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Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: 'Youth' and 'Heart of Darkness' Author: Joseph Conrad Narrator: Jim Roberts Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins Language: English Release date: 10-23-08 Publisher: Jimcin Recordings Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 9 votes Genres: Classics, British Literature Publisher's Summary: Heart of Darkness features Marlow 22 years later and deals with maturity and old age.This highly symbolic story follows Marlow as he recounts his adventure into the Congo to a group of men aboard a ship anchored in the Thames Estuary. Marlow was employed to transport ivory downriver, but his more pressing assignment was to return another trader, Kurtz, to civilization in a cover up. Kurtz had an unsavory reputation throughout the region. The last sentences in the story, including Kurtz words ,"The Horror, The Horror," are among the most famous in English literature. Editorial Reviews: Polish-born English writer Joseph Conrad has influenc

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: Brideshead Revisited Author: Evelyn Waugh Narrator: Jeremy Northam Format: Abridged Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins Language: English Release date: 09-26-08 Publisher: CSA Word Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 10 votes Genres: Classics, British Literature Publisher's Summary: A study of faith and disillusionment in a glamorous upper-class world, Waugh's most famous novel is partly autobiographical and is a gripping multi-character-study of aristocratic life behind closed doors. Charles Ryder meets Sebastian, a member of the aristocratic Flyte family, at Oxford. He then begins to spend time at the family home, Brideshead, where he is welcomed into the fold and enjoys a decadent high-society lifestyle. Things start to unravel, however, when Charles notices the cracks in the veneer: his perception of the naivety of the family's devotion to the Catholic faith, and his friend's increasing drink habit. Tangled webs of love and obsessi

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: Treasure Island Author: Robert Louis Stevenson Narrator: Gabriel Woolf Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins Language: English Release date: 09-24-08 Publisher: RNIB Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 30 votes Genres: Classics, British Literature Publisher's Summary: First published in 1883, Treasure Island remains one of Robert Louis Stevenson's best-known and best-loved works. A classic coming of age adventure, featuring buried treasure, treacherous pirates, and the eponymous Long John Silver, Treasure Island tells the enthralling story of Jim Hawkins, a young cabin boy, who sets sail on an 18th century voyage in search of a pirate's buried gold. Please note: This is a vintage recording. The audio quality may not be up to modern day standards. Contact me for any questions: inforeq17@gmail.com

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: Gulliver's Travels Author: Jonathan Swift Narrator: Paul Albertson Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins Language: English Release date: 04-08-08 Publisher: Alpha DVD Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 51 votes Genres: Classics, British Literature Publisher's Summary: Lemuel Gulliver travels to the remote country of Lilliput, where he encounters the six-inch-tall Lilliputians. On his next journey, he is captured by a 60-foot-tall native of Brobdingnag. His next journey takes him to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Glubbdubdrib, and Luggnagg, where he meets a race of people devoted to music and mathematics. On his final journey to the country of the Houyhnhnms, he meets the subhuman race of Yahoo's and the intelligent horses that rule them. Contact me for any questions: inforeq17@gmail.com

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: Robinson Crusoe Author: Daniel Defoe Narrator: Dick Hill Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 54 mins Language: English Release date: 01-04-08 Publisher: Alpha DVD Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 64 votes Genres: Classics, British Literature Publisher's Summary: In this classic, a young Englishman is shipwrecked on a desert island in the Caribbean with only a few supplies. Robinson Crusoe builds a house, a boat, and a new life. His life on the island is threatened by frequent visits from cannibals. Crusoe saves a captive named Friday from the cannibals, gaining a companion and loyal servant. Thus begins their quest to be rescued from the island. ©1719 Public Domain; (P)2007 Alpha DVD LLC Contact me for any questions: inforeq17@gmail.com

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: Cautionary Verses Author: Hilaire Belloc Narrator: Martin Jarvis, Rosalind Ayres Format: Abridged Length: 1 hr and 5 mins Language: English Release date: 12-10-07 Publisher: CSA Word Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 4 votes Genres: Classics, British Literature Publisher's Summary: Here is a timeless classic in an exclusive audio edition featuring Matilda, who told such dreadful lies; George, who played with a dangerous toy and suffered a catastrophe of considerable dimensions; and many, many other colourful characters. Witty, memorable, and always instructive, join the many generations who have laughed together and enjoyed Belloc's unique and biting humour. © and (P)2004 CSA Telltapes Ltd. Contact me for any questions: inforeq17@gmail.com

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: Ivanhoe Author: Walter Scott Narrator: Flo Gibson Format: Unabridged Length: 16 hrs and 47 mins Language: English Release date: 12-06-07 Publisher: Audio Book Contractors, Inc. Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 9 votes Genres: Classics, British Literature Publisher's Summary: The Norman-Saxon conflict is vividly described with battle scenes, medieval pageantry, and romantic escapades. The hero Sir Wilfred Ivanhoe, the lovely brave Jewess Rebecca, Richard the Lion-Hearted, and Robin Hood and his merry band are just a few of the chivalrous characters. ©1997 Audio Book Contractors, Inc.; (P)2007 Audio Book Contractors, Inc. Contact me for any questions: inforeq17@gmail.com

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: The Mayor of Casterbridge (Dramatised) Author: Thomas Hardy Narrator: John Nettles, David Calder, Janet Dale Format: Original Recording Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins Language: English Release date: 08-31-07 Publisher: BBC Worldwide Limited Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 9 votes Genres: Classics, British Literature Publisher's Summary: Drunk on rum at a country fair, Henchard sells his wife to a sailor for five guineas. Unable to find, them and overcome with guilt and remorse, he vows to be teetotal for 21 years. Many years later his wife seeks him out in Casterbridge, where he has gained both wealth and the well-respected position of mayor. His family restored to him, Henchard's happiness should be complete. But beneath the surface still smoulders the same impetuousness and temper that, combined with fate, bring about his degradation and ruin. Critic Reviews: "The foremost novelist of his time." (Geoffrey Harvey, The Comp

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: The Nicest Girl in the School Author: Angela Brazil Narrator: Harriet Walter Format: Abridged Length: 2 hrs and 24 mins Language: English Release date: 06-19-07 Publisher: CSA Word Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes Genres: Classics, British Literature Publisher's Summary: Angela Brazil wrote school stories for girls throughout the first half of the 20th century. She was the first author to relate this experience from the girls' perspective, offering a more sympathetic and intimate view of school life. Funny, touching, and wonderfully "jollyhockey sticks", The Nicest Girl in the School remains one of the most popular of her stories. It features Patty Hirst and her cousin Muriel Pearson, and tells of their turbulent times together at Morton Priory, even including a near-death experience! It is superbly read by Harriet Walter, one of Britain's finest actresses. © and (P)2006 CSA Telltapes Ltd. Critic Reviews: "A gem."

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: Bleak House Author: Charles Dickens Narrator: Sean Barrett Format: Abridged Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins Language: English Release date: 05-10-07 Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 14 votes Genres: Classics, British Literature Publisher's Summary: The long, drawn-out case of Jarndyce versus Jarndyce provides the background to this novel, which takes us into Dickens' world of impoverished people on the street, lovers fallen on hard times, and the grand riches of the upper classes. It is read movingly by Sean Barrett. Editorial Reviews: Audio is a great way to enjoy Dickens, especially as he himself believed the best way to deliver his material was to read it aloud. By turns darkly humorous, horrific, and poignant, this is great entertainment. Narrators Sean Barrett and Teresa Gallagher more than hold their own with the complex story and multitude of characters. Gallagher breathes new life into young

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: Tom Jones, Volume 3 Author: Henry Fielding Narrator: Charlton Griffin Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins Language: English Release date: 05-07-07 Publisher: Audio Connoisseur Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 58 votes Genres: Classics, British Literature Publisher's Summary: Tom Jones is greatly admired not only for the meticulous craft with which it was written, but also for its humor, objectivity, and penetrating psychological depth. It is without a doubt one of the great contributions to the English novel, and as such will always maintain a place of honor in world literature. Through the minute examination of the motives of his characters, Henry Fielding revealed many universal truths about human nature. That he could do so by employing the comic style of mock-heroic literature is all the more extraordinary. In Volume 3, we find our hero in London. Everything now comes to a crescendo of furious activity and

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: The Pilgrim's Progress Author: John Bunyan Narrator: Gary Martin Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins Language: English Release date: 02-12-07 Publisher: Jimcin Recordings Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 13 votes Genres: Classics, British Literature Publisher's Summary: One of the most popular stories ever written, this allegory tells of Christian, an Everyman character, who makes his way from the "City of Destruction" to the "Celestial City" of Zion. Christian finds himself weighed down by a great burden he carries from reading a book (obviously the Bible). This burden, which could cause him to sink into hell (Tophet), is Christian's acute, immediate concern, and impels him to a crisis: what to do for deliverance. © and (P)1986 Jimcin Recordings Editorial Reviews: The original composition of The Pilgrim's Progress began while John Bunyan was serving a lengthy prison sentence for preaching outside of the auspices

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: Treasure Island Author: Robert Louis Stevenson Narrator: David Ian Davies Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins Language: English Release date: 01-23-07 Publisher: One Voice Recordings Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 40 votes Genres: Classics, British Literature Publisher's Summary: The excitement, adventure, and magical sense of time and place, outraying from the heart of Robert Louis Stevenson's 18th-century pirate tale, is captured in all its glory by actor David Ian Davies in this new One Voice Recordings release. Be swept away by the story of young Jim Hawkins, caught up in his journey to the Caribbean islands upon a ship with a memorable and explosive crew, and led by the cryptic map from a Dead Man's Chest. ©2006 One Voice Recordings, All Rights Reserved. Critic Reviews: "Thrilling fights and adventures." (The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature) "Over Treasure Island I let my fire die in winter

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: A Rogue's Life Author: Wilkie Collins Narrator: Bernard Mayes Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins Language: English Release date: 11-07-06 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 64 votes Genres: Classics, British Literature Publisher's Summary: Propelled into society by his ever-hopeful father, Frank is introduced to a variety of professions in order to make his fortune. Not industrious by nature, however, Frank finds working life a challenge, and by his 25th birthday, he has failed medicine, portrait-painting, caricaturing, and even forgery. Disenchanted with life, he despairs of ever finding something to commit to until he meets Alicia Dulcifer and her inexplicably wealthy father. Proffering his own take on picaresque storytelling and with many a grain of truth for 20-somethings today this is Wilkie Collins at his entertaining best. Contact me for any questions: inforeq17@gmail.

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: Kidnapped Author: Robert Louis Stevenson Narrator: James Macpherson Format: Abridged Length: 1 hr and 9 mins Language: English Release date: 11-07-06 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 5 votes Genres: Classics, British Literature Publisher's Summary: Set in the tumultuous times of the Jacobite rebellion, Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped is a classic adventure story that has enthralled generations. Contact me for any questions: inforeq17@gmail.com

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: Almayer's Folly Author: Joseph Conrad Narrator: Geoffrey Howard Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins Language: English Release date: 08-17-06 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 17 votes Genres: Classics, British Literature Publisher's Summary: Set in Malaya, Almayer's Folly is Joseph Conrad's first novel. In it, he charts the decline of a Dutch merchant after a 25-year struggle against overwhelming odds. Though married to a bitter and hateful Malayan wife, Almayer refuses to accept the financial ruin which he has precipitated. Instead, he dreams of fantastic wealth and a return to the civilization of his youth, accompanied by his loving daughter, Nina. But when Nina turns away from his elusive fantasies to the stark reality of her native lover, Almayer must face his inevitable destruction. (P)1996 Blackstone Audio Inc. Contact me for any questions: inforeq17@gmail.com

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: The Castle of Otranto Author: Horace Walpole Narrator: Neville Jason Format: Abridged Length: 2 hrs and 34 mins Language: English Release date: 07-26-06 Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 14 votes Genres: Classics, British Literature Publisher's Summary: The Castle of Otranto is regarded as the first Gothic novel. The son of Manfred, Prince of Otranto, is mysteriously killed on his wedding day by a huge helmet. The event leads to a fast-paced story of jealous passion, intrigue, murder, and supernatural phenomena unfolding in an atmosphere of thunderclaps, moonlight, and dark castle walls, mirroring the inner turmoils of the characters themselves. Horace Walpole's tale, an immediate success when it first appeared in 1764, is a classic of its genre. Editorial Reviews: The accomplished English actor Neville Jason brings his superb dramatic skills to this classic Gothic novel, generally regarded as t

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: Bleak House Author: Charles Dickens Narrator: Beatie Edney, Ronald Pickup Format: Abridged Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins Language: English Release date: 07-26-06 Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 15 votes Genres: Classics, British Literature Publisher's Summary: Penguin Classics presents Charles Dickens' epic Bleak House, adapted for downloadable audiobook and read by Ronald Pickup and Beatnie Edney. As the interminable case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce grinds its way through the Court of Chancery, it draws together a disparate group of people: Ada and Richard Clare, whose inheritance is gradually being devoured by legal costs; Esther Summerson, a ward of court, whose parentage is a source of deepening mystery; the menacing lawyer Tulkinghorn; the determined sleuth Inspector Bucket; and even Jo, the destitute little crossing-sweeper. A savage, but often comic, indictment of a society that is rotten to t

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: Kim Author: Rudyard Kipling Narrator: Walter Covell Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins Language: English Release date: 05-23-06 Publisher: Jimcin Recordings Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 60 votes Genres: Classics, British Literature Publisher's Summary: Kipling creates a harmonious picture of India that unites the secular and the spiritual, the life of action and that of contemplation. It is the story of the orphaned son of an Irish soldier, Kimball O'Hara, who spends his childhood as a vagabond, traveling through India with an old Tibetan lama, enthralled by the "roaring whirl" of the country's colorful landscape and by the diversity of its people. ©1982 Jimcin Recordings Editorial Reviews: Two great foreign empires wage a hot and cold war for supremacy and wealth in the troubled region stretching from Persia to India to the mountains of Tibet. Along the way, a Buddhist lama seeks enlightenment and enlists t

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: The Mill on the Floss Author: George Eliot Narrator: Sara Kestelman Format: Abridged Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins Language: English Release date: 02-08-06 Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes Genres: Classics, British Literature Publisher's Summary: Maggie Tulliver has two lovers: Philip Wakem, son of her father's enemy; and Stephen Guest, already promised to her cousin; but the love she wants most in the world is that of her brother Tom. Maggie's struggle against her passionate and sensual nature leads her to a deeper understanding and to eventual tragedy. (P)1998 NAXOS AudioBooks Ltd.; ©1998 NAXOS AudioBooks Ltd. Editorial Reviews: Sara Kestelman offers an introspective performance of George Eliots 1860 novel about country life, The Mill on the Floss. Contact me for any questions: inforeq17@gmail.com