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Dozen Red Roses, A: From The Song Of Solomon

Author : Anon

Performed By : Jenny Agutter

Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd

Runtime : 2 minutes

Categories : Poetry

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From The Song of Solomon: A beautiful extract from the famous biblical hymn to love, read by Jenny Agutter.

A single poem, available also within the collection entitled  "A Dozen Red Roses: 12 Valentines Poems"

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Daisy Miller

Author : Henry James

Performed By : Susan O'Malley

Publisher : Blackstone Audio Inc

Runtime : 2 hours 30 minutes

Categories : Classic Literature

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"By maintaining a vigorous, satisfying pace, Susan O'Malley holds the listener's attention admirably. Her reading is intelligent and agreeable."AudioFile

"What the European male fails to understand is that the American Girl is innocent by definition, mythically innocent; and that her purity depends upon nothing she says or does...."Leslie Fiedler

When Frederick, an American expatriate traveling in Europe, meets the commonplace, newly rich Miller family from New York, he is charmed by the daughter, Daisy, and her "inscrutable combination of audacity and innocence". The Millers have no perception of the complex code that underlies behavior in European society, and Winterbourne is astonished at the girl's unworldliness and her mother's unconcern when Daisy accompanies him to the Castle of Chillon. Some months later, he meets the family in Rome, where Daisy has aroused suspicion among the American colony by being seen constantly with a third-rate Italian. Ostracized by former friends who think her "intrigue" has gone too far, Daisy denies that she is engaged to Giovanelli. Publicly, Winterbourne defends her as simply uncultivated, but privately, he hesitates.