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| 1984
by George Orwell
Blackstone Audio presents a new recording of this dramatically popular book. |
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| Bard of the Middle Ages: The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer
by Michael Drout
Had Geoffrey Chaucer not written, or not written so well, the last 600 years of English literature would have been decidedly different. His creative style and use of language served as one of the primary foundations on which later writers built. |
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| Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley
Cloning, feel-good drugs, anti-aging programs, and total social control through politics, programming... |
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| A Brief History of English and American Literature
by Henry Beers
Henry Augustin Beers (1847-?), native of Buffalo, NY and professor of English at Yale, with the help of John Fletcher Hurst (1834-1903), Methodist bishop and first Chancellor of American University, has written a sweeping thousand 900 year history of English literature, up to the end of the 19th century. |
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| C.S. Lewis Literature Overview
by Timothy B. Shutt
In this lecture professor Timothy Shutt provides an overview of the life and literature of C.S. Lewis. He mentions various viewpoints that people have had about Lewis and says why he thinks Lewis is more popular now than he was in his time. |
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| The Canterbury Tales
by Geoffrey Chaucer
In this classic, the narrator tells of making the usual April pilgrimage to Becket’s shrine at Canterbury with thirty others. |
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| The Chronicles of Narnia CD Box Set
by C.S. Lewis
Journeys to the end of the world, fantastic creatures, and epic battles between good and evil -- what more could any reader ask for? This timeless boxed set includes all seven unabridged recordings... |
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| D. H. Lawrence in 90 Minutes
by Paul Strathern
D. H. Lawrences works were an attempt to revive some vivid, instinctual part of the human spirit that he felt had been lost or damaged. Strathern offers a witty and incisive appraisal of the writer and his work. |
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| The End of the Affair
by Graham Greene
The novelist Maurice Bendrix's love affair with his friend's wife, Sarah, had begun in London during the Blitz.... |
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| Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
The legacy of Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus, one of the most famous of the English Gothic novels of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, lives on through the modern cultural icons of the mad scientist and the demonic creation that always seem to threaten to destroy humankind. |
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| Hamlet AudioLearn
From the symbolism of Yorick’s skull to the mystery of death, AudioLearn is your complete audio study guide to Shakespeare’s Hamlet. |
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| Hamlet: John Gielgud's Classic 1948 Recording
by William Shakespeare
This outstanding historical recording made in 1941 for radio is widely regarded as one of the finest Hamlet performances ever, and one of John Gielgud's greatest moments. |
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| The Importance of Being Earnest
by Oscar Wilde
This final play from the pen of Oscar Wilde is a stylish send-up of Victorian courtship and manners, complete with assumed names, mistaken lovers, and a lost handbag. |
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| An Introduction to English Literature
Literature is the history of ideas. It is a reflection of thoughts, feelings and culture of a time and a place. What better place to start when learning about the world we live in? |
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| Introduction to Poetry
by Robert Frost
LearnOutLoud.com presents an Introduction to Poetry covering famous poems by great poets throughout the history of English poetry. |
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| King Lear
by William Shakespeare
King Lear is one of Shakespeare’s greatest and darkest works. King Lear banishes his favorite daughter when she speaks out against him. |
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| Lewis & Tolkien
by Christopher Mitchell
Professor Christopher Mitchell of Wheaton College opens the door to insights and events publicly observed in the lives of writers C. S. Lewis and J.R. R. Tolkien... |
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| Lit Summary Podcast
LearnOutLoud.com is pleased to provide the Lit Summary Podcast. Each episode contains an abbreviated yet complete audio summary of a classic book in western literature. |
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| Literature in English
by Charles F. Altieri
Literature in English from the late-17th through the mid-19th century. |
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| Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
An adventure tale in its purest form. A thrilling and elegantly told account of a group of British schoolboys marooned on a tropical island. |
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| The Lord of the Rings
by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings tells of the great quest undertaken by Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring... |
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| Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
Macbeth is William Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and one of his most popular works. |
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| Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens
Rife with Dickens' disturbing descriptions of street life, the novel is buoyed by the purity of the orphan Oliver. |
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| Othello
by William Shakespeare
Shakespeare's legendary tragedy is revisited in this spirited and entertaining production that ran in London from November 2007 to February 2008. The flawless, talented cast features Ewan McGregor as the conniving Iago, Chiwetel Ejiofor as Othello (whose performance won him the Olivier Award as best actor) and Kelly Reilly as Desdemona. |
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| Paradise Lost
by John Milton
This epic poem, considered the greatest in the English language, as John Milton seeks to “justify the ways of God to men” through relating the story of Satan’s rebellion in Heaven, the deception and fall of Man, and the presaged event of Redemption through Jesus, the Son of God…the “Second Adam.” |
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| The Pilgrim's Progress
by John Bunyan
This is an updated version for all ages told in wonderful storytelling fashion. John Bunyan was a simple maker and mender of pots and pans who received very little education. In spite of that, he penned the most successful allegory ever written. |
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| A Portrait of the Artist As A Young Man
by James Joyce
A remarkably rich study of a developing young mind, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man made an indelible mark on literature and confirmed Joyce's reputation as one of the world's greatest and lasting writers. |
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| Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice captures the affections of class-conscious eighteenth-century English families with matrimonial aims and rivalries. |
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| Robinson Crusoe
by Daniel Defoe
Robinson Crusoe is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published in 1719 and sometimes regarded as the first novel in English. |
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| Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
Speak the Speech makes free Shakespearean performance more widely accessible than ever, in the style of radio theater! |
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| A Room with a View
by E.M. Forster
When Lucy Honeychurch travels to Italy with her cousin, she meets George Emerson, a bohemian and an atheist who falls in love with her. |
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| The Screwtape Letters
by C.S. Lewis
This classic has entertained and enlightened readers the world over with its sly and ironic portrayal of human life from the vantage point of Screwtape, a highly placed assistant to “Our Father Below.” |
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| Shakespeare: Ten Great Comedies
by Raphael Shargel
Professor Raphael Shargel channels his passion for teaching and expertise as a Shakespearean scholar into this illuminative study of the Immortal Bard’s ten great comedies. |
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| Shakespeare: The Seven Major Tragedies
by Harold Bloom
Shakespeare's seven great tragedies contain unmistakable elements that set them apart from any other plays ever written. In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare embodied in the character of Juliet the world's most impressive representation ever of a woman in love. |
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| A Tale of Two Cities Podcast
by Charles Dickens
A generous donation by Gordon W. Draper gives us the ability to bring to you this Charles Dickens classic. |
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| The World of George Orwell
by Michael Shelden
Big Brother Is Watching You: The words are inextricably associated with the classic dystopian novel 1984 and with its revered author, George Orwell. |
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| Wuthering Heights
by Emily Bronte
More than just a love story, this convincing, unsentimental novel is one of the classics of English... |
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