Classic Audiobook Collection

Tales of a Wayside Inn by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow audiobook.
Genre: poetry
Set in the warm glow of a New England hearth, Tales of a Wayside Inn gathers a circle of travelers at the old Sudbury inn where stories are as essential as food and fire. As snow settles outside, a diverse company - including the thoughtful Student, a wandering Sicilian, a sober Theologian, a quick-witted Poet, and other passing guests - agrees to pass the evening in friendly contest, each telling a tale to entertain, provoke, and illuminate. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow frames their storytelling like a medieval story-cycle, then opens into a rich procession of narrative poems drawn from legend, history, and rumor: saints and sinners, kings and commoners, acts of courage and folly, moments of justice, mercy, and eerie wonder. With each new voice, the inn becomes a crossroads of cultures and centuries, where the past feels close enough to touch and every tale carries a quiet question about what people owe to one another. Lyrical, conversational, and often suspenseful, this book invites listeners to settle in, listen closely, and discover how a night of stories can change the way a life is understood.

Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 1
(00:22:57) Chapter 2
(00:45:44) Chapter 3
(00:59:30) Chapter 4
(01:18:33) Chapter 5
(01:35:53) Chapter 6
(01:50:11) Chapter 7
(02:04:33) Chapter 8
(02:19:04) Chapter 9
(02:33:48) Chapter 10
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The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow audiobook.
Genre: poetry
In this landmark narrative poem of 19th-century America, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow retells a cycle of tales inspired by Indigenous traditions of the Great Lakes region, shaping them into the life story of Hiawatha, a young man called to bring order and meaning to his people. Guided by powerful spiritual forces and the counsel of elders, Hiawatha grows from restless youth into a figure of leadership, learning to listen to the forest, the river, and the voices that move beneath the visible world. Along the way he faces trials of strength and faith, encounters rival powers, and seeks the wisdom needed to heal division. The poem also follows his love for Minnehaha, whose warmth and courage offer a tender counterpoint to the harshness of war and wilderness. Told in a driving, chant-like rhythm that echoes oral storytelling, The Song of Hiawatha blends adventure, romance, and mythic wonder, exploring themes of duty, community, the natural world, and the costs of change.

Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 00
(00:07:32) Chapter 01
(00:14:33) Chapter 02
(00:27:25) Chapter 03
(00:37:57) Chapter 04
(00:50:29) Chapter 05
(01:03:15) Chapter 06
(01:11:15) Chapter 07
(01:17:41) Chapter 08
(01:27:13) Chapter 09
(01:40:04) Chapter 10
(01:52:20) Chapter 11
(02:02:26) Chapter 12
(02:18:59) Chapter 13
(02:29:35) Chapter 14
(02:37:38) Chapter 15
(02:47:09) Chapter 16
(02:57:56) Chapter 17
(03:12:55) Chapter 18
(03:18:16) Chapter 19
(03:27:34) Chapter 20
(03:35:40) Chapter 21
(03:45:29) Chapter 22
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Making a Rock Garden by Henry Sherman Adams audiobook.
Genre: self help
Making a Rock Garden by Henry Sherman Adams (published as H. S. Adams) is a practical, early 20th century guide for home gardeners who want the drama of stone, slope, and alpine flowers without creating a stiff, artificial pile of rocks. Adams argues that a true rock garden should look as if nature made it, and he shows how to study natural outcrops and translate their shapes, layers, and plant communities into a convincing design for suburban or country grounds. Step by step, he walks the listener through choosing a site, planning the layout, and building with an eye to stability, drainage, and believable irregularity. Along the way, he explains soil preparation for alpines, the challenges of sun and shade exposures, and the ongoing culture and management that keep delicate plants thriving in tough, rocky conditions. The book also broadens beyond the classic rockery to related features such as miniature rock gardens, rock-studded banks, dry wall or wall gardens, and the special appeal of incorporating water. Clear, opinionated, and encouraging, it is both a design philosophy and a hands-on manual for turning awkward terrain and scattered stone into a living landscape.

Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 1
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The Arizona Callahan by Henry James OBrien Bedford-Jones audiobook.
Genre: adventure
In a gale off the Beaver Islands in Lake Michigan, Nelly Callahan watches a battered canoe fight for shore - and the bloodied stranger inside vanish around the point. When he walks into her fathers fishing camp soon after, grinning through his bruises, he brings more than a shipwreck story. He calls himself Hardrock Callahan, nicknamed for two years spent in Arizona, and he claims he has legally bought the very timber and shoreline the island men treat as their own. On these isolated islands, where family loyalty matters more than papers and old grudges simmer alongside moonshine, an outsider can spark a feud with a single sentence. Hardrock quickly finds himself facing Hughie Dunlevy, the powerful local man her father expects Nelly to marry, and Nelly is forced to choose how far she will go to resist a life decided for her. As storms roll in and tempers flare, Hardrock tries to stand his ground, win allies, and prove he is more than a reckless drifter - while Nelly weighs freedom, loyalty, and the dangerous cost of defying the islands unwritten law.

Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 01
(00:15:14) Chapter 02
(00:29:58) Chapter 03
(00:45:14) Chapter 04
(00:59:52) Chapter 05
(01:14:05) Chapter 06
(01:32:38) Chapter 07
(01:49:09) Chapter 08
(02:03:40) Chapter 09
(02:22:00) Chapter 10
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Fairhaven; a Story of Pilgrim Land by Henry Grattan Donnelly audiobook.
Genre: drama
In Fairhaven: a Story of Pilgrim Land, Henry Grattan Donnelly (writing under the byline Justis Henry G. D.) turns back to coastal New England in the first, uncertain generation after the Mayflower. In a settlement where every harvest is a gamble and every quarrel can become a crisis, a young newcomer to the colony is forced to choose what kind of life he will build: a quiet existence shaped by strict faith and communal duty, or a bolder path driven by private hopes, ambition, and love. Around him, the little town that calls itself Fairhaven struggles to hold together as sickness, scarcity, and old-world rivalries test its resolve. Friends become opponents in disputes over leadership and conscience, families fracture under the pressure of survival, and a single personal decision can ripple outward into the fate of the whole community. Rich with period detail and a sense of place, Donnelly's novel explores the cost of belonging, the pull between principle and desire, and the fragile courage it takes to turn a harsh shoreline into a home.

Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 01
(00:09:02) Chapter 02
(00:17:59) Chapter 03
(00:30:36) Chapter 04
(00:41:55) Chapter 05
(00:54:24) Chapter 06
(01:10:25) Chapter 07
(01:26:52) Chapter 08
(01:38:06) Chapter 09
(01:55:58) Chapter 10
(02:10:11) Chapter 11
(02:24:28) Chapter 12
(02:41:01) Chapter 13
(02:56:32) Chapter 14
(03:09:59) Chapter 15
(03:25:13) Chapter 16
(03:37:28) Chapter 17
(03:53:22) Chapter 18
(04:08:49) Chapter 19
(04:29:12) Chapter 20
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