In the face of the coronavirus pandemic, Audible is stepping forward to serve all those closed schools, kids, and stay-at-homes with free access to a broad assortment of titles, mostly works in the public domain of classic literature, fable and fairy tales and children’s stories. One of them available without requiring a password or login is Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus, narrated by Dan Stevens of Downton Abbey fame.

The free audiobooks are available at stories.audible.com.

Other classics include the likes of Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre, narrated by Thandie Newton of Westworld, and Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Return of Sherlock Holmes, Jack London’s Call of the Wild , Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book, Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and children’s titles like Winnie The Pooh. and Beatrix Potter stories.

The intent is for learning opportunities for younger folks, but while you’re at home waiting for the Covid-19 epidemic to pass by your door, why not read up on a few classics.

According to the Audible site: “For as long as schools are closed, we’re open. Starting right now, young and old everywhere you go can quickly stream an amazing selection of stories, including titles in six distinctive languages, that will assist them to go on dreaming, studying.”

All stories in five collections are free to stream to desktop, laptop, phone or tablet.

If you want to listen to Mary Shelley’s Secret Memoirs for a free trial with a signup if you’re new to audiobooks. Free with Trial at Audible.

Secret Memoirs of Mary Shelley Audiobook at Amazon

Secret Memoirs of Mary Shelley  – E-Book

Frankenstein Diaries: Secret Memoirs of Mary Shelley – Paperback