LibreCast Audiobooks

This is an audiobook of The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War by Stephen Crane, narrated by John W. Michaels.
The Red Badge of Courage departs from traditional war novels by looking at a single persons experience throughout the war: Henry Fleming, a Union soldier, who flees from battle when things get hairy. With his shame weighing heavily on him, Henry hopes to get a war wound – a “red badge of courage”. In the end, he does end up getting a wound – but not how he expected to.
The book was met with universal praise upon its release. It’s known for its realistic portrayal of battle, as well as its mixture of naturalistic, realistic, and impressionistic prose. The novel is about a man in war, as opposed to a larger narrative on the war itself. It could, in fact, likely take place in any war. Crane did this purposely, wanting to show a “psychological portrayal of fear” that is divorced from any single context.
Title: The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War
Author: Stephen Crane
Free/Pay-What-You-Want: Librecron Edition
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This is an audiobook of The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, narrated by J. Hall.
Few works have captured the imagination of an entire nation as The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (more commonly known as The Wizard of Oz). Immortalized in 1939s The Wizard of Oz film, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is the tale of Dorothy who finds herself in the magical Land of Oz. There, she meets the Scarecrow, who says he lacks a brain and wishes to have one; the Tin Woodman, who says he lacks a heart and desires one; and the Cowardly Lion, who above all desires courage.
She meets a whole cast of other characters as well: the Good Witch of the North, the Munchkins, the Wicked Witch of the West, and, of course, Oz – who is not who Dorothy thinks he is. Throughout it all, her faithful dog, Toto is at her side.
Baum was in part inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Carroll rejected the Victorian notion that children’s books ought to be moralized; instead, he contended that they should be fun & pleasurable to read, with pictures and a main character that children could identify with: a child, like themselves. Baum took that to heart and wrote a fun book that, in the end, was enjoyable for both children & adults.
Title: The Wizard of Oz
Author: L. Frank Baum
Free/Pay-What-You-Want: Librecron Edition
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This is an audiobook of The Lair of the White Worm by Bram Stoker, narrated by Betsie Bush.
The novel is in part inspired by the legend of the Lambton Worm. In the folklore, John Lambton, heir to Lambton Estate, did battle with a giant worm (or dragon; dragons are sometime called worms in folklore). The worm in question was eel-or-lamprey-like, with nine holes on either side of its slimy head. After his fight, Lambton discards the worm in a nearby well. Similarly, in The Lair of the White Worm, the worm in question lives in pit on an estate. The worm is used to dispose of murdered or killed people; once a body is thrown to it, it eats it up.
Title: The Lair of the White Worm
Author: Bram Stoker
Free/Pay-What-You-Want: Librecron Edition
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This is an audiobook of At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald, narrated by Mlcui.
The main character is a young, kind boy named Diamond. One night, Diamond encounters the North Wind, a eucatastrophizing figure before Tolkien coined the term in On Fairy-Stories, his seminal essay on the fairy-story as a literary form. The North Wind takes Diamond on her adventures, where Diamond sees her do great and terrible deeds – but even the bad lead to good. Theodicy – the search for the answer to why a good God permits evil – is a central topic of the story. Some consider the book to be MacDonald’s masterpiece.
Title: At the Back of the North Wind
Author: George MacDonald
Free/Pay-What-You-Want: Librecron Edition
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This is an audiobook of Anne of the Island by L. M. Montgomery, narrated by Karen Savage.
She’s attending Redmond College in Kingsport, Nova Scotia. Going to college was her original dream, which Anne had to put off because of a death in the family and failing eyesight of her adoptive mother. Several of her friends enroll alongside her and at college, Anne has no trouble making more. It’s not all smooth sailing, however. Anne loses one of her childhood friends and is on the precipice of losing Gilbert, another dear friend. The fear of losing Gilbert is especially paramount, as she realizes that she is in love with him (after rejecting him once).
Anne is 18 at the beginning of Anne of the Island and is 22 when she graduates from Redmond College, a “full-fledged B.A.”. As with the previous Anne Shirley books, Anne of the Island follows Anne throughout a certain period of her life. With L. M. Montgomery’s beloved series, readers can grow up alongside the character – sometimes experience what the character goes through for themselves.
Title: Anne of the Island
Author: L. M. Montgomery
Free/Pay-What-You-Want: Librecron Edition
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This is an audiobook of Anne of Avonlea by L. M. Montgomery, narrated by Karen Savage.
Anne changes with the world around her – and feels the impact of the world. Anne of Avonlea takes place in the early 1880s, when Anne has become a teacher at Avonlea. Anne is as imaginative and creative as she was in Anne of Green Gables and wants to do right by her community. She starts the Avonlea Village Improvement Society which has some mixed success – but hey, they try!
Still, Anne is not done growing; she is only in her late teens and wants to experience more of the world. She knows what she wants to do next: college!
Title: Anne of Avonlea
Author: L. M. Montgomery
Free/Pay-What-You-Want: Librecron Edition
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This is an audiobook of Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery, narrated by Karen Savage.
Anne, a young orphan girl, is sent to live with Matthew & Marilla Cuthbert, a brother & sister that tend to a farm at Green Gables. The pair had wanted a boy so he could do farm work, but through a mix up, got Anne instead. Anne is joyful and imaginative; while Marilla initially wanted to send her back, she eventually relents and allows Anne to stay.
Anne settles into the community, excelling at her schoolwork and striking up friendships with Diana Barry, Jane Andrews, Ruby Gillis and, eventually (after some teasing starts them off on the wrong foot) Gilbert Blythe.
Title: Anne of Green Gables
Author: L. M. Montgomery
Free/Pay-What-You-Want: Librecron Edition
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This is an audiobook of The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli, narrated by Clive Catterall.
Coming to power is the easy part. Retaining power is what’s really difficult. As Shakespeare wrote, “Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown”. A prince has no shortage of difficulties – revolt, revolution, other monarchs, the army, the people, and many other adversarial prospects. And not everything a prince does will be received well; and even those policies that are received well by some of the populace will surely anger others. Further, just because a plan worked once does not mean it will work again. Written during a time when the Church wielded considerable power, The Prince was shocking due to the immoral suggestions Machiavelli made in order for a prince to ensure their power.
Title: The Prince
Author: Niccolò Machiavelli
Free/Pay-What-You-Want: The Prince
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This is an audiobook of The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope, narrated by Andy Minter.
On the eve of his coronation, King Rudolf V is drugged and kidnapped, held prisoner in a castle in the town of Zenda. However, the coronation cannot be called off or postponed. Luckily, his cousin, Rudolf Rassendyll, is in town. He is persuaded by attendants of the king to pose in his cousin’s place and accept the crown (as Rudolf V).
Title: The Prisoner of Zenda
Author: Anthony Hope
Free/Pay-What-You-Want: The Prisoner of Zenda
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Original Recording: LibriVox
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