Kathrine Engan

6 books read for LibriVox

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Cuentos de Amor de Locura y de Muerte Horacio Quiroga Español
Lay Down Your Arms Bertha von Suttner, translated by T. Holmes
Martha starts as an Austrian countess who thinks war is glorious, then it takes her first husband at Solferino and keeps coming for everyone she loves. It's earnest and sometimes preachy, but her fury feels earned, and knowing Suttner wrote it decades before 1914 gives it a chill.
Poetry Fernando Pessoa
Pessoa writes as four different poets, invented people with their own biographies, and each one feels real: Caeiro the shepherd who distrusts thinking, Campos howling in the Tobacco Shop. If you like poetry that argues with itself about who's even speaking, this gets under your skin.
The Comedy of Errors William Shakespeare
You get a wonderfully fast, physical farce from the twin Antipholuses and twin Dromios, with everyone confidently mistaking the wrong man for someone they know. It’s deliberately slight and noisy, but the escalating confusion, especially around Adriana’s furious domestic arguments, makes Shakespeare feel surprisingly loose and playful.
The Kalevala Elias Lönnrot, translated by John Martin Crawford
You get a strange, musical world of singing contests, forged treasures, marriages, feuds, and spells, with Väinämöinen winning battles through knowledge as often as force. The episodes feel uneven and dreamlike, but the repeated charms and the bleak Kullervo story stay with you.
The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare
The fun is watching Kate and Petruchio trade insults at full speed, two clever people who've finally met their match. Fair warning, the "taming" itself sits uneasily now, and Kate's last speech will either charm you or make you argue with the page.

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Kathrine Engan

6 books read for LibriVox

filter sort genre era audiobooks

Cuentos de Amor de Locura y de Muerte Horacio Quiroga Español
Lay Down Your Arms Bertha von Suttner, translated by T. Holmes
Martha starts as an Austrian countess who thinks war is glorious, then it takes her first husband at Solferino and keeps coming for everyone she loves. It's earnest and sometimes preachy, but her fury feels earned, and knowing Suttner wrote it decades before 1914 gives it a chill.
Poetry Fernando Pessoa
Pessoa writes as four different poets, invented people with their own biographies, and each one feels real: Caeiro the shepherd who distrusts thinking, Campos howling in the Tobacco Shop. If you like poetry that argues with itself about who's even speaking, this gets under your skin.
The Comedy of Errors William Shakespeare
You get a wonderfully fast, physical farce from the twin Antipholuses and twin Dromios, with everyone confidently mistaking the wrong man for someone they know. It’s deliberately slight and noisy, but the escalating confusion, especially around Adriana’s furious domestic arguments, makes Shakespeare feel surprisingly loose and playful.
The Kalevala Elias Lönnrot, translated by John Martin Crawford
You get a strange, musical world of singing contests, forged treasures, marriages, feuds, and spells, with Väinämöinen winning battles through knowledge as often as force. The episodes feel uneven and dreamlike, but the repeated charms and the bleak Kullervo story stay with you.
The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare
The fun is watching Kate and Petruchio trade insults at full speed, two clever people who've finally met their match. Fair warning, the "taming" itself sits uneasily now, and Kate's last speech will either charm you or make you argue with the page.