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The Eclogues and Georgics
- By: Virgil
- Narrated by: Andrew Wincott, Jamie Parker, Paul Panting, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Though it is for the sparkling epic, Aeneid, that the Roman poet Virgil is best known, it was these two poems, The Eclogues and Georgics, which first established his reputation.
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Georgics
- By derek waters on 11-03-26
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The Eclogues and Georgics
- Narrated by: Andrew Wincott, Jamie Parker, Paul Panting, Roger May
- Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 22-06-23
- Language: English
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The Aeneid
- By: Virgil
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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The Aeneid represents one of the greatest cultural and artistic achievements of Western Civilization. Within the brooding and melancholy atmosphere of Virgil's pious masterpiece lies the mythic story of Aeneas and his flight from burning Troy, taking with him across the Mediterranean the survivors of the Greek onslaught. Aeneas, after many travails and adventures, including a love affair with Dido Queen of Carthage and a visit to the underworld to see his father, ends up in Italy.
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Magical!
- By Ehab on 16-04-09
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The Aeneid
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 30-12-04
- Language: English
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The Aeneid
- By: Virgil, John Dryden - translator
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 13 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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After a century of civil strife in Rome and Italy, the poet Virgil wrote The Aeneid to honor the emperor Augustus by praising Aeneas, Augustus's legendary ancestor. As a patriotic epic imitating Homer, The Aeneid also set out to provide Rome with a literature equal to that of Greece.
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The Aeneid
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 13 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 23-04-10
- Language: English
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The Manual
- A Philosopher's Guide to Life
- By: Epictetus, Ancient Renewal, Sam Torode
- Narrated by: Sam Torode
- Length: 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Epictetus (c. AD 50-135) was a former Roman slave (he was also lame in one leg, and walked with a crutch) who went on to become a great teacher. His philosophy, Stoicism, was practical, not theoretical - aimed at relieving human suffering here and now. The Manual is a collection of Epictetus' essential teachings and pithy sayings, compiled by one of his students.
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Thanks !!
- By JezArnold on 06-03-20
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The Manual
- A Philosopher's Guide to Life
- Narrated by: Sam Torode
- Length: 47 mins
- Release date: 23-05-17
- Language: English
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She Stoops to Conquer
- Mistakes of the Night
- By: Oliver Goldsmith
- Narrated by: Rosalind Ayres, Adam Godley, Julian Holloway, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 50 mins
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Starring James Marsters, this classic comedy of manners from 1773 is still widely performed and studied. Love, lies, and dysfunctional families. Sound like your last family gathering? Try this one on for laughs. Two randy young gents, Charles and George, set out to woo the alluring and upper-crust Kate and Constance. But inexperienced Charles is shy and clumsy around upper-class ladies, so it’s the barmaid who catches his eye. But is she really who she seems?
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She Stoops to Conquer
- Mistakes of the Night
- Narrated by: Rosalind Ayres, Adam Godley, Julian Holloway, James Marsters, Ian Ogilvy, Joanne Whalley, Matthew Wolf
- Length: 1 hr and 50 mins
- Release date: 25-08-11
- Language: English
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The Epic of Gilgamesh
- By: Sebastian Lockwood - adaptation
- Narrated by: Sebastian Lockwood
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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A new version of The Epic of Gilgamesh by Sebastian Lockwood. This is the story of Gilgamesh, King of Kings, who brought back knowledge from before the flood - who loved and lost his companion Enkidu and had to find out why we die. The Epic of Gilgamesh was written on clay tablets over 4,000 years ago, in what is today Baghdad Iraq - the Biblical Garden of Eden between the Tigris and the Euphrates. Lockwood gives a passionate reading from a text that faithfully follows the original.
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Hamgamesh Epic
- By Jack Greenwood on 05-06-19
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The Epic of Gilgamesh
- Narrated by: Sebastian Lockwood
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
- Release date: 12-01-13
- Language: English
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The Most Venerable Book (Shang Shu)
- By: Confucius, Martin Palmer - translator, Jay Ramsay - translator, and others
- Narrated by: Windson Liong
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Windson Liong. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Martin Palmer. The Most Venerable Book (also known as The Book of History) is one of the Five Classics. For many centuries it was a central work for anyone wishing...
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The Most Venerable Book (Shang Shu)
- Narrated by: Windson Liong
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 25-03-21
- Language: English
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The Canterbury Tales
- The New Translation by Gerald J. Davis
- By: Geoffrey Chaucer
- Narrated by: John Hanks
- Length: 20 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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The classic collection of beloved tales, both sacred and profane, of travelers in medieval England. Complete and unabridged.
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The Canterbury Tales
- The New Translation by Gerald J. Davis
- Narrated by: John Hanks
- Length: 20 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 11-07-20
- Language: English
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Richard Burton's Hamlet
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Richard Burton, a full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
- Original Recording
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Performance12
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This production of Hamlet, directed by Sir John Gielgud and starring Richard Burton, was recorded in the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, and with the actors performing just as they would if you went to see a production tonight. "The particular intensity and nerves of this is probably the same kind of thing that excites an audience in live theater," says Richard Burton.
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The finest noise ever created by vocal chords?
- By Pete UK on 08-04-13
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Richard Burton's Hamlet
- Narrated by: Richard Burton, a full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 19-06-01
- Language: English
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The Homer Collection
- The Iliad and The Odyssey
- By: Homer
- Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
- Length: 28 hrs and 34 mins
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As exhilarating today as they were at the time of being written, Homer's epic poems transport the listener on a courageous and daring journey at the heart of one of the most infamous wars in history. Discover the heroism and compassion of soldiers at the close of the Trojan War in The Iliad, as well as the devastating aftermath of the conflict in The Odyssey. Exploring themes such as bravery, mortality and homecoming, both works are a unique insight into ancient Greek culture.
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The Homer Collection
- The Iliad and The Odyssey
- Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
- Length: 28 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 28-10-25
- Language: English
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Ovid’s Modern Metamorphoses
- 10 Full-Cast Contemporary BBC Radio Dramatisations including Orpheus, Euridice, Phaethon, Echo & Narcissus
- By: Ovid, Sebastian Baczkiewicz, Hattie Naylor, and others
- Narrated by: Toby Jones, Robert Glenister, Deborah Findlay, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Ten contemporary reimaginings of Ovid’s iconic tales, with star-studded casts including Toby Jones, Shaun Dooley and Robert Glenister The Roman love poet Ovid has influenced writers past and present, with his witty, sexy tales inspiring authors from Shakespeare to Ezra Pound. Included here are...
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Ovid’s Modern Metamorphoses
- 10 Full-Cast Contemporary BBC Radio Dramatisations including Orpheus, Euridice, Phaethon, Echo & Narcissus
- Narrated by: Toby Jones, Robert Glenister, Deborah Findlay, Rosie Cavaliero, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Burn Gorman, Shaun Dooley, Full Cast
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 11-06-26
- Language: English
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Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene, a Prose Rendering, Volume 1 of 3
- A Text-Faithful Translation of the 1590s Epic Poem
- By: Rebecca K. Reynolds
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Welcome to Edmund Spenser’s 1590s epic poem, The Faerie Queene. This text-faithful, line-by-line prose rendering transports modern listeners into a vast narrative tapestry. Knights traverse diverse fantastical landscapes including the shadowy depths of an enchanted forest, a treacherous underwater lair, a mysterious subterranean kingdom, and the deadly Bower of Bliss.
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Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene, a Prose Rendering, Volume 1 of 3
- A Text-Faithful Translation of the 1590s Epic Poem
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Series: Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene: A Prose Rendering, Book 1
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 16-12-25
- Language: English
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The Poems of Catullus
- By: Gaius Valerius Catullus, Stephanie McCarter - introduction, Stephanie McCarter - translator
- Length: 7 hrs
- Unabridged
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I hate and love. How do I do this, you might ask. I don't know but I feel it and am tortured. A Penguin Classic Award-winning translator Stephanie McCarter presents a translation of the surviving poems of Catullus (84-54 BCE), the Roman poet and punk, the lover and the hater, the hedonist and...
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The Poems of Catullus
- Length: 7 hrs
- Release date: 14-07-26
- Language: English
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Antigone
- By: Slavoj Žižek
- Length: 2 hrs
- Unabridged
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Antigone is universally celebrated as the ultimate figure of ethical resistance to the state power which oversteps its legitimate scope and as the defender of simple human dignity. But is she really so innocent and pure? What if there is a dark side to her? What if Creon, the representative of state power, also has a valuable point to make? And what if both Antigone and Creon are part of a problem that only a popular intervention can confront?
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Antigone
- Length: 2 hrs
- Release date: 15-10-26
- Language: English
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The Canterbury Tales II
- Modern English Verse Translation
- By: Geoffrey Chaucer
- Narrated by: Philip Madoc, Frances Jeater, John Rowe, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Four more delightful tales from one of the most entertaining storytellers of all time. Though writing in the thirteenth century, Chaucer’s wit and observation comes down undiminished through the ages, especially in this accessible modern verse translation. The stories vary considerably from the uproarious Wife of Bath’s Tale, promoting the power of women to the sober account of patient Griselda in the Clerk’s Tale.
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Can’t wait to hear the next tales.
- By A Moskow on 28-01-23
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The Canterbury Tales II
- Modern English Verse Translation
- Narrated by: Philip Madoc, Frances Jeater, John Rowe, Charlie Simpson, John Moffatt
- Length: 3 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 24-08-11
- Language: English
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Mary Stuart
- By: Friedrich Schiller
- Narrated by: Alex Kingston, Jill Gascione
- Length: 2 hrs and 1 min
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"Elizabeth I of England is threatened by the survival of her Catholic cousin, Mary Stuart. Wrestling with her own conscience, the queen agonizes over Mary's fate, amidst fears for her own life. Court intrigue has never been more gripping than in this 'acute study in the art of double-dealing politics'.” (The New York Times)
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Superb performance.
- By Nick on 23-12-12
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Mary Stuart
- Narrated by: Alex Kingston, Jill Gascione
- Length: 2 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 14-08-07
- Language: English
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The Seagull
- By: Anton Chekhov, Christopher Hampton - translator
- Narrated by: Calista Flockhart, T. R. Knight, Stephen Collins, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 49 mins
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Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull is considered one of his most haunting and atmospheric character studies. A would-be playwright is at war with his egoistic mother while the town has become intoxicated by a sensational author. And as the alluring newcomer steals away Kosta’s only love, their new romance could have devastating consequences.
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I thought it to be a little disappointing
- By Roy Harding young and hansom on 14-09-25
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The Seagull
- Narrated by: Calista Flockhart, T. R. Knight, Stephen Collins, Gordon Clapp, Logan Fahey, Dakin Matthews, Bess Rous
- Length: 1 hr and 49 mins
- Release date: 12-02-14
- Language: English
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The Peloponnesian War
- By: Thucydides
- Narrated by: David McCallion
- Length: 19 hrs and 8 mins
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Compiled by Thucydides, an Athenian historian and general during the Peloponnesian War, The History of the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC) is considered to be one of the first scholarly historical works ever written.
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A great history let down by poor narration.
- By John G on 17-08-18
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The Peloponnesian War
- Narrated by: David McCallion
- Length: 19 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 11-05-17
- Language: English
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The Ultimate Poetry Collection
- Poetry of War, Romantic Poetry, Victorian Poetry
- By: Thomas Hardy, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Blake, and others
- Narrated by: Sir John Gielgud, Richard Burton, Gwen Watford, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
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William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first...
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It doesn’t tell you what any of the poems are.
- By Edwin Hasler on 02-04-24
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The Ultimate Poetry Collection
- Poetry of War, Romantic Poetry, Victorian Poetry
- Narrated by: Sir John Gielgud, Richard Burton, Gwen Watford, full cast
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 12-11-20
- Language: English
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Ilíada [The Iliad]
- Ilíada y Odisea 1
- By: Homero, Fernando Gutiérrez - translator
- Narrated by: Pedro Casablanc, Elsa Veiga
- Length: 17 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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La Ilíada es el poema más antiguo de la literatura occidental y está considerada como una de las grandes obras de nuestra tradición. Esta epopeya griega, que, como la Odisea, ha sido atribuida a Homero, es un canto al glorioso y trágico desenlace de la guerra de Troya. En la Antigüedad se consideraba que este poema se basaba en la historia real y que los personajes que aparecían en él eran un modelo de comportamiento y heroísmo.
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Ilíada [The Iliad]
- Ilíada y Odisea 1
- Narrated by: Pedro Casablanc, Elsa Veiga
- Series: Ilíada & Odisea [Iliad & Odyssey], Book 2
- Length: 17 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 12-02-26
- Language: Spanish
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