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Title: The Moonstone

Author: Wilkie Collins

Narrator: Patrick Tull

Format: Unabridged

Length: 20 hrs and 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-10-02

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 720 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

No, the "Moonstone" isn't a celestial relic, it's a gigantic yellow diamond of unearthly beauty that was given to Rachel Verinder as a present on her 18th birthday - and stolen that very night! Betteredge, one of the most beloved butlers in English literature, is the focus of this seminal detective novel, which examines how one family's life is turned upside-down by the theft. And find out why the answers to all of life's problems can be found in the pages of Robinson Crusoe.

Editorial Reviews:

Patrick Tull's performance of The Moonstone is a nail-biting listening event. Tull's rich and dynamic voice keeps the audience engaged in this Victorian mystery. The story follows the Verinder family as they investigate the theft of a yellow diamond. Before belonging to the family, the jewel is said to have been resting on the forehead of an Indian idol. Is its disappearance a result of a legendary curse?

The Moonstone is a classic in the genre of detective fiction. With a remarkable story and memorable cast of characters, mystery lovers will be delighted by this audiobook.

Critic Reviews:

"The first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels." (T.S. Eliot)

"This finely crafted tale is riveting in the audio medium." (Library Journal)

Members Reviews:

One of the best readings ever

The Moonstone is a classic, and if you like mysteries it is a must-read (or must-listen). What is truly special about this rendition is the reading. The reading is superb, done by several actors to match the voices of several narrators.

Although it is VERY long, I never once got bored - in fact I couldn't wait for my drive to/from work so that I could listen some more. This is my favorite audio book to date (I've been doing this about a year now).

Fantastic Victorian Fiction, Superbly Read

If you love good Victorian fiction, with its keen insights into human relationships and motivations, you'll love The Moonstone. This novel was never intended to be a physical action story. Ignore those people saying it's too long or--gasp!--boring. It's just right! The novel is told from several points of view with several narrators performing the various characters. In addition to Patrick Tull as the butler, audiobook customers might be interested in knowing that the narrators include Davina Porter and Frank Muller, both of whom have a large and loyal following. The Moonstone is also a great introduction to Wilkie Collins, whose works, in my opinion, are equal to those of his friend and mentor, Charles Dickens. At least two other Collins novels are available from Audible.com: The Woman in White and The Evil Genius. I hope there will be more in the future.

Don't steal sacred diamonds

The performance was outstanding. I usually do not think much of using multiple readers for novels, but in this case it truly added to the book.

The Moonstone, a valuable diamond that has already been stolen once, is stolen again. There are 7 (8?) narratives that tell the story of the mayhem surrounding the loss of the diamond and attempts to discover the thief and recover it.

What I don't see noted in many of the reviews of this book is the humor. There is drama and mystery, love and death, but this is a funny book.

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Title: Wuthering Heights

Author: Emily Bronte

Narrator: Freda Dowie, Ken Drury

Format: Abridged

Length: 3 hrs and 40 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-26-00

Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 17 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

When Mr. Earnshaw brings a black-haired foundling child into his home on the Yorkshire moors, he little imagines the dramatic events which will follow. The passionate relationship between Cathy Earnshaw and the foundling, Heathcliff, is a story of love, hate, pity and retribution, the effects of which reverberate thoroughout the succeeding generations...

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© and (P)1995 NAXOS AudioBooks Ltd.

Members Reviews:

Good rendering of the story but lacking atmosphere

Freda Dowie and Ken Drury do a good job in depicting the story and bringing the human characters to life. However, one very important, if not the most important character in this novel, has been almost written out of this abridged version and given little attention by the narrators. This character is the setting. After my initial disappointment, I did enjoy listening to this audio book, but I would have enjoyed it a lot more if it had a distinctly North Yorkshire character.

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Title: The Pilgrim's Progress

Author: John Bunyan

Narrator: uncredited

Format: Abridged

Length: 1 hr and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-01-00

Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 25 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Once regarded as required reading for every schoolchild, The Pilgrim's Progress has been in print for over 300 years. Timeless and timely, Bunyan's allegorical tale has been hailed the most widely read book in the English language other than the Bible. Follow the Pilgrim and his friends on their dangerous spiritual journey to the Celestial City, as they pass through many experiences common to us all and travel in triumph with the King.

©1995 Barbour and Company, Inc.

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Title: Northanger Abbey

Author: Jane Austen

Narrator: Flo Gibson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-16-99

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 35 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Clever young Catherine so desperately wishes to "improve" upon her life that she imagines the worst when she is invited to Northanger Abbey, the country home of the Tilney family. Her imagination gets the better of her when she begins to believe she has discovered in the Abbey all the trappings of a gothic novel. Jane Austen slyly parodies the potboiler genre and skewers the obsession with manners of the day.

Editorial Reviews:

The genius of Jane Austen novels is in their ability to be at once both light-hearted, coming of age romances and biting satires of social customs. Northanger Abbey, the first full-length composition from Austen, is a perfect example of this. Performed here by the captivating veteran Flo Gibson Northanger Abbey is partly the story of young Catherine and her social rise, which includes a trip to Bath and the meeting and falling for of young Henry Tilney, and partly Austen's hilarious parody of the gothic novels which had been held in such high regard during her time.

Members Reviews:

perhaps another version...

I've never met a Jane Austen novel I didn't love. Mark Twain has nothing on her in the realm of satire. I only wish I knew more about the period, I'm sure I would find the novels even more comical. Flo Gibson is not the narrator for Jane Austen, though. Her voice is quite gravelly. This would work nicely with quite a number of novels, but does not lend itself to the smooth tones which would seem more natural for the many young women who populate and are the main characters for Austen's novels. It was often very difficult to determine which character was being voiced, a problem I have not had with other Austen narraters.

Not Bad

The sound quality was not always that great, but I always enjoy Flo Gibson's narrations. I would have to say that it is my least favorite Austen book, but not horrible. It is Austen after all.

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Title: Middlemarch

Author: George Eliot

Narrator: Hannah Gordon

Format: Abridged

Length: 2 hrs and 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-22-08

Publisher: CSA Word

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Praised by Virginia Woolf as one of the only novels "written for grown-up people", Middlemarch is a highly accomplished story, whose characters are involving and intriguing. Dorothea's story interlinks powerfully and tantalisingly with that of Lydgate's, a doctor, who joins her for a some of her journey towards making sense of her role in the world, both as a woman and as an idealist.

© and (P)2007 CSA Telltapes Ltd

Members Reviews:

Too brief

Far too short an abridgement for a book that in 30 hours in unabridged form. I was disappointed.

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Title: The Time Machine

Author: H. G. Wells

Narrator: David McAlistair

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 27 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-31-11

Publisher: Cherry Hill Publishing

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 136 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

The Time Machine is H.G. Wells' warning of what will befall mankind if capitalism continues to exploit workers for the benefits of the rich. As the Time Traveler theorizes, the working class has been pushed underground for so long that it has evolved into a distinct, nocturnal species. The upper class has remained above ground, and their advanced civilization, stocked with amenities, has turned them into weak, lazy, and dependent creatures. But at some point the underground groupthe Morlocksrun out of food and are forced to hunt down the Eloi, which it now breeds like cattle.

Members Reviews:

Worth a listen

Despite the times in which this was written, Wells' future depicts a cultural divide right out of today's headlines. Is this where mankind is headed?

Great book, Awesome narater,

This is an amazing story, leaves many questions and ideas helps fill the mind with wander.

I loved it

This story was made even better by the narater who did an amazing job.

Great story and well read.

A classic, read by a professional narrator. This is exactly what you want in an audio book.

I love this story

one of my favorites well performed. this is one of my favorites story I read it as a kid.

Classic Story

Where does The Time Machine rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?

I have loved this book since my childhood, and its still gripping today as the first time I read it. This first person narrative tells us about the time-travelers journey into the future.

Who was your favorite character and why?

The Time Traveller, I love the journey he undertakes and his encounters with the future.

Which character as performed by David McAlistair was your favorite?

The Time Traveller and the Morlocks.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

I love the concept, the thought and the representation of the future humanity

Any additional comments?

The author used the setting to talk about their times, the socio-political, religious, economic and scientific climate. Empirically, we still face many of the problems faced back then. No wonder this is a classic!

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Title: Twelve Stories and a Dream

Author: H. G. Wells

Narrator: John Banks

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-06-17

Publisher: Ladbroke Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

A brand new collection of 13 short stories by the master of supernatural suspense and thrillers, exploring science fiction and fantasy themes. All of the stories in this volume follow a simple and classic pattern: exposition, conflict, resolution. Because of the short story format, there is not much room for complication or denouement, so these stories by nature are simpler than some of Wells' other work, and therefore will keep the listener entertained and engrossed!

Included in this collection are 'Filmer', 'The Magic Shop', 'The Valley of Spiders', 'The Truth About Pyecraft', 'Mr Skelmersdale in Fairyland', 'The Inexperienced Ghost', 'Jimmy Goggles the God', 'The New Accelerator', 'Mr Ledbetter's Vacation', 'The Stolen Body', 'Mr Brishner's Treasure', 'Miss Winchelsea's Heart', and 'A Dream of Armageddon'.

About the reader: John Banks is one of the UK's most prolific audiobook narrators, working for the likes of Big Finish, Audible, Random House and Games Workshop. He is a true multivoice, creating everything from monsters to marauding aliens. He is also an accomplished stage and TV actor.

About the author: Herbert George Wells was a novelist, teacher, historian and journalist who has become known as the "father of science fiction". His works have been adapted countless times and provided the basis for many literary and theatrical productions.

Members Reviews:

At least one story in the collection should not be missed

Not everybody would like this book because not everybody likes short stories, but that's only part of the "problem," if that's what it is. Twelve Stories and a Dream is exactly that, twelve stories and a final story that's related as a dream. The copy I read is in the public domain, and offered free by Amazon, and probably other sources as well.

Most of the stories are very minor; they open, state a problem, resolve it and end unceremoniously. The book was published in 1903, and that seemed to be Wells's style, at least at that time and with this book; he kept talking within the story until he felt that the story was done and that was that, story ended. Some of the stories are deeper than others, and at least one uses exceedingly politically-incorrect language, though it comes from the mouth of a somewhat low character who was inclined to use what is now considered an extremely offensive word. In spite of the somewhat uneven quality of the stories, I enjoyed them enough to keep reading.

But the jewel of the collection comes at the end, and makes the whole experience worthwhile. The final story, the "dream" mentioned in the book's title, is more properly named, "A Dream of Armageddon." I didn't like the way the story was framed, a stranger sharing a ride on a carriage who confides in the story's narrator that he has been having serial dreams. But once into the dream, the reader is immersed in a depth of rich description of an exotic, future place, and of a woman the stranger has come to love deeply. His sadness that it's only a dream is evident as he relates it, and the sadness becomes deeper as he reveals what amounts to a study in sad irony, of a romance that ends tragically.

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Title: Classic English and Irish Dramas Starring Ralph Richardson and Margaret Lockwood, Volume 1

Author: Theatre Royal, Laurence Sterne, J. B. Priestley

Narrator: Ralph Richardson

Format: Original Recording

Length: 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-22-11

Publisher: Heritage Media Ltd

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Fully restored and remastered, Heritage Media presents the greatest of vintage artists in classic dramas from English and Irish Literature. Here is the legendary Ralph Richardson starring in 'Private Rooms' adapted from the original tale by J. B. Priestly and My Uncle Toby, adapted from Tristram Shandy, the original tale by Laurence Sterne. Theatre Royal is a unique series of classic radio dramas produced in the 1950s by the late Harry Alan Towers. Starring the leading theatre artists of the day, it is the only series of radio dramas in which Laurence Olivier ever appeared. He was joined by Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud, Orson Welles, Robert Morley, John Mills, Michael Redgrave, Trevor Howard, Robert Donut, Alec Guinness and Margaret Lockwood.

Over the Years, Theatre Royal has received a glittering array of accolades, including: vivid, tense, and compressed.( Classic radio)

Craft, like character, ages well.(Daily Telegraph)

Great fun to listen to and, as radio history, they are unsurpassed. (Sunday Telegraph)

Voices like these justify the Golden Days tag. We won't hear their like again. (Sunday Times)

A must for archive fans. The excitement of vintage radio drama with strong storylines. (Radio Times.)

Editorial Reviews:

British acting icon Ralph Richardson (Our Man in Havana and Long Day's Journey Into Night) stars in this first installment of Theatre Royals collection of classic English and Irish radio performances.

In Private Rooms, a one-act by J.B. Priestely, is the story of a mature stage actor befriending a star-struck fan in Vienna (played by Margaret Lockwood). In the second half of this recording, Richardson stars in My Uncle Toby, which was adapted from Laurences Sternes Tristam Shandy, as a gentle, eccentric old ex-soldier who becomes obsessed with military fortifications after a gruesome battle wound.

Richardsons sonorous voice and joyful performance make these vintage radio plays a sheer delight.

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Title: Beowulf, Part I

Subtitle: The Grendel Kind

Narrator: Earl Hammond

Format: Unabridged

Length: 58 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-11-08

Publisher: Big Happy Family

Ratings: 1 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Excerpts from the classic medieval poem, performed in the original language with English translation, original music, and commentary.

©1978 Charles Potter; (P)1978 Charles Potter

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Title: C. S. Lewis as Philosopher

Subtitle: Truth, Goodness, and Beauty

Author: David J. Baggett (Editor), Gary R. Habermas (Editor), Jerry L. Walls (Editor)

Narrator: Ralph Cosham

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-28-12

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 20 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

What did C. S. Lewis think about Truth, Goodness, and Beauty? The 15 essays collected here explore these three major philosophical themes from the writings of Lewis. This volume provides a comprehensive overview of Lewis philosophical thinking on arguments for Christianity, the character of God, theodicy, moral goodness, heaven and hell, a theory of literature, and the place of the imagination.

Critic Reviews:

The essays in this collection cast plenty of light on the thinking of the man who was probably the greatest Christian apologist of the twentieth century. (Church Newspaper)

The essay by Jean Bethke Elshtain, explicatingThe Abolition of Man, is so powerfully written and exquisitely reasoned as to make it alone worth the cost of the entire book. (Christian Librarian)

Members Reviews:

A wonderful Lewis review

This is a great book. I have listened to it twice and read it and probably will read parts of it again. It brings out points that I didn't see and reminds me of the great things all over again. I especially enjoy the narrator, Ralph Cosham. He has become the voice of C. S. Lewis to me.

Over My Head

Would you listen to C. S. Lewis as Philosopher again? Why?

Yes. I need to study it in order to grasp at least a little more each time

What was the most compelling aspect of this narrative?

Hearing what C.S. Lewis might have said to certain questions based on what he said in his writings.

Which character as performed by Ralph Cosham was your favorite?

N/A

Any additional comments?

I have no training in philosophy so much of the vocabulary and concepts went over my head but I want to understand it so will listen again to catch more and know where I need to do more research. C.S. Lewis is my favorite Christian apologist and author for both fiction and non-fiction.

Heavy on Philosophical Debate, Light on Lewis

Where does C. S. Lewis as Philosopher rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?

Toward the bottom

What does Ralph Cosham bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book?

love his erudite accent...what I would imagine of old-world philosophers.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Not a book for film

Any additional comments?

I was expecting more CS Lewis and less philosophical jawboning