Felix Holt, The Radical
Author : George Eliot
Performed By : Nadia May
Publisher : Blackstone Audio Inc
Runtime : 18 hours
Categories : Classic Literature
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"George Eliot's work places great importance on setting...much background is provided to make the nineteenth-century love triangle come alive. Narrator Nadia May fills the listener in with brisk, breathless cadences, breezing through the lengthy descriptions like a lovable neighborhood gossip. Her crisp accent, pauses between sentences, and mastery of tone help the listener understand the predicament of Esther Lyon....As she reads the text, May seems to be enjoying it herself, which enables the listener to do the same."--AudioFile
Relinquishing thoughts of a materially rewarding life, the respectably educated Felix Holt returns to his native village in North Loamshire and becomes an artisan. He is a forceful young man of honor, integrity, and idealism, burning to participate in political life so that he may improve the lot of his fellow artisans.
Contrasted with Felix Holt is the intelligent, economically secure Harold Transome, just returned from the East to assume responsibility for Transome Court, his inherited manor home, and to take a seat in Parliament.
Both men vie for the hand of Esther, a young woman of charm and virtue, who must choose between a life of idealism and a life of refinement.
The narrative is enhanced by plot twists involving illegitimacy and lines of inheritances, as well as by Eliot's vivid character studies, including the corrupt political agent Johnson, Harold Transome's mother, with her fears of a secret being revealed, and the loyal servant Denner.
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Green Fire
Author : Tallyessin Silverwolf
Performed By : Tallyessin Silverwolf
Publisher : Awen Publications
Runtime : 1 hour 10 minutes
Categories : Poetry
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Magical Verse for the Wheel of the Year
In this enchanting collection modern-day bard Tallyessin (winner of the Bardic Chair of Bath) shares his repertoire of bardic poems based upon the eight pagan festivals of the year - from Imbolc to the Winter Solstice - a poem for every celebration to recite and enjoy !
A Poem for all Seasons !
* Imbolc - inklings of spring
* Spring Equinox - relationships & balance
* Beltane - wildwood passion
* Summer Solstice - solar festivities
* Lughnasadh - bread, blood & barley
* Autumn Equinox - fruitfulness & shadows
* Samhain - time of the hunter
* Winter Solstice - death & rebirth
All poems are based upon the 8 Pagan Festivals and can be used in celebrations and ceremonies - or as inspiration for one's own sacred words.
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