This is a very interesting and enjoyable history of English Literature and is on 4 CDs.
There are over 100 excerpts taken from great works of literature and these are read or recited by Derek Jacobi, John Shrapnel, Jonathan Keeble, Teresa Gallagher and Anton Lesser.
CD 1 Includes Chaucer, Sir Thomas Malory, Spencer, Shakespeare and Donne and others
CD 2 Includes more Shakespeare, Donne, Milton, Defoe, Pope, Swift and Fielding and others
CD 3 Includes Blake, Wordsworth, Austen, Keats, Dickens, The Brontes, George Eliot, Rossetti, Browning, Kipling, Hardy and Hopkins and others
CD 4 Includes Henry James, Conrad, H G Wells, James Joyce, George Orwell, Graham Greene, William Golding ... Read More:
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This is a very interesting and enjoyable history of English Literature and is on 4 CDs.
There are over 100 excerpts taken from great works of literature and these are read or recited by Derek Jacobi, John Shrapnel, Jonathan Keeble, Teresa Gallagher and Anton Lesser.
CD 1 Includes Chaucer, Sir Thomas Malory, Spencer, Shakespeare and Donne and others
CD 2 Includes more Shakespeare, Donne, Milton, Defoe, Pope, Swift and Fielding and others
CD 3 Includes Blake, Wordsworth, Austen, Keats, Dickens, The Brontes, George Eliot, Rossetti, Browning, Kipling, Hardy and Hopkins and others
CD 4 Includes Henry James, Conrad, H G Wells, James Joyce, George Orwell, Graham Greene, William Golding ... Read More:
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Fantastic music, passionate and believable readers. Perfect tone. Money well spent. (this is coming from somebody doing a diploma on Shakespeare)
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If you are looking for a recording of one of the greatest plays ever written or love this play anyway, buy, buy this recording. This production assembles a truly magnificent cast headed by Paul Schofield whose Lear, recorded at around 80, is breath-taking. I don't know of a finer recording of Shakespeare. Lauded by the press, you don't even have to know the text or be 'into' theatre to be drawn into this drama. Harriet Watrer, Alec McCowan, Kenneth Branagh - what a cast! Branach perhaps is a bit irritating as the fool, but that is my only cavil. I love this recording - one to return to again and again. I'm not ashamed to say I wept at the end.
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If you are looking for a recording of one of the greatest plays ever written or love this play anyway, buy, buy this recording. This production assembles a truly magnificent cast headed by Paul Schofield whose Lear, recorded at around 80, is breath-taking. I don't know of a finer recording of Shakespeare. Lauded by the press, you don't even have to know the text or be 'into' theatre to be drawn into this drama. Harriet Watrer, Alec McCowan, Kenneth Branagh - what a cast! Branach perhaps is a bit irritating as the fool, but that is my only cavil. I love this recording - one to return to again and again. I'm not ashamed to say I wept at the end.
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The Aeneid of Virgil has some of the most beautiful poetry ever written, all of which has to be read out loud to get the best effect - the audio cd is a great way to hear the poem without wearing out your voice - it also leaves your hands free to do other things (such as wash the dishes!)
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The talents of Mr. Suchet are amazing. He just reads the Hercule Poirot books as he plays them. He has many different voices for all the different characters. You never get tired of listening to his voice! I can highly recommend all the Poirot books read by David Suchet(I have them all)!! A 5 star plus! I hope he will read many more.
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Like `Black Hawk Down' the content of `To The Lighthouse' explains the title. It is about `To The Lighthouse', all you have to do to know is to read it. After several false starts and scratching of the head, I became absorbed and recognised the unusual quality. A landmark book as significant as `Frankenstein'. A stream of consciousness that is great material for study and fodder for a thousand essays from `boots' to `waves'. Why not like me, just read it for pleasure instead and forget about all that so called academic criticism? Read it to be enthralled or inspired to write. Oh and get maximum benefit by reading in big chunks, page after page. I allowed myself to be dragged in. This way it works like no other book I have ever read.
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Like `Black Hawk Down' the content of `To The Lighthouse' explains the title. It is about `To The Lighthouse', all you have to do to know is to read it. After several false starts and scratching of the head, I became absorbed and recognised the unusual quality. A landmark book as significant as `Frankenstein'. A stream of consciousness that is great material for study and fodder for a thousand essays from `boots' to `waves'. Why not like me, just read it for pleasure instead and forget about all that so called academic criticism? Read it to be enthralled or inspired to write. Oh and get maximum benefit by reading in big chunks, page after page. I allowed myself to be dragged in. This way it works like no other book I have ever read.
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