Performance audiobooks

The Amen Corner

By: James Baldwin

Narrated by: Myra Lucretia Taylor, Dion Graham, January LaVo...

Length: 2 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

From one of the most brilliant writers of the twentieth century—a masterpiece of the modern American theater: a play about faith and family, about the gulf between black men and black women and black fathers and black sons.

"[Baldwin] uses words as the sea uses waves." —Langston Hughes

In his first work for the theater, James Baldwin brought all... Read more

Novella d'amore - Edizione 2024

By: Matilde Serao

Narrated by: Valerio Di Stefano

Length: 30 minutes

Abridged: No

La nuova versione migliorata della "Novella d'amore" di Matilde Serao, nella lettura di Valerio Di Stefano.Commento musicale di Johann Sebastian Bach nell'esecuzione di Lara St.John. Read more

The Ring of the Niblung

By: Richard Wagner

Narrated by: Various Narrators

Length: 7 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

FOR an event to be great, two things must be united—the lofty sentiment of those who accomplish it, and the lofty sentiment of those who witness it. No event is great in itself, even though it be the disappearance of whole constellations, the destruction of several nations, the establishment of vast empires, or the prosecution of wars at the... Read more

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust. Der Tragödie zweiter Teil

By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 6 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Wenn Goethe im ersten Teil des Faust noch zwischen Gelehrten- und Gretchendrama unterteilt, so ist im zweiten Teil ganz klar Faust und seine Entwicklung Hauptthema. Nachdem er mit Mephistopheles am Ende des ersten Teils die Flucht ergriff, entwickelt er sich im zweiten Teil stetig weiter, wird Künstler, Zeitreisender, Gatte der schönen Helena,... Read more

Luces de Bohemia

By: Ramón María del Valle-Inclán

Narrated by: José Sánchez

Length: 2 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Hora crepuscular. Un guardillón con ventano angosto, lleno de sol. Retratos, grabados, autógrafos repartidos por las paredes, sujetos con chinches de dibujante. Conversación lánguida de un hombre ciego y una mujer pelirrubia, triste y fatigada. El hombre ciego es un hiperbólico andaluz, poeta de odas y madrigales, MÁXIMO ESTRELLA. A la... Read more

Nuove storielle a Ninetta

By: Émile Zola

Narrated by: Francesco Tommaso

Length: 5 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

NOTA: I proventi di questo audiolibro saranno interamente destinati a opere benefiche e ad associazioni culturali o umanitarie del terzo settore.
Te ne ricordi, Ninetta? Il ricordo è oggi l’unica gioia, nella quale il mio cuore si riposa. Fino a vent’anni, noi abbiamo fatta insieme la stessa strada. Io sento i tuoi piedini sul duro terreno; io... Read more

La Barraca

By: Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

Narrated by: Montserrat González

Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Publicada en 1898, "La barraca" es considerada la mejor novela de Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, En esta obra maestra se presentan con bastante precisión las duras condiciones de vida de la población campesina y agrícola de los alrededores de la ciudad española de Valencia, en contraste con la de los terratenientes. Se describe igualmente el hermoso... Read more

Madame Bovary

By: Gustave Flaubert

Narrated by: Peter Dann

Length: 13 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

FLAUBERT, GUSTAVE (1821–1880), French novelist, was born at Rouen on the 12th of December 1821. His father, of whom many traits are reproduced in Flaubert’s character of Charles Bovary, was a surgeon in practice at Rouen; his mother was connected with some of the oldest Norman families. He was educated in his native city, and did not leave it... Read more

Los cuatro jinetes del Apocalipsis

By: Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

Narrated by: Montserrat González

Length: 7 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Debían encontrarse a las cinco de la tarde en el pequeño jardín de la Capilla Expiatoria; pero Julio Desnoyers llegó media hora antes, con la impaciencia del enamorado que cree adelantar el momento de la cita presentándose con anticipación. Al pasar la verja por el bulevar Haussmann, se dio cuenta repentinamente de que en París el mes de julio... Read more

Abel Sánchez

By: Miguel de Unamuno

Narrated by: Montserrat González

Length: 3 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Al igual que la mayor parte de las novelas de Unamuno, y a diferencia de las novelas realistas al uso en la época, Abel Sánchez carece de indicaciones cronológicas y geográficas concretas se sitúa así en un "tiempo sin tiempo".Por otro lado, en esta novela Unamuno refleja una lucha interior del protagonista, acosado por sus miedos, por sus celos... Read more

Salomé

By: Oscar Wilde

Narrated by: Brendan Moir

Length: 1 hour 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Come join me in reading the one of Oscar Wilde's only remaining tragedies, based on one of the most notorious recollections of the Bible. A story of gruesome ends for gruesome desires that shocked many of the theater goers in the late 1800's.Salomé, the daughter of Herodious, has become utterly smitten with John the Baptist due to his rebuke of... Read more

Easter

By: August Strindberg

Narrated by: Brendan Moir

Length: 1 hour 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Set against the backdrop of a small college town, the Heyst's familial tensions converge during the holiday weekend; not only is the family's livelihood at stake, but the debt collector has just come into town, the youngest daughter has returned from an institution unprompted, and there's even a question of fidelity to boot. However, against the... Read more

A Dream Play

By: August Strindberg

Narrated by: Brendan Moir

Length: 2 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

In August Strindberg's "A Dream Play," the surreal landscape of dreams becomes the stage for a journey through the human experience. Set in a world where time and space are fluid, the play follows Agnes, the daughter of the Hindu god Indra, as she descends to Earth to understand the struggles of mortal life.  Come join me where the boundaries... Read more

The Great Highway

By: August Strindberg

Narrated by: Brendan Moir

Length: 1 hour 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Life, a fleeting shadow, a whisper in the wind,We wander lost, adrift in the void,Seeking solace in the darkness,Yet finding only echoes of our own despair.
What is truth? What is meaning?These questions haunt me, torment me,As I tread the great highway of existence,Alone, and yet surrounded by the clamor of life.
Oh, to find redemption in this... Read more

Miss Julie & The Stronger

By: August Strindberg

Narrated by: Brendan Moir

Length: 1 hour 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Two of the most influential and early feminist plays to have ever graced the stage, we have have Miss Julie and The Stronger.Miss Julie is a one act tragedy that finds itself in a similar vein as Henrik Ibsen's "Hedda Gabbler" and "A Doll's House," in which the main woman of the play (Miss Julie) tries to take hold of her own destiny and break... Read more

RUR

By: Karel Čapek

Narrated by: Brendan Moir

Length: 2 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the cornerstones of early science fiction writing, and the work that introduced the concept of "robot" to the western world, Rossum's Universal Robots (or RUR) is Karel Čapek's finest work, and is the inspiration for multiple pop culture references from the 1940's through the 80's, ranging from works such as The Night of the Living Dead,... Read more

The Ghost Sonata

By: August Strindberg

Narrated by: Brendan Moir

Length: 1 hour 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Enter the surreal world of August Strindberg's "The Ghost Sonata," where a young student becomes entangled in the mysterious affairs of a haunted mansion. As he navigates its labyrinthine corridors, he encounters a cast of eccentric characters, including a mysterious old man who seems to have blackmail over everyone in the house, a woman who has... Read more

The Playboy of the Western World

By: J.M. Synge

Narrated by: Brendan Moir

Length: 1 hour 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Come join me in reading the magnum opus of J.M. Synge, where a young traveler has come from out of town boasting that he's committed patricide, which, rather than ostracizing him, causes many women of the town to become morbidly curious about this young man, including the prettiest girl in town and the quite newly vivacious widow. But what... Read more

The Creditors

By: August Strindberg

Narrated by: Brendan Moir

Length: 1 hour 34 minutes

Abridged: No

When is vengeance justified? And to what extent?Adolf, an artist, is having martial problems with his independent wife Tekla. Meanwhile, Gustav, his friend, attempts to get Adolf to stand up for himself and "be the man of the house." But behind all of this superficial talk is a psychological war being waged on three fronts, and each party will... Read more

The Insect Play

By: Karel Čapek & Josef Čapek

Narrated by: Brendan Moir

Length: 1 hour 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Come and listen to one of the most famous collaborations of early twentieth century Czech literature, "The Insect Play, or Ad Infinitum."Come and see how many similarities The Brothers Čapek draw between our problems, our beliefs, and our struggles with the lives of the very critters that walk beneath our feet. Join our inebriated narrator as he... Read more

Hadji Murat

By: León Tolstói

Narrated by: Max Garzón

Length: 6 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Gratis por lanzamiento!-En español neutro, narración humana- Read more

The Well of the Saints

By: J.M. Sygne

Narrated by: Brendan Moir

Length: 1 hour 36 minutes

Abridged: No

A blind couple regains their sight only to realize they hate the look of one another. Hilarity and pigheadedness ensues.Come join me on a three act romp through the Irish countryside where we begin to learn that ugliness and beauty aren't as topical as one might believe, and that the people who have their sight are oftentimes the ones who are... Read more

La Regenta - Tomo I

By: Leopoldo Alas (Clarín)

Narrated by: José Sánchez

Length: 15 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

La heroica ciudad dormía la siesta. El viento Sur, caliente y perezoso, empujaba las nubes blanquecinas que se rasgaban al correr hacia el Norte. En las calles no había más ruido que el rumor estridente de los remolinos de polvo, trapos, pajas y papeles que iban de arroyo en arroyo, de acera en acera, de esquina en esquina revolando y... Read more

Swanwhite

By: August Strindberg

Narrated by: Brendan Moir

Length: 1 hour 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Step into the enchanting world of August Strindberg's "Swanwhite," a captivating fairy tale filled with magic, romance, and happy endings (who knew Strindberg was capable of that!). Swanwhite (a spirited young princess with a heart as pure as gold), at the behest of her father, begrudgingly obliges to marry a visiting King while he is away on... Read more