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The Iliad and the Odyssey are retold in a glorious saga.
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The masterpiece of Rome's greatest poet, Virgil's Aeneid.
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A collection of poems by one of the greatest literary & cultural figures of the 20th century.
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A fresh vision of Britain's greatest story: The epic of King Arthur - from his conception in sorcerous lust, to the shining wonder of his...
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Anecdotes, jokes, poems and sketches from the ever-entertaining Pam Ayres
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More anecdotes, poems and sketches from one of the nation's best poets.
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"How did Arkman Noah/Provide for protozoa?" It's not often that an acclaimed historian is revealed to be the author of light verse, but John R. Alden here presents 1,707 couplets, quatrains, and ot...
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The Enormity of Man and written words...
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Without doubt, the greatest work of Geoffrey Chaucer. A brilliant picture of medieval life.
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Without doubt, the greatest work of Geoffrey Chaucer. A brilliant picture of medieval life.
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Without doubt, the greatest work of Geoffrey Chaucer. A brilliant picture of medieval life.
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This modern translation of these sometimes bawdy stories, written in the 14th century by the Father of English Poetry, entertain while telling us about England before the Renaissance.
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The poems of Yeats, Swift, Burns and other Celts.
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It is now Thomas’ most widely known work, a wistful, tender, touching, wide-eyed in wonder evocation of the sights, smells and sounds of a child’s Christmas in a seaside town in Wales.
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Whether sharing his wistful memory of a holiday spent with people long past, or addressing the problem of our mortality, Thomas gives us great pleasure in our personal and common memories.
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On this recording, Christmas past brings alive Christmas present.
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From the earliest poets of the 16th century to the present day.
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Ten enduring Kipling poems recited in the wonderful Cockney lilt.
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"You have a true higher self and [The Dance] tells you how to come from there all the time and be authentic and make a lasting difference"
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Dante's Hell is one of the most remarkable visions in Western literature. An allegory for his and future ages, it is, at the same time, an account of terrifying realism.
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Lush imagery and the mellifluous voice of the poet imbued with music and sounddesign.
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Twelve specially selected favourite love poems, read by acclaimed actors Bill Wallis and Jenny Agutter...
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Twelve specially selected favourite love poems, read by acclaimed actors Bill Wallis and Jenny Agutter...
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A Birthday: Christina Rossetti’s joyful celebration that her one true love has arrived, read by Jenny Agutter...
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Robert Herrick’s poetic tribute to his mistress’s beautifully carefree style of dress...
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A short section from Milton’s epic poem, expressing how much sweeter the world is when you are with the one you love...
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From The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: Some meditations on love from Edward Fitzgerald’s translation...
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From The Song of Solomon: A beautiful extract from the famous biblical hymn to love..
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s plea to her lover to love her just for herself, and not for any qualities that may fade away..
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Robert Burns’s well-known poem celebrating the enduring power of true love, read by Bill Wallis..
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Shakespeare’s most famous sonnet, in which he tries, and fails, to find an apt comparison in nature, read by Bill Wallis..
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Edward Lear’s much-loved comic poem, featuring the most elegant fowl in literature and his beautiful feline friend...
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The Passionate Shepherd to His Love: Christopher Marlowe’s emotional appeal to his lady to run away with him...
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John Donne’s famous poem about two lovers surprised by the astonishingly rapid arrival of sunrise...
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Andrew Marvell’s classic plea to his mistress to show her love for him while they are both still young and passionate...
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Dylan Thomas reads his own prose and poetry in this unique collection from the archives. He is widely regarded as one of the 20th Century's most influential lyrical poets.
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20 of Poe's chilling stories and poems performed by Vincent Price and Basil Rathbone.
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Representing the work of more than thirty poets, and extending from Thomas Hardy’s lines on the loss of Titanic to the present-day...
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Its intimate blend of poetry and drama made it an instant classic; and so it remains in this unmatched recording with a perfect cast led by Richard Burton
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Some of the finest and most memorable works in the English language.
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Magical Verse for the Wheel of the Year: 32 Seasonal Poems. In this enchanting collection modern-day bard Tallyessin (winner of the Bardic Chair of Bath)...
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The Iliad tells the story of fifty critical days towards the end of the Trojan war.
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The first of Homer's epic poems. Translated by Samuel Butler.
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In WWI, possibly the most horrific modern war, two soldier poets described inner impressions telling us much about war and the people who fight them.
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A deeply spiritual works in which the author brings to life the wisdom of her beloved prose poem in such a passionate and touching manner
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Sir John Betjeman was one of the best-known and loved Poet Laureates and even a hundred years after his birth he continues to attract acclaim and admiration.
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Whitman succeeded in his ambition to create something uniquely American. His poems are woven into the very fabric of the American character, from his solemn dirge "O Captain! My Captain!" to the jo...
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Born in Dublin in 1865, Yeats drew strength from the Irish tradition, as can be seen in this special audiobook which presents the most important poems in the context of his life and ambitions.
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Here is a brief account of Dante's life, compiled from various sources (including his first biographer, Boccaccio) by Benedict Flynn.
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A perfect blend of vintage Noel Coward sure to be enjoyed by faithful fans and new listeners.
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Homer's Adventures of Odysseus. Translated by Samuel Butler.
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The thrilling tale of the wanderings of the hero Odysseus after the end of the Trojan war.
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Pam Ayres at her entertaining best in a live stage show from Stratford-upon-Avon...
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Warm and witty, direct and droll, the sharply funny Pam Ayres has been amusing and entertaining her many fans for years...
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The horrors of the Inferno and the trials of Purgatory are left far behind. Ultimately, in Paradise, Dante is granted a vision of God's Heavenly court - the angels, the Blessed Virgin and God Himself.
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Paradise Lost is the greatest epic poem in the English language.
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Here are 60 of the finest and most entertaining poems for younger listeners.
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This specially commissioned recording offers a wide-ranging choice of Burns's songs and lyrical poems; and longer poems...
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Here are the extraordinary writings of a generation who fought through a war of unprecedented destructive power, and who had to find new voices.
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Purgatory is the second part of Dante's The Divine Comedy. We find the Poet, with his guide Virgil, ascending the terraces of the Mount of Purgatory inhabited by those doing penance.
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The ethereal words of the great thinker Omar Khayyam.
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An Anthology of Poetry with Music.
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All 154 of the Shakespeare's sonnets are beautifully read.
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The Song of Hiawatha was one of the most loved and quoted narrative poems of the 19th century.
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A Shakespeare Recording Society Production, this selection of Shakespeare's Sonnets is read by the legendary Sir John Gielgud.
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This new recording presents all 154 of Shakespeare's Sonnets, using the New Cambridge Shakespeare texts.
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Dylan Thomas wrote this as a radio play for voices and this is the only recording ever made with Thomas in the cast. This play is full of humour, a joyful sense of the goodness of life and love...
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Historial recordings of poetry, humor and drama. 1908 - 1947.
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This powerful and moving anthology includes poems of war from the eighteenth century to our own days in the long shadow...
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These are masterly readings, by renowned thespian Paul Schofield, of two substantial works of poetry by T.S. Eliot...
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