This week, someone asked me, “Are there audio books I could listen to in Latin?”
Here is an excerpt from my book Via.
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In 2011, Faith Comes By Hearing.com released Biblium.is.
Here you will find the entire New Testament, fully dramatized as an audiobook, in Latin, for free! Thanks to Biblium.is, you now have access to a massive Latin audiobook. This is significant. Such an audiobook has never been available in Latin before.
There are a few other audiobooks I can recommend. None of them are as comprehensive as what you will find at Biblium.is.
My students know that my favorite Latin book is Lingua Latina by Hans Ørberg. I will discuss this book more in the next chapter. For now, though, you should know that there are several audio versions of the book:
Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata by Hans Ørberg
Lingua Latina read by the author himself (restored Classical pronunciation):
http://focusbookstore.com/audiofiles.aspx
Lingua Latina chapters 1 – 10 (restored Classical pronunciation):
http://www.amazon.com/Lingua-Latina-Latine-Chapters-Familia/dp/1585101923
Lingua Latina: A free reading of the first 8 chapters
http://commons.wvc.edu/sberard/Lingua%20Latina%20Recordings/Forms/AllItems.aspx
A partial reading of Lingua Latina (using Ecclesiastical pronunciation):
http://www.johnpiazza.net/svlatin_audio
Cornelia by Mima Maxey
I personally recorded a short graded reader some time ago. Cornelia is the story of a little American girl from the early 1900s. The book, about 80 pages long is free:
https://archive.org/details/MN40039ucmf_6
The audio version of Cornelia, read by me, in Ecclesiastical Latin, is available here:
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If you are learning Latin, I have written a book with all of my best tips and strategies. It’s available as a free download here: https://dwanethomas.com/downloads/via-latin-lost/
If you are interested in learning Latin, you can go through the classes on my site 24/7. I recommend the book Lingua Latina by Hans Ørberg. If you tackle the book and find yourself bogged down, you may find the classes on my site helpful. To join, just click here: https://dwanethomas.com/join/
If you want a more professionally filmed experience, check out the best-selling DVD series: Visual Latin.
Or, if you want to skip Latin, and just jump right into learning English words from Latin and Greek roots, you may enjoy the series Word up! Warning. Word up! is a bit wacky. You will learn a lot… but, you may find yourself rolling your eyes, too.
