Pageantry, knights, and beautiful maidens of old abound in the episodes comprising this favorite story.
"You who so plod amid serious things that you feel it a shame to give yourself up even for a few short moments to mirth and joyousness in the land of Fancy; you who think that life hath naught to do with innocent laughter that can harm no one, these pages are not for you...."--from the book
Here are the beloved adventures of the mischievous hero Robin Hood and his brave and merry band of outlaws, who forged a chivalrous code to protect the oppressed and despoil the oppressors. Follow along as Robin makes his breathtaking escapes from his archenemy, the Sheriff of Nottingham, while classic characters like Friar Tuck, Will Scarlet, and Little John create one hilarious escapade after another. Pageantry, knights, and beautiful maidens of old abound in the episodes comprising this favorite story.
Written By : W. Somerset Maugham
Narrator : Kate Reading
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
Length : 7 hours 30 minutes
Type : Classic Literature
Price : $39.95 $16.95
Set in the 1920s, The Painted Veil is the story of the beautiful but love-starved Kitty Fane. When her husband discovers her adulterous affair, he forces her to accompany him to the heart of a cholera epidemic, where she is compelled by her awakening conscience to reassess her life and learn how... More... |
Written By : Charles Dickens
Narrator : Richard Wilson
Published By : Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Length : 2 hours
Type : Classic Literature
Classics
Price : $16.75
The story of how the extraordinary events of Christmas Eve change the miserly Scrooge forever have made A Christmas Carol one of the greatest of all Christmas stories... More... |
Written By : Joseph Conrad
Narrator : Frederick Davidson
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
Length : 4 hours
Type : Classic Literature
Price : $25.95 $12.95
Marlow, the story’s narrator, tells his friends of an experience in the British Congo where he once ran a river steamer for a trading company. He tells of the ivory traders’ cruel exploitation of the natives there. Chief among these is a greedy and treacherous European named Kurtz, a man who has... More... |
Written By : William Shakespeare
Narrator : Full Cast Production
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Length : 3 hours 30 minutes
Type : Dramatizations
Classic Literature
Shakespeare
British
Drama
Price : $22.25
Michael Sheen stars as Hamlet with Kenneth Cranham as Claudius, Juliet Stevenson as Gertrude and Ellie Beaven as Ophelia in the best-known and most powerful tragedy of modern times... More... |
Written By : Emile Zola
Narrator : Traci Svendsgaard
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
Length : 6 hours 30 minutes
Type : Classic Literature
Price : $29.95 $21.95
In a dingy apartment on the Passage du Pont-Neuf in Paris, Thérèse Raquin is trapped in a loveless marriage to her sickly cousin, Camille. The numbing tedium of her life is suddenly shattered when she embarks on a turbulent affair with her husband’s earthy friend Laurent. But their passion for... More... |
