Showing titles in Ancient, Classical & Medieval Literature
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The Iliad
- By: Homer, Edward Earl of Derby - translator
- Narrated by: Dikran Tulaine
- Length: 15 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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The Illiad dates back to the 8th century BC and is Homer's epic precursor to The Odyssey. Set during the Trojan War, it tells of battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles.
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The Iliad
- Narrated by: Dikran Tulaine
- Length: 15 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 29-02-12
- Language: English
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Imitation of Christ
- By: Thomas A. Kempis, P.J. Ochlan
- Narrated by: David Cochran Heath
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Thomas à Kempis' collection of meditative writings from the Bretheren of the Common Life is the most widely read book in the world after the Bible. The reflective devotions have been a heartening friend to great men such as Thomas More, St. Ignatius Loyola, Thomas Merton, Pope John Paul I, and John Wesley. Learning to live live Jesus is the central task that A. Kempis explores in this classic devotional. This book provides comfort and counsel to every person who seeks to live a more connected and whole life.
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Wonderful book
- By Darragh on 16-01-21
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Imitation of Christ
- Narrated by: David Cochran Heath
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 05-01-09
- Language: English
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Plato, Socrates, and the Dialogues
- By: Michael Sugrue, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Michael Sugrue
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Original Recording
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Performance170
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These 16 lectures bring the Socratic quest for truth alive and explore ideas that are as vital today as they were 25 centuries ago. Ideas about truth, justice, love, beauty, courage, and wisdom that can change lives and reveal the world in new ways. Here, you'll delve into the inner structure, action, and meaning of 17 of Plato's greatest dialogues, making these lectures an indispensable companion for anyone interested in philosophy in general or Platonic thought in particular.
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Fabulous course
- By Dog in a Flat Cap on 12-03-15
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Plato, Socrates, and the Dialogues
- Narrated by: Michael Sugrue
- Series: The Great Courses: Ancient Philosophy
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 08-07-13
- Language: English
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The Socratic Dialogues: Middle Period, Volume 3
- The Republic
- By: Plato, Benjamin Jowlett - translator
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 12 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall33
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Performance29
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The Republic is perhaps the single most important, the most studied and the most quoted text of all of Plato's Socratic Dialogues. Through the medium of Socrates, Plato outlines his view and ideas concerning the ideal working of the city-state. Socrates narrates a conversation that took place the previous day with Cephalus, Glaucon, Thrasymachus and others. The dialogue is organised into 10 books and covers a broad range of topics, including the ideal community and the ideal rulers of the community.
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Essential knowledge
- By Dr. Dylan Evans on 05-04-18
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The Socratic Dialogues: Middle Period, Volume 3
- The Republic
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 12 hrs
- Release date: 25-01-18
- Language: English
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Shakespeare’s Sonnets, Retold
- Classic Love Poems with a Modern Twist
- By: William Shakespeare, James Anthony, Stephen Fry - introduction
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry, Paapa Essiedu, James Anthony
- Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall13
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Performance11
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Random House presents the audiobook edition of Shakespeare’s Sonnets, Retold by William Shakespeare and James Anthony, with a foreword by Stephen Fry. Read by Stephen Fry, Paapa Essiedu and the author. 'James Anthony has done something I would have confidently stated to be impossible. He has...
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Original & translation in same chapter hard toskip
- By Holly on 06-09-20
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Shakespeare’s Sonnets, Retold
- Classic Love Poems with a Modern Twist
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry, Paapa Essiedu, James Anthony
- Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 08-11-18
- Language: English
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Death of a Salesman
- By: Arthur Miller
- Narrated by: Stacy Keach, Jane Kaczmarek, Steven Culp, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
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Overall9
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Performance4
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Stacy Keach and Jane Kaczmarek star in this 1949 masterpiece by Arthur Miller, a searing portrait of the physical, emotional, and psychological costs of the American dream. Willy Loman (Keach) is the play's iconic traveling salesman, whose family is torn apart by his desperate obsession with greatness and social acceptance. As his two sons cast about aimlessly for their station in life, Willy begins to come unraveled when the reality of his life threatens his long-cherished illusions.
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Linda Kazmarek, as Linda, is outstanding.
- By AlanKS on 21-12-23
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Death of a Salesman
- Narrated by: Stacy Keach, Jane Kaczmarek, Steven Culp, Maureen Flannigan, Jason Henning, Tim Monsion, John Sloan
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 19-08-11
- Language: English
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Saints
- A new legendary of heroes, humans and magic
- By: Amy Jeffs
- Narrated by: Amy Jeffs
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall10
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Performance9
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From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Storyland and Wild, comes a sweeping new legendary of miracles, magic, human frailty and heroic strength. Illustrated with over thirty original paper cutouts by the author. 'Jeffs writes beautifully, erring just on the right side of florid, and her...
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'When I was at Cambridge...'
- By Aaron on 08-05-25
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Julius Caesar
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Andrew Buchan, Sean Barrett
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall69
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Performance61
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Julius Caesar is one of Shakespeare’s most compelling Roman plays. The plot against Caesar and the infamous assassination scene make for unforgettable listening. Brutus, the true protagonist of the play, is mesmerizing in his psychological state of anguish, forced to choose between the bonds of friendship and his desire for patriotic justice.
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Great performance
- By Mrs W. on 25-04-16
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Julius Caesar
- Narrated by: Andrew Buchan, Sean Barrett
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 01-04-12
- Language: English
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From Plato to Post-modernism: Understanding the Essence of Literature and the Role of the Author
- By: Louis Markos, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Louis Markos
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
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Overall17
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Performance13
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Any lover of Shakespeare or the Romantic poets can concede that poetry is pleasurable. But is it good for you? Can it teach you anything? These are questions that have beguiled and engaged eminent critics for millennia, and now you can develop your own answers and options with these 24 lectures.
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The Subheading doesn't match the Sense
- By sin sin minkin on 24-03-18
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From Plato to Post-modernism: Understanding the Essence of Literature and the Role of the Author
- Narrated by: Louis Markos
- Series: The Great Courses: Western Literature
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 08-07-13
- Language: English
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SmartPass Plus Audio Education Study Guide to An Inspector Calls (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- By: Gil Maine, J. B. Priestley
- Narrated by: Full-Cast Drama
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall77
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Performance60
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Combined for great value! The multi award-winning SmartPass study guide with and without commentary options. This is a full-cast, unabridged performance with comprehensive commentary and analysis for any student to fully understand and appreciate the play. Peel away the layers of Priestley's complex drama to appreciate this powerful warning, wrapped up in the genre of a gripping detective story, and truly understand that "We don't live alone. We are members of one body."
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Brilliant study tool
- By Karen Zea on 03-04-15
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SmartPass Plus Audio Education Study Guide to An Inspector Calls (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- Narrated by: Full-Cast Drama
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 29-11-06
- Language: English
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Sophocles’ Greek Tragedies: A BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Oedipus, Antigone, Electra and More
- By: Sophocles
- Narrated by: Fiona Shaw, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Kenneth Cranham, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance4
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One of the three great tragic playwrights of ancient Greece, Sophocles wrote over 120 plays during his 60-year career, though only seven survive today. The most famous of these are the Theban Plays, all three of which are included in this collection alongside adaptations of Electra and Philoctetes, brought to life by celebrated writers, poets, and playwrights.
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A great selection of adaptations.
- By Amazon Customer on 15-03-24
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Sophocles’ Greek Tragedies: A BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Oedipus, Antigone, Electra and More
- Narrated by: Fiona Shaw, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Kenneth Cranham, Vinette Robinson, Stephen Rea, John Lynch, Nadine Marshall, Brendan Gleeson, Jack Lowden, Russell Dixon, Michael Feast, William Ash, Jude Akuwudike, Diana Quick, Full cast
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 07-12-23
- Language: English
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The Odyssey of Homer
- By: Elizabeth Vandiver, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Vandiver
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
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Overall187
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Performance166
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Story163
What is it in Homer's Odyssey that has so enthralled readers from around the world for thousands of years? By joining Professor Vandiver for these 12 lectures on the Odyssey, you'll find out why.This literary exploration centers on a single provocative question about the epic poem's protagonist, Odysseus: Why does he long so powerfully to go home? To probe the depths of this question, you'll embark on meticulous, insightful examinations of the most important episodes in the Odyssey.
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Very informative
- By me,myself,andI on 11-11-20
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The Odyssey of Homer
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Vandiver
- Series: The Great Courses: Western Literature
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 08-07-13
- Language: English
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The Odyssey
- By: Homer
- Narrated by: Charles Purkey
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall18
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Performance15
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Odysseus has been away from Ithaca, the Greek city-state under his rule, for ten years while fighting in the Trojan War. After the fall of Troy, Odysseus begins the long journey home to his wife and son; however, his journey is plagued by misfortune as the gods feud over his fate, leaving the Ithacans to believe that he has died. In the myths and legends that are retold here, Fagles has captured the energy and poetry of Homer's original in a bold, contemporary idiom, and given us an Odyssey to read aloud, to savor, and to treasure for its sheer lyrical mastery.
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Terrible narration
- By Dr C A fraser-Mood on 08-07-20
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The Odyssey
- Narrated by: Charles Purkey
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 06-09-19
- Language: English
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The Odyssey
- By: Homer, Ian Johnston - translator
- Narrated by: Anton Lesser
- Length: 12 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall128
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Performance115
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Story115
The Trojan War is over, and Odysseus, the cunning King of Ithaca, sets out for home, his wife Penelope, and his son, Telemachus. It proves a long, 10-year journey, fraught with dangers.
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A Classic
- By Dr. R. Brompton on 17-04-15
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The Odyssey
- Narrated by: Anton Lesser
- Length: 12 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 31-12-06
- Language: English
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The Poetic Edda
- Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes
- By: Jackson Crawford
- Narrated by: Jackson Crawford
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall366
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Performance299
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The poems of the Poetic Edda have waited a long time for a modern English translation that would do them justice. Here it is at last (Odin be praised!) and well worth the wait. These amazing texts from a 13th-century Icelandic manuscript are of huge historical, mythological, and literary importance, containing the lion's share of information that survives today about the gods and heroes of pre-Christian Scandinavians, their unique vision of the beginning and end of the world, etc.
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as good as it gets
- By Kindle Customer on 25-01-19
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The Poetic Edda
- Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes
- Narrated by: Jackson Crawford
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 13-11-18
- Language: English
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Paradise Lost
- Penguin Classics
- By: John Milton, John Leonard - introduction
- Narrated by: Adrian Schiller
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall25
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Performance21
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Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Adrian Schiller. In Paradise Lost Milton produced poem of epic scale, conjuring up a vast, awe-inspiring cosmos and ranging across huge tracts of space and time. And yet, in putting a charismatic Satan and naked Adam and Eve at the...
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Lives up to the hype!
- By KT on 25-07-20
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Paradise Lost
- Penguin Classics
- Narrated by: Adrian Schiller
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 25-06-20
- Language: English
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The Iliad
- By: Homer, Alexander Pope - translator
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 20 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance18
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One of the foremost achievements in Western literature, Homer's Iliad tells the story of the darkest episode in the Trojan War. At its center is Achilles, the greatest warrior-champion of the Greeks, and his refusal to fight after being humiliated by his leader, Agamemnon.
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Classic
- By jamie on 31-08-25
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The Iliad
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 20 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 14-06-10
- Language: English
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The Aeneid
- By: Virgil, Robert Fagles, Bernard Knox - introduction, and others
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall117
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Performance99
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From the award-winning translator of The Iliad and The Odyssey comes a brilliant new translation of Virgil's great epic Fleeing the ashes of Troy, Aeneas, Achilles’ mighty foe in the Iliad, begins an incredible journey to fulfill his destiny as the founder of Rome. His voyage will take him...
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Hear it as it is meant to be heard!
- By me,myself,andI on 12-08-19
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The Aeneid
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 02-11-06
- Language: English
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Layli and Majnun
- By: Nezami Ganjavi, Dick Davis, Dick Davis - introduction, and others
- Narrated by: Dick Davis, Peter Ganim, Serena Manteghi, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance8
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The Persian epic that inspired Eric Clapton's unforgettable love song "Layla" and that Lord Byron called "the Romeo and Juliet of the East," in a masterly new translation The iconic love story of the Middle East, by a twelfth-century Persian poet who has been compared to Shakespeare for his...
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Absolutely superb!
- By Dennis Sommers on 14-02-21
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Layli and Majnun
- Narrated by: Dick Davis, Peter Ganim, Serena Manteghi, Sean Rohani
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 09-02-21
- Language: English
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