Visit https://hotaudiobook.com to listen to 400,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free

Title: Inventions of the Idiot (dramatic reading)

Author: John Kendrick Bangs

Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers

Length: 2 hrs 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 1/1/2016

Publisher: LibriVox

Genres: Audio Theatre, Drama

Publishers Summary:

It was before the Idiots marriage, and in the days when he was nothing more than a plain boarder in Mrs. Smithers-Pedagogs High-class Home for Single Gentlemen, that he put what the School-master termed his alleged mind on plans for the amelioration of the condition of the civilized. This humorous story by the editor of Puck magazine describes how the Idiot sets out to improve the lot of civilized man through his inventions - the lot of barbarian man already being well tended to by missionaries and other do-gooders. (Introduction by peac)

Visit https://hotaudiobook.com to listen to 400,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free

Title: Pippa Passes

Author: Robert Browning

Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers

Length: 1 hr 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 1/1/2016

Publisher: LibriVox

Genres: Audio Theatre, Drama

Publishers Summary:

Pippa Passes was a dramatic piece, as much play as poetry, by Robert Browning published in 1841 as the first volume of his Bells and Pomegranates series. The author described the work as the first of a series of dramatic pieces. His original idea was of a young, innocent girl, moving unblemished through the crime-ridden neighbourhoods of Asolo. The work caused outrage when it was first published, due to the matter-of-fact portrayals of many of the areas more disreputable characters - notably the adulterous Ottima - and for its frankness on sexual matters. Perhaps the most famous passage is below:

The years at the spring,

And days at the morn;

Mornings at seven;

The hill-sides dew-pearled;

The larks on the wing;

The snails on the thorn;

Gods in his Heaven -

Alls right with the world! (Summary by Wikipedia)

Visit https://hotaudiobook.com to listen to 400,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free

Title: Wild Duck

Author: Henrik Ibsen

Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers

Length: 3 hrs 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 1/1/2016

Publisher: LibriVox

Genres: Audio Theatre, Drama

Publishers Summary:

The Wild Duck (1884) (original Norwegian title: Vildanden) is by many considered Ibsens finest work, and it is certainly the most complex. It tells the story of Gregers Werle, a young man who returns to his hometown after an extended exile and is reunited with his boyhood friend Hjalmar Ekdal. Over the course of the play, the many secrets that lie behind the Ekdals apparently happy home are revealed to Gregers, who insists on pursuing the absolute truth, or the Summons of the Ideal. Among these truths: Gregers father impregnated his servant Gina, then married her off to Hjalmar to legitimize the child. Another man has been disgraced and imprisoned for a crime the elder Werle committed. Furthermore, while Hjalmar spends his days working on a wholly imaginary invention, his wife is earning the household income.

Visit https://hotaudiobook.com to listen to 400,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free

Title: Les Misérables Vol. 3

Author: Victor Hugo

Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers

Length: 11 hrs

Language: English

Release date: 1/1/2016

Publisher: LibriVox

Genres: Audio Theatre, Drama

Publishers Summary:

This is book 3 of 5. -- An ex-convict breaks parole and starts a new life as a righteous man, but is pursued by a police inspector. Along the way, the ex-convict joins a revolution, adopts a daughter, and beats people up. Hooray. (Summary by smileyman457)

Visit https://hotaudiobook.com to listen to 400,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free

Title: Shakespeare Monologues Collection vol. 04

Author: William Shakespeare

Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers

Length: 42 mins

Language: English

Release date: 1/1/2016

Publisher: LibriVox

Genres: Audio Theatre, Drama

Publishers Summary:

LibriVox readers present the fourth collection of monologues from Shakespeares plays. Containing 20 parts. William Shakespeare (April 26, 1564 - April 23, 1616) remains widely to be considered the single greatest playwright of all time. He wrote in such a variety of genres - tragedy, comedy, romance, c - that there is always at least one monologue in each of his plays. Some of these teach a lesson, some simply characterize Shakespeare at his best, some are funny, some sad, but all are very moving. Each monologue will touch everybody differently. Some people will be so moved by a particular monologue that they will want to record it. (summary by Shurtagal)

Visit https://hotaudiobook.com to listen to 400,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free

Title: Life and Death of Harriett Frean

Author: May Sinclair

Narrator: Expatriate

Length: 2 hrs 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 1/1/2016

Publisher: LibriVox

Genres: Audio Theatre, Drama

Publishers Summary:

Harriett Frean is a well-to-do, unmarried woman living a life of meaningless dependency, boredom, and unproductivity as she patiently cares for her aging parents, waiting for a man to marry. When her opportunity for Love finally comes, she is offered a moral dilemma: the man is engaged to her best friend. Should she sacrifice what, according to the priorities of the time, seems like her one chance for happiness, or should she seize the moment? Can she make something meaningful of her life without significant others? May Sinclair, as always gently ironic in tone, succeeds in skewering the conventions of her society while laying bare the hopeless realities for so many women of the era who were given so few chances really to live. ( summary by Expatriate)

Visit https://hotaudiobook.com to listen to 400,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free

Title: Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews

Author: Henry Fielding

Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers

Length: 1 hr 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 1/1/2016

Publisher: LibriVox

Genres: Audio Theatre, Drama

Publishers Summary:

Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesops Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Though almost nothing is known of Aesop himself, and some scholars question whether he existed at all, these stories stand as timeless classics known in almost every culture in the world. This is volume 12 of 12. (Summary by Chip)

Visit https://hotaudiobook.com to listen to 400,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free

Title: Ghosts

Author: Henrik Ibsen

Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers

Length: 2 hrs 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 1/1/2016

Publisher: LibriVox

Genres: Audio Theatre, Drama

Publishers Summary:

Henrik Ibsens Ghosts was first published in 1881 and staged in 1882, and like his earlier play A Dolls House, profoundly shocked his contemporaries. Dubbed a dirty deed done in public by one of its critics, the play focuses on (among other things) venereal disease, euthanasia, and incest. The original title literally means the ones who return, and the play is about how we can deal with the awful legacy of the past. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)

Visit https://hotaudiobook.com to listen to 400,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free

Title: King Lear (Version 2)

Author: William Shakespeare

Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers

Length: 3 hrs 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 3/9/2015

Publisher: LibriVox

Genres: Audio Theatre, Drama

Publishers Summary:

The Tragedy of King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The title character descends into madness after foolishly disposing of his estate between two of his three daughters based on their flattery, bringing tragic consequences for all. The play is based on the legend of Leir of Britain, a mythological pre-Roman Celtic king. It has been widely adapted for the stage and motion pictures, and the role of Lear has been coveted and played by many of the worlds most accomplished actors. The play was written between 1603 and 1606 and later revised. Shakespeares earlier version, The True Chronicle of the History of the Life and Death of King Lear and His Three Daughters, was published in quarto in 1608. The Tragedy of King Lear, a more theatrical version, was included in the 1623 First Folio. Modern editors usually conflate the two, though some insist that each version has its individual integrity that should be preserved. After the Restoration, the play was often revised with a happy ending for audiences who disliked its dark and depressing tone, but since the 19th century Shakespeares original version has been regarded as one of his supreme achievements. The tragedy is particularly noted for its probing observations on the nature of human suffering and kinship. George Bernard Shaw wrote, No man will ever write a better tragedy than Lear. (Summary by Wikipedia)

Visit https://hotaudiobook.com to listen to 400,000+ audiobooks of all genres in full for free

Title: Return of Peter Grimm

Author: David Belasco

Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers

Length: 3 hrs 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 2/12/2015

Publisher: LibriVox

Genres: Audio Theatre, Drama

Publishers Summary:

Mr. Belasco has written the following account of Peters evolution: [ ] The play, The Return of Peter Grimm, is an expression in dramatic form of my ideas on a subject which I have pondered over since boyhood: Can the dead come back? Peter Grimm did come back. At the same time, I inserted a note in my program to say that I advanced no positive opinion; that the treatment of the play allowed the audience to believe that it had actually seen Peter, or that he had not been seen but existed merely in the minds of the characters on the stage. Spiritualists from all over the country flocked to see The Return of Peter Grimm, and I have heard that it gave comfort to many. It was a difficult theme, and more than once I was tempted to give it up. But since it has given relief to those who have loved and lost, it was not written in vain. (Summary from Introduction)