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Falstaff is both a comic and tragic central protagonist in Shakespeare's three Henry plays. He is companion to Prince Hal (the future Henry V), who loves him, goads him, teases him, indulges his vast appetites, and commits all sorts of mischief with him. Award-winning author and esteemed professor Harold Bloom examines Falstaff with the deepest compassion and sympathy and also with unerring wisdom. He uses the relationship between Falstaff and Hal to explore the devastation of severed bonds and the heartbreak of betrayal.

Throughout his life, Noel Coward the master songwriter, 'derived a considerable amount of private pleasure from writing verse.' Much of it is gathered in this first ever CD collection. From moving war-time encounters to satirical barbs at familiar Coward targets and personal reminiscences, this...

With more than 80 of the most popular and loved poems in the English language, this collection is one of the most comprehensive anthologies of its kind. It covers a remarkable range, from the striking visions of Blake and Shelley and the insights of Keats to lighter but equally memorable verse by Tennyson.

1 Tag. 4 Zeilen. 2 Reime. Am Anfang dieses Hörbuchs stand ein ehrgeiziger Neujahrsvorsatz: Ein Jahr in 365 Gedichten. Kein Vorausdichten, kein Hinterherschreiben, kein Aussetzen. Jeder Tag so dumm, klug, lustig, traurig, bewegend oder banal, wie er eben war. Wäre das durchzuhalten? Die Antwort: Es war. Und eine Auswahl der denkwürdigsten Zeilen, interpretiert von zwölf wirklich besonderen Stimmen, lässt sich nun auf diesem Hörbuch genießen. Eine außergewöhnliche, fesselnde Klangreise durch ein Jahr unseres Lebens, verdichtet auf einhundertzwanzig Verse.