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Great literature.
Made simple.
Still powerful.
Most people never finish the great books, because the language gets in the way long before the story does. Read the original, or a simpler version in plain modern English, listen to it read aloud, and let Hermes explain the difficult lines in the margin. Hardcovers in stock, at your door in one to two days.
What Roman Reads Is
The great books: printed, read aloud, and explained in the margin.
In stock. Delivered in 1–2 days.
R1our own audio modelTwo voices free with an account
The most natural, most expressivenarration model.
R1 is our own audio model. It reads the audiobooks on this site, and any book you bring in yourself, in 340 voices across 63 languages. A whole chapter at a time, in one voice from the first page to the last. Two voices are free with an account. The rest come with the subscription, coming soon.
Hear a sample 5 of 340
Every reader reads the same passage, so you can compare them.
All 340 readersPlain narration, unhurried, the way a chapter opens.
On an exceptionally hot evening early in July a young man came out of the garret in which he lodged in S. Place and walked slowly, as though in hesitation, towards K. bridge.Crime and Punishment, Constance Garnett, 1914
- Every word is timed, so the page lights the word being read.
- Your place is kept to the second, chapter to chapter.
- R1 will read in your own voice instead.
Dialogue, offhand and warm, one character talking across a room.
The loaf I'll fetch you this very minute, but wouldn't you rather have some cabbage soup instead of sausage? It's capital soup, yesterday's. I saved it for you yesterday, but you came in late. It's fine soup.Crime and Punishment, Constance Garnett, 1914
- Every word is timed, so the page lights the word being read.
- Your place is kept to the second, chapter to chapter.
- R1 will read in your own voice instead.
The same reader at full pitch, to hear what the voice does under strain.
'Ah!' she cried out in a frenzy, 'he has come back! The criminal! the monster! And where is the money? What's in your pocket, show me! Where are your clothes? Where is the money! Speak!'Crime and Punishment, Constance Garnett, 1914
- Every word is timed, so the page lights the word being read.
- Your place is kept to the second, chapter to chapter.
- R1 will read in your own voice instead.
9 volumes · 7 writers
Every book, both ways:
in hardcover, and read aloud.
Our best sellers first: Russian novels, philosophy and modern classics. We hold every one as a hardcover, at your door in one to two days. Click a book to see its details.
- Crime and Punishment1866
- Poor Folk1846
- The Stranger1942
- The Trial1925
- The Little Prince1943
- Meditationsc. 180
- The 48 Laws of Power1998
- The House of the Dead1862
- 19841949
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment, 1866
Get to know the
writers you love.
Every one of them has a page: who they were, what happened to them, and every book they wrote. Read it in the original words or a simpler version, listen to it read aloud, and have it explained in the margin by Hermes, the built-in AI guide.
A hundred books,read aloud.
Choose a voice, press play, and pick up exactly where you left off. The text follows along, line by line, as it is read. Three samples are free to play today. The full library comes with the subscription, coming soon.
The app, coming soon
The whole library,
in your pocket.
The Roman Reads app is coming to iOS and Android. Carry the whole library with you. Read or listen, in the original words or a simpler version, and ask Hermes, the built-in AI guide, about any line, chapter, or book.
