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Title: Northanger Abbey

Author: Jane Austen

Narrator: Nancy Dow

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-20-10

Publisher: Jimcin Recordings

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Northanger Abbey certainly contains some elements of 18th century Gothic potboilers but with a satiric slant. It has the overbearing father who was not in the least addicted to locking up his daughters, although her mother does not die giving birth to her, and the heroine, Catherine Morland, prefers playing cricket with her brothers to any girlish pastimes like watering rose bushes or feeding canaries.

The book is a hilarious parody and certainly the most lighthearted of Austen's novels, yet it still manages to be an unsentimental commentary on love and marriage. Austen fans will enjoy the decidedly satirical twist this book takes, a twist that only Austen's genius could pull off.

Members Reviews:

Flawed but Good

Loved the book but...for audio perfectionists this may not be for you. The copyright says 1980 and the sound has some background noise common to recordings in those days. And....while I don't agree with the reviewer who "shouted" about it. ( all caps is considered shouting ) it does have a slightly hollow sound. However, in spite of the less-than-perfect sound quality, we ( my wife and I ) loved it! For one thing we I prefer American readers because for us, as Americans, British accents tend to get in the way of understanding.

And..most importantly...the reader was very good...seeming to "read with a smile." Over the years we have heard two other recordings of this book and the readers were just so very serious. This was Jane Austen's most light-hearted book and this readers voice matched the text perfectly. So our advice...listen to the sample first. If you don't mind the "old days" audio and you are an Austen fan, you'll love this reading.

terrible quality narration

The narrator's voice is good the the quality is terrible. I couldn't finish it. Sounds like she is in an echo chamber - more than you can take so I can't review whole book for you because... I couldn't take it.

Poor Recording Quality

This is my favorite Jane Austen novel. The reader does an acceptable job reading the work, but I found the poor recording quality and low volume level to greatly take away from my enjoyment of the piece.

I HEAR YA

I GOT THROUGH THE FIRST COUPLE OF SENTENCES ON THIS BOOK. THE SOUND SYSTEM OR STUDIO SOUNDS LIKE IT IS IN THE BASEMENT OF A SUBWAY. JUST TERRIBLE. I AM SORRY I SPENT THE MONEY ON THIS ONE.

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Title: The Man Who Would Be King

Author: Rudyard Kipling

Narrator: David Philo

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-27-10

Publisher: Saland Publishing

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

This short story by Kipling of two British adventurers in British India who become kings of Kafiristan, a remote part of Afghanistan, is read by David Philo.

Members Reviews:

Long before the Taleban

This Kipling story takes the reader back to the 19th century on the North West Frontier when colonial and racist atttitudes were the norm rather than the exception. A fascinating fictional trip back in time, if sometimes hard to listen to due to the loud background music.

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Title: Beastly Chronicles of Saki

Author: H M Munro

Narrator: Jermyn Street Theatre

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 49 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-08-10

Publisher: The Copyright Group NET

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

The stories of HH Munro better known by his pen name of Saki have scarcely been out of print since they were first published nearly a century ago. Yet it often seems that their particular delights are reserved for the private pleasure of his coterie of admirers. It has to be admitted that a taste for Saki is something of an addiction. And like all addictions, once acquired, it is hard to shake off.

In the years since his tragic early death in the trenches at the hands of a German sniper, fellow addicts have included Graham Greene, Noel Coward, and Tom Sharpe.

All of us take a slightly wicked satisfaction from his biting wit and the subversive way in which he undermines the staid Edwardian Society he purports to observe. But to a much greater extent than his near-contemporaries, Wilde and Kipling, there is something dark and menacing at the heart of Sakis writing.

Behind the refined twinkle of tea cups on an Edwardian lawn can be heard the distant howling of a wolf. Hidden among the shrubbery in a carefully manicured garden lurk all kinds of Beasts and Superbeasts, ready to wreak Natures revenge on an uncaring mankind with its arrogant belief in materialism, progress, and the innate respectability of middle-class values.

Where Kiplings menagerie tends to simple analogues of human types, Sakis animals can rise up with the full power of Pan himself. This is not to ignore Sakis ability to turn an aphorism with all the facility and wit of the divine Oscar at his best.

Members Reviews:

excellent dramatization

This production is a dramatization of Saki's stories, yet the good thing about

it is that it keeps the original texts intact. Very enjoyable listening

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Title: Classic Tales of Mystery: The Limitations of Pambe Serang

Author: Rudyard Kipling

Narrator: Sean Barrett

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-22-10

Publisher: The Story Circle Ltd

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

A shipboard quarrel between Nurkeed and Pambe Serang leads to a lingering grudge and a terrible revenge. Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English short-story writer, poet and novelist. He wrote tales and poems of British soldiers in India and stories for children.

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Title: Ralph Richardson Presents A Selection of Short Stories by Henry James

Author: Henry James

Narrator: Ralph Richardson

Format: Abridged

Length: 1 hr and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-13-10

Publisher: Saland Publishing

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Ralph Richardson presents The Liar, Four Meetings, and The Aspen Papers.

©2010 Saland Publishing (P)2010 Saland Publishing

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Title: The New Catacomb

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrator: Simon Vance

Format: Unabridged

Length: 31 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-08-10

Publisher: Listen & Live Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 14 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Though Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is best known for his detective stories, he also wrote other short stories that are masterpieces of mystery and suspense. In some stories, a supressed uneasiness gradually builds up and evolves into sheer horror; in others, the story line unexpectedly changes and comes to an unlikely conclusion.

In "The New Catacomb", deceit and revenge are buried in the deep recesses of a Roman archeological site.

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Title: The Beetle-Hunter

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrator: Simon Vance

Format: Unabridged

Length: 36 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-14-09

Publisher: Listen & Live Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 14 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Though Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is best known for his detective stories, he also wrote other short stories that are masterpieces of mystery and suspense. In some of the stories, a supressed uneasiness gradually builds up and evolves into sheer terror; in others, the story line unexpectedly changes and comes to an unlikely conclusion. In "The Beetle-Hunter", a beginning doctor is employed on a strange errand to a coleopterist.

©2009 Listen & Live Audio, Inc.; (P)2009 Listen & Live Audio, Inc.

Members Reviews:

A decent ACD short story

This is a good listen. Nothing like Sherlock Holmes or the Lost World. Just a good short story by a great author. Simon Vance did an excellent job of narration.

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Title: Mr. Brisher's Treasure

Author: H. G. Wells

Narrator: David Ian Davies

Format: Unabridged

Length: 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-12-09

Publisher: One Voice Recordings

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

The treasure trove he discovers in the most unlikely of places leads to impromptu plotting to take possession of it right under the noses of others. Complications, blunders, and a violent lightning storm lead to a marvelous, ironic twist.

Editorial Reviews:

H. G. Welles proves himself not just master of science fiction narrative, but also of the short story with this vaudevillian tale of how buried treasure enabled Mr. Brisher to flee his one engagement and "save" him for lifelong bachelorhood. David Ian Davies brings an entertaining degree of obliviousness to his performance of Mr. Brisher, and of skepticism to the unnamed victim of his storytelling. The tale itself includes an uncollected treasure, a nighttime trip over a pail in the scullery, a jealous fiancée, and her father, a counterfeiter of coins, chasing Brisher with a gun. As Brisher describes his escape, "I was always a bit good at planning, although carrying it out isnt so much in my line."

Members Reviews:

Droll

Amusing, a "punch line" kind of story - rather vapid until the last paragraph turns everything on its head.

Our speaker would have been a serious con man, except that A) he's not smart enough, and B) a real scam involves real work, rendering it wholly inaccessible to our [dialect] speaker. He finds a great treasure, loses the great treasure, and gains thereby in the end. (It's a short story. Surely you can read the few pages and find out what that means.)

-- wiredweird, reviewing a print version from a public domain web site.

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Title: Great Tales of the Supernatural

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrator: Walter Covell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-03-09

Publisher: Jimcin Recordings

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 12 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

This selection includes seven of the best: "The Great Keinplatz Experiment", "The Captain of the Pole Star", "The Brown Hand", "The Leather Funnel", "J. Habakuk Jepson's Statment", "John Barrington Cowels", and "The American's Tale".

Editorial Reviews:

Scottish writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle may be best known for his Sherlock Holmes stories, but his real passion was supernatural tales. Walter Covell interprets these eerie and spellbinding narratives with aplomb; his elegant voice creates a refined atmosphere for peculiar events to unfold and take hold of the imagination. This collection includes: "The Great Keinplatz Experiment", "The Captain of the Pole Star", "The Brown Hand", "The Leather Funnel", "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement", "John Barrington Cowles", and "The American's Tale".

Members Reviews:

Good Stories with Poor Narration

I'm going to be honest and say that the narrator was one of the worst I've heard. I was looking forward to hearing one of my favourite stories, The Captain of the Polestar, only to hear it butchered by Walter Covell. Overall, the stories are good - buyer beware in regards to the narrator!

I am afraid the narrator was a disappointment I

I was very disappointed with the narrator

I found the stories spoiled by the boring

monotone

shame

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Title: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson

Narrator: Ken Eaken

Format: Abridged

Length: 45 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-13-08

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

This disturbing, yet intriguing story reveals the nightmare of living a double life, the conflict over good and evil and the arrogance of power. A novella about a dual personality - a kind and intelligent physician who turns into a psychopathic monster after partaking of a drug intended to separate good from evil in a personality. It is enough to make your hair stand on end!

©2007 Listener's Digest Inc; (P)2007 Listener's Digest Inc

Members Reviews:

Excellent!

This story is so descriptive of humans that it's creepy.

We can be good one minute then totally depraved the next.

I enjoyed it very much.