Literature Podcasts
Librivox: Pride and Prejudice (version 2) by Austen, JaneJoin Now to Follow
Jane Austen’s classic novel chronicles the events in the lives of the Bennet family. Take a family with five unmarried daughters and a lack of wealth, throw in a new wealthy neighbor or two, plus a whole regiment of soldiers in town, and add a heaping spoonful of pride and a pinch of prejudice. Mix it all together and you get a story full of tears and laughter, embarrassment and pride, and, of course, love. (Summary by Annie Coleman)
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Casual LoopsJoin Now to Follow
Casual Loops is a podcast by best-selling science fiction authors Darren Wearmouth and Carl Sinclair. They have fun discussing everything sci-fi, weird, paranormal, and speculative in our world. An occasional bit of food discussion and sports banter is to be expected.
By Carl Sinclair & Darren Wearmouth
Librivox: Name of France, The by van Dyke, HenryJoin Now to Follow
In celebration of Bastille Day, 2007, LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 different recordings of The Name of France by Henry van Dyke. This was the Weekly Poetry project for the week of July 8th, 2007.
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Avant-Garde All the TimeJoin Now to Follow
Poet Kenneth Goldsmith presents selections from UbuWeb, the learned and varietous online repository concerning concrete and sound poetry, experimental film, outsider art, and all things avant-garde.
By Poetry Foundation
Librivox: Voyage of the Beagle, The by Darwin, CharlesJoin Now to Follow
The book, also known as Darwin's Journal of Researches, is a vivid and exciting travel memoir as well as a detailed scientific field journal covering biology, geology, and anthropology that demonstrates Darwin's keen powers of observation, written at a time when Western Europeans were still discovering and exploring much of the rest of the world. Although Darwin revisited some areas during the expedition, for clarity the chapters of the book are ordered by reference to places and locations rather than chronologically. With hindsight, ideas which Darwin would later develop into his theory of evolution by natural selection are hinted at in his notes and in the book (Summary from Wikipedia).
By LibriVox
Librivox: Escape of a Princess Pat, The by Pearson, GeorgeJoin Now to Follow
Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland. (Summary from Book subtitle)
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Librivox: Decameron, The by Boccaccio, GiovanniJoin Now to Follow
The Decameron (subtitle: Prencipe Galeotto) is a collection of 100 novellas by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio, probably begun in 1350 and finished in 1353. It is a medieval allegorical work best known for its bawdy tales of love, appearing in all its possibilities from the erotic to the tragic. Many notable writers such as Shakespeare and Chaucer are said to have borrowed from The Decameron. (from Wikipedia)
By LibriVox
The Lit ShowJoin Now to Follow
The Lit Show is a weekly literary radio show based at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and broadcast on KRUI Radio in Iowa City. Founded in January 2010 by host Joe Fassler, The Lit Show features interviews with writers, readings and performance, reviews, and literary news. The program airs Wednesdays at 3 PM CST on KRUI Radio and litshow.com. There are many ways to listen to The Lit Show: by radio or web broadcast through KRUI, by podcast, and by visiting our archives.
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Librivox: Valley of Silent Men, The by Curwood, James OliverJoin Now to Follow
Subtitled: A Story of the Three River Country . James Kent has learned that he is terminally ill with perhaps only days to live, and so decides to confess to a murder and thus save an innocent man. Nobody believes his confession, particularly Marette, a mysterious girl who had shown up at Athabasca Landing only weeks before. Kent’s illness takes a turn and his death is postponed, and he sets about to find out more about the girl, who he ends up falling in love with, although she’ll not reveal her past to him, nor what she knows about the murder. A story of intrigue, suspense, action, and above all, a story of love in the furthest outreaches of the Great White North where three great rivers flow; the Athabasca, the Slave, and the McKenzie, and where somewhere is hidden The Valley of Silent Men. (Summary by Roger Melin)
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Librivox: Oliver Twist by Dickens, CharlesJoin Now to Follow
Oliver Twist is an 1838 novel by Charles Dickens. It was originally published as a serial. Like most of Dickens' work, the book is used to call the public's attention to various contemporary social evils, including the workhouse, child labour and the recruitment of children as criminals. The novel is full of sarcasm and dark humour, even as it treats its serious subject, revealing the hypocrisies of the time. It has been the subject of numerous film and television adaptations, and the basis for a highly successful British musical, Oliver!. (Summary from wikipedia)
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