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12 Classic Books You Need to Read Before You Grow Up
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Hard Times stands as one of Charles Dickens’s sharpest critiques of Victorian industrial society. The story follows the Gradgrind family and others as they grapple with the dehumanizing effects of utilitarianism. Though Dickens’s shortest novel, just over 100,000 words, Hard Times packs a powerful punch with its harsh satire of industrialization and fact-based education.
Featured Article: Tune into the Best Christmas Movies Based on Books
What's just as satisfying—or maybe even better—than curling up under a blanket with a big bowl of popcorn and a mug of hot cocoa to watch one of your favorite holiday films? Listening to the audiobook that it's based on! Many of the most iconic movies we watch every year during the holidays were inspired by books, some well-known and some eclipsed by the fame of their adaptations. These listens are worth revisiting time and time again.
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12 Classic Books You Need to Read Before You Grow Up
- Little Prince, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Peter Pan, Secret Garden, Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Pollyanna, 2000 Leagues Under the Sea, a Christmas Carol, Call of the Wild, Wizard of Oz, Velveteen Rabbit
- By: Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Lewis Carroll, Robert Louis Stevenson, and others
- Narrated by: Kelli Winkler, Sarah Rife, David McCord, and others
- Length: 53 hrs and 10 mins
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This carefully compiled collection for young readers includes: The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis...
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12 Classic Books You Need to Read Before You Grow Up
- Little Prince, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Peter Pan, Secret Garden, Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Pollyanna, 2000 Leagues Under the Sea, a Christmas Carol, Call of the Wild, Wizard of Oz, Velveteen Rabbit
- Narrated by: Kelli Winkler, Sarah Rife, David McCord, Candy Preston, Paul Gibson, Abigail Reno, Angela S. Clark, Chris Dabbs
- Length: 53 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 01-22-25
- Language: English
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The Complete Novels of Charles Dickens: All 15 Novels & The Christmas Stories
- Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, Nicholas Nickleby, Dombey and Son, David Copperfield, Little Dorrit, Bleak House, A Christmas Carol and other Christmas Stories, Our Mutual Friend, The Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, The Old Curiosity Shop, Barnaby Rudge, Martin Chuzzlewit, Hard Times, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry, Juliet Stevenson, Jason Isaacs, and others
- Length: Not Yet Known
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The Complete Novels of Charles Dickens: All 15 Novels & The Christmas Stories brings together all of the novels written between Dickens' first published novel in 1836 (The Pickwick Papers) to his final, unfinished novel which was partially published in 1870 (The Mystery of Edwin Drood).
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The Complete Novels of Charles Dickens: All 15 Novels & The Christmas Stories
- Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, Nicholas Nickleby, Dombey and Son, David Copperfield, Little Dorrit, Bleak House, A Christmas Carol and other Christmas Stories, Our Mutual Friend, The Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, The Old Curiosity Shop, Barnaby Rudge, Martin Chuzzlewit, Hard Times, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry, Juliet Stevenson, Jason Isaacs, Samuel West, Miranda Raison, David Rintoul, David Timson, Nicholas Boulton, Jonathan Keeble, Ben Allen, Don Gilet, full cast
- Length: Not Yet Known
- Release date: 06-19-25
- Language: English
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The Ultimate Classics Collection – Volume One: 15 Novels from Dostoyevsky, Dickens, Tolstoy, Melville, Brontë, & More
- The Brothers Karamazov, Great Expectations, Moby Dick, The Call of the Wild, The Castle, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Middlemarch, War and Peace, Wuthering Heights, & More
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, and others
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry, Adjoa Andoh, David Rintoul, and others
- Length: 204 hrs
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The Ultimate Classics Collection: Volume One is a continent-hopping, century-spanning collection of 15 essential classic novels by British, American, and Russian authors, read by a cast of incredible narrators including Stephen Fry, Jason Isaacs, Adjoa Andoh, David Rintoul, and many more.
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The Ultimate Classics Collection – Volume One: 15 Novels from Dostoyevsky, Dickens, Tolstoy, Melville, Brontë, & More
- The Brothers Karamazov, Great Expectations, Moby Dick, The Call of the Wild, The Castle, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Middlemarch, War and Peace, Wuthering Heights, & More
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry, Adjoa Andoh, David Rintoul, Jason Isaacs, Lucy Scott, Robert G. Slade, Daniel Weyman, Jonathan Keeble, full cast
- Length: 204 hrs
- Release date: 02-24-25
- Language: English
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A Tale of Two Cities
- The Audible Dickens Collection
- By: Charles Dickens, Simon Callow - introduction
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 15 hrs
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Exclusively from Audible. 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.' So begins Charles Dickens' most famous historical drama....
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Very Good But Not The Best On Audible--
- By Gillian on 02-08-18
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A Tale of Two Cities
- The Audible Dickens Collection
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Series: The Audible Dickens Collection
- Length: 15 hrs
- Release date: 02-06-18
- Language: English
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David Copperfield
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Richard Armitage
- Length: 36 hrs and 30 mins
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Charles Dickens' epic, exuberant novel is one of the greatest coming-of-age stories in literature. The book chronicles David Copperfield's extraordinary journey through life....
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A PERFECT narration of an English classic!
- By Wayne on 09-03-17
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David Copperfield
- Narrated by: Richard Armitage
- Length: 36 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 02-09-16
- Language: English
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A Christmas Carol
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Hugh Grant
- Length: 2 hrs and 44 mins
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One Christmas Eve he is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come and given a glimpse of the many homes and lives which Scrooge has touched in his wretched life to date....
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Christmas Classic Given New Life
- By E-Hank3 on 12-26-20
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A Christmas Carol
- Narrated by: Hugh Grant
- Length: 2 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 12-21-20
- Language: English
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The Signal Man
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Asif Ali Beg
- Length: 36 mins
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"The Signal-Man" is a story by Charles Dickens. The story begins with the narrator calling "Halloa! Below there!" into a railway cutting.
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The Signal Man
- Narrated by: Asif Ali Beg
- Length: 36 mins
- Release date: 01-18-25
- Language: English
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Great Expectations
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 18 hrs and 32 mins
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One of the most revered works in English literature, Great Expectations traces the coming of age of a young orphan, Pip, from a boy of shallow aspirations into a man of maturity....
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The narrator!!
- By Dana on 06-13-13
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Great Expectations
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 18 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 10-24-11
- Language: English
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Oliver Twist
- The Audible Dickens Collection
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Jonathan Pryce
- Length: 18 hrs and 16 mins
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When young orphan, Oliver Twist, is sold into an apprenticeship with an undertaker, he leaves behind years of miserable servitude and mistreatment at an English workhouse....
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- By victor j chriest on 12-27-20
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Oliver Twist
- The Audible Dickens Collection
- Narrated by: Jonathan Pryce
- Series: The Audible Dickens Collection
- Length: 18 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 04-16-19
- Language: English
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Bleak House
- The Audible Dickens Collection
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Miriam Margolyes
- Length: 43 hrs and 12 mins
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This Audible Exclusive performance features a unique introduction written and narrated by Miriam Margolyes....
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The Best Audiobook Ever?
- By mb on 01-17-19
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Bleak House
- The Audible Dickens Collection
- Narrated by: Miriam Margolyes
- Series: The Audible Dickens Collection
- Length: 43 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 04-17-18
- Language: English
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The Charles Dickens Collection: 10 Novels
- Great Expectations; A Tale of Two Cities; Nicholas Nickleby; Oliver Twist; Bleak House; Our Mutual Friend; The Old Curiosity Shop; Dombey and Son; Little Dorrit; A Christmas Carol
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Mil Nicholson, Bob Neufeld
- Length: 264 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Unabridged recordings of A Tale of Two Cities, Bleak House, Great Expectations, The Old Curiosity Shop, Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, Our Mutual Friend, Little Dorrit, Dombey and Son and A Christmas Carol....
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Excellent
- By Chad Walter on 06-13-22
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The Charles Dickens Collection: 10 Novels
- Great Expectations; A Tale of Two Cities; Nicholas Nickleby; Oliver Twist; Bleak House; Our Mutual Friend; The Old Curiosity Shop; Dombey and Son; Little Dorrit; A Christmas Carol
- Narrated by: Mil Nicholson, Bob Neufeld
- Length: 264 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 03-26-22
- Language: English
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Little Dorrit
- The Audible Dickens Collection
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 40 hrs and 22 mins
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This Audible Exclusive production revisits Charles Dickens’ tragi-comic novel Little Dorrit. Written during the Crimean War, it a story of fortunes won and lost and a masterly portrayal of the failings of Victorian Society....
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Brilliant
- By Bunky on 09-19-19
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Little Dorrit
- The Audible Dickens Collection
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Series: The Audible Dickens Collection
- Length: 40 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 07-04-19
- Language: English
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Oliver Twist
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 16 hrs and 7 mins
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After escaping from the dark and dismal workhouse where he was born, Oliver finds himself on the mean streets of Victorian-era London....
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Amazing narration!
- By Karen on 12-11-08
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Oliver Twist
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 16 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 07-29-08
- Language: English
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Great Expectations
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 22 hrs and 2 mins
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Great Expectations follows Pip's life from a plucky but poor and put-upon child in the Kent marshes, to a young man with "great expectations" in London and the choices he must make as a result of his winding journey....
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- By Arlene Olsen on 08-15-24
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Great Expectations
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 22 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 02-22-24
- Language: English
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David Copperfield
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 33 hrs and 54 mins
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David Copperfield is the quintessential novel by England's most beloved novelist....
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"I am born."
- By Barbara K. on 05-21-09
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David Copperfield
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 33 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 04-30-09
- Language: English
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Bleak House
- By: Charles Dickens, Marty Ross
- Narrated by: Thandiwe Newton, Ambika Mod, Mackenzie Crook, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
- Original Recording
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Audible's trilogy of Dickens dramatizations, executive produced by Sam Mendes, and with a new original score by Dan Gillespie-Sells, concludes with the most dramatic and atmospheric yet.
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What can one say - it’s Dickens!
- By Patsy on 09-29-24
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Bleak House
- Narrated by: Thandiwe Newton, Ambika Mod, Mackenzie Crook, Mark Strong, Lenny Rush, Mark Gatiss, Adeel Akhtar, Miriam Margolyes
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 09-26-24
- Language: English
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A Tale of Two Cities
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt
- Length: 16 hrs and 38 mins
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After 18 years as a political prisoner in the Bastille, the ageing Dr Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England....
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nice intro, but unnecessary addition to audible
- By Anonymous on 06-18-20
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A Tale of Two Cities
- Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt
- Length: 16 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 09-26-19
- Language: English
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David Copperfield
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
- Length: 34 hrs and 33 mins
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When David Copperfield escapes from the cruelty of his childhood home, he embarks on a journey to adulthood which leads him through comedy and tragedy, love and heartbreak....
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Perfect narrator for one of the best classics.
- By 9S on 10-30-09
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David Copperfield
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
- Length: 34 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 11-14-08
- Language: English
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Charles Dickens: A Tale of Two Cities
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Keith Higinbotham
- Length: 15 hrs and 40 mins
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It was the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five. Spiritual revelations were conceded to England at that favoured period, as at this....
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Charles Dickens: A Tale of Two Cities
- Narrated by: Keith Higinbotham
- Length: 15 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 12-03-23
- Language: English
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A Christmas Carol (Simon & Schuster Edition)
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Patrick Stewart
- Length: 1 hr and 47 mins
- Abridged
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Tiny Tim, Bob Cratchit, and Ebenezer Scrooge come to marvelous life in Patrick Stewart's critically-acclaimed solo interpretation of A Christmas Carol....
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It's not Christmas without this (audio)book
- By Christina on 12-11-07
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A Christmas Carol (Simon & Schuster Edition)
- Narrated by: Patrick Stewart
- Length: 1 hr and 47 mins
- Release date: 09-25-06
- Language: English
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