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The Canterbury Tales, written near the end of Chaucer's life and hence towards the close of the 14th century, is perhaps the greatest English literary work of the Middle Ages: yet it speaks to us today with almost undimmed clarity and relevance.

“Algunas cosas no cambian. Hay cosas encerradas detrás de los muros que no pueden cambiar porque nadie las oye.”, Federico García Lorca. Audible Studios presenta Yerma, una edición dramatizada del clásico de Federico García Lorca. Yerma, la protagonista de esta historia, es una joven actriz cuyo destino está marcado por su nombre. Yerma es considerada una obra maestra del teatro español, un poema trágico que evoca la lucha de una mujer contra las restricciones impuestas por la sociedad. La desesperación y el anhelo frustrado de ser madre lleva a la protagonista de la obra, Yerma, a cometer un crimen terrible.

Tom Jones is a splendid Hogarthian panorama of 18th-century English life and morals, encompassing both city and country, and comprising some of the greatest comic characters in British literature. First published in 1749, it was an instant success and has gone on to become a classic of its genre. Quite simply, there has never been anything like it.