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James Joyce
- Revised Edition
- By: Richard Ellman
- Narrated by: John Keating
- Length: 37 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Richard Ellmann has revised and expanded his definitive work on Joyce's life to include newly discovered primary material....
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Mesmerising book, partially adequate reading
- By Raphael on 13-11-16
By: Richard Ellman
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And Then There Were None
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens
- Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Agatha Christie's world-famous mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers....
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A Masterpiece
- By Dazler on 15-07-15
By: Agatha Christie
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- By: Simon Armitage - translator
- Narrated by: Simon Armitage
- Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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When the mysterious Green Knight arrives unbidden at the Round Table one Christmas, only Gawain is brave enough to take up his challenge....
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Armitage's Triumph
- By Pagespinner on 07-11-17
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Primary Phase (Dramatised)
- By: Douglas Adams
- Narrated by: Peter Jones, Simon Jones, Geoffrey McGivern, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Join Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Trillian, Zaphod Beeblebrox and Marvin the Paranoid Android in their first series of adventures as they witness the destruction of Earth to make way for a hyperspace bypass....
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funny, adventurous and youthful
- By Ryan on 07-10-09
By: Douglas Adams
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An Inspector Calls (Classic Radio Theatre)
- By: J. B. Priestley
- Narrated by: Toby Jones, David Calder, Morven Christie
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
- Original Recording
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The Birling family are spending a happy evening celebrating the engagement of Sheila Birling to Gerald Croft. But then they receive a surprise visit from an Inspector Goole....
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GCSE text
- By Susan on 24-12-12
By: J. B. Priestley
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Secondary Phase (Dramatised)
- By: Douglas Adams
- Narrated by: Peter Jones, Simon Jones, Geoffrey McGivern, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Stranded on Prehistoric Earth since the end of the first series, Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect are once again trying to hitch their way off the planet....
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Science meets philosophy - and laughs
- By Alexander Macallister on 02-02-14
By: Douglas Adams
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James Joyce
- Revised Edition
- By: Richard Ellman
- Narrated by: John Keating
- Length: 37 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Richard Ellmann has revised and expanded his definitive work on Joyce's life to include newly discovered primary material....
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Mesmerising book, partially adequate reading
- By Raphael on 13-11-16
By: Richard Ellman
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And Then There Were None
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens
- Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Agatha Christie's world-famous mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers....
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A Masterpiece
- By Dazler on 15-07-15
By: Agatha Christie
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- By: Simon Armitage - translator
- Narrated by: Simon Armitage
- Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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When the mysterious Green Knight arrives unbidden at the Round Table one Christmas, only Gawain is brave enough to take up his challenge....
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Armitage's Triumph
- By Pagespinner on 07-11-17
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Primary Phase (Dramatised)
- By: Douglas Adams
- Narrated by: Peter Jones, Simon Jones, Geoffrey McGivern, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Join Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Trillian, Zaphod Beeblebrox and Marvin the Paranoid Android in their first series of adventures as they witness the destruction of Earth to make way for a hyperspace bypass....
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funny, adventurous and youthful
- By Ryan on 07-10-09
By: Douglas Adams
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An Inspector Calls (Classic Radio Theatre)
- By: J. B. Priestley
- Narrated by: Toby Jones, David Calder, Morven Christie
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
- Original Recording
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The Birling family are spending a happy evening celebrating the engagement of Sheila Birling to Gerald Croft. But then they receive a surprise visit from an Inspector Goole....
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GCSE text
- By Susan on 24-12-12
By: J. B. Priestley
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Secondary Phase (Dramatised)
- By: Douglas Adams
- Narrated by: Peter Jones, Simon Jones, Geoffrey McGivern, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Stranded on Prehistoric Earth since the end of the first series, Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect are once again trying to hitch their way off the planet....
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Science meets philosophy - and laughs
- By Alexander Macallister on 02-02-14
By: Douglas Adams
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How to Be a Woman
- By: Caitlin Moran
- Narrated by: Caitlin Moran
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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1913 - Suffragette throws herself under the King's horse. 1969 - Feminists storm Miss World. Now - Caitlin Moran rewrites "The Female Eunuch"....
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A must read
- By kamila on 23-12-12
By: Caitlin Moran
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Tom Stoppard: A BBC Radio Collection
- 14 full-cast productions including Arcadia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead & others
- By: Tom Stoppard
- Narrated by: Rufus Sewell, Bill Nighy, Harriet Walters, and others
- Length: 16 hrs and 45 mins
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This is the collected BBC radio productions of the internationally renowned playwright Tom Stoppard....
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Ideas and Language
- By Nicolas Dawson on 09-04-21
By: Tom Stoppard
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New Selected Poems
- By: Seamus Heaney
- Narrated by: Seamus Heaney
- Length: 2 hrs and 31 mins
- Abridged
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The landmark selection of poems from the greatest poet of our age, read on audio by Seamus Heaney himself....
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back in the world
- By Mr. B. R. Gibson on 29-01-15
By: Seamus Heaney
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The Mad Women's Ball
- By: Victoria Mas
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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The Salpêtrière asylum, 1885. All of Paris is in thrall to Doctor Charcot and his displays of hypnotism on women who have been deemed mad or hysterical, outcasts from society. But the truth is much more complicated....
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Good listen
- By Lauryn on 13-04-22
By: Victoria Mas
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Under Milk Wood (Dramatised)
- By: Dylan Thomas
- Narrated by: Richard Burton
- Length: 1 hr and 41 mins
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A classic BBC Radio full-cast production of Dylan Thomas' poetic play for voices starring Richard Burton as the narrator....
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Hasn't aged a bit!
- By Stephanie Jane (Literary Flits) on 01-12-13
By: Dylan Thomas
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The Divine Comedy
- Penguin Classics
- By: Robin Kirkpatrick - translator, Dante Alighieri
- Narrated by: Jot Davies, Robin Kirkpatrick, Kristin Atherton
- Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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The Divine Comedy describes Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as a guide, his ascent of Mount Purgatory and his encounter with his dead love Beatrice, and finally, his arrival in Heaven....
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A classic
- By Cameron ms on 20-02-21
By: Robin Kirkpatrick - translator, and others
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SmartPass Plus Audio Education Study Guide to An Inspector Calls (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- By: Gil Maine, J. B. Priestley
- Narrated by: Full-Cast Drama
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
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Combined for great value! The multi award-winning SmartPass study guide with and without commentary options....
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Great for the excluded/disengaged
- By Cree on 16-06-19
By: Gil Maine, and others
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The Incomplete Tim Key
- About 300 of His Poetical Gems and What-Nots
- By: Tim Key
- Narrated by: Tim Key
- Length: 2 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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A wildly original poetry collection written and read by one of the UK’s most exciting young comics....
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don't waste your time or money
- By Stevey G on 01-04-21
By: Tim Key
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The Oscar Wilde BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Five Full-Cast Productions
- By: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: Miriam Margolyes, Judi Dench, Diana Rigg, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 58 mins
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A collection of the major works of Oscar Wilde, with incredible casts including Judi Dench, Martin Clunes, Michael Sheen, Miriam Margolyes, Ian McDiarmid, Joely Richardson, Penelope Keith, Martin Jarvis, Diana Rigg, Simon Russell Beale, Sheila Hancock, Ian McKellen and Stephen Fry....
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Disappointed with selection from Oscar Wilde
- By Sid Percy on 06-12-19
By: Oscar Wilde
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The Painted Veil
- By: W. Somerset Maugham
- Narrated by: Sophie Ward
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the story of Kitty Fane, the adulterous wife of a bacteriologist stationed in Hong Kong....
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The Painted Veil
- By Juliet on 20-08-08
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The Noel Coward BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Seven BBC Radio Full-cast Productions
- By: Noel Coward
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings, Bill Nighy, Celia Imrie, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
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Seven BBC radio full-cast productions of Noël Coward’s classic plays – plus bonus material including a profile of Coward and extracts from his diaries....
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No chapter titles!
- By Catherine A. Miller on 26-04-20
By: Noel Coward
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Nordic Tales
- Folktales from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and Denmark
- By: Chronicle Books
- Narrated by: Allan Corduner, Juha Sorola
- Length: 4 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Trolls haunt the snowy forests, and terrifying monsters roam the open sea. A young woman journeys to the end of the world, and a boy proves he knows no fear. This collection of 16 traditional tales transports readers to the enchanting world of Nordic folklore....
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A nice quiet listen
- By Miko on 10-11-19
By: Chronicle Books
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The Complete Barchester Chronicles (Dramatisation)
- By: Anthony Trollope
- Narrated by: Anna Massey, Alex Jennings
- Length: 18 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Here is a new audio edition of the acclaimed BBC Radio 4 dramatisations of Anthony Trollope's gently satirical tales of provincial life....
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Barchester comes alive!
- By Ian Henderson on 05-06-08
By: Anthony Trollope
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The Tempest
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Sir Ian McKellen, Emilia Fox, Scott Handy, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Sir Ian McKellen, fresh from his performance as Gandalf in Lord of the Rings, is Prospero, and heads a strong cast in Shakespeare’s last great play....
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Tempestuous Performance
- By Mr on 24-07-15
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Round Ireland with a Fridge
- By: Tony Hawks
- Narrated by: Tony Hawks
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
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Whilst in Ireland for an International Song Competition, Tony Hawks was amazed to see a hitch-hiker, trying to thumb a lift, but with a fridge....
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The Fridge Man
- By Paul on 21-02-12
By: Tony Hawks
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Jingo
- Discworld, Book 21
- By: Terry Pratchett
- Narrated by: Tony Robinson
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
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Throughout history, there's always been a perfectly good reason to start a war. Never more so if it is over a "strategic" piece of old rock in the middle of nowhere....
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Tony Robinson is a incredible narrator
- By Chris Rawlins on 12-05-19
By: Terry Pratchett
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Doctor Who - The Chimes of Midnight
- By: Robert Shearman
- Narrated by: Paul McGann, India Fisher
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house not a creature was stirring.... But something must be stirring. Something hidden in the shadows....
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One of Big Finish's best
- By skye man on 17-07-18
By: Robert Shearman
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Dancing by the Light of the Moon
- Over 250 Poems to Read, Relish and Recite
- By: Gyles Brandreth
- Narrated by: Gyles Brandreth
- Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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For every moment in your life there is a poem. In Dancing by the Light of the Moon, we have a remarkable collection of over 250 best-loved poems in the English-speaking world....
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Beautiful
- By Mrs T. on 23-01-22
By: Gyles Brandreth
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Finnegans Wake
- By: James Joyce
- Narrated by: Barry McGovern, Marcella Riordan
- Length: 29 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Finnegans Wake is the greatest challenge in 20th-century literature. In the rich nighttime and the language of dreams, here are history, anecdote, myth, folk tale and, above all, a wondrous sense of humor....
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Finally! Allmaziful!
- By A on 01-07-21
By: James Joyce
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Waiting for Godot
- By: Samuel Beckett
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett, David Burke, Terence Rigby, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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There is now no doubt that not only is Waiting for Godot the outstanding play of the 20th century, but it is also Samuel Beckett's masterpiece....
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In a word, Brilliant
- By Gryfynn on 21-01-17
By: Samuel Beckett
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Doctor Who - Sword of Orion
- By: Nicholas Briggs
- Narrated by: Paul McGann, India Fisher
- Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Trapped aboard a mysterious derelict star destroyer, the Doctor and Charley find themselves facing summary execution....
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Proper Cybermen
- By Daddy Bear on 13-04-19
By: Nicholas Briggs
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Othello (Dramatized)
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Ewan McGregor, Kelly Reilly
- Length: 2 hrs and 36 mins
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Shakespeare's Othello is one of his finest and most famous tragedies....
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Missed out a couple of lines but still great!
- By Grace on 13-06-17
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This Is Shakespeare
- A Pelican Book
- By: Emma Smith
- Narrated by: Emma Smith
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
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A genius and prophet whose timeless works encapsulate the human condition like no others. A writer who surpassed his contemporaries in vision, originality and literary mastery....
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A great primer to understand the greatest writer
- By J. Drew on 26-03-21
By: Emma Smith
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David Hare: A BBC Radio Drama Collection
- 8 Full-Cast Productions Including Plenty, Skylight, Amy’s View & Others
- By: David Hare
- Narrated by: full cast, Anthony Hopkins, Bill Nighy, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 13 mins
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Eight incisive dramas by the internationally renowned playwright - plus bonus interview....
By: David Hare
New Releases
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Relive the Romance
- By: Tadhg Culley
- Narrated by: Michael Newby
- Length: 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Relive the Romance: A Poetry Chapbook of Love features 34 poems, where each one represents a different relationship or romance that shaped the author's heart. Tadhg Culley is a professional screenwriter, published author, and poet from the UK. He has written 10 feature film screenplays, eight TV series scripts, seven published books, over 300 poems, and many other short-form works, delving into documentary, theater, animation, and games.
By: Tadhg Culley
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Red Glows Only Lovers Know
- By: Tadhg Culley
- Narrated by: Michael Newby
- Length: 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Red Glows Only Lovers Know is a long poem about a romance sparked in Amsterdam that sprawled across 15 years. Written in iambic pentameter, in six parts, in 56 verses forming 560 lines, this long poem captures a unique kind of rare love found only once a lifetime. Tadhg Culley is a professional screenwriter, published author, and poet from the UK. He has written 10 feature film screenplays, eight TV series scripts, eight published books, over 300 poems, and many other short-form works, delving into documentary, theatre, animation, and games.
By: Tadhg Culley
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Six Actors in Search of a Pandemic
- After Pirandello
- By: Balint Bodroghy
- Narrated by: Emelle
- Length: 21 mins
- Unabridged
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What follows is fiction, pure and not, perhaps, all that simple. Any resemblance of characters or events to reality is coincidence. It is a short play inspired by the most famous work of Pirandello about Six Characters in Search of an Author. There are, in fact, six "characters", plus the narrator pretending to be Pirandello—four female voices, three male: the wife, the lover, the husband, the girlfriend, the cleaner, the daughter, and the narrator.
By: Balint Bodroghy
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Shards of a Ceramic Soul
- A Poetry Chapbook
- By: Tadhg Culley
- Narrated by: Margaret Woodall
- Length: 1 hr and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Shards of a Ceramic Soul: A Poetry Chapbook contains 15 poems that seek to speak about what it is like to be a struggling writer. Tadhg Culley is a professional screenwriter, published author, and poet from the UK. He has written 10 feature film screenplays, eight TV series scripts, six poetry books, three novellas, three guidebooks, one memoir, one collection of short stories, and many other short-form works, delving into documentary, theatre, animation, and games.
By: Tadhg Culley
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Lamia
- By: John Keats
- Narrated by: Rob Goll
- Length: 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Lamia is a tragic narrative poem in two parts. It was written in 1819 and first published in 1820 with "Isabella" and "The Eve of St. Agnes". The Greek god Hermes has left Olympus in search of a beautiful nymph. He comes across Lamia, a woman trapped in the form of a snake, who promises to reveal the nymph to him if he, in exchange, restores her human form so she may seek the love of Lycius, a youth of Corinth.
By: John Keats
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The Lady of Shalott
- By: Alfred Lord Tennyson
- Narrated by: Rob Goll
- Length: 17 mins
- Unabridged
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The lyrical ballad The Lady of Shalott is one of Tennyson's best-known and best-loved poems. It is based on the story of Elaine of Astolat, a figure from Arthurian legend, who dies from her unrequited love for Sir Lancelot. The subject matter provided inspiration for many of the Pre-Raphaelite painters. Tennyson published two versions of the poem, both of which are included in this recording. The first was written in 1832, and the second—the better-known of the two versions—in 1842.
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Relive the Romance
- By: Tadhg Culley
- Narrated by: Michael Newby
- Length: 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Relive the Romance: A Poetry Chapbook of Love features 34 poems, where each one represents a different relationship or romance that shaped the author's heart. Tadhg Culley is a professional screenwriter, published author, and poet from the UK. He has written 10 feature film screenplays, eight TV series scripts, seven published books, over 300 poems, and many other short-form works, delving into documentary, theater, animation, and games.
By: Tadhg Culley
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Red Glows Only Lovers Know
- By: Tadhg Culley
- Narrated by: Michael Newby
- Length: 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Red Glows Only Lovers Know is a long poem about a romance sparked in Amsterdam that sprawled across 15 years. Written in iambic pentameter, in six parts, in 56 verses forming 560 lines, this long poem captures a unique kind of rare love found only once a lifetime. Tadhg Culley is a professional screenwriter, published author, and poet from the UK. He has written 10 feature film screenplays, eight TV series scripts, eight published books, over 300 poems, and many other short-form works, delving into documentary, theatre, animation, and games.
By: Tadhg Culley
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Six Actors in Search of a Pandemic
- After Pirandello
- By: Balint Bodroghy
- Narrated by: Emelle
- Length: 21 mins
- Unabridged
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What follows is fiction, pure and not, perhaps, all that simple. Any resemblance of characters or events to reality is coincidence. It is a short play inspired by the most famous work of Pirandello about Six Characters in Search of an Author. There are, in fact, six "characters", plus the narrator pretending to be Pirandello—four female voices, three male: the wife, the lover, the husband, the girlfriend, the cleaner, the daughter, and the narrator.
By: Balint Bodroghy
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Shards of a Ceramic Soul
- A Poetry Chapbook
- By: Tadhg Culley
- Narrated by: Margaret Woodall
- Length: 1 hr and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Shards of a Ceramic Soul: A Poetry Chapbook contains 15 poems that seek to speak about what it is like to be a struggling writer. Tadhg Culley is a professional screenwriter, published author, and poet from the UK. He has written 10 feature film screenplays, eight TV series scripts, six poetry books, three novellas, three guidebooks, one memoir, one collection of short stories, and many other short-form works, delving into documentary, theatre, animation, and games.
By: Tadhg Culley
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Lamia
- By: John Keats
- Narrated by: Rob Goll
- Length: 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Lamia is a tragic narrative poem in two parts. It was written in 1819 and first published in 1820 with "Isabella" and "The Eve of St. Agnes". The Greek god Hermes has left Olympus in search of a beautiful nymph. He comes across Lamia, a woman trapped in the form of a snake, who promises to reveal the nymph to him if he, in exchange, restores her human form so she may seek the love of Lycius, a youth of Corinth.
By: John Keats
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The Lady of Shalott
- By: Alfred Lord Tennyson
- Narrated by: Rob Goll
- Length: 17 mins
- Unabridged
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The lyrical ballad The Lady of Shalott is one of Tennyson's best-known and best-loved poems. It is based on the story of Elaine of Astolat, a figure from Arthurian legend, who dies from her unrequited love for Sir Lancelot. The subject matter provided inspiration for many of the Pre-Raphaelite painters. Tennyson published two versions of the poem, both of which are included in this recording. The first was written in 1832, and the second—the better-known of the two versions—in 1842.
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Spirit
- By: Helle Gade
- Narrated by: Martha Webb
- Length: 38 mins
- Unabridged
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A new collection of poems by this award-winning author will take your breath away with the emotions portraying love and loss, sadness, and joy. Connect with her words and celebrate life and acknowledge the loss, as the author takes you on a journey through her emotions in a most beautiful way—with her carefully chosen words. Her undeniable talent, her beautiful words, and the loss she reflects on will all make you feel her emotions deeply, as they resonate with yours.
By: Helle Gade
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Kumukanda
- By: Kayo Chingonyi
- Narrated by: Kayo Chingonyi
- Length: 1 hr
- Unabridged
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Translating as 'initiation', kumukanda is the name given to the rites a young boy from the Luvale tribe must pass through before he is considered a man. The poems of Kayo Chingonyi's remarkable debut explore this passage: between two worlds, ancestral and contemporary, between the living and the dead, between the gulf of who he is and how he is perceived. Underpinned by a love of music, language and literature, here is a powerful exploration of race, identity and masculinity, celebrating what it means to be British and not British, all at once.
By: Kayo Chingonyi
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A Blood Condition
- By: Kayo Chingonyi
- Narrated by: Kayo Chingonyi
- Length: 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Kayo Chingonyi's remarkable second collection follows the course of a 'blood condition' as it finds its way to deeply personal grounds. From the banks of the Zambezi river to London and Leeds, these poems speak to how distance and time, nations and history can collapse within a body. With astonishing lyricism and musicality, this is a story of multiple inheritances—of grief and survival, renewal and the painful process of letting go—and a hymn to the people and places that run in our blood.
By: Kayo Chingonyi
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Jane Austen
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: Tom Keymer
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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This Very Short introduction explores the major themes of Austen criticism through close analysis of her major and minor works, with particular emphasis on the literary, social, and political backgrounds from which the novels emerge, and with which they engage. Thomas Keymer combines critical introductions to each of Austen's six major novels with an exploration of the key themes in her works.
By: Tom Keymer
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Hyperion
- By: John Keats, M. Robertson - introduction
- Narrated by: Denis Daly
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Keats commenced writing his epic poem, Hyperion, in 1818 and ceased working on it in the spring of 1819. He said that he gave the project up for having "too many Miltonic inversions." The unfinished poem, which ceases in the middle of the third canto, was published in 1820. The narrative is based on the Titanomachia, or War of the Titans, and describes the aftermath of their fall to the Olympian Gods.
By: John Keats, and others
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Four Odes
- By: John Keats
- Narrated by: Denis Daly
- Length: 15 mins
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Many of the short poems for which Keats has become famous were written in a burst of inspiration early in 1819, including these four odes: Ode to a Nightingale, Ode on a Grecian Urn, Ode to Psyche, and Ode on Melancholy. The generally melancholy and sometimes elegiac quality of these poems is reflective of Keats' inevitable preoccupation with his declining health. Another significant factor was his infatuation with Fanny Brawne, who returned his affection in an unfortunately non-exclusive manner.
By: John Keats
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Early Poems
- By: Alfred Lord Tennyson
- Narrated by: Denis Daly
- Length: 41 mins
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The selection of eighteen poems is taken from Tennyson's first collection, published in 1830. The most famous poem in the collection is Mariana, a dramatic narrative, which, like The Lady of Shalott, describes the tragic fate of an abandoned woman. All the poems feature the elegant euphony for which Tennyson's verse has become famous.
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- By: Jessie Weston
- Narrated by: Thomas Copeland
- Length: 2 hrs
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"Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" is a late 14th-century chivalric romance in Middle English. The author is unknown; the title was given centuries later. It is one of the best-known Arthurian stories, with its plot combining two types of folk motifs: the beheading game, and the exchange of winnings. Written in stanzas of alliterative verse, each of which ends in a rhyming bob and wheel; it draws on Welsh, Irish, and English stories, as well as the French chivalric tradition.
By: Jessie Weston
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Fifteen Sonnets
- By: Francesco Petrarca, Thomas Wentworth Higginson - translator
- Narrated by: Denis Daly
- Length: 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374), known in the English-speaking world simply as Petrarch, was a 14th-century Italian scholar and poet who was one of the first to use Italian as a literary language. One of his close friends was Boccaccio, who was also a pioneer in literary composition in Italian. Although Petrarch was a notable Latin scholar, and most of his works were written in that language, today he is most famous for his many sonnets in Italian, which frequently feature the superior charms of his innamorata, Laura.
By: Francesco Petrarca, and others
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Selected Poems Aldous Huxley
- By: Aldous Huxley
- Narrated by: Nano Nagle
- Length: 1 hr
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A beautiful selection of poems from a young man who would become a brilliant author and essayist, a thinker who was very much at the forefront of changes in the twentieth century. Here is a book that could be carried in your pocket and enjoyed quickly—a poem of innocent love or remembrance of events that make the boy become the man.
By: Aldous Huxley
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The Lives of the Saints
- The Laureate Lectures
- By: Sebastian Barry
- Narrated by: Sebastian Barry
- Length: 2 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Sebastian Barry's writing career has been as long and varied as it has extraordinary. Intimate, revealing and generous of heart, these three lectures—written and delivered as part of his three-year tenure as the laureate for Irish fiction—reflect on his life and career so far, and some of the formative moments and people he's met along the way.
By: Sebastian Barry
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A Preface to Paradise Lost
- By: C. S. Lewis
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
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In Preface to Paradise Lost, the Christian apologist and revered scholar and professor of literature closely examines the style, content, structure, and themes of Milton’s masterpiece, a retelling of the biblical story of the Fall of Humankind, Satan’s temptation, and the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden. Considering the story within the context of the Western literary tradition, Lewis offers invaluable insights into Paradise Lost and the nature of literature itself, unveiling the poem’s beauty and its wisdom.
By: C. S. Lewis