Spotify has added a series of literary classic audiobooks
Following the apparent success of its exclusive podcasts, Spotify has added to its range of non-music content with a new series of audiobooks. The nine titles are all literary classics, and all feature new readings recorded especially for the streaming service.
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The Awakening by Kate Chopin, read by Hilary Swank/li>Cane by Jean Troomer, read by Audra McDonald
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, read by David Dobrik
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, read by James Langton
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, read by Sarah Coombs
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an America Slave, by Frederick Douglass, read by Forest Whitaker
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You might already use Spotify to supply a round-the-clock soundtrack of music and podcasts while you navigate work and life, but the platform is giving you another reason to keep its app open all day with a new offering: Audiobooks.
This isn’t the first time Spotify has dipped into audiobook territory before last year the company unveiled “Harry Potter at Home,” in which a cast of stars read the first novel in the famed fantasy series but its latest effort is certainly its most ambitious attempt so far at breaking into the $US1.5 ($2) billion industry. The company released nine public domain titles on Monday, including Mary Shell
A small collection of new audiobook recordings of classic novels have been added to Spotify in what the company says is a test run.
Following the apparent success of its exclusive podcasts, Spotify has added to its range of non-music content with a new series of audiobooks. The nine titles are all literary classics, and all feature new readings recorded especially for the streaming service.
According to
The Awakening by Kate Chopin, read by Hilary Swank/li>Cane by Jean Troomer, read by Audra McDonald
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, read by David Dobrik
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, read by James Langton