Fully cast
Every principal character is given a separate digital voice, cast for the age, class, temperament and period the author wrote, so a crowded scene stays clear.
About the studio
Room for literature in a busy life.
PiggyAudioBooks began with a simple wish, and grew into a small studio devoted to making classic literature vivid, welcoming and easy to carry into everyday life.
How it began
The studio’s story
PiggyAudioBooks began with a simple wish: to make more room for literature in a busy life. When there was rarely time to sit down with a novel, I began transforming beloved public-domain stories into audiobooks that could be enjoyed while driving, shopping, doing housework, or simply resting.
That personal habit grew into a small studio devoted to making classic literature vivid, welcoming, and easy to carry into everyday life. Each production is thoughtfully created as a fully cast, digitally narrated audiobook, with careful attention to character, atmosphere, pronunciation, pacing, chapter structure, and listening quality. Many titles are also accompanied by original illustrations that bring memorable scenes and settings to life.
I hope these editions help you discover, or rediscover, remarkable books wherever your day takes you.
How an edition is made
Not simply read. Carefully cast and staged.
Every title is a complete, unabridged reading of a public-domain text, produced as a fully cast, digitally narrated audiobook. The voices are digital voices, and every Spotify listing says so.
Pronunciation and pacing
Names, places and period vocabulary are checked before recording, and the pace is set for listening while driving, walking or resting rather than for racing through.
Chapter structure and listening quality
Each edition keeps the book’s own chapter structure, with named tracks, an opening and a close, and a final mix checked on headphones, phones and speakers.
Original illustrations
Many titles are accompanied by original illustrations of memorable scenes and settings, on the covers, in the read-along videos and in the illustrated reader editions.
Credits
Who is credited for what
- The original author wrote the book. Every title page names the author and the year of first publication, and the texts are in the public domain.
- Piggy Story Studio produced the audiobook: selection, casting, direction, digital narration, editing, chapter structure, cover design and illustration.
- Narration is by digital voices. No edition is presented as a human-narrated recording, and each Spotify listing carries the digital-voice disclosure.
Where to find the editions
Listen, watch, read
- SpotifyAll 41 audiobooks, with free samples on every listing.
- YouTube37 titles free to watch in full: 30 read-along and 7 illustrated editions.
- YouTube ShortsShort trailers and excerpts from the stories, not complete audiobooks.
- Reader editionsIllustrated reader editions are not downloadable from this website; they will be available through Amazon.