Classic Audiobook Collection

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Explore over a thousand great books by authors from the ancient world through to the twentieth century. From Jane Austen to Herman Melville to Sun Tzu, from the ancient Greeks to American modernists: If a book changed the world, it's here. Share these full-length audiobooks with friends and start an audiobook club! For ad-free listening try our premium subscription You can now filter by genre, by searching our titles by the following keywords: adventure biography business comedy cooking drama family fantasy folklore history horror mystery philosophy poetry religion romance science scifi self help speeches thriller tragedy

  1. 2 HR AGO

    From Different Standpoints by Pansy and Faye Huntington ~ Full Audiobook [drama]

    From Different Standpoints by Pansy and Faye Huntington audiobook. Genre: drama In this 19th-century domestic novel, Pansy and Faye Huntington explore how faith, love, and duty can look entirely different depending on who is doing the judging. Perry Harrison, a wealthy young man whose fragile health has pushed him toward a serious religious commitment, believes he has been spared for a higher purpose. Hoping to build a meaningful life, he marries the dazzling Eleanor Haddington, whose beauty and social charm hide a far more self-centered nature. Watching with growing alarm is Eunice Taylor, Perry's lifelong friend, who cares for him deeply but does not share his Christian convictions. Also drawn into the tension is Tom, Eleanor's sincere and spiritually grounded brother, whose values sharply contrast with his sister's. As marriage strains, friendships are tested, and questions of belief and character rise to the surface, each person must confront the gap between appearance and reality. Blending romance, moral conflict, and spiritual reflection, the novel centers on the ways people interpret the same events from very different angles, and on the painful, hopeful struggle to live truthfully in relationships shaped by love, pride, loyalty, and faith. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:07:09) Chapter 02 (00:22:42) Chapter 03 (00:39:52) Chapter 04 (00:53:43) Chapter 05 (01:06:19) Chapter 06 (01:26:07) Chapter 07 (01:45:26) Chapter 08 (02:05:05) Chapter 09 (02:21:50) Chapter 10 (02:43:30) Chapter 11 (03:04:54) Chapter 12 (03:27:35) Chapter 13 (03:43:12) Chapter 14 (04:01:22) Chapter 15 (04:17:40) Chapter 16 (04:35:54) Chapter 17 (04:51:25) Chapter 18 (05:10:03) Chapter 19 (05:31:53) Chapter 20 (05:51:43) Chapter 21 (06:09:52) Chapter 22 (06:29:15) Chapter 23 (06:53:11) Chapter 24 (07:14:05) Chapter 25 (07:35:11) Chapter 26 (07:55:15) Chapter 27 (08:14:47) Chapter 28 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  2. 4 HR AGO

    Yesterday Framed in To-day - A Story of the Christ, and How To-Day Received Him by Pansy ~ Full Audiobook [religion]

    Yesterday Framed in To-day - A Story of the Christ, and How To-Day Received Him by Pansy audiobook. Genre: religion In this unusual Christian novel, Pansy asks a bold question: what if the story of Christ unfolded not in ancient Judea, but in late nineteenth-century North America, amid railroads, city streets, electric lights, and all the habits of modern life? The story opens with David Holman, a frail young invalid whose quiet, limited world becomes tied to events far larger than himself when Christ appears in contemporary society. As familiar Gospel patterns are recast in a modern setting, the book explores how ordinary people, religious voices, the curious public, and those desperate for hope might respond to a humble miracle worker in their own time. Some are drawn by compassion and faith, while others react with suspicion, pride, fear, or the urge to explain away what they cannot control. More than a simple retelling, the novel becomes a searching thought experiment about recognition: would people truly receive Christ if he came without status, wealth, or worldly power? Through David's perspective and the varied reactions around him, Pansy reflects on suffering, belief, mercy, and the gap between professed religion and lived response. The result is a reverent, thought-provoking story about how the sacred can stand in plain sight and still be misunderstood. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:16:54) Chapter 02 (00:33:07) Chapter 03 (00:49:24) Chapter 04 (01:06:05) Chapter 05 (01:22:48) Chapter 06 (01:40:20) Chapter 07 (01:57:53) Chapter 08 (02:15:34) Chapter 09 (02:32:40) Chapter 10 (02:50:47) Chapter 11 (03:09:03) Chapter 12 (03:27:06) Chapter 13 (03:44:22) Chapter 14 (04:01:27) Chapter 15 (04:19:01) Chapter 16 (04:35:53) Chapter 17 (04:53:07) Chapter 18 (05:10:54) Chapter 19 (05:30:01) Chapter 20 (05:47:10) Chapter 21 (06:04:50) Chapter 22 (06:22:59) Chapter 23 (06:41:33) Chapter 24 (06:59:47) Chapter 25 (07:18:40) Chapter 26 (07:37:12) Chapter 27 (07:56:29) Chapter 28 (08:13:14) Chapter 29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  3. 6 HR AGO

    Workers Together, or An Endless Chain by Pansy ~ Full Audiobook [religion]

    Workers Together, or An Endless Chain by Pansy audiobook. Genre: religion Workers Together, or An Endless Chain follows Dr. Stuart Everett, the energetic new superintendent of Packard Place Sabbath School, as he refuses to let religion remain a once-a-week habit. Instead, he challenges teachers to truly know their pupils and to carry their faith into boardinghouses, shops, streetcars, and troubled homes. His efforts draw in a wide circle of characters, especially practical Joy Saunders and her mother, whose warm but modest home becomes part of his quiet mission, as well as Hester Mason, a neglected shop girl dazzled by cheap finery and dangerous company, Robert Parks, a proud young clerk struggling against temptation and self-will, and Austin Barrows, a young man standing on the edge of ruin. As Everett links one life to another, the novel builds its title idea of an endless chain: small acts of attention, courage, and hospitality can shape souls in ways no one fully sees at first. Pansy turns a church setting into a story about influence, class, duty, and the hard daily work of living out belief in an indifferent world. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:17:15) Chapter 02 (00:34:56) Chapter 03 (00:46:41) Chapter 04 (01:02:02) Chapter 05 (01:18:13) Chapter 06 (01:29:10) Chapter 07 (01:42:49) Chapter 08 (01:59:54) Chapter 09 (02:19:57) Chapter 10 (02:36:03) Chapter 11 (02:52:05) Chapter 12 (03:08:29) Chapter 13 (03:24:11) Chapter 14 (03:39:36) Chapter 15 (03:53:04) Chapter 16 (04:03:03) Chapter 17 (04:17:05) Chapter 18 (04:34:18) Chapter 19 (04:45:21) Chapter 20 (05:04:11) Chapter 21 (05:16:32) Chapter 22 (05:29:31) Chapter 23 (05:40:34) Chapter 24 (05:52:37) Chapter 25 (06:04:25) Chapter 26 (06:16:12) Chapter 27 (06:28:41) Chapter 28 (06:41:26) Chapter 29 (06:53:19) Chapter 30 (07:07:39) Chapter 31 (07:19:08) Chapter 32 (07:33:11) Chapter 33 (07:45:34) Chapter 34 (07:57:29) Chapter 35 (08:10:39) Chapter 36 (08:23:36) Chapter 37 (08:35:19) Chapter 38 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  4. 8 HR AGO

    What They Couldnt - A Home Story by Pansy ~ Full Audiobook [family]

    What They Couldnt - A Home Story by Pansy audiobook. Genre: family In this late 19th century domestic novel by Pansy, the Cameron family is struggling to preserve its place in society after falling into near poverty. Their household is strained by appearances, debt, and the quiet desperation of trying to seem comfortable when money is running out. At the center of the story are the Cameron daughters, especially practical Mary and sensitive Rachel, whose futures seem tied to marriage, reputation, and a rumor that a distant relative may leave a fortune to one of them. As suitors, social expectations, and family pressures close in, each woman must decide whether security, status, and outward respectability are worth the cost to her conscience. Meanwhile, trouble at home deepens as poor guidance and neglect place the youngest daughter in moral danger. Blending family drama, courtship, and spiritual reflection, the novel follows the Camerons through financial anxiety, emotional conflict, and difficult choices about pride, love, and faith. What begins as a story about money and social standing becomes a deeper portrait of a family forced to confront what they can and cannot control. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:23:54) Chapter 02 (00:46:58) Chapter 03 (01:11:54) Chapter 04 (01:36:15) Chapter 05 (01:59:25) Chapter 06 (02:23:15) Chapter 07 (02:45:24) Chapter 08 (03:10:34) Chapter 09 (03:35:14) Chapter 10 (03:58:47) Chapter 11 (04:20:58) Chapter 12 (04:42:26) Chapter 13 (05:06:33) Chapter 14 (05:29:28) Chapter 15 (05:52:31) Chapter 16 (06:16:22) Chapter 17 (06:39:38) Chapter 18 (06:58:29) Chapter 19 (07:20:45) Chapter 20 (07:43:38) Chapter 21 (08:06:00) Chapter 22 (08:28:58) Chapter 23 (08:51:39) Chapter 24 (09:14:17) Chapter 25 (09:36:21) Chapter 26 (09:57:58) Chapter 27 (10:18:24) Chapter 28 (10:40:37) Chapter 29 (11:01:01) Chapter 30 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  5. 1 DAY AGO

    What She Said and What She Meant, and People Who Havent Time and Cant Afford It by Pansy ~ Full Audiobook [drama]

    What She Said and What She Meant, and People Who Havent Time and Cant Afford It by Pansy audiobook. Genre: drama This compact volume brings together two sharp, character-driven stories by Pansy that examine how ordinary choices can wound, mislead, or quietly transform the lives around us. In What She Said and What She Meant, Mrs. Marks tries to keep herself clear of outright scandal, yet her half-spoken comments and careless social habits allow gossip to spread in ways she never intended. As reputations begin to suffer, the story probes the dangerous gap between what people say, what they mean, and what others choose to hear. In People Who Haven't Time and Can't Afford It, Mrs. Leymon is forced to look more closely at the poverty and need surrounding her. Moved by what she sees, she begins to question the polite excuses that shield comfortable people from responsibility and must decide whether sympathy alone is enough. Together, these stories offer a vivid portrait of domestic life, social pressure, and moral accountability, showing how speech, money, time, and influence can all become tests of character. Warm but unsparing, the book blends everyday realism with a strong ethical focus, inviting listeners to consider the hidden consequences of small decisions. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:15:52) Chapter 02 (00:34:23) Chapter 03 (00:51:51) Chapter 04 (01:10:14) Chapter 05 (01:32:24) Chapter 06 (01:52:21) Chapter 07 (02:07:05) Chapter 08 (02:20:54) Chapter 09 (02:34:42) Chapter 10 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    2h 58m
  6. 1 DAY AGO

    Wanted by Pansy ~ Full Audiobook [religion]

    Wanted by Pansy audiobook. Genre: religion In Wanted, Pansy follows twenty-seven-year-old Rebecca Meredith, a woman burdened by grief, disappointment, and the aching belief that she is no longer needed anywhere. After losing much of her family and watching the man she expected to marry choose someone else, Rebecca feels even more displaced when her father remarries and his gentle new wife cannot seem to reach her. Determined to make her own way, she leaves home and accepts a position in the household of the wealthy McKenzies as nurse to their baby daughter, a child who stirs memories of Rebecca's beloved little sister. In her new surroundings, Rebecca quickly forms strong opinions about the troubled family around her, especially the stern Mr. McKenzie and his frail, suffering wife. But as she becomes more deeply involved in their lives, Rebecca is forced to confront how little she understands about sorrow, duty, love, and the hidden struggles people carry. Blending domestic drama with spiritual reflection, the novel explores loneliness, wounded pride, family misunderstanding, and the longing to belong, as Rebecca's search for work becomes a deeper search for truth, faith, and a place to call home. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:20:59) Chapter 02 (00:40:57) Chapter 03 (00:59:23) Chapter 04 (01:17:28) Chapter 05 (01:35:03) Chapter 06 (01:53:41) Chapter 07 (02:11:09) Chapter 08 (02:30:45) Chapter 09 (02:49:42) Chapter 10 (03:08:01) Chapter 11 (03:28:00) Chapter 12 (03:46:23) Chapter 13 (04:04:14) Chapter 14 (04:23:09) Chapter 15 (04:42:04) Chapter 16 (05:00:38) Chapter 17 (05:19:47) Chapter 18 (05:38:54) Chapter 19 (05:59:38) Chapter 20 (06:19:09) Chapter 21 (06:40:15) Chapter 22 (07:00:16) Chapter 23 (07:19:18) Chapter 24 (07:39:13) Chapter 25 (08:01:07) Chapter 26 (08:22:22) Chapter 27 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  7. 1 DAY AGO

    Twenty Minutes Late by Pansy ~ Full Audiobook [family]

    Twenty Minutes Late by Pansy audiobook. Genre: family In this sequel to Miss Dee Dunmore Bryant, Caroline Bryant discovers how much can change in a single afternoon. After being just twenty minutes late, she is swept into a chain of mistakes and missed connections that carries her far from her struggling home and into Philadelphia, a city full of strangers, noise, and possibilities. While her widowed mother, brother Ben, and little Daisy wait anxiously for news, Caroline must rely on her courage, good sense, and faith as she finds temporary shelter with the kindly Dr. Forsythe, his daughter Dorothy, and the warmhearted housekeeper Mrs. Packard. Away from home, Caroline is confronted by the sharp contrast between comfort and poverty, the demands placed on working families, and the quiet ways kindness can transform a life. As she tries to find her way back to the people she loves, she also begins to understand more deeply what responsibility, perseverance, and trust really mean. Tender, earnest, and rich with late 19th century detail, Twenty Minutes Late is a coming-of-age family story about hardship, providence, and the unexpected detours that shape a young girl's heart. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:16:12) Chapter 02 (00:27:44) Chapter 03 (00:42:34) Chapter 04 (00:58:16) Chapter 05 (01:17:30) Chapter 06 (01:39:02) Chapter 07 (02:00:45) Chapter 08 (02:22:00) Chapter 09 (02:37:18) Chapter 10 (02:57:01) Chapter 11 (03:16:05) Chapter 12 (03:40:15) Chapter 13 (03:59:55) Chapter 14 (04:20:45) Chapter 15 (04:38:35) Chapter 16 (04:57:19) Chapter 17 (05:17:09) Chapter 18 (05:35:32) Chapter 19 (05:54:32) Chapter 20 (06:17:05) Chapter 21 (06:38:24) Chapter 22 (07:02:54) Chapter 23 (07:22:03) Chapter 24 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  8. 1 DAY AGO

    Tip Lewis and His Lamp by Pansy ~ Full Audiobook [religion]

    Tip Lewis and His Lamp by Pansy audiobook. Genre: religion Tip Lewis and His Lamp is a warm, earnest nineteenth-century story about Edward 'Tip' Lewis, a mischievous village boy growing up in poverty, disorder, and neglect. Known for laziness, lies, and troublemaking, Tip seems like the last child anyone would expect to change. But after a timid young teacher, Miss Perry, agrees to take the rough mission class at Sunday school, and the compassionate Mr. Holbrook begins to guide him, Tip is drawn toward a different way of living. Given a Bible that becomes his 'lamp,' he starts trying to measure his choices by what he reads there. That simple decision throws him into a real struggle. At home he faces a weary mother, a troubled father, and the needs of his sister Kitty. At school and in town he must endure suspicion, ridicule, old habits, and fresh temptations that threaten to pull him back. The heart of the book is not just whether Tip can behave better, but whether inner change can survive in a hard world that expects him to fail. Pansy tells a sincere story of conscience, faith, patience, and the quiet power of kindness to reshape a life. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:10:34) Chapter 02 (00:20:13) Chapter 03 (00:30:49) Chapter 04 (00:40:11) Chapter 05 (00:48:05) Chapter 06 (00:55:46) Chapter 07 (01:12:57) Chapter 08 (01:28:19) Chapter 09 (01:41:35) Chapter 10 (01:54:28) Chapter 11 (02:01:57) Chapter 12 (02:13:21) Chapter 13 (02:21:40) Chapter 14 (02:35:20) Chapter 15 (02:46:33) Chapter 16 (02:55:12) Chapter 17 (03:08:31) Chapter 18 (03:19:38) Chapter 19 (03:28:34) Chapter 20 (03:49:52) Chapter 21 (03:59:28) Chapter 22 (04:08:51) Chapter 23 (04:18:01) Chapter 24 (04:27:21) Chapter 25 (04:40:50) Chapter 26 (04:51:41) Chapter 27 (05:02:32) Chapter 28 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    5h 21m

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Explore over a thousand great books by authors from the ancient world through to the twentieth century. From Jane Austen to Herman Melville to Sun Tzu, from the ancient Greeks to American modernists: If a book changed the world, it's here. Share these full-length audiobooks with friends and start an audiobook club! For ad-free listening try our premium subscription You can now filter by genre, by searching our titles by the following keywords: adventure biography business comedy cooking drama family fantasy folklore history horror mystery philosophy poetry religion romance science scifi self help speeches thriller tragedy

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