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Our Mutual Friend (abridged)
Out of the dust-heaps and dirty streets of mid-Victorian London Dickens creates a classic murder-mystery tale. A dead man is fished out of the …
Our Mutual Friend (unabridged)
A mysterious boatman on the Thames, a drowned heir, a dustman and his wife, and a host of other Dickens characters populate this novel …
Under Milk Wood and other plays (unabridged)
Under Milk Wood is Dylan Thomas’s undisputed and unforgettable masterpiece – an affectionate, but hilarious portrait of a small Welsh town. The classic 1954 recording, …
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (unabridged)
The powerful sense of evil – darkness, creepy hairy presences, cloaks, hoods, talons and tentacles – pervades these classic ghost stories by M.R. James. A Cambridge …
News from Nowhere (unabridged)
Although William Morris is known primarily as a designer, he was also a writer of poetry and prose. The novel News from Nowhere (subtitled …
The Adventures of Brigadier Gerard (unabridged)
With a horse between his thighs and a weapon in his grip, the dashing Brigadier Etienne Gerard, Colonel of the Hussars of Conflans, gallops …
Dracula’s Guest and Other Stories (unabridged)
Best known for his masterpiece of horror, Dracula, Bram Stoker wrote a number of other novels and many short stories, all on supernatural themes …
The Black Gang (unabridged)
Bulldog’s back! This time, there is a plot to foment a revolution in England, a plot that has left the Police baffled and the …
King Richard III (unabridged)
Kenneth Branagh heads an outstanding cast in playing one of Shakespeare’s strongest characters. The eighth production in the widely admired series of Shakespeare plays …
Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime and Other Stories (unabridged)
A palmist’s prediction leads to murder; an enigmatic woman’s lifestyle is a mystery to be solved; a ghost tries to frighten the new tenants …
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Volume II: 1664-1666 (unabridged)
The Diary of Samuel Pepys is one of the most entertaining documents in English history. Written between 1660 and 1669, as Pepys was establishing …
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Volume I: 1660-1663 (unabridged)
The Diary of Samuel Pepys is one of the most entertaining documents in English history. Written between 1660 and 1669, as Pepys was establishing …
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Volume III: 1667-1669 (unabridged)
The Diary of Samuel Pepys is one of the most entertaining documents in English history. Written between 1660 and 1669, as Pepys was establishing …
Religions of the World (unabridged)
Religion is central to the lives of millions of people around the globe. But how did the great religions begin, and what do their …
The NAB Blog: The Utopian Tradition – William Morris and Edward Bellamy
In its strictest sense, ‘Utopia’ signifies an ideal society. The word itself (derived from the Greek words ‘ou’ and ‘topos’, meaning ‘no place’ or ‘nowhere’) was coined by Thomas More in his 1516 work as the name of a fictional …
The NAB Blog: Winter Ghost Stories – Tales from the Other Side
This time of year, with its dark evenings and cosy fires, lends itself to the telling of ghost stories. Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw opens very much in this vein: ‘The story had held us, round the fire, sufficiently breathless, …
Classic Ghost Stories (selections)
These stories are designed to engender a chill in the listener which is not just due to the season. Stephen Critchlow, a characterful actor, …
Bliss and Other Stories (unabridged)
One of Katherine Mansfield’s finest short stories, Bliss, introduces us to Bertha, who experiences a sense of rapture as she reflects on her life. …
The NAB Blog: The NAB Blog
Welcome to the latest feature on naxosaudiobooks.com. The genesis of this is that things happen so fast behind the scenes of Naxos AudioBooks that news becomes old news very quickly. And having been a journalist for thirty years before the …
Stories from Shakespeare 3 (unabridged)
Two leading English classical actors, Juliet Stevenson and Simon Russell Beale, open the doors to eight important plays, including Much Ado About Nothing, Antony …
Christmas Stories (unabridged)
Charles Dickens was a major contributor to the Victorian romantic revival of Christmas traditions. With their heart, humour and good morals, Dickens’s Christmas stories …
The Call of the Wild (unabridged)
Buck is living the good life in the soft South, when he is snatched and transported to the savagery of the Northland. There, the …
Titus Groan (abridged)
Deep in the labyrinthine corridors of Gormenghast Castle, a child is born. Titus, 77th Earl of Groan, is heir to arcane and all-embracing rituals …
The Clumsy Ghost and Other Spooky Tales (unabridged)
In this entertaining anthology of seven new ghost stories, written especially for Naxos AudioBooks, we meet all kinds of phantoms in different situations: a …
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Stories (unabridged)
At the heart of these stories, as with all the best of Lovecraft’s work, is the belief that the Earth was once inhabited by …
The Moonlit Road (selections)
These five chilling nineteenth-century ghost stories from both sides of the Atlantic include some of the best in the genre. Bierce is well-known, but …
The NAB Blog: The Voice of the 48 Characters
charles dickens is one of the great pillars of English literature. It was not just because he reflected his time so acutely, nor because his novels were real page-tuners – which they remain today. The heart of Dickens is his humanity, …
Metamorphoses (unabridged)
The Metamorphoses, by Publius Ovidius Naso (43 BC–AD 17) has, over the centuries, been the most popular and influential work from our classical tradition. …
Macbeth (unabridged)
Macbeth, Shakespeare’s last great tragedy, has remained one of the most popular plays since it’s first performance in 1606 – probably in front of King …
The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Stories (unabridged)
H.P. Lovecraft never found fame during his lifetime and died in 1937 in relative obscurity. But in the decades that followed his death, his …
The NAB Blog: Ancient Egypt Today
A vulture from a wall at the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut I was rowing up the Nile the other day, from a bit above the Temple of Luxor to Crocodile Island. Rowing against the stream on an afternoon when the …
The Body Snatcher and Other Stories (unabridged)
A dark night, a graveyard and the suspicion of murder… The Body Snatcher is one of Robert Louis Stevenson’s most chilling tales. After many …
Narrow Road to the Interior, Hōjōki (unabridged)
Japanese poetry is well-known for its clarity and concision, and Narrow Road to the Interior and Hōjōki are two of the best-loved, and most …
Ghost Stories (unabridged)
Charles Dickens was a master of the macabre. His stories of madness, murder and revenge, often imbued with a sympathetic moral undertone, have continued …
Stories from Shakespeare – The Plantagenets (unabridged)
Naxos AudioBooks presents the history of the Plantaganets as seen through the eyes of Shakespeare. These easy-to-understand introductions feature key speeches and scenes from …
The Diary of a Madman and Other Stories (unabridged)
The Diary of a Madman and Other Stories is a bizarre and colourful collection containing the finest short stories by the iconic Russian writer …
A History of the World in 10½ Chapters (unabridged)
A History of the World in 10½ Chapters tells a series of apparently unconnected stories ranging from a woodworm’s-eye-view of the journey on Noah’s …
The Lost World (unabridged)
Somewhere in South America, there is a plateau; and roaming in its forests are dinosaurs… Only one man has ever been there, and his …
The Innocence of Father Brown – Volume 2 (unabridged)
Here are the six final stories from The Innocence of Father Brown relating the crime-solving adventures of a rather unconventional detective. Having accumulated wisdom …
Great Expectations (unabridged)
Narrated in the first person, Great Expectations tells the story of Philip Pirrip (known as Pip) from his disadvantaged start as an orphan in …
Just So Stories (unabridged)
‘I am the cat who walks by himself and all places are alike to me.’ Here are the delightful stories which Kipling first told …
The Snow Queen and Other Stories (unabridged)
The Snow Queen is one of Andersen’s most affecting stories. Little Kay is enticed away from his home by the Snow Queen who traps …
Ballet Stories (unabridged)
The stories of the most popular ballets are told in refreshing style against the backdrop of the music written by Delibes, Tchaikovsky and Adam. …
The Kabuliwallah and Other Stories (unabridged)
Rabindranath Tagore, India’s foremost writer and the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize for literature, is perhaps best known for his tender and …
The NAB Blog: Book Expo, Javits Center, New York
William Anderson during a rare quiet moment at the Book Expo New York I find book fairs very stimulating things: the gathering together of so many people working in the differing strands of activites which comprise the book industry makes …
A History of the Olympics (unabridged)
An unusual release on audiobook format! The 2008 Beijing Olympics take place in August. John Goodbody, for many years chief sports news writer for …
The Man Who Would Be King and Other Stories (unabridged)
In a remote part of 19th-century Afghanistan, two British adventurers pursue their ambition to rule an empire. Using betrayal, threats and guns they win …
Classic Fairy Stories (compilation)
A delightful collection of famous fairy stories. How does The Brave Little Tailor become a king? How can the defenceless little pig keep the …
Classic Women’s Short Stories (unabridged)
Five stories from influential women writers of the nineteenth century and the first decades of the twentieth century. New Zealand-born Katherine Mansfield settled in …
Normandy Stories (selections)
Maupassant is hailed as one of the greatest masters of the short story. This collection focuses upon the land he knew and loved so …
The Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District and Other Stories (unabridged)
Praised by Chekhov as his favourite writer, Nikolai Leskov occupies a unique place in Russian literature. His original stories often seem like folk-tales, their …
The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes – Volume II (unabridged)
In the last six stories written by Conan Doyle featuring Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson, the duo face some of their most challenging cases. …
The Guermantes Way (unabridged)
Remembrance of Things Past is one of the monuments of 20th-century literature. Neville Jason’s unabridged recording of the work runs to 150 hours. The …
The History of Western Art (unabridged)
What is art? Why do we value images of saints, kings, goddesses, battles, landscapes or cities from eras of history utterly remote from ourselves? …
Stories from Shakespeare (unabridged)
Here are the stories of ten key Shakespeare plays: Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, King Lear, Richard III, Othello, Macbeth, The Tempest, Henry V, and …
Chilling Ghost Stories (compilation)
A chilling collection of ghost stories containing Rats by M. R. James, The Raven and Berenice by Edgar Allan Poe, The Birthday of the Infanta …
More Classic American Short Stories (unabridged)
Here are seven stories from master American writers of the nineteenth century. They vary from sinister tales by Ambrose Bierce – why is that window …
The Empty House and Other Stories (unabridged)
An abandoned house whose horrific past is re-enacted for those who dare visit; a terrifying trip down the Danube river; a malevolent half-beast creature …
Stories from Shakespeare 2 (unabridged)
The first volume of David Timson’s series retelling of the stories from Shakespeare’s plays was widely praised by newspapers and educators alike. Here is …
The Complete Short Stories (unabridged)
H.H. Munro (Saki) is one of the undisputed masters of the short story. In this complete compendium, the full gamut of his subjects and …
Our Island Story (complete) (unabridged)
H. E. Marshall’s classic children’s chronicle of Britain Our Island Story includes all the best-loved (and most infamous!) stories from history: King Alfred and the …
The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes – Volume I (unabridged)
These six cases are among the last undertaken by Sherlock Holmes before he retired to the Sussex downs. However, the problems facing the sleuth …
Classic Romance (unabridged)
This is a diverting delight, a window on romance in literature. There are high lovers and low lovers, tragic lovers, comic lovers, and lovers …
Classic American Short Stories (unabridged)
Five great American short story writers, dating from the turn of the nineteenth/twentieth centuries are represented here. Different in atmosphere and writing style, they …
The Spiritual Verses (abridged)
Rumi’s Spiritual Verses, is the greatest mystical poem in Islamic culture and of all time. Rumi tells of our human separation from reality, from …
Bartleby the Scrivener and other stories (unabridged)
Melville’s Bartleby is a classic American short story, a strange tale of an assiduous copyist whose catch-phrase is ‘I would prefer not to’. It …
Great Ghost Stories (unabridged)
A spine-tingling collection of classic ghost stories – a perfect way to pass those long winter nights! This set contains The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar …
Four Short Stories (unabridged)
In these stories, Conan Doyle draws the listener in to experience drama, suspense and, ultimately, the shock of surprise. Here is a unique combination …
In the Ravine and Other Short Stories (unabridged)
Here are twelve short stories by Anton Chekhov, one of the finest masters of what is acknowledged to be a difficult genre. There is …
Dragon Tales (unabridged)
Here is a collection of four delightful dragon stories by two master writers for children: The Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame and The Island …
Wessex Tales (unabridged)
Wessex Tales, a collection of short stories including The Three Strangers, The Withered Arm and The Distracted Preacher, deal with a number of timeless …
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and Other Stories (unabridged)
Five tales which range from the jungles of India to the frozen emptiness of the North… In all of them, Kipling’s extraordinary powers of …