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100 Great Audiobooks of Literary Masterpieces!

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Rookwood, by William Harrison Ainsworth. Part VII.

A rich and complex Gothic-Romance centring on the murky deeds of an ancient family. It is a wonderfully atmospheric piece that combines narrative, poetry, song, and descriptive writing to great effect. The character of Dick Turpin that we know today - the dashing highwaymen and unmatched horseman - can be said to stem directly from this novel, as the most famous part of the book (often published on its own in the past), Turpin's Ride To York, is devoted to him. Although seemingly little known to...

Dec 02, 20242 hr 7 min

Rookwood, by William Harrison Ainsworth. Part VI.

A rich and complex Gothic-Romance centring on the murky deeds of an ancient family. It is a wonderfully atmospheric piece that combines narrative, poetry, song, and descriptive writing to great effect. The character of Dick Turpin that we know today - the dashing highwaymen and unmatched horseman - can be said to stem directly from this novel, as the most famous part of the book (often published on its own in the past), Turpin's Ride To York, is devoted to him. Although seemingly little known to...

Dec 02, 20242 hr 13 min

Rookwood, by William Harrison Ainsworth. Part V.

A rich and complex Gothic-Romance centring on the murky deeds of an ancient family. It is a wonderfully atmospheric piece that combines narrative, poetry, song, and descriptive writing to great effect. The character of Dick Turpin that we know today - the dashing highwaymen and unmatched horseman - can be said to stem directly from this novel, as the most famous part of the book (often published on its own in the past), Turpin's Ride To York, is devoted to him. Although seemingly little known to...

Dec 02, 20242 hr 7 min

Rookwood, by William Harrison Ainsworth. Part IV.

A rich and complex Gothic-Romance centring on the murky deeds of an ancient family. It is a wonderfully atmospheric piece that combines narrative, poetry, song, and descriptive writing to great effect. The character of Dick Turpin that we know today - the dashing highwaymen and unmatched horseman - can be said to stem directly from this novel, as the most famous part of the book (often published on its own in the past), Turpin's Ride To York, is devoted to him. Although seemingly little known to...

Dec 02, 20241 hr 40 min

Rookwood, by William Harrison Ainsworth. Part III.

A rich and complex Gothic-Romance centring on the murky deeds of an ancient family. It is a wonderfully atmospheric piece that combines narrative, poetry, song, and descriptive writing to great effect. The character of Dick Turpin that we know today - the dashing highwaymen and unmatched horseman - can be said to stem directly from this novel, as the most famous part of the book (often published on its own in the past), Turpin's Ride To York, is devoted to him. Although seemingly little known to...

Dec 02, 20242 hr 23 min

Rookwood, by William Harrison Ainsworth. Part II.

A rich and complex Gothic-Romance centring on the murky deeds of an ancient family. It is a wonderfully atmospheric piece that combines narrative, poetry, song, and descriptive writing to great effect. The character of Dick Turpin that we know today - the dashing highwaymen and unmatched horseman - can be said to stem directly from this novel, as the most famous part of the book (often published on its own in the past), Turpin's Ride To York, is devoted to him. Although seemingly little known to...

Dec 02, 20242 hr 10 min

Rookwood, by William Harrison Ainsworth. Part I.

A rich and complex Gothic-Romance centring on the murky deeds of an ancient family. It is a wonderfully atmospheric piece that combines narrative, poetry, song, and descriptive writing to great effect. The character of Dick Turpin that we know today - the dashing highwaymen and unmatched horseman - can be said to stem directly from this novel, as the most famous part of the book (often published on its own in the past), Turpin's Ride To York, is devoted to him. Although seemingly little known to...

Dec 02, 20242 hr 15 min

The Flaming Forest, by James Oliver Curwood. Part IV.

A tale of mystery, romance, and honor, as David Carrigan must choose between his duty as an officer of the law and a girl who holds him captive; a girl who Carrigan thinks he may have fallen in love with no less! Who is this strange girl Jean-Marie, and why won't she give him his freedom? And who are the people that she surrounds herself with along the great Canadian rivers and wilderness barrens and forests of the northwest? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-...

Nov 28, 20241 hr 46 min

The Flaming Forest, by James Oliver Curwood. Part III.

A tale of mystery, romance, and honor, as David Carrigan must choose between his duty as an officer of the law and a girl who holds him captive; a girl who Carrigan thinks he may have fallen in love with no less! Who is this strange girl Jean-Marie, and why won't she give him his freedom? And who are the people that she surrounds herself with along the great Canadian rivers and wilderness barrens and forests of the northwest? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-...

Nov 28, 20242 hr 15 min

The Flaming Forest, by James Oliver Curwood. Part II.

A tale of mystery, romance, and honor, as David Carrigan must choose between his duty as an officer of the law and a girl who holds him captive; a girl who Carrigan thinks he may have fallen in love with no less! Who is this strange girl Jean-Marie, and why won't she give him his freedom? And who are the people that she surrounds herself with along the great Canadian rivers and wilderness barrens and forests of the northwest? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-...

Nov 28, 20242 hr 14 min

The Flaming Forest, by James Oliver Curwood. Part I.

A tale of mystery, romance, and honor, as David Carrigan must choose between his duty as an officer of the law and a girl who holds him captive; a girl who Carrigan thinks he may have fallen in love with no less! Who is this strange girl Jean-Marie, and why won't she give him his freedom? And who are the people that she surrounds herself with along the great Canadian rivers and wilderness barrens and forests of the northwest? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-...

Nov 28, 20242 hr 21 min

Dear Enemy, by Jean Webster. Part III.

Dear Enemy is the sequel to Jean Webster's novel Daddy-Long-Legs . The story as presented in a series of letters written by Sallie McBride, Judy Abbott's college mate in Daddy-Long-Legs. Among the recipients of the letters are the president of the orphanage where Sallie is filling in until a new director can be installed, his wife (Judy Abbott of Daddy-Long-Legs), and the orphanage's doctor, to whom Sallie addresses her letters: "Dear Enemy". (From Wikipedia.) This is a collaborative reading. Ad...

Nov 28, 20241 hr 49 min

Dear Enemy, by Jean Webster. Part II.

Dear Enemy is the sequel to Jean Webster's novel Daddy-Long-Legs . The story as presented in a series of letters written by Sallie McBride, Judy Abbott's college mate in Daddy-Long-Legs. Among the recipients of the letters are the president of the orphanage where Sallie is filling in until a new director can be installed, his wife (Judy Abbott of Daddy-Long-Legs), and the orphanage's doctor, to whom Sallie addresses her letters: "Dear Enemy". (From Wikipedia.) This is a collaborative reading. Ad...

Nov 28, 20242 hr 11 min

Dear Enemy, by Jean Webster. Part I.

Dear Enemy is the sequel to Jean Webster's novel Daddy-Long-Legs . The story as presented in a series of letters written by Sallie McBride, Judy Abbott's college mate in Daddy-Long-Legs. Among the recipients of the letters are the president of the orphanage where Sallie is filling in until a new director can be installed, his wife (Judy Abbott of Daddy-Long-Legs), and the orphanage's doctor, to whom Sallie addresses her letters: "Dear Enemy". (From Wikipedia.) This is a collaborative reading. Ad...

Nov 28, 20242 hr 32 min

Benjamin Franklin: Self-Revealed, Vol 2, by William C. Bruce. Part VIII.

His life was like a full five-act play—prophetic prologue and stately epilogue, and swelling scene imposed upon swelling scene, until the tallow chandler's son, rising from the humblest levels of human fortune to the highest by uninterrupted gradations of invincible success, finally becomes the recipient of such a degree of impressive homage as has rarely been paid to anyone by the admiration and curiosity of mankind. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: htt...

Nov 25, 20242 hr 10 min

Benjamin Franklin: Self-Revealed, Vol 2, by William C. Bruce. Part VII.

His life was like a full five-act play—prophetic prologue and stately epilogue, and swelling scene imposed upon swelling scene, until the tallow chandler's son, rising from the humblest levels of human fortune to the highest by uninterrupted gradations of invincible success, finally becomes the recipient of such a degree of impressive homage as has rarely been paid to anyone by the admiration and curiosity of mankind. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: htt...

Nov 25, 20242 hr 38 min

Benjamin Franklin: Self-Revealed, Vol 2, by William C. Bruce. Part VI.

His life was like a full five-act play—prophetic prologue and stately epilogue, and swelling scene imposed upon swelling scene, until the tallow chandler's son, rising from the humblest levels of human fortune to the highest by uninterrupted gradations of invincible success, finally becomes the recipient of such a degree of impressive homage as has rarely been paid to anyone by the admiration and curiosity of mankind. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: htt...

Nov 25, 20242 hr 15 min

Benjamin Franklin: Self-Revealed, Vol 2, by William C. Bruce. Part V.

His life was like a full five-act play—prophetic prologue and stately epilogue, and swelling scene imposed upon swelling scene, until the tallow chandler's son, rising from the humblest levels of human fortune to the highest by uninterrupted gradations of invincible success, finally becomes the recipient of such a degree of impressive homage as has rarely been paid to anyone by the admiration and curiosity of mankind. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: htt...

Nov 25, 20242 hr 5 min

Benjamin Franklin: Self-Revealed, Vol 2, by William C. Bruce. Part IV.

His life was like a full five-act play—prophetic prologue and stately epilogue, and swelling scene imposed upon swelling scene, until the tallow chandler's son, rising from the humblest levels of human fortune to the highest by uninterrupted gradations of invincible success, finally becomes the recipient of such a degree of impressive homage as has rarely been paid to anyone by the admiration and curiosity of mankind. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: htt...

Nov 25, 20242 hr 17 min

Benjamin Franklin: Self-Revealed, Vol 2, by William C. Bruce. Part III.

His life was like a full five-act play—prophetic prologue and stately epilogue, and swelling scene imposed upon swelling scene, until the tallow chandler's son, rising from the humblest levels of human fortune to the highest by uninterrupted gradations of invincible success, finally becomes the recipient of such a degree of impressive homage as has rarely been paid to anyone by the admiration and curiosity of mankind. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: htt...

Nov 25, 20242 hr 5 min

Benjamin Franklin: Self-Revealed, Vol 2, by William C. Bruce. Part II.

His life was like a full five-act play—prophetic prologue and stately epilogue, and swelling scene imposed upon swelling scene, until the tallow chandler's son, rising from the humblest levels of human fortune to the highest by uninterrupted gradations of invincible success, finally becomes the recipient of such a degree of impressive homage as has rarely been paid to anyone by the admiration and curiosity of mankind. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: htt...

Nov 25, 20242 hr 8 min

Benjamin Franklin: Self-Revealed, Vol 2, by William C. Bruce. Part I.

His life was like a full five-act play—prophetic prologue and stately epilogue, and swelling scene imposed upon swelling scene, until the tallow chandler's son, rising from the humblest levels of human fortune to the highest by uninterrupted gradations of invincible success, finally becomes the recipient of such a degree of impressive homage as has rarely been paid to anyone by the admiration and curiosity of mankind. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: htt...

Nov 25, 20242 hr 22 min

The Talisman, by Sir Walter Scott. Part VII.

The Talisman is a gripping tale set near the end of the Third Crusade. King Richard the Lionheart is grievously ill, and all around him the leaders from allied countries plot and scheme to gain personal power, putting the future of the crusade in jeopardy. Sir Kenneth of Scotland finds himself caught up in events, and finds both his honour and his life are now on the line. Can a cure be found for the King? Can Kenneth redeem his honour? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy...

Nov 21, 20242 hr 5 min

The Talisman, by Sir Walter Scott. Part VI.

The Talisman is a gripping tale set near the end of the Third Crusade. King Richard the Lionheart is grievously ill, and all around him the leaders from allied countries plot and scheme to gain personal power, putting the future of the crusade in jeopardy. Sir Kenneth of Scotland finds himself caught up in events, and finds both his honour and his life are now on the line. Can a cure be found for the King? Can Kenneth redeem his honour? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy...

Nov 21, 20241 hr 50 min

The Talisman, by Sir Walter Scott. Part V.

The Talisman is a gripping tale set near the end of the Third Crusade. King Richard the Lionheart is grievously ill, and all around him the leaders from allied countries plot and scheme to gain personal power, putting the future of the crusade in jeopardy. Sir Kenneth of Scotland finds himself caught up in events, and finds both his honour and his life are now on the line. Can a cure be found for the King? Can Kenneth redeem his honour? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy...

Nov 21, 20242 hr 5 min

The Talisman, by Sir Walter Scott. Part IV.

The Talisman is a gripping tale set near the end of the Third Crusade. King Richard the Lionheart is grievously ill, and all around him the leaders from allied countries plot and scheme to gain personal power, putting the future of the crusade in jeopardy. Sir Kenneth of Scotland finds himself caught up in events, and finds both his honour and his life are now on the line. Can a cure be found for the King? Can Kenneth redeem his honour? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy...

Nov 21, 20242 hr 3 min

The Talisman, by Sir Walter Scott. Part III.

The Talisman is a gripping tale set near the end of the Third Crusade. King Richard the Lionheart is grievously ill, and all around him the leaders from allied countries plot and scheme to gain personal power, putting the future of the crusade in jeopardy. Sir Kenneth of Scotland finds himself caught up in events, and finds both his honour and his life are now on the line. Can a cure be found for the King? Can Kenneth redeem his honour? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy...

Nov 21, 20242 hr 14 min

The Talisman, by Sir Walter Scott. Part II.

The Talisman is a gripping tale set near the end of the Third Crusade. King Richard the Lionheart is grievously ill, and all around him the leaders from allied countries plot and scheme to gain personal power, putting the future of the crusade in jeopardy. Sir Kenneth of Scotland finds himself caught up in events, and finds both his honour and his life are now on the line. Can a cure be found for the King? Can Kenneth redeem his honour? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy...

Nov 21, 20241 hr 53 min

The Talisman, by Sir Walter Scott. Part I.

The Talisman is a gripping tale set near the end of the Third Crusade. King Richard the Lionheart is grievously ill, and all around him the leaders from allied countries plot and scheme to gain personal power, putting the future of the crusade in jeopardy. Sir Kenneth of Scotland finds himself caught up in events, and finds both his honour and his life are now on the line. Can a cure be found for the King? Can Kenneth redeem his honour? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy...

Nov 21, 20242 hr 18 min

Ecce Homo, by Friedrich Nietzsche. Part III.

The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche's autobiography, Ecce Homo , was the last prose work that he wrote before his illness in 1889. Coming at the end of an extraordinarily productive year in which he had produced The Twilight of the Idols and The Antichrist, Nietzsche shuns any pretense at modesty with chapter titles include “Why I am so Wise”, “Why I am so Clever” and “Why I Write Such Excellent Books”. His translator Anthony M. Ludovici states, Ecce Homo “is not only a coping-stone worthy of th...

Nov 18, 20241 hr 8 min
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