Literary Criticism audiobooks

George MacDonald

By: Michael Phillips

Narrated by: Johnny Heller

Length: 14 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Scotland's beloved storyteller
George 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... Read more

M Train

By: Patti Smith

Narrated by: Patti Smith

Length: 6 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

National Best Seller 

From the National Book Award–winning author of Just Kids: an unforgettable odyssey of a legendary artist, told through the prism of the cafés and haunts she has worked in around the world. It is a book Patti Smith has described as “a roadmap to my life.”

M Train begins in the tiny Greenwich Village café where Smith goes... Read more

A House of My Own

By: Sandra Cisneros

Narrated by: Sandra Cisneros

Length: 11 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of The House on Mango Street, a richly illustrated compilation of true stories and nonfiction pieces that, taken together, form a jigsaw autobiography—an intimate album of a beloved literary legend.

From the Chicago neighborhoods where she grew up and set her groundbreaking The House on Mango Street to her abode in Mexico in a... Read more

The Anchor's Long Chain (Unabridged)

By: Yves Bonnefoy

Narrated by: Wayne Farrell

Length: 2 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

An experiment with the sonnet form by one of the foremost French poets of his generation. Yves Bonnefoy has wowed the literary world for decades with his diffuse volumes. First published in France in 2008, The Anchor's Long Chain is an indispensable addition to his oeuvre. Enriching Bonnefoy's earlier work, the volume, translated by Beverley... Read more

The Art of Language Invention

By: David J. Peterson

Narrated by: David J. Peterson

Length: 9 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

An insider’s tour through the construction of invented languages from the bestselling author and creator of languages for the HBO series Game of Thrones and the Syfy series Defiance

From master language creator David J. Peterson comes a creative guide to language construction for sci-fi and fantasy fans, writers, game creators, and language... Read more

The Art of Memoir

By: Mary Karr

Narrated by: Mary Karr

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Bestselling author and renowned professor Mary Karr offers a master class in the essential elements of great memoir—delivered with her signature wit, insight, and candor.Credited with sparking the current memoir explosion, Mary Karr’s The Liars’ Club spent more than a year at the top of the New York Times list. She followed with two other smash... Read more

South Toward Home

By: Margaret Eby

Narrated by: Susan Bennett

Length: 6 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

A literary travelogue into the heart of classic Southern literature. What is it about the South that has inspired so much of America's greatest literature? And why, when we think of Flannery O'Connor or William Faulkner or Harper Lee, do we think of them not just as writers, but as Southern writers? In South Toward Home, Margaret Eby-herself a... Read more

Je voudrais que quelqu'un m'attende quelque part d'Anna Gavalda

By: lePetitLitteraire & Marie Giraud-Claude-Lafontaine

Narrated by: Denise Dubois

Length: 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Décryptez Je voudrais que quelqu'un m'attende quelque part d'Anna Gavalda avec l'analyse du PetitLittéraire.fr !Que faut-il retenir de l'ouvrage Je voudrais que quelqu'un m'attende quelque part, recueil de nouvelles nuancé et percutant ? Retrouvez tout ce que vous devez savoir sur ces portraits atypiques dans une fiche de lecture complète et... Read more

L'Extraordinaire Voyage du fakir qui était resté coincé dans une armoire IKEA de Romain Puértolas (Analyse de l'oeuvre)

By: lePetitLitteraire, Tommy Thiange & Kelly Carrein

Narrated by: Denise Dubois

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Décryptez L'Extraordinaire Voyage du fakir qui était resté coincé dans une armoire IKEA de Romain Puértolas avec l'analyse du PetitLittéraire.fr !Que faut-il retenir de l'ouvrage L'Extraordinaire Voyage du fakir qui était resté coincé dans une armoire IKEA, le roman révélation de l'année 2013 ? Retrouvez tout ce que vous devez savoir sur le... Read more

In ‘Purity,’ Jonathan Franzen Dismantles the Deception of Idealism

By: Jonathan Franzen

Narrated by: Jonathan Franzen & Jeffrey Brown

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Jonathan Franzen's latest novel unfolds between multiple characters across time and geography, connected by a theme named in its title: Purity. Jeffrey Brown visits the author on the California coast to discuss the book's inspiration and why he gets into heated public debates. Read more

Archaeology in Fiction

By: Scott C. Viguié

Narrated by: Scott C. Viguié & Austin Downey

Length: 4 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Popular fiction is filled with images of archaeologists as daring adventurers who constantly risk life and limb in the pursuit of fabulous antiquities of immense historical and monetary value. There are evil villains, great romances, and unknown perils lurking around every corner.That’s the view many people have of archaeology. But what is the... Read more

Thug Notes

By: Sparky Sweets, PhD

Narrated by: Greg Edwards

Length: 6 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Sparky Sweets, PhD, and Wisecrack proudly present this outrageously funny, ultra-sharp guide to literature based on the hit online series, Thug Notes. Inside, you'll find hilarious plot breakdowns and masterful analyses of sixteen of literature's most beloved classics, including: Things Fall Apart, To Kill a Mockingbird, Hamlet, The Catcher in... Read more

Browsings

By: Michael Dirda

Narrated by: John Lescault

Length: 6 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

From Pulitzer Prize–winning book critic Michael Dirda comes a collection of his most personal and engaging essays on the literary life—the perfect companion for any lover of books.Michael Dirda has been hailed as “the best-read person in America” by the Paris Review and “the best book critic in America” by the New York Observer. In addition to... Read more

A Book for Her

By: Bridget Christie

Narrated by: Bridget Christie

Length: 7 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Bridget Christie is a stand-up comedian, idiot and feminist. On the 30th of April 2012, a man farted in the Women’s Studies Section of a bookshop and it changed her life forever.

A Book For Her details Christie’s twelve years of anonymous toil in the bowels of stand-up comedy and the sudden epiphany that made her, unbelievably, one of the most... Read more

PONS Audiotraining Plus - German as a Foreign Language

By: Anke Levin-Steinmann, Christine Breslauer & PON...

Narrated by: div.

Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

For beginners and advanced learners - listen, understand better and speak more easily Learn German whenever you like, wherever you like - it's easy with PONS Audio Training Plus: German as a foreign language. Brush up your German, increase your vocabulary and experience targeted practice of your listening comprehension. You will be exposed... Read more

PONS Audiotraining Plus - Alemán como lengua extranjera

By: Anke Levin-Steinmann, Christine Breslauer & PON...

Narrated by: div.

Length: 5 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Para principiantes y estudiantes avanzados - escuchar, comprender mucho mejor y hablar más fácilmente Aprenda alemán cuando sea y donde le sea más cómodo: facilísimo gracias al método PONS Entrenamiento de audio Plus alemán como lengua extranjera. Refresque sus conocimientos de alemán, amplíe el vocabulario y ejercite deliberadamente la... Read more

PONS Audiotraining Plus - Немецкий как иностранный язык

By: Anke Levin-Steinmann, Christine Breslauer & PON...

Narrated by: div.

Length: 6 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Аудиотренинг Плюс - Немецкий как иностранный язык Для начинающих и продолжающих — слушаем, лучше понимаем и легче говорим Учить немецкий всегда и везде — в этом Вам поможет Аудиотренинг Плюс: Немецкий как иностранный. Освежите Ваши знания, расширьте Вашу лексику и навыки аудирования. Вы прослушиваете слова, затем предложения, а затем диалоги и... Read more

PONS Audiotraining Plus - Allemand langue étrangère

By: Anke Levin-Steinmann, Christine Breslauer & PON...

Narrated by: div.

Length: 5 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Pour débutants et avancés - écouter, mieux comprendre et s'exprimer plus facilement Apprenez l'allemand quand vous voulez, et où que vous soyez - rien de plus facile avec l'Audiotraining Plus de PONS: Allemand langue étrangère. Révisez votre allemand, élargissez votre vocabulaire et améliorez votre compréhension orale. Avec l'Audiotraining... Read more

Man in Profile

By: Thomas Kunkel

Narrated by: Joe Barrett

Length: 11 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

This fascinating biography reveals the untold story of the legendary New Yorker profile writer—author of Joe Gould’s Secret and Up in the Old Hotel—and unravels the mystery behind one of literary history’s greatest disappearing acts.Born and raised in North Carolina, Joseph Mitchell was Southern to the core. But from the 1930s to the 1960s, he... Read more

Shakespeare Basics for Grown-Ups

By: B. Coates & E. Foley

Narrated by: Daniel Weyman

Length: 9 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

An essential guide to Shakespeare, from the international bestselling authors of Homework for Grown-Ups

The Bard was so incredibly prolific that even most Shakespeare scholars would welcome the occasional refresher course, and most of the rest of us haven’t even got a clue as to what a petard actually is. Fear not, the bestselling authors of... Read more

A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War

By: Joseph Loconte

Narrated by: Dave Hoffman

Length: 6 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Deepen your insight into and appreciation for the writings J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis as you explore the untold story of how the First World War shaped their lives, faith, and writings.Had there been no Great War, there would have been no Hobbit, no Lord of the Rings, no Narnia—perhaps even no conversion to Christianity by C.S. Lewis.The... Read more

La Bibliothécaire de Gudule (Analyse de l'oeuvre)

By: lePetitLitteraire, Yolanda Fernández Romero & F...

Narrated by: Denise Dubois

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Décryptez La Bibliothécaire de Gudule avec l'analyse du PetitLittéraire.fr !Que faut-il retenir de La Bibliothécaire, roman fantastique pour la jeunesse ? Retrouvez tout ce que vous devez savoir sur cette œuvre dans une analyse complète et détaillée.Vous trouverez notamment dans cette fiche :   • Un résumé complet   • Une présentation des... Read more

The Fellowship

By: Philip Zaleski & Carol Zaleski

Narrated by: John Curless

Length: 26 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

A stirring group biography of the Inklings, the Oxford writing club featuring J.R.R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis C.S. Lewis is the twentieth century's most widely read Christian writer and J.R.R. Tolkien its most beloved mythmaker. For three decades, they and their closest associates formed a literary club known as the Inklings, which met weekly in... Read more

In A Dark Wood

By: Joseph Luzzi

Narrated by: Rick Adamson

Length: 7 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

In the aftermath of a heartbreaking tragedy, a scholar and writer uses Dante’s Divine Comedy to shepherd him through the dark wood of grief and mourning—a rich and emotionally resonant memoir of suffering, hope, love, and the power of literature to inspire and heal the most devastating loss.Where do we turn when we lose everything? Joseph Luzzi... Read more