Modern Classics

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    • By: Ray Bradbury
    • Narrated by: Tim Robbins
    • Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 10-21-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 32,576 ratings
    • Ray Bradbury's internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 is a masterwork of 20th-century literature set in a bleak, dystopian future, narrated here by Academy Award-winning actor Tim Robbins....

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    • By: John Irving
    • Narrated by: Joe Barrett
    • Length: 27 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 08-11-09
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 10,771 ratings
    • Of all of John Irving's books, this is the one that lends itself best to audio. In print, Owen Meany's dialogue is set in capital letters; for this production, Irving himself selected Joe Barrett to deliver Meany's difficult voice as intended.....

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    • By: Betty Smith
    • Narrated by: Kate Burton
    • Length: 14 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 12-26-04
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 8,107 ratings
    • A moving coming-of-age story set in the 1900s, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn follows the lives of 11-year-old Francie Nolan....

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    • An Audible Original Drama
    • By: Jane Austen
    • Narrated by: Claire Foy, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Billie Piper, Florence Pugh, Emma Thompson
    • Length: 45 hrs
    • Release date: 11-05-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2,971 ratings
    • In this Audible Original collection, an all-star list of narrators (Billie Piper, Claire Foy, Emma Thompson, Florence Pugh and Gugu Mbatha-Raw) capture Austen’s pin-sharp humour and tone in these dramatisations of her six beloved novels accompanied by a full cast....

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    • By: James Joyce
    • Narrated by: Donal Donnelly
    • Length: 42 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 01-11-13
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 308 ratings
    • The first authorized, unabridged release of this timeless classic and exclusively available from Recorded Books. Ulysses records the events of a single day, June 16, 1904, in Dublin, Ireland....

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    • By: Ellen Raskin
    • Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
    • Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 12-05-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,427 ratings
    • A bizarre chain of events begins when 16 unlikely people gather for the reading of Samuel W. Westing's will....

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    • By: Albert Camus
    • Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
    • Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 01-24-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 164 ratings
    • By one of the most profoundly influential thinkers of our century, The Rebel is an essay on revolution. As old regimes throughout the world collapse, this classic resonates as an ardent, eloquent, and supremely rational voice of conscience for our tumultuous times....

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    • A Nonpartisan Guide to the Issues That Matter
    • By: Jessamyn Conrad
    • Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt
    • Length: 14 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 08-31-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 218 ratings
    • What You Should Know About Politics...But Don't breaks it all down, issue by issue, explaining who stands for what, and why - whether it's the economy, income inequality, Obamacare, foreign policy, education, immigration, or climate change....

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    • A Modern Retelling
    • By: Alexander McCall Smith
    • Narrated by: Susan Lyons
    • Series: The Austen Project
    • Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
    • Release date: 04-07-15
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 823 ratings
    • An unstoppable combination: Alexander McCall Smith and Jane Austen, as Sandy modernizes the story of Emma Woodhouse....

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    • In Modern English
    • By: Thomas Watson, Jason Roth
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 01-29-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • Is it possible to be content when life is painful and disappointing? The Art of Divine Contentment considers the implications of the Apostle Paul's...

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    • In Modern English
    • By: John Owen, Jason Roth
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 02-06-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • In this book, John Owen (1616-1683) conveys the importance of the glory of Christ in the life of a believer. Meditating and savoring the glory of ...

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    • In Modern English
    • By: John Flavel, Jason Roth
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
    • Release date: 01-29-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • In Keeping the Heart, John Flavel (1627-1691) centers his teaching on Proverbs 4:23: “Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the ...

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    • Picador Modern Classics
    • By: Joan Didion
    • Narrated by: Maya Hawke
    • Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
    • Release date: 11-05-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • Celebrated, iconic, and indispensable, Joan Didion’s first work of nonfiction, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, is considered a watershed moment in American writing. First published in 1968, the collection was critically praised as one of the “best prose written in this country.”

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