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Classic Audiobooks Archive

Classic Audiobooks Archive

The Forbidden Audiobook Archive 81 Episodes Jul 2, 2026

Classic Audiobooks Archive offers free, full-length audiobooks of classic literature in high-quality audio. The podcast features professionally restored public domain recordings of timeless works, including gothic horror, mystery, adventure, philosophy, and early science fiction. Each episode presents a complete audiobook carefully enhanced for clear, immersive listening while preserving the original performance and atmosphere. Listeners can discover influential authors and stories that have shaped literature and culture across generations.

Episodes

Life of Florence Nightingale, Volume 1 (Full Audiobook) | Edward Tyas Cook Jul 2, 2026 72796 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com A history of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), the founder of modern nursing. Here's the definitive biography, gleaned from a lifetime of her notes, letters and writings, that goes way beyond the mere legend of "The Lady With The Lamp", and the "Founder Of Modern Nursing". Author: Edward Tyas Cook Length: 20 hours 13 minutes Genre: Classic Family Story
Around the World in Seventy-Two Days (Full Audiobook) | Nellie Bly Jul 2, 2026 21939 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com This is a true account by American woman journalist who, in 1889, set out to see whether she could beat the fictional journey in Jules Verne's 1873 novel, <em>Around the World in Eighty Days</em>. Wearing one dress and carrying one handbag, Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman (pen name "Nellie Bly"), reported her travels back to avid readers in Americ
Rosary (Full Audiobook) | Florence Louisa Barclay Jun 28, 2026 40184 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com "The Rosary" is a beautiful love story. Gareth Dalmain falls in love with the Honorable Jane Champion. Author: Florence Louisa Barclay Length: 10 hours 50 minutes Genre: Romance Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 09:15 - Chapter 2 18:27 - Chapter 3 29:07 - Chapter 4 50:22 - Chapter 5 01:21:12 - Chapter 6 01:33:49 - Chapter 7 01:49:40 - Chapter 8 01:59:31 - Cha
Twenty Years After (Full Audiobook) | Alexandre Dumas Jun 22, 2026 92694 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Let's continue the D'Artagnan Romances that we've already started with The Three Musketeers. Author: Alexandre Dumas Length: 25 hours 43 minutes Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 23:49 - Chapter 2 43:27 - Chapter 3 01:12:31 - Chapter 4 01:31:20 - Chapter 5 01:41:21 - Chapter 6 02:08:16 - Chapter 7 02:21:20 - Chapter 8 02:
Secret Garden (Full Audiobook) | Frances Hodgson Burnett Jun 22, 2026 32917 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Mary Lennox is a spoiled, middle-class, self-centered child who has been recently orphaned. She is accepted into the quiet and remote country house of an uncle, who has almost completely withdrawn into himself after the death of his wife. Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett Length: 9 hours 8 minutes Genre: Children's Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 13:2
Amateur Cracksman (Full Audiobook) | E. W. Hornung Jun 22, 2026 19528 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com <i>"I'd tasted blood, and it was all over with me. Why should I work when I could steal. Author: E. W. Hornung Length: 5 hours 25 minutes Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 48:39 - Chapter 2 01:24:49 - Chapter 3 02:06:38 - Chapter 4 02:43:22 - Chapter 5 03:16:00 - Chapter 6 03:54:27 - Chapter 7 04:29:18 - Chapter 8 #Ful
Personal Anthology of Shakespeare (Full Audiobook) | William Shakespeare Jun 20, 2026 2017 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com This personal anthology is my choice of speeches from Shakespeare that I enjoy reading (that I would like to have had by heart years ago. ) and that seem to me to illustrate his unsurpassed use of language. Author: William Shakespeare Length: 33 minutes Genre: Humorous Fiction, Romance Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 01:41 - Chapter 2 03:17 - Chapter 3 04:4
Story of a Stuffed Elephant (Full Audiobook) | Laura Lee Hope Jun 20, 2026 7790 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com The Story of a Stuffed Elephant is. well, the story of a Stuffed Elephant and the little boy who owns him, and his sister, and all their adventures. Author: Laura Lee Hope Length: 2 hours 9 minutes Genre: Action & Adventure Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 14:02 - Chapter 2 29:44 - Chapter 3 43:00 - Chapter 4 56:38 - Chapter 5 01:09:56 - Chapter 6 01:21:
Consolation of Philosophy (Full Audiobook) | Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius Jun 20, 2026 18801 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Consolation of Philosophy (Latin: Consolatio Philosophiae) is a philosophical work by Boethius written in about the year 524 AD. It has been described as the single most important and influential work in the West in medieval and early Renaissance Christianity, and is also the last great work that can be called Classical. Author: Anicius Manlius Severinu
Penguin Island (Full Audiobook) | Anatole France Jun 20, 2026 32701 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com The novel (original French title -- L'le des Pingouins) is a satire on human nature. The first publication was in 1908. Author: Anatole France Length: 9 hours 4 minutes Genre: Satire Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 03:30 - Chapter 2 13:13 - Chapter 3 20:06 - Chapter 4 26:06 - Chapter 5 32:30 - Chapter 6 51:06 - Chapter 7 01:01:55 - Chapter 8 01:05:39 - Chap
Merry Adventures of Robin Hood (Full Audiobook) | Howard Pyle Jun 13, 2026 39658 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Robin Hood is the archetypal English folk hero; a courteous, pious and swashbuckling outlaw of the medival era who, in modern versions of the legend, is famous for robbing the rich to feed the poor and fighting against injustice and tyranny. He operates with his "seven score" (140 strong) group of fellow outlawed yeomen - named the Merry Men. Author: Ho
Villette (Full Audiobook) | Charlotte Bront Jun 12, 2026 73572 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com After a tragedy in her family, Lucy Snow leaves her home to become a teacher at a French boarding school. Lucy soon begins to fight against an overwhelming sense of desolation. Author: Charlotte Bront Length: 20 hours 25 minutes Genre: Romance Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 18:26 - Chapter 2 34:34 - Chapter 3 01:09:35 - Chapter 4 01:34:26 - Chapter 5 01:45

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