Joseph Brodsky: Selected Poems

The Divine Comedy

• UNABRIDGED (17 hrs and 13 mins)
• By Dante Alighieri, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (translator)
• Narrated By Charlton Griffin
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

Dante's Divine Comedy is considered to be not only the most important epic poem in Italian literature, but also one of the greatest poems ever written. It consists of 100 cantos, and (after an introductory canto) they are divided into three sections. Each section is 33 cantos in length, and they describe how Dante and a guide travel through Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso.

The Odyssey

• UNABRIDGED (13 hrs and 26 mins)
• By Homer (translated by Robert Fagles)
• Narrated By Ian McKellen
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

The Poets' Corner: The One-and-Only Poetry Book for the Whole Family

• UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 31 mins)
• By John Lithgow
• Narrated By Morgan Freeman, Susan Sarandon, Helen Mirren, and others

John Lithgow has compiled an outstanding collection of memorable poems and has gathered his famous friends to read them. The wide variety of carefully selected poetry in this audiobook provides the perfect introduction to reel in those who are new to poetry, and for poetry lovers to experience beloved verses in a fresh, vivid way. Lithgow offers insightful and sometimes poignant commentary to accompany each poem. His essential criterion is that "each poem's light shines more brightly when read aloud".

A Way with Words IV: Understanding Poetry

• UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 17 mins)
• By Michael D. C. Drout
• Narrated By Michael Drout

In part IV of this fascinating series, Professor Drout submerses listeners in poetry's past, present, and future. Addressing such poetic luminaries as Milton,Wordsworth, Shelley, and Keats, these lectures explain in simple terms what poetry is while following its development through the centuries.

BBC Radio Shakespeare: Hamlet (Dramatized)

• ORIGINAL (3 hrs and 28 mins)
• By William Shakespeare
• Narrated By Michael Sheen, Kenneth Cranham, Juliet Stevenson, and others

BBC Radio has a unique heritage when it comes to Shakespeare. Since 1923, when the newly formed company broadcast its first full-length play, generations of actors and producers have honed and perfected the craft of making Shakespeare to be heard.