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Over a thousand classic books that can be read aloud to you in your browser, with the text following along as it goes. Put the phone in your pocket and keep going, or switch back to reading and pick up in the same place. No download, no app, no account needed to start.

What this is, and what it is not

Being straight about it: your device is reading the text aloud. It is not a recorded human narration. If you want a performance, LibriVox and the Internet Archive have volunteer recordings and they are wonderful, and you should go and get them. What Anavrta gives you instead is any of a thousand books read aloud the moment you open it, in the same place you are reading, with your position kept whichever way you were going through it.

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Cover of Moby Dick; Or, The WhaleMoby Dick; Or, The WhaleHerman MelvilleCover of Pride and PrejudicePride and PrejudiceJane AustenCover of A Room with a ViewA Room with a ViewE. M. (Edward Morgan) ForsterCover of Romeo and JulietRomeo and JulietWilliam ShakespeareCover of The Mysteries of UdolphoThe Mysteries of UdolphoAnn Ward RadcliffeCover of The Blue Castle: a novelThe Blue Castle: a novelL. M. (Lucy Maud) MontgomeryCover of Alice's Adventures in WonderlandAlice's Adventures in WonderlandLewis CarrollCover of Crime and PunishmentCrime and PunishmentFyodor DostoyevskyCover of The Lady of the LakeThe Lady of the LakeWalter ScottCover of DraculaDraculaBram StokerCover of The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeThe strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeRobert Louis StevensonCover of The Count of Monte CristoThe Count of Monte CristoMaquet, Auguste, 1813-1888Cover of CarmenCarmenProsper MériméeCover of The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-BurglarThe Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-BurglarMaurice LeblancCover of MiddlemarchMiddlemarchGeorge EliotCover of Modern English biography, volume 2 (of 4), I-QModern English biography, volume 2 (of 4), I-QFrederic BoaseCover of The Complete Works of William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareShakespeare, William, 1564-1616Cover of Sense and SensibilitySense and SensibilityJane AustenCover of The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesThe Adventures of Sherlock HolmesArthur Conan DoyleCover of My Life — Volume 1My Life — Volume 1Richard WagnerCover of Jane Eyre: An AutobiographyJane Eyre: An AutobiographyCharlotte BrontëCover of Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and AmyLittle Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and AmyLouisa May AlcottCover of The Green MummyThe Green MummyFergus HumeCover of The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 (of 10)The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 (of 10)Unknown Author

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