"The hero of this piece unites himself in the three greatest characters upon earth; he is a priest, a husbandman, and the father of a family."Oliver Goldsmith
"We return to it again and again, and bless the memory of an author who contrives so well to reconcile us to human nature."Sir Walter Scott
The story opens in the country parsonage of Dr. Primrose, a kindly man who has a good heart, a good family, and a good income. Suddenly, his idyllic life is cruelly devastated by a series of misfortunes, and he ends up in prison. Yet, despite all this calamity and injustice, the vicar never loses sight of Christian morality, a conviction which lends him genuine nobility and, in the end, also brings justice and the restoration of his family and fortune. Through this simple, almost fairy-tale plot, Goldsmith gives us a charming comedy. It is not a novel of sentiment but an artful send-up of many of the familiar literary conventions of his day: the pastoral scene, the artificial romance, the unquestioning stoic bravery of the heroall culminating, of course, in a gloriously improbable denouement.
Geoffrey Chaucer
Performed By : Full Cast Production
Publisher : Select Music & Distribution
Length : 3 hours 20 minutes
Categories : Poetry Classic Literature Dramatizations Classics Short Stories
Download Price : $15.49
Without doubt, the greatest work of Geoffrey Chaucer. A brilliant picture of medieval life. See full description...
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Unknown
Performed By : a full cast
Publisher : Blackstone Audio Inc
Length : 3 hours
Categories : Classic Literature
Download Price : $25.95 $12.95
The audiodrama of this twelfth-century French epic allows listeners to hear the story as they might have in medieval time, when a traveling troubador would recite the poem in the village square. It describes the heroic exploits of Roland and the campaign of Charlemagne. Fired by the religious... See full description...
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Jane Austen
Performed By : Full Cast Production
Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Length : 2 hours 50 minutes
Categories : Classic Literature Dramatizations Classics Historical Drama
Download Price : $18.99
A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Jane Austen's perceptive study of middle class morals and mores in the nineteenth century. See full description...
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Various
Performed By : Full Cast Production
Publisher : Select Music & Distribution
Length : 2 hours 30 minutes
Categories : Poetry Classic Literature Dramatizations Religious
Download Price : $11.99
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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