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George Byron
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Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a fascinating portrait of 19th-century Europe - disillusioned and ravaged by the wars of the postrevolutionary and Napoleonic eras. Our protagonist, whose breathtaking journey eerily echoes Byron's own life story, forgoes his destiny back home for the exciting unknown - the nature of humanity and the transformative effects of travel burst through the pages in four powerful cantos of Spenserian stanzas. Here is the poem that set Byron on his meteoric rise to fame in London society.
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- De R. Daly en 11-13-23
De: Mary Shelley
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Quo Vadis
- A Narrative of the Time of Nero
- De: Henryk Sienkiewicz
- Narrado por: Frederick Davidson
- Duración: 22 h y 6 m
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Marcus, a Roman officer in Nero's army, risks his career, his family, and even his life when he falls in love with a Christian woman named Callina. In order to win Callina's love, Marcus must come to understand the true meaning of her religion, even as Rome sinks under the excesses of Nero and Christians are thrown to the lions. Quo Vadis brims with passion and life as it explores one of the turning points in history.
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loved every word
- De TruckerOlli en 12-02-10
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The Metamorphoses
- De: Ovid
- Narrado por: Charlton Griffin
- Duración: 16 h y 11 m
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An undeniable masterpiece of Western Civilization, The Metamorphoses is a continuous narrative that covers all the Olympian legends, seamlessly moving from one story to another in a splendid panorama of savage beauty, charm, and wit. All of the gods and heroes familiar to us are represented. Such familiar legends as Hercules, Perseus and Medusa, Daedelus and Icarus, Diana and Actaeon, and many others, are breathtakingly recreated.
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Not that translation mentioned in Amazon reviews
- De IPEVOINC en 05-24-13
De: Ovid
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Lear
- The Great Image of Authority
- De: Harold Bloom
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 3 h y 28 m
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King Lear is perhaps the most poignant character in literature. The aged, abused monarch is at once the consummate figure of authority and the classic example of the fall from majesty. He is widely agreed to be William Shakespeare's most moving, tragic hero. Award-winning writer and beloved professor Harold Bloom writes about Lear with wisdom, joy, exuberance, and compassion. He also explores his own personal relationship to the character.
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Bloom being Bloom
- De C. Yuen en 10-05-23
De: Harold Bloom
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The Scarlet Letter
- De: Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Narrado por: Kate Petrie
- Duración: 6 h y 53 m
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One of the most important novels in classic literature, Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter tackles the subject of adultery, with the notorious Hester Prynne at the forefront of the scandal in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. In the beginning of the novel, Hester is serving time in prison for having a child out of wedlock and is forced to wear a scarlet A on her clothing at all times, so she cannot run from her sin no matter where she goes.
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missing the introductory???
- De Savannah en 05-20-20
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The Divine Comedy
- De: Dante Alighieri, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - translator
- Narrado por: Charlton Griffin
- Duración: 17 h y 3 m
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Dante's Divine Comedy is considered to be not only the most important epic poem in Italian literature, but also one of the greatest poems ever written. It consists of 100 cantos, and (after an introductory canto) they are divided into three sections. Each section is 33 cantos in length, and they describe how Dante and a guide travel through Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso.
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Not for listening.
- De Larry en 03-13-11
De: Dante Alighieri, y otros
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Frankenstein
- De: Mary Shelley
- Narrado por: Dan Stevens
- Duración: 8 h y 35 m
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Narrator Dan Stevens ( Downton Abbey) presents an uncanny performance of Mary Shelley's timeless gothic novel, an epic battle between man and monster at its greatest literary pitch. In trying to create life, the young student Victor Frankenstein unleashes forces beyond his control, setting into motion a long and tragic chain of events that brings Victor to the very brink of madness. How he tries to destroy his creation, as it destroys everything Victor loves, is a powerful story of love, friendship, scientific hubris, and horror.
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ARE WE ALWAYS TO BE UNHAPPY?
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 01-28-16
De: Mary Shelley
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Edgar Allan Poe - The Complete Short Stories
- De: Edgar Allan Poe
- Narrado por: Bob Thomley
- Duración: 16 h y 34 m
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All of Edgar Allan Poe’s great short stories in one 16-hour collection.
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NEVERMORE
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 11-23-15
De: Edgar Allan Poe
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The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
- De: Samuel Johnson
- Narrado por: Steven Crossley
- Duración: 4 h y 34 m
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Rasselas and his companions escape the pleasures of the "happy valley" in order to make their "choice of life". By witnessing the misfortunes and miseries of others they come to understand the nature of happiness and value it more highly. Their travels and enquiries raise important practical and philosophical questions concerning many aspects of the human condition, including the business of a poet, the stability of reason, the immortality of the soul, and how to find contentment.
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1759 classic
- De Kindle Customer en 01-29-23
De: Samuel Johnson
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The Scarlet Plague [Classic Tales Edition]
- De: Jack London
- Narrado por: B.J. Harrison
- Duración: 2 h y 18 m
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Twelve billionaires rule the United States, while those called freemen are forced to serve the rich. But that was 60 years ago, before the Scarlet Plague. In this post-apocalyptic novella, a ragged and tattered old man tells his progeny of what life was like before The Scarlet Plague appeared - and wiped out civilization as they knew it.
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wonderful listen very relevant today!
- De Johnny en 12-02-17
De: Jack London
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Don Juan
- De: Lord Byron
- Narrado por: Jonathan Keeble
- Duración: 15 h y 18 m
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Lord Byron's satirical take on the legend of Don Juan is a moving and witty poem that sees the young hero in a reversal of roles. Juan sheds his image as a womanizer and instead becomes the victim of circumstance as he is relentlessly pursued by every woman he meets. Comprising 17 cantos of rhyming iambic pentameter, the poem is a crisp and accessible meditation on the madness of the world.
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The Impertinence of Being Earnest
- De Jabba en 03-20-16
De: Lord Byron
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The Book of the Courtier
- De: Baldassare Castiglione
- Narrado por: Nicholas Boulton
- Duración: 11 h y 24 m
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Set in the court of Urbino in 1507, Castiglione’s The Book of the Courtier presents an invaluable look at court life and culture during the Renaissance. Over four nights of dialogue, the book explores the key question, ‘What should a courtier be like?’ and presents a deep and timeless discussion that is reminiscent of Plato’s Symposium and Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics and invites comparisons with Machiavelli’s The Prince.
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Pensées
- De: Blaise Pascal
- Narrado por: Peter Wickham
- Duración: 12 h y 8 m
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Intended to be a defense of the Christian religion, Pensées is a penetrating collection of thoughts on faith, reason, and theology. Unfinished at the time of Pascal's death, the book consists of philosophical fragments on the "wretchedness" of man and the controversial schisms of the church at the time. It includes the philosopher's infamous wager encouraging belief over agnosticism, as well as his thoughts on numerous other topics. Endlessly quotable, Pensées overflows with pearls of wisdom, each elusive sentence pregnant with a universe of thought.
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Excellent Audiobook!
- De No to Statism en 05-16-19
De: Blaise Pascal
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Daniel Deronda
- De: George Eliot
- Narrado por: Juliet Stevenson
- Duración: 36 h y 4 m
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Meeting by chance at a gambling hall in Europe, the separate lives of Daniel Deronda and Gwendolen Harleth are immediately intertwined. Daniel, an Englishman of uncertain parentage, becomes Gwendolyn's redeemer as she finds herself drawn to his spiritual and altruistic nature after a loveless marriage. But Daniel's path was already set when he rescued a young Jewess from suicide.
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Give it a try!
- De Tucker LaPrade en 01-30-16
De: George Eliot
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The Persian Expedition
- The March of the Ten Thousand, or Anabasis
- De: Xenophon
- Narrado por: David Timson
- Duración: 9 h y 15 m
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Seeking to depose his brother Artaxerxes and take his place upon the Persian throne, Cyrus the Younger leads the 10,000 mercenaries on a dangerous campaign deep into the heart of Persia. There, Cyrus is killed and his generals overthrown, leaving a young Xenophon to lead the army on its treacherous journey home. Snowy mountains, wide rivers, violent blizzards, and hostile tribes obstruct their way, testing Xenophon's leadership and his soldiers' perseverance to the extreme.
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classic story, classic narrator
- De snozek en 07-26-20
De: Xenophon
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The Great Poets: Lord Byron
- De: Lord Gordon George Byron
- Narrado por: Simon Russell Beale
- Duración: 1 h y 14 m
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Today Byron is regarded as the ultimate romantic - a rebel, a Casanova, and a man of intense, brooding passion. He was the most famous literary man of his time, and his poetry, endlessly witty and often insightful, was immensely popular and hugely influential. From the delicate romanticism of "She Walks in Beauty" to the evocative reflections of "So We’ll Go No More a Roving", Byron’s poems were unrivaled in their power and potency.
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Only wish more had been recorded
- De Wendy Hall en 10-29-21
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Don Juan
- De: Lord Byron
- Narrado por: Jonathan Keeble
- Duración: 15 h y 18 m
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Lord Byron's satirical take on the legend of Don Juan is a moving and witty poem that sees the young hero in a reversal of roles. Juan sheds his image as a womanizer and instead becomes the victim of circumstance as he is relentlessly pursued by every woman he meets. Comprising 17 cantos of rhyming iambic pentameter, the poem is a crisp and accessible meditation on the madness of the world.
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The Impertinence of Being Earnest
- De Jabba en 03-20-16
De: Lord Byron
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The Book of the Courtier
- De: Baldassare Castiglione
- Narrado por: Nicholas Boulton
- Duración: 11 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General
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Historia
Set in the court of Urbino in 1507, Castiglione’s The Book of the Courtier presents an invaluable look at court life and culture during the Renaissance. Over four nights of dialogue, the book explores the key question, ‘What should a courtier be like?’ and presents a deep and timeless discussion that is reminiscent of Plato’s Symposium and Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics and invites comparisons with Machiavelli’s The Prince.
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Pensées
- De: Blaise Pascal
- Narrado por: Peter Wickham
- Duración: 12 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General
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Intended to be a defense of the Christian religion, Pensées is a penetrating collection of thoughts on faith, reason, and theology. Unfinished at the time of Pascal's death, the book consists of philosophical fragments on the "wretchedness" of man and the controversial schisms of the church at the time. It includes the philosopher's infamous wager encouraging belief over agnosticism, as well as his thoughts on numerous other topics. Endlessly quotable, Pensées overflows with pearls of wisdom, each elusive sentence pregnant with a universe of thought.
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Excellent Audiobook!
- De No to Statism en 05-16-19
De: Blaise Pascal
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Daniel Deronda
- De: George Eliot
- Narrado por: Juliet Stevenson
- Duración: 36 h y 4 m
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Meeting by chance at a gambling hall in Europe, the separate lives of Daniel Deronda and Gwendolen Harleth are immediately intertwined. Daniel, an Englishman of uncertain parentage, becomes Gwendolyn's redeemer as she finds herself drawn to his spiritual and altruistic nature after a loveless marriage. But Daniel's path was already set when he rescued a young Jewess from suicide.
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Give it a try!
- De Tucker LaPrade en 01-30-16
De: George Eliot
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The Persian Expedition
- The March of the Ten Thousand, or Anabasis
- De: Xenophon
- Narrado por: David Timson
- Duración: 9 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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Historia
Seeking to depose his brother Artaxerxes and take his place upon the Persian throne, Cyrus the Younger leads the 10,000 mercenaries on a dangerous campaign deep into the heart of Persia. There, Cyrus is killed and his generals overthrown, leaving a young Xenophon to lead the army on its treacherous journey home. Snowy mountains, wide rivers, violent blizzards, and hostile tribes obstruct their way, testing Xenophon's leadership and his soldiers' perseverance to the extreme.
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classic story, classic narrator
- De snozek en 07-26-20
De: Xenophon
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The Great Poets: Lord Byron
- De: Lord Gordon George Byron
- Narrado por: Simon Russell Beale
- Duración: 1 h y 14 m
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Today Byron is regarded as the ultimate romantic - a rebel, a Casanova, and a man of intense, brooding passion. He was the most famous literary man of his time, and his poetry, endlessly witty and often insightful, was immensely popular and hugely influential. From the delicate romanticism of "She Walks in Beauty" to the evocative reflections of "So We’ll Go No More a Roving", Byron’s poems were unrivaled in their power and potency.
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Only wish more had been recorded
- De Wendy Hall en 10-29-21