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To Say Nothing of the Dog
- Or How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 20 hrs and 58 mins
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Summary
When too many jumps back to 1940 leave 21st century Oxford history student Ned Henry exhausted, a relaxing trip to Victorian England seems the perfect solution. But complexities like recalcitrant rowboats, missing cats, and love at first sight make Ned's holiday anything but restful - to say nothing of the way hideous pieces of Victorian art can jeopardize the entire course of history.
Delightfully aided by the perfect comedic timing of narrator Steven Crossley, To Say Nothing of the Dog shows once again why Connie Willis is one of the most talented writers working today.
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- CM
- 14-01-20
Love this
Jerome K Jerome meet, among others, Wodehouse. Lots of details, a ‘cunning’ plot and the cat, to say nothing of the dog...
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- Colin
- 26-07-16
Why not?
Why are this book and Doomsday not movies already?
Well worth the money and I will read them again.
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- Frances Wartnaby
- 18-03-10
Not to be missed
This is light hearted and really amusing whilst also having a good storyline. I loved the author's turn of phrase and the wonderful world and characters that were created. Definitely a book not to be missed.
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- Alix Turner
- 29-01-12
Outstanding
Clever, funny, romantic and exciting... loved it from beginning to end (especially the phrase "kissed her for 169 years").
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- E M Hawkes
- 17-08-18
Wonderful
Unputhearable if you get my meaning. I love the idea, story, reading and am just waiting for the next book to download.
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- Cay Hasselmann
- 15-09-08
The best Sci-fi since the time travellers wife
If you like mystery stories (Agathe Christie) and Sci-fi this is the best book
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- Michelle
- 10-08-13
Time travel adventure romance - for starters!
Stick with the first couple of chapters, where you'll be nearly as confused as the narrator, Ned Henry. He's a Historian who is suffering from Time Lag after being sent back to 1940 to search for an artifact known as The Bishops Bird Stump). Action, adventure, comedy, rowing, art, jumble sales, croquet, Victorian manners, Oxford, Coventry, the Blitz, Spiritism, a cat addicted to goldfish, a dog called Cecil and a butler who can out-buttle Jeeves…. prepare to be gloriously entertained.
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- Tim C. Taylor
- 10-04-24
Whimsical time travel fun with a warm heart.
Man in soot
meets girl in river.
They fall in love
with a dog,
and a cathedral,
and each other (finally!).
(But not with jumble sales)
Does it work as a time travel novel?
Yes.
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- Derek
- 17-08-08
Not what I expected but good,
It took me a while to get into as it is not really science fiction as I would have expected. I nearly gave up at an early stage but I'm glad I didn't.
I would describe it as a blend of historical mystery and romance, with satire and some rather amusing characters. Plenty of clues are given out as the well thought out plot develops. The story moves at a good pace and at all stages there is a lot going on, but I never lost the thread. It is witty with many twists and surprises.
A mixture of genres and not the sort of thing that would normally appeal to my taste, but good enough to keep me entertained.
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- Janet
- 13-06-13
Too many Americanisms for easy listening.
Either Connie Willis bowed to pressure from her American editors ,which I doubt, or she shows a disdainful attitude to both her American readers (by assuming they are uneducated) and to her British readers (by dismissing them as unimportant).
With all the research she has obviously put into this book, she must have known how many words and phrases she has included that would never have been used in Victorian England, and are unlikely to have crept into our language in the future.
'Rowlock', 'drapes', 'Postal Office', 'sailboat', 'gotten', 'fishing pole', 'exclamation point'.
We don't go 'down' to London - we go 'up' to London. We don't 'meet with' people - we 'meet' them. 'Infirmary' takes the definite article.
And as for Tossie's frequent use of the word 'cunning'!
These errors would perhaps be forgiveable if the narrator was American, but hearing a British voice reading those words grated on my nerves.
Otherwise, a pleasant book that deserved its Hugo win.
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