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Siddhartha
by Herman Hesse
Credits: Audio Download
Siddhartha is the story of an Indian man who sets out on a spiritual quest of discovery. Rejecting conventional spiritual practices and teachings, he attempts to find his own path to enlightenment.
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Paradise Lost
by John Milton
Credits: Audio CD | Audio Download
This epic poem, considered the greatest in the English language, as John Milton seeks to “justify the ways of God to men” through relating the story of Satan’s rebellion in Heaven, the deception and fall of Man, and the presaged event of Redemption through Jesus, the Son of God…the “Second Adam.”
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll
Credits: Audio CD | Audio Download
Alice’s adventures, funny, inventive and disturbing, have fascinated children and adults alike since their publication.
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Don Quixote
by Miguel Cervantes
Credits: Audio CD | Audio Download
The first European novel, and one of the greatest, is a marvelously comic study of delusion and its consequences: Don Quixote, the old gentleman of La Mancha...
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Hamlet: John Gielgud's Classic 1948 Recording
by William Shakespeare
Credits: Audio CD | Audio Download
This outstanding historical recording made in 1941 for radio is widely regarded as one of the finest Hamlet performances ever, and one of John Gielgud's greatest moments.
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Paradise Lost
by John Milton
Credits: Audio CD | Audio Download
Paradise Lost is the greatest epic poem in the English language. In words remarkable for their richness of rhythm and imagery, Milton tells the story of Man's creation, fall, and redemption...
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The War of the Worlds (1938 Radio Broadcast)
by H.G. Wells
Credits: Audio Cassette
On October 30, 1938, fear and panic gripped America as regular radio programming was seemingly interrupted by reports of a Martian invasion in Grover’s Mill, New Jersey.
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A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens
Credits: Audio CD | Audio Download
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. A Tale of Two Cities, Dickens' only historical novel, sets personal happiness against the terrors of the French Revolution...
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Dangerous Liaisons
by Choderlos de Laclos
Credits: Audio Download
Dangerous Liaisons is a gripping, unforgettable tale of passion, treachery and cruelty whose leading protagonists remain in the memory long after the story has been told.
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll
Credits: Audio CD | MP3 CD
Alice is wondering what to do one day, when a talking rabbit steals her attention. She is so intrigued that she follows him into his hole, and tumbles down into Wonderland.
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Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
Credits: Audio CD | Audio Download
The gothic tale of Frankenstein and his construction of a human being who runs amok has, with the help of numerous films, become one of the most vivid horror stories. But Mary Shelley's original novel, written in 1816...
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The Pilgrim's Progress
by John Bunyan
Credits: Audio Download
Next to The Bible, The Pilgrim's Progress has probably been more widely read than any other book in the English language, and rightfully so....
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A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
Credits: Audio CD
This is Jim Dale's incomparable telling of the beloved A Christmas Carol, a "little book," as Charles Dickens himself called it, which has been treasured by generations since December of 1843.
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The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas
Credits: Audio CD | Audio Download
The Count of Monte Cristo is a tale of revenge and retribution. Edmond Dantes, a young, energetic sailor, is falsely accused of treason on his wedding day and incarcerated in the forbidding Chateau d'If...
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Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Bronte
Credits: Audio CD | Audio Download
One of the greatest love stories ever written, Jane Eyre is the tale of a young woman entangled with the powerful Mr. Rochester.
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Hard Times
by Charles Dickens
Credits: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | Audio Download
Thomas Gradgrind is an eminently practical man who believes in facts and statistics and has brought up his 2 children...
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The Chronicles of Narnia CD Box Set
by C.S. Lewis
Credits: Audio CD
Journeys to the end of the world, fantastic creatures, and epic battles between good and evil -- what more could any reader ask for? This timeless boxed set includes all seven unabridged recordings...
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Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
Credits: Audio CD
Here is the full-cast production of Shakespeare's classic love story, fully dramatized from the complete text...
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The War Of The Worlds
by H.G. Wells
Credits: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | Audio Download
This spellbinding tale describes the Martian invasion of earth.
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The Screwtape Letters
by C.S. Lewis
Credits: Audio CD | Audio Cassette
Now available unabridged on cassette and CD--C.S. Lewis’ classic Screwtape Letters--the engaging correspondence between two devils.
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Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Credits: Audio Download
Treasure Island is a story of good and evil. From the moment narrator Jim Hawkins meets the blind pirate Pew until the battle for hidden treasure on a tropical island…
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Gulliver's Travels
by Jonathan Swift
Credits: Audio CD | Audio Download
Gulliver's Travels is renowned as a playful and comic children's classic. The book itself, rather than the bowdlerized versions that have been derived from it, is a savage...
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The Pilgrim's Progress
by John Bunyan
Credits: Audio CD | Audio Download
This is an updated version for all ages told in wonderful storytelling fashion. John Bunyan was a simple maker and mender of pots and pans who received very little education. In spite of that, he penned the most successful allegory ever written.
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Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens
Credits: Audio CD | Audio Download
The absorbing story of a struggling orphan who finds his expectations of wealth unfulfilled, after he becomes the benefactor of an anonymous donor.
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The C.S. Lewis Signature Classics Audio Collection
by C.S. Lewis
Credits: Audio CD
Using allegoric narrative, stinging satire, reasoned insight, and his signature wealth of compassion, C.S. Lewis wrote highly entertaining and deeply illuminating essays and books...
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