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ELIZABETH JENKINS
Life And Times Of Elizabeth I Karen Archer (narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 3 CD - released 31/Dec/2001 ] A revealing study of the Queen and her court--their daily lives, concerns, topics of conversation, meals, living condition, travels, successes and failures--that places them firmly within the historical context of 16th century Britain. "...gives... |
HENRY JAMES
The Turn Of The Screw Emma Fielding / Dermot Kerrigan [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD ] The Turn of the Screw is a novella written by Henry James. It is a ghost story that was originally published in 1898. A nameless governess reports the events of two ghosts who stalk the young children she has charge over. Is she reliable, or an... |
MARK TWAIN
The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer (Abridged) Read by Garrick Hagon [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2004 ] The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is the story of a boy's adventures growing up in a small town on the banks of the Mississippi river over a hundred years ago. The cheerful, adventurous hero plays truant to form a pirate band and, together with his best... |
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY
Vanity Fair (Unabridged) Georgina Sutton (narrator) [ Naxos AudioBooks / 25 CD Box Set - released 25/Feb/2013 ] Vanity Fair, with its rich cast of characters, takes place on the snakes-and-ladders board of life. Amelia Sedley, daughter of a wealthy merchant, has a loving mother to supervise her courtship. Becky Sharp, an orphan, has to use her wit, charm, and... |
MARK SLOUKA
The Visible World (Unabridged) Glen McCready [ Naxos Audiobooks / 7 CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] Mark Slouka's novel begins with the child of Czech immigrants to the US, now living in New York, who has been brought up on the folklore of his parents' homeland. As he grows up he becomes aware that he has never been told what his parents did... |
WILLIAM BLAKE
Great Poets - William Blake Robert Glenister / Michael Maloney / Stephen Critchlow. [ Naxos Audiobooks / CD - released 2/Jul/2007 ] Naxos AudioBooks begins its new series of Great Poets-represented by their most popular poems on one CD-with William Blake, whose 250th anniversary of birth falls this year. This CD contains all of his most popular works-Tyger, the Auguries of ... |
GUY DE MAUPASSANT
Normandy Stories Oliver Montgomery [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 5/Jan/2004 ] Maupassant is hailed as one of the greatest masters of the short story. This collection focuses upon the land he knew and loved so well-Normandy. Its people and its countryside are portrayed here in vivid colour and with great warmth. Amusing... |
DANTE
The Divine Comedy 1. Inferno (Unabridged) Heathcote Williams [ Naxos Audiobooks / 4 CD - released 3/Jan/2005 ] 'Abandon all hope you who enter here' (Lasciate ogne speranza voi ch'intrate). Dante's Hell is one of the most remarkable visions in Western literature. An allegory for his and future ages, it is, at the same time, an account of terrifying realism... |
ALIGHIERI DANTE
The Divine Comedy 2. Purgatory (Unabridged) Heathcote Williams (reader) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 4 CD - released 3/Jan/2005 ] Now of that second kingdom I shall sing where human souls are purified of sin and made worthy to ascend to Heaven' Purgatory is the second part of Dante's Divine Comedy ascending the terraces of the Mount of Purgatory inhabited by those doing... |
DANTE
The Divine Comedy 3. Paradise (Unabridged) Heathcote Williams [ Naxos Audiobooks / 4 CD - released 1/Oct/2001 ] Originally released on 3 CDs in abridged form. Now available on 4 CDs unabridged. 'I have been in the Heaven that takes up most of his light, and saw things there that those who descend from that height cannot speak of or forget…' Led by his guide... |
ALIGHIERI DANTE
Dante: The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatory - Paradise (Unabridged) Heathcote Williams (narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 13 CD Box Set - released 4/Oct/2004 ] Dante's vision The Divine Comedy has profoundly affected every generation since it first appeared in the early fourteenth century. |
HEATHCOTE WILLIAMS
Whale Nation (Unabridged) Heathcote Williams / Harry Burton [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] Whale Nation is a hymn to the beauty, intelligence and majesty of the largest mammal on earth. A 'green classic' read with natural resonance by its author, it rarely fails to strike a chord in the hearts of those concerned with the abuse of our... |
HENRIK IBSEN
Hedda Gabler (Unabridged) Emma Fielding / Robert Glenister / Brenda Kaye / Michael Maloney [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 6/May/2002 ] Hedda Gabler, a deceased General's daughter, marries dull George Tesman and foresees a life of middleclass tedium stretching ahead when they return from a honeymoon they could not afford to a house they cannot afford. Increasingly, she is drawn... |
ALEXANDRE DUMAS
The Count Of Monte Cristo Read by Bill Homewood [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 23/Jul/2004 ] The Count of Monte Cristo is a tale of revenge and retribution. Edmond Dantès, a young, energetic sailor, is falsely accused of treason on his wedding day and incarcerated in the forbidding Château d'If. His escape and ultimate revenge on those who... |
LUCRETIUS
On the Nature of Things (Unabridged) Hugh Ross (narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 7 CD Box Set - released 2/Mar/2011 ] On the Nature of Things is also a poem of striking imagery, intimate natural observation and touching pathos. It is one of the most influential writings in Western thought. |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
The Tempest (Unabridged) Ian Mckellen / Emilia Fox / Benedict Cumberbatch / Roger Hammond [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 4/Oct/2004 ] 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. The wronged duke raises a tempest to shipwreck his old opponents on his island so that he can... |
BENEDICT FLYNN
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Unabridged) Jasper Britton [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 31/Dec/2007 ] A mysterious knight all in green arrives at King Arthur's court and issues a bizarre challenge. Gawain answers the knight-but at what cost? This new translation keeps all the poetic power of the original's extraordinary alliteration. In doing so... |
LEW WALLACE
Ben Hur (Abridged) Jeff Harding [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 3/Apr/2006 ] Ben Hur could be said to be the first blockbuster. When it was published in 1880, it sold over two million copies and was translated into numerous languages. It combines all the best elements of popular classic, epic and action story against a ... |
JANE AUSTEN
Pride and Prejudice (Abridged) Jenny Agutter [ Naxos Audiobooks / 3 CD - released 28/Nov/2005 ] It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.' So opens this famous novel which has become Jane Austen's best loved and best known work. It was in this book that all Jane... |
GERALD MANLEY HOPKINS
The Great Poets - Gerard Manley Hopkins Read by Jeremy Northam [ Naxos Audiobooks / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] A collection of the best-known poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889). One of the Victorian era's greatest writers, Hopkins' reputation has continued to grow since his death. Our Great Poets series, launched in 2007, has proven very popular... |
