Every now and then, we like to present vinÂtage clips of great authors readÂing clasÂsic litÂerÂary works – works they have often writÂten themÂselves. These clips can be fairÂly revealÂing. Through them, you can recapÂture the voicÂes of litÂerÂary greats, most long since passed. And you can hear how they give charÂacÂter and expresÂsion to their own works … or those of othÂers. In response to a readÂer’s request, we have pulled togethÂer some of the finest examÂples preÂviÂousÂly feaÂtured here. And, for good meaÂsure, we’ve added prime clips of famous celebriÂties givÂing litÂerÂary readÂings too. Hope you enjoy (and share):
1) William FaulknÂer Reads from As I Lay Dying
2) James Joyce ReadÂing Finnegans Wake
3) VinÂtage Radio: Aldous HuxÂley NarÂrates Brave New World
4) Dominic West (aka JimÂmy McNulÂty) Reads Jane Austen
5) TruÂman Capote Reads from BreakÂfast at Tiffany’s
6) Joyce CarÂol Oates Reads EudoÂra WelÂty’s “Where Is the Voice ComÂing From?”
7) Orson Welles Reads Moby Dick
8) JohnÂny Depp Reads LetÂters from Hunter S. ThompÂson
9) Ernest HemÂingÂway Reads “In Harry’s Bar in Venice”
10) T.S. Eliot ReadÂing from The WasteÂland
11) F. Scott FitzgerÂald Reads ShakeÂspeare Out Loud
12) DenÂnis HopÂper Reads RudÂyard Kipling on JohnÂny Cash Show
13) Kurt VonÂnegut Reads from SlaughÂterÂhouse-Five
14) Tom Waits Reads Charles BukowsÂki
15) William CarÂlos Williams Reads His PoetÂry (1954)
16) Orhan Pamuk Reads Vladimir Nabokov
17) Charles BukowsÂki “BlueÂbird”
18) WalÂlace Stevens Reads His Own PoetÂry
19) Tobias Wolff Reads From His New Short StoÂry ColÂlecÂtion
20) LisÂtenÂing to Famous Poets ReadÂing Their Own Work
