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Featured Article: The top 100 classics of all time
Before we whipped out our old high school syllabi and dug deep into our libraries to start selecting contenders for this list, we first had to answer the question, "How do we define a classic?" The answer isn’t as straightforward as you might guess, though there’s a lot to be said for the old adage, "You know it when you see it" (or, in this case, hear it). Of course, most critically, each of our picks had to be fabulous in audio. So dust off your aspirational listening list—we have some amazing additions you don’t want to miss.
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The Age of Innocence
- By: Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: David Horovitch
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
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Countess Olenska, separated from her European husband, returns to old New York society....
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Narrated to Perfection
- By Ilana on 09-18-12
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The Age of Innocence
- Narrated by: David Horovitch
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 04-29-08
- Language: English
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The House of Mirth
- By: Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: Eleanor Bron
- Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Beautiful, sophisticated and endlessly ambitious Lily Bart endeavours to climb the social ladder of New York's elite by securing a good match and living beyond her means....
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Like Henry James but more accessible
- By Merlin on 08-19-12
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The House of Mirth
- Narrated by: Eleanor Bron
- Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 08-05-08
- Language: English
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The Custom of the Country
- By: Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: Barbara Caruso
- Length: 15 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Custom of the Country, Wharton’s scathing social commentary is on full display through the beautiful and manipulative Undine Spragg....
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Cannot recommend a better narrator!
- By Esther on 07-29-12
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The Custom of the Country
- Narrated by: Barbara Caruso
- Length: 15 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 03-23-12
- Language: English
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Old New York
- By: Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir, Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Spanning four decades in the mid-19th century, the interconnected novellas of Old New York lay out in vivid detail the complex and inscrutable codes, customs, and taboos of New York society in classic Wharton style....
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narration
- By Alissa on 01-31-23
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Old New York
- Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir, Stefan Rudnicki
- Series: Old New York, Book 1-4
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 12-07-21
- Language: English
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Ethan Frome
- An Immersive Audio Experience
- By: Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: Joe Arden
- Length: 4 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Ethan Frome is a luckless farmer trapped in a loveless marriage to his domineering wife Zeena. When her cousin Mattie comes to stay with them, she brings much more into their home than just her suitcase....
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A Classic
- By Judy on 11-29-23
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Ethan Frome
- An Immersive Audio Experience
- Narrated by: Joe Arden
- Length: 4 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 12-12-22
- Language: English
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The House of Mirth
- By: Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: Anna Fields
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
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The House of Mirth was Edith Wharton's first great novel....
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Fine reading of a great classic
- By Everett Leiter on 09-02-05
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The House of Mirth
- Narrated by: Anna Fields
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 01-28-05
- Language: English
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The Age of Innocence
- By: Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: Lorna Raver
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Newland Archer is about to announce his engagement to the docile May Welland when he meets her cousin, the mysterious, nonconformist Countess Ellen Olenska....
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Terrific story, TERRIBLE narrator!
- By L. King on 09-05-08
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The Age of Innocence
- Narrated by: Lorna Raver
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 11-27-07
- Language: English
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The House of Mirth
- By: Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
- Length: 13 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Orphaned following the death of her parents, Lily understands that she must use her beauty, grace, and charm to attain the social position she longs for, but she is caught between her desire for wealth and a strong moral conscience, which sabotages every opportunity she encounters....
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The House of Mirth
- Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
- Length: 13 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 09-11-19
- Language: English
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The Old Maid
- By: Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: Eleanor Bron
- Length: 2 hrs and 47 mins
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The story follows the life of Tina, a young woman caught between the mother who adopted her - the beautiful, upstanding Delia - and her true mother, her plain, unmarried ‘aunt’ Charlotte....
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The More I Read Edith Wharton...
- By Ilana on 12-10-13
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The Old Maid
- Narrated by: Eleanor Bron
- Series: Old New York, Book 2
- Length: 2 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 04-01-10
- Language: English
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The House of Mirth
- By: Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
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Lily Bart has been raised to be one of the perfect wives of the wealthy upper class, but her spark of character and independent drive prevents her from becoming a women who will succeed....
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Good book, one suggestion...
- By Lissa on 02-19-10
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The House of Mirth
- Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 12-01-08
- Language: English
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The Age of Innocence (AmazonClassics Edition)
- By: Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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It's the perfect match - gentleman lawyer Newland Archer will marry young socialite May Welland. The marriage should be a source of pride for Newland, accustomed as he is to meeting the expectations of New York's high society....
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Great Classic Story of Forbidden Romance
- By Chrys Barnes on 06-18-22
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The Age of Innocence (AmazonClassics Edition)
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 11-21-17
- Language: English
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In Morocco
- By: Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: Anna Fields
- Length: 4 hrs and 53 mins
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In Morocco is Edith Wharton's remarkable account of her journey to that country during World War I....
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A colorful but dated travelogue
- By Brad on 12-12-10
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In Morocco
- Narrated by: Anna Fields
- Length: 4 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 10-17-08
- Language: English
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The Age of Innocence
- By: Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: Joanne Woodward
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
- Abridged
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The Age of Innocence is Edith Wharton’s masterful portrait of desire and betrayal which takes place in the sumptuous Golden Age of Old New York....
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Same narrator from the movie version
- By BookWorm620 on 01-28-17
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The Age of Innocence
- Narrated by: Joanne Woodward
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 09-04-09
- Language: English
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The Age of Innocence
- By: Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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When Newland Archer, happily engaged to May Welland, meets his fiancée's cousin Ellen, his entire future is cast into doubt....
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a looong meditation on toxic masculinity
- By AnglophileLV on 10-05-18
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The Age of Innocence
- Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 08-05-16
- Language: English
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The Glimpses of the Moon
- By: Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: Kate Harper
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Nick Lansing and Susy Branch are young, attractive but impoverished New Yorkers. They are in love and decide to marry, but realise their chances of happiness are slim....
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Great love story
- By Margaret on 02-03-23
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The Glimpses of the Moon
- Narrated by: Kate Harper
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 07-06-09
- Language: English
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Summer
- By: Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: Grace Conlin
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
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Wharton's most erotic and lyrical novel, Summer explores a daring theme for 1917....
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Excellent first audible purchase!
- By lilyglint on 08-23-04
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Summer
- Narrated by: Grace Conlin
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 06-09-04
- Language: English
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The House of Mirth (AmazonClassics Edition)
- By: Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
- Length: 15 hrs and 20 mins
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Beautiful New York socialite Lily Bart finds herself alone and nearly penniless as her 30th birthday approaches. To maintain her station in high society, Lily must wait for her miserly aunt to bequeath her fortune, or marry well....
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Wow
- By Mallory on 03-26-24
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The House of Mirth (AmazonClassics Edition)
- Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
- Length: 15 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 05-03-18
- Language: English
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The House of Mirth
- By: Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: Deaver Brown
- Length: 14 hrs
- Unabridged
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The novel is about New York City society in its best years through the life of a beautiful girl who is an outside insider with a foot in and several feet outside the inner circle....
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Worst narrator ever
- By Marna D. on 08-24-24
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The House of Mirth
- Narrated by: Deaver Brown
- Length: 14 hrs
- Release date: 01-19-24
- Language: English
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Classic American Short Stories, Volume 1
- By: William Faulkner, Thomas Wolfe, Edith Wharton, and others
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Unlike the other arts, American literature has been a powerful, influential, and leading aspect of American culture....
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Beautifully performed!
- By James on 07-08-05
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Classic American Short Stories, Volume 1
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 03-31-05
- Language: English
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False Dawn
- By: Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi
- Length: 2 hrs and 5 mins
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Lewis Raycie is sent on a Grand Tour of Europe with instructions from his father to acquire a collection of accepted Art Works. His father's dream is to own a Raphael....
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Excellent story and excellent performance!
- By Andrew Obrien on 09-03-23
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False Dawn
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi
- Series: Old New York, Book 1
- Length: 2 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 12-01-09
- Language: English
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