"George Eliot's humanity colors all her other gifts--her humor, her morality, and her exquisite
rhetoric."--Henry James
"There is no book of mine about which I more thoroughly feel that I swear by every sentence as having been
written with my best blood." Thus wrote George Eliot about Romola, the book which is central in her
career as a novelist and amongst her most colorful, fluent, and persuasive works.
Set in Florence in 1492, a time of great political and religious turmoil, Eliot's novel blends vivid fictional
characters with historical figures such as Savonarola, Machiavelli, and the Medicis. When Romola, the virtuous
daughter of a blind scholar, marries Tito Melema, a charismatic young Greek, she is bound to a man whose
escalating betrayals threaten to destroy all that she holds dear. Profoundly inspired by Savonarola's teachings,
then crushed by the religious leader's ultimate failure, Romola finds her salvation in noble self-sacrifice.
Written By : William Shakespeare
Narrator : Fay Compton
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Length : 3 minutes
Type : Shakespeare
Classic Literature
Price : $1.65
This impassioned speech is beautifully spoken by Fay Compton in this BBC Sound archives recording. More... |
Written By : Sir Walter Scott
Narrator : Robert Whitfield
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
Length : 13 hours
Type : Classic Literature
Price : $23.95
The Crusaders, led by Richard I of England, are encamped in the Holy Land and torn by the dissensions and jealousies of the leaders, including Coeur de Lion himself and Philip of France. More... |
Written By : Frances Hodgson Burnett
Narrator : David Thorn
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
Length : 11 hours
Type : Classic Literature
Price : $23.95
From the author of such children’s classics as The Secret Garden and A Little Princess comes this enchanting story of a young boy discovering his true destiny. Twelve-year-old Marco has spent his life traveling with his father in secrecy, forbidden to speak about their country of origin,... More... |
Written By : Oscar Wilde
Narrator : Full Cast Performance
Published By : Select Music & Distribution
Length : 1 hour 50 minutes
Type : Classic Literature
Dramatizations
Price : $11.99
This is one of the great recordings of a great play. John Gielgud stars as Earnest and Edith Evans ..... 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... |
