Performance audiobooks

The Merchant of Venice - Abridged

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Denis Daly, Catherine Bilson, Alexandra Lee Smi...

Length: 2 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Antonio, a wealthy and popular merchant, is in financial difficulty. He approaches a Jewish money lender, Shylock, who agrees to provide 3000 ducats, with a very curious bond – a pound of the merchant’s flesh, to be levied if Antonio fails to make a timely repayment. Feeling confident that his argosies will arrive in time to cover the debt,... Read more

The Tempest

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Various Readers

Length: 2 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Alon. Good Boteſwaine haue care: where's the Maſter? Play the men.Boteſ. I pray now keepe below.Anth. Where is the Maſter, Boſon?Boteſ. Do you not heare him? you marre our labour, Keepe your Cabines: you do aſsiſt the ſtorme.Gonz. Nay, good be patient.Boteſ. When the Sea is: hence, what cares theſe roarers for the name of King? to Cabine;... Read more

A Doll's House

By: Henrik Ibsen

Narrated by: Various Readers

Length: 2 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

The play concerns the fate of a married woman, who, at the time in Norway, lacked reasonable opportunities for self-fulfillment in a male-dominated world. Despite the fact that Ibsen denied it was his intent to write a feminist play, it was a great sensation at the time and caused a "storm of outraged controversy" that went beyond the theater to... Read more

Candida

By: George Bernard Shaw

Narrated by: Various Readers

Length: 2 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman... Read more

The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd

By: David Herbert Lawrence

Narrated by: Various Readers

Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

Abridged: No

David Herbert Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930) was an English novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, literary critic, travel writer, essayist, and painter. His modernist works reflect on modernity, social alienation and industrialization, while championing sexuality, vitality and instinct. Three of his most famous novels —... Read more

Sons and Lovers

By: David Herbert Lawrence

Narrated by: Mark Smith

Length: 19 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

“The Bottoms” succeeded to “Hell Row.” Hell Row was a block of thatched, bulging cottages that stood by the brook-side on Greenhill Lane. There lived the colliers who worked in the little gin-pits two fields away. The brook ran under the alder-trees, scarcely soiled by these small mines, whose coal was drawn to the surface by donkeys that... Read more

Bernice

By: Susan Glaspell

Narrated by: Various Readers

Length: 1 hour 40 minutes

Abridged: No

First known for her short stories (fifty were published), Glaspell also wrote nine novels, fifteen plays, and a biography. Often set in her native Midwest, these semi-autobiographical tales typically explore contemporary social issues, such as gender, ethics, and dissent, while featuring deep, sympathetic characters who make principled stands.... Read more

Morriña - Insolación

By: Emilia Pardo Bazán

Narrated by: Montserrat González

Length: 10 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

El audiolibro contiene las dos más conocidas novelas de Emilia Pardo Bazán, con historias y estilos literarios completamente opuestos. Read more

The curse of the Pharaonic temple

By: Hayam Bayoumi

Narrated by: Pandarosh

Length: 3 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

It is an adventure that takes us to the fantasies of ancient and prehistoric times and a journey of torment and horror into the interior of the earth Read more

England, My England

By: David Herbert Lawrence

Narrated by: Anthonious Ogus

Length: 8 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

England, My EnglandTickets, PleaseThe Blind ManMonkey NutsWintry PeacockYou Touched MeSamson and DelilahThe Primrose PathThe Horse Dealer's DaughterFanny and Annie Read more

Troilus and Cressida

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Various Readers

Length: 3 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

At Troy during the Trojan War, Troilus and Cressida begin a love affair. Cressida is forced to leave Troy to join her father in the Greek camp. Meanwhile, the Greeks endeavour to lessen the pride of Achilles. Read more

Exiles

By: James Joyce

Narrated by: Various Readers

Length: 2 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Exiles is James Joyce's only extant play and draws on the story of "The Dead", the final short story in Joyce's story collection Dubliners. The play was rejected by W. B. Yeats for production by the Abbey Theatre. Its first major London performance was in 1970, when Harold Pinter directed it at the Mermaid Theatre. Read more

The Importance of Being Earnest

By: Oscar Wilde

Narrated by: Carson Beck

Length: 1 hour 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Dive into the witty and whimsical world of Oscar Wilde with "The Importance of Being Earnest" audiobook. This timeless comedic masterpiece takes listeners on a delightful journey filled with sparkling dialogue, clever wordplay, and hilariously absurd situations.In this classic play, Wilde explores the themes of love, marriage, and social... Read more

Insolación

By: Emilia Pardo Bazán

Narrated by: Montserrat González

Length: 5 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

La primer señal por donde Asís Taboada se hizo cargo de que había salido de los limbos del sueño, fue un dolor como si le barrenasen las sienes de parte a parte con un barreno finísimo; luego le pareció que las raíces del pelo se le convertían en millares de puntas de aguja y se le clavaban en el cráneo. También notó que la boca estaba... Read more

Morriña

By: Emilia Pardo Bazán

Narrated by: Montserrat González

Length: 5 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

En 'Morriña', Emilia Pardo Bazán nos sumerge en las nostálgicas y melancólicas emociones que rodean a los personajes mientras exploran los paisajes rurales de Galicia. Su estilo literario realista y descriptivo, junto con su enfoque en los temas de la identidad y la tradición, sitúa la obra en el contexto del naturalismo en la literatura... Read more

The Age of Innocence

By: Edith Wharton

Narrated by: Brenda Dayne

Length: 13 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Mrs. Archer and Janey, in the course of their visits to Europe, had so unflinchingly lived up to this principle, and met the friendly advances of their fellow-travellers with an air of such impenetrable reserve, that they had almost achieved the record of never having exchanged a word with a "foreigner" other than those employed in hotels and... Read more

Anna Christie

By: Eugene O' Neill

Narrated by: Various Readers

Length: 2 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Anna Christie is a play in four acts by Eugene O'Neill. It made its Broadway debut at the Vanderbilt Theatre on November 2, 1921. O'Neill received the 1922 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for this work. According to historian Paul Avrich, the original of Anna Christie was Christine Ell, an anarchist cook in Greenwich Village, who was the lover of... Read more

Unreasonable Task

By: Jesus Loza

Narrated by: Quaid Kundal

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Wyn doesn't want to live with Raif. He is a player. Wyn decides that the only way to keep him at a reasonable distance from her is to make him do an unreasonable task every time he wants to talk to her. Would she be happy if he didn't do anything? How would her life change if he did all that? Read more

León Tolstói

By: León Tolstói

Narrated by: Max Garzón

Length: 13 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Gratis por lanzamiento!-En español neutro, narrado por un humano-contiene: El Padre Sergio El prisionero del Cáucaso Iván el Imbécil Tres muertes Hadji Murat
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Cumbres borrascosas

By: Emily Bronte

Narrated by: Montserrat González

Length: 12 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Cumbres Borrascosas (título original en inglés: Wuthering Heights) es la única novela de Emily Brontë. Fue publicada por primera vez en 1847 bajo el seudónimo de Ellis Bell. Su hermana Charlotte editó una segunda edición póstuma.Aunque ahora se considera un clásico de la literatura inglesa, el recibimiento inicial de Cumbres Borrascosas fue... Read more

The News Quiz: A Heritage Collection

By: BBC Radio Comedy

Narrated by: Various

Length: 6 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

A brand-new collection of previously unpublished episodes taken from the programme's first four decades.

As highly prized as a Ming vase or a Regency sideboard, this fine collection of 14 vintage episodes of BBC Radio 4’s long-running panel show - chaired by Barry Took, Simon Hoggart, Bill Tidy and Sandi Toksvig - is at last available for all to... Read more

El padre Sergio

By: León Tolstói

Narrated by: Max Garzón

Length: 2 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Gratis por lanzamiento!-En español neutro, narrado por un humano- Read more

Ukrainekind

By: Dr. Martin Kreuels

Narrated by: Karsten Ralf Schemeit

Length: 5 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Sie sind unsere Zukunft. Der Krieg nimmt ihnen die Perspektive. Kriege töten nicht nur Erwachsene im Jetzt, sondern auch die kommenden Erwachsenen. Und immer wieder gehen wir in den Krieg. Lernen wir nichts? Wer durchschlägt den Knoten? Read more

Le Dernier jour d'un condamné

By: Victor Hugo

Narrated by: Christiane Jehanne

Length: 2 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

"Le dernier jour d'un condamné" a été écrit par Victor Hugo en 1829. Indigné par la guillotine et le traitement de la société envers les condamnés, Victor Hugo décida de dénoncer cette aberration à travers son roman : conditions de vie déplorables des prisonniers, traitement inhumain des condamnés en décrivant les souffrances morales et... Read more