Drama

Far from the Madding Crowd

by Thomas Hardy Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) is Thomas Hardy's fourth novel and offers in ample measure the details of English rural life that Hardy so…

Much Ado About Nothing

by William Shakespeare Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Much Ado About Nothing is generally considered one of Shakespeare’s best comedies, because it combines elements of robust hilarity with more…

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
A series of mysterious and increasingly alarming crimes are taking place across London. People are being injured, even murdered without merc…

Educide

by S. Lawrence Parrish Read by S. Lawrence Parrish 4.3
Meet Avery Carmichael, student-teacher. This year he's teamed up with Mr. Samuel Petersen, veteran teacher. Avery is about to get an educati…

North and South

by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
Set in Victorian England, North and South is the story of Margaret Hale, a young woman whose life is turned upside down when her family relo…

Ben Hur

by Lew Wallace Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
In this dramatic reading of the classic epic Ben Hur, rediscover the wonder of three wise men who travel through the wilderness together. Th…

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

by William Shakespeare Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
The Two Gentlemen of Verona is the earliest comedy written by Shakespeare (and possibly his first play), probably written around 1590-91. I…

Medea

by Euripides Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Euripides' tragedy focuses on the disintegration of the relationship between Jason, the hero who captured the Golden Fleece, and Medea, the …

Farewell

by Honoré de Balzac Read by Martin Geeson 4.4
In his startling and tragic novella Farewell (‘Adieu’), Balzac adds to the 19th century’s literature of the hysterical woman: sequestered, c…

Hunger

by Knut Hamsun Read by Greg W. 4.3
Hunger (Norwegian: Sult) is a novel by the Norwegian author Knut Hamsun and was published in its final form in 1890. The novel has been hail…

The Clouds

by Aristophanes Read by Expatriate 4.3
Strepsiades is an Athenian burdened with debt from a bad marriage and a spendthrift son. He resolves to go to the Thinking Shop, where he c…

Crime and Punishment

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
The story tells of the inner turmoil of Rodion Raskolnikov, a student in St. Petersburg who commits murder. His psychological and moral agit…

His Last Bow

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
The last collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories contains some of the most dramatic moments of the entire Sherlock Holmes canon. "T…

The Ghost Breaker

by Charles Goddard Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
The Ghost Breaker is a captivating blend of drama and supernatural intrigue, set against the backdrop of a haunted estate. When Warren, a re…

Oedipus at Colonus

by Sophocles Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
This is the second installment in Sophocles's Theban Plays that chronicles the tragic fates of Oedipus and his family. After fulfilling the…

The Parasite

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Read by Carl Vonnoh, III 4.2
Being a physiologist, Austin Gilroy is unconvinced that the occult is real. His friend Professor Wilson, however, is not only convinced that…

Antony and Cleopatra

by William Shakespeare Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Antony and Cleopatra is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607. It was first printed…

Chicot the Jester

by Alexandre Dumas Read by John Van Stan 4.3
This sequel to Dumas' “Marguerite de Valois” begins four years after the sudden death of King Charles IX and succession of his brother Henry…

The Price of Love

by Arnold Bennett Read by Christine Blachford 4.3
Rachel Louise Fleckring works for the elderly Mrs Maldon, and although with the woman for only a short time, she is taken into the heart of …

A Midsummer Night's Dream

by William Shakespeare Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Shakespeare's festive comedy combines classical Athenian characters (Duke Theseus and his conquered Amazonian bride Hippolyta) with four con…

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