Venus and Adonis [Written by William Shakespeare]

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302022 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Venus and Adonis Author: William Shakespeare Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 8 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Theatre & Radio Publisher's Summary: Venus and Adonis is Shakespeare's narrative poem about the love of the goddess Venus for the mortal youth Adonis, dedicated partly to his patron, the Earl of Southampton (thought by some to be the beautiful youth to which many of the Sonnets are addressed). The poem recounts Venus' attempts to woo Adonis, their passionate coupling, and Adonis' rejection of the goddess, to which she responds with jealousy, with tragic results. This recording features three different readers performing the narration, Venus, and Adonis. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)