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Shakespeare’s Sonnets

by William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Shakespeare’s Sonnets, or simply The Sonnets, comprise a collection of 154 poems in sonnet form written by William Shakespeare that deal with such themes as love, beauty, politics, and mortality. The poems were probably written over a period of several years. (Summary from wikipedia)

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Total running time: 2:20:07
Read by Chris Hughes

mp3 and ogg files

• 01 Sonnets 1-10 - 00:08:59
  [mp3@64kbps - 4.3MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 8.6MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 5.7MB]
• 02 Sonnets 11-20 - 00:09:06
  [mp3@64kbps - 4.3MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 8.7MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 5.9MB]
• 03 Sonnets 21-30 - 00:08:52
  [mp3@64kbps - 4.2MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 8.5MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 5.7MB]
• 04 Sonnets 31-40 - 00:09:29
  [mp3@64kbps - 4.5MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 9.1MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 6.1MB]
• 05 Sonnets 41-50 - 00:09:14
  [mp3@64kbps - 4.4MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 8.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 6.4MB]
• 06 Sonnets 51-60 - 00:08:47
  [mp3@64kbps - 4.2MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 8.4MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 6.0MB]
• 07 Sonnets 61-70 - 00:08:46
  [mp3@64kbps - 4.2MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 8.4MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 6.2MB]
• 08 Sonnets 71-80 - 00:08:53
  [mp3@64kbps - 4.2MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 8.5MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 5.9MB]
• 09 Sonnets 81-90 - 00:09:20
  [mp3@64kbps - 4.4MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 8.9MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 6.4MB]
• 10 Sonnets 91-100 - 00:09:35
  [mp3@64kbps - 4.6MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 9.2MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 6.3MB]
• 11 Sonnets 101-110 - 00:09:08
  [mp3@64kbps - 4.3MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 8.7MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 6.1MB]
• 12 Sonnets 111-120 - 00:09:07
  [mp3@64kbps - 4.3MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 8.7MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 6.0MB]
• 13 Sonnets 121-130 - 00:09:10
  [mp3@64kbps - 4.4MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 8.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 6.0MB]
• 14 Sonnets 131-140 - 00:09:14
  [mp3@64kbps - 4.4MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 8.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 6.0MB]
• 15 Sonnets 141-154 - 00:12:27
  [mp3@64kbps - 5.9MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 11.9MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 8.9MB]

Cataloged on July 26, 2007