Showing results for "The" in Literary History & Criticism
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Pride and Prejudice [Audible Studios]
- By: Jane Austen
- Narrated by: Lindsay Duncan
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Pride and Prejudice has delighted generations of readers with its unforgettable cast of characters, carefully choreographed plot, and a hugely entertaining view of the world and its absurdities. With the arrival of eligible young men in their neighbourhood, the lives of Mr and Mrs Bennet and their five daughters are turned inside out and upside down.
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A great novel beautifully narrated
- By Paddington on 10-08-2014
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Pride and Prejudice [Audible Studios]
- Narrated by: Lindsay Duncan
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 28-02-2006
- Language: English
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Books That Matter: Meditations
- By: Massimo Pigliucci, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Massimo Pigliucci
- Length: 6 hrs
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What is it about Stoicism that Marcus found so important then, and that millions find relevant today? In the 12 fascinating lectures of Books That Matter: Meditations, professor Massimo Pigliucci explores the questions Marcus believed were crucial to address in a life of value, the answers he proposed, and the many ways in which you can use Stoic philosophy. While Meditations was originally written for an audience of just one, what Marcus wanted to examine certainly still applies to us today. What exactly should we be mindful of in this life?
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Books That Matter: Meditations
- Narrated by: Massimo Pigliucci
- Length: 6 hrs
- Release date: 14-03-2025
- Language: English
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The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time
- By: Will Durant
- Narrated by: John Little
- Length: 3 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Best-selling historian and philosopher Will Durant devoted his entire life to studying the most significant eras, individuals, and achievements of human history. Here is a summation of Durant's work, as he presents the best of world history. Filled with Durant's renowned wit, knowledge, and unique ability to explain events in simple and exciting terms, it is a concise liberal arts education.
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Silly Enlightenment Belief in Progress, etc.
- By Stacey on 02-01-2022
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The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time
- Narrated by: John Little
- Length: 3 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 19-12-2003
- Language: English
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To the River
- A Journey Beneath the Surface
- By: Olivia Laing
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall21
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Over 60 years after Virginia Woolf drowned in the River Ouse, Olivia Laing set out one midsummer morning to walk its banks, from source to sea. Along the way, she explores the roles that rivers play in human lives, tracing their intricate flow through literature, mythology, and folklore. Lyrical and stirring, To the River is a passionate investigation into how history resides in a landscape - and how ghosts never quite leave the places they love.
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a deeply moving history surprisingly shared
- By Anonymous on 30-07-2022
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To the River
- A Journey Beneath the Surface
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 28-05-2019
- Language: English
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Sherlock Holmes: Beyond the Elementary
- By: James Krasner, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: James Krasner
- Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins
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Every hero works to soothe the fears of the people during their period in history. Heroes are not only brave, but they’re also able to navigate the convoluted corridors of society, and to see through the respectable pretense of others to detect the evil that lies within. So, who better to take on the foggy, crime-ridden streets and strict social mores of Victorian London than the iconic literary detective Sherlock Holmes? In Sherlock Holmes: Beyond the Elementary, you’ll investigate the history behind Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s whip-smart, charismatic detective.
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Sherlock Holmes: Beyond the Elementary
- Narrated by: James Krasner
- Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 18-05-2021
- Language: English
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The Inklings
- C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Their Friends
- By: Humphrey Carpenter
- Narrated by: Bernard Mayes
- Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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During the 1930s at Oxford, C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams - remarkable friends, writers, and scholars - met regularly to discuss philosophy and literature and to read aloud from their own works in progress. Calling themselves the Inklings, their circle grew. It was in this company that such classics as The Lord of the Rings, The Screwtape Letters, and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe first found an audience.
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Certainly surprised by joy
- By Kenneth on 05-03-2019
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The Inklings
- C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Their Friends
- Narrated by: Bernard Mayes
- Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 01-11-2017
- Language: English
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Curiosity
- By: Alberto Manguel
- Narrated by: John McDonough
- Length: 15 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Tracing 25 centuries of human history, from the fourth century BC to the present day, Manguel dedicates each of his chapters to a single character - ranging from our best-known thinkers, scientists, and artists to seemingly minor figures of whom we know little more than one inspired utterance - in whom he identifies a particular way of asking the question "why?"
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Curiosity
- Narrated by: John McDonough
- Length: 15 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 28-04-2015
- Language: English
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The Trip to Echo Spring
- On Writers and Drinking
- By: Olivia Laing
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Trip to Echo Spring, Olivia Laing examines the link between creativity and alcohol through the work and lives of six of America's finest writers: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Tennessee Williams, John Berryman, John Cheever, and Raymond Carver. All six of these men were alcoholics, and the subject of drinking surfaces in some of their finest work, from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof to A Moveable Feast.
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The Trip to Echo Spring
- On Writers and Drinking
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 30-04-2019
- Language: English
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Savage Beauty
- The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay
- By: Nancy Milford
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 24 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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If F. Scott Fitzgerald was the hero of the Jazz Age, Edna St. Vincent Millay, as flamboyant in her love affairs as she was in her art, was its heroine. A winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Millay was dazzling in the performance of herself. Her voice was likened to an instrument of seduction, and her impact on crowds and on men was legendary. Yet beneath her studied act, all was not well.
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Struggled
- By Maryanne on 17-04-2022
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Savage Beauty
- The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 24 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 29-03-2022
- Language: English
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Rise of the Novel
- Exploring History’s Greatest Early Works
- By: Leo Damrosch, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Leo Damrosch
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
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Thousands of novels are published around the world every year. There are so many readily available, it would take multiple lifetimes for a single person to even read a fraction of them. But it hasn’t always been that way. While humans have always been storytellers, the novel as we recognize it today is a relatively new art form in the timeline of human culture. Of all the ways we tell stories, why has the novel become such a perennial favorite? How did the novel go from a narrative experiment with a low-brow reputation to a cultural touchstone and focal point of modern literature?
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Rise of the Novel
- Exploring History’s Greatest Early Works
- Narrated by: Leo Damrosch
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 24-04-2020
- Language: English
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Between Heaven and Hell
- A Dialog Somewhere Beyond Death with John F. Kennedy, C. S. Lewis Aldous Huxley
- By: Peter Kreeft
- Narrated by: David Swanson
- Length: 3 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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On November 22, 1963, three great men died within a few hours of each other: C. S. Lewis, John F. Kennedy, and Aldous Huxley. All three believed, in different ways, that death is not the end of human life. Suppose they were right, and suppose they met after death. How might the conversation go? Peter Kreeft imagines their discussion as a part of The Great Conversation that has been going on for centuries. Does human life have meaning? Is it possible to know about life after death? What if one could prove that Jesus was God?
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Life changing
- By Amazon Customer on 28-10-2024
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Between Heaven and Hell
- A Dialog Somewhere Beyond Death with John F. Kennedy, C. S. Lewis Aldous Huxley
- Narrated by: David Swanson
- Length: 3 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 21-06-2021
- Language: English
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Edgar Allan Poe: Master of Horror
- By: Mark Canada, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Mark Canada
- Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins
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Through these 10 lectures, you will delve into the darkness of Poe’s most nightmarish stories, including “The Tell-Tale Heart”, “The Pit and the Pendulum”, and “The Fall of the House of Usher”. You’ll also learn how he invented the detective story and explored themes of love and loss in such poems as “Ulalume” and “Annabel Lee”. And you’ll discover how Poe employed symbolism, imagery, rhythm and rhyme, irony and paradox, repetition, simile, and foreshadowing to create a unique body of work.
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Couldn’t stop listening.
- By Anonymous on 14-09-2024
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Edgar Allan Poe: Master of Horror
- Narrated by: Mark Canada
- Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 20-10-2020
- Language: English
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American Dreamer: Who Was Jay Gatsby?
- By: Blanchard House
- Narrated by: Joe Nocera
- Length: 4 hrs and 46 mins
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Just before the small-time bootlegger Max Gerlach died, he tried to reveal his secret: he was the inspiration for the mysterious Jay Gatsby. It’s a nice story, but was he telling the truth? Veteran reporter Joe Nocera and producer Poppy Damon investigate this century-old literary mystery and uncover untold secrets about the Great American Novel.
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American Dreamer: Who Was Jay Gatsby?
- Narrated by: Joe Nocera
- Length: 4 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 28-03-2024
- Language: English
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La Reine Margot
- By: Alexandre Dumas, David Coward - translator
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 17 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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La Reine Margot is a novel of suspense and drama which recreates the violent world of intrigue, murder, and duplicity of the French Renaissance. Dumas fills his canvas with a gallery of unforgettable characters, unremitting action, and the engaging generosity of spirit which has made him one of the world’s greatest and best-loved storytellers.
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La Reine Margot
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 17 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 11-05-2021
- Language: English
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The Elephants in My Backyard
- A Memoir
- By: Rajiv Surendra
- Narrated by: Rajiv Surendra
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance18
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Rajiv Surendra was filming Mean Girls, playing the beloved rapping mathlete Kevin Gnapoor, when a cameraman insisted he read Yann Martel's Life of Pi. So begins his "lovely and human" (Jenny Lawson, author of Furiously Happy) tale of obsessively pursuing a dream, overcoming failure, and finding meaning in life.
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Unexpected delight
- By Anonymous on 06-07-2025
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The Elephants in My Backyard
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Rajiv Surendra
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 26-04-2017
- Language: English
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The Spoils of Poynton
- By: Henry James
- Narrated by: Maureen O'Brien
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
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Mrs Gereth, a wealthy widow, is dreading the day that her son, Owen, gets married. She hopes that he will marry a woman who will appreciate their home and all of its treasures as she does. So she enlists the help of Fleda Vetch to try to corrupt the impending marriage of her son and Mona Brigstock - a philistine who is determined to marry Owen in order to inherit Mrs Gereth’s valuable possessions and home by any means. Meanwhile, Fleda hides her real feelings towards Owen. Even when he ends up feeling the same way, Fleda cannot bring herself to marry him as this would force him to break his engagement to Mona, and thus betray all of her own ideals.
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Beautifully read
- By Riley on 23-12-2020
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The Spoils of Poynton
- Narrated by: Maureen O'Brien
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 15-05-2009
- Language: English
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The Beats
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: David Sterritt
- Narrated by: James Conlan
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the writers of the Beat Generation revolutionized American literature with their iconoclastic approach to language and their angry assault on the conformity and conservatism of postwar society. They and their followers took aim at the hypocrisy and taboos of their time - particularly those involving sex, race, and class - in such provocative works as Jack Kerouac's On the Road (1957), Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" (1956), and William S. Burroughs's Naked Lunch (1959).
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The Beats
- A Very Short Introduction
- Narrated by: James Conlan
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 01-06-2021
- Language: English
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Doctor Thorne
- By: Anthony Trollope
- Narrated by: Timothy West
- Length: 20 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Doctor Thorne is the third audiobook in Anthony Trollope's series known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire. Long regarded as one of Trollope's greatest works, it is a complex story of love, greed and illegitimacy. Set in fictional Barsetshire, it concerns the romantic challenges facing Doctor Thorne's penniless niece, Mary, and Frank Gresham, the only son of the impoverished squire of Greshambury. Mary falls in love with Frank but he is constrained by the need to marry well to restore the family fortunes.
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A fabulous classic
- By Donna on 06-02-2025
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Doctor Thorne
- Narrated by: Timothy West
- Series: Chronicles of Barsetshire, Book 3, Audible Exclusive - Chronicles of Barsetshire, read by Timothy West, Book 3
- Length: 20 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 16-01-2008
- Language: English
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Books That Cook: Food & Fiction
- By: Jennifer Cognard-Black, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Jennifer Cognard-Black
- Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
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Professor Jennifer Cognard-Black takes you on a culinary tour of fiction, from Proust’s evocative madeleine and the voracious hunger of fairy tales to the intersection of recipes with storytelling and the emotional consumption of food on film. These lessons look at how food can be so much more than mere set dressing in a great story.
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Literally... figurative food in your mind's favourite restaurant
- By Deirdre E Siegel on 23-10-2021
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Books That Cook: Food & Fiction
- Narrated by: Jennifer Cognard-Black
- Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 18-05-2021
- Language: English
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Mere Christianity
- By: C. S. Lewis
- Narrated by: Geoffrey Howard
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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2012 marks the 60th anniversary of the publication of C. S. Lewis’s classic, Mere Christianity. Having sold over half a million copies in the UK alone, his overview of Christianity has been imitated many times, but never outdone. Mere Christianity brings together Lewis’s legendary broadcasts from the war years; talks in which he set out simply to ‘"explain and defend the belief that has been common to nearly all Christians at all times."
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Practical & thoughtful defence of Christianity
- By Lyon Imports on 11-02-2019
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Mere Christianity
- Narrated by: Geoffrey Howard
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 12-04-2012
- Language: English
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