Arts Podcasts
Anna Karenina, Book 7 by TOLSTOY, LeoJoin Now to Follow
<p>Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky. In Book 7, Levin, in town for Kitty’s confinement, finds himself drawn to the corruptive influence of Moscow society. Stiva again presses Karenin to divorce Anna, while Anna, driven by jealousy, becomes increasingly irrational towards Vronsky. (Summary by Mary Anderson and MaryAnn)</p><p></p>
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Librivox: Professor, The by Brontë, CharlotteJoin Now to Follow
The book tells the story of a young man named William Crimsworth. It describes his maturation, his loves and his eventual career as a professor at an all-girl's school. (Summary from Wikipedia, adapted by Stav Nisser)
By LibriVox
Librivox: Chronicles of Canada Volume 05 - Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism, The by Munro, William BennettJoin Now to Follow
It was during one of her proud and prosperous eras that France began her task of creating an empire beyond the Atlantic. At no time, indeed, was she better equipped for the work. No power of Western Europe since the days of Roman glory had possessed such facilities for conquering and governing new lands. If ever there was a land able and ready to take up the white man's burden it was the France of the seventeenth century.
By LibriVox
Oedipus Rex (Oedipus the King) by SOPHOCLESJoin Now to Follow
Oedipus the King (often known by the Latin title Oedipus Rex) is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles that was first performed c. 429 BC. It was the second of Sophocles's three Theban plays to be produced, but it comes first in the internal chronology, followed by Oedipus at Colonus and then Antigone. Over the centuries, it has come to be regarded by many as the Greek tragedy par excellence. (Summary by Wikipedia)<br><br><strong>Cast:</strong><br> Oedipus: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/152">Andy Minter</a><br> Priest of Zeus: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3346">Hannah Dowell</a><br> Creon: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/1469">Fr. Richard Zeile</a><br> Teiresias: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3286">BrianaTheBard</a><br> Jocasta: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/2961">Leni</a><br> Messenger: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/1944">Carolyn Francis</a><br> Second Messenger: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3416">pipsoul</a><br> Herd of Laius: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/1085">hefyd</a><br> Chorus: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5269">Musicalheart1</a><br> Narrator: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/1259">Elizabeth Klett</a><br><br><strong>Audio edited by:</strong> Elizabeth Klett<br>
By LibriVox
House of the Vampire, The by VIERECK, George SylvesterJoin Now to Follow
The House of the Vampire is a 1907 novella that is a very unusual vampire story. A young writer comes under the powerful influence of a mysterious older master, who seems to have left a trail of ruined proteges in his wake. The story is as much about the nature of artistic creation as it is a chilling vampire tale. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)
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Librivox: Sign of the Four, The by Doyle, Arthur Conan, SirJoin Now to Follow
When a young lady approaches Sherlock Holmes looking for help in finding out what happened to her father when he disappeared 10 years earlier, both Holmes and Watson are sent on a mission involving stolen treasure, service in colonial India and a secret pact among four ex-convicts. (Summary by Robin Cotter)
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Valley of Fear, The by DOYLE, Sir Arthur ConanJoin Now to Follow
<p>Doyle's final novel featuring the beloved sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, brings the detective and his friend to a country manor where they are preceded by either a murder or a suicide. A secretive organization lies culprit and an infiltration of it is in order. (Summary by Katie Riley)</p>
By LibriVox
The Kingcast Join Now to Follow
One fan's attempt to do some analysis of Stephen King's fiction, non-fiction and poetry. From Carrie to the top of the Dark Tower, King is a huge presence in the marketplace. But what does his work tell us about ourselves? And what will last of his work?
By Bob LeDrew
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 1 by VARIOUSJoin Now to Follow
<p>The <i>Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern</i>, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offering "American households a mass of good reading", the editors drew from literature of all times and all kinds what they considered the best pieces of human writing, and compiled an ambitious collection of 45 volumes (with a 46th being an index-guide). Besides the selection and translation of a huge number of poems, letters, short stories and sections of books, the collection offers, before each chapter, a short essay about the author or subject in question. In many cases, chapters contemplate not one author, but certain groups of works, organized by nationality, subject or period; there is, thus, a chapter on Accadian-Babylonian literature, one on the Holy Grail, and one on Chansons, for example. <br><br> The result is a collection that holds the interest, for the variety of subjects and forms, but also as a means of first contact with such famous and important authors that many people have heard of, but never read, such as Abelard, Dante or Lord Byron. According to the editor Charles Dudley Warner, this collection "is not a library of reference only, but a library to be read." <br><br> This first volume contains chapters from "Abelard" to "Amiel". (Summary by Leni) </p><p></p>
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Librivox: Poems Every Child Should Know by Burt, Mary E.Join Now to Follow
This anthology of poetry, published in 1904, contains such favorites as The Raven, My Shadow, and The Village Blacksmith, as well as many lovely poems that may be unfamiliar. Most of the poems in this collection are short enough for children to memorize.
By LibriVox
