I was recently told about a great website called Librivox. This is a site where volunteers record themselves reading chapters of books in the public domain and post these recordings for others to enjoy, with the eventual goal “to record all books in the public domain.” While it is kind of a grab-bag of readers (some young, some old, some who do voices for characters, some who have monotone voices), it is great to be able to listen to classic literature for free. If you browse the catalog, you’ll see that they have a pretty large collection of works already, and their library is growing by the day.
Currently, I’m listening to The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, and it is making my slow days at work much more entertaining.