Literary Criticism audiobooks

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

By: Malcolm Andrew & Ronald Waldron

Narrated by: Sarah Peverley & Joshua Lambie

Length: 2 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

"Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" is perhaps the best-known Arthurian romance in the English language, praised by Tolkien as ‘the best conceived and shaped narrative poem of the fourteenth century, indeed of the Middle Ages, in English.’Its story is well-known: New Year celebrations at Camelot are disrupted by the fearsome and strange appearance... Read more

Macbeth

By: Harold Bloom

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 2 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

From the ambitious and mad titular character to his devilish wife Lady Macbeth to the moral and noble Banquo to the mysterious Three Witches, Macbeth is one of William Shakespeare's more brilliantly populated plays and remains among the most widely read, performed in innovative productions set in a vast array of times and locations, from Nazi... Read more

On Cussing

By: Katherine Dunn

Narrated by: Caroline Aaron

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: No

F uck the Fuckity Fuckin' Fucker. Readers of Katherine Dunn won't be surprised that this was her father's favorite sentence, or that, as a young girl, she heard it as a kind of profane poem, a secret song. For many of us, the language of Geek Love carries a similar staying power, born of Dunn's agile use of language and her strange, beautiful... Read more

The Club

By: Leo Damrosch

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 15 hours

Abridged: No

Prize-winning biographer Leo Damrosch tells the story of “the Club,” a group of extraordinary writers, artists, and thinkers who gathered weekly at a London tavernIn 1763, the painter Joshua Reynolds proposed to his friend Samuel Johnson that they invite a few friends to join them every Friday at the Turk’s Head Tavern in London to dine, drink,... Read more

Mi Nathuram Godse Boltoy

By: Pradeep Dalvi

Narrated by: Various

Length: 1 hour 39 minutes

Abridged: No

भारताच्या इतिहासात महात्मा गांधीची हत्या ही एक जगाला हादरवून टाकणारी घटना होती. या घटनेचा संपूर्ण लेखाजोखा मांडणारी प्रशांत दळवी लिखित मी नथूराम गोडसे बोलतोय ही अंतर्मूख करणारी नाट्यकृती ... Read more

Iago

By: Harold Bloom

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 3 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

In all of literature, few antagonists have displayed the ruthless cunning and unscrupulous deceit of Iago, the antagonist to Othello. Often described as Machiavellian, Iago is a fascinating psychological specimen: at once a shrewd expert of the human mind and yet, himself a deeply troubled man.



One of Shakespeare's most provocative and culturally... Read more

A Carnival of Losses

By: Donald Hall

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 5 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

“Hall lived long enough to leave behind two final books, memento mori titled Essays After Eighty (2014) and now A Carnival of Losses: Notes Nearing Ninety. They’re up there with the best things he did.” —Dwight Garner, New York TimesFrom the former poet laureate of the United States, essays from the vantage point of very old ageDonald Hall lived... Read more

Aux marches du palais

By: Albert Millaire

Narrated by: Albert Millaire

Length: 1 hour 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Albert Millaire considère la fréquentation des classiques comme toujours profitable et enrichissante, surtout si elle se fait auprès d’un grand nombre d’auteurs et de leurs oeuvres. C’est la raison qui l’a incité à concevoir et monter, en entier, un spectacle pour les faire revivre. Produit à partir d’un enregistrement en direct à la Chapelle... Read more

Alte weiße Männer

By: Sophie Passmann

Narrated by: Sophie Passmann

Length: 5 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Sophie Passmann ist Feministin und so gar nicht einverstanden mit der Plattitüde, der alte weiße Mann sei an allem schuld. Es wurde auch nie genau geklärt, was der alte weiße Mann eigentlich genau ist. Sie will wissen, was hinter diesem Klischeebild steckt und geht der Sache auf den Grund. Im Gespräch mit u. a.: Kai Diekmann, Kevin Kühnert,... Read more

Baithakichi Lavani

By: Various

Narrated by: Various

Length: 1 hour 36 minutes

Abridged: No

शृगारापासून आध्यात्मापर्यंत सा-याच विषयांना स्पर्श करणारी लोककला म्हणजे बैठकीची लावणी, पुलंनी अशोक रानडेंसोबत सादर केलेल्या कार्यक्रमाचे पुनरूज्जीवन Read more

Pulancha Poushtik Jeevan

By: Various

Narrated by: Various

Length: 1 hour 34 minutes

Abridged: No

पुलंनी अनेकांनी हजारो पत्रे लिहीली. यातील निवडक पत्रांवर आधारित अभिवाचन अविष्कार. Read more

Safarchand Pula

By: Various

Narrated by: Various

Length: 1 hour 21 minutes

Abridged: No

पुलंनी अपूर्वाई, पूर्वरंग, जावे त्यांच्या देशा अशा पुस्तकांतून अप्रतिक प्रवासवर्णनं लिहीली आहेत. ही वर्णनं जग दाखवत नाहीत तर जग बघण्याची दृष्टी देतात. Read more

The Age of Disenchantments

By: Aaron Shulman

Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon

Length: 12 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

A gripping narrative history of Spain’s most brilliant and troubled literary family—a tale about the making of art, myth, and legacy—set against the upheaval of the Spanish Civil War and beyond.In this absorbing and atmospheric historical narrative, journalist Aaron Shulman takes us deeply into the circumstances surrounding the Spanish Civil War... Read more

L.E.L.

By: Lucasta Miller

Narrated by: Elizabeth Jasicki

Length: 14 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

A lost nineteenth-century literary life, brilliantly rediscovered--Letitia Elizabeth Landon, hailed as the female Byron; she changed English poetry; her novels, short stories, and criticism, like Byron though in a woman's voice, explored the dark side of sexuality--by the acclaimed author of The Brontë Myth ("wonderfully entertaining . . .... Read more

Clases de literatura

By: Julio Cortázar

Narrated by: Leandro Schnitman

Length: 11 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

En la cima de su carrera, Cortázar brindó esta serie de clases en los Estados Unidos, en las que enseña sobre literatura pero, a la vez, ofrece claves valiosas para entender mejor su obra.
«A lo largo de mi camino de escritor he pasado por tres etapas bastante bien definidas: una primera etapa que llamaría estética, una segunda etapa que... Read more

The Exploits of Juve

By: Marcel Allain, Pierre Souvestre

Narrated by: Ray Adams

Length: 5 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

The Exploits of Juve (1911) is a crime novel by Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre. Juve, the French police detective is always after Fantomas, a sociopath who enjoys killing in a sadistic fashion. He is totally ruthless, gives no mercy, and is loyal to none, not even his own children. He is a master of disguise, always appearing under an... Read more

Fantomas

By: Marcel Allain, Pierre Souvestre

Narrated by: Ray Adams

Length: 10 hours

Abridged: No

Fantomas (1911) is a crime novel by Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre. Fantomas was introduced a few years after Arsène Lupin, another well-known thief. But whereas Lupin draws the line at murder, Fantomas has no such qualms and is shown as a sociopath who enjoys killing in a sadistic fashion. He is totally ruthless, gives no mercy, and is... Read more

The Window at the White Cat

By: Mary Roberts Rinehart

Narrated by: Ben Hill

Length: 6 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

The Window at the White Cat (1910) is a detective novel by Mary Roberts Rinehart. Excerpt from the book: "In my criminal work anything that wears skirts is a lady, until the law proves her otherwise. From the frayed and slovenly petticoats of the woman who owns a poultry stand in the market and who has grown wealthy by selling chickens at... Read more

The White Moll

By: Frank L. Packard

Narrated by: Lucy Fletcher

Length: 8 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

The White Moll is a crime novel by Frank L. Packard. Excerpt from the book: "It was like some shadowy pantomime: The dark mouth of an alleyway thrown into murky relief by the rays of a distant street lamp ... the swift, forward leap of a skulking figure ... a girl's form swaying and struggling in the man's embrace. Then, a pantomime no longer,... Read more

The Bat

By: Mary Roberts Rinehart

Narrated by: Ray Adams

Length: 6 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

The Bat is a Broadway play by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood first produced in 1920. The plot relates how wealthy spinster Cornelia Van Gorder and her guests uncover a mystery at their rented summer home while being stalked by an enigmatic, costumed criminal known as "The Bat". The story takes place in an old mansion, where people look... Read more

C. S. Lewis

By: James Como

Narrated by: Roger Clark

Length: 4 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Beloved by children and adults worldwide, the writings of C. S. Lewis have a broad and enduring appeal. Although he is best known for the iconic Chronicles of Narnia series, C. S. Lewis was actually a man of many literary parts. Already well-known as a scholar in the 1930s, he became a famous broadcaster during World War Two and wrote in many... Read more

Desintegriert euch!

By: Max Czollek

Narrated by: Max Czollek

Length: 5 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Hierzulande herrschen seltsame Regeln: Ein guter Migrant ist, wer aufgeklärt über Frauenunterdrückung, Islamismus und Demokratiefähigkeit spricht. Ein guter Jude, wer stets zu Antisemitismus, Holocaust und Israel Auskunft gibt. Dieses Integrationstheater stabilisiert das Bild einer geläuterten Gesellschaft - während eine völkische Partei Erfolge... Read more

On Moral Fiction

By: John Gardner

Narrated by: Bob Souer

Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

"Fearless, illuminating" criticism from a New York Times bestselling author and legendary teacher, "proving . . . that true art is moral and not trivial" (Los Angeles Times).



Novelist John Gardner's thesis in On Moral Fiction is simple: "True art is by its nature moral." It is also an audacious statement, as Gardner asserts an inherent value in... Read more

Success Code - Shri Thanedar E3

By: Shri Thanedar

Narrated by: Shri Thanedar with Santosh Deshpande

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

व्यवसायाची कोणताही वारसा नसताना एक तरुण अमेरिकेत उच्च शिक्षणासाठी जातो आणि तिथे त्याच्यातील शास्त्रज्ञ उद्योजक म्हणून उदयास येतो. अमेरिकेतील प्रसिद्ध उद्योजक श्रीनिवास उर्फ श्री ठाणेदार यांच्या शब्दांत त्यांची ही प्रेरणादायी यशोगाथा आणि यश मिळविण्यासाठी त्यांनी सांगितलेली सूत्रे....खास स्टोरीटेलच्या वाचक-श्रोत्यांसाठी Read more