Seamus Heaney
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Featured Article: The top 100 classics of all time
Before we whipped out our old high school syllabi and dug deep into our libraries to start selecting contenders for this list, we first had to answer the question, "How do we define a classic?" The answer isn’t as straightforward as you might guess, though there’s a lot to be said for the old adage, "You know it when you see it" (or, in this case, hear it). Of course, most critically, each of our picks had to be fabulous in audio. So dust off your aspirational listening list—we have some amazing additions you don’t want to miss.
Best Sellers
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Beowulf
- By: Seamus Heaney
- Narrated by: Seamus Heaney
- Length: 2 hrs and 13 mins
- Abridged
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Heaney's performance reminds us that Beowulf was intended to be heard not read....
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Why, oh, why is it abridged?
- By Tad Davis on 09-25-08
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Beowulf
- Narrated by: Seamus Heaney
- Length: 2 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 05-10-06
- Language: English
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Beowulf
- By: Seamus Heaney - translator
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Composed toward the end of the first millennium, Beowulf is the elegiac narrative of the adventures of Beowulf, a Scandinavian hero who saves the Danes from the seemingly invincible monster Grendel and, later, from Grendel's mother.
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Almost perfect
- By Tad Davis on 01-28-13
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Beowulf
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 01-11-13
- Language: English
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Seamus Heaney III Collected Poems (published 1996-2010)
- The Spirit Level; Electric Light; District and Circle; Human Chain
- By: Seamus Heaney
- Narrated by: Seamus Heaney
- Length: 4 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Volume three of the definitive collection of Seamus Heaney reading his own work, recorded in in 2009 by RTE....
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His reflections run wide, deep, and True.
- By Tom on 12-12-22
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Seamus Heaney III Collected Poems (published 1996-2010)
- The Spirit Level; Electric Light; District and Circle; Human Chain
- Narrated by: Seamus Heaney
- Length: 4 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 09-27-18
- Language: English
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Seamus Heaney II Collected Poems (published 1979-1991)
- Field Work; Station Island; The Haw Lantern; Seeing Things
- By: Seamus Heaney
- Narrated by: Seamus Heaney
- Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Volume two of the definitive collection of Seamus Heaney reading his own work, recorded in 2009 by RTE....
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Exceptional
- By Laura Raff-Tierney on 04-30-19
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Seamus Heaney II Collected Poems (published 1979-1991)
- Field Work; Station Island; The Haw Lantern; Seeing Things
- Narrated by: Seamus Heaney
- Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 09-27-18
- Language: English
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Seamus Heaney I Collected Poems (published 1966-1975)
- Death of a Naturalist; Door into the Dark; Wintering Out; North
- By: Seamus Heaney
- Narrated by: Seamus Heaney
- Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Volume one of the definitive collection of Seamus Heaney reading his own work, recorded in 2009 by RTE....
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Like nothing I've ever heard before oh, this is ar
- By DCinNM on 08-23-20
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Seamus Heaney I Collected Poems (published 1966-1975)
- Death of a Naturalist; Door into the Dark; Wintering Out; North
- Narrated by: Seamus Heaney
- Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 09-27-18
- Language: English
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Stepping Stones
- By: Seamus Heaney
- Narrated by: Seamus Heaney
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
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This selection of Seamus Heaney's poems is drawn from nine collections, including The Spirit Level...
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A gentle, gracious and personal performance
- By Louie Crew Clay on 01-26-15
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Stepping Stones
- Narrated by: Seamus Heaney
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
- Release date: 12-16-99
- Language: English
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Beowulf
- A New Translation
- By: Seamus Heaney
- Narrated by: Seamus Heaney
- Length: 2 hrs and 15 mins
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One of the great classics of English literature, it tells the story of a hero who wins glory and learns wisdom and is then called upon to face a final test against the monstrous....
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Beowulf
- A New Translation
- Narrated by: Seamus Heaney
- Length: 2 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 08-20-15
- Language: English
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100 Poems
- By: Seamus Heaney
- Narrated by: Catherine Heaney, Christopher Heaney, Seamus Heaney
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Seamus Heaney had the idea to form a personal selection from across the entire arc of his poetry, small yet comprehensive enough to serve as an introduction for all comers....
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100 Poems
- Narrated by: Catherine Heaney, Christopher Heaney, Seamus Heaney
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 11-03-22
- Language: English
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New Selected Poems
- Narrated by: Seamus Heaney
- Length: 2 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 10-30-14
- Language: English
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Aeneid
- Book VI
- By: Seamus Heaney
- Narrated by: Ian McKellen
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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The sixth book of Virgil's Aeneid, in which Aeneas travels into the underworld to meet the spirit of his father, is a story that captivated Seamus Heaney from his schooldays....
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Aeneid
- Book VI
- Narrated by: Ian McKellen
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
- Release date: 05-06-16
- Language: English
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