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The Modern Scholar - Shakespeare: The Seven Major Tragedies - Harold Bloom Category: Lecture, Plays & Theater Language: EnglishKeywords: Lecture Literature Theater Shared by:ssitimefill The Seven Major Tragedies - Harold Bloom Written by Harold Bloom Read by Harold Bloom Format: MP3 Unabridged Listening Length: 8 hours and 11 minutes Shakespeare's seven great tragedies contain unmistakable elements that set them apart from any other plays ever written. In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare embodied in the character of Juliet the world's most impressive representation ever of a woman in love. With Julius Caesar, the great playwright produced a drama of astonishing and perpetual relevance. In Hamlet, Shakespeare created a character with the most brilliant mind in all of literature. And the character of Iago in Othello has been the very archetype of the villain ever since. King Lear presents audiences with unparalleled emotional and intellectual demands. Macbeth is a play of ruthless economy in which Shakespeare forces his audience into intimate sympathy with a man not far from being a mass murderer. Finally, in Antony and Cleopatra, Shakespeare created something entirely new: a vast political and historical conspectus involving the whole world.

Written by Charles Dickens Read by Anton Lesser Format: MP3 Bitrate: 64 Kbps Unabridged If you have a request for another book or a Re-Seed send me a Personal Message in the Forum, not in the comments section below. GENERAL INFORMATION Book Title:....................The Old Curiosity Shop Author:.........................Charles Dickens Narrator:......................Anton Lesser Genre:..........................Classic Literature FILE INFORMATION Source:........................1 eDownloaded DRM protected (Digital Rights Management) 64 Kb file # of MP3 files:..............73 Chapterised Files Total Runtime:..............22 Hours 23 Minutes Encoder:.......................Lame 3.99 Converted To:...............64 Kb | CBR | 44,100 Hz | Mono with DRM removed Total Size:.....................618 MB Converted By:...............OldScotsman Date Converted:...........14- July-2011 ID3 Tags:......................Includes Image and all info shown on this page (Smart Phone Ready) ABOUT THE BOOK Death, innocence, sacrifice and corruption - The Old Curiosity Shop is vintage Dickens. Provoking an unprecedented outpouring of public grief when it was first published, it follows the story of Little Nell and her feckless grandfather. Forced to leave their magical shop of curiosities in London, they are pursued across the English countryside by the grotesquely evil dwarf Quilp. They escape - but at what cost? Part tragedy, part allegory, this is Dickens at his most intense; drawing on his own experiences, he weaves a story of extraordinary emotional power. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Charles John Huffam Dickens was born on February 7, 1812 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. In 1824, his father was imprisoned for debt, so Charles was sent to work in a shoe-dye factory. He later became a clerk in a law firm, a shorthand reporter in the courts, and a parliamentary and newspaper reporter. In 1833, Dickens began to contribute short stories and essays to periodicals, heralding the start of a glittering and prolific literary career. He married Catherine Hogarth in 1836, with whom he had nine surviving children before they separated in 1858. Dickens died suddenly at home on June 9, 1870, leaving behind an internationally acclaimed canon of work, including Oliver Twist (1837), Nicholas Nickleby (1838), David Copperfield (1849-50), Bleak House (1852-53), Little Dorrit (1855-57), A Tale of Two Cities (1859), Great Expectations (1860-61) and Our Mutual Friend (1864-65). He was buried in Westminster Abbey. Michael Slater is Professor of Victorian Literature at Birkbeck College in the University of London. He was editor of The Dickensian (1968-77) and President of the International Dickens Fellowship (1988-90). He has published many books and articles on Dickens. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. ABOUT THE READER Anton Lesser was born in 1952 and is one of Britain’s leading classical actors and has worked extensively at the National Theatre, and is an associate artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company, where, over the years, he has played many of the principal roles, including Romeo, Troilus, Petruchio and Richard III. His many television appearances include roles in The Cherry Orchard, King Lear, The Politician’s Wife, Vanity Fair, Perfect Strangers, and Dickens. Films in which he has appeared include Charlotte Gray, Fairytale – A True Story, Imagining Argentina, River Queen, and most recently, Miss Potter. A familiar voice on radio, he has been involved in countless plays and recordings, and has become particularly associated with his award winning readings of Dickens.