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  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Volume 1
    By J.R.R. Tolkien
    Narrated By Rob Inglis
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    Frodo and the Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom. Now they continue their journey alone down the great River Anduin, alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go.
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  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Volume 2
    By J.R.R. Tolkien
    Narrated By Rob Inglis
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    Frodo and the Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom. Now they continue their journey alone down the great River Anduin, alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go.
    4.80  (259 ratings)
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Volume 1
    By J.R.R. Tolkien
    Narrated By Rob Inglis
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    The Companions of the Ring have become involved in separate adventures as the quest continues. Aragon, revealed as the hidden heir of the ancient Kings of the West, joined with the Riders of Rohan against the forces of Isengard, and took part in the desperate victory of the Hornburg. Merry and Pippin, captured by orcs, escaped into Fangorn Forest and there encountered the Ents. And all the time the armies of the Dark Lord are massing.
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  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Volume 2
    By J.R.R. Tolkien
    Narrated By Rob Inglis
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    The Companions of the Ring have become involved in separate adventures as the quest continues. Aragon, revealed as the hidden heir of the ancient Kings of the West, joined with the Riders of Rohan against the forces of Isengard, and took part in the desperate victory of the Hornburg. Merry and Pippin, captured by orcs, escaped into Fangorn Forest and there encountered the Ents. And all the time the armies of the Dark Lord are massing.
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  • The Great Gatsby
    by F. Scott Fitzgerald
    Narrated by Jake Gyllenhaal
    4.4 (29 ratings)
    F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic American novel of the Roaring Twenties is beloved by generations of readers and stands as his crowning work. This new audio edition, authorized by the Fitzgerald estate, is narrated by Oscar-nominated actor Jake Gyllenhaal (Brokeback Mountain). Gyllenhaal's performance is a faithful delivery in the voice of Nick Carraway, the Midwesterner turned New York bond salesman, who rents a small house next door to the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby. There, he has a firsthand view of Gatsby's lavish West Egg parties - and of his undying love....
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  • Ulysses
    by James Joyce
    Narrated by Jim Norton
    3.8 (125 ratings)
    Ulysses is regarded by many as the single most important novel of the 20th century. It tells the story of one day in Dublin, June 16th 1904, largely through the eyes of Stephen Dedalus (Joyce's alter ego from Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man) and Leopold Bloom, an advertising salesman. Both begin a normal day, and both set off on a journey around the streets of Dublin, which eventually brings them into contact with one another.
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  • Middlemarch
    by George Eliot
    Narrated by Juliet Stevenson
    4.2 (195 ratings)
    Dorothea Brooke is an ardent idealist who represses her vivacity and intelligence for the cold, theological pedant Casaubon. One man understands her true nature: the artist Will Ladislaw. But how can love triumph against her sense of duty and Casaubon's mean spirit? Meanwhile, in the little world of Middlemarch, the broader world is mirrored: the world of politics, social change, and reforms, as well as betrayal, greed, blackmail, ambition, and disappointment.
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  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Volume 1
    by J.R.R. Tolkien
    Narrated by Rob Inglis
    4.7 (303 ratings)
    Frodo and the Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom. Now they continue their journey alone down the great River Anduin, alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go.
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  • Catch 22
    by Joseph Heller
    Narrated by Trevor White
    3.9 (340 ratings)
    At the heart of Joseph Heller's best-selling novel, first published in 1961, is a satirical indictment of military madness and stupidity, and the desire of the ordinary man to survive it.
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  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Volume 1
    by J.R.R. Tolkien
    Narrated by Rob Inglis
    4.8 (247 ratings)
    The Companions of the Ring have become involved in separate adventures as the quest continues. Aragon, revealed as the hidden heir of the ancient Kings of the West, joined with the Riders of Rohan against the forces of Isengard, and took part in the desperate victory of the Hornburg. Merry and Pippin, captured by orcs, escaped into Fangorn Forest and there encountered the Ents. And all the time the armies of the Dark Lord are massing.
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  • The Hobbit
    by J.R.R. Tolkien
    Narrated by Martin Shaw
    4.5 (319 ratings)
    Whisked from his comfortable hobbit-hole by Gandalf the wizard and a band of dwarves, Bilbo Baggins finds himself caught up in a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon.
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  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Volume 1
    by J.R.R. Tolkien
    Narrated by Rob Inglis
    4.6 (490 ratings)
    In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose.
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  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Volume 2
    by J.R.R. Tolkien
    Narrated by Rob Inglis
    4.8 (259 ratings)
    Frodo and the Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom. Now they continue their journey alone down the great River Anduin, alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go.
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  • The Lord of the Rings; The Fellowship of the Ring, Volume 2
    by J.R.R. Tolkien
    Narrated by Rob Inglis
    4.7 (374 ratings)
    In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose.
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  • The Woman in White
    by Wilkie Collins
    Narrated by Ian Holm
    4.6 (93 ratings)
    Late one moonlit night, Walter Hartright encounters a solitary and terrified woman dressed all in white. He saves her from capture by her pursuers, and determines to solve the mystery of her distress and terror. This gripping tale of murder, intrigue, madness and mistaken identity has never been out of print since its publication.
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  • The Color Purple
    by Alice Walker
    Narrated by Alice Walker
    4.5 (35 ratings)
    As a young black woman living in 1930s Georgia, Celie faces constant violence and oppression. Raped repeatedly by her father, she loses two children and then is married off to a man who treats her like a slave. But a deep bond with her husband's mistress teaches her she is a woman capable of being loved and respected. Gradually, Celie begins to leave the past behind and start a new life.
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  • The Venturers
    By O. Henry
    Narrated By Cathy Dobson
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    Venturers are those who seek excitement, unpredictability and chance in life. Forster is one such venturer, but finds his life in New York too boringly predictable. But when he meets Ives, the latter suggests they dine in a posh hotel together although neither has any money with them, and then toss a coin to see which of them will bear the consequences when they are unable to pay. The escapade turns out to have consequences which neither of them could have predicted.
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  • Bill the Bloodhound
    By P. G. Wodehouse
    Narrated By David Ian Davies
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    Henry Rice is a detective, though not a very celebrated one. He mostly gets jobs sitting in the rain, reporting on the comings and goings of certain patrons. One day he meets Alice Weston, an actress - and almost immediately proposes. She refuses, stating she could never marry someone not in "the business". As luck would have it, Henry is soon assigned to tail one of the actors in her traveling show. With sudden access to the woman he loves, he may yet win her heart - or make an utter fool of himself.
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  • Emma
    By Jane Austen
    Narrated By Judi Pennington
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    Despite her intelligence, Emma Woodhouse has little to do and is often quite weary of her empty everyday life. Having few companions of her own age, Emma often entertains herself by attempting to make matches between those around her. She jumps at the chance to help a destitute girl of unknown parentage, Harriet Smith, on her quest to secure the local vicar, Mr. Elton, as a potential suitor.
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  • The Unknown Quantity
    By O. Henry
    Narrated By Cathy Dobson
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    When Dan Kinsolving inherits a fortune from his late father, he wants to make amends for the immoral way in which the money was amassed. Kinsolving senior had been responsible for a rise in the price of bread which had caused great hardship among the poor of New York. Kinsolving's friend Kenwitz shows Dan the impact of the bread price on real people's lives... and also explains the impossibility of undoing the damage which has been done.
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  • The Trachinian Tragedy: Women of Trachis
    By Sophocles
    Narrated By Jack Nolan
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    In The Trachinian Tragedy, better known as the Women of Trachis, the wife of Herakles, Deianeira, finds she has a rival in the house for her husband's affection. The consequences of her counteraction are incredible. In this faithful translation, F. L. Light attempts to write as good a play in English as the original in Greek. F. L. Light has also translated Antigone of Sophocles.
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  • The Watter's Mou'
    By Bram Stoker
    Narrated By Kaleo Griffith
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    The Watter's Mou, meaning "the water's mouth," revolves around the romance between a young coast guard officer and his girlfriend, the daughter of a fisherman. The officer, William Barrow [or Sailor Willy], is tasked with dealing with smuggling going on among the local fishermen, including his girlfriend's father. Maggie MacWhirter's father had fallen upon hard times, when once his fishing boat had brought him a prosperous living.
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  • Robinson Crusoe: The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
    By Daniel Defoe
    Narrated By Alan Munro
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    Who has not dreamed of life on an exotic isle, far away from civilization? Here is the novel that has inspired countless imitations by lesser writers, none of which equal the power and originality of Defoe's famous book. Robinson Crusoe, set ashore on an island after a terrible storm at sea, is forced to make do with only a knife, some tobacco, and a pipe. He learns how to build a canoe, make bread, and endure endless solitude. That is, until, 24 years later, when he confronts another human being.
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  • Poe on Poetry: Edgar Allan Poe Audiobook Collection, Volume 4
    By Edgar Allan Poe, Christopher Aruffo
    Narrated By Christopher Aruffo
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    The author reveals his craft in the structure of story, the creation of Beauty, the role of the critic, and the mechanics of verse - including a complete, step-by-step explanation of how he wrote his most famous poem, The Raven.
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  • The Great Gatsby
    By F. Scott Fitzgerald
    Narrated By Dan Russell
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    The Great Gatsby, first Published in 1925 and probably F. Scott Fitzgerald's finest novel, is set on Long Island's North shore, where Nick Carraway begins a new life in New York in the "roaring 20's".

    Carraway is invited to join his new neighbour Jay Gatsby's social circle, including the self-made millionaire's legendary parties, and bears witness to Gatsby's rekindled love affair with the unhappily married Daisy, which ends in tragedy. Today the novel is widely regarded as a paragon of the Great American Novel and a literary classic.

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  • The Ambassadors (Dramatised)
    By Henry James, Graham White (dramatisation)
    Narrated By Henry Goodman, full cast
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    Adapted by Graham White from the Henry James novel that centres on the predicament of Lambert Strether, a 50-something New Englander lately arrived in Paris. Henry Goodman stars as the hapless protagonist in a novel many critics find James' finest.
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  • Edgar Allan Poe Audiobook Collection 2: William Wilson / The Masque of the Red Death
    By Edgar Allan Poe, Christopher Aruffo
    Narrated By Christopher Aruffo
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    William Wilson is drawn into a desperate struggle against a mysterious doppleganger intent on his destruction. The Masque of the Red Death: As his kingdom dies of a hideous plague, the Prince revels in his palace, sealed away from a gruesome fate. But is he as safe as he believes....?
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  • Short Story Classics: From the Great Storywriters of the World
    By Edgar Allan Poe, George Eliot, Kate Chopin, Mark Twain, Robert Louis Stevenson, Oscar Wilde, O. Henry
    Narrated By Cathy Dobson
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    A vintage collection of some of the greatest short stories ever written: "The Purloined Letter", by Edgar Allan Poe; "The Nose", by Nikolai Gogol; "The Story of an Hour", by Kate Chopin; "The Gift of the Magi", by O. Henry; "The Apparition of Mrs. Veal", by Daniel Defoe; "The Lifted Veil", by George Eliot; "Life of Ma Parker", by Katherine Mansfield; "The Baron", by Katherine Mansfield; "The Cask of Amontillado", by Edgar Allan Poe; "The Seventh Pullet", by Saki; and more.
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