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The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus: A Roman Slave
- By: Publius Syrus
- Narrated by: Larry Peterson
- Length: 2 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus: A Roman Slave is a collection of proverbs and aphorisms pulled from the many mimes and plays of Publius Syrus. Enslaved by the Romans in his youth, this witty man went on to conquer the Roman stage. These maxims, believed to have been collected in the first century AD, are all that remain of the great playwright's work.
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The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus: A Roman Slave
- Narrated by: Larry Peterson
- Length: 2 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 06-11-22
- Language: English
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The Theatre of War
- What Ancient Greek Tragedies Can Teach Us Today
- By: Bryan Doerries
- Narrated by: Adam Driver
- Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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A compassionate, personal, and illuminating work of nonfiction that draws on the author's celebrated work as a director of socially conscious theater to connect listeners with the power of an ancient artistic tradition.
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an interesting book
- By Amazon Customer on 02-05-20
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The Theatre of War
- What Ancient Greek Tragedies Can Teach Us Today
- Narrated by: Adam Driver
- Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 22-09-15
- Language: English
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Purgatory from The Divine Comedy
- By: Dante Alighieri
- Narrated by: Heathcote Williams
- Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins
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Purgatory is the second part of Dante's The Divine Comedy. The listener finds the Poet, with his guide Virgil, ascending the terraces of the Mount of Purgatory inhabited by those doing penance to expiate their sins on earth. There are the proud - forced to circle their terrace for eons bent double in humility; the slothful running around crying out examples of zeal and sloth; while the lustful are purged by fire.
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Purgatory from The Divine Comedy
- Narrated by: Heathcote Williams
- Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 26-12-99
- Language: English
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Весь Марк Аврелій
- Розмисли. Наодинці з собою. Промови Марка Аврелія
- By: Марк Аврелій
- Narrated by: Роман Молодій
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Розмисли наодинці з собою — це особисті записи римського імператора Марка Аврелія Антоніна, зроблені ним в 70-і рр. нової ери. Імператор вів щоденник, де розмірковував щодо понять громадянськості, обов'язку, честі, совісті, вірності і справедливості. На сторінках цього надзвичайного документа ми спостерігаємо напружену роботу особистості з опанування філософії стоїків та з практичного розвитку стоїчної традиції. Таким чином, щоденник Марка Аврелія — один з перших в історії людства приклад літератури про самовдосконалення.
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Весь Марк Аврелій
- Розмисли. Наодинці з собою. Промови Марка Аврелія
- Narrated by: Роман Молодій
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 18-06-24
- Language: Ukrainian
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Allegory of the Cave
- By: Plato
- Narrated by: Deaver Brown
- Length: 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Plato's Allegory of the Cave is what many believe to be the foundation of Western Philosophy. It addresses what is visible and invisible, seen and observed versus intuited and imagined, and what is public versus private and just versus unjust. It also concerns the meaning and importance of education, the state of the soul, the conflict between truth and beauty, animal urges versus higher aspirations, knowledge versus ignorance, and on and on.
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Not recommended, but very accurate translation.
- By Nicky on 26-12-10
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Allegory of the Cave
- Narrated by: Deaver Brown
- Length: 52 mins
- Release date: 15-08-07
- Language: English
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Of Consolation
- To Marcia, to Helvia, to Polybius
- By: Seneca the Younger
- Narrated by: Mike Rogers
- Length: 3 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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These three ‘Consolations', written by Seneca to his mother and two friends, have been described as ‘the crowning achievement in the canon of ‘consolation letters'. But sentimental they are not, for they emerge from the writer's deep-seated commitment to Stoicism, where individuals are exhorted to inhabit qualities of virtue, positivity, resilience, and indifference. This recording opens with Seneca's consolatory letter to Marcia, who, after three years, was still mourning the death of her son.
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Of Consolation
- To Marcia, to Helvia, to Polybius
- Narrated by: Mike Rogers
- Length: 3 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 20-07-23
- Language: English
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Babbitt (Dramatized)
- By: Sinclair Lewis
- Narrated by: Ed Asner, Ed Begley Jr., Ted Danson, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
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This epic of the booming 20s captures the relentless culture of American business. A classic novel about conformity in small town America - celebrated for its comic tone, statire, and vivid dialogue. L.A. Theatre Works, then a fledgling radio theatre company, completed Babbitt in 1989. This production was so well received that L.A. Theatre Works has since become the world's premiere radio theatre company.
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Babbitt (Dramatized)
- Narrated by: Ed Asner, Ed Begley Jr., Ted Danson, Richard Dreyfus, Hector Elizondo, Stacy Keach, Helen Hunt
- Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 15-12-08
- Language: English
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Oliver Twist
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Ben Lindsey-Clark, Sarah Bacaller, Graham Scott, and others
- Length: 16 hrs and 30 mins
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Oliver Twist is the well-loved tale of an orphan, who starts life in a workhouse and finds himself embroiled in London's criminal underworld, before being saved by a kind gentleman who knows something of his surprising family history. A satire and social commentary as well as a page-turning yarn, full of grit, wit, and some of the most memorable characters in English Literature. The second published serialised novel by Charles Dickens, The British Library remarks that "it has proven to be one of the best-loved novels in the history of literature".
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Oliver Twist
- Narrated by: Ben Lindsey-Clark, Sarah Bacaller, Graham Scott, Rob Goll, Amber Hegarty, Anna Grace, Amanda Friday
- Length: 16 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 23-02-21
- Language: English
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On the Nature of Things
- By: Lucretius
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
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This famous work by Lucretius is a masterpiece of didactic poetry, and it still stands today as the finest exposition of Epicurean philosophy ever written. The poem was produced in the middle of first century B.C., a period that was to witness a flowering of Latin literature unequaled for beauty and intellectual power in subsequent ages.
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On the Nature of Things
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 07-12-07
- Language: English
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William Shakespeare - Sonnets
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Roy Macready
- Length: 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Presenting a selection of sonnets by William Shakespeare. There are 24 in number in this first selection. They are, in order: 18, 33, 11, 3, 5, 6, 29, 10, 22, 2, 4, 7, 1, 9, 27, 8, 30, 116, 34, 54, 12, 66, 77, 60.
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William Shakespeare - Sonnets
- Narrated by: Roy Macready
- Length: 21 mins
- Release date: 27-02-17
- Language: English
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Emilia Galotti. Ein bürgerliches Trauerspiel.
- Hörbuchzeit - Klassiker der Weltliteratur
- By: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
- Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche
- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Der Prinz von Guastalla verliebt sich in die tugendhafte Emilia und spinnt ein tödliches Komplott: Er lockt ihren Verlobten, Graf Appiani, in einen Hinterhalt, um selbst an Emilias Seite zu gelangen. Doch er unterschätzt ihre moralische Standhaftigkeit – und die Geschichte nimmt eine dramatische Wendung. Lessings Stück prangert Machtmissbrauch und Willkürherrschaft an, stellt aber auch zeitlose Fragen zu Pflicht, Ehre und Selbstbestimmung.
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Emilia Galotti. Ein bürgerliches Trauerspiel.
- Hörbuchzeit - Klassiker der Weltliteratur
- Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche
- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 27-01-26
- Language: German
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Dramatisation)
- By: Victor Hugo
- Narrated by: The St. Charles Players
- Length: 1 hr and 52 mins
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The St. Charles Players present a unique telling of Victor Hugo's classic tale, in a new multi-cast dramatization performed in exciting Radio Theatre style.
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Dramatisation)
- Narrated by: The St. Charles Players
- Length: 1 hr and 52 mins
- Release date: 31-05-02
- Language: English
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The Eve of St Agnes
- By: John Keats, Margaret Robertson - introduction
- Narrated by: Denis Daly
- Length: 28 mins
- Unabridged
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The Eve of St. Agnes was first published in 1820 in a collection containing many of Keat's best-known poems. Several of these were retellings of stories that were popular in the Middle Ages and earlier times.
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The Eve of St Agnes
- Narrated by: Denis Daly
- Length: 28 mins
- Release date: 14-06-22
- Language: English
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Selections from The Faerie Queene
- By: Edmund Spenser
- Narrated by: John Moffatt
- Length: 3 hrs and 58 mins
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This remarkable poem, dedicated to Queen Elizabeth I, was Spenser's finest achievement: the first epic poem in modern English. The Faerie Queene combines dramatic narratives of chivalrous adventure with exquisite and picturesque episodes of pageantry. At the same time, Spenser is expounding a deeply-felt allegory of the eternal struggle between Truth and Error.
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Selections from The Faerie Queene
- Narrated by: John Moffatt
- Length: 3 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 26-10-00
- Language: English
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Rimas y leyendas [Rhymes and Legends]
- By: Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
- Narrated by: Íñigo Álvarez de Lara, Ariana Martínez Moreno, Pablo Martínez Gugel
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Las Rimas de Bécquer son hoy la más conocida de las colecciones poéticas del siglo XIX. Exponente de una lírica incómoda en el corsé romántico y casi modernista, estos poemas breves deben su liviandad a un esforzado trabajo de depuración estilística.
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Rimas y leyendas [Rhymes and Legends]
- Narrated by: Íñigo Álvarez de Lara, Ariana Martínez Moreno, Pablo Martínez Gugel
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 16-12-21
- Language: Spanish
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Agamemnon
- By: Aeschylus
- Narrated by: Keira Grace
- Length: 1 hr and 30 mins
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Agamemnon is the first part of the Oresteia trilogy by the Greek playwright Aeschylus. Each of the plays that form part of The Oresteia can stand alone, but they perfectly complement one other in a longer narrative. Agamemnon provides the seed of all the themes that are explored in part two, The Libation Bearers, and three, The Eumenides.
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Agamemnon
- Narrated by: Keira Grace
- Length: 1 hr and 30 mins
- Release date: 23-09-19
- Language: English
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King Henry IV
- Shadow of Succession
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Harry Althaus, William Brown, Wilson Cain III, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 59 mins
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Shakespeare's drama tells the story of a young man who can only come into his own upon his father's death and the father who longs for immortality. Using only Shakespeare's words, this adaptation tells the deeply personal story of Prince Hal's coming of age and his relationships with two father figures: the mistrustful King Henry IV and the hilarious, irrepressible Falstaff. A Court Theatre Production.
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King Henry IV
- Shadow of Succession
- Narrated by: Harry Althaus, William Brown, Wilson Cain III, Raul Esparza, Raymond Fox, Ned Mochel, Nicholas Rudall
- Length: 1 hr and 59 mins
- Release date: 26-02-09
- Language: English
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The Canterbury Tales: The Franklin's Tale (Modern Verse Translation)
- By: Geoffrey Chaucer
- Narrated by: Anton Lesser
- Length: 34 mins
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This is a story from the Canterbury Tales I: Modern Verse Translation collection. Chaucer's greatest work, written towards the end of the fourteenth century, paints a brilliant picture of medieval life, society and values. The stories range from the romantic, courtly idealism of "The Knight's Tale" to the joyous bawdy of the Miller's; all are told with a freshness and vigor in this modern verse translation that make them a delight to hear.
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The Canterbury Tales: The Franklin's Tale (Modern Verse Translation)
- Narrated by: Anton Lesser
- Length: 34 mins
- Release date: 30-12-12
- Language: English
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Beowulf
- By: Francis B. Gummere - translator
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
- Length: 3 hrs
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When sleep was at its deepest, night at its blackest, up from the mist-filled marsh came Grendel stalking. Thus begins the battle between good and evil, for lying in wait and anxious to challenge the ogre Grendel is a young man, strong-willed and fire-hearted. This man is Beowulf, whose heroic dragon-slaying deeds were sung in the courts of Anglo-Saxon England more than a thousand years ago.
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Beowulf
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
- Length: 3 hrs
- Release date: 26-03-10
- Language: English
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Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology
- By: Various
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 4 hrs and 59 mins
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This amazing collection of poetry from the famous Greek Anthology spans over 1,500 years of ancient Greek and Byzantine history. The selections in this recording were chosen and translated by famed classicist J. W. Mackail.
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Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 4 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 17-10-20
- Language: English
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