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Title: Tom Jones (Classic Serial)

Author: Henry Fielding, Stephen Wyatt (adaptation)

Narrator: Annette Crosbie, Full Cast

Format: Original Recording

Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-10-13

Publisher: BBC Worldwide Limited

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Drama & Poetry, Modern Drama

Publisher's Summary:

This is Stephen Wyatt's adaptation of Henry Fielding's classic comic adventure. Episode 1: The wealthy Squire Allworthy steps into bed and finds an infant wrapped between his sheets. Episode 2: Tom is banished from the home in which he has spent his entire life. Episode 3: Tom follows his true love Sophia to London and receives an invitation to a masked ball.

Members Reviews:

Delightful and entertaining

314. The History of Tom Jones: a foundling by Henry Fielding (Novel-Audible/E Book-Fiction) 5* I read along with the Audible of the novel which I found a highly delightful and entertaining experience.

The narrator, Bill Homewood, who performed the audio version of the work was excellent doing the various characters as well as the invisible narrator (author) of the story. The Synopsis is as follows:

A foundling of mysterious parentage brought up by Mr. Allworthy on his country estate, Tom Jones is deeply in love with the seemingly unattainable Sophia Western, the beautiful daughter of the neighboring squireâthough he sometimes succumbs to the charms of the local girls. When Tom is banished to make his own fortune and Sophia follows him to London to escape an arranged marriage, the adventure begins. A vivid Hogarthian panorama of eighteenth-century life, spiced with danger and intrigue, bawdy exuberance and good-natured authorial interjections, Tom Jones is one of the greatest and most ambitious comic novels in English literature.

It is rather brilliant, and there is no lack of shenanigans as we follow Jones through his history and the reader never knows when and where the author will abruptly go off on a tangent, told in a most eloquent manner, end with a flourish and no doubt tossed his quill down and took a bow. I am either taken in by some farce or thoroughly enchanted by this author. As Fielding is rather the loquacious writer this read comes in Audible time at almost 38 hours or roughly 1,000 pages but worth every minute spent on it.

The book itself is five stars!

This is a review of the Oxford Classic Kindle edition.

The book itself is one of the greatest novels ever written; this is maybe the third time I've read it. Fielding is a master of irony, by which I mean genuine irony, not the mean sarcasm that often passes for irony these days. Fielding is never mean-spirited. His irony is generous and his humor is benevolent. His characters are three-dimensional, never all good or all bad. Before reading this, I had been re-reading several Dickens novels, and the contrast is enormous. A Dickens villain is a villain to the core, and his heroes (and especially his heroines) are saints. Tom instead is a young man with many faults, but a great heart. Sophia, his beloved, is a genuinely good person, but she's got a certain fiery spirit, and has her moments of doubt and remorse.

I advise you to read every word of this novel. It's divided into books, and the first chapter of each book is an address to the reader, expounding Fielding's theories on literature and on human nature. An impatient reader might be tempted to skip these, but that would mean missing a lot of worthwhile and enjoyable reading.

I have some quibbles with the Kindle edition. There were some mistakes in the passage from print to pixels, but they were not excessive.

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Title: The Gentlemen's Club: A Story for All Women

Author: Becky Due

Narrator: Andrea Buchanan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-24-13

Publisher: Due Publications

Genres: Drama & Poetry, Modern Drama

Publisher's Summary:

Angie doesn t want to be a victim anymore. Deep down what she hopes for most is to find a good man to love and to feel safe in this world, but her fears take her down the wrong path. After befriending other women down on their luck, they decide to get revenge on men who go to The Gentlemen's Club.

Members Reviews:

So Boring

I have to say I was bored to tears. I didn't even finish the book. It just seemed to me that the same concepts and views could have been said in half the pages.

Inspiring

The Gentlemen's Club is a book that is about two things - empowerment and hope. I also think it is about inspiring - each and every women to take ownership of herself, her body, her emotions and the direction in her life.

This touching and deeply felt memoir was the kind that I truly love to read - making me feel happy, sad, disgusted with humans, all the while finding that redemption is possible. While one human being can make it all horrible, the counter balance is another human being that makes it okay and allright. This book is the perfect example of this.

The author has courage, faith and a deep belief in herself and other human beings, which is more than I can say, at times and I have never had to experience half of what she has.

This book is written by a woman, for women everywhere. Inspiring and deeply moving.

Allbooks Review - Fiction Feature of the Month

Homeless and alone, Angie is taking a close look at her life. Her aspirations to be a writer are being pushed aside as she simply tries to survive in a difficult situation. But when she meets the vivacious Julie, she starts to open up and explore the path that has led her to this place, and begins the fight to escape her predicament.

"The Gentlemen's Club" is the story of a woman's growth into a powerful and outspoken advocate for her gender. Told from the perspective of a young struggling write, the story relates how the oppression and fear inflicted by men upon Angie and her friends has eaten away at their self-esteem and self-respect. Eventually, Angie finds her inner strength again with the help of a close friend, and together they work towards guiding other women to the same achievement. Ultimately, Angie researches an article about the Gentlemen's Club, a prominent stripper's bar, and she and Julie set about freeing the women who work there from the histories that have kept them oppressed, cumulating in a powerful act of revenge.

Becky Due is a very talented and intelligent writer. While her personal stance is ever-present in the novel, the individuality of each character comes across clearly and intensely. She has a strong message to deliver, and successfully does so with full and effective force. Her empathy with the plight of women is conveyed with great heart and passion, and she fills the characters' lives with enough trials and tribulations to make their present difficult situations believable and understandable.

The author is a longtime advocate for women's issues, and volunteers with Victims Services and as a guest speaker. She is educated in both Journalism and Women's Studies. A percentage of the profits from the sale of this book go to `Alternatives to Violence.'

With a very decidedly feminist perspective, this book offers a great deal for woman in the way of self-understanding and self-realization.

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Title: Orson Welles: A One-Person Play in Two Acts

Author: Michael B. Druxman

Narrator: Edward E. French

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-12-12

Publisher: Michael B. Druxman

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Drama & Poetry, Modern Drama

Publisher's Summary:

Orson Welles is a one-person play in two acts about the life and times of Orson Welles.

Some say that Orson Welles was a genius, but he always denied that. He did give us Citizen Kane, considered by most critics to be the best film ever made, but after that, his career took one long downward plunge.

The play finds Welles trying to find the financing for one of his film projects. It's a difficult task, since most of the Hollywood community considers him to be a "screwball". Pondering his life with his "other self", he tells us about his alcoholic father, his lonely years as a "gifted child", his rise as the "boy genius" of Broadway and the War of the Worlds radio broadcast that panicked America and made his name a household word. But "genius" can be self-destructive - as was the case with Welles. Time after time, with a new post-Kane success within his grasp, he would knowingly make the wrong move, thereby destroying everything he'd built.

Containing wry stories about William Randolph Hearst, Columbia Pictures' Harry Cohn, and Rita Hayworth, Michael B. Druxman's Orson Welles is the "boy genius" at his best.

Members Reviews:

Genius and Demons

This is an informative and touching monologue of one of the great geniuses of film.A wonderful

venue for an actor and a fascinating read for the layman and theater/movie person alike. Mr. Druxman

has a keen wit and is sensitive to the inner and outer conflicts of the man he has portrayed here as

Orson Welles. Bravo!

Understanding the GENIUS that is ORSON WELLES

The great Orson Welles, the genius of film also of stage and radio and TV;"the magnificent Welles" has become a fabulous 2act - 1 person audio book play brought to us by the gifted writer Michael Druxman

The voice of the narrator is Edward French but he sounds like Welles. As the play moves on it is hard to tell what words belong to Druxman and what is Welles and French's voice becomes Welles' voice. So it is very much like listening to Welles speaking directly to me. By the end of the 'book or play or whatever' I think I know more about the man and understand a little more of the why...(perhaps Welles needed to develop his post-production skills or just not take vacations.)

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Title: At Long Last Leo

Author: Mark Stein

Narrator: Barbara Bain, Arye Gross, Mary Gross, Valerie Mahaffey, Marc-Bradley Phillips, Robert Symonds

Format: Original Recording

Length: 1 hr and 31 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-07-12

Publisher: L.A. Theatre Works

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Drama & Poetry, Modern Drama

Publisher's Summary:

Leo Beagle has spent two years writing a 638-page manifesto on human harmony that just might change the world. The problem is only that no one wants to read it, especially not Leos unharmonious family.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Barbara Bain, Arye Gross, Mary Gross, Valerie Mahaffey, Marc-Bradley Phillips, and Robert Symonds. Directed by Steve Albrezzi. Recorded before a live audience in Santa Monica, California, in March 1992.

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Title: Say Zebra

Author: Sherry Coman

Narrator: Lisa Bonet, Michael Broomberg, Jack Coleman, Maxine James, Lamakhosi Kunene, Thenjiwe Kunene, Zosukuma Kunene

Format: Original Recording

Length: 1 hr and 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-25-12

Publisher: L.A. Theatre Works

Genres: Drama & Poetry, Modern Drama

Publisher's Summary:

A searing drama in which a white South African journalist agrees to assist a young African-Canadian woman on a dangerous journey to locate her missing friend in South Africa. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Akuyoe, Lisa Bonet, Michael Broomberg, Jack Coleman, Maxine James, Lamakhosi Kunene, Thenjiwe Kunene, Zosukuma Kunene, Carl Lumbly, Abner Mariri, and Donald Monat. Directed by Robert Robinson. Recorded before a live audience in March 1992.

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Title: In the Moonlight Eddie

Author: Jack LoGiudice

Narrator: Shelley Berman, Jonathan Emerson, Lyvingston Holmes, Bill Macy, Rita Moreno, William O'Leary

Format: Original Recording

Length: 1 hr and 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-16-12

Publisher: L.A. Theatre Works

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Drama & Poetry, Modern Drama

Publisher's Summary:

Playwright Gil Landau is finally experiencing a Broadway smash after many years of draught and disaster. Gil has finally produced an overnight sensation, but his reverie quickly turns to panic when rumors begin circulating about the questionable authorship of his play. Adding to the mix is an unscrupulous agent, a boozy leading lady, and Gil's estranged son, who is recovering from a nervous breakdown after attempting to leap from the top of a building.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Shelley Berman, Jonathan Emerson, Lyvingston Holmes, Bill Macy, Rita Moreno, and William O'Leary. Directed by Dorothy Lyman. Recorded before a live audience.

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Title: The Hole in the Top of the World

Author: Fay Weldon

Narrator: Barbara Bain, Zeljko Ivanek, Valerie Landsburg, Walter Matthau

Format: Original Recording

Length: 1 hr and 15 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-16-12

Publisher: L.A. Theatre Works

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Drama & Poetry, Modern Drama

Publisher's Summary:

Walter Matthau stars in the story of a climate scientist trying to balance romance and research. The piece is both serious and surreal as Matthau removes the fourth wall while addressing the shows recording engineer. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Barbara Bain, Zeljko Ivanek and Valerie Landsburg. Directed by Shaun McLoughlin. Recorded before a live audience in Santa Monica, California, in June 1992.

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Title: A Rough in the Diamond

Author: Jeff Santo

Narrator: Dennis Franz, Joe Mantegna, Richard Zavaglia

Format: Original Recording

Length: 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-22-11

Publisher: L.A. Theatre Works

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Drama & Poetry, Modern Drama

Publisher's Summary:

Three former big-league baseball players reunite at a fantasy camp and reveal funny and poignant things about their lives and careers. This bittersweet comedy comes from playwright Jeff Santo, whose father Ron Santo was a beloved player and broadcaster for the Chicago Cubs.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Dennis Franz, Joe Mantegna, and Richard Zavaglia.

Editorial Reviews:

Jeff Santo, as the son of the beloved Chicago Cubs third baseman Ron Santo, must certainly know some great baseball stories, and crafts one of his own in this charming play. At a fantasy camp, former teammates Charley Ride, Joe Gallo, and Bill Oliver reunite and swap stories about their careers in the big leagues and their post-retirement lives. In this LA Theatre Works production, Dennis Franz, Joe Mantegna, and Richard Zavaglia have an easy camaraderie; their energy bounces off each other to create a gentle humor that makes A Rough in the Diamond a low-key but wonderfully joyous affair.

Members Reviews:

A wonderful play! Great to listen to if you're traveling

A wonderful play! Great to listen to if you're traveling.

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Title: Prenup

Subtitle: A BBC Radio 4 Dramatisation

Author: Peter Jukes

Narrator: Sam Dale, Sally Orrock

Format: Original Recording

Length: 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-23-11

Publisher: BBC Worldwide Limited

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Drama & Poetry, Modern Drama

Publisher's Summary:

A BBC Radio 4 drama looking at the impact on a divorcing couple of recent changes to British prenuptial law. Originally broadcast as the 'Afternoon Play' on 21 January 2011.

Two academics, British Paul (Sam Dale) and American Amy (Sally Orrock), have married in the US with a prenuptial agreement. They did so because Paul's previous marriage ended in a messy divorce, making him wary of future commitment.

Paul loves Amy and was relieved to hear that, like him, she doesn't want children. Access issues round his daughter, Iona, have greatly complicated his life in recent years; and because the loss of his house has been traumatic, Amy also generously suggested a 'prenup' to allay his fears of losing more of his property and pension.

But now things have gone wrong and Amy has filed for divorce. She has done so in Britain, believing that the agreement they signed before marriage will not take effect. However, the law is about to change...

Starring Sam Dale as Paul and Sally Orrock as Amy, Peter Jukes' 'Prenup' also features Christine Kavanagh, Claire Harry, Adeel Akhtar and Deeivya Meir.

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Titolo: Il canto del cigno [The Swan Song]

Autore: Anton Pavlovic Cechov

Narratore: Bruno Alessandro, Dante Biagioni, Emiliano Coltorti

Formato: Abridged

Durata: 21 mins

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 05-10-11

Editore: Librivivi Media s.r.l.

Valutazioni: 5 su 5 su 2 voti

Categoria: Drama & Poetry, Modern Drama

Riepilogo Editore:

Il protagonista Svietlovidov, un attore di teatro, dopo la sua serata d'onore si addormenta nel camerino. Al risveglio si accorge di essere stato dimenticato e chiuso all'interno del teatro. Lì incontra il suo suggeritore, Nikita, che vive in un camerino. I due ricordano gli anni della loro giovinezza e ripercorrono la gloriosa carriera di Svietlovidov, ormai anziano e malato, recitando brani delle opere teatrali che furono i suoi cavalli di battaglia durante una lunga carriera, che volge ormai verso un inesorabile declino.Il canto del cigno è unaudiolibro della collana LibriVivi Palco. Sedetevi in prima fila e godetevi ogni sfumatura delle interpretazioni da palcoscenico con musiche ed effetti d'ambiente registrati all'interno dei più famosi e storici teatri italiani.

Please note: This audiobook is in Italian.

Recensioni dei membri:

strepitosa interpretazione di Bruno Alessandro

Would you consider the audio edition of Il canto del cigno [The Swan Song] to be better than the print version?

L'interprete riesce a fare quel che si chiede ad un audiolibro: creare con la sola voce ambienti, atmosfere ed emozioni. Interpretazione consigliata.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Ho avuto i brividi nel sentire quante colorazioni l'attore Alessandro è riuscito a dare all'intepretazione