Literal Systems Audio

Written by Mark Twain and performed by Marc Devine. This is an unabridged, 9-1/2 hour, literary, mp3 audiobook–that plays well for mature and young audiences.

"The cook must know what the food is like."

“...the young recruits are shaken and they’ll want their beer today;...”

"If your situation in life is a sedentary one, your amusements, your recreations, at least, should be active."

“...but the Emperor has nothing at all on, said a little child.”

“Morning and evening maids heard the goblins cry...”

“...of all the drinks I’ve drunk, I’m greatfullest to one from Gunga Din.”

“...Swallow, Swallow, little Swallow. Stay with me one night longer”

"Heart of Darkness" was first published in 1902. In this novella, Joseph Conrad explores morality and human nature.

“...and they both plunged through the window...I was suprised. “

“...none of them were good enough and she only made sport of them...”

“In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree “

“...no one had given her a single farthing... “

“...I seek to bring to you the message of the mountain trail.”

“...when people are too well off, they always begin to long for something new...”

“Be thou, Spirit fierce, My spirit! Be thou me, impetuous one!”

"No fact is more firmly established than that lying is a necessity of our circumstances--the deduction that it is then a Virtue goes without saying."

“...Rapunzel, Rapunzel let down your hair to me...”

“The Wedding-Guest sat on a stone: He cannot chuse but hear;... “

“...all this must be spun into gold before morning, as you love your life...”

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.

“...I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume...”

“...your father had an accident there. He was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor...”

A generous donation by Gordon W. Draper gives us the ability to bring to you this Charles Dickens classic.

“...for there, thought he, I may turn musician...”