Literary Criticism audiobooks

Hamlet

By: Carla Lynn Stockton, B.A., M.A., C.A.S.

Narrated by: Dan John Miller

Length: 4 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

This CliffsNotes study guide on William Shakespeare's Hamlet supplements the original literary work, giving you background information about the author, an introduction to the work, a graphical character map, critical commentaries, expanded glossaries, and a comprehensive index, all for you to use as an educational tool that will allow you to... Read more

Julius Caesar

By: Martha Perry

Narrated by: Luke Daniels

Length: 3 hours

Abridged: No

This CliffsNotes study guide on William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar supplements the original literary work, giving you background information about the author, an introduction to the work, a graphical character map, critical commentaries, expanded glossaries, and a comprehensive index, all for you to use as an educational tool that will allow... Read more

Macbeth

By: Alex Went, M.A.

Narrated by: Joyce Bean

Length: 3 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

This CliffsNotes study guide on William Shakespeare's Macbeth supplements the original literary work, giving you background information about the author, an introduction to the work, a graphical character map, critical commentaries, expanded glossaries, and a comprehensive index, all for you to use as an educational tool that will allow you to... Read more

King Lear

By: Sheri Metzger, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Kate Rudd

Length: 3 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

This CliffsNotes study guide on William Shakespeare's King Lear supplements the original literary work, giving you background information about the author, an introduction to the work, a graphical character map, critical commentaries, expanded glossaries, and a comprehensive index, all for you to use as an educational tool that will allow you to... Read more

Othello

By: Helen McCullock, M.A. & Gary K. Carey, M.A.

Narrated by: Luke Daniels

Length: 3 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

This CliffsNotes study guide on William Shakespeare's Othello supplements the original literary work, giving you background information about the author, an introduction to the work, a graphical character map, critical commentaries, expanded glossaries, and a comprehensive index, all for you to use as an educational tool that will allow you to... Read more

Romeo and Juliet

By: Annaliese F. Connolly

Narrated by: Kate Rudd

Length: 3 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

This CliffsNotes study guide on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet supplements the original literary work, giving you background information about the author, an introduction to the work, a graphical character map, critical commentaries, expanded glossaries, and a comprehensive index, all for you to use as an educational tool that will allow... Read more

The Merchant of Venice

By: Jennifer L. Scheidt, M.A. & Waldo F. McNeir, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Luke Daniels

Length: 2 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

This CliffsNotes study guide on William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice supplements the original literary work, giving you background information about the author, an introduction to the work, a graphical character map, critical commentaries, expanded glossaries, and a comprehensive index, all for you to use as an educational tool that will... Read more

Frankenstein

By: Jeff Coghill

Narrated by: Kate Rudd

Length: 2 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

This CliffsNotes study guide on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein supplements the original literary work, giving you background information about the author, an introduction to the work, a graphical character map, critical commentaries, expanded glossaries, and a comprehensive index, all for you to use as an educational tool that will allow you to... Read more

Oedipus Trilogy

By: Charles Higgins, Ph.D. & Regina Higgins, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Luke Daniels

Length: 2 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

This CliffsNotes study guide on Sophocles' Oedipus Trilogy supplements the original literary work, giving you background information about the author, an introduction to the work, a graphical character map, critical commentaries, expanded glossaries, and a comprehensive index, all for you to use as an educational tool that will allow you to... Read more

Invisible Man

By: Durthy A. Washington

Narrated by: Tim Wheeler

Length: 4 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

The CliffsNotes study guide on Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man supplements the original literary work, giving you background information about the author, an introduction to the work, a graphical character map, critical commentaries, expanded glossaries, and a comprehensive index, all for you to use as an educational tool that will allow you to... Read more

Beowulf

By: Stanley P. Baldwin, M.A.

Narrated by: Ellen Grafton

Length: 3 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

The CliffsNotes study guide on Beowulf supplements the original literary work, giving you background information about the author, an introduction to the work, a graphical character map, critical commentaries, expanded glossaries, and a comprehensive index, all for you to use as an educational tool that will allow you to better understand the... Read more

Mythology

By: James Weigel Jr., M.A.

Narrated by: Joyce Bean

Length: 7 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

The CliffsNotes study guide on Mythology supplements the original literary work, giving you background information about the author, an introduction to the work, a graphical character map, critical commentaries, expanded glossaries, and a comprehensive index, all for you to use as an educational tool that will allow you to better understand the... Read more

Things Fall Apart

By: John Chua & Suzanne Pavlos, M.Ed., C.S.W.

Narrated by: Kate Rudd

Length: 3 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

The CliffsNotes study guide on Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart supplements the original literary work, giving you background information about the author, an introduction to the work, a graphical character map, critical commentaries, expanded glossaries, and a comprehensive index, all for you to use as an educational tool that will allow you... Read more

Pride and Prejudice

By: Marie Kalil, M.A.

Narrated by: Ellen Grafton

Length: 3 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

The CliffsNotes study guide on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice supplements the original literary work, giving you background information about the author, an introduction to the work, a graphical character map, critical commentaries, expanded glossaries, and a comprehensive index, all for you to use as an educational tool that will allow you... Read more

Fahrenheit 451

By: Kristi Hiner

Narrated by: Tim Wheeler

Length: 3 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

The CliffsNotes study guide on Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 supplements the original literary work, giving you background information about the author, an introduction to the work, a graphical character map, critical commentaries, expanded glossaries, and a comprehensive index, all for you to use as an educational tool that will allow you to... Read more

Thalia Book Club: Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird 50th Anniversary Celebration

By: Harper Lee

Narrated by: Stephen Colbert, Isaiah Sheffer, Jayne Anne Phi...

Length: 1 hour 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Readings and conversation with Kurt Andersen, Libba Bray, Stephen Colbert, Oskar Eustis, Mary McDonagh Murphy, Jayne Anne Phillips, and Isaiah Sheffer, a discussion with the audience. Authors and actors including Stephen Colbert, Libba Bray (award winning young-adult novelist Going Bovine, winner of 2010 Printz Award), Oskar Eustis (Artistic... Read more

The Writing Life

By: Annie Dillard & Janet Stevens

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert

Length: 2 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

With color, irony, and sensitivity, Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Dillard illuminates the dedication, absurdity, and daring that is the writer's life. As it probes and exposes, examines and analyzes,The Writing Lifeoffers deeper insight into one of the most mysterious of professions.A gregarious recluse, Dillard has passed many days, weeks, and... Read more

Thalia Book Club: Jon Scieszka's Robot Zot

By: Jon Scieszka

Narrated by: Lisa Von Drasek

Length: 1 hour 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Jon Scieszka (The Time Warp Trio) joins Lisa Von Drasek to discuss and read from his children's book Robot Zot. Read more

Sophies schlimme Briefe (Ungekürzt)

By: Kirsten Boie

Narrated by: Marie Bierstedt

Length: 1 hour 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Sophies Oma liegt im Krankenhaus, weil sie eine neue Hüfte bekommen soll. Das beschäftigt Sophie und sie schreibt ihr Briefe, in denen sie erzählt, was in der Schule und zu Hause passiert - aber nur die lustigen Sachen! Bestimmt möchte die Oma das alles wissen. Sophie passt sehr auf, dass sie keine schlimmen Wörter benutzt, aber das gelingt ihr... Read more

God

By: Jack Miles

Narrated by: Michael Prichard

Length: 19 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

What sort of "person" is God? Is it possible to approach him not as an object of religious reverence, but as the protagonist of the world's greatest book--as a character who possesses all the depths, contradictions, and abiguities of a Hamlet? In this "brilliant, audacious book" (Chicago Tribune), a former Jesuit marshalls a vast array of... Read more

Thalia Book Club: Tom Rachman's The Imperfectionists

By: Tom Rachman

Narrated by: Sree Srinivasan & David Fehr

Length: 1 hour 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Tom Rachman sits down with Sree Srinivasan to discuss his novel, The Imperfectionists. David Fehr reads an excerpt. Read more

The Gambler

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky

Narrated by: Michael Kramer

Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

The Gambler is a psychologically probing novel concerning the gambling episodes, tangled love affairs, and complicated lives of Alexis Ivanovitch, a young gambling addict; Polina Alexandrovna, the woman he loves; a pair of French adventurers; and other characters. Narrated by Alexis, this short novel is based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's own... Read more

The World of George Orwell

By: Michael Shelden

Narrated by: Michael Shelden

Length: 7 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Big Brother Is Watching You: The words are inextricably associated with the classic dystopian novel 1984 and with its revered author, George Orwell. The Modern Scholar series continues its exploration of great authors with this course from esteemed professor Michael Shelden. In these lectures Orwell, who also penned the epitome of the political... Read more

Children's Literature

By: Seth Lerer

Narrated by: Tony Craine

Length: 15 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Ever since children have learned to read, there has been children's literature. Children's Literature charts the makings of the Western literary imagination from Aesop's fables to Mother Goose, from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to Peter Pan, from Where the Wild Things Are to Harry Potter.The only single-volume work to capture the rich and... Read more