Free public domain audiobooks

Re:Free public domain audiobooks by umvi on Monday November 29, 2021 @12:01PM (#29382151)

I listened to Treasure Island[0] on librivox and was impressed with the quality of the voice actor (Adrian Praetzellis). Beware though, some books are fragmented and performed by N different voice actors/actresses which can be jarring.

[0] https://librivox.org/treasure-island-by-robert-louis-stevens...

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Re:Free public domain audiobooks by hcrisp on Monday November 29, 2021 @04:26PM (#29385496)

Another excellent narrator with a British accent is Karen Savage. She has read many complete works by Jane Austen and E. Nesbit, among other titles, and is as good as any professional voice actor:

  - 'Pride and Prejudice' (Austen)
  - 'Sense and Sensibility' (Austen)
  - 'The Story of the Treasure Seekers' (Nesbit)
  - 'The Railway Children' (Nesbit)
  - many others (says 141 total matches)

http://www.karenrsavage.com/blog/

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Re:Free public domain audiobooks by oska on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @12:44AM (#29389343)

Direct link listing her books on librivox:

https://librivox.org/reader/103?primary_key=103&search_categ...

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Re:Free public domain audiobooks by vmilner on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @04:19AM (#29390380)

You can tell she's good because her books are copied and sold on Audible.

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Re:Free public domain audiobooks by zem on Monday November 29, 2021 @07:58PM (#29387468)

wow, that's an incredible amount of work

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Re:Free public domain audiobooks by RobertLoblaw on Monday November 29, 2021 @04:27PM (#29385507)

HN lurker for years, created an account just to say how much I love the librivox recordings by Adrian Praetzellis. His "Wind in the Willows" is just wonderful.

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