Discover the Magic of Listening to Free Audiobook

Listen to the full audiobook free with a 30-day free trial :
https://esound.space/full

ID: 127249

Title: Billy Budd

Author: Herman Melville

Narrator: William Roberts

Format: Unabridged

Length: 03:34:37

Language: English

Release date: 07-01-03

Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics

Summary:

A maritime classic from the master pen of Herman Melville. Written some forty years after Moby Dick, Melville's Billy Budd is a moving tale of good versus evil. Set aboard a British navy ship at the end of the eighteenth century, a young, innocent sailor's charm and good nature put the men around him at ease. Ship-life agreed with Billy. He made friends quickly and was well liked, which infuriated John Claggart, the ship's cold-blooded superior officer. Mutiny was a continual threat greatly feared by naval officers. Even minor offences were dealt with harshly to keep crews in their place - regardless of whether the accused was guilty or innocent. The envious Master-at-Arms becomes obsessed with the destruction of the 'Handsome Sailor' and torments the young man until his false accusations lead to an eventual charge of treason against Billy.

Contact: [email protected]

Listen to the full audiobook free with a 30-day free trial :
https://esound.space/full

ID: 131231

Title: Metamorphosis

Author: Franz Kafka

Narrator: Martin Jarvis

Format: Unabridged

Length: 02:12:21

Language: English

Release date: 05-11-03

Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics

Summary:

Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning to find he has been transformed into a gigantic insect. This extraordinary tale of imagination was written by Kafka against the backdrop of increasing turmoil in central Europe and remains not just an affecting tale but a disturbing allegory. It is read here, in a new translation, by master story teller Martin Jarvis.

Contact: [email protected]

Listen to the full audiobook free with a 30-day free trial :
https://esound.space/full

ID: 133447

Title: Diary of Samuel Pepys

Author: Samuel Pepys

Narrator: Michael Maloney

Format: Abridged

Length: 03:57:00

Language: English

Release date: 04-11-03

Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks

Genres: Biography & Memoir, History & Culture

Summary:

The Diary of Samuel Pepys is perhaps the most well known collection of reminiscences. He maintained it, in secrecy, from 1660, the year of the Restoration, until 1669 when fear of blindness prevented his daily labours. Though it covers less than a decade, it offers a lively and detailed insight into a period and a personality - for he noted events in both public and private life. Famous passages include descriptions of The Plague and the Great Fire of London. In this presentation, key sections are set in historical context.

Contact: [email protected]

Listen to the full audiobook free with a 30-day free trial :
https://esound.space/full

ID: 32859

Title: Wind in the Willows

Author: Kenneth Grahame

Narrator: Martin Jarvis

Format: Abridged

Length: 03:23:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-01-02

Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks

Genres: Kids, Classics

Summary:

First published in 1908, The Wind in the Willows belongs to a golden age of children's book. These charming tales of the riverbank, describing the adventures of Ratty, Mole, Badger and their irrepressible but conceited friend, Toad of Toad Hall, have become classics loved as much, perhaps, by adults as by children.

Contact: [email protected]

Listen to the full audiobook free with a 30-day free trial :
https://esound.space/full

ID: 131222

Title: Blithe Spirit

Author: Noel Coward

Narrator: A Full Cast, Corin Redgrave, Joanna Lumley, Kika Markham, Thelma Ruby

Format: Unabridged

Length: 02:12:00

Language: English

Release date: 07-10-02

Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks

Genres: Audio Theatre, Drama

Summary:

When novelist Charles Condomine invites a medium into his house in order to learn about the occult for his new book, the last thing he or his second wife dream is that the séance will bring back his first wife, Elvira, who wants Charles all to herself! Things are further complicated by the fact that only Charles can see her, which results in some hilarious exchanges and misunderstandings. Elvira's plots to get him to 'the other side' do not go to plan however, and instead of Charles dying in her contrived 'accident' his new wife does! Many consider this to be one of Coward's best and most unusual farces.

Contact: [email protected]

Listen to the full audiobook free with a 30-day free trial :
https://esound.space/full

ID: 131226

Title: Hedda Gabler

Author: Henrik Ibsen

Narrator: A Full Cast, Emma Fielding, Juliet Stevenson, Michael Maloney, Philip Voss

Format: Unabridged

Length: 02:13:00

Language: English

Release date: 07-03-02

Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks

Genres: Audio Theatre, Drama

Summary:

Hedda Gabler, a deceased General's daughter, marries dull George Tesman and foresees a life of middleclass tedium stretching ahead when they return from a honeymoon they could not afford to a house they cannot afford. Increasingly, she is drawn into the clutches of her admirer, Judge Brack, who seeks to establish a menage a trois. Then a former flame arrives in the brilliant but dissolute Eilert Lovborg to rival her husband for an academic post. After a drunken orgy, the manuscript of Lovborg's treatise falls into her hands and she destroys it. Discovery traps her, her romantic ideas are shattered, and there seems only one way out of the net - the pistols of her father, the General.

Contact: [email protected]

Listen to the full audiobook free with a 30-day free trial :
https://esound.space/full

ID: 32848

Title: Canterbury Tales II

Author: Geoffrey Chaucer

Narrator: John Rowe, Various

Format: Unabridged

Length: 03:31:00

Language: English

Release date: 06-01-02

Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Poetry

Summary:

Four more delightful tales from one of the most entertaining storytellers of all time. Though writing in the thirteenth century, Chaucer's wit and observation comes down undiminished through the ages, especially in this accessible modern verse translation. The stories vary considerably from the uproarious Wife of Bath's Tale, promoting the power of women to the sober account of patient Griselda in the Clerk's Tale.

Contact: [email protected]

Listen to the full audiobook free with a 30-day free trial :
https://esound.space/full

ID: 131215

Title: Port Authority

Author: Conor McPherson

Narrator: Eanna Macliam, Jim Norton, Stephen Brennan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 01:32:00

Language: English

Release date: 05-27-02

Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks

Genres: Audio Theatre, Drama

Summary:

Conor McPherson is one of the leading figures in Irish contemporary drama. His look at life in a village pub, The Weir, was premiered in Dublin and then ran for over a year in the West End and Broadway. Port Authority was his next play. Three Dublin men of differing ages simply telling their stories to the audience. It is a spare document, but the wit, insight and pathos so skilfully woven by this major dramatist makes it unforgettable. A major recording premiere. Contains adult subject matter and explicit language.

Contact: [email protected]

Listen to the full audiobook free with a 30-day free trial :
https://esound.space/full

ID: 120631

Title: Murders in the Rue Morgue

Author: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrator: Kerry Shale

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:12:00

Language: English

Release date: 05-11-02

Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics

Summary:

Auguste Dupin, investigator extraordinaire, was the remarkable creation of Edgar Allan Poe. Written in the 1840s, Poe presented the acutely observant, shrewd but idiosyncratic character who, with his chronicler, provided the inspiration for the more famous Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. Here are the three Dupin stories together on one audiobook release.

Contact: [email protected]

Listen to the full audiobook free with a 30-day free trial :
https://esound.space/full

ID: 131457

Title: Sea-Wolf

Author: Jack London

Narrator: Garrick Hagon

Format: Abridged

Length: 03:56:00

Language: English

Release date: 03-06-02

Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics

Summary:

Humphrey van Weyden led a privileged existence during his early life, but suddenly finds himself cast into the sea, fighting for survival. Pitted against ruthless captain Wolf Larsen, van Weyden's courage and determination allows him to fight adversity and learn valuable lessons along the way, in this American classic originally published in 1904. One of the great tales of the sea, The Sea-Wolf is in the tradition of Moby Dick, though London provided his own unique atmosphere and accurate maritime detail.

Contact: [email protected]