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The World According to Bertie
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
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Summary
Overprotective Irene bans Bertie from the playground, but then forgets little Ulysses outside the delicatessen and suffers a deeply embarrassing moment when she unwittingly retrieves the wrong baby.
Meanwhile, for the other residents of Scotland Street, all's fair in love and friendship. Big Lou finds a new man, Matthew and Pat edge their relationship towards something more permanent - although this development is not without complications, when a glimpse of someone who just might be her handsome, caddish ex-flatmate Bruce sets Pat's pulse racing - and Domenica's friendship with Antonia is tested to the limit when an assortment of her belongings mysteriously appear in Antonia's new flat.
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- Elizabeth Swords
- 16-02-24
The tribulations of finding love
Wonderful, hilariously funny, so uplifting and right about unfunny, comedians. Looking forward to Domenica’s next dinner party
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- Janet Matthews
- 08-05-18
l prefer the lady story teller in the series.
funny moving poetic and more. always leaves me wanting the next in sequel . poor bertie
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- Mary Carnegie
- 20-08-14
Unabridged version, please.
I love the 44 SS series, and David Rintoul brings these wonderful characters to life, but if you listen to the whole series, the abridgment means there are gaps in the continuity from one book to the next.
There are so many truly memorable characters, but wee Bertie and Cyril, the dog with a gold tooth are probably my favourites. Bertie's pretentious and dogmatic mother Irene is so completely lacking in insight, that we just have to hope that some day she'll see hersel' as ithers see her - but not too soon, since her present monstrous self is just too amusing.
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- SANDI LAMB
- 10-06-21
Disappointing..
After enjoying the previous three books in the 44 Scotland Street series, all about 13 hours long and beautifully read by Hilary Neville, I was disappointed with the grating shrieking voice of David Rintoul, the widely varying volumes, and shocked that the book is less than six hours long. Unfortunately similar issues apply to the rest of the series so I've had to say goodbye to these loveable characters and start another series. Thank goodness Alexander McCall Smith is so prolific!
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- Mr. R. J. Holliday
- 31-12-17
Abridged version
Another excellent 44 Scotland Street novel, but Please record an unabridged version with same narrator.
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- Tracey
- 30-05-16
Disappointing Performance. ..
It's difficult to understand why there are abridged versions in this series amongst the unabridged. At a mere 5 chapters long, the abridged versions are, of course quite lacking in depth. The narrator was an ill-fit for 44 Scotland Street; creating pompous voices for characters who have previously been portrayed as interesting. He calls Irene; Ireney. His voice was gravelly, loud and grating and it's clear he's not capturing the spirit that McCall has created in 44 Scotland Street. Sadly I bought three unabridged versions with the same narrator at once.
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