Search Results

Rainer Maria Rilke: Poems

Read by Peter Tucker


Rainer Maria Rilke


A selection of poems by this renowned German poet. - Summary by Peter Tucker

The Origin and Development of Psychoanalysis

Read by Peter Tucker


Sigmund Freud


A series of lectures given in the USA by Freud in German, later translated into English - Summary by Peter Tucker

A Short History of Greek Philosophy

Read by Peter Tucker


John Marshall


History of Ancient Greek philosophy from pre-Socratics to Aristotle and on to the Sceptics and the Stoics. - Summary by Peter Tucker

Bible (KJV) 18: Job (version 2)

Read by Peter Tucker


King James Version


Job was a prosperous landowner who encountered a series of misfortunes, leading him to question himself and his relation to his God. A gran…

The Captives

Read by Peter Tucker


Hugh Walpole


A story of alienation from the society which holds one captive, told from the standpoint of a young woman whose life is suddenly disrupted, …

A Voyage to the Moon

Read by Peter Tucker


Cyrano De Bergerac


This is an edition by Professor Curtis Page of the Lovell translation of a seminal work of science fiction by Cyrano de Bergerac. Arguably …

Prometheus Illbound

Read by Peter Tucker


André Gide


There is a witty and absurdist character to this contemporary setting of the plight of Prometheus, in which Zeus appears as a tremendously w…

The Wild Swans at Coole (Version 2)

Read by Peter Tucker


William Butler Yeats


A collection of poems from the mid-career of this renowned Irish poet, the title poem referring to the estate of his friend and mentor, Lady…

En Route

Read by Peter Tucker


Joris-Karl Huysmans


The second book by Huysmans concerning the religious development of the novelist Durtal, who in the first book ("La-bas") experien…

The Last Days of Pekin

Read by Peter Tucker


Pierre Loti


The author was an officer in the French navy. This book is a compilation of his experiences when stationed in China in 1900 during and immed…

Poems 1817

Read by Peter Tucker


John Keats


Early poems of this famous English lyric poet, in which he openly expresses indebtedness to, and reverence for, his poetic predecessors, esp…

Twilight in Italy

Read by Peter Tucker


D. H. Lawrence


This is one of the author's "travel books", recounting his walking journeys in and around the Lago di Garda in Northern Italy. Eve…

The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 1

Read by Peter Tucker


John Dryden


The first of two volumes of collected poetry by this revered and highly influential English restoration poet and playwright. The poems, many…

The Major Symptoms of Hysteria

Read by Peter Tucker


Pierre Janet


In this series of lectures delivered in English by the author while visiting the USA, Janet summarises the (at the time) cutting edge perspe…

The Story of Rimini

Read by Peter Tucker


Leigh Hunt


A long poem telling the tragic story of Francesca da Rimini, the duped and adulterous bride, inspired by the character in Dante's Inferno. P…

Virgin Soil Volume 1

Read by Peter Tucker


Ivan Turgenev


Turgenev's last and longest novel presents the story of a group of young people in late nineteenth century Russia, who because of disillusio…

Metamorphoses (Howard Version)

Read by Peter Tucker


Publius (Ovid) Ovidius Naso


Translated from Latin into English blank verse, this classic Roman text gives an account of a series of fabulous episodes from creation thro…

Lourdes

Read by Peter Tucker


Émile Zola


This book describes a five day national pilgrimage to the holy shrine of Lourdes, where miracle cures are hoped for. The central character i…

Rome

Read by Peter Tucker


Émile Zola


The Abbe Pierre Froment, after his experiences in Lourdes, has written a book expressing a vision of a new enlightened papacy. He visits Rom…

Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field

Read by Peter Tucker


Sir Walter Scott


Marmion is an epic poem in six cantos, written in emulation of the ancient Scottish minstrel style which was of such great interest to Scott…

1 2 3 4 5 6 >