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• Animal Farm - start listening here

  The landmark allegory about hypocrisy and corruption of power.

  

  Duration: 20:00

• The Great Gatsby - Start listening now

  The great American novel of the Jazz Age, read by Kyle Soller

  

  Duration: 40:00

• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - start listening here

  Lewis Carroll’s curiouser and curiouser tale of a girl discovering a strange new world.

  

  Duration: 13:44

• Cranford - start listening here

  Mrs Gaskell’s much-loved portrait of life in a small town and its female inhabitants.

  

  Duration: 26:07

• Ethan Frome - start listening here

  Edith Wharton’s novella about a young man attempting to escape a loveless marriage.

  

  Duration: 26:46

• Gulliver's Travels - start listening here

  Jonathan Swift’s satire following Lemuel Gulliver’s strange travels through odd lands.

  

  Duration: 9:33

• Orlando - start listening here

  Virginia Woolf’s comic biography of a time-travelling hero who transforms into a heroine.

  

  Duration: 1:19:49

• The Call of the Wild - start listening here

  Jack London’s tale of one dog's unbreakable spirit and survival in the Alaskan Klondike.

  

  Duration: 24:12

• The Railway Children - start listening here

  E Nesbit’s heart-warming story of three siblings hoping to be reunited with their father.

  

  Duration: 26:07

• The Thirty-Nine Steps - start listening here

  John Buchan’s thrilling tale of derring-do, secrets and spies set in the shadows of war.

  

  Duration: 26:17

• The Turn of the Screw - start listening here

  Henry James’ chilling novella about a governess and two children on a haunted estate.

  

  Duration: 18:26

• The Wind in the Willows - start listening here

  Kenneth Grahame’s jolly riverside romp with the eccentric Mr. Toad and his animal chums.

  

  Duration: 28:49

• A Christmas Carol - start listening here

  Charles Dickens' timeless classic about a bitter old man who has a Christmas epiphany.

  

  Duration: 49:08

• Frankenstein - start listening here

  Mary Shelley’s gothic masterpiece about a young scientist’s quest to create new life.

  

  Duration: 9:51

• Jane Eyre - start listening here

  Charlotte Bronte’s intimate and disquieting coming of age classic about secrets and lies.

  

  Duration: 13:10

• Kidnapped - start listening here

  Robert Louis Stevenson’s youthful adventure story across high seas and Scottish Highlands

  

  Duration: 10:39

• Pride and Prejudice - start listening here

  Jane Austen’s universally acknowledged romance about Elizabeth Bennett’s search for love.

  

  Duration: 5:22

• Silas Marner - start listening here

  George Eliot’s heart-warming tour de force about a weaver’s search for redemption.

  

  Duration: 31:09

• The Sign of the Four - start listening here

  Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic locked-room mystery following Holmes and Watson.

  

  Duration: 19:57

• The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - start listening here

  Robert Louis Stevenson's story of a doctor experimenting with the duality of human nature

  

  Duration: 14:33

• The War of the Worlds - start listening here

  HG Wells’ iconic sci-fi story about the battle to save Earth from a Martian invasion.

  

  Duration: 15:50

• Wuthering Heights - start listening here

  Emily Bronte's tempestuous tale of passions, betrayal and retribution on the wild moors.

  

  Duration: 13:38

• Stories for Summer - Listen here

  A collection of tales of heat, high jinks and haunted holidays

  

• Children's Stories - Listen here

  A collection of folklore, fables and fairy tales - for both the young and young at heart

  

• Funny Stories - Listen here

  A collection of quirky tales, social comedies and biting satire

  

• Stories for Valentine's Day - Listen here

  A collection of tales about love in all its forms: sweet, sad and happily ever after.

  

• Stories for Christmas - Listen here

  A special collection featuring Christmas stories, ghost stories and stories for children

  

• The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant

  Guy de Maupassant’s story about a woman devoting her life to repay a debt she never owed.

  Duration: 19:47

• Sarah Hall on the surprisingly unromantic history of the short love story

  The writer tells The World Tonight why the short story always lends itself to ambiguity.

  Duration: 5:31