Audiobooks narrated by Frederick Davidson

Skip side bar filters

Audiobook

Audiobook

Hard Times

by Charles Dickens ...

Narrated by Frederick Davidson ...

Unabridged

11 hours 29 min

Originally written for Dickens’ weekly magazine, Household Words, this short novel follows the fate of Sissy Jupe, a warm-hearted circus child, and the family that adopts her. Deserted by her ailing father, Sissy is taken into the cold household of the Gradgrind family, which operates a school. The “eminently practical” Thomas Gradgrind believes only in facts and figures and has raised his ... Read more

$29.35 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: eBooks

Originally written for Dickens’ weekly magazine, Household Words, this short novel follows the fate of Sissy Jupe, a warm-hearted circus child, and the family that adopts her. Deserted by her ailing father, Sissy is taken into the cold household of the Gradgrind family, which operates a school. The “eminently practical” Thomas Gradgrind believes only in facts and figures and has raised his
... Read more

Also available as: eBooks
Audiobook

Audiobook

Three Men on the Bummel

by Jerome K. Jerome ...

Narrated by Frederick Davidson ...

Unabridged

6 hours 43 min

“A ‘Bummel,’” I explained, “I should describe as a journey, long or short, without end.” However wonderful this may sound, it is often necessary to arrive back at the starting point. And, for the three fearless friends whose earlier adventures were told in Three Men in a Boat, this poses a troublesome problem.George, Harris, and J. decide to take a cycling trip through the Black Forest—to be ... Read more

$19.55 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: eBook

“A ‘Bummel,’” I explained, “I should describe as a journey, long or short, without end.” However wonderful this may sound, it is often necessary to arrive back at the starting point. And, for the three fearless friends whose earlier adventures were told in Three Men in a Boat, this poses a troublesome problem.George, Harris, and J. decide to take a cycling trip through the Black Forest—to be
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

Audiobook

Down and Out in Paris and London

by George Orwell ...

Narrated by Frederick Davidson ...

Unabridged

6 hours 34 min

Orwell's own experiences inspire this semi-autobiographical novel about a penniless man living in Paris in the early 1930s. The narrator's poverty brings him into contact with strange incidents and characters, which he manages to chronicle with great sensitivity and graphic power. The latter half of the book takes the English narrator to his home city, London, where the world of poverty is ... Read more

$23.75 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: eBooks

Orwell's own experiences inspire this semi-autobiographical novel about a penniless man living in Paris in the early 1930s. The narrator's poverty brings him into contact with strange incidents and characters, which he manages to chronicle with great sensitivity and graphic power. The latter half of the book takes the English narrator to his home city, London, where the world of poverty is
... Read more

Also available as: eBooks
Audiobook

Audiobook

Burmese Days

A Novel

by George Orwell ...

Narrated by Frederick Davidson ...

Unabridged

10 hours 17 min

Colonial politics in 1930 Kyauktada, India, come to a head when the European Club, previously for whites only, is ordered to elect one token native member. The deeply racist members do their best to manipulate the situation, resulting in the loss not only of reputations, but of lives.Amidst this cynical setting, timber merchant James Flory stands as a bridge between the warring factions, a Brit ... Read more

$27.95 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Colonial politics in 1930 Kyauktada, India, come to a head when the European Club, previously for whites only, is ordered to elect one token native member. The deeply racist members do their best to manipulate the situation, resulting in the loss not only of reputations, but of lives.Amidst this cynical setting, timber merchant James Flory stands as a bridge between the warring factions, a Brit
... Read more
Audiobook

Audiobook

Kidnapped

by Robert Louis Stevenson ...

Narrated by Frederick Davidson ...

Unabridged

7 hours 26 min

In this spirited and romantic saga of high adventure, a young heir named David Balfour meets his miserly uncle Ebenezer, who has illegally taken control of the Balfour estate. Ebenezer kidnaps David and plots to have him seized and sold into slavery on a ship to the Carolinas.A couple of days into the voyage, a shipwreck throws David together with Alan Breck, a roguish Scotsman returning from ... Read more

$23.75 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: eBooks

In this spirited and romantic saga of high adventure, a young heir named David Balfour meets his miserly uncle Ebenezer, who has illegally taken control of the Balfour estate. Ebenezer kidnaps David and plots to have him seized and sold into slavery on a ship to the Carolinas.A couple of days into the voyage, a shipwreck throws David together with Alan Breck, a roguish Scotsman returning from
... Read more

Also available as: eBooks
Audiobook

Audiobook

Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson ...

Narrated by Frederick Davidson ...

Unabridged

6 hours 51 min

Perhaps Stevenson’s best-known work, this adventure novel set in the eighteenth century is inspired by the actual exploits of pirate Captain Kidd and the search for his buried treasure. For pure imaginative delight, Treasure Island is unsurpassed. From the moment young Jim Hawkins meets the blind pirate Pew at the Admiral Benbow inn, to the spirited battle for hidden treasure on a tropical island, ... Read more

$23.75 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: eBooks

Perhaps Stevenson’s best-known work, this adventure novel set in the eighteenth century is inspired by the actual exploits of pirate Captain Kidd and the search for his buried treasure. For pure imaginative delight, Treasure Island is unsurpassed. From the moment young Jim Hawkins meets the blind pirate Pew at the Admiral Benbow inn, to the spirited battle for hidden treasure on a tropical island,
... Read more

Also available as: eBooks
Audiobook

Audiobook

Ivanhoe

by Sir Walter Scott ...

Narrated by Frederick Davidson ...

Unabridged

19 hours 40 min

Set in England during Richard I's reign, Sir Walter Scott's fanciful, vivid reinterpretation of medieval life is a successful blend of fact, myth, and romance.Upon returning from the Crusades, where he served with King Richard I, Wilfred of Ivanhoe is met with his father's disapproval, having fallen in love with Rowena, his father's ward. When his father disinherits him, Ivanhoe gets caught up in ... Read more

$44.75 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: eBooks

Set in England during Richard I's reign, Sir Walter Scott's fanciful, vivid reinterpretation of medieval life is a successful blend of fact, myth, and romance.Upon returning from the Crusades, where he served with King Richard I, Wilfred of Ivanhoe is met with his father's disapproval, having fallen in love with Rowena, his father's ward. When his father disinherits him, Ivanhoe gets caught up in
... Read more

Also available as: eBooks
Audiobook

Audiobook

War and Peace

by Leo Tolstoy ...

Narrated by Frederick Davidson ...

Unabridged

61 hours 6 min

Often called the greatest novel ever written, War and Peace is at once a historical war epic, a philosophical study, and a celebration of the Russian spirit.Noted for its mastery of realistic detail and psychological analysis, War and Peace follows the metamorphosis of five aristocratic families against the backdrop of the Napoleonic wars. Individual stories interweave as each of Tolstoy’s ... Read more

$48.95 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: eBooks

Often called the greatest novel ever written, War and Peace is at once a historical war epic, a philosophical study, and a celebration of the Russian spirit.Noted for its mastery of realistic detail and psychological analysis, War and Peace follows the metamorphosis of five aristocratic families against the backdrop of the Napoleonic wars. Individual stories interweave as each of Tolstoy’s
... Read more

Also available as: eBooks
Audiobook

Audiobook

The Gin Palace

by Émile Zola ...

Narrated by Frederick Davidson ...

Series Audiobook 7 - The Rougon-Macquart Cycle
Unabridged

6 hours 53 min

The Gin Palace is the seventh novel in Zola's Rougon-Macquart cycle, which follows two branches of a French family through several generations. It is also the work that made his reputation, introducing one of the most sympathetic heroines in nineteenth-century literature.Abandoned by her lover and left to bring up their two children alone, Gervaise Macquart has to fight to earn an honest living. ... Read more

$23.75 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Gin Palace is the seventh novel in Zola's Rougon-Macquart cycle, which follows two branches of a French family through several generations. It is also the work that made his reputation, introducing one of the most sympathetic heroines in nineteenth-century literature.Abandoned by her lover and left to bring up their two children alone, Gervaise Macquart has to fight to earn an honest living.
... Read more
Audiobook

Audiobook

The Princess and the Goblin

by George MacDonald ...

Narrated by Frederick Davidson ...

Unabridged

4 hours 56 min

Admired by J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis and considered by W. H. Auden to be “the only English children’s book in the same class as the Alice books,” The Princess and the Goblin is a classic example of nineteenth-century children’s literary fairy tales. This is an ageless tale of courage and loyalty, beauty and mystery, and above all, good and evil.The discovery of a secret stairway running to ... Read more

$19.17 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: eBooks

Admired by J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis and considered by W. H. Auden to be “the only English children’s book in the same class as the Alice books,” The Princess and the Goblin is a classic example of nineteenth-century children’s literary fairy tales. This is an ageless tale of courage and loyalty, beauty and mystery, and above all, good and evil.The discovery of a secret stairway running to
... Read more

Also available as: eBooks
Audiobook

Audiobook

Jude the Obscure

by Thomas Hardy ...

Narrated by Frederick Davidson ...

Unabridged

14 hours 36 min

His last and most controversial novel, Jude the Obscure provoked such widespread and bitter attacks that Hardy claimed it caused him to stop writing novels. The primary causes of the uproar involved Hardy’s frank treatment of sexual themes and his unconventional portrayal of the pillars of Victorian society: the British university system, marriage, and religion. Today, many consider this to be ... Read more

$34.29 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: eBooks

His last and most controversial novel, Jude the Obscure provoked such widespread and bitter attacks that Hardy claimed it caused him to stop writing novels. The primary causes of the uproar involved Hardy’s frank treatment of sexual themes and his unconventional portrayal of the pillars of Victorian society: the British university system, marriage, and religion. Today, many consider this to be
... Read more

Also available as: eBooks
Audiobook

Audiobook

Admiral of the Ocean Sea

A Life of Christopher Columbus

by Samuel Eliot Morison ...

Narrated by Frederick Davidson ...

Unabridged

25 hours 58 min

Admiral of the Ocean Sea is Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison’s classic biography of the greatest sailor of them all, Christopher Columbus. It is written with the insight, energy, and authority that only someone who had himself sailed in Columbus’ path to the New World could muster. Morison undertook this expedition in a 147-foot schooner and a 47-foot ketch, the dimensions of these craft roughly ... Read more

$48.95 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Admiral of the Ocean Sea is Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison’s classic biography of the greatest sailor of them all, Christopher Columbus. It is written with the insight, energy, and authority that only someone who had himself sailed in Columbus’ path to the New World could muster. Morison undertook this expedition in a 147-foot schooner and a 47-foot ketch, the dimensions of these craft roughly
... Read more