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The Heart of It

As You Like It and A Midsummer Night's Dream

de Elizabeth McNamer ...

Narrado por Elizabeth McNamer ...

Series series The Heart of It
Completo

43 minutos

As You Like It and A Midsummer Night' s Dream are two comedies by William Shakespeare that have been entertaining audiences for centuries. Both have been adapted to radio and film and continue to be taught in high schools and universities. But as with most of Shakespeare' s works, modern audiences sometimes need some help absorbing elements of both plays.In a series of lectures, literary scholar ... Leer más

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As You Like It and A Midsummer Night' s Dream are two comedies by William Shakespeare that have been entertaining audiences for centuries. Both have been adapted to radio and film and continue to be taught in high schools and universities. But as with most of Shakespeare' s works, modern audiences sometimes need some help absorbing elements of both plays.In a series of lectures, literary scholar
... Leer más
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl (Book Analysis)

Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

de Bright Summaries ...

Narrado por Sara Wright ...

Series series BrightSummaries.com
Completo

17 minutos

Unlock the more straightforward side of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dhal,a world-renowned children's novel in which a poor and famished young boy is rewarded for his virtue. It depicts the wondrous world of Willy Wonka's chocolate factory and its ... Leer más

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Unlock the more straightforward side of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dhal,a world-renowned children's novel in which a poor and famished young boy is rewarded for his virtue. It depicts the wondrous world of Willy Wonka's chocolate factory and its
... Leer más
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Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (Book Analysis)

Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

de Bright Summaries ...

Narrado por Sara Wright ...

Series series BrightSummaries.com
Completo

28 minutos

Unlock the more straightforward side of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine with this concise and insightful summary and analysis !This engaging summary presents an analysis of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman. The novel's title character initially lives a regimented, isolated life, in which a rigid routine and heavy drinking keep the demons of her past at bay. This all ... Leer más

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Unlock the more straightforward side of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine with this concise and insightful summary and analysis !This engaging summary presents an analysis of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman. The novel's title character initially lives a regimented, isolated life, in which a rigid routine and heavy drinking keep the demons of her past at bay. This all
... Leer más
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The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (Book Analysis)

Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

de Bright Summaries ...

Narrado por Sara Wright ...

Series series BrightSummaries.com
Completo

24 minutos

Unlock the more straightforward side of The Pillars of the Earth with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett, which tells the story of the building of a cathedral and the many trials and tribulations of the inhabitants over the course of its construction. The novel received huge success after ... Leer más

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Unlock the more straightforward side of The Pillars of the Earth with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett, which tells the story of the building of a cathedral and the many trials and tribulations of the inhabitants over the course of its construction. The novel received huge success after
... Leer más
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Story of Shakespeare's Othello, The

de William Shakespeare ...

Narrado por Ghizela Rowe ...

Abreviado

17 minutos

Othello is principally a story of jealousy and its destructive power. Othello is a courageous general in Venice and unusually for Shakespeare, a Moor with a black complexion. Although aware that he is a jealous character and even though he truly loves the fair Desdemona, he is willing to be persuaded by his clever and envious ensign, Iago, that she is being unfaithful to him. It is a true tragedy ... Leer más

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Othello is principally a story of jealousy and its destructive power. Othello is a courageous general in Venice and unusually for Shakespeare, a Moor with a black complexion. Although aware that he is a jealous character and even though he truly loves the fair Desdemona, he is willing to be persuaded by his clever and envious ensign, Iago, that she is being unfaithful to him. It is a true tragedy
... Leer más
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Soul of Man Under Socialism, The

de Oscar Wilde ...

Narrado por Digital Voice Martin G ...

Completo

1 horas 26 minutos

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Oscar Wilde-witty raconteur, flamboyant hedonist, and self-destructive lover-is most familiar as the author of brilliant comedies, including The Importance of Being Earnest, An Ideal Husband, and the decadent novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. This selection of critical writings reveals a different side of the great writer-the deep and serious reader of ... Leer más

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Oscar Wilde-witty raconteur, flamboyant hedonist, and self-destructive lover-is most familiar as the author of brilliant comedies, including The Importance of Being Earnest, An Ideal Husband, and the decadent novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. This selection of critical writings reveals a different side of the great writer-the deep and serious reader of
... Leer más
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Frodo's Journey: Discover the Hidden Meaning of The Lord of the Rings

de Joseph Pearce ...

Narrado por Kevin O'Brien ...

Completo

3 hora 56 minutos

J. R. R. Tolkien's magnum opus, The Lord of the Rings, has been beloved for generations, selling millions of copies and selling millions more tickets through its award-winning film adaptations. The immense cultural impact of this epic is undeniable, but the deeper meaning of the story often goes unnoticed.Here, Joseph Pearce, author of Bilbo's Journey uncovers the rich - and distinctly Christian - ... Leer más

$10.43 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

J. R. R. Tolkien's magnum opus, The Lord of the Rings, has been beloved for generations, selling millions of copies and selling millions more tickets through its award-winning film adaptations. The immense cultural impact of this epic is undeniable, but the deeper meaning of the story often goes unnoticed.Here, Joseph Pearce, author of Bilbo's Journey uncovers the rich - and distinctly Christian -
... Leer más
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Experience

A Memoir

de Martin Amis ...

Narrado por Alex Jennings ...

Completo

15 hora 31 minutos

Martin Amis blends vivid memories, sharp wit, and tender honesty to deliver an unforgettable memoir that explores his relationships with family, personal tragedies, and the absurdities of being known."...[Narrator Alex] Jennings's portrayals of Lionel and his circle are tremendous fun." — Kirkus on Lionel AsboIn Experience, the celebrated novelist Martin Amis steps away from fiction to deliver a ... Leer más

$29.69 USD

Martin Amis blends vivid memories, sharp wit, and tender honesty to deliver an unforgettable memoir that explores his relationships with family, personal tragedies, and the absurdities of being known."...[Narrator Alex] Jennings's portrayals of Lionel and his circle are tremendous fun." — Kirkus on Lionel AsboIn Experience, the celebrated novelist Martin Amis steps away from fiction to deliver a
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Macbeth

A Dagger of the Mind

de Harold Bloom ...

Narrado por Simon Vance ...

Completo

2 hora 47 minutos

From the ambitious and mad titular character to his devilish wife Lady Macbeth to the moral and noble Banquo to the mysterious Three Witches, Macbeth is one of William Shakespeare's more brilliantly populated plays and remains among the most widely read, performed in innovative productions set in a vast array of times and locations, from Nazi Germany to Revolutionary Cuba. Macbeth is a ... Leer más

$9.89 USD

From the ambitious and mad titular character to his devilish wife Lady Macbeth to the moral and noble Banquo to the mysterious Three Witches, Macbeth is one of William Shakespeare's more brilliantly populated plays and remains among the most widely read, performed in innovative productions set in a vast array of times and locations, from Nazi Germany to Revolutionary Cuba. Macbeth is a
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Falstaff

Give Me Life

de Harold Bloom ...

Narrado por Simon Vance ...

Completo

3 hora 55 minutos

Falstaff is both a comic and tragic central protagonist in Shakespeare's three Henry plays: Henry IV, Parts One and Two, and Henry V. He is companion to Prince Hal (the future Henry V), who loves him, goads, him, teases him, indulges his vast appetites, and commits all sorts of mischief with him—some innocent, some cruel. Falstaff can be lewd, funny, careless of others, a bad creditor, an ... Leer más

$11.69 USD

Falstaff is both a comic and tragic central protagonist in Shakespeare's three Henry plays: Henry IV, Parts One and Two, and Henry V. He is companion to Prince Hal (the future Henry V), who loves him, goads, him, teases him, indulges his vast appetites, and commits all sorts of mischief with him—some innocent, some cruel. Falstaff can be lewd, funny, careless of others, a bad creditor, an
... Leer más
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Of Human Kindness

What Shakespeare Teaches Us About Empathy

de Paula Marantz Cohen ...

Narrado por Janet Metzger ...

Completo

4 hora 54 minutos

While exploring Shakespeare's plays with her students, Paula Marantz Cohen discovered that teaching and discussing his plays unlocked a surprising sense of compassion in the classroom. In this short and illuminating book, she shows how Shakespeare's genius lay with his ability to arouse empathy, even when his characters exist in alien contexts and behave in reprehensible ways.Cohen takes listeners ... Leer más

$14.39 USD

While exploring Shakespeare's plays with her students, Paula Marantz Cohen discovered that teaching and discussing his plays unlocked a surprising sense of compassion in the classroom. In this short and illuminating book, she shows how Shakespeare's genius lay with his ability to arouse empathy, even when his characters exist in alien contexts and behave in reprehensible ways.Cohen takes listeners
... Leer más
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Jane Austen

A Very Short Introduction

de Tom Keymer ...

Narrado por Anne Flosnik ...

Completo

4 hora 28 minutos

Jane Austen wrote six of the best-loved novels in the English language, as well as a smaller corpus of works unpublished in her day, including three volumes of witty, non-realist juvenilia and the innovative, unfinished, Sanditon. She pioneered new techniques for representing voices, minds, and hearts in narrative prose, and was a penetrating satirist of social tensions and trends. Yet Austen ... Leer más

$14.39 USD

Jane Austen wrote six of the best-loved novels in the English language, as well as a smaller corpus of works unpublished in her day, including three volumes of witty, non-realist juvenilia and the innovative, unfinished, Sanditon. She pioneered new techniques for representing voices, minds, and hearts in narrative prose, and was a penetrating satirist of social tensions and trends. Yet Austen
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The Situation and the Story

The Art of Personal Narrative

de Vivian Gornick ...

Narrado por Vivian Gornick ...

Completo

4 hora 48 minutos

All narrative writing must pull from the raw material of life a tale that will shape experience, transform event, deliver a bit of wisdom. In a story or a novel the "I" who tells this tale can be, and often is, an unreliable narrator but in nonfiction the reader must always be persuaded that the narrator is speaking truth.How does one pull from one's own boring, agitated self the truth-speaker who ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

All narrative writing must pull from the raw material of life a tale that will shape experience, transform event, deliver a bit of wisdom. In a story or a novel the "I" who tells this tale can be, and often is, an unreliable narrator but in nonfiction the reader must always be persuaded that the narrator is speaking truth.How does one pull from one's own boring, agitated self the truth-speaker who
... Leer más
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The Victorians

A Very Short Introduction

de Martin Hewitt ...

Narrado por Mike Cooper ...

Completo

3 hora 50 minutos

The Victorian period may have come to an end over 120 years ago, but the Victorians continue to be a vital presence in the modern world. Contemporary Britain is still in large part Victorian in its transport networks, sewage systems, streets, and houses. Victorian cultural legacies, especially in art, science, and literature, are still celebrated. Much mythologized, inexhaustibly controversial, ... Leer más

$11.69 USD

The Victorian period may have come to an end over 120 years ago, but the Victorians continue to be a vital presence in the modern world. Contemporary Britain is still in large part Victorian in its transport networks, sewage systems, streets, and houses. Victorian cultural legacies, especially in art, science, and literature, are still celebrated. Much mythologized, inexhaustibly controversial,
... Leer más
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How to Think like Shakespeare

Lessons from a Renaissance Education

de Scott Newstok ...

Narrado por Gabriel Vaughan ...

Completo

4 hora 50 minutos

A lively and engaging guide to vital habits of mind that can help you think more deeply, write more effectively, and learn more joyfullyHow to Think like Shakespeare offers an enlightening and entertaining guide to the craft of thought—one that demonstrates what we've lost in education today, and how we might begin to recover it. In fourteen brief, lively chapters that draw from Shakespeare's ... Leer más

$14.39 USD

A lively and engaging guide to vital habits of mind that can help you think more deeply, write more effectively, and learn more joyfullyHow to Think like Shakespeare offers an enlightening and entertaining guide to the craft of thought—one that demonstrates what we've lost in education today, and how we might begin to recover it. In fourteen brief, lively chapters that draw from Shakespeare's
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Open at the Close

Literary Essays on Harry Potter

Narrado por Gabriel Vaughan, Sarah Sampino ...

Completo

10 hora 23 minutos

Despite their decades-long, phenomenal success, the Harry Potter novels have attracted relatively little attention from literary critics and scholars. While popular books, articles, blogs, and fan sites for general readers proliferate, and while philosophers, historians, theologians, sociologists, psychologists, and even business professors have taken on book-length studies and edited essay ... Leer más

$22.49 USD

Despite their decades-long, phenomenal success, the Harry Potter novels have attracted relatively little attention from literary critics and scholars. While popular books, articles, blogs, and fan sites for general readers proliferate, and while philosophers, historians, theologians, sociologists, psychologists, and even business professors have taken on book-length studies and edited essay
... Leer más
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Celts and Germans

de Timothy B. Shutt ...

Narrado por Timothy B. Shutt ...

Completo

5 hora 21 minutos

One of the Modern Scholar's most popular lecturers, Professor Timothy B. Shutt of Kenyon College examines the contributions of the peoples of northern Europe through their vibrant literary legacy. As Professor Shutt's textual analysis reveals, Celtic and Germanic values shine through these works, exhibiting such characteristics as courage, self-control, and respect for women. As listeners will ... Leer más

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One of the Modern Scholar's most popular lecturers, Professor Timothy B. Shutt of Kenyon College examines the contributions of the peoples of northern Europe through their vibrant literary legacy. As Professor Shutt's textual analysis reveals, Celtic and Germanic values shine through these works, exhibiting such characteristics as courage, self-control, and respect for women. As listeners will
... Leer más
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History of a Six Weeks' Tour

Through a Part of France, Switzerland, Germany, and Holland: with Letters Descriptive of a Sail Round the Lake of Geneva, and of the Glaciers of Chamouni

de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley ...

Narrado por Kristin Atherton, Thomas Judd ...

Completo

4 hora 20 minutos

'I never knew—I never imagined what mountains were before.'History of a Six Weeks' Tour (1817) is a volume of travel-writing by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley, two of the best-known authors of the English Romantic period. Comprising prose narrative, correspondence, and poetry, it is a highly engaging account of their 'adventures and feelings' during two journeys from England ... Leer más

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'I never knew—I never imagined what mountains were before.'History of a Six Weeks' Tour (1817) is a volume of travel-writing by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley, two of the best-known authors of the English Romantic period. Comprising prose narrative, correspondence, and poetry, it is a highly engaging account of their 'adventures and feelings' during two journeys from England
... Leer más
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Tyrant

Shakespeare on Politics

de Stephen Greenblatt ...

Narrado por Edoardo Ballerini ...

Completo

5 hora 26 minutos

"Brilliant, beautifully organized, exceedingly readable."—Philip RothWorld-renowned Shakespeare scholar Stephen Greenblatt explores the playwright’s insight into bad (and often mad) rulers.Examining the psyche—and psychoses—of the likes of Richard III, Macbeth, Lear, and Coriolanus, Greenblatt illuminates the ways in which William Shakespeare delved into the lust for absolute power and the ... Leer más

$17.09 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

"Brilliant, beautifully organized, exceedingly readable."—Philip RothWorld-renowned Shakespeare scholar Stephen Greenblatt explores the playwright’s insight into bad (and often mad) rulers.Examining the psyche—and psychoses—of the likes of Richard III, Macbeth, Lear, and Coriolanus, Greenblatt illuminates the ways in which William Shakespeare delved into the lust for absolute power and the
... Leer más
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Second Chances

Shakespeare & Freud

de Stephen Greenblatt, Adam Phillips ...

Narrado por Donald Corren, Steven Crossley ...

Completo

7 hora

A powerful exploration of the human capacity for renewal, as seen through Shakespeare and FreudIn this fresh investigation, Stephen Greenblatt and Adam Phillips explore how the second chance has been an essential feature of the literary imagination and a promise so central to our existence that we try to reproduce it again and again.Innumerable stories, from the Homeric epics to the New Testament, ... Leer más

$18.89 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

A powerful exploration of the human capacity for renewal, as seen through Shakespeare and FreudIn this fresh investigation, Stephen Greenblatt and Adam Phillips explore how the second chance has been an essential feature of the literary imagination and a promise so central to our existence that we try to reproduce it again and again.Innumerable stories, from the Homeric epics to the New Testament,
... Leer más
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Celtic Mythology

The Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes Handbook

de Sorcha Hegarty, Aron Hegarty ...

Narrado por Sorcha Hegarty, Aron Hegarty ...

Series series World Mythology and Folklore Series
Completo

6 hora 22 minutos

Discover the gods, goddesses, heroes, and monsters from Celtic mythology with this beautiful book that captures the ancient stories and tales that captivated the Celts.Prepare to be entertained as you learn about the many myths and legends of the Celtic people. From the storytelling duo behind the Candlelit Tales, this collection weaves together the stories of those heroes, deities, and monsters ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

Discover the gods, goddesses, heroes, and monsters from Celtic mythology with this beautiful book that captures the ancient stories and tales that captivated the Celts.Prepare to be entertained as you learn about the many myths and legends of the Celtic people. From the storytelling duo behind the Candlelit Tales, this collection weaves together the stories of those heroes, deities, and monsters
... Leer más
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Macbeth

de William Shakespeare ...

Narrado por Toby Robertson, Roger Prior, Tony Church, Derek Jacobi, Irene Worth, full cast ...

Series series Argo Classics
Completo

2 hora 11 minutos

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic prose and verse read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly remastered stories are now available to download for the first time.‘By the pricking of my thumbs,Something wicked this way comes.’Shakespeare’s darkest psychological ... Leer más

$13.49 USD

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic prose and verse read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly remastered stories are now available to download for the first time.‘By the pricking of my thumbs,Something wicked this way comes.’Shakespeare’s darkest psychological
... Leer más
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Hardy Women

Mother, Sisters, Wives, Muses

de Paula Byrne ...

Narrado por Dawn Murphy ...

Completo

18 hora 38 minutos

A Book of the Year in The Times, Guardian, Independent, New Statesman, Bookseller and at Waterstones'He understands only the women he invents – the others not at all'Thomas Hardy is one of the most beloved and most-read British authors. His influence on literature and the minds of his readers is singular. But how is it that the novelist who created some of the most memorable and modern female ... Leer más

$25.19 USD

A Book of the Year in The Times, Guardian, Independent, New Statesman, Bookseller and at Waterstones'He understands only the women he invents – the others not at all'Thomas Hardy is one of the most beloved and most-read British authors. His influence on literature and the minds of his readers is singular. But how is it that the novelist who created some of the most memorable and modern female
... Leer más
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Mythic Worlds, Modern Words

Joseph Campbell on the Art of James Joyce

de Joseph Campbell, Edmund L. Epstein ...

Narrado por Braden Wright ...

Series series The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell
Completo

12 hora 31 minutos

In 1927, as a twenty-three-year-old postgraduate scholar in Paris, Joseph Campbell first encountered James Joyce’s Ulysses. Known for being praised and for kicking up controversy (including an obscenity trial in the United States in 1920), the novel left Campbell both intrigued and confused, as it had many others. Because he was in Paris, he was able to visit the Shakespeare & Company bookstore ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

In 1927, as a twenty-three-year-old postgraduate scholar in Paris, Joseph Campbell first encountered James Joyce’s Ulysses. Known for being praised and for kicking up controversy (including an obscenity trial in the United States in 1920), the novel left Campbell both intrigued and confused, as it had many others. Because he was in Paris, he was able to visit the Shakespeare & Company bookstore
... Leer más

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