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  The Golden Ass or Metamorphoses

  Apuleius

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  This tale of a man who, when tinkering with magic, becomes changed into an ass is one of the most entertaining and remarkable stories from classic Latin literature. It is funny, bawdy and completely approachable - but also shows life from the point of view of a beast of burden in the Roman Empire of the second century CE.Lucius is an active young man enjoying life - and the favours of an attentive maid, one Fotis - when the temptation to experiment with a magic potion proves too great.Life is very different as a four-footed animal, and he goes from one drama to another, in danger of his life at one point, facing seduction at another.Within this account of these adventures, Apuleius (c124-c170 CE) places ribald stories which are more familiar through retellings by Boccaccio and Chaucer. But there are also passages of considerable literary beauty, particularly in the extended account of Cupid and Psyche.The Golden Ass, in this lively performance by Jonathan Keeble, is a delight from start to finish.Translation: Bohn (1853), revised for this production.

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  Reincarnation and the Law of...

  William Walker Atkinson

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  A fascinating and insightful document on the theory of rebirth and the principles of spiritual cause and effect. This study tracks the belief in the theory of reincarnation throughout cultures and enlightens the listener to the principles that make this concept sustain throughout thousands of generations.

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  The Portrait of a Lady

  Henry James

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  Isabel Archer is a young American orphan who receives an inheritance from an uncle. Taken under her aunt's wings, she meets Madame Merle, her aunt's worldly friend, who instills in Isabel a sense of European sophistication, a trait that comes to overpower her own common sense. Isabel marries widower Gilbert Osmond, who projects refined tastes and intellectual detachment. Isabel is utterly captivated by Osmond's languid charm, and he is thrilled to have his superior prize. But in the end, the young woman discovers that her husband and Madame Merle are both exemplars of an appalling, complex depravity that has become the central issue in her life.

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  A Midsummer Night's Dream

  William Shakespeare

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  An abbreviated version of Shakespeare's comedy featuring the clowns and the fairies, without most of the love stories. Run amok with the rustics, as played by CART's finest.  Starring: Joseph Marcell as Oberon, Samantha Eggar as Titania, William Windom as Bottom, Ian Abercrombie as Thesius, Elliott Reid as Quince, Marvin Kaplan as Startling, Parley Baer as Stout, Marty Maguire as Puck, Richard Erdman as Flute, Bairbre Dowling as First Fairy, Kathleen Freeman as Hippolita, John Bliss as Snug, Paul Keith as Pholestrota, with Host Jeanette Nolan, and CART's Announcer John Harlan.Adapted, produced, and directed by Peggy Webber.

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  The Red Badge of Courage

  Stephen Crane

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  Set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, The Red Badge of Courage tells the story of Henry Fleming, a young private in the Union Army who flees from the horror of battle and then struggles with shame and self-loathing. Outstanding in its portrayal of the quiet tension and violent emotion of war, this powerful psychological study of a young soldier will strike listeners with its undeniable realism. With its masterful description of men under fire, many veterans—             both Union and Confederate—             praised the novel for its accurate representation of war. This recording is narrated by actor Richard Thomas, who portrayed Private Fleming in the 1974 television adaption of the Stephen Crane classic.

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  Frankenstein

  Mary Shelley

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  Mary Shelley began writing Frankenstein when she was only eighteen. At once a Gothic thriller, a passionate romance, and a cautionary tale about the dangers of science, Frankenstein tells the story of committed science student Victor Frankenstein. Obsessed with discovering "the cause of generation and life" and "bestowing animation upon lifeless matter," Frankenstein assembles a human being from stolen body parts. However, upon bringing it to life, he recoils in horror at the creature's hideousness. Tormented by isolation and loneliness, the once-innocent creature turns to evil and unleashes a campaign of murderous revenge against his creator, Frankenstein.Frankenstein, an instant bestseller and an important ancestor of both the horror and science fiction genres, not only tells a terrifying story but also raises profound, disturbing questions about the very nature of life and the place of humankind within the cosmos: What does it mean to be human? What responsibilities do we have to each other? And how far can we go in tampering with Nature?

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