Classic Audiobook Collection

The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White audiobook. Genre: history In The Natural History of Selborne, parson-naturalist Gilbert White invites listeners into the quiet English village he called home, and turns everyday observations into an extraordinary portrait of the living world. Written as a series of letters to fellow scholars and friends, the book follows White through the fields, hedgerows, ponds, and churchyard of Selborne as he watches swallows arrive and depart, notes the habits of owls and mice, records the songs of birds, and studies the shifting seasons with patient curiosity. White is not chasing exotic specimens or grand theories so much as trying to understand how animals, plants, weather, and human life fit together in one small place. Along the way, his careful attention challenges easy assumptions, highlights the value of repeated observation, and shows how wonder can be grounded in detail. Part scientific record, part rural chronicle, and part meditation on nature's rhythms, this classic work offers a vivid sense of place and a gentle, inquisitive voice that helped shape modern field naturalism. Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:17:58) Chapter 02 (00:53:52) Chapter 03 (01:35:19) Chapter 04 (02:17:49) Chapter 05 (02:55:05) Chapter 06 (03:44:09) Chapter 07 (04:15:07) Chapter 08 (04:59:37) Chapter 09 (05:40:32) Chapter 10 (06:23:03) Chapter 11 (07:07:17) Chapter 12 (07:53:34) Chapter 13 (08:34:44) Chapter 14 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bel Ami, or The History of a Scoundrel by Guy de Maupassant audiobook. Genre: drama In late 19th-century Paris, Georges Duroy is a broke former soldier with a sharp smile, a quick appetite, and no intention of staying poor. When a chance encounter brings him into the orbit of a major newspaper, Georges discovers a world where fortunes rise on politics, scandal, and the right signature at the bottom of an article. Lacking education but rich in nerve, he learns to turn charm into currency, trading on introductions, favors, and the intimate confidences of those who know how the city truly works. As he reinvents himself as 'Bel Ami,' his ambitions accelerate, and so do the consequences. Every salon invitation and newsroom whisper becomes a step on a ladder he is willing to climb at any cost, while the women who guide him, challenge him, or underestimate him each reveal a different face of power in a society obsessed with appearance. Guy de Maupassant's classic novel is a razor-edged portrait of greed, desire, and social performance, where success is measured not by virtue, but by audacity. Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:28:00) Chapter 02 (00:53:21) Chapter 03 (01:13:24) Chapter 04 (01:30:42) Chapter 05 (01:47:01) Chapter 06 (02:03:08) Chapter 07 (02:17:38) Chapter 08 (02:33:43) Chapter 09 (02:55:06) Chapter 10 (03:20:41) Chapter 11 (03:57:16) Chapter 12 (04:15:04) Chapter 13 (04:34:29) Chapter 14 (04:48:41) Chapter 15 (05:03:33) Chapter 16 (05:20:27) Chapter 17 (05:42:04) Chapter 18 (06:04:19) Chapter 19 (06:17:51) Chapter 20 (06:41:25) Chapter 21 (06:59:31) Chapter 22 (07:17:21) Chapter 23 (07:35:52) Chapter 24 (07:55:32) Chapter 25 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ghosts of Piccadilly by George Slythe Street audiobook. Genre: history In The Ghosts of Piccadilly, British critic and satirist G. S. Street turns one of London's most famous thoroughfares into a after-hours promenade through memory. The 'ghosts' here are not supernatural apparitions, but the lingering presence of the men and women who once lived, argued, flirted, schemed, and celebrated behind Piccadilly's townhouse facades and club doors - along with the vanished buildings that shaped the street's character. Street guides the listener from address to address, pausing at quiet doorways to spin anecdotes drawn from letters, gossip, and biographical fragments. His tour is deliberately personal rather than encyclopedic: he follows his own tastes, lingering on figures who amuse or move him, and gliding past others with dry wit. Along the way, Piccadilly becomes a miniature history of fashionable London, where reputations are made in drawing rooms, fortunes are wagered, and public lives leave private traces. By blending social history with sharply observed commentary, Street invites you to see a familiar street as a crowded stage, and to listen for the echoes still embedded in its stones. Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:24:03) Chapter 02 (00:53:36) Chapter 03 (01:14:22) Chapter 04 (01:35:26) Chapter 05 (01:54:34) Chapter 06 (02:15:39) Chapter 07 (02:38:28) Chapter 08 (02:56:52) Chapter 09 (03:17:26) Chapter 10 (03:40:47) Chapter 11 (03:59:42) Chapter 12 (04:15:54) Chapter 13 (04:36:21) Chapter 14 (04:57:32) Chapter 15 (05:17:58) Chapter 16 (05:37:00) Chapter 17 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Unspoken Sermons by George MacDonald audiobook. Genre: religion Unspoken Sermons gathers some of George MacDonald's most enduring spiritual meditations, delivered not as pulpit addresses but as searching essays that invite the listener into a deeper, more honest life with God. Writing with the warmth of a pastor and the imagination of a storyteller, MacDonald wrestles with questions that sit at the heart of faith: What is God like, and how can we trust his goodness when life hurts? What does it mean to be a child of the Father, to pray, to repent, to forgive, and to grow into freedom? Rather than offering tidy formulas, he presses toward the moral and relational core of Christianity, challenging sentimental religion and fear-driven obedience. Across these sermons, recurring themes emerge: love as the true law, discipline as a form of mercy, and the slow work of becoming truly human. MacDonald's language is both poetic and direct, full of vivid images that illuminate conscience, character, and hope. Whether approached as devotional reading or as serious theology, Unspoken Sermons invites listeners to examine their assumptions, confront the places they hide from grace, and pursue a faith marked by courage, humility, and love. Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:36:27) Chapter 02 (01:06:31) Chapter 03 (01:27:30) Chapter 04 (02:07:59) Chapter 05 (02:32:14) Chapter 06 (02:41:41) Chapter 07 (03:24:02) Chapter 08 (03:45:39) Chapter 09 (03:57:33) Chapter 10 (04:31:53) Chapter 11 (04:50:35) Chapter 12 (05:06:46) Chapter 13 (05:43:00) Chapter 14 (06:14:16) Chapter 15 (06:43:54) Chapter 16 (07:21:38) Chapter 17 (07:54:41) Chapter 18 (08:25:08) Chapter 19 (09:02:23) Chapter 20 (09:38:49) Chapter 21 (10:05:03) Chapter 22 (11:16:35) Chapter 23 (11:58:59) Chapter 24 (12:54:04) Chapter 25 (13:32:04) Chapter 26 (13:57:57) Chapter 27 (14:19:27) Chapter 28 (15:01:42) Chapter 29 (15:24:29) Chapter 30 (15:39:22) Chapter 31 (16:53:35) Chapter 32 (17:20:44) Chapter 33 (17:55:45) Chapter 34 (18:23:25) Chapter 35 (18:48:40) Chapter 36 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Marquis of Lossie by George MacDonald audiobook. Genre: drama In a windswept corner of Scotland, Malcolm MacPhail has always known the rhythms of the sea and the hard honesty of a fisherman's life. But when he is abruptly drawn into the world of titles, estates, and public scrutiny, he finds that the deepest currents are not in the ocean but in the human heart. Now tied to the great house of Lossie and the troubled young Marquis whose name he bears, Malcolm must learn how to move among the proud and the powerful without losing the plain courage and faith that formed him. As old secrets cast long shadows and rival interests circle the family, Malcolm is tested by loyalty, duty, and the sharp divides of class. At the same time, his bond with the spirited Florimel and his encounters with wounded, complicated souls force him to ask what true nobility means - and what kind of man he intends to become. Rich with moral struggle, tenderness, and Scottish atmosphere, The Marquis of Lossie is a story of identity, conscience, and love under pressure. Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:13:33) Chapter 02 (00:19:00) Chapter 03 (00:30:00) Chapter 04 (00:37:24) Chapter 05 (00:46:17) Chapter 06 (00:50:15) Chapter 07 (00:57:12) Chapter 08 (01:05:08) Chapter 09 (01:15:13) Chapter 10 (01:23:12) Chapter 11 (01:35:08) Chapter 12 (01:45:33) Chapter 13 (01:55:48) Chapter 14 (02:16:57) Chapter 15 (02:26:03) Chapter 16 (02:33:38) Chapter 17 (02:41:55) Chapter 18 (02:52:46) Chapter 19 (03:03:58) Chapter 20 (03:11:51) Chapter 21 (03:22:31) Chapter 22 (03:46:13) Chapter 23 (04:01:28) Chapter 24 (04:12:36) Chapter 25 (04:21:43) Chapter 26 (04:33:04) Chapter 27 (04:59:07) Chapter 28 (05:18:27) Chapter 29 (05:37:36) Chapter 30 (05:49:50) Chapter 31 (05:59:37) Chapter 32 (06:08:26) Chapter 33 (06:20:22) Chapter 34 (06:31:05) Chapter 35 (06:40:08) Chapter 36 (06:56:07) Chapter 37 (07:09:04) Chapter 38 (07:16:19) Chapter 39 (07:43:33) Chapter 40 (08:02:05) Chapter 41 (08:07:46) Chapter 42 (08:37:49) Chapter 43 (08:52:06) Chapter 44 (09:01:41) Chapter 45 (09:17:18) Chapter 46 (09:29:43) Chapter 47 (09:44:25) Chapter 48 (09:54:25) Chapter 49 (10:02:54) Chapter 50 (10:13:36) Chapter 51 (10:41:36) Chapter 52 (10:54:49) Chapter 53 (11:23:19) Chapter 54 (11:30:15) Chapter 55 (11:42:38) Chapter 56 (12:08:07) Chapter 57 (12:34:08) Chapter 58 (12:58:59) Chapter 59 (13:29:18) Chapter 60 (13:47:36) Chapter 61 (14:06:37) Chapter 62 (14:20:13) Chapter 63 (14:35:51) Chapter 64 (14:49:28) Chapter 65 (14:58:40) Chapter 66 (15:19:52) Chapter 67 (15:40:08) Chapter 68 (15:51:19) Chapter 69 (16:00:21) Chapter 70 (16:24:20) Chapter 71 (16:48:41) Chapter 72 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices