Read by Patrick Fraley with Edward Asner & a cast of 50
Deemed "essential" in the canon of American literature, this audiobook masterpiece performed in its entirety by a full cast makes the classic accessible to everyone. From a cemetery in a mythical small town, the dead speak the truths about their lives. Some speak of hardships and sordidness; others, of their simple, honest, happy lives. Some are elderly and others are youthful or children; mortality has claimed them all. Their voices reach us deeply, alternately plaintive, anguished, enigmatic, angry, contemptuous, and comedic, evoking themes of love and hope, disappointment, despair, and abiding faith. As the Spoon River residents examine their lives, they invite us to do the same.
Edgar Lee Masters (1868 - 1950) published 53 books during his lifetime. His best-known work was Spoon River Anthology, initially published anonymously in 1915. His colorful life included practicing law with Clarence Darrow.
Patrick Fraley is a well-known voice actor, and Edward Asner has been a popular television actor for several decades. The 50 actors represent the diversity found in small towns and the variety of voices is perfectly cast.
"Fraley skillfully portrays a variety of voices and his definitive performance proves his storytelling mastery. 'Fraley is no mere mortal when it comes to reading a book.'
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If we solve the RAR issue, i have tons of short works that would be a pain to post one at a time.
For example, i have the complete works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (with excellent commentary) in nice, neat 100 MB RAR files. In order to post them, I would have to unarchive them, chop them up into ZIP files of no larger size and THEN upload them. Why?
There is NO good reason (performance, size, speed, security or otherwise) why one archive method is allowed and the other (far more universal) is not.
I thought that you and Katy were going to look into this?at I
Edgar Lee Masters - Spoon River Anthology - 4 of 4.mp3