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Books published by publisher Babblebooks

  • The Rover

    Joseph Conrad

    (Babblebooks, Jan. 31, 2008)
    The unabridged classic on MP3 audio, narrated by Anais 9000. Three playback speeds on one disk; etext edition included. Running time: 8.2 hours (slow), 7.5 hours (medium), 6.8 hours (fast). Conrad's final novel has been disparaged as "an adventure story for boys" -- but also championed as a well-wrought fantasy of a seaman's heroic homecoming, a "meditation on the bonds and ethics of sea comraderie," and (beginning in 1796 and covering more than 8 years) is filled with fascinating details of the psychology of post-Revolutionary France.
  • Oroonoko

    Aphra Behn

    Audio CD (Babblebooks, Jan. 31, 2008)
    The unabridged classic on MP3 audio, narrated by Anais 9000. Three playback speeds on one disk; etext edition included. Running time: 2.6 hours (slow), 2.4 hours (medium), 2.2 hours (fast). Very early adventure-tale of an African prince sold into slavery.
  • Roderick Hudson

    Henry James

    Audio CD (Babblebooks, Feb. 11, 2013)
    The unabridged classic on MP3 audio, narrated by Alfred von Lecteur. Three playback speeds on one disk; etext edition included. Running time: 15.3 hours (slow), 14.0 hours (medium), 12.7 hours (fast).
  • The 39 Steps

    John Buchan

    Audio CD (Babblebooks, Jan. 31, 2008)
    The unabridged classic on MP3 audio, narrated by Anais 9000. Three playback speeds on one disk; etext edition included. Running time: 3.7 hours (slow), 3.4 hours (medium), 3.1 hours (fast). One man is handed the mysterious key to the threat from Germany. "He told me some queer things that explained a lot that had puzzled me - things that happened in the Balkan War, how one state suddenly came out on top, why alliances were made and broken, why certain men disappeared, and where the sinews of war came from."
  • The Nether World

    George Gissing

    Audio CD (Babblebooks, Jan. 31, 2008)
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  • To The Last Man

    Zane Grey

    Audio CD (Babblebooks, Jan. 21, 2012)
    The unabridged classic on MP3 audio, narrated by Alfred von Lecteur. Three playback speeds on one disk; etext edition included. Running time: 11.5 hours (slow), 10.5 hours (medium), 9.6 hours (fast).
  • History of the Donner Party

    C. F. McGlashan

    Audio CD (Babblebooks, May 1, 2006)
    The unabridged classic on MP3 audio, narrated by Anais 9000. Three playback speeds on one disk; etext edition included. Running time: 7.2 hours (slow), 6.6 hours (medium), 5.9 hours (fast). The first and best source concerning a grim episode in the annals of the settlement of California.
  • The Spoils of Poynton

    Henry James

    Audio CD (Babblebooks, Feb. 18, 2013)
    None
  • What Maisie Knew

    Henry James

    Audio CD (Babblebooks, Jan. 31, 2009)
    None
  • The Curious Republic of Gondour and Other Whimsical Sketches

    Mark Twain

    Audio CD (Babblebooks, Feb. 4, 2013)
    The unabridged classic on MP3 audio, narrated by Alfred von Lecteur. Three playback speeds on one disk; etext edition included. Running time: 1.9 hours (slow), 1.8 hours (medium), 1.6 hours (fast).
  • The History of Mr. Polly

    H. G. Wells

    Audio CD (Babblebooks, Feb. 4, 2013)
    The unabridged classic on MP3 audio, narrated by Alfred von Lecteur. Three playback speeds on one disk; etext edition included. Running time: 10.0 hours (slow), 9.1 hours (medium), 8.3 hours (fast).
  • The Battle of Life

    Charles Dickens

    Audio CD (Babblebooks, Jan. 31, 2008)
    The unabridged classic on MP3 audio, narrated by Anais 9000. Three playback speeds on one disk; etext edition included. Running time: 3.1 hours (slow), 2.8 hours (medium), 2.6 hours (fast). Dickens' Christmas story for 1846 was a moral fable, a beautiful tale of love and self-abnegation.