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https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Between the Desire and the Dream Subtitle: Selected Poems by T. S. Eliot Author: T. S. Eliot Narrator: Dennis Regan, Michelle Dumelle, Stephen O'Connor Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 2 mins Language: English Release date: 02-06-08 Publisher: Geoffrey T. Williams Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 37 votes Genres: Classics, Poetry Publisher's Summary: Included are "The Love Son of J. Alfred Prufrock", "The Hollow Men", "Preludes", and "Portrait of a Lady".

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Mihai Eminescu - The Legend of the Evening Star: Legenda Luceafarului Author: Mihai Eminescu, Adrian George Sahlean - translator Narrator: Jeremy Geidt Format: Unabridged Length: 24 mins Language: English Release date: 08-11-15 Publisher: Global Arts Genres: Classics, Poetry Publisher's Summary: The 98-stanza meter-and-rhyme translation of "Legenda Luceafarului" - an entrancing masterpiece by Mihai Eminescu (1850-1889), the Romanian national poet - captures the essence of the original work's musicality and poetic nuance. It is the story of a young princess' longing and impossible love for the immortal star who, sharing her love, takes human form and tries to become mortal. The Eve Star's flight back through time and space to Father Demiurge in search of it, as part of this enticing romantic tale, combines poetic substance and existential insights that will delight any listener. Mr. Sahlean is justly considered the premiere translator of Eminescu into English. This rendition has no sense of limitation or restriction found in some translations and is truly rewarding when heard aloud. "The Legend of the Evening Star" was twice staged as a theatrical-musical-choreographic production off-Broadway in 2005 and 2008.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Poetry of Wales Author: W. H. Davis, Edward Thomas, Aneurin Narrator: Bart Wolffe Format: Unabridged Length: 41 mins Language: English Release date: 11-19-13 Publisher: Saland Publishing Genres: Classics, Poetry Publisher's Summary: A comprehensive collection of poetry celebrating Wales, including contributions by W. H. Davis, Edward Thomas, and Aneurin.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Christian Poetry, Book 3 Subtitle: Christian Poetry Series Author: Christina Rossetti, Thomas Ken, Isaac Watts Narrator: Alex Wyndham, Paul Ansdell, Anita Wright, Stuart Packer Format: Unabridged Length: 2 hrs and 3 mins Language: English Release date: 08-04-15 Publisher: Words by the Wayside Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Classics, Poetry Publisher's Summary: Christian Poetry, Book 3 is selection of famous and not so famous poems and lyrics on spiritual themes. This Collection of 63 poems by various authors including Christina Rossetti, Thomas Ken, John Nelson Darby, Richard Baxter, Isaac Watts, Gerhardt Ter Steegan, Anne Ross Cousin and many others has been brought together in order that these spiritual truths and impressions, presented in poetical form, will comfort and edify God's people as they wrestle daily with the world, the flesh, and the devil. To know that others have felt what we have felt, 'Through all the changing scenes of life, In trouble and in joy' to hear the feelings in our hearts echoed back to us, to be reminded of our Lord's love, will comfort the soul and bring encouragement. Some of the poems and lyrics included will be familiar as they have been set to music and become famous hymns - as John Newton puts it 'these are not 'odes', but are truths put plainly and simply for ordinary people to understand'. Some others are perhaps more deep and thought- provoking. Perhaps listening to them being read, instead of being sung will allow you to appreciate the sentiments in a different way. This Volume contains 63 poems by various authors including Christina Rossetti, Thomas Ken, John Nelson Darby, Richard Baxter, Isaac Watts, Gerhardt Ter Steegan, Anne Ross Cousin and many others. This audio edition is produced with the prayerful desire that the Blessed Spirit of God may be pleased to use it for Christ's Glory and for the comfort, encouragement and edification of God's people.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Christian Poetry, Book 2 Subtitle: Christian Poetry Series Author: John Newton, Elizabeth Dark, Charles Wesley Narrator: Alex Wyndham, Paul Ansdell, Anita Wright, Stuart Packer Format: Unabridged Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins Language: English Release date: 08-03-15 Publisher: Words by the Wayside Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes Genres: Classics, Poetry Publisher's Summary: This Collection of 63 poems by various authors including, John Newton, Elizabeth Dark, Frances Ridley Havergal, Charles Wesley, John Bodman, H. D'A Champney, Jeanne Marie de la Motte-Guyon and many others. has been brought together in order that these spiritual truths and impressions, presented in poetical form, will comfort and edify God's people as they wrestle daily with the world, the flesh, and the devil. To know that others have felt what we have felt, 'Through all the changing scenes of life, In trouble and in joy', to hear the feelings in our hearts echoed back to us, to be reminded of our Lord's love, will comfort the soul and bring encouragement. Some of the poems and lyrics included will be familiar as they have been set to music and become famous hymns - as John Newton puts it 'these are not 'odes', but are truths put plainly and simply for ordinary people to understand'. Some others are perhaps more deep and thought-provoking. Perhaps listening to them being read, instead of being sung will allow you to appreciate the sentiments in a different way. This audio edition is produced with the prayerful desire that the Blessed Spirit of God may be pleased to use it for Christ's Glory and for the comfort, encouragement and edification of God's people. These poems are read by Alex Wyndham, Paul Ansdell, Anita Wright and Stuart Packer.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ Titre: La Guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu Auteur: Jean Giraudoux Narrateur: Jean Vilar, Pierre Vaneck, Maria Mauban, Christiane Minazolli, Claudine Maugey, Pascal Mazzotti Format: Original Recording Durée: 28 mins Langue: Français Date de publication: 01-12-18 Éditeur: Compagnie du Savoir Genres: Classics, Poetry Résumé de l'éditeur: La Guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu a été créée en 1935, par les soins de Louis Jouvet. Après Siegfried, elle s'affirma - son succès en a témoigné - comme une des rares œuvres maîtresses du répertoire français contemporain à aborder un des grands problèmes politiques du temps. Jean Vilar l'a montée en 1962, pour le Festival d'Avignon, et l'a reprise au Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) en 1963. Hector, le chef troyen, revient victorieux d'une guerre. A Troie, il est beaucoup question de l'enlèvement d'Hélène, reine de Sparte, par le prince Pâris. Hector retrouve sa femme, Andromaque ; il apprend qu'elle attend un enfant. Voici les extraits que vous pouvez écouter : ©2017 Compagnie du Savoir (P)2017 Compagnie du Savoir

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Spring and All: Facsimile Edition Subtitle: New Directions Pearls Author: William Carlos Williams Narrator: Sean Slater Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 47 mins Language: English Release date: 01-04-18 Publisher: TalkingBook Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Classics, Poetry Publisher's Summary: A beautiful facsimile of the 1923 original edition which is considered "one of the greatest poems of the twentieth century" by The New York Times. Spring and All is a manifesto of the imagination - a hybrid of alternating sections of prose and free verse that coalesce in dramatic, energetic, and beautifully cryptic statements of how language re-creates the world. Spring and All contains some of Williams' best-known poetry, including Section I, which opens, "By the road to the contagious hospital," and Section XXII, where Williams penned his most famous poem, "The Red Wheelbarrow". Now, almost 90 years since its first publication, New Directions publishes this facsimile of the original 1923 Contact Press edition, featuring a new introduction by C. D. Wright.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Selected Poems of Li Po Author: Po Li, David Hinton, Li Po, Bai Li Narrator: David Shih Format: Unabridged Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins Language: English Release date: 12-15-17 Publisher: TalkingBook Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 5 votes Genres: Classics, Poetry Publisher's Summary: Li Po (AD 701-762) lived in T'ang Dynasty China, but his influence has spanned the centuries: the pure lyricism of his poems has awed readers in China and Japan for over a millennium, and through Ezra Pounds translations, Li Po became central to the modernist revolution in the West. His work is suffused with Taoism and Ch'an (Zen) Buddhism, but these seem not so much spiritual influences as the inborn form of his life. There is a set-phrase in Chinese referring to the phenomenon of Li Po: "Winds of the immortals, bones of the Tao." He moved through this world with an unearthly freedom from attachment, and at the same time belonged profoundly to the earth and its process of change. However ethereal in spirit, his poems remain grounded in the everyday experience we all share. He wrote 1,200 years ago, half a world away, but in his poems we see our world transformed. Legendary friends in eighth-century T'ang China, Li Po and Tu Fu are traditionally celebrated as the two greatest poets in the Chinese canon. David Hintons translation of Li Pos poems is no less an achievement than his critically acclaimed The Selected Poems of Tu Fu, also published by New Directions. By reflecting the ambiguity and density of the original, Hinton continues to create compelling English poems that alter our conception of Chinese poetry.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ Titre: Tartuffe Auteur: Molière Narrateur: Henri Virlojeux, Sophie Desmarets, Yves Furet, Fernand Ledoux, Claude Nicot Format: Original Recording Durée: 12 mins Langue: Français Date de publication: 12-13-17 Éditeur: Compagnie du Savoir Genres: Classics, Poetry Résumé de l'éditeur: Le Tartuffe ou l'Imposteur est une comédie de Molière en cinq actes et en vers créée le 5 février 1669 sur la scène du Théâtre du Palais-Royal. Orgon est l'archétype du personnage de cour tombé sous la coupe de Tartuffe, un hypocrite et un faux dévot. Il est, ainsi que sa mère, Madame Pernelle, dupe de Tartuffe. Ce dernier réussit à le manipuler en singeant la dévotion et il est même parvenu à devenir son directeur de conscience. Il se voit proposer d'épouser la fille de son bienfaiteur, alors même qu'il tente de séduire Elmire, la femme d'Orgon, plus jeune que son mari. Démasqué grâce à un piège tendu par cette dernière afin de convaincre son mari de l'hypocrisie de Tartuffe, Tartuffe veut ensuite chasser Orgon de chez lui grâce à une donation inconsidérée que celui-ci lui a faite de ses biens. En se servant de papiers compromettants qu'Orgon lui a remis, il va le dénoncer au Roi. Erreur fatale : le Roi a conservé son affection à celui qui l'avait jadis bien servi lors de la Fronde. Il lui pardonne et c'est Tartuffe qui est arrêté. "Mais où sont les neiges d'antan... Cueillez dès aujourd'hui les roses de la vie... Madame se meurt, madame est morte... Il neigeait, il neigeait toujours...". Les pages qu'il faut connaître, parce qu'elles font partie intégrante du patrimoine de la France, que les jeunes par conséquent ont à apprendre - et y a-t-il procédé plus séduisant et plus efficace que d'entendre ces pages enregistrées dans la plus pieuse fidélité au génie créateur ? Les pages qu'il faut connaître... et qu'en fait tant de Français et d'étrangers connaissent et savent par cœur ! Y aura-t-il pour ceux-ci émotion plus profonde que de réentendre ces textes essentiels, confiés à la voix de nos plus célèbres interprètes ? ©2017 Compagnie du Savoir (P)2017 Compagnie du Savoir

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Other Poems Author: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Narrator: Charlton Griffin Length: 2 hrs and 27 mins Language: English Release date: 10-31-17 Publisher: Audio Connoisseur Genres: Classics, Poetry Publisher's Summary: "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is one of the most beautiful and celebrated of all English poems. It is also the precursor of what would become the artistic movement known as Romanticism. In addition to this masterpiece, this recording includes some of Coleridge's finest poems, including the haunting "Kubla Kahn" and "Christabel." This audiobook also features these poems:

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Fifty Poems of Emily Dickinson, Volume 2 Author: Emily Dickinson Narrator: Jill Eikenberry, Nancy Kwan, Melissa Manchester, Jean Smart, Sharon Stone, Meryl Streep, Alfre Woodard Format: Unabridged Length: 44 mins Language: English Release date: 10-16-17 Publisher: Phoenix Books Genres: Classics, Poetry Publisher's Summary: Emily Dickinson was born into a prominent New England family. Sociable as a child, she grew increasingly withdrawn, and in later years she became known as a recluse. Though her poems often accompanied gifts to family and close friends, only seven were published during her lifetime. Just after her death in 1886, her sister discovered 1,775 poems bound in small packets; 50 of the most penetrating and insightful of those poems are collected here. Listeners will find them perfect for meditation, relaxation, or simply for the sheer pleasure of listening to what has become known as some of the best English language poetry every written.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Everything You Need to Know About The Divine Comedy Subtitle: A Study Guide for Dante's Classic Author: Charles River Editors Narrator: Mark Norman Format: Unabridged Length: 2 hrs and 40 mins Language: English Release date: 10-12-17 Publisher: Charles River Editors Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Classics, Poetry Publisher's Summary: "But already my desire and my will were being turned like a wheel, all at one speed, by the Love which moves the sun and the other stars." (Dante, The Divine Comedy) One of the surest signs of fame is to be known solely by one's first name, with the mention of just that first name making clear who is being spoken of. So it is with Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), known simply as Dante thanks to the success of The Divine Comedy, one of the seminal works in Western literature. With Divine Comedy, Dante is often considered the master of contemporary Italian, as well as a forerunner of the Renaissance, which began to flourish in Florence around the same time. The Divine Comedy tells of Dante's journey through Hell (the Inferno), Purgatory, and Paradise, guided by famous poets including Virgil. Dante's epic discusses religion, philosophy, and a wide range of subject matter throughout his travels. Dante took nearly 13 years to compose The Divine Comedy, all the while living in exile from his home city of Florence, and the work influenced just about every important writer any literary scholar can name, among them, Boccaccio (1313-75); Chaucer (circa 1344-1400); John Milton (1608-74); William Blake (1757-1827); Victor Hugo (1802-85); Joseph Conrad (Teodor Josef Konrad Korzeniowski) (1857-1924); James Joyce (1882-1941); and Ezra Pound (1885-1972). One of the greatest poems in English, T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land", is in many ways derivative of Dante. Dante Alighieri, especially when one considers his time and environment, was bold and fearless, following the calling and mission of the artist in the purest sense. He not only took his contemporaries to task in an enormous fashion, he also embraced the timeless challenges that metaphysical questions present. Dante had the nerve to force his listener to question life's toughest mysteries, and offer at least one possible blueprint for redemption. His mind, his language and his contributions to art, culture and intellect remain unsurpassed. Everything You Need to Know About The Divine Comedy is a comprehensive guide that provides a synopsis, a description of the characters, and a summary and analysis of every chapter. You can use this as a guide while you listen, or as a way to brush up on everything you once knew and since forgot.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Omar Khayyam Author: John Pollen Narrator: Denis Daly Format: Unabridged Length: 50 mins Language: English Release date: 04-07-17 Publisher: Spoken Realms Genres: Classics, Poetry Publisher's Summary: John Pollen (1855-1923) was an official in the Indian Civil Service. A keen linguist, he learned Russian, Esperanto, and Persian and in 1915 published an English translation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. His collection contains 158 quatrains and includes a set of seven prefatory quatrains by Andrew Lang and a foreword by the Aga Khan. John Pollen was a keen activist against discrimination against Indians, and his translation of the Rubaiyat was published to raise funds for the welfare of Indian soldiers engaged in World War I. In the foreword, the Aga Khan wrote: 'The charm of the Rubayiat, which lies in the intensely human spirit pervading them, is enhanced by the poet's inimitable directness of expression, his terse and incisive phrases and a simple grace of style, with that unrivalled and untranslatable music of words to which the sonorous language of Persia peculiarly lends itself. To reproduce these subtle features of the original in a translation is not an easy undertaking. FitzGerald succeeded in a remarkable degree in bringing out the spirit of Omar's quatrains in his famous translation; which in some respects transcends the beauty of the original, but to achieve this end he had to diverge from the letter of the Rubayiat as well as from the sequence of the verses. Dr. John Pollen in his more faithful translation has accomplished a task of greater difficulty, and has done justice both to the letter and to the spirit of the original. In its simple and attractive garb the version now offered to the public, for the benefit of the Indi an soldiers who are now laying down their lives for the Empire on the battlefields of three continents, deserves to find a place on the bookshelves of the numerous admirers of the poet in the English-speaking world.'

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Waste Land and Other Poems Author: T. S. Eliot Narrator: Ted Hughes Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 9 mins Language: English Release date: 02-03-17 Publisher: Faber & Faber Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes Genres: Classics, Poetry Publisher's Summary: 'The Waste Land' is a landmark in 20th-century poetry. Here it is read by the late Poet Laureate Ted Hughes. Published in 1922, it is a brilliant exploration of a faithless, immoral society trying to rebuild itself after the devastation of the Great War. Rich in literary references and steeped in allusive and evocative imagery, 'The Waste Land' is widely considered to be the pinnacle of modernist poetry. This audiobook also contains some of Eliot's other poems, including 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock', 'Sweeney Among the Nightingales', 'Ash Wednesday' and 'Journey of the Magi'. Thomas Stearns Eliot was born in St Louis, Missouri, in 1888. He came to England in 1914 and published his first book of poems in 1917. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. Eliot died in 1965. Ted Hughes (1930-1998) was born in Yorkshire. His first book, The Hawk in the Rain, was published by Faber and Faber and was followed by many volumes of poetry and prose for adults and children, including River (1983). He received the Whitbread Book of the Year for both Tales from Ovid (1997) and Birthday Letters (1998). He was Poet Laureate from 1984, and in 1998 he was appointed to the Order of Merit. Critic Reviews: "Each year Eliot's presence reasserts itself at a deeper level, to an audience that is surprised to find itself more chastened, more astonished, more humble." (Ted Hughes) "'The Waste Land' is one of the most important poems of the 20th century." (Andrew Motion, Independent) "Eliot's 'Waste Land' is I think the justification of the 'movement', of our modern experiment, since 1900." (Ezra Pound, letter to Felix E. Schelling) "'The Waste Land' is unquestionably important, unquestionably brilliant.... One of the most moving and original poems of our time." (Conrad Aiken, New Republic) "'The Waste Land' is Mr Eliot's greatest achievement." (E. M. Forster) "'The Waste Land' remains a great positive achievement, and one of the first importance for English poetry. In it a mind fully alive in the age compels a poetic triumph." (F. R. Leavis) "A damn good poem...about enough, Eliot's poem, to make the rest of us shut up shop." (Ezra Pound)

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Japanese Poetry Author: divers auteurs Narrator: Paul Spera Format: Unabridged Length: 20 mins Language: English Release date: 08-31-16 Publisher: Astorg Audio Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Classics, Poetry Publisher's Summary: The classical poetry of Japan focuses on direct experience of fleeting moments, in total contrast with its Occidental counterpart. These seminal poems were passed down orally, before great collections assembled works of art spanning several centuries in written form as early as the 8th century, from the Kojiki to the Kokinshu. Later, a number of female writers rose to prominence (Murasaki Shikibu, Sei Shonagon); then in the 17th century, the haiku form became extremely popular, in large part due to the work of Matsuo Basho, a prolific writer and traveler. Discover a selection of the most important poems of classical Japan, beautifully translated, as an immortal evanescence. ©2016 Compagnie du Savoir (P)2016 Compagnie du Savoir

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: T'was the Night Before Christmas [Classic Tales Edition] Author: Clement C. Moore Narrator: B. J. Harrison Format: Unabridged Length: 5 mins Language: English Release date: 08-09-16 Publisher: B. J. Harrison Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 26 votes Genres: Classics, Poetry Publisher's Summary: The original and immortal poem also known as "A Visit from St. Nicholas". Classic Tales narrator B. J. Harrison gives a stellar reading of this Christmas classic.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ Titre: Les fleurs du mal Auteur: Charles Baudelaire Narrateur: Michel Piccoli, Denis Lavant, Éric Caravaca, Guillaume Gallienne Format: Unabridged Durée: 4 hrs and 54 mins Langue: Français Date de publication: 08-03-16 Éditeur: Éditions Thélème Genres: Classics, Poetry Résumé de l'éditeur: "Le poète est semblable au prince des nuées Qui hante la tempête et se rit de l'archer ; Exilé sur le sol au milieu des huées, Ses ailes de géant l'empêchent de marcher." L'Albatros © Domaine public (P)2008 Éditions Thélème

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ Titre: Le Spleen de Paris Auteur: Charles Baudelaire Narrateur: Denis Podalydès Format: Unabridged Durée: 3 hrs and 32 mins Langue: Français Date de publication: 07-26-16 Éditeur: Éditions Thélème Genres: Classics, Poetry Résumé de l'éditeur: Le Spleen de Paris, aussi nommé Les Petits poèmes en prose, est publié en 1864. Ce recueil complète Les Fleurs du mal. © Domaine public (P)2007 Éditions Thélème

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ Titre: Illuminations Auteur: Arthur Rimbaud Narrateur: Denis Lavant, Denis Podalydès Format: Unabridged Durée: 1 hr and 17 mins Langue: Français Date de publication: 07-21-16 Éditeur: Éditions Thélème Genres: Classics, Poetry Résumé de l'éditeur: Les Illuminations ont été publiées en 1886, sous forme de feuilletons, dans la revue La Vogue. Rimbaud a remis ces poèmes à Verlaine lors de leur rencontre à Stuttgart en mars 1875. C'est Verlaine qui s'est occupé de publier ces vers. Il y insère une préface dans laquelle il annonce que ces "ornementations colorées" se composent de "prose exquise ou vers délicieusement faux exprès". © Domaine public (P)2009 Éditions Thélème

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ Titre: La dame aux camélias Auteur: Alexandre Dumas fils Narrateur: Élodie Huber Format: Unabridged Durée: 7 hrs and 8 mins Langue: Français Date de publication: 06-17-16 Éditeur: Éditions Thélème Evaluation: 5 sur 5 sur 8 votes Genres: Classics, Poetry Résumé de l'éditeur: La Dame aux camélias raconte l'histoire des amants maudits, Marguerite et Armand, que les jugements moraux et la maladie vont détruire: le roman d'un désastre amoureux où les sentiments sont bafoués au profit de la bienséance sociale. Alexandre Dumas fils s'est inspiré de sa maîtresse, la courtisane Marie Duplessis, pour créer la dame aux camélias, héroïne romanesque s'il en est, et également héroïne d'opéra à partir de 1853, quand Verdi adaptera son histoire sous le nom de La Traviata. © Domaine public (P)2006 Éditions Thélème

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: T. S. Eliot reading his poems and choruses Author: T. S. Eliot Narrator: T. S. Eliot Format: Unabridged Length: 49 mins Language: English Release date: 05-31-16 Publisher: Astorg Audio Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 10 votes Genres: Classics, Poetry Publisher's Summary: A selection of poems and choruses read by T. S. Eliot himself, recorded in 1959. Poems: A song for Simeon, Ash wednesday, Family reunion Act II, Marina, Mr Eliot's Sunday morning, Murder in the cathedral Part I, O light invisible from the roc, Portrait of a Lady, Preludes, The love song of Alfred Prufo, Triumphal march from Coriolan. © Compagnie du Savoir (P)2016 Astorg Audio

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: 49 Poems from The Flowers of Evil Author: Charles Baudelaire Narrator: Paul Edwards Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 53 mins Language: English Release date: 04-21-16 Publisher: Astorg Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes Genres: Classics, Poetry Publisher's Summary: Those poems, "The Flowers of Evil", are a masterpiece of french literature. "Les fleurs du mal", in english "The Flowers of Evil", is a volume of French poetry by Charles Baudelaire. The poems deal with themes relating to decadence and eroticism. The author and the publisher were prosecuted in France under the regime of the Second Empire as an "outrage aux bonnes mœurs" ("an insult to public decency"). Because of this prosecution, Baudelaire was fined 300 francs. Victor Hugo announced that Baudelaire had created "un nouveau frisson" (a new shudder, a new thrill) in literature. The list of the 49 poems from "The Flowers of Evil" by Charles Baudelaire: The Shooting-Range And The Cemetery, The Marksman, The Owls, The Little Old Women, The Ideal, The Invitation To The Voyage, The Glass-Vendor, The Ghost, The Gifts Of The Moon, The Eyes Of Beauty, The Flask, The Desire To Paint, The Double Chamber, The Confiteor Of The Artist, The Corpse, The Death Of The Poor, The Benediction, Robed In A Silken Robe, Sonnet Of Autumn, Spleen, Sunset, The Accursed, Little Poems In Prose - The Stranger, Mist And Rain, Music, Reversibility, Gypsies Travelling, Intoxication, La Beatrice, Bien Loin D'ici, Contemplation, Every, Man His Chimra, Already, An Allegory, At One O'clock In The Morning, A Landscape, A, Madrigal Of Sorrow, Venus And The Fool, What Is Truth, To A Brown Beggar-Maid, To A Madonna, The Wine Of Lovers, The Voyage, The Thyrsus - To Franz Liszt, The Sky, The Soul Of Wine, The Swan, The Remorse Of The Dead, The Seven Old Man. © public domain (P)2016 Compagnie du Savoir

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Don Juan Author: Lord Byron Narrator: Jonathan Keeble Format: Unabridged Length: 15 hrs and 19 mins Language: English Release date: 02-19-16 Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 17 votes Genres: Classics, Poetry Publisher's Summary: 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.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Nursery Rhymes Author: Walter Crane Narrator: Jane Horrocks Format: Unabridged Length: 47 mins Language: English Release date: 11-18-15 Publisher: silksoundbooks Limited Genres: Classics, Poetry Publisher's Summary: The wonderful Little Voice of Jane Horrocks brings this exclusive downloadable audiobook collection of your favourite childhood nursery rhymes out of the dust covers of Mother Goose's books and into strange and merry life. The nursery rhymes that make up our collection are taken from the original Mother Goose rhymes. They are the classics from our childhood, with all the original verses and all the parts of rhymes that one usually hums over due to having forgotten the words. They are therefore full of wonderful and merry memories for most of us and discoveries for the rest of us. That being said, they are also the province of the childhood of the past and are therefore somewhat surprising in their brutality, their honesty and at times their frightening lack of political correctness! We are given to worrying greatly over the television our children watch and the violence they are exposed to in the modern era. These rhymes are an amusing reminder of the fairly harsh nature of childhood before it began to be agreed that childhood should be protected. Children, of course, love them, but these rhymes should probably contain a parental warning!

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Four Quartets Author: T. S. Eliot Narrator: Ralph Fiennes Format: Unabridged Length: 52 mins Language: English Release date: 10-29-15 Publisher: Faber & Faber Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 5 votes Genres: Classics, Poetry Publisher's Summary: A masterly new recording by Ralph Fiennes. Four Quartets is the culminating achievement of T. S. Eliot's career as a poet. While containing some of the most musical and unforgettable passages in 20th-century poetry, its four parts, 'Burnt Norton', 'East Coker', 'The Dry Salvages' and 'Little Gidding', present a rigorous meditation on the spiritual, philosophical and personal themes which preoccupied the author. It was the way in which a private voice was heard to speak for the concerns of an entire generation, in the midst of war and doubt, that confirmed it as an enduring masterpiece. Critic Reviews: "Eliot's own reading of Four Quartets was masterly, but this recording is an elegant tribute." (The Guardian)

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ Titre: La contrebasse Auteur: Patrick Süskind Narrateur: Thierry Rémi Format: Original Recording Durée: 1 hr and 3 mins Langue: Français Date de publication: 10-13-15 Éditeur: Théâtre du Lucernaire Evaluation: 5 sur 5 sur 1 votes Genres: Classics, Poetry Résumé de l'éditeur: Bien moins connue que Le Parfum, cette autre œuvre de Patrick Süskind nous raconte le plongeon vers la solitude et la folie d'un contrebassiste. Instrument imposant et puissant, il est selon le musicien essentiel à tout orchestre digne de ce nom. Il nous décrit avec passion les liens qui les unissent, humanisant à l'extrême l'objet musical de son désir. Mais on découvre au fil du spectacle que derrière cette fascination absolue, se cache une haine à l'encontre de cette contrebasse, encombrante et envahissante, car bientôt l'éloge pompeux laisse affleurer les frustrations et les rancœurs du musicien et de l'homme. Peu à peu la haine d'abord refoulée de cette encombrante compagne s'exprime, se déchaîne et explose, jusqu'à la folie... >> Ce livre audio en version intégrale vous est proposé en exclusivité par Audible et est uniquement disponible en téléchargement. ©1989 Fayard (P)2015 l'Harmattan Revues par les critiques: La presse en parle : "Thierry Rémi arrive progressivement à imposer son jeu, plus cérébral, plus maîtrisé. Une réussite qui est aussi due à une mise en scène de Stéphane Alvarez qui a su habiller le monologue sans le surcharger. C'est au final un véritable plaisir ! " bigorre.org "Après Jacques Villeret, Thierry Rémi excelle dans La Contrebasse de Süskind, mis en scène par Stéphane Alvarez. Sans fausse note." Sud Ouest "Proche du one-man-show par la performance exigée, la pièce comporte deux mille lignes de monologue émaillées d'extraits d'œuvres classiques. Ambivalent, jamais démonstratif, ce mono-drame comporte plusieurs niveaux de lecture bien mis en valeur par le jeu d'un Thierry Rémi aussi convaincant en caleçon et T-shirt qu'en costume de scène." Le Courrier Français

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Faerie Queene Author: Edmund Spenser Narrator: David Timson Format: Unabridged Length: 33 hrs and 10 mins Language: English Release date: 09-25-15 Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 19 votes Genres: Classics, Poetry Publisher's Summary: This remarkable poem, dedicated to Queen Elizabeth I, was Spenser's finest achievement. The first epic poem in modern English, The Faerie Queene combines dramatic narratives of chivalrous adventure with exquisite and picturesque episodes of pageantry. At the same time, Spenser is expounding a deeply felt allegory of the eternal struggle between Truth and Error....

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Mikhail Lermontov Selected Poetry [Russian Edition] Author: Mikhail Lermontov Narrator: Mikhail Kozakov, Vladimir Levashev Format: Unabridged Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins Language: English Release date: 08-24-15 Publisher: Interactive Media Genres: Classics, Poetry Publisher's Summary: Selected poetry from Russia's favourite romantic poet Mikhail Lermontov, read in Russian by Mikhail Kozakov and Vladimir Levashev. Carefully designed ambient music blends in with this recording to create that perfect poetry reading atmosphere.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Christian Poetry, Book 1 Subtitle: Christian Poetry Series Author: William Cowper, Thomas Kelly, Willie Mullan Narrator: Alex Wyndham, Paul Ansdell, Anita Wright, Stuart Packer Format: Unabridged Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins Language: English Release date: 08-04-15 Publisher: Words by the Wayside Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 4 votes Genres: Classics, Poetry Publisher's Summary: Christian Poetry, Book 1 is selection of famous and not so famous poems and lyrics on spiritual themes. This Collection of 62 Poems by various authors including William Cowper, Thomas Kelly, Willie Mullan, Robert Murray McCheyne, Charlotte Elliott, George Herbert, Charitie Lees De Chenez and many others, has been brought together in order that these spiritual truths and impressions, presented in poetical form, will comfort and edify God's people as they wrestle daily with the world, the flesh, and the devil. To know that others have felt what we have felt, 'Through all the changing scenes of life , In trouble and in joy' to hear the feelings in our hearts echoed back to us, to be reminded of our Lord's love, will comfort the soul and bring encouragement. Some of the poems and lyrics included will be familiar as they have been set to music and become famous hymns - as John Newton puts it 'these are not 'odes', but are truths put plainly and simply for ordinary people to understand'. Some others are perhaps more deep and thought- provoking. Perhaps listening to them being read, instead of being sung will allow you to appreciate the sentiments in a different way. This audio edition is produced with the prayerful desire that the Blessed Spirit of God may be pleased to use it for Christ's Glory and for the comfort, encouragement and edification of God's people.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Learn German with Poetry: Goethes Der Erlkönig The Elfking Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Paul Beck Narrator: Alan Munro Format: Unabridged Length: 43 mins Language: English Release date: 03-13-15 Publisher: Trout Lake Media Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 5 votes Genres: Classics, Poetry Publisher's Summary: Learn German with Goethe's "Der Erlkönig" ("The Elf King"). Includes German version, German-English version, and English-German version.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Author: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Narrator: B.J. Harrison Format: Unabridged Length: 32 mins Language: English Release date: 02-25-15 Publisher: B.J. Harrison Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 101 votes Genres: Classics, Poetry Publisher's Summary: A bird of good omen is murdered. A fickle crew is punished by supernatural, spectral beings. A skeletal ship is sighted moving against the wind and tide. The figure of Death along with a singular, gruesome companion man the fiendish craft. And as they draw closer, it becomes clear that the two play at dice for the soul of the ancient mariner. The result is nothing short of cataclysmic.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Full Woman, Fleshly Apple, Hot Moon Subtitle: Selected Poems of Pablo Neruda Author: Pablo Neruda, Stephen Mitchell (translator) Narrator: Stephen Mitchell Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 43 mins Language: English Release date: 12-23-14 Publisher: Phoenix Books Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 10 votes Genres: Classics, Poetry Publisher's Summary: Mitchell, widely known for his original and definitive translations of spiritual writings and poetry, has taken the work of Neruda (1904-1973), whose poems are passionate, humorous, and exceptionally accessible, and brought them to life for a whole new generation of listeners. Mitchell has selected nearly 50 poems for this collection, which focuses on Neruda's mature period, beginning with Elemental Odes, published when he was 50 years old, and ending with Full Powers, published when he was 58.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ Título: Las hojas secas [The Dried Leaves] Autor: Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer Narrador: Emilio Villa, Sonolibro Formato: Unabridged Duración: 7 mins Idioma: Español Fecha de publicación: 03-18-14 Editor: Sonolibro Calificaciones: 4.5 de 5 de 17 votos Categorías: Classics, Poetry Resumen del editor: Una tarde de otoño cualquiera el poeta se funde completamente con el medio natural y escucha la conversación de dos hojas secas cualesquiera que se encuentran al borde del camino en la que una le cuenta a la otra como ha llegado hasta allí arrastrada por el torbellino de aire, mientras que la otra ha llegado a lomos de las aguas del río y sólo un último vendaval ha sido capaz de levantarla y de traerla donde se encuentra. Reflexionan las dos hojas sobre su nacimiento y los momentos más agradables de su vida cuando se mecían al viento entre sus hermanas en el árbol que las daba cobijo y como llegado el otoño cayeron al suelo y ya fueron títeres de los elementosUna corta reflexión sobre lo efímero de la existencia. Quizás la única conclusión posible sea: "Carpe Diem. Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Don Juan Author: George Gordon Byron Narrator: Charlton Griffin Format: Unabridged Length: 15 hrs and 28 mins Language: English Release date: 01-20-14 Publisher: Audio Connoisseur Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 9 votes Genres: Classics, Poetry Publisher's Summary: Byron's Don Juan is a comic masterpiece written in a satirical, mock heroic style. Based on the legend of Don Juan, (which is here pronounced JOO-AN), Byron completely reverses the portrayal of Juan, instead showing him as someone easily seduced by women instead of seducing them. He called this form of poetry "epic satire". It is generally considered to be Byron's masterpiece.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ Titre: Antigone Auteur: Jean Anouilh Narrateur: Jean Anouilh Format: Unabridged Durée: 1 hr and 28 mins Langue: Français Date de publication: 10-15-13 Éditeur: Editions Eponymes Evaluation: 4.5 sur 5 sur 3 votes Genres: Classics, Poetry Résumé de l'éditeur: Le personnage d'Antigone est l'allégorie de la Résistance s'opposant aux lois édictées par Créon / Pétain, qu'elle juge iniques. Elle refuse la facilité et préfère se rebeller, ne voulant pas céder à une prétendue fatalité... Créon pour sa part, revendique de faire un "sale boulot" parce que c'est son rôle et qu'il faut bien que quelqu'un le fasse. Anouilh s'inspire du geste de Paul Collette, un résistant français qui avait tiré sur Pierre Laval, chef du gouvernement de Vichy, le 27 août 1941. Jean Anouilh, en écrivant cette pièce de théâtre, trouve ainsi le moyen de dénoncer la passivité de certains face aux lois dictées par les nazis. Antigone symbolise la résistance qui s'obstine malgré les dangers encourus. Le public afflue dans des salles chauffées et oublie un temps les horreurs de la seconde Guerre mondiale. L'auteur est un écrivain et dramaturge français, né le 23 juin 1910 à Bordeaux (Gironde) et mort le 3 octobre 1987 à Lausanne (Suisse). Son oeuvre théâtrale commencée en 1932 est particulièrement abondante et variée : elle est constituée de nombreuses comédies souvent grinçantes et d'oeuvres à la tonalité dramatique ou tragique comme sa pièce la plus célèbre, Antigone, réécriture moderne de la pièce de Sophocle. © Editions Eponymes (P) Editions Eponymes

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Letters to a Young Poet Author: Rainer Maria Rilke Narrator: Marc Allen Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 50 mins Language: English Release date: 08-21-13 Publisher: New World Library Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 38 votes Genres: Classics, Poetry Publisher's Summary: These have been called the most famous and beloved letters of the past century. Rainer Maria Rilke himself said that much of his creative expression went into his correspondence, and here he touches upon a wide range of subjects that will interest writers, artists, and thinkers. This luminous translation of Rainer Maria Rilke's classic offers brilliant inspiration to all people who seek to know and express their inner truth. Letters to a Young Poet is a classic that should be required reading for anyone who dreams of expressing themselves creatively.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Rab the Rhymer Subtitle: Poems and Songs of Robert Burns - a 250th Birthday Celebration Author: Robert Burns Narrator: David Rintoul, Vivien Heilbron, Adrian Chandler, Mhairi Lawson Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 17 mins Language: English Release date: 08-13-13 Publisher: Creative Content Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes Genres: Classics, Poetry Publisher's Summary: Acclaimed actors David Rintoul and Vivien Heilbron and eminent musicians Mhairi Lawson and Adrian Chandler present not only Burns' greatest hits, but also a selection of his lesser-known, yet fascinating works. Together these provide a comprehensive overview of his prodigious and versatile genius. Divided into four thematic sections ('Love', 'Of Mice &amp Men', 'Off to War' and 'Food & Drink'), there's favourites like "A Red, Red Rose", "To A Mouse", "Tam O'Shanter", and "Ae Fond Kiss", interspersed with less familiar poems and songs such as "Rattlin' Roarin' Willie", "The Slave's Lament", and Burns's philosophy of poetry summarized in the three "Epistle to J. Lapraik".

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Great Poets: John Clare Author: John Clare Narrator: David Shaw-Parker Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 1 min Language: English Release date: 08-07-13 Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 6 votes Genres: Classics, Poetry Publisher's Summary: John Clare was the forgotten Romantic poet, until the late 20th century. Known by his contemporaries as the Peasant Poet, he recorded in his poems the natural landscape of rural England before the Industrial Revolution. His poems rival Wordsworths for their sensitivity to nature and pantheism: "I feel a beautiful providence ever about me", Clare wrote. But his life was a long struggle against poverty and mental collapse. Some of his finest poems were written in the local asylum.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Pure Water Subtitle: Poetry of Rumi Author: Coleman Barks, Jellaludin Rumi Narrator: Coleman Barks, Eugene Friesen (cello) Format: Original Recording Length: 1 hr and 8 mins Language: English Release date: 06-24-13 Publisher: BetterListen Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 87 votes Genres: Classics, Poetry Publisher's Summary: A 2009 Nautilus Gold Award Winner, Pure Water is Coleman Barks inspired live performance of the poetry of Jellaludin Rumi (1207-1273) - with Sufi stories and jokes, accompanied with music by Bach, OCarolan, Friesen and others. The performance captured in this recording recalls the essence of the communal celebrations of poetry, stories, jokes, prayer, and music in which Rumis work was first uttered, but presents it in a distinctive contemporary setting. Colemans words combine with the cello of Grammy Award-winner Eugene Friesen, carrying the language directly into the heart of the listener with a diverse menu of world folk melodies, Bach, and improvisation. As Rumi wrote: "What is the soul? Consciousness. The more awareness, the deeper the soul, and when such essence overflows, you feel a sacredness around. Its so simple to tell one who puts on a robe and pretends to be a dervish from the real thing. We know the taste of pure water...."

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Premature Burial Author: Edgar Alan Poe Narrator: Mike Vendetti Format: Unabridged Length: 40 mins Language: English Release date: 05-11-13 Publisher: Spoken Realms Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 4 votes Genres: Classics, Poetry Publisher's Summary: The fear of being buried alive was alive and well in the 19th century. It is said that Poe himself harbored this fear. An excellent audiobook to accompany a nighttime visit to a lonely graveyard.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Best-Loved Poems Author: Phillip Smith Narrator: uncredited Format: Abridged Length: 1 hr Language: English Release date: 03-13-13 Publisher: Dover Publications Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes Genres: Classics, Poetry Publisher's Summary: "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love", "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?", "Death, Be Not Proud", "The Raven", "The Road Not Taken", plus works by Blake, Wordsworth, Byron, Shelley, Keats, many others.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Great Love Poems Author: Shane Weller Narrator: uncredited Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 4 mins Language: English Release date: 03-06-13 Publisher: Dover Publications Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes Genres: Classics, Poetry Publisher's Summary: Down through the millennia the emotion of love has inspired countless poets to great heights of lyrical expression. In this volume listeners can sample great love poems by English and American poets. Spanning over four centuries of literary creation in the service of amour, the works include a selection of Shakespeare's sonnets, John Donne's "The Ecstasy", William Blake's "The Garden of Love", Robert Burns' "The Banks o'Doon" and "John Anderson My Jo", Lord Byron's "She Walks in Beauty", Edgar Allan Poe's "Annabel Lee", Robert Browning's "Meeting at Night", as well as works by W. B. Yeats, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, John Keats, Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson, John Milton, Richard Lovelace, Sir John Suckling, Matthew Arnold, A. E. Housman, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Robert Frost. Includes 2 selections from the Common Core State Standards Initiative.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Kalevala Author: Elias Lönnrot, Keith Bosley (translator) Narrator: Keith Bosley Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins Language: English Release date: 02-05-13 Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 49 votes Genres: Classics, Poetry Publisher's Summary: The Kalevala provides a compelling insight into the myths and folklore of Finland. Compiled by Elias Lönnrot in the 19th century, this impressive volume follows a tradition of oral storytelling that goes back some 2000 years, and it is often compared to such epic poems as Homer's Odyssey. However, The Kalevala has little in common with the culture of its Nordic neighbors: It is primarily poetic, it is mythical rather than historic, and its heroes solve their problems with magic more often than violence. This version uses the acclaimed translation by Keith Bosley, who is one of the acknowledged experts on The Kalevala. Highly popular and accessible, his is widely regarded to be the authoritative text.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Epic of Gilgamesh Author: Sebastian Lockwood (adaptation) Narrator: Sebastian Lockwood Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 6 mins Language: English Release date: 01-12-13 Publisher: LumenArts Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 74 votes Genres: Classics, Poetry Publisher's Summary: A new version of The Epic of Gilgamesh by Sebastian Lockwood. This is the story of Gilgamesh, King of Kings, who brought back knowledge from before the flood - who loved and lost his companion Enkidu and had to find out why we die. The Epic of Gilgamesh was written on clay tablets over 4,000 years ago, in what is today Baghdad Iraq - the Biblical Garden of Eden between the Tigris and the Euphrates. Having performed the story for years, Lockwood gives a passionate reading from a text that faithfully follows the original.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: 'Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight' & 'Towser Shall Be Tied Tonight' Author: Rosa Hartwick Thorpe Narrator: L. J. Stevens, Kevin Yancy, K. Anderson Yancy, Lesley K. Pearson, Sandy J. Hotchkiss Format: Unabridged Length: 26 mins Language: English Release date: 01-08-13 Publisher: SonicMovie.net, ChicagooWood Media, Wollcott & Sheridan Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Classics, Poetry Publisher's Summary: Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight by Rosa Hartwick Thorpe Through an act of heroism a woman saves her lover, who was destined to be executed in The Tower of London at the ringing of the curfew. Towser Shall Be Tied Tonight by Unknown A Parody of Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight. Instead of taking place in the majestic and historic Tower of London, the story takes place on a farm in Kansas and the threat to Love is the dreaded dog Towser.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Hafiz Subtitle: The Voice of God: A Hundred Odes Author: Khalid Hameed Shaida (translator), Hafiz Narrator: uncredited Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 41 mins Language: English Release date: 10-14-12 Publisher: Khalid Hameed Shaida Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 8 votes Genres: Classics, Poetry Publisher's Summary: In what might be one of the most definitive English translations of Persian mystic and poet Hafiz, the English and Urdu translator Khalid Hameed Shaida blends an empathetic pen with what must be a deeply intuitive soul. Tender and sincere, Hafiz: The Voice of God, A Hundred Odes is a powerful collection of Hafiz's first 100 lyrical poems, or ghazals, that bring to fruition love, mysticism, and other early Sufi themes. With a keen sense of timing and verse, the translator is able to capture the lyrical, at times playful, quality as well as Hafiz's profound messages that possess elements of modern surrealism. This compilation stresses form and verse as it weaves a nearly magical intensity that will have new readers falling in love with an ancient master of poetry and aficionados of the Persian mystic period appreciating timeless odes in a creative and inspired voice.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Metaphysical Poets [Naxos Edition] Author: John Donne, Andrew Marvell, George Herbert, Thomas Carew, Henry Vaughan, Edmund Waller, William Davenant Narrator: Nicholas Boulton, Jonathan Keeble, Laura Paton, Geoffrey Whitehead, Roy McMillan, Will Keen Format: Original Recording Length: 1 hr and 18 mins Language: English Release date: 08-07-12 Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 14 votes Genres: Classics, Poetry Publisher's Summary: John Donne, Andrew Marvell, George Herbert, Thomas Carew, and Henry Vaughan: these were some of the 17th-century writers who devised a new form of poetry full of wit, intellect and grace, which we now call Metaphysical poetry. They wrote about their deepest religious feelings and their carnal pleasures in a way that was radically new and challenging to their readers. Their work was largely misunderstood or ignored for two centuries, until 20th-century critics rediscovered it, finding in it a deep originality and a willingness to experiment that made much conventional poetry look merely decorative. This collection provides the perfect introduction to this diverse group of fascinating poets. Editorial Reviews: Never is a performer's skill (or lack of) more evident than when reciting poetry. He or she must bring proper pacing, nuance, and depth to a work or risk compromising the meaning in garbled delivery. In the Naxos Edition of The Metaphysical Poets, Nicholas Boulton, Jonathan Keeble, Laura Paton, Geoffrey Whitehead, Roy McMillan, and Will Keen all seem to grasp the intricate metaphors that serve as vehicles for this philosophical and spiritual material. The result is stirring and effective poetry. John Donne's poems are the most represented here, and his reader's quavering, sentimental yet scholarly voice adds dimension to the poet's abstract thoughts. The work of Andrew Marvell, George Herbert, Thomas Carew, Henry Vaughan, Edmund Waller, and others is also represented.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Evgenii Onegin Subtitle: A New Translation by Mary Hobson Author: Alexander Pushkin, Mary Hobson (translator) Narrator: Neville Jason Format: Unabridged Length: 4 hrs and 27 mins Language: English Release date: 05-22-12 Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 61 votes Genres: Classics, Poetry Publisher's Summary: Evgenii Onegin is best known in the West through Tchaikovskys opera Eugene Onegin. But the original narrative poem (consisting of 389 stanzas, the form of which has become known as the "Pushkin sonnet") is one of the landmarks of Russian literature. In the poem, the eponymous hero repudiates love, only to later experience the pain of rejection himself. Pushkins unique style proves timeless in its exploration of love, life, passion, jealousy, and the consequences of social convention. This is the first time the work has appeared in audiobook form and is part of Naxos AudioBooks' intention to make the major European literary works available on audio.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Emily Dickinson: A Poet in Verse Author: Emily Dickinson Narrator: Patricia Rodriguez, Richard Mitchley, Tim Graham, Gideon Wagner, Ghizela Rowe Format: Original Recording Length: 1 hr and 14 mins Language: English Release date: 04-16-12 Publisher: The Copyright Group Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes Genres: Classics, Poetry Publisher's Summary: As private as she was eccentric, Emily Dickinson published only a handful of poems in her lifetime. Most of her work, much of which dealt with themes of death and immortality, was published posthumously, to mixed reviews. But it would be her unconventional poetic style, which was most criticized early on, that would ultimately gain her recognition as one of the greatest American poets of all time. Here, a lovely sampling of the poems of Emily Dickinson is brought to your ears by Patricia Rodriguez, Richard Mitchely, Tim Graham, Gideon Wagner, and Ghizela Rowe.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/53/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Emily Dickinson Subtitle: Selected Poems Author: Emily Dickinson Narrator: Mary Woods Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins Language: English Release date: 04-03-12 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 4 votes Genres: Classics, Poetry Publisher's Summary: Emily Dickinson today has gained her deserved place alongside Walt Whitman as one of the two greatest American poets of the 19th century. Beginning always with particulars of personal experience, her poems encompass life and death, love and longing, joyfulness and sorrow. With sparse, precise language, she conveyed a penetrating vision of the natural world and an acute understanding of the most profound human truths. The poems included in this collection are grouped by three time periods, 1890, 1891, and 1896, and by the subjects of life, love, nature, and time and eternity. Critic Reviews: If there were ever a poet whose work begged to be heard, it would be Dickinson. (Library Journal) Her poems are remarkable for their condensation, their vividness of image, their delicate or pungent satire and irony, their childlike responsiveness to experience, their subtle feeling for naturetheir excellence in imaginative insight and still greater excellence in fancy. (Cambridge History of American Literature) I find ecstacy in living, she said to Higginson, and spoke truly, as her poems show. In an unexpected light on orchards, in a wistful mood of meadow or wood-border held secure for a moment before it vanishedin the echoes, obscure in origin, that stirred within her own mind and soul, now a tenuous melody, now a deep harmony, a haunting question, or a memorable affirmation - everywhere she displayed something of the mystics insight and joy. (Norman Foerster)