John Milton, “When I Consider How My Light Is Spent.” In the early 1650s John Milton lost his eyesight. Blindness forced him out of politics, where he had been an important figure in Oliver Cromwell’s government, and into retirement where he wrote some of the greatest poetry in all of literary history. In this sonnet, though, he wonders if he has anything ... Show More
Jul 2021
EP06 - Memories of Jane | Salinger, "The Catcher in the Rye"
J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 11. Jane Gallagher had been the sort of girl who kept her kings in the back row. Is she still? As sixteen-year-old Holden Caulfield unravels over the course of a few days in Manhattan his thoughts often return to Jane, who haunts hi ... Show More
1h 13m
Dec 2021
EP08 - Prufrock Among the Women | Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” (Part One)
T. S. Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” (Part One). This is the first of two episodes devoted to one of the most famous poems of the twentieth century, wherein Eliot’s enigmatic speaker invites us on an evening stroll through his memories, his fears and his inhibitions ... Show More
1h 25m
Apr 2025
Henry VIII by William Shakespeare ~ Full Audiobook [history]
Henry VIII by William Shakespeare audiobook. Genre: history In Henry VIII, Shakespeare stages the Tudor court as a place where ceremony and ambition collide, and where a single royal decision can remake lives overnight. England's formidable king, Henry VIII, moves through a glitt ... Show More
2h 57m
Aug 2024
Episode 178: Much Ado About Hamlet
In the first couple of years of the 1600s, several new Shakespeare plays appeared. Much Ado About Nothing and As You Like It were recorded in the Stationer’s Register, and a third play called The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark was likely performed on the stage for the first ... Show More
1h 17m
May 2025
Richard III by William Shakespeare ~ Full Audiobook [tragedy]
Richard III by William Shakespeare audiobook. Genre: tragedy In this gripping historical drama, England is still reeling from civil war when Richard, Duke of Gloucester, steps out of the shadows with a ruthless plan to seize the crown. Twisted in body and sharpened in mind, Richa ... Show More
3h 31m
Aug 2022
Othello by William Shakespeare ~ Full Audiobook [tragedy]
Othello by William Shakespeare audiobook. Genre: tragedy In the glittering, volatile world of Venetian power and military prestige, Othello, a celebrated Moorish general, has risen through skill and courage to command respect. But his private life becomes the talk of the city whe ... Show More
3h 10m