Bestsellers
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The Iliad
- By: Homer, Emily Wilson - translator
- Narrated by: Audra McDonald
- Length: 20 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 384
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 343
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 343
Wilson has returned with an equally revelatory translation of Homer’s other great epic―the most revered war poem of all time....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Work of Scholarship Accessible to All
- By KY-Barbara on 10-05-23
By: Homer, and others
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Paradise Lost
- By: John Milton
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,671
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,423
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,420
John Milton's Paradise Lost is one of the greatest epic poems in the English language....
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5 out of 5 stars
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The most accessible reading of Paradise Lost
- By Tony McClung on 02-21-10
By: John Milton
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The Divine Comedy
- Inferno; Purgatorio; Paradiso
- By: Dante Alighieri, Stephen Wyatt
- Narrated by: Blake Ritson, John Hurt, David Warner, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2,306
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,041
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2,028
Blake Ritson, David Warner, Hattie Morahan and John Hurt star in this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Dante's epic poem "Inferno"....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Revisiting the land of the dead
- By Adeliese Baumann on 10-21-16
By: Dante Alighieri, and others
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The Inferno
- By: Dante, Robert Hollander - translator, Jean Hollander - translator
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 367
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 314
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 312
The epic grandeur of Dante's masterpiece has inspired readers and listeners for 700 years and has entered the human imagination....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Into Hell
- By Adam on 10-25-19
By: Dante, and others
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The Divine Comedy
- Penguin Classics
- By: Robin Kirkpatrick - translator, Dante Alighieri
- Narrated by: Jot Davies, Robin Kirkpatrick, Kristin Atherton
- Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 28
The Divine Comedy describes Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as a guide, his ascent of Mount Purgatory and his encounter with his dead love Beatrice, and finally, his arrival in Heaven....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Solid, read with gusto
- By Tad Davis on 11-15-20
By: Robin Kirkpatrick - translator, and others
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Metamorphoses
- Penguin Classics
- By: Ovid, David Raeburn - translator, Denis Feeney
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis, John Sackville, Maya Saroya, and others
- Length: 18 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 65
Ovid's sensuous and witty poetry brings together a dazzling array of mythological tales, ingeniously linked by the idea of transformation - often as a result of love or lust - where men and women find themselves magically changed into new and sometimes extraordinary beings....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A revelation
- By Michael Cain on 05-24-20
By: Ovid, and others
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The Iliad
- By: Homer, Emily Wilson - translator
- Narrated by: Audra McDonald
- Length: 20 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 384
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 343
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 343
Wilson has returned with an equally revelatory translation of Homer’s other great epic―the most revered war poem of all time....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Work of Scholarship Accessible to All
- By KY-Barbara on 10-05-23
By: Homer, and others
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Paradise Lost
- By: John Milton
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,671
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,423
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,420
John Milton's Paradise Lost is one of the greatest epic poems in the English language....
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5 out of 5 stars
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The most accessible reading of Paradise Lost
- By Tony McClung on 02-21-10
By: John Milton
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The Divine Comedy
- Inferno; Purgatorio; Paradiso
- By: Dante Alighieri, Stephen Wyatt
- Narrated by: Blake Ritson, John Hurt, David Warner, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2,306
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,041
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2,028
Blake Ritson, David Warner, Hattie Morahan and John Hurt star in this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Dante's epic poem "Inferno"....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Revisiting the land of the dead
- By Adeliese Baumann on 10-21-16
By: Dante Alighieri, and others
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The Inferno
- By: Dante, Robert Hollander - translator, Jean Hollander - translator
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 367
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 314
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 312
The epic grandeur of Dante's masterpiece has inspired readers and listeners for 700 years and has entered the human imagination....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Into Hell
- By Adam on 10-25-19
By: Dante, and others
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The Divine Comedy
- Penguin Classics
- By: Robin Kirkpatrick - translator, Dante Alighieri
- Narrated by: Jot Davies, Robin Kirkpatrick, Kristin Atherton
- Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 28
The Divine Comedy describes Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as a guide, his ascent of Mount Purgatory and his encounter with his dead love Beatrice, and finally, his arrival in Heaven....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Solid, read with gusto
- By Tad Davis on 11-15-20
By: Robin Kirkpatrick - translator, and others
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Metamorphoses
- Penguin Classics
- By: Ovid, David Raeburn - translator, Denis Feeney
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis, John Sackville, Maya Saroya, and others
- Length: 18 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 65
Ovid's sensuous and witty poetry brings together a dazzling array of mythological tales, ingeniously linked by the idea of transformation - often as a result of love or lust - where men and women find themselves magically changed into new and sometimes extraordinary beings....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A revelation
- By Michael Cain on 05-24-20
By: Ovid, and others
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Paradise Lost
- Penguin Classics
- By: John Milton, John Leonard
- Narrated by: Adrian Schiller
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 25
In Paradise Lost, Milton produced a poem of epic scale, conjuring up a vast, awe-inspiring cosmos and ranging across huge tracts of space and time....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Subtle voice changes help with understanding
- By Danielle Alysse on 02-07-21
By: John Milton, and others
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The Divine Comedy
- By: Clive James - translator, Dante Alighieri
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 14 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,761
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,538
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,534
Renowned poet and critic Clive James presents the crowning achievement of his career: a monumental translation into English verse of Dante’s The Divine Comedy....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant!
- By Tad Davis on 10-18-13
By: Clive James - translator, and others
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Dante's Inferno
- A Study on Part I of The Divine Comedy
- By: Anthony Esolen PhD
- Narrated by: Anthony Esolen PhD
- Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 271
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 232
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 230
With Professor Esolen you will enter the terrible gates of Hell and progress level by infernal level to its diabolical depths. Professor Esolen places a special emphasis on the drama of the poem, leading you through each canto in succession....
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2 out of 5 stars
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THIS IS A LECTURER
- By Amazon Customer on 05-22-21
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The Odyssey
- The Fitzgerald Translation
- By: Homer, D. S. Carne-Ross, Robert Fitzgerald - translator
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,584
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,401
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,398
Robert Fitzgerald's translation of The Odyssey has been the standard translation for more than three generations of students and poets. Macmillan Audio is delighted to publish the first ever audio edition of this classic work, the greatest of all epic poems....
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5 out of 5 stars
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"A god moved him--who knows?"
- By Jefferson on 07-25-18
By: Homer, and others
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The Divine Comedy
- By: Dante Alighieri, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - translator
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 17 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 587
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 447
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Story4 out of 5 stars 448
Dante's Divine Comedy is considered to be not only the most important epic poem in Italian literature, but also one of the greatest poems ever written....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not for listening.
- By Larry on 03-13-11
By: Dante Alighieri, and others
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Beowulf: A New Translation
- By: Maria Dahvana Headley
- Narrated by: JD Jackson, Maria Dahvana Headley
- Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 274
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 238
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 237
A new, feminist translation of Beowulf by the author of the much-buzzed-about novel The Mere Wife....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Ridiculous
- By Corinna D. Girard on 01-02-21
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The Divine Comedy
- The Inferno, The Purgatorio, & The Paradiso
- By: Dante Alighieri
- Narrated by: Pam Ward
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 235
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 181
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Story4 out of 5 stars 184
Dante Alighieri's poetic masterpiece is a moving human drama, an unforgettable visionary journey through the infinite torment of Hell, up through Purgatory, and on to Paradise....
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3 out of 5 stars
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OK
- By Tad Davis on 05-22-09
By: Dante Alighieri
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The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Christopher Tolkien
- Length: 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 34
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 34
First ever audio edition of one of J.R.R. Tolkien’s most important poetic dramas, that explores timely themes such as the nature of heroism and chivalry during war....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Short sweet and to the point
- By Anthony Baker on 04-04-23
By: J. R. R. Tolkien
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The Odyssey (Dramatized)
- By: Homer, Simon Armitage - dramatisation
- Narrated by: Tim McInnerny, Amanda Redman, full cast
- Length: 3 hrs and 49 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 167
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 104
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 105
In a 20-year journey, fabulous fantasy mixes with extraordinary reality as Odysseus encounters enchantresses, nymphs, monsters, prophets, and ghosts....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent, but not an exam reference!
- By Joel D Offenberg on 12-27-09
By: Homer, and others
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The Faerie Queene
- By: Edmund Spenser
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 33 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 89
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 77
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 76
The first epic poem in modern English, The Faerie Queene combines dramatic narratives of chivalrous adventure with exquisite and picturesque episodes of pageantry....
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5 out of 5 stars
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High Fantasy from the Renaissance
- By Jabba on 10-03-15
By: Edmund Spenser
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The Iliad
- A New Translation by Caroline Alexander
- By: Homer, Caroline Alexander - translator
- Narrated by: Dominic Keating
- Length: 19 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 552
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 462
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 459
Carved close to the original Greek, acclaimed classicist Caroline Alexander's new translation is swift and lean, with the driving cadence of its source....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Forceful
- By Tad Davis on 04-22-16
By: Homer, and others
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The Odyssey
- By: Homer
- Narrated by: Charles Purkey
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 23
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 23
Odysseus has been away from Ithaca, the Greek city-state under his rule, for ten years while fighting in the Trojan War. After the fall of...
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5 out of 5 stars
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It's hard to imagine a worse narrator.
- By H. Stark on 09-12-19
By: Homer