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From Shakespeare - With Love (The Best of Sonnets)
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: David Tennant, Juliet Stevenson, Anton Lesser, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
- Abridged
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Shakespeare's Sonnets, one of the most remarkable collections of poetry, was first published in 1609, 400 years ago by Mr Thomas Thorpe. Naxos AudioBooks marks the occasion with a selection of 80 of the finest, read by leading actors. The selection includes famous ones such as 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day' as well as lesser well-known sonnets though of equally fine stature.
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Wonderful - but Audible spoiled it
- By Sue on 21-11-11
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From Shakespeare - With Love (The Best of Sonnets)
- Narrated by: David Tennant, Juliet Stevenson, Anton Lesser, Maxine Peake, Stella Gonet, Bertie Carvel, Alex Jennings
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
- Release date: 15-04-09
- Language: English
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The Art of Love
- By: Ovid, Rolfe Humphries - translator
- Narrated by: Tim Lundeen
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Humphries has rendered (Ovid's) love poetry with conspicuous success into English which is neither obtrusively colloquial nor awkwardly antique.
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Good translation weird voice
- By Rebekah on 26-07-20
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The Art of Love
- Narrated by: Tim Lundeen
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 01-11-13
- Language: English
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Hafiz's Little Book of Life
- By: Hafiz, Ari Honarvar - foreword, Erfan Mojib - translator, and others
- Narrated by: Samara Naeymi
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Hafiz's Little Book of Life is a lush collection of more than 250 selections from his lifework (his divan). Alongside a Quran, a copy of his divan can be found in average homes in Iran—where stars can be heard singing his poetry on the radio, and lines from his poems are quoted on the street. His poetry is sure to strike a chord in the hearts of readers everywhere. This vital collection of mystical poetry focuses on the issues we encounter in everyday life. Each brief poem may be savored as an oasis of clarity in the hurried literacy of our time, or the entire book enjoyed in one sitting.
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Hafiz's Little Book of Life
- Narrated by: Samara Naeymi
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
- Release date: 14-11-23
- Language: English
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Gilgamesh Retold (Carcanet Classics)
- By: Jenny Lewis
- Narrated by: Colin Still, Jenny Lewis
- Length: 1 hr and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Jenny Lewis relocates Gilgamesh to its earlier, oral roots in a Sumerian society where men and women were more equal, the reigning deity of Gilgamesh’s city, Uruk, was female (Inanna), only women were allowed to brew beer and keep taverns and women had their own language - emesal. With this shift of emphasis, Lewis captures the powerful allure of the world’s oldest poem and gives it a fresh dynamic while creating a fast-paced narrative for a new generation of listeners.
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Interesting version, with helpful explanation
- By Amazon Customer on 10-05-20
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Gilgamesh Retold (Carcanet Classics)
- Narrated by: Colin Still, Jenny Lewis
- Length: 1 hr and 47 mins
- Release date: 16-07-19
- Language: English
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Catullus’ Bedspread
- The Life of Rome’s Most Erotic Poet
- By: Daisy Dunn
- Narrated by: Mike Grady
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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A biography of Gaius Valerius Catullus, Rome’s first great poet, a dandy who fell in love with another man’s wife and made it known to the world through his verse. This superb book gives a rare portrait of life during one of the most critical moments in world history through the eyes of one...
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It's a Classic...
- By D. Menashy on 10-03-16
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Catullus’ Bedspread
- The Life of Rome’s Most Erotic Poet
- Narrated by: Mike Grady
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 28-01-16
- Language: English
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Tao Te Ching
- By: Lao Tzu, D. C. Lau
- Narrated by: Jason Reel
- Length: 1 hr and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Tao Te Ching, attributed to the ancient Chinese sage Lao Tzu, is a foundational text of Taoist philosophy and one of the most translated works in world literature. Composed of 81 brief, poetic chapters, the book offers timeless wisdom on living in harmony with the Tao—the natural way or path of the universe.
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Tao Te Ching
- Narrated by: Jason Reel
- Length: 1 hr and 24 mins
- Release date: 27-06-25
- Language: English
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The Great Poets: Emily Dickinson
- By: Emily Dickinson
- Narrated by: Teresa Gallagher
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall18
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Performance12
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Here are some of the finest poems by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), a unique voice in American poetry. She is known for her short poems, full of acute observations, and deft use of language. This careful but imaginative selection shows the remarkable variety she produced, despite the miniature nature of her medium.
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Nicely performed, terribly edited
- By Hello on 22-05-15
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The Great Poets: Emily Dickinson
- Narrated by: Teresa Gallagher
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
- Release date: 25-02-08
- Language: English
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Catullus: The Complete Poems
- By: Catullus
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall10
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Performance8
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Acerbic wit and stinging satire are contrasted with delicate sensibility and passionate desire in the work of the Latin poet Catullus. Armed with an urbane sophistication and an aristocratic circle of friends, Catullus moved about easily in the upper ranks of Roman society and was acquainted with Cicero, Caesar, and Pompey among others.
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A disappointment
- By Clare Bear on 30-01-22
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Catullus: The Complete Poems
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 19-04-10
- Language: English
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Lyrical Ballads - 1800
- By: William Wordsworth
- Narrated by: Denis Daly, Rachel May, Elizabeth Blackett
- Length: 2 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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This collection of 35 poems is a sequel to a volume of lyrical ballads first published in 1798. While the first volume was a collaboration between Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, this anthology contains verses by Wordsworth only. Generally, the poems are less well-known than those of the earlier volume but do include major narrative pieces, like "The Pastoral Epics", "The Brothers", and "Michael".
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Lyrical Ballads - 1800
- Narrated by: Denis Daly, Rachel May, Elizabeth Blackett
- Length: 2 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 17-03-21
- Language: English
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The Odes of Horace
- By: Horace
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Along with Virgil, Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) was the greatest poet produced by Rome, and in many ways his work has had arguably an even greater impact. His brilliant expression and astonishing acumen continue to amaze readers today, either in their original Latin or in innumerable worldwide translations. Shakespeare's debt to Horace is incalculable, and it is difficult to read his Sonnets today without immediately being reminded of the famous Odes.
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The Odes of Horace
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 13-11-07
- Language: English
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The Kalevala
- By: Elias Lönnrot
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 18 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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The Kalevala is a 19th-century work of epic poetry compiled by Elias Lönnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology. The Kalevala was instrumental in the development of the Finnish national identity and the sense of nationality that led to Finland's independence from Russia in 1917. Beginning with the traditional Finnish creation myth, the Kalevala branches out into stories of the creation of the earth, plants, creatures, and the sky. There are many stories of, romance, kidnapping, seduction, and magical spell casting and singing.
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Difficult to understand if not part of the culture
- By Sylvester Jønsson on 15-07-23
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The Kalevala
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 18 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 22-01-20
- Language: English
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The Treasury of Romantic Poetry
- Argo Classics
- By: William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Blake, and others
- Narrated by: Richard Burton, William Squire, Margaretta Scott, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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A collection of the greatest poetry from the Romantic period, read by some of the 20th century’s most renowned actors. Love, romance and portrayals of nature are played out in these timeless readings of poetry written during the Romantic period. Performed by Richard Burton, Peter Orr, William Squire, Richard Marquand, Peggy Ashcroft, Margaretta Scott, Tony Church, Derek Godfrey, Patrick Garland, Gary Watson and Janette Richer. This collection includes poems from: William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Blake, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats.
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Titles and Performance
- By Sue Cox on 01-04-26
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The Treasury of Romantic Poetry
- Argo Classics
- Narrated by: Richard Burton, William Squire, Margaretta Scott, Peter Orr, Peggy Ashcroft, full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 12-11-20
- Language: English
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William Blake
- Selected Poems
- By: William Blake
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 1 hr and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall44
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Performance38
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At the end of his life, William Blake (1757-1827) gave up hope of being widely understood, but the twentieth century brought to his work a new and intense interest and acclaim.
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a shame
- By Mr. Rupert A. Oldham on 28-03-22
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William Blake
- Selected Poems
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 1 hr and 59 mins
- Release date: 21-03-06
- Language: English
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The Imaginary Cuckold and School for Husbands
- By: Molière, Richard Wilbur - translator
- Narrated by: Brian Bedford, Emily Bergl, Dakin Matthews, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 2 mins
- Original Recording
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Molière wrote some of the most durable and penetrating comedies of all time. The Imaginary Cuckold and The School for Husbands are two of his grand farces of marriage and misunderstanding, one set in Paris and the other in the provinces. In The School for Husbands, a tyrannical husband-to-be seeks to isolate his ward, while unwittingly carrying her messages of devotion to her lover. In The Imaginary Cuckold, an enraged husband imagines his wife is unfaithful, but is reluctant to defend his honor.
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The Imaginary Cuckold and School for Husbands
- Narrated by: Brian Bedford, Emily Bergl, Dakin Matthews, Juliet Mills, Christopher Neame, Lloyd Owen, Moira Quirk, Darren Richardson, Carolyn Seymour, Alan Shearman
- Length: 2 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 15-09-10
- Language: English
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On the Nature of Things
- By: Lucretius
- Narrated by: Malk Williams
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Lucretius' poem On the Nature of Things combines a scientific and philosophical treatise with some of the greatest poetry ever written. With intense moral fervour he demonstrates to humanity that in death there is nothing to fear since the soul is mortal, and the world and everything in it is governed by the mechanical laws of nature and not by gods; and that by believing this men can live in peace of mind and happiness. He bases this on the atomic theory expounded by the Greek philosopher Epicurus, and continues with an examination of sensation, sex, cosmology, meteorology, and geology.
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On the Nature of Things
- Narrated by: Malk Williams
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 19-12-23
- Language: English
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Ovid
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: Llewelyn Morgan
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 4 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Llewelyn Morgan explores Ovid's immense influence on later literature and art, spanning from Shakespeare to Bernini. Throughout, Ovid's poetry is revealed as enduringly scintillating, his personal story compelling, and the issues his life and poetry raise of continuing relevance and interest.
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Ovid
- A Very Short Introduction
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 4 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 02-12-20
- Language: English
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Pure Water
- Poetry of Rumi
- By: Coleman Barks
- Narrated by: Coleman Barks, Eugene Friesen (cello)
- Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
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A 2009 Nautilus Gold Award Winner, Pure Water is Coleman Barks’ inspired live performance of the poetry of Jellaludin Rumi (1207-1273) - with Sufi stories and jokes, accompanied with music by Bach, O’Carolan, Friesen and others. The performance captured in this recording recalls the essence of the communal celebrations of poetry, stories, jokes, prayer, and music in which Rumi’s work was first uttered, but presents it in a distinctive contemporary setting. Coleman’s words combine with the cello of Grammy Award-winner Eugene Friesen.
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Pure Water
- Poetry of Rumi
- Narrated by: Coleman Barks, Eugene Friesen (cello)
- Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
- Release date: 24-06-13
- Language: English
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La Divina Comedia
- By: Dante Alighieri
- Narrated by: Artur Mas
- Length: 16 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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AMA Audiolibros presenta la Narración del Audiolibro en Español (acento Castellano) de "La Divina Comedia" de Dante Alighieri en la voz de nuestro narrador Artur Mas a partir de la traducción en verso de Bartolomé Mitre. La Divina Comedia está considerada como una de las obras maestras de la literatura italiana y mundial. Está compuesta por más de 14.000 versos distribuídos en 100 cantos. Relata el viaje de Dante por el Infierno, el Purgatorio y el Paraíso, guiado por el poeta Virgilio.
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La Divina Comedia
- Narrated by: Artur Mas
- Length: 16 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 09-05-19
- Language: Spanish
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The Epigrams
- By: Martial, James Michie - translator
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Martial was a Latin poet from Hispania best known for his 12 books of Epigrams, published in Rome between A.D. 86 and 103, during the reigns of the emperors Domitian, Nerva and Trajan. In these short, witty poems, he cheerfully satirises city life and the scandalous activities of his acquaintances, and romanticises his provincial upbringing.
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The Epigrams
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 24-04-12
- Language: English
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The Iliad
- By: Homer
- Narrated by: Anthony Quayle
- Length: 57 mins
- Abridged
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The Iliad of Homer is the earliest work of European literature that we have. Created in the eighth century BC it has continued to arouse interest for over 2000 years. The author intended it to be heard, as delivered by a bard or rhapsode who had made the presentation of Greek epic poetry his profession, and who had command of the vocal resources and the dramatic power to move his audience.
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The Iliad
- Narrated by: Anthony Quayle
- Length: 57 mins
- Release date: 30-10-08
- Language: English
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