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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... |
JEREMY SIEPMANN
The Life and Works of Chopin (Unabridged) Jeremy Siepmann (narrator) with Anton Lesser as Chopin [ Naxos Audiobooks / 4 CD - released 30/Apr/2001 ] The second in our series of musical biographies, written and presented by broadcaster Jeremy Siepmann, with Anton Lesser as Chopin. In this set, the life and music of the revolutionary composer/pianist is unveiled in considerable detail. |
JAMES JOYCE
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Unabridged) Jim Norton [ Naxos Audiobooks / 7 CD - released 27/Jun/2005 ] This fictionalised portrait of Joyce's youth is one of the most vivid accounts of the growth from childhood to adulthood. Dublin at the turn of the century provides the backdrop as Stephen Dedalus moves from town and society, towards the... |
JOHN KAVANAGH
Life & Poetry Of W.B. Yates (Unabridged) Nicholas Boulton / Denys Hawthorne / Jim Norton / Marcella Riordan [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 18/Mar/2002 ] The life of William Butler Yeats is a remarkable one-poet, playwright, essayist, politician, occultist, astrologer, founder of a national theatre, voluminous correspondent, lover, husband and father. It was a life that extended to a packed... |
BENEDICT FLYNN
A Life Of Dante (Unabridged) John Shrapnel [ Naxos Audiobooks / CD - released 2/Jul/2001 ] Dante's vision The Divine Comedy has profoundly affected every generation since it first appeared in the early fourteenth century. Here is a brief account of his life, compiled from various sources (including his first biographer, Boccaccio) by... |
R.D. BLACKMORE
Lorna Doone (Unabridged) Jonathan Keeble (narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 20 CD Box Set - released 2/Feb/2011 ] The Doones are a clan of murdering thieves, and among their victims is John Ridd's father. The strong, noble Ridd determines to avenge his father's death; but his plans are complicated when he falls in love with one of the hated family-the beautiful... |
WALTER SCOTT
Ivanhoe (Abridged) Jonathan Oliver [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] Written in 1819 but set in 12th-century England, Ivanhoe is a tale of love struggling to survive against a violent backdrop of politics and war. Wilfred of Ivanhoe was thrown out of his father's home when he fell in love with his father Cedric's... |
JULES VERNE
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea / Around the World in 80 Days (Abridged) Harry Burton & John Carlisle [ Naxos Audiobooks / 4 CD - released 16/Jul/2001 ] The year is 1866. The maritime world is gripped by fear after reported sightings of a huge and terrible sea monster. Monsieur Aronnax, a distinguished Professor of Natural History, pronounces the creature to be a giant narwhal and is invited to ... |
JANE AUSTIN
Persuasion (Unabridged) Juliet Stevenson [ Naxos Audiobooks / 7 CD - released 29/Jan/2007 ] Anne Elliot has grieved for seven years over the loss of her first and only love, Captain Frederick Wentworth. When their paths finally cross again, Anne finds herself slighted and all traces of their former intimacy gone. As the pair continue to... |
JANE AUSTEN
Austen: Sense And Sensibility (Unabridged) Juliet Stevenson (narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 11 CD Box Set - released 31/Oct/2005 ] When Mrs Dashwood is forced by an avaricious daughter-in-law to leave the family home in Sussex, she takes her three daughters to live in a modest cottage in Devon. For Elinor, the eldest daughter, the move means a painful separation from the man... |
KATHERINE MANSFIELD
Bliss And Other Stories Juliet Stevenson (narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 29/Sep/2008 ] One of Katherine Mansfield's finest short stories, Bliss, introduces us to Bertha, who experiences a sense of rapture as she reflects on her life. On her walk home one day, she is overwhelmed by a sense of bliss and contentment. However, her joy... |
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
The Scarlet Letter Katinka Wolf (narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 28/Aug/2006 ] The Scarlet Letter is one of the great classics of American literature, Set in the harsh Puritan environment of seventeenth century Boston, it describes the plight of Hester Prynne, an independent-minded woman who stands alone against society. Having... |
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Kenneth Jay
Connecticut Yankee At King Art [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD ] |
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Kenneth Jay
Twain:the Prince And The Paupe [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 3/Sep/2001 ] |
THE BROTHERS GRIMM
Grimms' Fairy Tales Read by Laura Paton [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 29/Nov/2004 ] Here are some of the most enchanting fairy stories of all time. The brothers Grimm conjure up a world of fantasy, hope and good fortune where the princess meets and marries the right prince (even if he was once a frog), and where the cruel witch, the... |
THE BROTHERS GRIMM
Grimms' Fairy Tales - Volume 2 Read by Laura Paton [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 5/Jan/2004 ] Jacob and Wilhelm's first book of fairy tales, Children's and Household Tales, published in 1812, included eighty-six folktales, and was an instant success. Shortly thereafter, the brothers incorporated seventy more stories in their next volume of... |
MANSFIELD / SANDS / BARRETT BROWNING etc
A Lover's Gift: From Her To Him: In Poetry, Prose & Music Read by Laura Paton [ Naxos Audiobooks / CD - released 1/Apr/2006 ] 'I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach' The eloquence of lovers is celebrated in the rich and sensuous collection - the love of women for men. Heloïse, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Katherine Mansfield, George Sands and... |
SUSAN COOLIDGE
What Katy Did (abridged) Laurel Lefkow (narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2008 ] Meet Katy Carr. She's Impulsive, gangly, adventurous, awkward and brave; she loves clambering over fences, sitting on roofs, making up games or going for picnics with her five brothers and sisters (much to the horror of her Aunt Izzie). But when she... |
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Lesser
Homer: The Iliad [ Naxos Audiobooks / 13 CD - released 31/Jul/2006 ] |
VARIOUS POETS
Classic Poems For Boys Anton Lesser, Roy McMillan, Benjamin Soames [ Naxos Audiobooks / CD - released 2/Jul/2012 ] Classic Poems for Boys comprises a delightfully varied set of poems for 5-10-year olds. From rousing favourites like Felicia Dorothea Hemans's Casabianca and John Keats's A Song About Myself, to dreamy, thoughtful poems by Rudyard Kipling and Henry... |
