Denis Daly

AlastorOr the Spirit of SolitudeAnd Other PoemsBy Percy Bysshe ShelleyNarrated by Denis DalyThis meditation on artistic creativity was written during the latter months of 1815, during a sojourn on the border of Windsor Forest. Critics have concurred...

This collection follows on from Australian Christmas Yarns Volume I and consists of ten stories by notable Australian author Mary Grant Bruce (1878-1958). These stories sketch challenges of landscape, relationship, loss and hope.This collection...

Diary of a Madmanby Nikolai GogolTranslated by Ethel VoynichNarrated by Denis DalyMany of Gogol's stories feature ineffectual individuals who are overwhelmed by the caprices of fate. In Diary of a Madman, one of his most colourful tales, the narrator,...

An Edward Lear CollectionNarrated by Denis Daly, Sarah Bacaller and Lucy BacallerHave you been lately to Lake Pipple Popple? Perhaps you have spotted the Pobble who has no toes? Or maybe you have roosted in the Quangle Wangle’s hat? Certainly Mr....

Richard le Gallienne was, almost to the point of caricature, a notable example of the Bohemian literary figure. He travelled widely, had many acquaintances among notable figures of his day, including Oscar Wilde, Rupert Brooke and John Cowper Powys,...

Enoch ArdenBy Alfred Lord TennysonNarrated by Denis DalyEnoch Arden is a long narrative poem which is built on a theme which has been widely explored in literature and on film. A man is separated from his family due to shipwreck, and marooned on an...

oe Wilson and His MatesBy Henry LawsonNarrated by Amy Soakes and Denis DalyThis collection was published in 1901 and contains some of Lawson's best known stories.Most of the stories are set in the Australian bush, and feature many of Lawson's iconic...

Poems - 1905-1911By Rupert BrookeNarrated by Denis DalyNot all the young poets whose lives were cut short during the First World War were actual casualties of the conflict. James Elroy Flecker and Rupert Brooke both died in 1915, each leaving a body...

Poems of Gerard Manley HopkinsNarrated by Denis DalyDuring his lifetime, Hopkins, who was ordained as a Jesuit priest, was best known as a scholar and a teacher of languages. In his youth he composed poetry prolifically, but detroyed all his juvenile...

Poems of John of the CrossTranslated by David LewisNarrated by Denis Daly and Sarah BacallerAlthough his output was small, John of the Cross (1542 - 1591) is considered one of the most important figures in Spanish poetry. All his verse explores the...

The Buddhist Philosophy of LifeHenry M. TichenorNarrated by Denis DalyIn this extended pamphlet, free-thinking advocate Henry Tichenor presents the life story of Gotama Buddha in the style of a hagiography, in which the fundamental doctrines of...

This book is a critical analysis by an ex-Muslim activist of religion in general and of Islam in particular.It describes the author's journey out of Islam and discusses in depth many common misconceptions about Islam that are prevalent both within and...

Paul Carus (1852-1919) was a scholar, translator and researcher into comparative religion. He was a prolific author, producing works on philosophy, mathematics and science as well as translations of major Chinese and Japanese spiritual classics.Carus...

The Jerilderie LetterBy Ned KellyNarrated by Denis DalyEdward "Ned" Kelly (1854 -1880) was the last and most celebrated Australian bushranger (outlaw).After being implicated in the shooting of three policemen at Stringybark Creek in October, 1878,...

The Rubaiyat of Omar KhayyamTranslated by Edward FitzGeraldNarrated by Denis DalyOmar Khayyam (1048 - 1131) was a true polymath. A distinguished mathematician, astronomer and philosopher, he is best known today for his Rubaiyat, a collection of rubai,...

Three Elephant Power and Other StoriesBy Andrew Barton 'Banjo' PatersonNarrated by Denis DalySolicitor, journalist, poet and war veteran, Andrew Barton Paterson is today best known for his colourful and jingoistic verse, in particular The Man from...

Where The Dead Men Lie And Other PoemsBy Barcroft BoakeCollected and edited by A. G. StephensNarrated by Denis Daly and Amy SoakesIn his short life Australian poet Barcoft Boake completed thirty poems, the most famous of which is the pastoral lament,...