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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The Life and Legacy of Great Britain’s Most Famous Poet Laureate
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Tracey Norman
- Length: 1 hr and 31 mins
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Born to a father plagued by bouts of drinking and depression, and surrounded by siblings with similar ailments, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, grew up believing that he must be a victim of hereditary illness, to the point that he believed he must never marry or father children less he perpetuate the suffering on future generations. With these thoughts always in his head, he turned his mind towards a near worship of romantic love, while at the same time repeatedly painting a tragic ending for his most cherished characters, many of whom seemed to die of a broken heart.
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The Life and Legacy of Great Britain’s Most Famous Poet Laureate
- Narrated by: Tracey Norman
- Length: 1 hr and 31 mins
- Release date: 2018-06-07
- Language: English
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Walt Whitman: The Life and Legacy of One of America’s Most Influential Poets
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 14 mins
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Walt Whitman, the great American poet, is also in many ways a great American enigma compared to other famous men from the 19th century in US history. On the one hand, he was the product of something of an all-American family, the sort of salt of the earth people he would later describe so vividly in his work. On the other, he was a complete bohemian and profligate, given to vanity in the way he dressed and lived. He started out his career as a school teacher and was later a newspaper man, but he left both those types of work for a job as a government bureaucrat.
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Walt Whitman: The Life and Legacy of One of America’s Most Influential Poets
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 14 mins
- Release date: 2018-03-29
- Language: English
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The Life and Legacy of James Joyce
- Pioneer of Modern Literature
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Mark Norman
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
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James Joyce is the high priest of modernist writing who lived a life of endless sacrifice to literature, loaded with poverty and petty humiliations. He blazed the path of the writer as resolute individualist, rejecting all conformity and risking everything, even public shaming, in order to "communicate" over the supine body of language with his enthralled readers.
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The Life and Legacy of James Joyce
- Pioneer of Modern Literature
- Narrated by: Mark Norman
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
- Release date: 2017-11-06
- Language: English
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American Legends: The Life of Dr. Seuss
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Jim D. Johnston
- Length: 59 mins
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Ted Geisel: Few Americans are familiar with that name, but as kids, everyone comes across the books he wrote under the famous pseudonym Dr. Seuss. Initially, readers knew Dr. Seuss as a World War II political cartoonist (if at all), and his first attempt at a children's book, "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street", was rejected over two dozen times by publishers. It was not until the 1950s that Dr. Seuss began publishing some of his most famous and revered titles, including "How the Grinch Stole Christmas."
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American Legends: The Life of Dr. Seuss
- Narrated by: Jim D. Johnston
- Length: 59 mins
- Release date: 2017-09-20
- Language: English
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History's Greatest Artists: The Life and Legacy of Rembrandt
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
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Of all the famous Dutch masters during the Late Renaissance and Early Baroque periods, none surpass Rembrandt van Rijn in either historical importance or artistic merit. His aesthetic has been much-imitated, a testament to the inspirational grip they exert on their viewer. Key aspects of his style are instantly recognizable to even the casual fine art enthusiast.
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History's Greatest Artists: The Life and Legacy of Rembrandt
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
- Release date: 2017-03-15
- Language: English
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Ralph Waldo Emerson & Henry David Thoreau: Preaching and Practicing Transcendentalism
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Punch Audio, Alex Hyde-White
- Length: 3 hrs and 28 mins
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In the mid-19th century, Romantic literature was still in full bloom across the West, but some American authors began producing literature that, while still Romantic, was unique enough to be considered a different genre. This new genre, Transcendentalism, focused on the spirituality of the self and nature, not rejecting religion outright but concentrating on pragmatism and the importance of individuals as the spiritual center of the cosmos.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson & Henry David Thoreau: Preaching and Practicing Transcendentalism
- Narrated by: Punch Audio, Alex Hyde-White
- Length: 3 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 2015-10-02
- Language: English
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American Legends: The Life of William Faulkner
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
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A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors' American Legends series, listeners can get caught up to speed on the lives of America's most important men and women in the time it takes to finish a commute, while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known.
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American Legends: The Life of William Faulkner
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
- Release date: 2017-05-10
- Language: English
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Charles Dickens & Jane Austen: The Lives and Legacies of Britain's Two Famous Novelists
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Diane Lehman
- Length: 2 hrs and 8 mins
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Unlike other great writers and artists, during his own lifetime Dickens' works enjoyed remarkable popularity and renown. In the 20th century, well after Dickens' passing, his literary genius was truly and completely appreciated by ordinary readers as well as critics and scholars. Dickens' novels, novellas, and short stories retain powerful and enduring popularity among the public, largely because Dickens connected history with the present through universal bridges.
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Charles Dickens & Jane Austen: The Lives and Legacies of Britain's Two Famous Novelists
- Narrated by: Diane Lehman
- Length: 2 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 2015-05-15
- Language: English
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British Legends: The Life and Legacy of J.R.R. Tolkien
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Dave Wright
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
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For more than half a century, the name J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973) has been synonymous with epic fantasy. Known across the world for his classic The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Tolkien both revived interest in fantasy literature and set the standard for the genre. Today he is widely acknowledged as the father of modern fantasy and its most famous author.
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British Legends: The Life and Legacy of J.R.R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Dave Wright
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
- Release date: 2015-05-05
- Language: English
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American Legends: The Life of Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Alex Hyde-White
- Length: 1 hr and 24 mins
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The leader of Transcendentalism and the man who ushered the movement's practices and literature was Ralph Waldo Emerson (1802-1883), one of America's most famous writers and speakers. Whereas Romantic literature typically took the form of poetry, novels, and short stories, much of Emerson's writings disregarded those traditional structures and were written as essays.
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American Legends: The Life of Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Narrated by: Alex Hyde-White
- Length: 1 hr and 24 mins
- Release date: 2015-05-26
- Language: English
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British Legends: The Life and Legacy of Jane Austen
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Diane Lehman
- Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
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As has happened with many of history's greatest writers, Jane Austen (1775-1817) did not earn the credit she was due until well after her death. Austen was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set among the landed gentry, have earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature over the last 150 years. Austen's romantic fiction was an interesting genre. Her writing was laden with realism and scathing critiques of both society and the role women played in society.
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British Legends: The Life and Legacy of Jane Austen
- Narrated by: Diane Lehman
- Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
- Release date: 2015-05-15
- Language: English
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Ernest Hemingway & F. Scott Fitzgerald: America's Greatest 20th Century Novelists
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Gary Miller-Youst
- Length: 2 hrs and 49 mins
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The 1920s in the United States were known as the "Roaring '20s" and the Jazz Age, a time in the nation that glorified hard and fast living. Nobody personified the age or wrote so descriptively about it better than F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940), whose name became synonymous with the times after penning the epic The Great Gatsby.
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Ernest Hemingway & F. Scott Fitzgerald: America's Greatest 20th Century Novelists
- Narrated by: Gary Miller-Youst
- Length: 2 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 2015-06-19
- Language: English
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British Legends: The Life and Legacy of Charles Dickens
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Diane Lehman
- Length: 1 hr and 3 mins
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Charles Dickens needs no formal introduction, having been the most popular English writer of the 19th century and still one of the most popular writers in history today. Dickens' upbringing was a mixture of happy times and sad. These qualities eventually helped forge him into a man many regard as the greatest Victorian era novelist, perhaps in the world, and the author of some of the most remarkable fictional characters who retain tremendous staying power to this day.
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British Legends: The Life and Legacy of Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Diane Lehman
- Length: 1 hr and 3 mins
- Release date: 2015-05-14
- Language: English
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American Legends: The Life of Mark Twain
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Stan Chandler
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
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Although Twain spent the first 30 years of his life working odd jobs, his printing background, sharp wit, and humor helped establish him first as a journalist and later an author. His writing career took off in 1865, after his humorous short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" was published.
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American Legends: The Life of Mark Twain
- Narrated by: Stan Chandler
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
- Release date: 2015-05-06
- Language: English
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Monet & Renoir
- The Lives and Legacies of the Famous Impressionist Artists
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 2 hrs and 6 mins
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To get a sense of the kind of prestige that Claude Monet enjoys within the art world, one need only learn that his Le Bassin Aux Nympheás (1919) - from his series of paintings featuring water lilies - sold for the equivalent of more than $70 million. This is a staggering price, especially considering that early in his life, Monet had been so poor and debt-ridden that some of his paintings were taken from him by creditors.
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Monet & Renoir
- The Lives and Legacies of the Famous Impressionist Artists
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 2 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 2017-01-24
- Language: English
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American Legends: The Life of Herman Melville
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Eric Dove
- Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
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The life and legacy of Herman Melville have taken on various incarnations in the nearly 200 years since he was born. When he died in 1891, Melville was remembered for his series of well-received works back in the mid-19th century, particularly his first novel, Typee, a best seller when it was initially published.
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American Legends: The Life of Herman Melville
- Narrated by: Eric Dove
- Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
- Release date: 2015-06-10
- Language: English
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American Legends: The Life of Henry David Thoreau
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Alex Hyde-White
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
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One of the most famous Transcendentalists, and possibly its most ardent practitioner, and possibly its most ardent practitioner, was Henry David Thoreau. Thoreau took the values of the movement to heart and was particularly interested in the interconnection between man and nature, writing in Walden, "Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind."
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American Legends: The Life of Henry David Thoreau
- Narrated by: Alex Hyde-White
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 2015-06-17
- Language: English
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The Life and Legacy of Renoir
- History's Greatest Artists
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir stands alongside Claude Monet at the very peak of Impressionist painting, and though neither of them can be credited with founding the movement (that honor likely goes to Edouard Manet or Edgar Degas), Renoir and Monet remain inextricably tied to the key characteristics of Impressionism: loose brushwork; outdoor painting; an emphasis on capturing natural light and shadow; and a focus on remaining in Paris and the surrounding countryside.
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The Life and Legacy of Renoir
- History's Greatest Artists
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
- Release date: 2017-01-23
- Language: English
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American Legends: The Life of Nathaniel Hawthorne
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- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 40 mins
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Nathaniel Hawthorne needs no formal introduction for any American who took a literature course in high school. It's impossible to avoid reading one of Hawthorne's classics, particularly The Scarlet Letter and The House of the Seven Gables. Hawthorne could trace his family roots back to the Puritans of the 17th-century colonies, and he was clearly qualified to produce some of America's greatest historical fiction.
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American Legends: The Life of Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 40 mins
- Release date: 2017-06-20
- Language: English
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George Orwell: The Life and Legacy of One of the 20th Century’s Most Famous Authors
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- Narrated by: Steve Knupp
- Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
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Before the advent of the digital age, the ability to write clearly and succinctly was mandatory for many walks of life, including commercial, diplomatic, academic, philosophical, and historical pursuits. George Orwell’s campaign for perfectly written English in an artistic and content-oriented sense might seem obsessive now, but the importance of written accuracy and well-conveyed meaning for that age cannot be overstated.
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George Orwell: The Life and Legacy of One of the 20th Century’s Most Famous Authors
- Narrated by: Steve Knupp
- Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
- Release date: 2022-11-15
- Language: English
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