
The Ultimate Modern Classics Collection - Volume One: 18 Novels and Stories from George Orwell, Ernest Hemingway, Virgina Woolf, Thomas Mann, James Joyce, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry James, & More
1984, Animal Farm, Brat Farrar, Dubliners, Howards End, The Great Gatsby, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Sun Also Rises, To the Lighthouse, & More
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Iwan Rheon
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Hugh Kermode
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Leighton Pugh
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Barnaby Edwards
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Aidan Kelly
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The Ultimate Modern Classics Collection: Volume One is the first instalment in our classics collection focusing on the most important and iconic novels, stories, and poems of the 20th century. Featuring 18 essential modern classics from Orwell, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Woolf, and many more, and read by a cast of incredible narrators including Iwan Rheon, Ben Allen, Karen Cass, Nathan Osgood, amongst others, this is an essential addition to your library. The titles included in this collection, in chronological order, are:
- 1984, by George Orwell
- A Child's Christmas in Wales, by Dylan Thomas
- Animal Farm, by George Orwell
- Ashenden, by William Somerset Maugham
- Brat Farrar, by Josephine Tey
- Dubliners, by James Joyce
- Goodbye to All That, by Robert Graves
- Goodbye, Mr Chips, by James Hilton
- Lolly Willowes, by Sylvia Townsend Warner
- The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Magic Mountain, by Thomas Mann
- The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway
- The Turn of the Screw, by Henry James
- The Waste Land, by T.S. Eliot
- To the Lighthouse, by Virginia Woolf
- We, by Yevgeny Zamyatin
The full cast includes: Iwan Rheon; Hugh Kermode; Leighton Pugh; Barnaby Edwards; Aidan Kelly; Ben Allen; Roger May; Helen Keely; Robert G. Slade; Jonathan Keeble; Nathan Osgood; Julie Teal; and Karen Cass.
This audiobook is fully indexed. Once downloaded, each book and chapter will be listed so you can easily navigate to the individual section.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-01-25
Modern Masterpieces
10/10 collection. These modern classics cover the greatest authors of the 20th century, and all that I've listened to so far are really well performed. Alphabetically ordered and really well produced - would definitely recommend.
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- James
- 03-02-25
Fantastic Collection
Orwell, Joyce, Hemingway, Woolf - the list goes on - what a great collection of the best modern authors from around the world. Really enjoying all the narrators and quality is top notch.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-24-25
Wonderfully Curated Collection
Lovely stuff this. Amazing selection writers and novels, and all read fantastically. Well produced, fully indexed, and many hours of absolute joy. Fantastic collection.
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