Christmas brings out the best and the worst in us, as can be seen in this evocative anthology. Among what Thomas Love Peacock calls the 'many poetical charms in the heraldings of Christmas' there are eulogies by saints and diatribes from curmudgeons. Here, Christmas is expounded by divines, sung by rustics, deplored by philosophers, made mystical in stories and summed up in a line by the poet Elizabeth Jennings: 'The hush, the star, the baby, people being kind again'.
This collection includes complete versions of such old favourites as 'The Little Match Girl', 'The Night Before Christmas', 'Ring out Wild Bells' and 'Christmas Day in the Workhouse'. But there are also discoveries: a sermon by Lancelot Andrewes, an account of Christmas under the Puritans, a first, poverty-stricken Christmas in turn of the century New York and a Mummer's Play. Adding the final touch is the music: from traditional Christmas carols and Corelli to Benjamin Britten. On this recording, Christmas past brings alive Christmas present.
Author : Dante
Narrated By : Heathcote Williams
Publisher : Select Music & Distribution
Runtime : 4 hours 35 minutes
Poetry Classic Literature
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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. View...
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Author : Pam Ayres
Narrated By : Pam Ayres
Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 3 hours
British Humor Radio Shows Poetry
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More anecdotes, poems and sketches from one of the nation's best poets. View...
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Author : Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Narrated By : Jenny Agutter
Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 1 minutes
Poetry
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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.. View...
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Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Narrated By : Full Cast Production
Publisher : Select Music & Distribution
Runtime : 3 hours 30 minutes
Poetry Classic Literature Dramatizations Classics Short Stories
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Without doubt, the greatest work of Geoffrey Chaucer. A brilliant picture of medieval life. View...
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Author : Various
Narrated By : Full Cast Production
Publisher : Select Music & Distribution
Runtime : 2 hours 30 minutes
Poetry Classic Literature
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From the earliest poets of the 16th century to the present day. View...
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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