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Adventures of Odysseus and The Tale of Troy
The Illiad and the Odyssey are retold in a glorious saga.
Aeneid
The masterpiece of Rome's greatest poet, Virgil's Aeneid.
Allen Ginsberg Audio Collection, The
A collection of poems by one of the greatest literary & cultural figures of the 20th century.
Ayres on the Air
Anecdotes, jokes, poems and sketches from the ever-entertaining Pam Ayres
Believe Me
"How did Arkman Noah/Provide for protozoa?" It's not often that an acclaimed historian is revealed to be the author of light verse, but John R. Alden here presents 1,707 couplets, quatrains, and ot...
Burn
The Enormity of Man and written words...
Canterbury Tales - Volume I, The
Without doubt, the greatest work of Geoffrey Chaucer. A brilliant picture of medieval life.
Canterbury Tales - Volume II, The
Without doubt, the greatest work of Geoffrey Chaucer. A brilliant picture of medieval life.
Canterbury Tales - Volume III, The
Without doubt, the greatest work of Geoffrey Chaucer. A brilliant picture of medieval life.
Canterbury Tales, Selected
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.
Celtic Poets
The poems of Yeats, Swift, Burns and other Celts.
Child's Christmas In Wales, A
First recorded in February of 1952, this remastered recording of Dylan Thomas reading his A Child's Christmas in Wales recalls all of the sights, smells, and sounds of a long-ago-Christmas....
Classic American Poetry
From the earliest poets of the 16th century to the present day.
Cockney's Kipling, A
Ten enduring Kipling poems recited in the wonderful Cockney lilt.
Dante: Inferno, from The Divine Comedy
Abandon All Hope You Who Enter Here (Lasciate ogne speranza voi ch'intrate) Dante's Hell is one of the most remarkable visions in Western literature. An allegory for...
Depth Perception
Lush imagery and the mellifluous voice of the poet imbued with music and sounddesign.
Dozen Red Roses, A: 12 Valentines Poems
Twelve specially selected favourite love poems, read by acclaimed actors Bill Wallis and Jenny Agutter...
Dozen Red Roses, A: A Birthday
A Birthday: Christina Rossetti’s joyful celebration that her one true love has arrived, read by Jenny Agutter...
Dozen Red Roses, A: Delight in Disorder
Robert Herrick’s poetic tribute to his mistress’s beautifully carefree style of dress...
Dozen Red Roses, A: From Paradise Lost
A short section from Milton’s epic poem, expressing how much sweeter the world is when you are with the one you love...
Dozen Red Roses, A: From the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
From The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: Some meditations on love from Edward Fitzgerald’s translation...
Dozen Red Roses, A: From The Song Of Solomon
From The Song of Solomon: A beautiful extract from the famous biblical hymn to love..
Dozen Red Roses, A: If Thou Must Love Me
Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s plea to her lover to love her just for herself, and not for any qualities that may fade away..
Dozen Red Roses, A: My Love Is Like A Red, Red Rose
Robert Burns’s well-known poem celebrating the enduring power of true love, read by Bill Wallis..
Dozen Red Roses, A: Shall I Compare Thee to a Summers Day
Shakespeare’s most famous sonnet, in which he tries, and fails, to find an apt comparison in nature, read by Bill Wallis..
Dozen Red Roses, A: The Owl and The Pussycat
Edward Lear’s much-loved comic poem, featuring the most elegant fowl in literature and his beautiful feline friend...
Dozen Red Roses, A: The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
The Passionate Shepherd to His Love: Christopher Marlowe’s emotional appeal to his lady to run away with him...
Dozen Red Roses, A: The Sunne Rising
John Donne’s famous poem about two lovers surprised by the astonishingly rapid arrival of sunrise...
Dozen Red Roses, A: To His Coy Mistress
Andrew Marvell’s classic plea to his mistress to show her love for him while they are both still young and passionate...
Dylan Thomas at the BBC
Dylan Thomas reads his own prose and poetry in this unique collection from the archives. He is widely regarded as one of the 20th Century's most influential lyrical poets.
Edgar Allan Poe Audio Collection, The
20 of Poe's chilling stories and poems performed by Vincent Price and Basil Rathbone.
English Verse: The Best of the Twentieth Century
Representing the work of more than thirty poets, and extending from Thomas Hardy’s lines on the loss of Titanic to the present-day...
Essential Dylan Thomas, The
This unique combination of historical and new recordings celebrates Dylan Thomas as poet, writer and performer. Here are some of his greatest poems, stories and broadcasts: readings given by Thomas...
Great Poets of the Romantic Age
Some of the finest and most memorable works in the English language.
Iliad, The
The Iliad tells the story of fifty critical days towards the end of the Trojan war.
Iliad, The
The first of Homer's epic poems. Translated by Samuel Butler.
In Flanders Fields and Other Poems about War
In WWI, possibly the most horrific modern war, two soldier poets described inner impressions telling us much about war and the people who fight them.
Leaves of Grass
Whitman succeeded in his ambition to create something uniquely American. His poems are woven into the very fabric of the American character, from his solemn dirge "O Captain! My Captain!" to the jo...
Life and Works of W.B. Yeats, The
W.B. Yeats remains one of the most popular poets of the twentieth century. The Lake Isle of Innisfree, He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven, Down by the Salley Gardens, The Secret Rose - these...
Life of Dante, A
Dante's vision, The Divine Comedy, has profoundly affected every generation since it first appeared in the early 14th century. Here is a brief account of his life, compiled from various sources...
Noel Coward Audio Collection, The
A perfect blend of vintage Noel Coward sure to be enjoyed by faithful fans and new listeners.
Odyssey, The
Homer's Adventures of Odysseus. Translated by Samuel Butler,
Odyssey, The
The thrilling tale of the wanderings of the hero Odysseus after the end of the Trojan war.
Pam Ayres Live On Stage
Pam Ayres at her entertaining best in a live stage show from Stratford-upon-Avon...
Pam Ayres Poetry Collection, The
Warm and witty, direct and droll, the sharply funny Pam Ayres has been amusing and entertaining her many fans for years...
Paradise
'I have been in the Heaven that takes up most of his light, and saw things there that those who descend from that height cannot speak of or forget...' Led by his guide Beatrice, Dante leaves...
Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost is the greatest epic poem in the English language.
Pied Piper of Hamelin, The
Here are 60 of the finest and most entertaining poems for younger listeners. There are nonsense poems (The Jumblies) classic animal poems (The Snail ) stories of adventure (The Ballad of Sir...
Poems and Songs of Robert Burns, The
This specially commissioned recording offers a wide-ranging choice of Burns's songs and lyrical poems; and longer poems...
Poets of the Great War
'The truth untold,/ The pity of war, the pity war distilled...' Here are the extraordinary writings of a generation who fought through a war of unprecedented destructive power, and who had...
Purgatory
'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...
Rubaiyat, The - Omar Khayyam Classic narrated by David Ian Davies
The ethereal words of the great thinker Omar Khayyam.
Seven Ages
An Anthology of Poetry with Music.
Shakespeare's Sonnets
All 154 of the Shakespeare's sonnets are beautifully read.
Song of Hiawatha, The
By the shores of Gitche Gumee By the shining Big-Sea-Water Stood the wigwam of Nokomis Daughter of the Moon, Nokomis The Song of Hiawatha was one of the most loved and quoted...
Sonnets, The
As read by the legendary Sir John Gielgud-- perhaps the greatest interpreter of the Bard we shall ever know-- the sonnets in this selection come alive...
Sonnets, The
Everyone knows something of Shakespeare's sonnets, even if only in memorable fragments like 'the darling buds of May', or 'remembrance of things past',or 'the marriage of true minds'. For centuries...
Voices of Black America
Historial recordings of poetry, humor and drama. 1908 - 1947.
War Poems
This powerful and moving anthology includes poems of war from the eighteenth century to our own days in the long shadow...
Waste Land, The, & Four Quarters
These are masterly readings, by renowned thespian Paul Schofield, of two substantial works of poetry by T.S. Eliot...