A Universe of Books
Introductions to World Literature
by Peter Whitfield

Writer and cyclist Peter Whitfield discusses some of the gems of world literature. Do you want to know about Dante’s Divine Comedy or the novels of Jane Austen or Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick?

Listen to these accessible and entertaining introductions. Each month for 2008, we will be adding a new subject. They may help you decide which classic to listen to next – and even if you know the work, you may find these short but illuminating essays worth hearing.

Here are this month’s free downloads:

Pepys’s Diary (11 mins, MP3, 3.7 MB)

Seven Pillars of Wisdom (11 mins, MP3, 3.7 MB)

You can also listen to or download all the previous introductions:

Jane Austen – from Northanger Abbey to Persuasion, (9 mins, MP3, 3.3 MB)

Melville’s Moby Dick, (9 mins, MP3, 3.0 MB)

The Life of Man – The Life of Books, (18 mins, MP3, 6.3 MB)

Dante’s Divine Comedy, (10 mins, MP3, 3.5 MB)

Click on the links above to listen to/download the files. Alternatively, control-click (Mac), or right-click (PC) on a link, and choose ‘Save linked file as...’ to save the file to your computer.

Peter Whitfield has collected all the essays in handsomely illustrated volume:

A Universe of Books
Readings in World Literature
by Peter Whitfield

Published by Wychwood Editions
248 pages, ISBN: 978-095-148-383-1

or buy from:
Wychwood Editions, Tachbrook, Charlbury, OX7 3PS

Telephone: 01608 810 837