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Roman Lives
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Roman Lives

Written By - Plutarch
Narrated By - Nicholas Farrell
Published By - NAXOS
Length - 7 hours 30 minutes
Categories - Classic Literature
Historical
Ancient
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Though he was Greek, Plutarch wrote his Lives in the first century, a world dominated by the Roman Empire. Here he considers some of the major figures who had left their stamp on the history of Rome, including generals, rulers, philosophers and politicians. It is the companion volume to Plutarch: The Greeks, also read with clarity and style by Nicholas Farrell.

 

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Roverandom

Written By - J. R. R. Tolkien
Narrated By - Derek Jacobi
Published By - Harper Collins UK
Length - 2 hours 30 minutes
Categories - Classics
Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Magic
Classic Literature
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While on holiday in 1925, four-year-old Michael Tolkien lost his beloved toy dog on the beach at Filey in Yorkshire. To console him... See full description...
Nicholas Nickleby

Nicholas Nickleby

Written By - Charles Dickens
Narrated By - Robert Whitfield
Published By - Blackstone Audio Inc
Length - 31 hours 30 minutes
Categories - Classic Literature
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Nicholas, the hearty young hero, takes us on a journey through nineteenth-century England in a delightful series of adventures accompanied by some of Dickens’s best swaggering scoundrels and most unforgettable eccentrics. See full description...
Purgatory

Purgatory

Written By - Dante
Narrated By - Heathcote Williams
Published By - NAXOS
Length - 4 hours 35 minutes
Categories - Poetry
Classic Literature
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'Now of that second kingdom I shall sing where human souls are purified of sin. and made worthy to ascend to Heaven.' Purgatory is the second part of Dante's The Divine Comedy. We find... See full description...
Theatre Royale: Private Rooms

Theatre Royale: Private Rooms

Written By - J.B.Priestley
Narrated By - Ralph Richardson
Published By - Heritage Media Ltd
Length - 25 minutes
Categories - Dramatizations
Classic Literature
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Theatre Royal: In this episode from the series, Ralph Richardson stars in a fully dramatised adaptation of the famous Private Rooms classic by J.B.Priestley... See full description...
Canterbury Tales, Selected

Canterbury Tales, Selected

Written By - Geoffrey Chaucer
Narrated By - David Butler
Published By - In Audio
Length - 9 hours 8 minutes
Categories - Poetry
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This modern translation of these sometimes bawdy stories, written in the 14th century by the Father of English Poetry, entertain while telling us about England before the Renaissance. See full description...

 

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