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Free Listens
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This blog publishes weekly reviews of free human-read audiobooks available on the web. In my reviews, I try to avoid any spoilers beyond what you'd read on the cover of a paperback. Realizing that these books are being given away for free, I try to be not too harsh on the reader but still point out any aspects that may turn off some listeners.
I tend to prefer unabridged solo recordings, rather than reader-per-chapter or radio theater productions. I will not review any books or readers I dislike; there's just too much good stuff out there to be negative. Feel free to suggest any book, podcast or website in the comments.
- Added on: Mar 13th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Seth
- Listed in: Books Podcasting
- Tags: MP3 Free literature stories audiobooks books on tape
Recent Posts
"The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
Source: Literal Systems (MP3)Length: 20 minReader: Jane AkerThe story: Since today is Christmas and I'm spending time with my family, I won't say too much about today's story. I will mention that it is a great favorite of mine. When I listened to th...
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Source: LibriVoxLength: 2 hr, 44 minReader: Glen HallstromThe book: How can I really review a book so well-loved, widely-read, and continuously-adapted as A Christmas Carol? I first read this book as a school assignment in the sixth grade. Apart fr...
"The Fable of the Author Who Was Sorry for What He Did to Willie" by George Ade
Source: Mr. Ron's Basement (MP3)Length: 11 minReader: Ron EvryThe story: George Ade is a now-little-known American humor writer of the turn of the century. Many of his short stories take the form of modern-day "fables" with a ridiculous or incongruen...
Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith
Source: LibriVoxLength: Approx 4.5 hrsReader: Martin CliftonThe book: Charles Pooter is a middle-class clerk in Victorian London. He's tired of seeing published diaries about the great accomplishments of people he's never heard of. So, he starts a di...
"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson
Source: The New Yorker Fiction Podcast (MP3)Length: 32 minReader: A. M. HolmesThe story: Somewhere in apple pie and general store America, a small town gathers for a yearly ritual: the lottery. Almost everyone, young and old, has assembled with a mi...
Anthem by Ayn Rand
Source: Thought AudioLength: 2 hr, 12 minReader: Michael ScottThe book: Set in the future following a catastrophic war, the society portrayed in Anthem is collectivism taken to the extreme. Individuality has been nearly wiped out. The first person si...
