literary analysis

  • At the Earth’s Core

    At the Earth’s Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs is a thrilling early twentieth-century fantasy adventure that takes listeners deep beneath the planet’s surface into the mysterious inner world of Pellucidar. This audiobook invites you to discover a land filled with prehistoric creatures, lost civilizations and the dramatic struggle between humans and the tyrannical Mahars. Listen…

  • White Jacket, or The World in a Man-of-War

    White Jacket; or, The World in a Man-of-War by Herman Melville is one of the most vivid portraits of life aboard a nineteenth-century warship. Gritty, reflective and surprisingly modern, the White Jacket audiobook plunges listeners into the daily routines, dangers and injustices of a sailor serving on a United States man-of-war. On this page, you…

  • The Scarlet Letter

    The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is one of the most powerful classics of American literature. Set in strict Puritan New England, it tells the story of Hester Prynne, a woman condemned to wear a scarlet “A” on her chest as punishment for adultery. This free audiobook version of The Scarlet Letter lets you experience…