Great Audiobooks - podcast cover

Great Audiobooks

Great Literatureredcircle.com

100 Great Audiobooks of Literary Masterpieces!

Last refreshed:
Download Metacast podcast app
Podcasts are better in Metacast mobile app
Don't just listen to podcasts. Learn from them with transcripts, summaries, and chapters for every episode. Skim, search, and bookmark insights. Learn more

Episodes

The Two Brothers, by Honoré de Balzac. Part VIII.

“ The Two Brothers ” (1842) is part of Balzac’s great life work, the novel series known as “ The Human Comedy .” Balzac’s French title was “ La Rabouilleuse ”; other English translations have been variously titled “ The Black Sheep ” and “ A Bachelor’s Establishment ”. After initially detailing the backstories of his characters, Balzac launches into an engaging and searing portrait of family relationships: parental, filial, and sibling relations are all tested to the breaking point. In small tow...

Mar 25, 20241 hr 58 min

The Two Brothers, by Honoré de Balzac. Part VII.

“ The Two Brothers ” (1842) is part of Balzac’s great life work, the novel series known as “ The Human Comedy .” Balzac’s French title was “ La Rabouilleuse ”; other English translations have been variously titled “ The Black Sheep ” and “ A Bachelor’s Establishment ”. After initially detailing the backstories of his characters, Balzac launches into an engaging and searing portrait of family relationships: parental, filial, and sibling relations are all tested to the breaking point. In small tow...

Mar 25, 20241 hr 37 min

The Two Brothers, by Honoré de Balzac. Part VI.

“ The Two Brothers ” (1842) is part of Balzac’s great life work, the novel series known as “ The Human Comedy .” Balzac’s French title was “ La Rabouilleuse ”; other English translations have been variously titled “ The Black Sheep ” and “ A Bachelor’s Establishment ”. After initially detailing the backstories of his characters, Balzac launches into an engaging and searing portrait of family relationships: parental, filial, and sibling relations are all tested to the breaking point. In small tow...

Mar 25, 20241 hr 30 min

The Two Brothers, by Honoré de Balzac. Part V.

“ The Two Brothers ” (1842) is part of Balzac’s great life work, the novel series known as “ The Human Comedy .” Balzac’s French title was “ La Rabouilleuse ”; other English translations have been variously titled “ The Black Sheep ” and “ A Bachelor’s Establishment ”. After initially detailing the backstories of his characters, Balzac launches into an engaging and searing portrait of family relationships: parental, filial, and sibling relations are all tested to the breaking point. In small tow...

Mar 25, 20241 hr 32 min

The Two Brothers, by Honoré de Balzac. Part IV.

“ The Two Brothers ” (1842) is part of Balzac’s great life work, the novel series known as “ The Human Comedy .” Balzac’s French title was “ La Rabouilleuse ”; other English translations have been variously titled “ The Black Sheep ” and “ A Bachelor’s Establishment ”. After initially detailing the backstories of his characters, Balzac launches into an engaging and searing portrait of family relationships: parental, filial, and sibling relations are all tested to the breaking point. In small tow...

Mar 25, 20241 hr 29 min

The Two Brothers, by Honoré de Balzac. Part III.

“ The Two Brothers ” (1842) is part of Balzac’s great life work, the novel series known as “ The Human Comedy .” Balzac’s French title was “ La Rabouilleuse ”; other English translations have been variously titled “ The Black Sheep ” and “ A Bachelor’s Establishment ”. After initially detailing the backstories of his characters, Balzac launches into an engaging and searing portrait of family relationships: parental, filial, and sibling relations are all tested to the breaking point. In small tow...

Mar 25, 20241 hr 49 min

The Two Brothers, by Honoré de Balzac. Part II.

“ The Two Brothers ” (1842) is part of Balzac’s great life work, the novel series known as “ The Human Comedy .” Balzac’s French title was “ La Rabouilleuse ”; other English translations have been variously titled “ The Black Sheep ” and “ A Bachelor’s Establishment ”. After initially detailing the backstories of his characters, Balzac launches into an engaging and searing portrait of family relationships: parental, filial, and sibling relations are all tested to the breaking point. In small tow...

Mar 25, 20241 hr 28 min

The Two Brothers, by Honoré de Balzac. Part I.

“ The Two Brothers ” (1842) is part of Balzac’s great life work, the novel series known as “ The Human Comedy .” Balzac’s French title was “ La Rabouilleuse ”; other English translations have been variously titled “ The Black Sheep ” and “ A Bachelor’s Establishment ”. After initially detailing the backstories of his characters, Balzac launches into an engaging and searing portrait of family relationships: parental, filial, and sibling relations are all tested to the breaking point. In small tow...

Mar 25, 20242 hr 17 min

Extracts from Adam's Diary, by Mark Twain.

Get the true story of Adam and Eve, straight from the source. This humorous text is a day-to-day account of Adam’s life from happiness in the “GARDEN-OF-EDEN” to their fall from grace and the events thereafter. Learn how Eve caught the infant Cain, and Adam takes some time to learn exactly what it is. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...

Mar 21, 202425 min

The Later Middle Ages: A History of Western Europe 1254-1494, by Robert B. Mowat. Part VI.

The Scottish historian, Robert B. Mowat writes, “When this period opens one of the finest epochs in German history had just closed, and a time of confusion begun.” With the death of the Emperor Frederick II, Germany’s many feudal territories became practically hereditary sovereignties, her Free Imperial Cities almost independent states. But within the walls of these city-states, as in their Italian counterparts, commercial life flourished. During this period the Great Schism divided Christendom ...

Mar 21, 20241 hr 54 min

The Later Middle Ages: A History of Western Europe 1254-1494, by Robert B. Mowat. Part V.

The Scottish historian, Robert B. Mowat writes, “When this period opens one of the finest epochs in German history had just closed, and a time of confusion begun.” With the death of the Emperor Frederick II, Germany’s many feudal territories became practically hereditary sovereignties, her Free Imperial Cities almost independent states. But within the walls of these city-states, as in their Italian counterparts, commercial life flourished. During this period the Great Schism divided Christendom ...

Mar 21, 20242 hr 6 min

The Later Middle Ages: A History of Western Europe 1254-1494, by Robert B. Mowat. Part IV.

The Scottish historian, Robert B. Mowat writes, “When this period opens one of the finest epochs in German history had just closed, and a time of confusion begun.” With the death of the Emperor Frederick II, Germany’s many feudal territories became practically hereditary sovereignties, her Free Imperial Cities almost independent states. But within the walls of these city-states, as in their Italian counterparts, commercial life flourished. During this period the Great Schism divided Christendom ...

Mar 21, 20241 hr 48 min

The Later Middle Ages: A History of Western Europe 1254-1494, by Robert B. Mowat. Part III.

The Scottish historian, Robert B. Mowat writes, “When this period opens one of the finest epochs in German history had just closed, and a time of confusion begun.” With the death of the Emperor Frederick II, Germany’s many feudal territories became practically hereditary sovereignties, her Free Imperial Cities almost independent states. But within the walls of these city-states, as in their Italian counterparts, commercial life flourished. During this period the Great Schism divided Christendom ...

Mar 21, 20241 hr 56 min

The Later Middle Ages: A History of Western Europe 1254-1494, by Robert B. Mowat. Part II.

The Scottish historian, Robert B. Mowat writes, “When this period opens one of the finest epochs in German history had just closed, and a time of confusion begun.” With the death of the Emperor Frederick II, Germany’s many feudal territories became practically hereditary sovereignties, her Free Imperial Cities almost independent states. But within the walls of these city-states, as in their Italian counterparts, commercial life flourished. During this period the Great Schism divided Christendom ...

Mar 21, 20242 hr 3 min

The Later Middle Ages: A History of Western Europe 1254-1494, by Robert B. Mowat. Part I.

The Scottish historian, Robert B. Mowat writes, “When this period opens one of the finest epochs in German history had just closed, and a time of confusion begun.” With the death of the Emperor Frederick II, Germany’s many feudal territories became practically hereditary sovereignties, her Free Imperial Cities almost independent states. But within the walls of these city-states, as in their Italian counterparts, commercial life flourished. During this period the Great Schism divided Christendom ...

Mar 21, 20241 hr 56 min

Sons and Lovers, by D. H. Lawrence. Part VIII.

This intimate portrait of a coal-miner's family fastens on each member in turn: Walter Morel, the collier; Gertrude, his wife; and the children: William, Annie, Arthur, and Paul. When Mrs. Morel begins to be estranged from her husband because of his poor financial sense and his drinking habits, she comes to inhabit the lives of her children - most particularly, her sons. She is determined that they will grow to be something more than men that come home blackened with coal dust every day and roar...

Mar 18, 20242 hr 21 min

Sons and Lovers, by D. H. Lawrence. Part VII.

This intimate portrait of a coal-miner's family fastens on each member in turn: Walter Morel, the collier; Gertrude, his wife; and the children: William, Annie, Arthur, and Paul. When Mrs. Morel begins to be estranged from her husband because of his poor financial sense and his drinking habits, she comes to inhabit the lives of her children - most particularly, her sons. She is determined that they will grow to be something more than men that come home blackened with coal dust every day and roar...

Mar 18, 20242 hr 20 min

Sons and Lovers, by D. H. Lawrence. Part VI.

This intimate portrait of a coal-miner's family fastens on each member in turn: Walter Morel, the collier; Gertrude, his wife; and the children: William, Annie, Arthur, and Paul. When Mrs. Morel begins to be estranged from her husband because of his poor financial sense and his drinking habits, she comes to inhabit the lives of her children - most particularly, her sons. She is determined that they will grow to be something more than men that come home blackened with coal dust every day and roar...

Mar 18, 20242 hr 15 min

Sons and Lovers, by D. H. Lawrence. Part V.

This intimate portrait of a coal-miner's family fastens on each member in turn: Walter Morel, the collier; Gertrude, his wife; and the children: William, Annie, Arthur, and Paul. When Mrs. Morel begins to be estranged from her husband because of his poor financial sense and his drinking habits, she comes to inhabit the lives of her children - most particularly, her sons. She is determined that they will grow to be something more than men that come home blackened with coal dust every day and roar...

Mar 18, 20242 hr 15 min

Sons and Lovers, by D. H. Lawrence. Part IV.

This intimate portrait of a coal-miner's family fastens on each member in turn: Walter Morel, the collier; Gertrude, his wife; and the children: William, Annie, Arthur, and Paul. When Mrs. Morel begins to be estranged from her husband because of his poor financial sense and his drinking habits, she comes to inhabit the lives of her children - most particularly, her sons. She is determined that they will grow to be something more than men that come home blackened with coal dust every day and roar...

Mar 18, 20242 hr 6 min

Sons and Lovers, by D. H. Lawrence. Part III.

This intimate portrait of a coal-miner's family fastens on each member in turn: Walter Morel, the collier; Gertrude, his wife; and the children: William, Annie, Arthur, and Paul. When Mrs. Morel begins to be estranged from her husband because of his poor financial sense and his drinking habits, she comes to inhabit the lives of her children - most particularly, her sons. She is determined that they will grow to be something more than men that come home blackened with coal dust every day and roar...

Mar 18, 20242 hr 25 min

Sons and Lovers, by D. H. Lawrence. Part II.

This intimate portrait of a coal-miner's family fastens on each member in turn: Walter Morel, the collier; Gertrude, his wife; and the children: William, Annie, Arthur, and Paul. When Mrs. Morel begins to be estranged from her husband because of his poor financial sense and his drinking habits, she comes to inhabit the lives of her children - most particularly, her sons. She is determined that they will grow to be something more than men that come home blackened with coal dust every day and roar...

Mar 18, 20242 hr 32 min

Sons and Lovers, by D. H. Lawrence. Part I.

This intimate portrait of a coal-miner's family fastens on each member in turn: Walter Morel, the collier; Gertrude, his wife; and the children: William, Annie, Arthur, and Paul. When Mrs. Morel begins to be estranged from her husband because of his poor financial sense and his drinking habits, she comes to inhabit the lives of her children - most particularly, her sons. She is determined that they will grow to be something more than men that come home blackened with coal dust every day and roar...

Mar 18, 20242 hr 34 min

The Enchanted April, by Elizabeth von Arnim. Part IV.

Four very different women, with very different reasons for wanting to escape a cold and dreary London, come together to share a month's holiday in a medieval castle. They are brought there by the promise of the advertised 'wisteria and sunshine', but they find so much more than they bargained for, as the place transforms them and changes their lives in ways they could never have expected. The novel is mainly about four wonderfully drawn characters: timid Lotty Wilkins; sober and religious Rose A...

Mar 14, 20241 hr 46 min

The Enchanted April, by Elizabeth von Arnim. Part III.

Four very different women, with very different reasons for wanting to escape a cold and dreary London, come together to share a month's holiday in a medieval castle. They are brought there by the promise of the advertised 'wisteria and sunshine', but they find so much more than they bargained for, as the place transforms them and changes their lives in ways they could never have expected. The novel is mainly about four wonderfully drawn characters: timid Lotty Wilkins; sober and religious Rose A...

Mar 14, 20242 hr 12 min

The Enchanted April, by Elizabeth von Arnim. Part II.

Four very different women, with very different reasons for wanting to escape a cold and dreary London, come together to share a month's holiday in a medieval castle. They are brought there by the promise of the advertised 'wisteria and sunshine', but they find so much more than they bargained for, as the place transforms them and changes their lives in ways they could never have expected. The novel is mainly about four wonderfully drawn characters: timid Lotty Wilkins; sober and religious Rose A...

Mar 14, 20242 hr 22 min

The Enchanted April, by Elizabeth von Arnim. Part I.

Four very different women, with very different reasons for wanting to escape a cold and dreary London, come together to share a month's holiday in a medieval castle. They are brought there by the promise of the advertised 'wisteria and sunshine', but they find so much more than they bargained for, as the place transforms them and changes their lives in ways they could never have expected. The novel is mainly about four wonderfully drawn characters: timid Lotty Wilkins; sober and religious Rose A...

Mar 14, 20242 hr 17 min

Ethan Frome, by Edith Wharton. Part III.

Ethan Frome is a novel published in 1911 by the Pulitzer Prize-winning American author Edith Wharton. It is set in the fictitious town of Starkfield, Massachusetts, New England, where an unnamed narrator tells the story of his encounter with Ethan Frome, a man with dreams and desires that end in an ironic turn of events. (From Wikipedia.) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...

Mar 14, 20241 hr 9 min

Ethan Frome, by Edith Wharton. Part II.

Ethan Frome is a novel published in 1911 by the Pulitzer Prize-winning American author Edith Wharton. It is set in the fictitious town of Starkfield, Massachusetts, New England, where an unnamed narrator tells the story of his encounter with Ethan Frome, a man with dreams and desires that end in an ironic turn of events. (From Wikipedia.) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...

Mar 14, 20241 hr 23 min

Ethan Frome, by Edith Wharton. Part I.

Ethan Frome is a novel published in 1911 by the Pulitzer Prize-winning American author Edith Wharton. It is set in the fictitious town of Starkfield, Massachusetts, New England, where an unnamed narrator tells the story of his encounter with Ethan Frome, a man with dreams and desires that end in an ironic turn of events. (From Wikipedia.) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...

Mar 14, 20241 hr 28 min
For the best experience, listen in Metacast app for iOS or Android