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Odyssey, The Written By : Homer Narrator : Full Cast Performance Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd Length : 3 hours 50 minutes Type : Dramatizations Classic Literature Drama Price : $22.25 Buy Now! Winner of a Gold Award for Abridged fiction at the Spoken Word Awards 2005 A BBC Radio 4 full-cast production of Homer’s epic seafaring adventure, dramatised by award-winning poet Simon Armitage and starring Tim McInnerny and Amanda Redman. ‘My fame is written in the heavens, and my fate too...’ So speaks Odysseus as he starts to recount his struggles to sail home to Ithaca, in one of the greatest pieces of storytelling in Western literature. The Odyssey is his incredible traveller’s tale – and also the story of his faithful wife Penelope who waits for him, besieged by suitors, and their son Telemachus who has a quest of his own. In a twenty-year journey, fabulous fantasy mixes with extraordinary reality as Odysseus encounters enchantresses, nymphs, monsters, prophets and ghosts. From the temptations of the lotus flowers and the Sirens’ song to the horrors of the Cyclops’ cave and the Land of the Dead, the story of his encounters is riveting. We hear of Circe, who turned his men into swine; Calypso, who held Odysseus prisoner for seven years; and the dreadful six-headed monster Scylla who devoured some of his crew. And we hear of the Gods, who have a vital role to play... Dramatised by major contemporary poet Simon Armitage to celebrate the return of the Olympics to Athens, this full-cast production brings Odysseus’s adventures to vivid life,conveying all the excitement, suspense and poetry of the original. A stunning aural rollercoaster ride, The Odyssey will have your heart in your mouth and stir your soul. Other titles you may be interested in Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, A Written By : Mark Twain Narrator : Stuart Langton Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc Length : 11 hours Type : Classic Literature Price : $23.95 A Yankee mechanic, knocked out in a fight, awakens at Camelot in A.D. 528. He saves himself from prison and death by posing as a magician and becoming minister to King Arthur. But when he attempts to help out the peasants, he meets opposition. More... Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Written By : Lewis Carroll Narrator : Fiona Shaw Published By : Select Music & Distribution Length : 2 hours 25 minutes Type : Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Magic Classics Classics Classic Literature Price : $11.99 The fantasy worlds in which Alice finds herself introduce her to some well known characters! More... History of English Literature, The Written By : Perry Keenlyside Narrator : Full Cast Production Published By : Select Music & Distribution Length : 5 hours 15 minutes Type : Social & Economic Classic Literature Price : $18.75 The story of literature that has touched the hearts & stirred the minds of countless readers. More... Importance of Being Earnest, The Written By : Oscar Wilde Narrator : Alec McCowen, Lynn Redgrave and cast Published By : Harper Collins UK Length : 3 hours Type : Classic Literature Classics Modern Classics Price : $11.99 This elaborate fabrication proceeds smoothly until Jack/Ernest falls in love and his fiancee’s mother discovers there is more – or, rather, less – to him than meets the eye. More... Walden Written By : Henry David Thoreau Narrator : William Hope Published By : Select Music & Distribution Length : 5 hours 15 minutes Type : Classic Literature Price : $18.75 'If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.' In 1845 Henry David Thoreau, one of the principal New England Transcendentalists, left... More...