LLC Recorded Books
Author
Language
English
Description
"Abandoned by her mother at age seven, Alexandra Winslow took solace in the mystery stories she read with her devoted father--and soon she was writing them herself, slowly graduating to dark, violent, complex crime stories that reflected skill and imagination far beyond her years. After her father's early death, at fourteen Alex is taken in by the nuns of a local convent, where she finds twenty-six mothers to take the place of the one she lost, and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Playaway Digital Audio
Pub. Date
[2008], p2005
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
1 sound media player (ca. 8 hr.) : digital ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. + 1 course guide (96 p. : ill.).
Language
English
Description
Shakespeare invented characters in a new kind of way. He not only gave them personality and depth, he gave them life. Not a life that went simply from point to point, but one that developed rather than unfolded. In so doing, Shakespeare created characters with whom everyone can identify, whether the characters were kings and queens or fools and merchants. Renowned Shakespearian scholar Professor Harold Bloom presents Shakespeare's seven major tragedies...