Drama

Oliver Twist

by Charles Dickens Read by Peter John Keeble 4.4
Oliver Twist was published in 1838 as a three volume book. The novel was the first of Dickens' works to realistically portray the degradatio…

The Reign of King Edward the Third

by William Shakespeare Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
The Reign of King Edward the Third is an Elizabethan play printed anonymously in 1596. It has frequently been claimed that it was at least p…

Hamlet

by William Shakespeare Read by Sam Stinson 4.6
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, the play dramatizes the revenge…

The Trespasser

by D. H. Lawrence Read by Martin Geeson 3.9
Brief Encounter meets Tristan und Isolde - on the Isle of Wight, under a vast sky florid with stars. The consequence is tragic indeed for on…

The Oresteia

by Aeschylus Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.8
The Oresteia is a trilogy by Aeschylus, one of the foremost playwrights of ancient Greece. It encompasses three plays: Agamemnon, The Libati…

The Trial of Oscar Wilde

by William James McGlothlin Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
In 1895 Oscar Wilde was convicted of gross indecency and sentenced to two years' hard labor. This account of his two trials was compiled fro…

Emma

by Jane Austen Read by Sherry Crowther 4.3
Sherry reads Jane Austen’s sparkling comedy of manners with wit and vivacity, and brings the characters to life. Mr. Woodhouse worries and f…

Hippolytus

by Euripides Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.8
Eurpides' tragedy tells of Theseus' chaste son Hippolytus, who refuses to worship Aphrodite in favor of Artemis. Aphrodite gets revenge by c…

Mary Tudor

by Victor Hugo Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
If Queen Mary I of England wants something, you'd better not try and stop her, or else you might soon find yourself without a head! When thi…

Young Junius

by Seth Harwood Read by Seth Harwood 4.8
Before Jack Palms ever shook 'em down, Junius Ponds came up on tough streets of Cambridge, MA in 1987. In the middle of drugs, gang violence…

The Pilgrim's Progress

by John Bunyan Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
Probably the most famous allegory ever written of the Christian life, The Pilgrim's Progress follows the journey of Christian from his first…

Major Barbara

by George Bernard Shaw Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
George Bernard Shaw's Major Barbara focuses on the family of aristocratic Lady Britomart Undershaft and her estranged husband Andrew, a mill…

The Tempest

by William Shakespeare Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
Banished from his own lands by a usurping brother, Prospero and his daughter Miranda have been living on a deserted island for years, until …

David Copperfield

by Charles Dickens Read by Michael Armenta 4.6
"This short collection of 6 selected scenes from "David Copperfield" were abridged and performed by Dickens himself during hi…

The Picture of Dorian Gray

by Oscar Wilde Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
The novel tells of a young man named Dorian Gray, the subject of a painting by artist Basil Hallward. Basil is impressed by Dorian's beauty …

Les Misérables

by Victor Hugo Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
This is book 1 of 5. An ex-convict breaks parole and starts a new life as a righteous man, but is pursued by a police inspector. Along the w…

Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare Read by Sam Stinson 4.5
Romeo and Juliet is an early tragedy by William Shakespeare about two teenage "star-cross'd lovers" whose "untimely deaths&qu…

A Midsummer Night's Dream

by William Shakespeare Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a whimsical exploration of love, magic, and the complexities of human relationships, set against the backdrop o…

The Persians

by Aeschylus Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
This is one of the few Greek tragedies that deals with historical events rather than mythological ones. The elders of the Persian court awa…

Hamlet

by William Shakespeare Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Hamlet is commonly regarded as one of the greatest plays ever written. Drawing on Danish chronicles and the Elizabethan vogue for revenge tr…

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