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The World of Yesterday
- Memoirs of a European
- By: Stefan Zweig, Anthea Bell - translator
- Narrated by: David Horovitch
- Length: 17 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall343
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Performance309
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Story308
Stefan Zweig's memoir, The World of Yesterday, recalls the golden age of prewar Europe - its seeming permanence, its promise and its devastating fall with the onset of two world wars. Zweig's passionate, evocative prose paints a stunning portrait of an era that danced brilliantly on the brink of extinction. It is an unusually humane account of Europe from the closing years of the 19th century through to World War II, seen through the eyes of one of the most famous writers of his era.
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The Brink of Destruction
- By Rachel Redford on 26-07-17
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The World of Yesterday
- Memoirs of a European
- Narrated by: David Horovitch
- Length: 17 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 10-05-17
- Language: English
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The Picture of Dorian Gray (AmazonClassics Edition)
- By: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall16
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Performance14
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Story14
In the wealthy and vain hedonist Dorian Gray, London painter Basil Hallward has found his muse. Only when the portrait of Dorian begins to age, while the man himself remains untouched by time, do they realize they may have made a deal with the devil. Oscar Wilde’s only novel takes a witty, philosophical, and harrowing look at our obsession with youth and the price we pay for it.
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The Picture of Dorian Gray (AmazonClassics Edition)
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 13-06-17
- Language: English
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Phoenix Unbound
- By: Grace Draven
- Narrated by: Katharine Lee McEwan
- Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall59
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Performance52
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Story51
In this USA Today bestselling novel, a woman with power over fire and illusion and the enslaved son of a chieftain battle a corrupt empire in this powerful and deeply emotional romantic fantasy. Every year, each village is required to send a young woman to the Empire's capital--her fate to be...
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I found it boring and unneccessarily graphic.
- By Aarin on 17-08-19
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Phoenix Unbound
- Narrated by: Katharine Lee McEwan
- Series: The Fallen Empire, Book 1
- Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 25-09-18
- Language: English
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Northanger Abbey
- By: Jane Austen
- Narrated by: Nadia May
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall51
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Performance38
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Story38
Jane Austen's first major novel, a parody of the popular literature of the time, is an ironic tale of the romantic folly of men and women in pursuit of love, marriage, and money. The humorous adventures of young Catherine as she encounters "the difficulties and dangers of a six weeks' residence in Bath" lead to some of Austen's most brilliant social satire.
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A good reading of my least favourite Austen novel
- By Roman Clodia on 16-01-16
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Northanger Abbey
- Narrated by: Nadia May
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 16-01-08
- Language: English
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The Man Who Was Thursday
- By: G. K. Chesterton
- Narrated by: Toby Longworth
- Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall278
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Performance237
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Story237
Chesterton's allegorical masterpiece is a surreal, psychologically thrilling novel that centres on seven anarchists in turn of the century London who call themselves by the names of days of the week. The story begins when poet Gabriel Syme is recruited as a detective to a secret anarchist division of Scotland Yard by a shrouded, nameless person. Syme infiltrates a secret meeting of anarchists who are intent on destroying the world and becomes known as 'Thursday', one of the seven members of the Central Anarchist Council.
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I need hardly say there was a collision.
- By Michael on 26-06-11
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The Man Who Was Thursday
- Narrated by: Toby Longworth
- Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 20-08-07
- Language: English
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Bath Tangle
- Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency romance
- By: Georgette Heyer
- Narrated by: Poppy Gilbert
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall84
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Performance80
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Story79
Serena Carlow's former love now controls her future happiness. After her father's unexpected death, Serena's jilted ex-fiancé—the Marquis of Rotherham—is made the sole trustee of her wealth and marriage prospects. Eager for an escape, she moves to Bath and encounters her childhood sweetheart, the dashing Hector Kirkby—but will Rotherham approve the match? Before long, they are all entangled in a confusion of marriage and manners the likes of which Regency Bath has rarely seen.
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Penguin short-changes Heyer again
- By M. on 25-04-21
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Bath Tangle
- Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency romance
- Narrated by: Poppy Gilbert
- Series: Regency Romances, Book 14
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 04-02-21
- Language: English
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The Magus
- By: John Fowles
- Narrated by: Nicholas Boulton
- Length: 26 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall602
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Performance524
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Story523
John Fowles’s The Magus was a literary landmark of the 1960s. Nicholas Urfe goes to a Greek island to teach at a private school and becomes enmeshed in curious happenings at the home of a mysterious Greek recluse, Maurice Conchis. Are these events, involving attractive young English sisters, just psychological games, or an elaborate joke, or more? Reality shifts as the story unfolds. The Magus reflected the issues of the 1960s perfectly, and it continues to create tension and concern today.
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Great reading by Nicholas Boulton
- By White Eagle on 30-06-13
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The Magus
- Narrated by: Nicholas Boulton
- Length: 26 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 07-09-12
- Language: English
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Shirley
- By: Charlotte Brontë
- Narrated by: Anna Bentinck
- Length: 25 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall162
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Performance128
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Story128
Set in the industrialising England of the Napoleonic wars, a period of bad harvests, Luddite riots, and economic unrest, Shirley is the story of two contrasting heroines and the men they love. One is the shy Caroline Helstone, trapped in the oppressive atmosphere of a Yorkshire rectory, whose life represents the plight of single women in the 19th century. The other is the vivacious Shirley Keeldar, who inherits a local estate and whose wealth liberates her from convention.
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Very nice to listen to
- By Caroline on 01-05-09
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Shirley
- Narrated by: Anna Bentinck
- Length: 25 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 29-08-07
- Language: English
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Anna Karenina
- By: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrated by: David Horovitch
- Length: 38 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall2,060
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Performance1,735
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Story1,730
Anna Karenina seems to have everything - beauty, wealth, popularity and an adored son. But she feels that her life is empty until the moment she encounters the impetuous officer Count Vronsky.
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A gem
- By Deborah on 12-06-09
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Anna Karenina
- Narrated by: David Horovitch
- Length: 38 hrs
- Release date: 20-02-08
- Language: English
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The Importance of Being Earnest
- By: Oscar Wilde
- Original Recording
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Overall181
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Performance169
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Story168
Jack Worthing and Algernon Montcrieff have taken to bending the truth in order to put some excitement into their lives. Jack has invented a brother, Earnest, whom he uses as an excuse to leave his dull life behind to visit Gwendolyn. Montcrieff decides to take the name Earnest when visiting Worthing's young and beautiful ward, Cecily. Things start to go awry when they end up together in the country and the truth starts to unravel.
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One of my favourite plays
- By J. M. Poulain on 28-05-21
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Heroes
- The Greek Myths Reimagined
- By: Stephen Fry
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 15 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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In this sequel to the bestselling Mythos, legendary author and actor Stephen Fry moves from the exploits of the Olympian gods to the deeds of mortal heroes. Perseus. Jason. Atalanta. Theseus. Heracles. Rediscover the thrills, grandeur, and unabashed fun of the Greek myths. Whether recounting a...
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Heroes
- The Greek Myths Reimagined
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Series: Stephen Fry’s Greek Myths, Book 2
- Length: 15 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 28-04-20
- Language: English
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Terence Rattigan: A BBC Radio Drama Collection
- 13 Full-Cast Productions: The Winslow Boy, The Browning Version, The Deep Blue Sea, Separate Tables & More
- By: Terence Rattigan
- Narrated by: Michael Aldridge, John Gielgud, Angela Baddeley, and others
- Length: 20 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall19
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Performance16
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Sir Terence Rattigan was one of Britain's greatest playwrights, renowned for his well-crafted dramas of upper-class manners and repressed sexuality. He was hugely popular throughout the 1940s and early '50s, and had the rare distinction of having plays running in three West End theatres simultaneously. Having fallen out of fashion in the '60s, his work is now enjoying a huge revival. Included here are some of his most esteemed plays, adapted for radio and brought together in chronological order in one statement collection.
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A fine collection
- By Tulayev on 23-04-23
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Terence Rattigan: A BBC Radio Drama Collection
- 13 Full-Cast Productions: The Winslow Boy, The Browning Version, The Deep Blue Sea, Separate Tables & More
- Narrated by: Michael Aldridge, John Gielgud, Angela Baddeley, Benjamin Whitrow, Alan Bates, Siân Phillips, Michael Bryant, Anthony Quayle, full cast, Carleton Hobbs
- Length: 20 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 04-08-22
- Language: English
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The Christmas Hirelings
- By: Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Narrated by: Jennifer Saunders
- Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,855
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Performance2,590
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Story2,570
A heartwarming festive tale of redemption and cheer, The Christmas Hirelings is the story of a lonely widower who reluctantly invites a group of children to his manor for Christmas. It showcases the benefits of opening your doors and hearts during the holiday season.
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Very charming festive story!
- By Nic on 17-12-18
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The Christmas Hirelings
- Narrated by: Jennifer Saunders
- Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 11-12-18
- Language: English
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Doctor Faustus
- By: Thomas Mann
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 26 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall21
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Performance21
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Story21
Thomas Mann's last great novel, first published in 1947 and now newly rendered into English by acclaimed translator John E. Woods, is a modern reworking of the Faust legend, in which Germany sells its soul to the Devil. Mann's protagonist, the composer Adrian Leverkühn, is the flower of German culture, a brilliant, isolated, overreaching figure, his radical new music a breakneck game played by art at the very edge of impossibility. In return for twenty-four years of unparalleled musical accomplishment, he bargains away his soul—and the ability to love his fellow man.
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Monumental
- By Peter on 26-10-25
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Doctor Faustus
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 26 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 21-11-24
- Language: English
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The Three Musketeers
- Penguin Classics
- By: Alexandre Dumas
- Narrated by: Paterson Joseph
- Length: 20 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall89
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Performance79
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Story79
Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Paterson Joseph, known for his roles in the forthcoming BBC adaption of Malorie Blackman's Noughts and Crosses, Peep Show, and Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Richard Pevear. Young...
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A deservedly great classic.
- By au'cheval on 12-08-20
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The Three Musketeers
- Penguin Classics
- Narrated by: Paterson Joseph
- Length: 20 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 26-09-19
- Language: English
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L'isola di Arturo
- By: Elsa Morante
- Narrated by: Iaia Forte
- Length: 15 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall30
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Performance28
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Story28
Ambientata sull'isola di Procida, la storia ha come protagonista Arturo, un ragazzo che ha il nome di una stella. Morta di parto la madre, il padre una figura lontana e piena di fascino, ad accompagnare Arturo nei suoi giri per le spiagge e nelle sue avventure è solo la cagnolina Immacolatella. Poi il padre torna a casa con Nunziata, la sua giovane sposa.
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Excellent book and performance
- By EM on 27-08-20
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L'isola di Arturo
- Narrated by: Iaia Forte
- Length: 15 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 08-05-20
- Language: Italian
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Lotte in Weimar
- By: Thomas Mann
- Narrated by: Gert Westphal
- Length: 16 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Ausgangspunkt für Thomas Manns Goethe-Roman ist der historisch belegte Besuch Charlotte Kestners, Goethes unglücklicher Jugendliebe und Vorbild für die Figur der Lotte im 'Werther', 1816 in Weimar. In einer Mischung aus Fiktion und Wirklichkeit arrangiert Thomas Mann geschickt das Wiedertreffen zwischen Lotte und dem inzwischen berühmten Goethe. Es kommt zu Gesprächen, von denen sich Lotte Aufschluss über die frühere Leidenschaft erhofft. Gert Westphal gibt diesem Mann`schen Roman seine klangvolle Stimme.
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Lotte in Weimar
- Narrated by: Gert Westphal
- Length: 16 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 12-09-24
- Language: German
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Dungeons and Noobs
- Noobtown, Book 4
- By: Ryan Rimmel
- Narrated by: Johnathan McClain
- Length: 13 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall488
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Performance411
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Story411
Badgelor has been patient, or at least as patient as a homicidal badger can be. With the celebration of Grebthar Day, it's finally time to go get Charles! Nothing is going to stop Jim and his companions, not even the signs of the Dark Overlord's return. This adventure could be Windfall's greatest yet, or it could be its absolute downfall.
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I saw it coming
- By L. on 15-01-21
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Dungeons and Noobs
- Noobtown, Book 4
- Narrated by: Johnathan McClain
- Series: Noobtown, Book 4
- Length: 13 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 10-11-20
- Language: English
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Freedom
- By: Jonathan Franzen
- Narrated by: David Ledoux
- Length: 25 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall436
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Performance258
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Story255
The new novel from the author of The Corrections. Patty and Walter Berglund were the new pioneers of old St. Paul – the gentrifiers, the hands-on parents, the avant-garde of the Whole Foods generation. Patty was the ideal sort of neighbour who could tell you where to recycle your batteries and...
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The new 'Great American Novel'
- By Deborah on 07-03-11
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Freedom
- Narrated by: David Ledoux
- Length: 25 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 23-09-10
- Language: English
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The Complete Charles Dickens Collection: Part Two - 1844 to 1865
- Great Expectations, David Copperfield, Pictures from Italy, Bleak House, The Uncommercial Traveller, Little Dorrit, A Tale of Two Cities, Our Mutual Friend, & More
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Miriam Margolyes, Jonathan Keeble, Stephen Fry, and others
- Length: 247 hrs and 24 mins
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The Complete Charles Dickens Collection: Part Two contains all of Charles Dickens' major published works from 1844 to 1865. Dickens wrote most of his most influential and beloved novels during these years - introducing us to characters such as Pip, David Copperfield, Little Dorrit, Esther Summerson, and many more who have lived long in the memory for generations. Also included here are a selection of his essays, travelogues, letters, and a short biography of Dickens by his daughter, Mamie.
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The Complete Charles Dickens Collection: Part Two - 1844 to 1865
- Great Expectations, David Copperfield, Pictures from Italy, Bleak House, The Uncommercial Traveller, Little Dorrit, A Tale of Two Cities, Our Mutual Friend, & More
- Narrated by: Miriam Margolyes, Jonathan Keeble, Stephen Fry, Paterson Joseph, Miranda Raison, Pearl Mackie, Lucy Scott, Nicholas Boulton, Julie Teal, David Rintoul, Ben Allen
- Length: 247 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 13-01-26
- Language: English
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