Classic literature with classical music | Park County Library System

Author

Earliest Publication Date

1907

Summary

David Copperfield enjoys an idyllic life with his gentle, widowed mother and his loving nurse, Peggotty. Then tragedy strikes when Mr. Murdstone weds David's mother and drives her to an early grave. Despised by his stepfather, the boy is forced to live in misery and poverty until he runs away to throw himself upon the mercy of his eccentric aunt. Charles Dickens's classic tale of growing up.

2) King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

Author

Flynn, Benedict

Earliest Publication Date

1997

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Retells the legend of King Arthur and his knights, chronicling their heroic adventures, Merlin the Wizard's struggle with Morgana le Fay, and Arthur's ill-fated love for his queen, Guinevere.

3) Othello

Author

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

Earliest Publication Date

1901

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"This third edition of Othello offers a completely new introduction by Christina Luckyj, providing readers with a nuanced understanding of early modern theatre and culture, and demonstrating how careful attention to Shakespeare's language, staging and dramaturgy can open up fresh interpretations of the play. Tracing critical and performance trends up to the present day, Luckyj shows how the drama taps into contemporary cultural paradoxes surrounding...

4) The adventures of Sherlock Holmes: VI

Author

Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930

Earliest Publication Date

2003

5) The life and works of Chopin

Author

Siepmann, Jeremy

Earliest Publication Date

2001

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The second in our series of musical biographies, written and presented by broadcaster Jeremy Siepmann, with Anton Lesser as Chopin. In this set the life and music of the revolutionary composer/pianist is unveiled in considerable detail with many musical examples.

6) The sea wolf

Author

London, Jack, 1876-1916

Earliest Publication Date

1904

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A thrilling epic of a sea voyage and a complex novel of ideas. The Sea Wolf is a standard-bearer of its genre. The vivid story of a gentleman scholar's rescue and subsequent ordeal at the hands of a hunting schooner's brutal captain and devious crew. It remains one of Jack London's finest achievements.

7) Through the looking-glass, and what Alice found there

Author

Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898

Earliest Publication Date

1941

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After climbing through a mirror, Alice enters a world similar to a chess board, where she experiences many curious adventures with its fantastic inhabitants.