Edgar Allan Poe: The Oblong Box (Short Story)

Edgar Allan Poe: The Oblong Box
One Voice Recordings presents renowned voice actor David Ian Davies' chilling performance of Edgar Allan Poe's horrific short story.
Publisher: One Voice Recordings
Author: Edgar Allen Poe
Narrator: David Ian Davies
ISBN:

Louisiana Stories
Unabridged Stories written by Kate Chopin. Thirteen of the best of Chopin's stories of Louisiana including Desiree's Baby and Love on the Bon-Dieu.
Publisher: In Audio
Author: Kate Chopin
Narrator: Full Cast Production
ISBN: 158472 717 9

Canterbury Tales - Volume II, The

The Wife of Bath's Tale
The Clerk's Tale
The Reeve's Tale
The Nun's Priest's Tale

Four more delightful tales from one of the most entertaining storytellers of all time. Though writing in the 14th century, Chaucer's wit and observation comes down undiminished through the ages, especially in this accessible modern verse translation. The stories vary considerably: the uproarious Wife of Bath's Tale, promoting the power of women; the sober account of patient Griselda in the Clerk's Tale; the ribald Reeve's Tale and the diverting tale of Chanticleer told by the Nun's Priest.

The group continues its pilgrimage to Canterbury, talking with each other, their interaction mediated (sometimes) by the affable Host - Chaucer himself.

The Canterbury Tales, written near the end of Chaucer's life and hence towards the close of the fourteenth century, Is perhaps the greatest English literary work of the Middle Ages: yet it speaks to us today with almost undimmed clarity and relevance.

Chaucer imagines a group of twenty-nine pilgrims who meet in the Tabard Inn in Southwark, intent on making the traditional journey to the martyr's shrine of St Thomas a Becket in Canterbury. Harry Bailly landlord of the Tabard, proposes that the company should entertain themselves on the road with a storytelling competition. The teller of the best tale will be rewarded with a supper at the others' expense when the travellers return to London. Chaucer never completed this elaborate scheme - each pilgrim was supposed to tell four tales, but in fact we only have twenty-four altogether - yet, with the pieces of linking narrative and the prologues to each tale, the work as a whole constitutes a marvellously varied evocation of the medieval world which also goes beyond its period to penetrate (humorously, gravely tolerantly) human nature itself.

Chaucer, as a member of this company of pilgrims, presents himself with mock innocence as the admiring observer of his fellows, depicted in the General Prologue. Many of these are clearly rogues - the coarse, cheating Miller, the repulsive yet compelling Pardoner - yet in each of them Chaucer finds something human, often a sheer vitality or love of life which is irresistible: the Monk may prefer hunting to prayer, but he is after all a manly man, to be an abbot able. Perhaps only the unassuming, devoted Parson and his humbly labouring brother the Ploughman rise entirely above Chaucer's teasing irony; certainly the Parson's fellow clergy and religious officers belong to a Church riddled with gross corruption. Everyone, it seems, is on the make, in a world still recovering from the ravages of the Black Death.

Publisher: NAXOS
Author: Geoffrey Chaucer
Narrator: Full Cast Production
ISBN: 9 62634 256 0

World's Shortest Stories, The

The perfect gift gift for those who claim to be too busy to read. For the rest of us, these stories are like literary canapés ... Irresistible." - Sue Grafton

Consider for a moment 55 words. It's an absurdly tiny number. No, it's an impossibly tiny number. It's what O.Henry might have conjured up if he'd only had the back of a business card to write upon. You'll find murder and suspense, horror and intrigue, love and betrayal, plus distant worlds and inner demons. All in a measly 55 words.

Frank Muller has garnered praise as one of the most talented narrators of audiobooks today. Author Stephen King said "[when frank reads] the blind will see, the lame will walk, and the deaf will hear." His work has been recognized with numerous awards. He has also appeared in top regional theatres around the country and on television including "Law and Order," "Life Goes on," "Harry and the Hendersons," and "All My Children."

Suzanne Toren has appeared on and off Broadway and in regional theatres throughout the country. She occationally appears on television, most recently in "Law and Order." and has recorded hundreds of audiobooks. She was the recepient of the Narrator of the Year Award for her recordings of Talking Books for the Library of Congress and of the TORGI Awards from the Canadian National Institute for the Blind.

Kathy Garver is best known for her role as "Cissy" in the CBS prime time hit, "Family Affair." one of the most enduring television shows of the 1960s. She has also performed in countless films, including "The Ten Commandments," "Apollo 13," "Parenthood," and "Backdraft," and has narrated several audiobooks.

Publisher: Listen & Live
Author: Various
Narrator: Full Cast Production
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