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Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings
- Shahnameh
- By: Abolqasem Ferdowsi, Dick Davis - translator
- Narrated by: Sean Rohani, Nikki Massoud, Dick Davis
- Length: 47 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Dick Davis—“our pre-eminent translator from the Persian” (The Washington Post)—has revised and expanded his acclaimed translation of Ferdowsi’s masterpiece, adding more than 100 pages of newly translated text. Davis’s elegant combination of prose and verse allows the poetry of the Shahnameh to sing its own tales directly, interspersed sparingly with clearly marked explanations to ease along modern audiences.
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What beautiful poetry
- By Dennis Sommers on 03-09-25
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Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings
- Shahnameh
- Narrated by: Sean Rohani, Nikki Massoud, Dick Davis
- Length: 47 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 20-03-25
- Language: English
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Paradise Lost
- Penguin Classics
- By: John Milton, John Leonard - introduction
- Narrated by: Adrian Schiller
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall26
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Performance22
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Story22
Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Adrian Schiller. In Paradise Lost Milton produced poem of epic scale, conjuring up a vast, awe-inspiring cosmos and ranging across huge tracts of space and time. And yet, in putting a charismatic Satan and naked Adam and Eve at the...
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Lives up to the hype!
- By KT on 25-07-20
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Paradise Lost
- Penguin Classics
- Narrated by: Adrian Schiller
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 25-06-20
- Language: English
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The Iliad
- By: Homer, Richmond Lattimore - translator
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 22 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall61
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Performance49
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Story48
The Iliad is one of the most enduring creations of Western Civilization and was originally written to be recited or chanted to the accompaniment of various instruments. Properly performed, this work today is just as meaningful, just as powerful and just as entertaining as it was in the ninth century B.C.,and it casts its spell upon modern listeners with the same raw intensity as it did upon the people of ancient times.
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Masterful
- By Bob the Bard on 10-09-17
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The Iliad
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 22 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 15-01-09
- Language: English
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The Iliad
- By: Homer
- Narrated by: Charles Purkey
- Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall14
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Performance12
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The Iliad is one of the two great epics of Homer, and is typically described as one of the greatest war stories of all time, but to say the Iliad is a war story does not begin to describe the emotional sweep of its action and characters: Achilles, Helen, Hector, and other heroes of Greek myth and history in the tenth and final year of the Greek siege of Troy.
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Homer: The Iliad
- By Phoebe's mum on 12-06-20
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The Iliad
- Narrated by: Charles Purkey
- Series: Iliad & Odyssey, Book 1
- Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 01-07-19
- Language: English
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The Conference of the Birds
- By: Farid Attar, Afkham Darbandi - translator, Dick Davis - translator
- Narrated by: Paul Chahidi, Dick Davis
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Brought to you by Penguin. Composed in the twelfth century in north-eastern Iran, Attar's great mystical poem is among the most significant of all works of Persian literature. A marvellous, allegorical rendering of the Islamic doctrine of Sufism - an esoteric system concerned with the search for...
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The Conference of the Birds
- Narrated by: Paul Chahidi, Dick Davis
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 23-04-26
- Language: English
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The Odyssey
- By: Homer
- Narrated by: Charles Purkey
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall18
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Performance15
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Story15
Odysseus has been away from Ithaca, the Greek city-state under his rule, for ten years while fighting in the Trojan War. After the fall of Troy, Odysseus begins the long journey home to his wife and son; however, his journey is plagued by misfortune as the gods feud over his fate, leaving the Ithacans to believe that he has died. In the myths and legends that are retold here, Fagles has captured the energy and poetry of Homer's original in a bold, contemporary idiom, and given us an Odyssey to read aloud, to savor, and to treasure for its sheer lyrical mastery.
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Terrible narration
- By Dr C A fraser-Mood on 08-07-20
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The Odyssey
- Narrated by: Charles Purkey
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 06-09-19
- Language: English
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The Aeneid
- By: Scott McGill - translator, Susannah Wright - translator, Emily Wilson - introduction, and others
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Emily Wilson
- Length: 12 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance4
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With a rich and informative introduction from Emily Wilson, maps drawn especially for this volume, a pronunciation glossary, genealogies, extensive notes, and helpful summaries of each book, this gorgeous edition of Rome’s founding poem will capture the imaginations and stir the souls of a new generation of listeners.
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Wonderful rendition of a timeless classic
- By Joris on 14-08-25
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The Aeneid
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Emily Wilson
- Length: 12 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 12-08-25
- Language: English
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The Faerie Queene
- By: Edmund Spenser
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 33 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall23
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Performance21
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Story21
This remarkable poem, dedicated to Queen Elizabeth I, was Spenser's finest achievement. The first epic poem in modern English, The Faerie Queene combines dramatic narratives of chivalrous adventure with exquisite and picturesque episodes of pageantry. At the same time, Spenser is expounding a deeply-felt allegory of the eternal struggle between Truth and Error....
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A very useful version
- By Stephen on 20-04-17
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The Faerie Queene
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 33 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 25-09-15
- Language: English
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Parzival
- By: Wolfram von Eschenbach
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 18 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance5
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The greatest of all the medieval romances about the Holy Grail, Parzival was written in the early 13th century. The narrative describes the quest of the Arthurian knight Parzival for the Holy Grail. His journey is filled with incident, from tournaments and sieges to chivalrous deeds and displays of true love.
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Stamina Pays Off!
- By NICK on 09-11-21
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Parzival
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 18 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 29-06-21
- Language: English
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The Mahabharata
- By: Vyasa, John D. Smith - translator
- Narrated by: Shaheen Khan, Sagar Arya
- Length: 44 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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Performance5
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Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Shaheen Khan. This definitive recording includes an introduction by J. D. Smith, read by Sagar Arya. The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. It is of immense importance to the culture of the Indian...
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The Mahabharata
- Narrated by: Shaheen Khan, Sagar Arya
- Length: 44 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 25-03-21
- Language: English
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Paradise Lost & Paradise Regained
- By: John Milton
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 16 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall45
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Performance30
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Paradise Lost, along with its companion piece, Paradise Regained, remain the most successful attempts at Greco-Roman style epic poetry in the English language. Remarkably enough, they were written near the end of John Milton's amazing life, a bold testimonial to his mental powers in old age. And, since he had gone completely blind in 1652, 15 years prior to Paradise Lost, he dictated it and all his other works to his daughter.
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Superb
- By H Ireland on 12-05-13
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Paradise Lost & Paradise Regained
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 16 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 13-10-08
- Language: English
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Beowulf
- By: Michael Alexander, uncredited, Michael Alexander - introduction, and others
- Narrated by: Royce Pierreson, Roy McMillan
- Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall30
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Performance21
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Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Royce Pierreson, star of Line of Duty, Our Girl and The Witcher. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Michael Alexander. Beowulf is the greatest surviving work of literature in Old English, unparalleled in its epic...
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Beowulf
- Narrated by: Royce Pierreson, Roy McMillan
- Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 25-03-21
- Language: English
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The Odyssey
- By: Homer
- Narrated by: Tim McInnerny, Amanda Redman, Benedict Cumberbatch, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall140
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Performance106
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Story105
A BBC Radio 4 full-cast production of Homer’s epic seafaring adventure, dramatised by award-winning poet Simon Armitage and starring Tim McInnerny, Amanda Redman & Benedict Cumberbatch. ‘My fame is written in the heavens, and my fate too...’ So speaks Odysseus as he starts to recount his...
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Between 'The Archers' & 'Hitchhiker's Guide...'!
- By Tim on 05-03-11
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The Odyssey
- Narrated by: Tim McInnerny, Amanda Redman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Bertie Carvel, Mary Wimbush, Adjoa Andoh, Janet McTeer, Frances Barber, Danny Webb, Cheryl Campbell, Full Cast
- Length: 3 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 15-04-05
- Language: English
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Beowulf: A New Translation
- By: Maria Dahvana Headley
- Narrated by: JD Jackson, Maria Dahvana Headley
- Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance5
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"Narrator JD Jackson addresses his listener as "bro" in this decidedly contemporary retelling of the classic saga...His brilliant performance captures all the artistry, wit, and immediacy of this fresh translation, and breathes new life into what for most has been a literary fossil." --...
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Beowulf: A New Translation
- Narrated by: JD Jackson, Maria Dahvana Headley
- Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 25-08-20
- Language: English
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Christopher Logue: War Music
- The Author’s Own Recording
- By: Christopher Logue
- Narrated by: Christopher Logue
- Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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War Music is a dramatic poem based on Homer’s Iliad. Logue worked on it for more than 40 years, and it was left incomplete at his death in 2011.
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Superb
- By Nigel on 09-07-23
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Christopher Logue: War Music
- The Author’s Own Recording
- Narrated by: Christopher Logue
- Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 23-11-21
- Language: English
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Ramayana
- By: William Buck
- Narrated by: Ram Dass
- Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins
- Abridged
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Overall3
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This story of Lord Rama — the 7th incarnation of Lord Vishnu— i s a wondrous tale of cosmic adventure that immerses the listener in a world of heroes, gods, and demons.
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Love everything by Ram Dass
- By Nicola Thomas on 27-07-22
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The Perfect Nine
- The Epic of Gĩkũyũ and Mũmbi
- By: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
- Narrated by: Benjamin A. Onyango
- Length: 2 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall17
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Performance17
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In his first attempt at the epic form, Ngũgĩ tells the story of the founding of the Gĩkũyũ people of Kenya, from a strongly feminist perspective. A verse narrative, blending folklore, mythology, adventure, and allegory, The Perfect Nine chronicles the efforts the Gĩkũyũ founders make to find partners for their ten beautiful daughters - called “The Perfect Nine” - and the challenges they set for the 99 suitors who seek their hands in marriage. The epic has all the elements of adventure, with suspense, danger, humor, and sacrifice.
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great retelling of the Gíkúyú origin story
- By gucci grace on 09-09-25
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The Perfect Nine
- The Epic of Gĩkũyũ and Mũmbi
- Narrated by: Benjamin A. Onyango
- Length: 2 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 06-10-20
- Language: English
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The Canterbury Tales III
- Modern English Verse Translation
- By: Geoffrey Chaucer, Frank Ernest Hill - translator
- Narrated by: Timothy West, Charles Kay, Stephen Tompkinson, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, a collection of narratives written between 1387 and 1400, tells of a group of 30 people from all layers of society who pass the time along their pilgrimage to Canterbury by telling stories to one another, their interaction mediated (at times) by the affable host - Chaucer himself. Naxos AudioBooks’ third volume presents the tales of six people, here in an unabridged modern verse translation (by Frank Ernest Hill, 1935).
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Mediaeval
- By Raymond Hall on 04-06-25
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The Canterbury Tales III
- Modern English Verse Translation
- Narrated by: Timothy West, Charles Kay, Stephen Tompkinson, Tim Pigott-Smith, Sean Barrett, Rosalind Shanks, Michael Maloney
- Length: 3 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 24-08-11
- 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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Overall13
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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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The Iliad
- By: Homer, Bernard Knox, Bernard Knox - introduction, and others
- Narrated by: Vidish Athavale
- Length: 21 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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This translation of The Iliad equals Fitzgerald's earlier Odyssey in power and imagination. It recreates the original action as conceived by Homer, using fresh and flexible blank verse that is both lyrical and dramatic. * This audiobook edition includes a downloadable PDF containing Notes on the...
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The Iliad
- Narrated by: Vidish Athavale
- Length: 21 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 03-06-25
- Language: English
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