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Agatha Christie

The Sunday Times bestselling biography of the legendary creator of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple

by Lucy Worsley ...

Narrated by Lucy Worsley ...

Unabridged

13 hours 47 min

The bestselling biography of Britain's 'Queen of Crime' by acclaimed historian Lucy Worsley OBE'Every Christie fan should read this' - THE TIMESTo Lucy Worsley, Agatha Christie was 'thrillingly, scintillatingly modern'. She went surfing in Hawaii, she loved fast cars, and she was intrigued by the new science of psychology, which helped her through devastating mental illness. Born in 1890, Christie ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

The bestselling biography of Britain's 'Queen of Crime' by acclaimed historian Lucy Worsley OBE'Every Christie fan should read this' - THE TIMESTo Lucy Worsley, Agatha Christie was 'thrillingly, scintillatingly modern'. She went surfing in Hawaii, she loved fast cars, and she was intrigued by the new science of psychology, which helped her through devastating mental illness. Born in 1890, Christie
... Read more
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Second Chances

Shakespeare & Freud

by Stephen Greenblatt, Adam Phillips ...

Narrated by Donald Corren, Steven Crossley ...

Unabridged

7 hours

A powerful exploration of the human capacity for renewal, as seen through Shakespeare and FreudIn this fresh investigation, Stephen Greenblatt and Adam Phillips explore how the second chance has been an essential feature of the literary imagination and a promise so central to our existence that we try to reproduce it again and again.Innumerable stories, from the Homeric epics to the New Testament, ... Read more

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A powerful exploration of the human capacity for renewal, as seen through Shakespeare and FreudIn this fresh investigation, Stephen Greenblatt and Adam Phillips explore how the second chance has been an essential feature of the literary imagination and a promise so central to our existence that we try to reproduce it again and again.Innumerable stories, from the Homeric epics to the New Testament,
... Read more
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Shakespeare

The Seven Major Tragedies

by Harold Bloom ...

Narrated by Harold Bloom ...

Unabridged

8 hours 12 min

Shakespeare invented characters in a new kind of way. He not only gave them personality and depth, he gave them life. Not a life that went simply from point to point, but one that developed rather than unfolded. In so doing, Shakespeare created characters with whom everyone can identify, whether the characters were kings and queens or fools and merchants. Renowned Shakespearian scholar Professor ... Read more

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Shakespeare invented characters in a new kind of way. He not only gave them personality and depth, he gave them life. Not a life that went simply from point to point, but one that developed rather than unfolded. In so doing, Shakespeare created characters with whom everyone can identify, whether the characters were kings and queens or fools and merchants. Renowned Shakespearian scholar Professor
... Read more
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Hamlet

Two Complete Full Cast Performances of Original Shakespeare Text & Modern English

by SparkNotes, William Shakespeare ...

Narrated by Ariel Blake, Jonathan Davis, Imani Jade Powers, Fred Berman, Jennifer Van Dyck, Dion Graham, Robert Petkoff, Gabriel Vaughan, Soneela Nankani, James Fouhey, Gabra Zackman, Thérèse Plummer ...

Series series No Fear Shakespeare Audio Recordings
Unabridged

8 hours 3 min

SparkNotes Audio presents … No Fear Shakespeare audio recordings! Listen to full cast performances of Shakespeare's plays in all their brilliance—and understand what every word means!Don’t be intimidated by Shakespeare. These audiobook editions make the Bard’s plays accessible and enjoyable.Each No Fear Shakespeare audio recording audio edition features:The complete original text performed by a ... Read more

$25.99 CAD

SparkNotes Audio presents … No Fear Shakespeare audio recordings! Listen to full cast performances of Shakespeare's plays in all their brilliance—and understand what every word means!Don’t be intimidated by Shakespeare. These audiobook editions make the Bard’s plays accessible and enjoyable.Each No Fear Shakespeare audio recording audio edition features:The complete original text performed by a
... Read more
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The Situation and the Story

The Art of Personal Narrative

by Vivian Gornick ...

Narrated by Vivian Gornick ...

Unabridged

4 hours 48 min

All narrative writing must pull from the raw material of life a tale that will shape experience, transform event, deliver a bit of wisdom. In a story or a novel the "I" who tells this tale can be, and often is, an unreliable narrator but in nonfiction the reader must always be persuaded that the narrator is speaking truth.How does one pull from one's own boring, agitated self the truth-speaker who ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

All narrative writing must pull from the raw material of life a tale that will shape experience, transform event, deliver a bit of wisdom. In a story or a novel the "I" who tells this tale can be, and often is, an unreliable narrator but in nonfiction the reader must always be persuaded that the narrator is speaking truth.How does one pull from one's own boring, agitated self the truth-speaker who
... Read more
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Romeo and Juliet

Two Complete Full Cast Performances of Original Shakespeare Text & Modern English

by SparkNotes, William Shakespeare ...

Narrated by James Fouhey, Imani Jade Powers, Nikki Massoud, Mark Bedard, Ryan Quinn, Joey Parsons, Wayne Carr, Nance Williamson, Gabriel Vaughan, Kurt Rhoads, Will Damron, Gabra Zackman ...

Series series No Fear Shakespeare Audio Recordings
Unabridged

6 hours 49 min

SparkNotes Audio presents … No Fear Shakespeare audio recordings! Listen to full cast performances of Shakespeare's plays in all their brilliance—and understand what every word means!Don’t be intimidated by Shakespeare. These audiobook editions make the Bard’s plays accessible and enjoyable.Each No Fear Shakespeare audio recording audio edition features:The complete original text performed by a ... Read more

$25.99 CAD

SparkNotes Audio presents … No Fear Shakespeare audio recordings! Listen to full cast performances of Shakespeare's plays in all their brilliance—and understand what every word means!Don’t be intimidated by Shakespeare. These audiobook editions make the Bard’s plays accessible and enjoyable.Each No Fear Shakespeare audio recording audio edition features:The complete original text performed by a
... Read more
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The Tower and the Ruin

J.R.R. Tolkien's Creation

by Michael D. C. Drout ...

Narrated by Michael D. C. Drout ...

Unabridged

11 hours 30 min

A leading scholar draws on fifty years of reading and studying J.R.R. Tolkien to explain how he created an entire world.No writer has surpassed the epic achievement of J.R.R. Tolkien, who spent decades refining his Middle-earth—a world that has felt so real to so many readers that it is almost impossible to imagine that any single person could have simply created it, seemingly out of thin air. In ... Read more

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A leading scholar draws on fifty years of reading and studying J.R.R. Tolkien to explain how he created an entire world.No writer has surpassed the epic achievement of J.R.R. Tolkien, who spent decades refining his Middle-earth—a world that has felt so real to so many readers that it is almost impossible to imagine that any single person could have simply created it, seemingly out of thin air. In
... Read more
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C.S. Lewis's Mere Christianity

A Biography

by George M. Marsden ...

Narrated by Robert Ian Mackenzie ...

Series series Lives of the Great Religious Books
Unabridged

5 hours 26 min

Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis's eloquent and winsome defense of the Christian faith, originated as a series of BBC radio talks broadcast during the dark days of World War Two. Here is the story of the extraordinary life and afterlife of this influential and much-beloved book. George Marsden describes how Lewis gradually went from being an atheist to a committed Anglican--famously converting to ... Read more

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Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis's eloquent and winsome defense of the Christian faith, originated as a series of BBC radio talks broadcast during the dark days of World War Two. Here is the story of the extraordinary life and afterlife of this influential and much-beloved book. George Marsden describes how Lewis gradually went from being an atheist to a committed Anglican--famously converting to
... Read more
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George MacDonald

A Biography of Scotland's Beloved Storyteller

by Michael Phillips ...

Narrated by Johnny Heller ...

Unabridged

14 hours 53 min

Scotland's beloved storytellerGeorge MacDonald, nineteenth-century Scottish novelist and poet, was reintroduced to twentieth century Christians by C.S. Lewis, whose reading of MacDonald’s Phantastes triggered his own spiritual awakening and conversion. Other renowned writers have voiced similar acknowledgements. G.K. Chesterton said of MacDonald, “If we test the matter of originality of attitude, ... Read more

$46.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Scotland's beloved storytellerGeorge MacDonald, nineteenth-century Scottish novelist and poet, was reintroduced to twentieth century Christians by C.S. Lewis, whose reading of MacDonald’s Phantastes triggered his own spiritual awakening and conversion. Other renowned writers have voiced similar acknowledgements. G.K. Chesterton said of MacDonald, “If we test the matter of originality of attitude,
... Read more
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Tyrant

Shakespeare on Politics

by Stephen Greenblatt ...

Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini ...

Unabridged

5 hours 26 min

"Brilliant, beautifully organized, exceedingly readable."—Philip RothWorld-renowned Shakespeare scholar Stephen Greenblatt explores the playwright’s insight into bad (and often mad) rulers.Examining the psyche—and psychoses—of the likes of Richard III, Macbeth, Lear, and Coriolanus, Greenblatt illuminates the ways in which William Shakespeare delved into the lust for absolute power and the ... Read more

$26.10 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

"Brilliant, beautifully organized, exceedingly readable."—Philip RothWorld-renowned Shakespeare scholar Stephen Greenblatt explores the playwright’s insight into bad (and often mad) rulers.Examining the psyche—and psychoses—of the likes of Richard III, Macbeth, Lear, and Coriolanus, Greenblatt illuminates the ways in which William Shakespeare delved into the lust for absolute power and the
... Read more
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God’s Secretaries

The Making of the King James Bible

by Adam Nicolson ...

Narrated by Clive Chafer ...

Unabridged

8 hours 40 min

A net of complex currents flowed across Jacobean England. This was the England of Shakespeare, Jonson, and Bacon; the Gunpowder Plot; the worst outbreak of the plague England had ever seen; arcadian landscapes; murderous, toxic slums; and, above all, sometimes overwhelming religious passion. Jacobean England was both more godly and less godly than it had ever been, and the entire culture was drawn ... Read more

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A net of complex currents flowed across Jacobean England. This was the England of Shakespeare, Jonson, and Bacon; the Gunpowder Plot; the worst outbreak of the plague England had ever seen; arcadian landscapes; murderous, toxic slums; and, above all, sometimes overwhelming religious passion. Jacobean England was both more godly and less godly than it had ever been, and the entire culture was drawn
... Read more
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Life Lessons from William Shakespeare

Life Is a Stage: Becoming Every Version of Yourself Before the Final Act.

by Marcus Alden ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Colin Ashford E ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Timeless Wisdom from Writers and Poets
Unabridged

46 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.All the world’s a stage—but few know how to play their part with depth, grace, and truth.Shakespeare wasn’t just a playwright. He was a philosopher of the human soul. Across kings and fools, lovers and villains, his words reveal timeless insights into ambition, identity, love, grief, and power.Life Lessons from Shakespeare by Marcus Alden distills the ... Read more

$6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.All the world’s a stage—but few know how to play their part with depth, grace, and truth.Shakespeare wasn’t just a playwright. He was a philosopher of the human soul. Across kings and fools, lovers and villains, his words reveal timeless insights into ambition, identity, love, grief, and power.Life Lessons from Shakespeare by Marcus Alden distills the
... Read more
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Story of Shakespeare's King Lear, The

by William Shakespeare ...

Narrated by Brian Holland Rose ...

Abridged

7 min

King Lear is another of Shakespeare’s classic tragedies with many memorable lines on the price paid for vanity. King Lear has three daughters, Goneril, Regan and the youngest the good Cordelia. The King asks his daughters how much they love him and thrives on excessive empty words of flattery from two of them and bristles with anger when plain speaking Cordelia does not wish to participate in such ... Read more

$1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

King Lear is another of Shakespeare’s classic tragedies with many memorable lines on the price paid for vanity. King Lear has three daughters, Goneril, Regan and the youngest the good Cordelia. The King asks his daughters how much they love him and thrives on excessive empty words of flattery from two of them and bristles with anger when plain speaking Cordelia does not wish to participate in such
... Read more
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Macbeth

A Dagger of the Mind

by Harold Bloom ...

Narrated by Simon Vance ...

Unabridged

2 hours 47 min

From the ambitious and mad titular character to his devilish wife Lady Macbeth to the moral and noble Banquo to the mysterious Three Witches, Macbeth is one of William Shakespeare's more brilliantly populated plays and remains among the most widely read, performed in innovative productions set in a vast array of times and locations, from Nazi Germany to Revolutionary Cuba. Macbeth is a ... Read more

$15.99 CAD

From the ambitious and mad titular character to his devilish wife Lady Macbeth to the moral and noble Banquo to the mysterious Three Witches, Macbeth is one of William Shakespeare's more brilliantly populated plays and remains among the most widely read, performed in innovative productions set in a vast array of times and locations, from Nazi Germany to Revolutionary Cuba. Macbeth is a
... Read more
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Simply Beckett

by Katherine Weiss ...

Narrated by Lucy Waterhouse ...

Series Audiobook 22 - Great Lives
Unabridged

3 hours 55 min

Born in Dublin on Good Friday, Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) attended Trinity College and taught briefly in Belfast before moving to Paris, where he lived for most of his adult life. Deeply influenced by James Joyce, who became a close friend and mentor, he published poetry, novels, essays, and reviews before stunning Paris, and eventually the rest of the world, with his play Waiting for Godot in ... Read more

$10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Born in Dublin on Good Friday, Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) attended Trinity College and taught briefly in Belfast before moving to Paris, where he lived for most of his adult life. Deeply influenced by James Joyce, who became a close friend and mentor, he published poetry, novels, essays, and reviews before stunning Paris, and eventually the rest of the world, with his play Waiting for Godot in
... Read more
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The Poetry of Wordsworth

by William Wordsworth ...

Narrated by Cedric Hardwicke ...

Unabridged

39 min

William Wordsworth was amongst the greatest of English Poets and this wonderful recording is now available for the first time as a digital download.William Wordsworth was amongst the greatest of English Poets. Included here are selections that put into perspective his great talent. The works are brought beautifully to life by Sir Cedric Hardwicke ... Read more

$13.99 CAD

William Wordsworth was amongst the greatest of English Poets and this wonderful recording is now available for the first time as a digital download.William Wordsworth was amongst the greatest of English Poets. Included here are selections that put into perspective his great talent. The works are brought beautifully to life by Sir Cedric Hardwicke
... Read more
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Giants of the British Novel, Part I

The Rise of the Novel and the First British Masters

by Timothy B. Shutt ...

Narrated by Timothy B. Shutt ...

Unabridged

3 hours 28 min

It can reasonably be argued that the British invented the novel. And to understand the way in which the novel, as a literary form, developed in Britain is key to understanding the literary form itself. In this first of a two-part series, beloved Modern Scholar professor Timothy B. Shutt takes listeners on a panoramic journey across the colorful landscape of British Novelists beginning with Daniel ... Read more

$21.97 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

It can reasonably be argued that the British invented the novel. And to understand the way in which the novel, as a literary form, developed in Britain is key to understanding the literary form itself. In this first of a two-part series, beloved Modern Scholar professor Timothy B. Shutt takes listeners on a panoramic journey across the colorful landscape of British Novelists beginning with Daniel
... Read more
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English Literature

by Benjamin W. Griffith PhD ...

Narrated by Stuart Langton ...

Series Audiobook 0 - The Barron’s EZ-101 Study Keys Series
Unabridged

5 hours 8 min

Designed to be compatible with virtually every standard textbook in its subject field, Barron’s EZ-101 Study Keys gives you a valuable overview of your college-level course. Classroom-style notes emphasize important facts, remind you what you need to remember for term papers and exams, and help guide you through the complexities of lectures and textbooks.English Literature covers the key themes, ... Read more

$19.55 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Designed to be compatible with virtually every standard textbook in its subject field, Barron’s EZ-101 Study Keys gives you a valuable overview of your college-level course. Classroom-style notes emphasize important facts, remind you what you need to remember for term papers and exams, and help guide you through the complexities of lectures and textbooks.English Literature covers the key themes,
... Read more
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Julius Caesar

Two Complete Full Cast Performances of Original Shakespeare Text & Modern English

by SparkNotes, William Shakespeare ...

Narrated by Matthew Amendt, Rachel Fowler, Neil Hellegers, Allyson Johnson, JD Jackson, Luis Moreno, Ronald Peet, Ryan Quinn, John Leonard Thompson, Gabra Zackman, Emily Woo Zeller, Suzanne Toren ...

Series series No Fear Shakespeare Audio Recordings
Unabridged

5 hours 19 min

SparkNotes Audio presents … No Fear Shakespeare audio recordings! Listen to full cast performances of Shakespeare's plays in all their brilliance—and understand what every word means!Don’t be intimidated by Shakespeare. These audiobook editions make the Bard’s plays accessible and enjoyable.Each No Fear Shakespeare audio recording audio edition features:The complete original text performed by a ... Read more

$25.99 CAD

SparkNotes Audio presents … No Fear Shakespeare audio recordings! Listen to full cast performances of Shakespeare's plays in all their brilliance—and understand what every word means!Don’t be intimidated by Shakespeare. These audiobook editions make the Bard’s plays accessible and enjoyable.Each No Fear Shakespeare audio recording audio edition features:The complete original text performed by a
... Read more
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Making Darkness Light

A Life of John Milton

by Joe Moshenska ...

Narrated by Joe Eyre ...

Unabridged

15 hours 20 min

An innovative and elegant new biography of John Milton from an acclaimed Oxford professorJohn Milton was once essential reading for visionaries and revolutionaries, from William Blake to Ben Franklin. Now, however, he has become a literary institution—intimidating rather than inspiring.In Making Darkness Light, Oxford professor Joe Moshenska rediscovers a poet whose rich contradictions confound ... Read more

$41.99 CAD

An innovative and elegant new biography of John Milton from an acclaimed Oxford professorJohn Milton was once essential reading for visionaries and revolutionaries, from William Blake to Ben Franklin. Now, however, he has become a literary institution—intimidating rather than inspiring.In Making Darkness Light, Oxford professor Joe Moshenska rediscovers a poet whose rich contradictions confound
... Read more
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Shakespearean

On Life & Language in Times of Disruption

by Robert McCrum ...

Narrated by Ben Allen ...

Unabridged

10 hours 38 min

'Enchanting' Simon Russell Beale --- 'Remarkable' James Shapiro'Wonderful . . . compulsively readable' Nicholas HytnerWhy do the collected works of an Elizabethan writer continue to speak to us as if they were written yesterday?When Robert McCrum began his recovery from a life-changing stroke, described in My Year Off, he discovered that the only words that made sense to him were snatches of ... Read more

$22.12 CAD

'Enchanting' Simon Russell Beale --- 'Remarkable' James Shapiro'Wonderful . . . compulsively readable' Nicholas HytnerWhy do the collected works of an Elizabethan writer continue to speak to us as if they were written yesterday?When Robert McCrum began his recovery from a life-changing stroke, described in My Year Off, he discovered that the only words that made sense to him were snatches of
... Read more
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English Literature in the Sixteenth Century (Excluding Drama)

by C. S. Lewis ...

Narrated by John Lee ...

Unabridged

25 hours 17 min

C. S. Lewis offers a magisterial take on the literature and poetry of one of the most consequential periods in world history, providing deep insight into some of the greatest writers of the age, including Edmund Spenser, William Shakespeare, William Tyndale, John Knox, Dr. Johnson, Richard Hooker, Hugh Latimer, Christopher Marlowe, John Donne, and Thomas Cranmer.English Literature in the Sixteenth ... Read more

$66.99 CAD

C. S. Lewis offers a magisterial take on the literature and poetry of one of the most consequential periods in world history, providing deep insight into some of the greatest writers of the age, including Edmund Spenser, William Shakespeare, William Tyndale, John Knox, Dr. Johnson, Richard Hooker, Hugh Latimer, Christopher Marlowe, John Donne, and Thomas Cranmer.English Literature in the Sixteenth
... Read more
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling (Book Analysis)

Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

by Bright Summaries ...

Narrated by Sara Wright ...

Series series BrightSummaries.com
Unabridged

29 min

Unlock the more straightforward side of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling, which follows Harry as he embarks on a quest to find and destroy the powerful magical artefacts known as Horcruxes that have been keeping the Dark Lord Voldemort alive. ... Read more

$41.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Unlock the more straightforward side of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling, which follows Harry as he embarks on a quest to find and destroy the powerful magical artefacts known as Horcruxes that have been keeping the Dark Lord Voldemort alive.
... Read more
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Story of Shakespeare's As You Like It, The

by William Shakespeare ...

Narrated by Brian Holland Rose ...

Abridged

8 min

As You Like It is one of Shakespeare’s comedies featuring women dressed as men, brothers reconciling and wrongs put to right. The fair Rosalind falls in love with the strong Orlando and Rosalind’s companion to Orlando’s brother. Told here as a fairy tale, it makes a perfect introduction to Shakespeare for youngsters and the uninitiated alike. ... Read more

$1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

As You Like It is one of Shakespeare’s comedies featuring women dressed as men, brothers reconciling and wrongs put to right. The fair Rosalind falls in love with the strong Orlando and Rosalind’s companion to Orlando’s brother. Told here as a fairy tale, it makes a perfect introduction to Shakespeare for youngsters and the uninitiated alike.
... Read more

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