Ten Stories

The Warden

• UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 42 mins)
• By Anthony Trollope
• Narrated By Margaret Hilton
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The Red and the Black

• UNABRIDGED (20 hrs and 8 mins)
• By Stendhal
• Narrated By Davina Porter

So what would Al Gore choose if he had a book club? Gore named Stendhal's The Red and the Black, a 19th century classic chock full of adultery, betrayal, and moral vacuity, as his favorite book on a recent broadcast of Oprah. It's a bit shocking of a choice, given his wife and running mate's position on clean, wholesome literature. Listen and decide for yourself the merit of this presidential pick.

The Aran Islands

• UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 4 mins)
• By J. M. Synge
• Narrated By Donal Donnelly
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J.M. Synge, one of the greatest English language playwrites of the 20th century, immortalized the Aran Islands and its people with vivid written portraits that are among the greatest in modern literature. Synge’s vibrant language and earthy themes breathtakingly capture the folklore and way of life that has since perished on these remote northern islands.

The Compleat Angler

• UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 38 mins)
• By Izaak Walton, Joseph Cotton
• Narrated By Nelson Runger
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“It would sweeten a man’s temper at any time to read it,” wrote essayist Charles Lamb some years after this novel was first published in 1653. Of course, The Compleat Angler is much more than just a 17th century “how-to” guide to catching and cooking fish.

Villette

• UNABRIDGED (22 hrs and 39 mins)
• By Charlotte Bronte
• Narrated By Davina Porter
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Hailed as Charlotte Brontë’s “finest novel” by Virginia Woolf, Villette is the timeless semi-autobiographical tale of Lucy Snowe. Left with no family and no money, Lucy goes against her own timid nature and travels to the small city of Villette, France, where she becomes a school teacher in Madame Beck’s school for girls. During her stay, she falls in love—twice—and discovers an independent, inner strength rarely seen in women of her time.