Willa Presents 120 Volumes of World Literature Collection Audiobooks

[Asia Economy Reporter Seomideum] The audiobook subscription service Willa has launched the major project of the first half of 2022, the ‘World Literature Collection’.

Willa has produced an extensive collection of 120 classic literary works as audiobooks, the largest number in Korea. The ‘World Literature Collection’ will be released over a long period of 8 months until the end of December.

Through 20 keywords and subtitles proposed by Willa, listeners can experience the 120 audiobooks from unique perspectives. Three years were invested in planning the series, casting voice actors, and selecting the works.

The first keyword introduced is ‘Eternal Classics: Values That Remain Unchanged Over Time,’ featuring a lineup of four books: Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea, Saint-Exup?ry’s The Little Prince, Alphonse Daudet’s The Star, and Albert Camus’s The Stranger.

On May 11, the second keyword, ‘Hope Amid Despair: Pandemic and Dystopia,’ will be unveiled with matching audiobooks. Masterpieces such as George Orwell’s Animal Farm and 1984, Albert Camus’s The Plague, and O. Henry’s The Last Leaf await listeners.

Moon Taejin, CEO of Influential, which operates Willa, stated, “Willa has continuously proven the value of audiobooks to the public through new challenges. This ‘World Literature Collection’ will also be a great opportunity for many to enjoy the masterpieces of great authors as audiobooks without restrictions of time and place.” He added, “We expect this to create an opportunity to convey and share the value and meaning of world literature with more people.”

Meanwhile, Willa has previously successfully serialized major series such as Park Kyung-ri’s Toji, Lee Mun-yeol’s Samgukji and Chohanzi. Additionally, audiobooks like Bernard Werber’s Empire, Death, Memory, and Im Mi-ye’s Dallergut Dream Department Store have been loved as steady sellers.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.