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The Tempest, William Shakespeare

The Tempest

by William Shakespeare

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Sir Ian McKellen, fresh from his performance as Gandalf in Lord of the Rings is Prospero,...

Unabridged: 2 hr 7 min
Narrator: Sir Ian McKellen, ...
Published: 09/01/2004
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Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka

Metamorphosis

by Franz Kafka

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Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning to find he has been transformed into a gigantic insect....

Unabridged: 2 hr 12 min
Narrator: Martin Jarvis
Published: 05/01/2003
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Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett

Waiting for Godot

by Samuel Beckett

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Samuel Beckett, one of the great avant-garde Irish dramatists and writers of the second h...

Unabridged: 2 hr 2 min
Narrator: Sean Barrett, Davi...
Published: 02/01/2006
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The Merchant of Venice, William Shakespeare

The Merchant of Venice

by William Shakespeare

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Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, agrees to lend Antonio, a Venetian merchant, three thousan...

Unabridged: 2 hr 29 min
Narrator: Antony Sher, Roger...
Published: 09/29/2008
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Classic American Poetry, Emily Dickinson; Robert Lowell; Robert Frost; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Ralph Waldo Emerson; Walt Whitman

Classic American Poetry

by Emily Dickinson; Robert...

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The United States themselves are, essentially, the greatest poem' said Walt Whitman. Here...

Unabridged: 2 hr 31 min
Narrator: Garrick Hagon, Liz...
Published: 10/01/2004
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Benedict Flynn

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

by Benedict Flynn

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A mysterious knight all in green arrives at King Arthur’s court and issues a bizarr...

Unabridged: 2 hr 14 min
Narrator: Jasper Britton
Published: 11/26/2007
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The Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx; Friedrich Engels

The Communist Manifesto

by Karl Marx; Friedrich En...

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Without question one of the most significant books in modern history, The Communist Manif...

Unabridged: 1 hr 53 min
Narrator: Charles Armstrong,...
Published: 01/31/2011
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Under Milk Wood and other plays, Dylan Thomas

Under Milk Wood and other plays

by Dylan Thomas

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Under Milk Wood is Dylan Thomas’s undisputed and unforgettable masterpiece &nd...

Unabridged: 2 hr 12 min
Narrator: Richard Burton, Hu...
Published: 09/01/2008
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Symposium, Plato

Symposium

by Plato

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In Symposium, a group of Athenian aristocrats attend a party held by Agathon to celebrate...

Unabridged: 2 hr 31 min
Narrator: David Shaw Parker,...
Published: 01/01/2006
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Oedipus, Sophocles

Oedipus

by Sophocles

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This new translation of the great classic of Ancient Greece starts a cycle of drama recor...

Unabridged: 1 hr 42 min
Narrator: Michael Sheen, Joh...
Published: 07/01/2000
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Billy Budd, Sailor, Herman Melville

Billy Budd, Sailor

by Herman Melville

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A maritime classic from the master pen of Herman Melville. Written some forty years after...

Unabridged: 3 hr 34 min
Narrator: William Roberts
Published: 07/01/2003
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Lady Susan, Jane Austen

Lady Susan

by Jane Austen

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Lady Susan was the first of Jane Austen’s novels to be completed. An epistolary nov...

Unabridged: 2 hr 30 min
Narrator: Harriet Walter, Ki...
Published: 07/01/2001
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Tales from the Norse Legends, Edward Ferrie

Tales from the Norse Legends

by Edward Ferrie

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The tales of the Norse gods, of the giants, demons, trolls and dwarves, still have the po...

Unabridged: 2 hr 38 min
Narrator: Benjamin Soames
Published: 04/01/2000
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To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf

To the Lighthouse

by Virginia Woolf

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To The Lighthouse is Virginia Woolf’s most accomplished novel, and her most autobio...

Abridged: 2 hr 37 min
Narrator: Juliet Stevenson
Published: 10/01/2004
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Samson Agonistes, John Milton

Samson Agonistes

by John Milton

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Samson Agonistes, the 'dramatic poem' by John Milton, was published in 1671, three years ...

Unabridged: 1 hr 51 min
Narrator: Iain Glen, and cas...
Published: 01/06/2014
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Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare

Twelfth Night

by William Shakespeare

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Twelfth Night, first performed around 1600, probably at the court of Queen Elizabeth I, i...

Unabridged: 2 hr 15 min
Narrator: Stella Gonet, Gera...
Published: 02/01/2000
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Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare

Julius Caesar

by William Shakespeare

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Julius Caesar is Shakespeare’s most political play. He examines whether political a...

Unabridged: 2 hr 16 min
Narrator: Andrew Buchan, Pau...
Published: 03/26/2012
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The Canterville Ghost, Oscar Wilde

The Canterville Ghost

by Oscar Wilde

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A terrifying ghost is haunting the ancient mansion of Canterville Chase, complete with cr...

Unabridged: 1 hr 17 min
Narrator: Rupert Degas
Published: 09/28/2009
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Confucius – In a Nutshell, Neil Wenborn

Confucius – In a Nutshell

by Neil Wenborn

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Confucius stands alone among the world’s great thinkers. Perhaps no other teacher h...

Unabridged: 1 hr 18 min
Narrator: Nigel Carrington
Published: 08/31/2010
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William Blake, William Blake

William Blake

by William Blake

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Naxos AudioBooks begins its new series of Great Poets – represented by their m...

Unabridged: 1 hr 2 min
The Great Poets
Narrator: Robert Glenister, ...
Published: 07/02/2007
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John Keats, John Keats

John Keats

by John Keats

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Naxos AudioBooks continues its new series of Great Poets – represented by a co...

Unabridged: 1 hr 6 min
The Great Poets
Narrator: Samuel West, and M...
Published: 11/26/2007
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Voices of Black America, Booker T. Washington, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Langston Hughes and others

Voices of Black America

by Booker T. Washingt...

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This unique collection, compiled especially for Naxos AudioBooks, features original recor...

Unabridged: 1 hr 46 min
Narrator: Herbert Beerbohm T...
Published: 02/01/2002
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More Classic American Short Stories, Ambrose Bierce; Kate Chopin; James Fenimore Cooper; Stephen Crane; O. Henry

More Classic American Short Stori...

by Ambrose Bierce; Kate Ch...

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Here are eight stories from master American writers of the nineteenth century. They vary ...

Unabridged: 2 hr 33 min
Narrator: Garrick Hagon, and...
Published: 04/02/2007
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Henry V, William Shakespeare

Henry V

by William Shakespeare

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This widely-studied play is one of the best sellers of the Shakespeare canon. This produc...

Unabridged: 3 hr 6 min
Narrator: Samuel West, Timot...
Published: 11/01/2000
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The Bhagavad Gita, na Not Applicable

The Bhagavad Gita

by na Not Applicable

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Sanskrit for 'Song of the Lord', the Bhagavad Gita is a 700-verse Hindu epic that constit...

Unabridged: 2 hr 47 min
Narrator: Sagar Arya
Published: 06/01/2019
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Robinson Crusoe: Retold for Younger Listeners, Daniel Defoe; Roy McMillan

Robinson Crusoe: Retold for Young...

by Daniel Defoe; Roy McMil...

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When his ship is wrecked in a storm, Robinson Crusoe finds himself stranded on a desert i...

Abridged: 2 hr 19 min
Narrator: Jonathan Keeble
Published: 01/30/2012
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What Katy Did, Susan Coolidge

What Katy Did

by Susan Coolidge

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Meet Katy Carr. She’s Impulsive, gangly, adventurous, awkward and brave; she loves ...

Abridged: 2 hr 24 min
Narrator: Laurel Lefkow
Published: 03/03/2008
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Classic American Short Stories, O. Henry; Jack London; Ambrose Bierce; Mark Twain; Stephen Crane

Classic American Short Stories

by O. Henry; Jack London; ...

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Five great American short story writers, dating from the turn of the nineteenth/twentieth...

Unabridged: 2 hr 35 min
Narrator: William Roberts
Published: 12/01/2000
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The Knyghte’s Tale, Geoffrey Chaucer

The Knyghte’s Tale

by Geoffrey Chaucer

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The Knight’s Tale of medieval wars and chivalry is the first tale told to the pilgr...

Unabridged: 2 hr 35 min
Narrator: Richard Bebb
Published: 08/01/2006
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The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas

The Count of Monte Cristo

by Alexandre Dumas

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The Count of Monte Cristo is a tale of revenge and retribution. Edmond Dantes, a young, e...

Abridged: 2 hr 38 min
Narrator: Bill Homewood
Published: 07/01/2004
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The Vikings, David Angus

The Vikings

by David Angus

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Between the eighth and eleventh centuries Vikings stormed out of their Scandinavian homel...

Unabridged: 2 hr 25 min
Narrator: Joe Marsh
Published: 04/26/2011
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Kings and Queens of England, Jen Green

Kings and Queens of England

by Jen Green

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Which king liked to bathe while the band played Rule Britannia? Which queen was so fat sh...

Unabridged: 2 hr 37 min
Narrator: Benjamin Soames
Published: 01/28/2013
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Hedda Gabler, Henrik Ibsen

Hedda Gabler

by Henrik Ibsen

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Hedda Gabler, a deceased General’s daughter, marries dull George Tesman and foresee...

Unabridged: 2 hr 11 min
Narrator: Juliet Stevenson, ...
Published: 05/01/2002
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Rip Van Winkle, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow & The Pride of the Village, Washington Irving

Rip Van Winkle, The Legend of Sle...

by Washington Irving

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Kindly Rip Van Winkle, loved by all, lives a quiet existence in a small village at the fo...

Unabridged: 3 hr 6 min
Narrator: Adam Sims
Published: 01/02/2015
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Great Scientists and their Discoveries, David Angus

Great Scientists and their Discov...

by David Angus

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How did the great scientists make their remarkable discoveries? And what kind of men were...

Unabridged: 2 hr 25 min
Narrator: Benjamin Soames, a...
Published: 02/26/2007
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Silas Marner, George Eliot

Silas Marner

by George Eliot

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Here is a tale straight from the fireside. We are compelled to follow the humble and myst...

Abridged: 2 hr 38 min
Narrator: Freda Dowie
Published: 10/01/2000
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

by Mark Twain

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is the story of a boy’s adventures growing up in a sma...

Abridged: 2 hr 38 min
Narrator: Garrick Hagon
Published: 08/01/2004
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Ancient Egypt – The Glory of the Pharaohs, David Angus

Ancient Egypt – The Glory o...

by David Angus

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Ancient Egypt – The Glory of the Pharaohs tells us about civilisation under the pha...

Unabridged: 2 hr 25 min
Narrator: Nicholas Boulton
Published: 03/26/2012
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Emily Dickinson, Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

by Emily Dickinson

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Born in Massachusetts in 1830, Emily Dickinson composed over 1770 poems; but apart from h...

Unabridged: 1 hr 40 min
The Great Poets
Narrator: Teresa Gallagher
Published: 02/25/2008
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Gerard Manley Hopkins, Gerard Manley Hopkins

Gerard Manley Hopkins

by Gerard Manley Hopkins

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A collection of the best-known poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889). One of t...

Unabridged: 1 hr 1 min
The Great Poets
Narrator: Jeremy Northam
Published: 09/01/2008
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King Arthur & The Knights of the Round Table, Benedict Flynn

King Arthur & The Knights of the ...

by Benedict Flynn

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These stories are about how, many years ago, Arthur the once and future King of England, ...

Unabridged: 2 hr 28 min
Narrator: Sean Bean
Published: 11/01/2004
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A Shropshire Lad, A.E. Housman

A Shropshire Lad

by A.E. Housman

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In A Shropshire Lad, A.E. Housman recreates a nostalgic world of lost love, lost youth, t...

Unabridged: 1 hr 4 min
Narrator: Samuel West
Published: 05/31/2011
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The Metaphysical Poets, John Donne; Andrew Marvell; George Herbert; Henry Vaughan; Richard Crashaw; Thomas Carew

The Metaphysical Poets

by John Donne; Andrew Marv...

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John Donne, Andrew Marvell, George Herbert, Thomas Carew and Henry Vaughan: these were so...

Unabridged: 1 hr 19 min
Narrator: Nicholas Boulton, ...
Published: 07/30/2012
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The Planets and The Solar System, Jen Green

The Planets and The Solar System

by Jen Green

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Living busily on Planet Earth, we rarely remember that we inhabit only a miniscule part o...

Unabridged: 2 hr 38 min
Narrator: Ruth Sillers
Published: 06/30/2014
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A Life of Dante, Benedict Flynn

A Life of Dante

by Benedict Flynn

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Dante’s vision The Divine Comedy has profoundly affected every generation since it ...

Unabridged: 1 hr 19 min
Narrator: John Shrapnel
Published: 05/01/2001
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Rudyard Kipling, Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling

by Rudyard Kipling

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This anthology contains many of Kipling’s most famous poems, If, Mandalay, Gunga Di...

Unabridged: 1 hr 12 min
The Great Poets
Narrator: Robert Glenister, ...
Published: 07/02/2007
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William Wordsworth, William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth

by William Wordsworth

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William Wordsworth (1770–1850) was born in Cockermouth, in the Lake District. His L...

Unabridged: 1 hr 18 min
The Great Poets
Narrator: Oliver Ford Davies...
Published: 03/03/2008
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Oliver Wendell Holmes

Oliver Wendell Holmes

by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Though by profession a doctor (he coined the word anesthesia) Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809...

Unabridged: 1 hr 17 min
The Great Poets
Narrator: Peter Marinker
Published: 03/02/2009
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Tibet – In a Nutshell, Jonathan Gregson

Tibet – In a Nutshell

by Jonathan Gregson

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‘In a Nutshell’, the new 1-CD audiobook series from Naxos AudioBooks, continu...

Unabridged: 1 hr 19 min
Narrator: David Rintoul
Published: 06/01/2009
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Robert Burns, Robert Burns

Robert Burns

by Robert Burns

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The 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns (1759–1796), one of the most pop...

Unabridged: 1 hr 18 min
The Great Poets
Narrator: Forbes Masson
Published: 01/05/2009