327 audiobooks · 3,947 hours of listening

Classic Novels audiobooks

Austen to Dostoevsky, every chapter.

Austen and the Brontës, Dickens and Eliot, Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, Cervantes, Flaubert and Fitzgerald: more than 300 classic novels in one place, every chapter narrated in full with the text on screen. Pick up the one you always meant to finish, or start with a short one tonight.

  • First chapter free, no account
  • Full text on screen as you listen
  • 7-day trial, then $4.99/month or $49/year

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The novels people mean when they say “I should read that”
  1. Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen · 11h 5m
  2. Crime and Punishment Fyodor Dostoyevsky · 19h 52m
  3. Jane Eyre: An Autobiography Charlotte Brontë · 17h 26m
  4. Wuthering Heights Emily Brontë · 10h 59m
  5. Great Expectations Charles Dickens · 16h 28m
  6. Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy · 32h 53m

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Are these classic novels audiobooks free?

The first chapter of every book plays free with no account. A free account adds the opening chapters of every book, plus one whole book of your choice from a shelf of five classics. The full library — all 327 classic novels titles and everything else — is $4.99 a month or $49 a year after a 7-day free trial, cancel anytime.

Can I read along while I listen?

Yes. Every Compendium audiobook shows the full chapter text on screen as it plays, on the web and in the iPhone and Android apps.

What's the shortest and longest classic novels audiobook here?

The Yellow Wallpaper is the shortest at 33 min; Les Misérables is the longest at 54 hr 54 min. The whole collection runs about 3947 hours.