 (03:03:07) Chapter 10 (03:20:32) Chapter 11 (03:32:47) Chapter 12 (03:56:37) Chapter 13 (04:21:11) Chapter 14 (04:37:58) Chapter 15 (04:53:14) Chapter 16 (05:17:06) Chapter 17 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    5 hrs and 35 mins
  • Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson by Robert Louis Stevenson ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy]

    Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson by Robert Louis Stevenson ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy]
    Mar 28 2026
    Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson by Robert Louis Stevenson audiobook. Genre: philosophy Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson gathers some of the celebrated writer's sharpest and most graceful nonfiction, offering a vivid portrait of the mind behind Treasure Island and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. In these pieces, Stevenson turns his attention to everyday living, literature, memory, travel, friendship, ambition, and the art of facing hardship with courage and wit. Rather than building a single narrative, the collection invites listeners into a series of thoughtful conversations in which Stevenson reflects on what it means to live fully and observe the world closely. His voice is at once elegant, playful, and deeply humane, moving easily between personal anecdote, literary criticism, and moral reflection. Across the collection, he explores the tension between duty and pleasure, youth and age, idleness and work, asking how a person can build a meaningful life without losing curiosity or joy. Rich in style and insight, Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson is both a showcase for Stevenson's remarkable prose and an engaging meditation on character, creativity, and the small choices that shape a life. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:27:02) Chapter 02 (01:01:06) Chapter 03 (01:32:31) Chapter 04 (02:14:01) Chapter 05 (02:49:06) Chapter 06 (03:34:49) Chapter 07 (04:11:09) Chapter 08 (04:43:09) Chapter 09 (05:07:32) Chapter 10 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    5 hrs and 39 mins
  • The Story of My Misfortunes by Peter Abelard ~ Full Audiobook [biography]

    The Story of My Misfortunes by Peter Abelard ~ Full Audiobook [biography]
    Mar 27 2026
    The Story of My Misfortunes by Peter Abelard audiobook. Genre: biography In The Story of My Misfortunes, Peter Abelard offers a vivid first-person account of one of the most turbulent lives in medieval Europe. A gifted and fiercely ambitious scholar, Abelard rises to fame in 12th-century Paris through the power of his intellect, his sharp debating style, and his willingness to challenge established teachers. But success in the classroom is only the beginning of his troubles. As his reputation grows, so do jealousy, rivalry, and resentment, and his private life becomes entangled with his public career in ways that change everything. At the heart of the narrative is Abelard's deeply human struggle to reconcile brilliance with humility, desire with duty, and personal conviction with the authority of Church and society. He writes not only to recount the hardships that have shaped him, but also to search for meaning in suffering, failure, and endurance. Both intimate and reflective, this work combines confession, memoir, and intellectual self-portrait, revealing a man whose greatest gifts become inseparable from his greatest trials. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:28:30) Chapter 02 (00:57:45) Chapter 03 (01:23:13) Chapter 04 (01:57:14) Chapter 05 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    2 hrs and 38 mins
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