Salem, Massachusetts, 1692. A community stands accused of witchcraft, and in the mood of fear and recrimination that quickly develops men denounce their neighbours, truth is perverted by superstition, and an innocent word or deed can be distorted into damning evidence of guilt.
The voice of reason is drowned by the rising tide of hysteria as events acquire their own momentum and run out of control.
Drawing its inspiration from the McCarthy hearings in the United States in the 1950s, 'The Crucible' uses seventeenth-century history to explore the consequences for society when men allow the dark forces of unreason to be unleashed.
This recording offers a powerful performance of a haunting and provocative masterpiece of postwar drama.
Stuart Pankin, Jerome Dempsey and Cast
Emile Zola
Performed By : Traci Svendsgaard
Publisher : Blackstone Audio Inc
Length : 6 hours 30 minutes
Categories : Classic Literature
Download 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... See full description... |
Noel Streatfeild
Performed By : Various
Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Length : 2 hours 20 minutes
Categories : Classics
Over 10s
Classic Literature
British
Download Price : $18.49
Ballet Shoes is a classic of 20th-century children's literature. The lively humour and sense of fun that have made the novel such a favourite are brought to life in this enchanting dramatisation. See full description... |
Oscar Wilde
Performed By : Alec McCowen, Lynn Redgrave and cast
Publisher : Harper Collins UK
Length : 3 hours
Categories : Classic Literature
Classics
Modern Classics
Download 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. See full description... |
Mark Twain
Performed By : Mike McShane
Publisher : Harper Collins UK
Length : 2 hours 47 minutes
Categories : Classics
Classic Literature
Classics
Over 10s
Download Price : $12.75
First published in 1885, 'Huckleberry Finn' is one of the undoubted masterpieces of American literature... See full description... |
John Buchan
Performed By : Full Cast Production
Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Length : 1 hour 50 minutes
Categories : Classic Literature
Dramatizations
Classics
Action & Adventure
Drama
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Tom Baker stars as Sir Walter Bullivant with David Robb as man of action Richard Hannay in a thrilling BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of this classic tale of wartime espionage. See full description...
Written By : Pete McCarthy
Narrated By : Pete McCarthy
Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Length : 2 hours
Type : Autobiography
Biographical
Travel
Price : $16.75
The audio of the million-selling book - Pete McCarthy's hilarious journey in search of his Irish roots.
McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has gained thousands of fans all over the world.
Pete was born in Warrington to an Irish mother and an English father and spent happy summer holidays in Cork. Years later, reflecting on the many places he has visited as a travel broadcaster, Pete admits that he feels more at home in Ireland than anywhere. To find out whether this is due to rose-coloured spectacles or to a deeper tie with the country of his ancestors, Pete sets off on a trip around Ireland and discovers that it has changed in surprising ways.
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