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Read by Ghizela Rowe & Richard Mitchley (Unabridged: 23mins) Featuring poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley, W B Yeats, Ambrose Bierce & others. ‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we...
Read by Richard Mitchley (Unabridged: 1hr 5mins) Gustave Flaubert was born on 12th December 1821 in Rouen, in Normandy, France. A gifted child he began writing as early as eight. He was educated at the Lycée Pierre-Corneille in Rouen until 1840 and thence to Paris to study law, a city...
(Unabridged: 39mins) April - The fourth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar heralds Spring in earnest and of course April Showers and perhaps other unsettled weather. For out poets including Owen, Stevenson, Van Dyke, Hardy and Shelley the month provides a rich source for them to muse upon. ...
(Unabridged: 1hr 49mins) Controversy and hidden pasts are suddenly and painfully exposed as wealthy widow Mrs Alving prepares to open a new orphanage in memory of her seemingly beloved husband. Her treasured son Oswald’s return from Paris and her relationship with old friend Pastor Manders are no longer the source...
Poetry and prose together from literary greats. Read by Eric Meyers, Christopher Ragland & Michael Killaney (Unabridged: 2hrs 25mins) Literature is a world of words and wonder, able to take us on almost unimaginable journeys from the wild and fantastic to the grind and minutiae of life. An author’s ideas...
(Abridged: 2hrs 57mins) The Life and Music of George Gershwin by Ean Wood. Gershwin’s musical genius is undeniable and this book explores both the man and his works with extensive material from the Gershwin ‘s family archive, exclusive interviews with musicians and . This fresh account is further livened by...
Read by Ghizela Rowe & Richard Mitchley (Unabridged: 15mins) Featuring poems by Hafiz, Sara Teasdale, William Shakespeare & others. Love. What is love? The question is asked by each of us but the answer remains elusive. Dictionaries summon up many words but none fulfill. Love itself is often ethereal, felt but only...
The Damon Runyon Theatre Hour. Damon Runyon is acknowledged as one of the great writers to come out of twentieth century America. Runyon's short stories are almost always told in the first person by a narrator who is never named, and whose role is unclear; he knows many gangsters and...
Read by Ghizela Rowe & Richard Mitchley (Unabridged: 19mins) Featuring poems by Mirabai, D H Lawrence, Rainer Maria Rilke, Robert Herrick & others. ‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we...
Starring Henry Hull Originally Written by Herman Melville (Unabridged: 50mins) Moby Dick is a powerful classic story of man's obsession and revengeful nature written by Herman Melville. Captain Ahab, stomps around his ship on a peg leg that was caused by a huge whale called Moby Dick. Ahab is so...