Classic Poetry

Dante's Purgatory is the second of the three cantos of the Divine Comedy, and is divided into "Antipurgatorio", "Purgatorio", and "Earthly Paradise". It consists of seven frames, in which the seven deadly sins are expiated: pride, envy, anger, sloth, greed, gluttony, lust. The sinners who complete purgatory move to paradise.

Dante's Paradise is the third of the three cantos of the Divine Comedy, after Hell and Purgatory. Hell and purgatory are places on Earth, but paradise is a non-material and ethereal place, divided into nine heavens.

The Bronte Sisters: A Collection of Poems. While the novels of the Bronte sisters are much beloved, their beautiful works of poetry often go unnoticed. This collection contains all their poetical works, pieced together by Charlotte, who provides illuminating commentary on her dear sisters' words. The collection was first published under the names Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell.

"Kabale und Liebe: Ein Drama" um die Bürgerliche Luise Miller und ihren adeligen Geliebten ist noch heute ein Klassiker auf den Bühnen - und vor allem im Klassenzimmer. In diesem Hörbuch wird das gesamte Stück ungekürzt vorgetragen, inklusive der Sprecherangaben und Bühneninformationen, um das Werk so verständlich wie möglich zu präsentieren.

Beowulf is an epic poem that has withstood the test of time. It has been translated and studied for centuries and is a hallmark of academic curricula. It is both an adventure and a tragedy and despite some difficult language is a beautiful story of loyalty and courage in the midst of danger.

Hören Sie die zehn berühmtesten Stücke Shakespeares: Die Dramen: Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, Romeo und Julia...

Achilles has quarrelled with Agamemnon and sulks in his tent while Hector brings his Trojans to the brink of victory; but fate will have the last word. While the heroes fight before the walls of Troy the gods have also drawn up battle lines, and it is their disagreements as much as the heroes' efforts which will decide the conflict. Despite the poem's antiquity, the very real, human qualities of the protagonists and their dilemmas make The Iliad immediately accessible.

Emily Dickinson today has gained her deserved place alongside Walt Whitman as one of the two greatest American poets of the 19th century. Beginning always with particulars of personal experience, her poems encompass life and death, love and longing, joyfulness and sorrow. With sparse, precise language, she conveyed a penetrating vision of the natural world and an acute understanding of the most profound human truths.

En un entresòl del carrer Torrent de l'Olla, a Gràcia, neix una criatura excepcional, un autèntic "fenomen": una nena que pesa set o vuit quilos. Ben aviat els pares - en Giordano Bruno, lliurepensador, i la Narcisa, catòlica - no saben què fer per educar i per alimentar la filla. Com més va, la noia menja més i plora més, i la sola cosa que l'interessa és llegir els fulletons, les novel·les per entregues que reparteix en Giordano per guanyar-se la vida, en el sentimentalisme tràgic dels quals descobreix l'única vida que per a ella té sentit.

Poet Jean Toomer’s short-story and poetry collection.

Considered by many to be the greatest epic poem ever written, this biblical tale relates the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Despite God's prohibitive warning, Satan entices Eve to eat of the forbidden fruit. Dire consequences ensue.

Diese Gedichtsammlung braucht jeder Liebhaber feinster Lyrik!

This translation with its admirable projection of the various moods throughout the poem can be recommended to both classicist and non-classicist. -( The Classical World)

Fritz Reuter (1810-1874) wurde auch durch seine vergnüglichen Gedichte populär. Dieses Hörbuch enthält alle 137 "heiteren Geschichten und Reimereien"...

In a series of fascinating conversations with eighteen American poets, and in dozens of poems, The Language of Life celebrates language in its "most exalted, wrenching, delighted, and concentrated form," and its unique power to recreate the human experience: falling in love, facing death, leaving home, losing faith, finding God.

Homer's Iliad can justly be called the world's greatest war epic. The terrible and long-drawn-out siege of Troy remains one of the classic campaigns, the heroism and treachery of its combatants unmatched in song and story. Driven by fierce passions and loyalties, men and gods battle to a devastating conclusion.

Die schönsten deutschen Gedichte und Balladen sind in diesem Hörbuch versammelt. Ob Goethes "Über allen Gipfeln", Rilkes "Rose, oh reiner Widerspruch" oder Morgensterns "Galgenlieder" - sie haben eines gemeinsam: sie sind Meisterwerke der Dichtkunst.

The Iliad - attributed to Homer - is the most famous ancient Greek epic poem. It recounts the struggle between King Agamemnon and the hero Achilles during the final months of the Trojan War, with frequent detours into earlier legends and myths. In its portrayal of battle scenes and the constant interventions of the gods, The Iliad explores themes of wrath, glory, and fate, and has provided the subject matter for many later Greek, Roman, and Renaissance writings.

Award-winning narrator and internationally acclaimed writer/comedienne Alison Larkin brings depth and wit to this rich, hugely entertaining audio production of Jane Austen's last two great novels Northanger Abbey and Persuasion. The novels are followed by The History of England, a short satirical piece in which the teenage Austen writes about the kings and queens of England with less respect (and more wit) than any British newspaper, and Poems, a selection of lesser known, mostly comic verses that Austen wrote to entertain family and friends.

Von einer sicheren Deckung im Gebirgshang suchen zwei Kommandeure einer bewaffneten Partisaneneinheit durch den Feldstecher ein Dorf über dem Lago Maggiore ab. Zwischen den Hütten finden sie schließlich die Frau, die sie beide lieben - in der Gewalt der SS. Aber die beiden haben einen Befehl: sich zu schonen für die spätere Herausforderung...