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The styles and rhythms of English can vary fully as much as in poetry. This wonderful collection of highlights from the greats of English literature aims to illustrate the ways in which each great writer has bent the language to his will. The recordings were made in the 1950s by members of the University of Cambridge and directed by George Rylands.

A collection of wonderful poetry for people in love.

A quick audio guide to Paris - perfect for listening to while trip planning on en-route!

The voices that shaped the 1920s and 1930s.

Academy Award winning actor Robert Donat reads a selection of his favourite poetry including Greater Love by Wilfred Owen, Ode To Melancholy by John Keats and On Westminster Bridge by William Wordsworth.

One of the world's greatest authors here reads a selection of his favourite literature.

An entertaining selection of short stories including tales by George Eliot, O'Henry, Saki and Charles Dickens.

The writing of sonnets was a craze among poets of the 1590s. The sonnet, an Italian form, was introduced into England by Thomas Wyatt (1503-1542), who modelled himself on Petrarch, and by Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517-1547). It was Surrey who invented what is now known as the Shakespearean sonnet - three differently rhyming quatrains and a clinching couplet. This collection of Elizabethan sonnets and lyrics were recorded by Anthony Quayle.

Claire Bloom reads one of the shorter books of the Old Testament. It's name comes from the heroine of this beautiful and compelling story.

Padraic Colum reads a selection of poetry and prose by Mangan, Moore, Swift, Curran and MacManus.

Taken from The Old Testament, the story revolves around Judith, a daring and beautiful widow, who is upset with her Jewish countrymen for not trusting God to deliver them from their foreign conquerors. She goes with her loyal maid to the camp of the enemy general, Holofernes, to whom she slowly ingratiates herself, promising him information on the Israelites. Gaining his trust, she is allowed access to his tent one night as he lies in a drunken stupor.