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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! 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 tragedy
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Amelia (Vol 1) by Henry Fielding ~ Full Audiobook [drama]

Amelia (Vol 1) by Henry Fielding audiobook. Genre: drama Set in the bustling, morally tangled streets of 18th-century London, Amelia follows the fortunes of Captain William Booth and his devoted wife, Amelia, as they fight to keep their marriage and dignity intact amid poverty, temptation, and the constant pressure of society's judgments. Booth, brave and affectionate but dangerously impulsive, is pulled between honorable intentions and the allure of gambling, drink, and flattering company. Amel...

Jul 12, 20248 hr 6 min

The Journal of Henry David Thoreau Volume 1 - 1837 - 1846 by Henry David Thoreau ~ Full Audiobook [biography]

The Journal of Henry David Thoreau Volume 1 - 1837 - 1846 by Henry David Thoreau audiobook. Genre: biography Spanning the formative years from 1837 to 1846, The Journal of Henry David Thoreau, Volume 1 invites listeners into the private workshop of one of America's most distinctive minds. In these early entries, Thoreau records the daily texture of New England life around Concord, Massachusetts - long walks through woods and fields, close observations of weather, animals, and plants, and the qui...

Jul 11, 202419 hr 38 min

The Story of London by Henry B. Wheatley ~ Full Audiobook [history]

The Story of London by Henry B. Wheatley audiobook. Genre: history In The Story of London, Victorian scholar Henry B. Wheatley invites listeners on a vivid, street-level journey through the making of one of the world's most influential cities. Moving from Londons earliest beginnings on the Thames to the rise of a sprawling metropolis, Wheatley traces how rulers, merchants, craftsmen, and everyday residents shaped the citys character through centuries of change. Along the way, famous landmarks an...

Jul 05, 202413 hr 3 min

Totem and Taboo by Sigmund Freud ~ Full Audiobook [science]

Totem and Taboo by Sigmund Freud audiobook. Genre: science In Totem and Taboo, Sigmund Freud turns the tools of psychoanalysis outward, asking how the hidden forces that shape an individual mind might also shape entire societies. Across four connected essays, he explores the strange power of taboos, the emotional logic behind ritual prohibitions, and the recurring patterns he sees linking so-called primitive customs with modern neuroses. Freud examines topics such as fear of the dead, rules arou...

Jul 04, 20246 hr 34 min

Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex by Sigmund Freud ~ Full Audiobook [science]

Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex by Sigmund Freud audiobook. Genre: science First published in the early twentieth century, Sigmund Freud's Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex is a foundational, provocative work that reshaped how modern readers think about desire, development, and the hidden forces that influence everyday life. In three tightly argued essays, Freud challenges the idea that sexuality begins at puberty or fits neatly into social norms, proposing instead that sexual li...

Jul 03, 20243 hr 42 min

The Origin and Development of Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud ~ Full Audiobook [science]

The Origin and Development of Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud audiobook. Genre: science In The Origin and Development of Psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud offers a clear, personal account of how a controversial new way of understanding the mind took shape. Speaking as both participant and witness, Freud traces the early clinical puzzles that led him away from conventional nineteenth-century medicine and toward the idea that symptoms can be meaningful expressions of hidden mental conflict. He introdu...

Jul 02, 20241 hr 47 min

The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy]

The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud audiobook. Genre: philosophy Sigmund Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams is a landmark work that invites listeners into the hidden logic of the sleeping mind. Blending case studies, personal recollections, and careful argument, Freud proposes that dreams are not random noise but meaningful productions shaped by wishes, conflicts, and the pressures of everyday life. He introduces core ideas of psychoanalysis through the craft of dream interpretation,...

Jul 01, 202423 hr 43 min

Psychopathology of Everyday Life by Sigmund Freud ~ Full Audiobook [science]

Psychopathology of Everyday Life by Sigmund Freud audiobook. Genre: science Professor Freud developed his system of psychoanalysis while studying the so-called borderline cases of mental diseases, such as hysteria and compulsion neurosis. By discarding the old methods of treatment and strictly applying himself to a study of the patient's life he discovered that the hitherto puzzling symptoms had a definite meaning, and that there was nothing arbitrary in any morbid manifestation. Psychoanalysis ...

Jun 29, 20247 hr 25 min

Timaeus by Plato ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy]

Timaeus by Plato audiobook. Genre: philosophy 'Our intention is, that Timaeus, who is the most of an astronomer amongst us, and has made the nature of the universe his special study, should speak first, beginning with the generation of the world and going down to the creation of man...' 'Timaeus' is usually regarded as one of Plato's later dialogues, and provides an account of the creation of the universe, with physical, metaphysical and ethical dimensions, which had great influence over philoso...

Jun 28, 20248 hr 5 min

Theaetetus by Plato ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy]

Theaetetus by Plato audiobook. Genre: philosophy In Plato's Theaetetus, Athens is still reeling from war and political upheaval when Socrates meets a gifted young mathematician, Theaetetus, and his teacher Theodorus. Drawn into conversation, Theaetetus is challenged to answer a deceptively simple question that becomes the dialogue's driving force: what is knowledge? Socrates, practicing his famous method of questioning, tests Theaetetus' proposed definitions one by one, pushing the youth to refi...

Jun 27, 20243 hr 37 min

Symposium by Plato ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy]

Symposium by Plato audiobook. Genre: philosophy The Symposium is a philosophical book written by Plato sometime after 385 BCE. On one level the book deals with the genealogy, nature and purpose of love, on another level the book deals with the topic of knowledge, specifically how does one know what one knows. The topic of love is taken up in the form of a group of speeches, given by a group of men at a symposium or a wine drinking party at the house of the tragedian Agathon at Athens. Plato cons...

Jun 26, 20242 hr 18 min

Statesman by Plato ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy]

Statesman by Plato audiobook. Genre: philosophy In Plato's Statesman, a searching conversation unfolds about what true political leadership really is - and why it is so rare. After earlier discussions about knowledge and expertise, the Eleatic Stranger returns with Young Socrates to tackle a harder question: how do we recognize the genuine statesman amid the crowd of claimants, advisers, demagogues, and would-be rulers? Using a rigorous method of classification, the Stranger tries to separate th...

Jun 25, 20242 hr 37 min

Sophist by Plato ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy]

Sophist by Plato audiobook. Genre: philosophy In Sophist, Plato presents a gripping philosophical inquiry staged as a rigorous conversation in Athens. After a brief opening with Socrates, the discussion is led by an enigmatic Stranger from Elea, who joins the young mathematician Theaetetus to tackle a deceptively simple challenge: what exactly is a sophist? The question quickly expands beyond social labels into a deep investigation of how definitions work, how we carve reality into kinds, and ho...

Jun 24, 20242 hr 43 min

Protagoras by Plato ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy]

Protagoras by Plato audiobook. Genre: philosophy In Plato's Protagoras, a young and ambitious Athenian named Hippocrates rushes to Socrates with exciting news: the celebrated sophist Protagoras has arrived in town, and Hippocrates wants to become his student. Socrates agrees to accompany him, but only after pressing a hard question: what exactly will Hippocrates be learning, and will it truly make him better? At the house where Protagoras is staying, Socrates enters a crowded salon of famous thi...

Jun 22, 20243 hr 21 min

Philebus by Plato ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy]

Philebus by Plato audiobook. Genre: philosophy In Philebus, Plato stages a rigorous, surprisingly lively debate about the question that sits behind every choice: what makes a human life good. Socrates meets the confident young Protarchus, who has taken up the argument on behalf of Philebus that pleasure is the highest good. Socrates counters that intelligence, understanding, and the disciplined pursuit of truth deserve first place. As the conversation tightens, the dialogue moves beyond simple s...

Jun 17, 20242 hr 39 min

Phaedrus by Plato ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy]

Phaedrus by Plato audiobook. Genre: philosophy In Plato's Phaedrus, Socrates leaves the bustle of Athens for a walk outside the city walls with Phaedrus, a young admirer of speeches and a keen listener for the newest ideas. Beneath the shade of plane trees, their conversation begins with a provocative question about love and quickly expands into a far-reaching examination of the human soul. Through a sequence of vivid arguments and memorable images, Socrates challenges Phaedrus to consider wheth...

Jun 15, 20243 hr 42 min

Laches by Plato ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy]

Laches by Plato audiobook. Genre: philosophy Plato's Laches is a vivid philosophical drama that drops you into an Athenian courtyard where fathers worry about their sons' education and the meaning of virtue. When the question arises whether a young man should be trained in armed combat, two respected generals, Laches and Nicias, are asked to advise. Their disagreement draws in Socrates, whose relentless, good-humored questioning turns a practical debate about schooling into a searching inquiry: ...

Jun 14, 20241 hr 4 min

Ion by Plato ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy]

Ion by Plato audiobook. Genre: philosophy In Ion, Plato stages a sharp and surprisingly playful conversation between Socrates and Ion, a celebrated rhapsode who earns his living performing and interpreting Homer for public audiences. Fresh from a competition victory, Ion claims special expertise in explaining what Homer means about war, leadership, medicine, seamanship, and the gods. Socrates, never satisfied with prestige alone, presses him to define what kind of knowledge his art really provid...

Jun 08, 202456 min

Gorgias by Plato ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy]

Gorgias by Plato audiobook. Genre: philosophy In Plato's Gorgias, a late-night conversation in Athens turns into a fierce trial of what it means to live well. Socrates meets the celebrated rhetorician Gorgias and his ambitious students, Polus and Callicles, and presses a deceptively simple question: is persuasive speaking a genuine craft that improves the soul, or merely a knack for winning crowds? As the debate intensifies, Socrates challenges the idea that power is measured by getting what you...

Jun 07, 20247 hr 18 min

Euthydemus by Plato ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy]

Euthydemus by Plato audiobook. Genre: philosophy In Plato's Euthydemus, Socrates recounts to his friend Crito a memorable encounter at the Lyceum, where two celebrated brothers, Euthydemus and Dionysodorus, promise to teach virtue and wisdom. Their method, however, is less instruction than combat: rapid-fire questions, verbal traps, and dazzling contradictions designed to win applause. Caught between admiration and confusion is Cleinias, an earnest young nobleman whose education is at stake, alo...

Jun 06, 20241 hr 36 min

Critias by Plato ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy]

Critias by Plato audiobook. Genre: philosophy Plato's Critias is an unfinished philosophical dialogue that continues the conversation begun in Timaeus, moving from cosmic origins to a provocative story about politics, virtue, and the rise and fall of civilizations. Set on the day after Socrates has outlined his vision of an ideal city, the discussion turns to how such a city might look in action. Critias, speaking among Socrates, Timaeus, and Hermocrates, offers an account he claims was preserve...

Jun 05, 20241 hr 9 min

Cratylus by Plato ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy]

Cratylus by Plato audiobook. Genre: philosophy In Plato's Cratylus, Socrates is drawn into a lively dispute about one of philosophy's oldest puzzles: do words naturally fit the things they name, or are names simply agreed-upon conventions? Two opposing voices frame the debate. Cratylus insists that every true name is correct by nature and reveals the essence of what it names, while Hermogenes argues that naming is a matter of custom, no more than a social contract. With Socrates as guide, the co...

Jun 04, 20242 hr 56 min

Apocrypha by Plato ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy]

Apocrypha by Plato audiobook. Genre: philosophy It is not generally agreed whether Plato was the author of any of these books. I. Hippias Major (or Greater Hippias) II. Second Alcibiades (or On Praying) III. Theages IV. The Rivals (or Rival Lovers) V. Hipparchus VI. Minos VII. Clitopho (or Clitophon) VIII. The Epistles (13 Letters) IX. Epinomis (or The Philosopher) X. Axiochus (or On Death) XI. On Virtue XII. On Justice XIII. Sisyphus (or Upon Taking Counsel) XIV. Demodocus XV. Definitions XVI. ...

Jun 03, 202415 hr 47 min

The Shore Road Mystery by Franklin W. Dixon ~ Full Audiobook [mystery]

The Shore Road Mystery by Franklin W. Dixon audiobook. Genre: mystery When a string of troubling incidents strikes the coastal road outside Bayport, teenage detectives Frank and Joe Hardy find themselves pulled into a case that refuses to stay quiet. What begins as unsettling reports along the Shore Road soon turns personal, drawing the brothers into a web of suspicious strangers, strange warnings, and clues that seem designed to keep everyone away from the truth. With their father, famed invest...

May 17, 20244 hr 1 min

The Missing Chums by Franklin W. Dixon ~ Full Audiobook [mystery]

The Missing Chums by Franklin W. Dixon audiobook. Genre: mystery When their best friends vanish on a seaside adventure, teenage detectives Frank and Joe Hardy plunge back into danger. In Bayport, the brothers watch Chet Morton and Biff Hooper set off on a motorboat trip down the coast, only to have a sudden storm, unsettling sightings, and a string of odd encounters hint that something is terribly wrong. Days pass with no word, and the Hardys begin to suspect the disappearance is no accident. Fo...

May 16, 20244 hr 17 min

Hunting for Hidden Gold by Franklin W. Dixon ~ Full Audiobook [mystery]

Hunting for Hidden Gold by Franklin W. Dixon audiobook. Genre: mystery Teen brothers Frank and Joe Hardy are used to trouble finding them, but this time the mystery begins with a chance encounter and a story that sounds almost too incredible to be true: somewhere, a fortune in gold has been hidden away for years, protected by secrecy, danger, and the kind of clues only a determined investigator could untangle. When suspicious strangers show sudden interest in the same tale, the Hardys realize th...

May 15, 20244 hr 22 min

The Theory of Psychoanalysis by Carl Gustav Jung ~ Full Audiobook [science]

The Theory of Psychoanalysis by Carl Gustav Jung audiobook. Genre: science In The Theory of Psychoanalysis, Carl Gustav Jung presents a clear, probing set of lectures first delivered in New York in 1912, at the moment when psychoanalysis was rapidly taking shape and Jung was beginning to diverge from Sigmund Freud. Beginning with a concise review of early psychoanalytic hypotheses, Jung explains core Freudian ideas such as the unconscious, repression, infantile sexuality, and the psychological r...

May 14, 20245 hr 41 min

Studies in Word-Association by Carl Gustav Jung ~ Full Audiobook [science]

Studies in Word-Association by Carl Gustav Jung audiobook. Genre: science In Studies in Word-Association, Carl Gustav Jung presents a pioneering exploration of the mind through an unexpectedly simple tool: the way people respond to words. Drawing on experiments developed with colleagues at the Burgholzli psychiatric hospital, Jung explains how timed word-association tests can reveal hidden emotional tensions and unconscious themes that ordinary conversation may conceal. As volunteers and patient...

May 13, 202428 hr 46 min

Psychology of the Unconscious by Carl Gustav Jung ~ Full Audiobook [science]

Psychology of the Unconscious by Carl Gustav Jung audiobook. Genre: science In Psychology of the Unconscious, Carl Gustav Jung offers a bold early map of the inner life, tracing how dreams, fantasies, and myths can reveal the hidden forces shaping a person's choices. Written at a pivotal moment in Jung's career, the book follows his exploration of how the mind generates symbolic images and why those images so often echo ancient stories of heroes, mothers, gods, and sacrifice. Drawing on clinical...

May 11, 202416 hr 22 min

Psychological Types - Or, the Psychology of Individuation by Carl Gustav Jung ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy]

Psychological Types - Or, the Psychology of Individuation by Carl Gustav Jung audiobook. Genre: philosophy In Psychological Types - Or, the Psychology of Individuation, Carl Gustav Jung maps the hidden architecture of personality and the inner conflicts that shape a life. Drawing on clinical observation, cultural history, and close readings of major thinkers and artists, Jung proposes that people tend to orient themselves in fundamentally different ways: toward the outer world of objects and act...

May 10, 202421 hr 45 min
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