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The Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Available on: Audio Download | Podcast
The Scarlet Letter is a novel published in 1850 and written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Set in 17th-century Puritan Boston, it tells the story of Hester Prynne, who gives birth after committing adultery and struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity.
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The Odyssey
by Homer
Available on: Audio Download
The Odyssey is one of the two major ancient Greek epic poems (the other being the Iliad), attributed to the poet Homer.
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The Masque of the Red Death
by Edgar Allan Poe
Available on: Audio Download
Prince Prospero and his courtiers, locked safely away from the plague of the Red Death...
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Introduction to Poetry
by Robert Frost
Available on: Audio Download
LearnOutLoud.com presents an Introduction to Poetry covering famous poems by great poets throughout the history of English poetry.
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
by Washington Irving
Available on: Audio Download
The quiet Dutch community of Sleepy Hollow lay in the Adirondack mountains on the western shore of the mighty Hudson River in America’s colonial period.
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The Canterbury Tales
by Geoffrey Chaucer
Available on: Audio Download
The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century (two of them in prose, the rest in verse).
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Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
Available on: Audio Download
Romeo and Juliet is perhaps the most famous of Shakespeare’s plays and is thought to be the most famous love story in Western history.
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Dracula
by Bram Stoker
Available on: Audio Download
The classic vampire story by Bram Stoker revolves around a struggle between good and evil, tradition and modernity, and lust versus chastity.
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave
by Frederick Douglass
Available on: Audio Download
First published in 1845, the Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass became Frederick Douglass's most well known work. It is as the name implies his autobiography.
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Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
Available on: Audio Download | Online Audio
Macbeth is William Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and one of his most popular works.
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Eleonora
by Edgar Allan Poe
Available on: Audio Download
A short story penned by Edgar Allen Poe, an American poet, a master of the horror tale...
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Simple Stories of Success, or How to Succeed in Life
by Stephen Leacock
Available on: Audio Download
The author holds forth on the subject of success and its true value in life.
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Aesop's Fables Podcast
by Aesop
Available on: Podcast
Aesop's Fables Podcast collects the timeless moral fables of the Greek storyteller Aesop.
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Self Reliance
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Available on: Audio Download
In Self Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson formulates his philosophy of self-reliance; an essential part of which is to trust in one's present thoughts and impressions rather than those of other people or of one's past self.
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Introductions to World Literature
by Peter Whitfield
Available on: Audio Download
Writer and cyclist Peter Whitfield discusses some of the gems of world literature. Do you want to know about Dante’s Divine Comedy or the novels of Jane Austen or Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick?
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C.S. Lewis Literature Overview
by Timothy B. Shutt
Available on: Audio Download
In this lecture professor Timothy Shutt provides an overview of the life and literature of C.S. Lewis. He mentions various viewpoints that people have had about Lewis and says why he thinks Lewis is more popular now than he was in his time.
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The Road Not Taken
by Robert Frost
Available on: Audio Download
In our continuing effort to provide you with the most inspiring and exceptional self development literature available, LearnOutLoud.com and Zaadz.com present The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost.
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Audiobooks iPhone & iPod Touch Application
Available on: iTunes Application
Listen to over 1,800 audiobooks totally free. Audiobooks is a brand new way to access all your favorite audiobooks on your iPhone or iPod Touch.
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The Mercury Theatre on the Air
by Orson Welles
Available on: Audio Download | Online Audio
The finest radio drama of the 1930’s was The Mercury Theatre on the Air, a show featuring the acclaimed New York drama company founded by Orson Welles and John Houseman.
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The Art of War
by Sun Tzu
Available on: Audio Download
Written in China over two thousand years ago, The Art of War provides the first known attempt to formulate a rational basis for the planning and conduct of military operations
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King Lear
by William Shakespeare
Available on: Audio Download
King Lear is widely held as the greatest of Shakespeare’s tragedies; to some, it is the greatest play ever written.
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The Divine Comedy
by Dante Alighieri
Available on: Audio Download
The Divine Comedy written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature...
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Metamorphosis
by Franz Kafka
Available on: Audio Download
Metamorphosis, first published in 1915, is the story of Gregor Samsa, a young traveling salesman who lives with his family and financially supports his parents and younger sister...
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If
by Rudyard Kipling
Available on: Audio Download
In our continuing effort to provide you with the most inspiring and exceptional self development literature available, LearnOutLoud.com and Zaadz.com present If by Rudyard Kipling.
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Selected Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Available on: Audio Download
LearnOutLoud.com presents The Selected Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 1. The 5 essays contained on this audio program have been hand selected and represent specifically Emerson's early career as a writer.
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