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Edgar Allan Poe was one of the most influential American writers of the 19th century. He was the first author to try to make a professional living as a writer. Much of Poe's work was inspired by the events that happened around him. His poetry alone would ensure his spot in the literary canon. Poe's notable verses range from the early masterpiece “To Helen” to the dark, mysterious “Ulalume.” From “The Raven,” which made him world-famous upon its publication in 1845, to “Annabel Lee,” the posthumously published eulogy for a maiden “in a kingdom by the sea.”

The story centers on Charles Marlow, who narrates most of the book. He is an Englishman who takes a foreign assignment from a Belgian trading company as a river-boat captain in Africa. Heart of Darkness exposes the dark side of European colonization while exploring the three levels of darkness that the protagonist, Marlow, encounters: the darkness of the Congo wilderness, the darkness of the Europeans' cruel treatment of the African natives, and the unfathomable darkness within every human being for committing heinous acts of evil.

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He was devised by British author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A brilliant London-based detective, Holmes is famous for his great stoic prowess at using logic and astute observation to solve cases. A once in a lifetime audio adventure fron ICON!

The Seven Poor Travellers takes place on Christmas Eve in Rochester at the charity hospice founded in 1579 by Richard Watts - an actual hospice that Dickens knew well from his childhood days. According to Watts' will, his hospice was to supply six poor travelers (providing they were not rogues or proctors) with one night's free lodging and entertainment and with fourpence.

A treasured early manuscript version of one of the most enduring children’s stories, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

"The Hunting of the Snark (An Agony in 8 Fits)" is a poem written by English writer Lewis Carroll. It is typically categorized as a nonsense poem. Written from 1874 to 1876, the poem borrows the setting, some creatures, and eight portmanteau words from Carroll's earlier poem "Jabberwocky" in his children's novel Through the Looking-Glass (1871).

The Ramayana is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of the ancient Vedas of India, the other being the Mahābhārata. The great epic, traditionally ascribed to Valmiki, narrates the life of Lord Rama, the legendary prince of the Kosala Kingdom. A spiritual giant in yogic devotional literature.

The Ramayana is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of the ancient Vedas of India, the other being the Mahābhārata. The great epic, traditionally ascribed to Valmiki, narrates the life of Lord Rama, the legendary prince of the Kosala Kingdom. A spiritual giant in yogic devotional literature.

The Ramayana is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of the ancient Vedas of India, the other being the Mahābhārata. The great epic, traditionally ascribed to Valmiki, narrates the life of Lord Rama, the legendary prince of the Kosala Kingdom. A spiritual giant in yogic devotional literature.

One of the first psychic vampire novels of its time - where the vampire feeds off of more than just blood - The House of the Vampire is an early classic in its genre. This Victorian novel operates in the continuum of life and death. What has been can be again, though often terribly transformed. Energetically inventive and infused with a relish for the supernatural, especially the trappings of the dark, The House of the Vampire delivers a horror which we know does not - but none the less conceivably might - exist and threaten ourselves.

The Art of War is an ancient Chinese military treatise dating from the Late Spring and Autumn Period. The work, which is attributed to the ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu, is composed of 13 chapters. Each one is devoted to an aspect of warfare and how it applies to military strategy and tactics.

Uncle Wiggily Longears is the main character and beloved icon of a series of children's stories by American author Howard R. Garis. He began writing the stories for the Newark News in 1910. Garis penned an Uncle Wiggily tale every day for more than 52 years. Uncle Wiggily has been around now for over 100 years delighting children, gently educating, and enchanting generations of faithful fans. That he is still as popular today as he was over a century ago is testament to the wit and character instilled in these tall tales by the author and the kind old rabbit gentleman he created so long ago!

Eleven-year-old actor Eden Giuliano presents a brand-new line of exciting children’s stories from Icon! The Brothers Grimm - Jacob and Wilhelm - were German academics, philologists, cultural researchers, authors, and lexicographers who, together, collected and published folklore during the 19th century.

Eleven-year-old actor Eden Giuliano presents a brand-new line of exciting children’s stories from Icon! The Brothers Grimm - Jacob and Wilhelm - were German academics, philologists, cultural researchers, authors, and lexicographers who, together, collected and published folklore during the 19th century.

Welcome to Icon Audiobooks at its most terrifying, provocative, and mysterious. Here is a classic audiobook which reaches across the waters of time deep to the inner recesses of the darkest corners of the human mind. Whether or not these are truly horror stories depends on the always fragile state of mind of the attentive listener, but they are dark, often foreboding, and delightfully full of dread. Perhaps, more than pure horror, they are, rather, cautionary tales displaying the depths of nameless immortality, criminality, and insanity which has plagued humankind from time immemorial.

Eleven-year-old actor Eden Giuliano presents a brand-new line of exciting children’s stories from Icon! R.K. Munkittrick (1853-1911) was the editor of Judge between 1901 and 1906, which included Gus Dirk's famous cartoons in the pages of Judge and wrote the verses to accompany Bugville Life. We know you will enjoy this very special series from Icon Audio Arts hosted by young Eden Giuliano!

Eleven-year-old actor Eden Giuliano presents a brand new line of exciting children’s stories from Icon! Lyman Frank Baum was an American author chiefly famous for his children's books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its sequels. He wrote 14 novels in the Oz series, plus 41 other novels, 83 short stories, over 200 poems, and at least 42 scripts. We know you will enjoy this very special series from Icon Audio Arts hosted by young Eden Giuliano!

The original "Yoga Secrets of Patanjali" are in themselves exceedingly brief, less than 10 pages in the original ancient texts. Yet, as they are based upon the great, timeless Bhagavad Gita, they contain the essence of all practical wisdom, set forth in admirable order and great detail. This timeless theme brings forth a palpable spiritual regeneration, the rebirth of the spiritual from the psychical: the same sacred theme which the realized yogis of India so wisely and eloquently set forth over 5,000 years ago.

Dorothy is swallowed by an earthquake! And that is just the start of Dorothy's adventures in this exciting and fun book, also known as Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz. She and her kitten, Eureka are on their way home and stop to visit a relative in California. But the earthquake opens the ground under their feet and everyone, including the horse and buggy and her cousin Zeb fall deep, deep into the earth. Down there they find they can walk on air, but are attacked by the strange and dangerous vegetable creatures.

Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, also known as Alice through the Looking-Glass is a novel by Lewis Carroll and the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865). Alice again enters a fantastical world, this time by climbing through a mirror into the world she can see beyond it.