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  War and Peace - Book 1: 1805...

  Leo Tolstoy

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  War and Peace is a literary work mixed with chapters on history and philosophy by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy. It was first published serially, then published in its entirety in 1869. It is regarded as one of Tolstoy's finest literary achievements and remains an internationally praised classic of world literature.Book 1: 1805: "Well, Prince, so Genoa and Lucca are now just family estates of the Buonapartes. But I warn you, if you don't tell me that this means war, if you still try to defend the infamies and horrors perpetrated by that Antichrist I really believe he is Antichrist I will have nothing more to do with you and you are no longer my friend, no longer my 'faithful slave,' as you call yourself! But how do you do? I see I have frightened you sit down and tell me all the news."

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  The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

  Mark Twain

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  Mark Twain's classic coming-of-age novel that captured the imagination of America 
   
  Generations of readers and listeners have enjoyed the ingenuous triumphs and feckless mishaps of boyhood days on the Mississippi. This classic of American wit and storytelling introduced Tom Sawyer, Becky Thatcher, Aunt Polly, the Widow Douglas, and many other characters to the world, including, of course the boy who "was cordially hated and dreaded by all the mothers of the town because he was idle and lawless and vulgar and bad-and because all their children admired him so": Huckleberry Finn. 
   
  This novel is part of Brilliance Audio's extensive Classic Collection, bringing you timeless masterpieces that you and your family are sure to love.

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  Emma - A Fragment of a Story

  Charlotte Brontë

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  Miss Mabel Wilcox, the owner of a newly opened girl's boarding school, meets the wealthy Mr. Conway Fitzgibbon, who drops off his frail daughter to be educated there. When background checks are made, it is discovered that no well-to-do family by the name of Fitzgibbon exists! Supposed Matilda Fitzgibbon is a pseudo-heiress - a fake! What is Miss Wilcox to do?Published posthumously and prefaced by Charlotte Brontë's editor, W. M. Thackeray, these two chapters are the only existing fragments of Emma, the novel Brontë worked on until her untimely death. Since then, it has been "completed" twice by other authors.

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  Flatland - A Romance of Many...

  Edwin A. Abbott

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  As a satire, Flatland offers pointed observations on the social hierarchy of Victorian culture. However, the novella's more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions; in a foreword to one of the many publications of the novella, noted science writer Isaac Asimov described Flatland as "the best introduction one can find into the manner of perceiving dimensions." As such, the novella is still popular amongst mathematics, physics, and computer science students. The story is about a two-dimensional world referred to as Flatland. All existence is limited to length and breadth in Flatland, its inhabitants unable even to imagine a third dimension. The amiable narrator, A Square, provides an overview of this fantastic world-its physics and metaphysics, its history, customs, and religious beliefs. But when a strange visitor mysteriously appears and transports the incredulous Flatlander to Spaceland, a land of three dimensions, his worldview is forever shattered.

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  Twelfth Night

  William Shakespeare

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  Shipwrecked on the shores of Illyria, Viola assumes the role of a male page to Duke Orsino. The Duke sends Viola, now disguised as ‘Cesario’ to press his suit with the beautiful Olivia – who promptly falls in love with Cesario. Confusion reigns until the truth is untangled and true love triumphs. 
   
  Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in July 2022. 
   
  Adapted and Directed by Martin Jarvis 
  Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg 
   
  An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording starring: 
  Rosalind Ayres as Maria  
  Tara Lynne Barr as Olivia 
  Chris Butler as Orsino 
  JD Cullum as Antonio 
  Sarah Drew as Viola  
  Martin Jarvis as Sir Toby Belch 
  Adhir Kalyan as Sir Andrew Aguecheek 
  Stacy Keach as Feste, the Fool 
  André Sogliuzzo as Fabian, Curio, Valentine and others 
  Josh Stamberg as Malvolio 
  Mark Jude Sullivan as Sebastian 
   
  Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson 
  Recording and Mixing Engineer: Charles Carroll 
  Editing and Sound Design: David Wilson and Charles Carroll 
  Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin 
  Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner 
  Guitar Accompaniment by JD Cullum

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  De Agricultura

  Marcus Porcius Cato

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  Noted for being the most extensive piece of early Latin prose, it abounds in archaic imperatives and shows an almost total lack of subordinate clauses. Its subject matter is the pedestrian business of managing a Roman farm in the second century BC. The simplicity, however, may be only partially genuine. For Cato had a strong political and social agenda, based on the rejection of foreign, i.e., Greek, influences and the fostering of traditional Roman values, for which the persona of the plain rustic speaker may have proved useful. (Summary by malone)

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