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Macbeth

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

by SparkNotes, William Shakespeare ...

Narrated by January LaVoy, Wayne Carr, Eileen Stevens, Ryan Quinn, Neil Hellegers, David Shih, Erin Moon, Lauren Fortgang, Nikki Massoud, Gabra Zackman, Suzanne Toren ...

Series series No Fear Shakespeare Audio Recordings
Unabridged

5 hours 7 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

$19.99 USD

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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Shakespeare

The World as Stage

by Bill Bryson ...

Narrated by Bill Bryson ...

Unabridged

5 hours 29 min

Shakespeare: The Illustrated Edition is an exquisitely illustrated, updated edition of Bill Bryson’s bestselling biography of William Shakespeare that takes the reader on an enthralling tour through Elizabethan England and the eccentricities of Shakespearean scholarship. With more than 100 color and black-and-white illustrations throughout, and updated to include recent discoveries, Shakespeare: ... Read more

$23.99 USD

Shakespeare: The Illustrated Edition is an exquisitely illustrated, updated edition of Bill Bryson’s bestselling biography of William Shakespeare that takes the reader on an enthralling tour through Elizabethan England and the eccentricities of Shakespearean scholarship. With more than 100 color and black-and-white illustrations throughout, and updated to include recent discoveries, Shakespeare:
... Read more
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Planet Narnia

The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C. S. Lewis

by Michael Ward ...

Narrated by Nigel Patterson ...

Unabridged

13 hours 3 min

For over half a century, scholars have labored to show that C. S. Lewis's famed but apparently disorganized Chronicles of Narnia have an underlying symbolic coherence, pointing to such possible unifying themes as the seven sacraments, the seven deadly sins, and the seven books of Spenser's Faerie Queene. None of these explanations has won general acceptance and the structure of Narnia's symbolism ... Read more

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For over half a century, scholars have labored to show that C. S. Lewis's famed but apparently disorganized Chronicles of Narnia have an underlying symbolic coherence, pointing to such possible unifying themes as the seven sacraments, the seven deadly sins, and the seven books of Spenser's Faerie Queene. None of these explanations has won general acceptance and the structure of Narnia's symbolism
... Read more
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The Club

Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age

by Leo Damrosch ...

Narrated by Simon Vance ...

Unabridged

15 hours 1 min

Prize-winning biographer Leo Damrosch tells the story of “the Club,” a group of extraordinary writers, artists, and thinkers who gathered weekly at a London tavernIn 1763, the painter Joshua Reynolds proposed to his friend Samuel Johnson that they invite a few friends to join them every Friday at the Turk’s Head Tavern in London to dine, drink, and talk until midnight. Eventually the group came to ... Read more

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Prize-winning biographer Leo Damrosch tells the story of “the Club,” a group of extraordinary writers, artists, and thinkers who gathered weekly at a London tavernIn 1763, the painter Joshua Reynolds proposed to his friend Samuel Johnson that they invite a few friends to join them every Friday at the Turk’s Head Tavern in London to dine, drink, and talk until midnight. Eventually the group came to
... Read more
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The Satyricon

by Petronius ...

Narrated by Jonathan Keeble ...

Unabridged

6 hours 55 min

Libidinous, licentious, salacious and very, very funny, The Satyricon is one of the most remarkable documents from ancient Rome. It tells the ribald story of Encolpius, a man of active and varied appetites (powered notably by his passion for his favourite lover, the handsome Giton), who plunges without inhibition into the life of Roman pleasures: orgies of food, feasting, abundant sex and ... Read more

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Libidinous, licentious, salacious and very, very funny, The Satyricon is one of the most remarkable documents from ancient Rome. It tells the ribald story of Encolpius, a man of active and varied appetites (powered notably by his passion for his favourite lover, the handsome Giton), who plunges without inhibition into the life of Roman pleasures: orgies of food, feasting, abundant sex and
... Read more
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Frodo's Journey: Discover the Hidden Meaning of The Lord of the Rings

by Joseph Pearce ...

Narrated by Kevin O'Brien ...

Unabridged

3 hours 56 min

J. R. R. Tolkien's magnum opus, The Lord of the Rings, has been beloved for generations, selling millions of copies and selling millions more tickets through its award-winning film adaptations. The immense cultural impact of this epic is undeniable, but the deeper meaning of the story often goes unnoticed.Here, Joseph Pearce, author of Bilbo's Journey uncovers the rich - and distinctly Christian - ... Read more

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J. R. R. Tolkien's magnum opus, The Lord of the Rings, has been beloved for generations, selling millions of copies and selling millions more tickets through its award-winning film adaptations. The immense cultural impact of this epic is undeniable, but the deeper meaning of the story often goes unnoticed.Here, Joseph Pearce, author of Bilbo's Journey uncovers the rich - and distinctly Christian -
... Read more
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Collins

by William Shakespeare, Collins ...

Narrated by Laurence Bouvard, Eric Meyers, Christopher Ragland, Tom Clarke-Hill ...

Series series Collins
Unabridged

5 hours 57 min

Eight of the bard’s funniest plays, from A Midsummer’s Night Dream to The Winter’s Tale, abridged and novelised for young listeners. Hours of audio fun to keep children entertained while on the move!Introduce your children to the wonderful world of Shakespearean comedies with these abridged stories, written especially for children. Filled with sound effects, music and fun, your children will come ... Read more

$21.99 USD

Eight of the bard’s funniest plays, from A Midsummer’s Night Dream to The Winter’s Tale, abridged and novelised for young listeners. Hours of audio fun to keep children entertained while on the move!Introduce your children to the wonderful world of Shakespearean comedies with these abridged stories, written especially for children. Filled with sound effects, music and fun, your children will come
... Read more
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Bilbo's Journey: Discovering the Hidden Meaning in The Hobbit

by Joseph Pearce ...

Narrated by Kevin O'Brien ...

Unabridged

3 hours 58 min

In Bilbo's Journey, go beyond the dragons, dwarves, and elves, and discover the surprisingly deep meaning of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic novel The Hobbit.Bilbo's quest to find and slay the dragon Smaug is a riveting tale of daring and heroism, but as renowned Tolkien scholar Joseph Pearce shows, it is not simply Bilbo's journey, it is our journey too.It is the Christian journey of self-sacrifice out ... Read more

$11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

In Bilbo's Journey, go beyond the dragons, dwarves, and elves, and discover the surprisingly deep meaning of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic novel The Hobbit.Bilbo's quest to find and slay the dragon Smaug is a riveting tale of daring and heroism, but as renowned Tolkien scholar Joseph Pearce shows, it is not simply Bilbo's journey, it is our journey too.It is the Christian journey of self-sacrifice out
... Read more
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The Anatomy of Melancholy

by Robert Burton ...

Narrated by Peter Wickham ...

Unabridged

56 hours 49 min

The Anatomy of Melancholy is one of the most remarkable books ever written. First published in 1621, and hardly ever out of print since, it is a huge, varied, idiosyncratic, entertaining and learned survey of the experience of melancholy, seen from just about every possible angle that could be imagined. Its subtitle explains much: The Anatomy of Melancholy, What it is: With All the Kinds, Causes, ... Read more

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The Anatomy of Melancholy is one of the most remarkable books ever written. First published in 1621, and hardly ever out of print since, it is a huge, varied, idiosyncratic, entertaining and learned survey of the experience of melancholy, seen from just about every possible angle that could be imagined. Its subtitle explains much: The Anatomy of Melancholy, What it is: With All the Kinds, Causes,
... Read more
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Shakespeare's Greatest Love

by David Medina ...

Narrated by David Medina ...

Series series Disruption Curio
Unabridged

2 hours 10 min

Relying on historical and literary evidence hidden in plain sight, Shakespeare's Greatest Love tells the true, uncensored love story of William Shakespeare and Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton."Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate."—Shakespeare's Sonnet 18, written for and about Southampton.Leaving behind a wife and three young children in ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Relying on historical and literary evidence hidden in plain sight, Shakespeare's Greatest Love tells the true, uncensored love story of William Shakespeare and Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton."Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate."—Shakespeare's Sonnet 18, written for and about Southampton.Leaving behind a wife and three young children in
... Read more
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Chaucer

A European Life

by Marion Turner ...

Narrated by Marion Turner ...

Unabridged

20 hours 9 min

A groundbreaking biography that recreates the cosmopolitan world in which a wine merchant's son became one of the most celebrated of all English poets More than any other canonical English writer, Geoffrey Chaucer lived and worked at the center of political life?yet his poems are anything but conventional. Edgy, complicated, and often dark, they reflect a conflicted world, and their astonishing ... Read more

$30.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A groundbreaking biography that recreates the cosmopolitan world in which a wine merchant's son became one of the most celebrated of all English poets More than any other canonical English writer, Geoffrey Chaucer lived and worked at the center of political life?yet his poems are anything but conventional. Edgy, complicated, and often dark, they reflect a conflicted world, and their astonishing
... Read more
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Immer wenn ich dieses Lied höre

Im Versteck von Anne Frank

by Lola Lafon ...

Narrated by Ursula Berlinghof ...

Unabridged

4 hours 37 min

Lola Lafon hat eine Nacht allein im ehemaligen Versteck der Familie Frank in Amsterdam verbracht. Sie geht von Raum zu Raum, lauscht dem Echo derer, die dort ausharren mussten, und spürt der Dunkelheit nach. Was sie findet, ist nicht nur die Geschichte Anne Franks, sondern auch die Geschichte ihrer eigenen Familie. Selbst zum verbindenden Element geworden, tastet sich Lola Lafon immer weiter vor. ... Read more

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Lola Lafon hat eine Nacht allein im ehemaligen Versteck der Familie Frank in Amsterdam verbracht. Sie geht von Raum zu Raum, lauscht dem Echo derer, die dort ausharren mussten, und spürt der Dunkelheit nach. Was sie findet, ist nicht nur die Geschichte Anne Franks, sondern auch die Geschichte ihrer eigenen Familie. Selbst zum verbindenden Element geworden, tastet sich Lola Lafon immer weiter vor.
... Read more
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Aspects of the Novel

by E. M. Forster ...

Narrated by Jason Tibor ...

Unabridged

6 hours 19 min

First published in 1927, Aspects of the Novel by E. M. Forster remains one of the most influential works of literary criticism in the English language. Based on a series of lectures delivered at Cambridge University, Forster explores the essential elements that define the novel — story, people, plot, fantasy, prophecy, pattern, and rhythm.With wit, clarity, and intellectual warmth, Forster ... Read more

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First published in 1927, Aspects of the Novel by E. M. Forster remains one of the most influential works of literary criticism in the English language. Based on a series of lectures delivered at Cambridge University, Forster explores the essential elements that define the novel — story, people, plot, fantasy, prophecy, pattern, and rhythm.With wit, clarity, and intellectual warmth, Forster
... Read more
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Much Ado About Nothing

by William Shakespeare ...

Narrated by Matt Montanez ...

Unabridged

2 hours 18 min

Much Ado About Nothing is generally considered one of Shakespeare's best comedies, because it combines elements of robust hilarity with more serious meditations on honor, shame, and court politics.The play includes two quite different stories of romantic love. Hero and Claudio fall in love almost at first sight, but an outsider, Don John, strikes out at their happiness. Beatrice and Benedick are ... Read more

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Much Ado About Nothing is generally considered one of Shakespeare's best comedies, because it combines elements of robust hilarity with more serious meditations on honor, shame, and court politics.The play includes two quite different stories of romantic love. Hero and Claudio fall in love almost at first sight, but an outsider, Don John, strikes out at their happiness. Beatrice and Benedick are
... Read more
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Lord of the Flies by William Golding (Book Analysis)

Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

by Bright Summaries ...

Narrated by Sara Wright ...

Series series BrightSummaries.com
Unabridged

14 min

Unlock the more straightforward side of Lord of the Flies with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of Lord of the Flies by William Golding, which is still read worldwide and is considered to be one of the greatest novels in the history of English literature. It tells the story of a group of children who are stranded on a desert island and ... Read more

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Unlock the more straightforward side of Lord of the Flies with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of Lord of the Flies by William Golding, which is still read worldwide and is considered to be one of the greatest novels in the history of English literature. It tells the story of a group of children who are stranded on a desert island and
... Read more
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Evangelical Teaching

Dr. Cumming – An Essay

by George Eliot ...

Narrated by Sarah Bacaller ...

Unabridged

1 hour 32 min

“Evangelical Teaching” is an insightful 1855 essay written by George Eliot (Marian Evans) and published in The Westminster Review. Here, Eliot explores ethical problems inherent in certain strands and styles of Christian evangelical teaching—particularly as displayed in the writings of one Dr. Cumming. While Eliot’s critique is focused on the work of this particular preacher, her insights are ... Read more

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“Evangelical Teaching” is an insightful 1855 essay written by George Eliot (Marian Evans) and published in The Westminster Review. Here, Eliot explores ethical problems inherent in certain strands and styles of Christian evangelical teaching—particularly as displayed in the writings of one Dr. Cumming. While Eliot’s critique is focused on the work of this particular preacher, her insights are
... Read more
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The Tempest (Unabridged)

by William Shakespeare ...

Narrated by AI Marcus ...

Unabridged

2 hours 18 min

Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI voice. The Tempest, thought to be one of the last plays that Shakespeare wrote alone, begins with a storm which shipwrecks the king of Naples and his crew. We quickly learn that the tempest was not a natural occurence; it was created by Prospero, the usurped duke of Milan who is stranded on a nearby island, with the help of Ariel, a spirit in ... Read more

$2.99 USD

Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI voice. The Tempest, thought to be one of the last plays that Shakespeare wrote alone, begins with a storm which shipwrecks the king of Naples and his crew. We quickly learn that the tempest was not a natural occurence; it was created by Prospero, the usurped duke of Milan who is stranded on a nearby island, with the help of Ariel, a spirit in
... Read more
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The Oxford Inklings

Lewis, Tolkien and Their Circle

by Colin Duriez ...

Narrated by Simon Vance ...

Unabridged

6 hours 36 min

The Oxford Inklings tells the story of the friendships, mutual influence, and common purpose of the Inklings - the literary circle which congregated around C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Meeting in pubs or Lewis's college rooms, they included an influential array of literary figures. They were, claimed poet and novelist John Wain, bent on 'the task of redirecting the whole current of contemporary ... Read more

$29.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Oxford Inklings tells the story of the friendships, mutual influence, and common purpose of the Inklings - the literary circle which congregated around C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Meeting in pubs or Lewis's college rooms, they included an influential array of literary figures. They were, claimed poet and novelist John Wain, bent on 'the task of redirecting the whole current of contemporary
... 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

$20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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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30 Great Myths about Shakespeare

by Laurie Maguire, Emma Smith ...

Unabridged

9 hours 43 min

What did Shakespeare really believe, write, and do -- and what have we simply assumed for four hundred years? 30 Great Myths about Shakespeare takes aim at the persistent myths surrounding the world's most famous playwright, from questions about his identity and authorship to popular assumptions about his life, his language, and his plays. Written by two leading Shakespeare scholars, each short ... Read more

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What did Shakespeare really believe, write, and do -- and what have we simply assumed for four hundred years? 30 Great Myths about Shakespeare takes aim at the persistent myths surrounding the world's most famous playwright, from questions about his identity and authorship to popular assumptions about his life, his language, and his plays. Written by two leading Shakespeare scholars, each short
... Read more
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling (Book Analysis)

Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

by Bright Summaries ...

Narrated by Sara Wright ...

Series series BrightSummaries.com
Unabridged

22 min

Unlock the more straightforward side of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling, which follows the Boy Who Lived during his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. This year, the school is guarded by Dementors, sinister ... Read more

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Unlock the more straightforward side of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling, which follows the Boy Who Lived during his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. This year, the school is guarded by Dementors, sinister
... Read more
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Moralia

Volume 2: 17 Varied Essays

by Name Plutarch ...

Narrated by Matthew Lloyd Davies ...

Unabridged

14 hours 23 min

Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus (46 ce - after 119) was born in Chaeronea, Boeotia, to a wealthy Greek family and assumed his full Latin name on becoming a Roman citizen. He made the most of his varied background and experience as a philosopher, magistrate, ambassador and priest at the Delphic Temple of Apollo, to become one of the most important biographers and essayists of classical Greek and Roman ... Read more

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Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus (46 ce - after 119) was born in Chaeronea, Boeotia, to a wealthy Greek family and assumed his full Latin name on becoming a Roman citizen. He made the most of his varied background and experience as a philosopher, magistrate, ambassador and priest at the Delphic Temple of Apollo, to become one of the most important biographers and essayists of classical Greek and Roman
... Read more
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La novela policíaca, negra y criminal

Arraigamiento en la literatura latinoamericana a partir de la obra de Rubem Fonseca y Roberto Bolaño

by Humberto Alexis Rodríguez ...

Narrated by Humberto Alexis Rodríguez ...

Unabridged

4 hours 38 min

Desde que Edgar Allan Poe sentó sus reglas fundamentales a mediados del siglo XIX, el género policíaco ha evolucionado desde las formas más clásicas —la resolución de un enigma o un crimen, el acertijo y los juegos de la inteligencia— hasta la inmersión en los mundos del hampa, los laberintos urbanos y suburbanos donde imperan el crimen y la descomposición social. Esta transición de la novela ... Read more

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Desde que Edgar Allan Poe sentó sus reglas fundamentales a mediados del siglo XIX, el género policíaco ha evolucionado desde las formas más clásicas —la resolución de un enigma o un crimen, el acertijo y los juegos de la inteligencia— hasta la inmersión en los mundos del hampa, los laberintos urbanos y suburbanos donde imperan el crimen y la descomposición social. Esta transición de la novela
... Read more
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Tolkien’s Ordinary Virtues

Exploring the Spiritual Themes of The Lord of the Rings

by Mark Eddy Smith ...

Narrated by Simon Vance ...

Unabridged

2 hours 56 min

“As I get older and learn more of what sort of person I am, and continue sojourning to the rich soil of the Shire and the high tower of Minas Tirith, I discover that many of my notions of what is good and right and noble in this world have their source in that one.”—from the authorThe Lord of the Rings offers us essential lessons in living. Here we discover ordinary virtues like generosity, pity, ... Read more

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“As I get older and learn more of what sort of person I am, and continue sojourning to the rich soil of the Shire and the high tower of Minas Tirith, I discover that many of my notions of what is good and right and noble in this world have their source in that one.”—from the authorThe Lord of the Rings offers us essential lessons in living. Here we discover ordinary virtues like generosity, pity,
... Read more

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