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The ancient art of story telling shines a new light on classic literature stretching from the dawn of Western literature to our 21st century. Naxos AudioBooks presents new, critically acclaimed productions, performed by leading figures from Britain's classical theater; offering the world's greatest literature for adults and younger listeners, enhanced with classical music, digitally recorded and affordably priced.
Toru Okada is going through a difficult time. He is without a job, his cat has disappeared and his wife is behaving strangely. Into this unbalanced world come a variety of curious characters, a young girl sunbathing in a nearby garden, sisters who are very peculiar indeed, an old war veteran with a violent, disturbing story. Okada retreats to a deep well in a nearby house. And the story unfolds.
The Dhammapada is the single most important extant Buddhist text. It is unquestionably the voice of the Buddha where many of his key ideas are presented in a cogent verse form. It opens All that we are is the result of what we have thought and each of the twenty six sections is clearly introduced.
Floating down the Mississippi on their raft, Huckleberry Finn and Jim, a runaway slave, find life filled with excitement and the spirit of adventure. Join Huck and Jim and their old friend Tom Sawyer as they come up against low-down thieves and murderers, whilst being chased by Huck's evil, drunken father who is after Huck's treasure. It is a trip you will never tire of.
Today we will take a look at two of the most popular works written by Jules Verne. An enormously popular author and one of the founding fathers of science fiction, Verne wrote both Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in 80 Days. Both of these literary works are sampled in this podcast.
Auguste Dupin, investigator extraordinaire, was the remarkable creation of Edgar Allen Poe. Written in the 1840s, Poe presented the acutely observant, shrewd but idiosyncratic character who, with his chronicler, provided the inspiration for the more famous Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
Naxos presents the third and final installment of The Crooked Man, an adventure which began with the unfortunate death of Colonel James Barclay.