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A Laodicean
- A Story of Today
- By: Thomas Hardy
- Narrated by: Clive Chafer
- Length: 14 hrs and 35 mins
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Paula Power, the daughter of a wealthy railway magnate, inherits De Stancy Castle, an ancient castle in need of modernization. She commissions a young architect from London, George Somerset, to undertake the work. Somerset falls in love with Paula. But Paula, the Laodicean of the title, meaning a person who is lukewarm or halfhearted, is torn between George's admiration and that of Captain De Stancy, whose old-world romanticism contrasts with Somerset's forward-looking outlook.
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Great story
- By Vanessa H. on 25-02-22
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A Laodicean
- A Story of Today
- Narrated by: Clive Chafer
- Length: 14 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 08-04-16
- Language: English
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The Trumpet-Major
- By: Thomas Hardy
- Narrated by: Nicholas Rowe
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
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The Napoleonic Wars are at their height, and upheaval and uncertainty plague British soil. In the midst of it all, the impoverished beauty Anne Garland finds herself at the center of a love quadrangle. She is torn between the persistent and annoying Festus Derryman, her womanizing childhood sweetheart Bob Loveday, and the reliable and thoughtful John Loveday, the eponymous Trumpet-Major. Who will she choose?
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Hardy's most underrated novel.
- By Wags on 29-10-22
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The Trumpet-Major
- Narrated by: Nicholas Rowe
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 07-12-16
- Language: English
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Short Stories About Suicide
- By: Guy de Maupassant, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Franz Kafka, and others
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley, Laurel Lefkow, Mark Rice-Oxley
- Length: 15 hrs and 17 mins
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Life has the capacity of great moments and attainment, of lives well lived, fulfilling for ourselves and for those we touch. But for others life is arduous. There is no spark to ignite the curiosity, to explore and achieve a stability and a growth to their lives. Indeed their lives, in their own eyes, become almost meaningless, their sense of themselves subsumed under a myriad of problems, whether real or imagined. Seismic events in a life might crush them; the loss of a loved one for instance. Coping is difficult, support hard to find and isolation abounds.
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Short Stories About Suicide
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley, Laurel Lefkow, Mark Rice-Oxley
- Length: 15 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 22-06-23
- Language: English
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Desperate Remedies
- By: Thomas Hardy
- Narrated by: Anna Bentinck
- Length: 17 hrs and 41 mins
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After the untimely death of their parents, Cytheria and Owen Graye must go out into the world and fend for themselves. Cytheria's journey leads her to the dark and mysterious household of Miss Aldclyffe, a capricious and eccentric woman, who steers Cytheria into a love affair with her charismatic steward, Aeneous Manston. All is not what it seems, and Cytheria finds herself entangled in a violent web of lust, murder, deception, and blackmail.
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Sooo long winded and tortured
- By Hilary on 29-03-23
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Desperate Remedies
- Narrated by: Anna Bentinck
- Length: 17 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 17-11-17
- Language: English
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The Well-Beloved
- By: Thomas Hardy
- Narrated by: Robert Powell
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
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Set on the Isle of Slingers, this novel follows the exploits of Jocelyn Pierston, a sculptor who falls in love successively with three generations of island women, seeking female perfection, just as he strives to realise the ideal woman in stone.
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Fickle Love on Portland and in London
- By Lisa on 22-06-16
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The Well-Beloved
- Narrated by: Robert Powell
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 21-08-09
- Language: English
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Short Stories: The Vintage Collection
- By: Saki, Thomas Hardy, Kate Chopin, and others
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi, Martin Jarvis, Hugh Laurie, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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The fifth volume in CSA Word's massively popular complete and unabridged ‘Short Stories’ collection is bound to please. With something for everyone this collection of classic stories read by only the best-suited and most established readers will delight the ears as a vintage wine excites the gullet; The Vintage Collection is audible gold. Features eye-catching typographical series design.
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Boring Stories
- By hazel talbot on 17-07-19
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Short Stories: The Vintage Collection
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi, Martin Jarvis, Hugh Laurie, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Rupert Degas
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 02-03-10
- Language: English
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Tess of the D'Urbervilles
- By: Thomas Hardy
- Narrated by: Anne-Marie Duff
- Length: 14 hrs and 31 mins
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When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and to seek a portion of their family fortune, meeting her cousin Alec proves to be her downfall. A very different man, Angel Clare, seems to offer her love and salvation, but Tess must choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent in the hope of a peaceful future. Thomas Hardy’s timeless masterpiece is brought to life in this new recording by Anne-Marie Duff (Shameless, His Dark Materials).
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Thoroughly enjoyed
- By M. Avery on 25-04-20
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Tess of the D'Urbervilles
- Narrated by: Anne-Marie Duff
- Length: 14 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 09-04-20
- Language: English
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Hardy: The Mayor of Casterbridge
- By: Thomas Hardy
- Narrated by: Anton Lesser
- Length: 12 hrs and 19 mins
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Michael Henchard, drunk at a country fair, sells his wife and baby daughter for five guineas. The following day, in despair and remorse, he forswears alcohol and sets out to redeem himself. In time, he becomes a respected merchant and eventually the mayor of the town. But Fate is not to be so easily appeased, and Henchard finds his past actions resonate through and destroy his plans for the future.
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The Mayor of Casterbridge
- By Bill on 04-09-12
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Hardy: The Mayor of Casterbridge
- Narrated by: Anton Lesser
- Length: 12 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 07-09-10
- Language: English
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A Laodicean
- A Story of To-day
- By: Thomas Hardy
- Narrated by: Anna Bentinck
- Length: 17 hrs and 6 mins
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Subtitled 'A Story of To-day', A Laodicean occupies a unique place in the Thomas Hardy canon. Departing from pre-industrial Wessex, Hardy brings his themes of social constraint, fate, chance and miscommunication to the very modern world of the 1880s - complete with falsified telegraphs, fake photographs, and perilous train tracks. The story follows the life of Paula Power, heiress of her late father's railroad fortune and the new owner of the medieval Castle Stancy. With the castle in need of restoration, Paula employs architect George Somerset, who soon falls in love with her.
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A Laodicean
- By josephine jones on 23-05-21
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A Laodicean
- A Story of To-day
- Narrated by: Anna Bentinck
- Length: 17 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 13-12-18
- Language: English
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Jude the Obscure
- By: Thomas Hardy
- Narrated by: Neville Jason
- Length: 17 hrs and 23 mins
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Sexually innocent Jude Fawley is trapped into marriage by seductive Arabella Donn, but their union is an unhappy one and Arabella leaves him. Jude's welcome freedom allows him to pursue his obsession with his pretty cousin Sue Bridehead, a brilliant, charismatic free-thinker who would be his ideal soul-mate if not for her aversion to physical love. When Jude and Sue decide to lead their lives outside marriage they bring down on themselves all the force of a repressive society.
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A Pleasant Surprise for Me.
- By Stephan on 26-10-13
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Jude the Obscure
- Narrated by: Neville Jason
- Length: 17 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 07-05-13
- Language: English
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The World's Best Classic Short Stories
- By: O. Henry, Edgar Allan Poe, Oscar Wilde, and others
- Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
- Length: 20 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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A glittering collection of some of the world's finest short stories.
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Great stories but droning voice!
- By Mrs. J. Moir on 01-02-14
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The World's Best Classic Short Stories
- Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
- Length: 20 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 13-09-13
- Language: English
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Book at Bedtime: A BBC Radio Collection
- 10 Unmissable Classics
- By: Charlotte Bronte, Robert Louis Stevenson, Jane Austen, and others
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson, Samuel West, Anne-Marie Duff, and others
- Length: 26 hrs and 33 mins
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This diverse, wide-ranging anthology features readings of 10 of the greatest books in the English language, taken from the BBC's Book at Bedtime and performed by a stellar cast of narrators. Here are nearly 27 hours of sensational stories, from iconic romances and humorous travelogues to pioneering Modernist masterpieces and compelling explorations of the human heart. Comprising much-loved favourites as well as neglected classics, this genre-spanning selection has something for everyone.
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Book at Bedtime: A BBC Radio Collection
- 10 Unmissable Classics
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson, Samuel West, Anne-Marie Duff, Alan Cumming, Amanda Hale, Hugh Laurie, Stephen Rea, Douglas Hodge
- Length: 26 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 23-02-23
- Language: English
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The Hand of Ethelberta
- By: Thomas Hardy
- Narrated by: Fenella Woolgar
- Length: 16 hrs
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Opportunistic, shrewd and beautiful, Ethelberta resolves to disguise her humble beginnings and elevate her position in society. Crafting her career as a society poet and staging her family as her servants, she proves admirably adept at sustaining her own web of deceit as she reinvents herself and navigates the attentions of four different suitors. The wealthiest is not the one she loves... what will she do? This is a light-hearted urban tale, offering a different side of Thomas Hardy.
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The Hand of Ethelberta
- Narrated by: Fenella Woolgar
- Length: 16 hrs
- Release date: 14-02-23
- Language: English
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Far from the Madding Crowd
- Penguin Classics
- By: Thomas Hardy, Rosemarie Morgan - introduction
- Narrated by: Olivia Vinall
- Length: 15 hrs and 44 mins
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Independent and spirited Bathsheba Everdene has come to Weatherbury to take up her position as a farmer on the largest estate in the area. Her bold presence draws three very different suitors: the gentleman-farmer Boldwood, soldier-seducer Sergeant Troy and the devoted shepherd Gabriel Oak. Each, in contrasting ways, unsettles her decisions and complicates her life, and tragedy ensues, threatening the stability of the whole community.
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Expertly narrated
- By FS on 22-06-21
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Far from the Madding Crowd
- Penguin Classics
- Narrated by: Olivia Vinall
- Length: 15 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 25-06-20
- Language: English
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Under the Greenwood Tree
- The Mellstock Choir - A Rural Painting of the Dutch School
- By: Thomas Hardy
- Narrated by: Jamie Parker
- Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Under the Greenwood Tree is an affectionate and youthful portrait of a world Hardy knew well - village life in 'Wessex' - in which a romantic tale is set against changing circumstances. The traditional feature of local music making performed by the village band and choir is challenged by the modern innovation of organ and organist providing music in the church.
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Jamie Parker's narration is one of the best ...
- By J. E. on 17-07-19
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Under the Greenwood Tree
- The Mellstock Choir - A Rural Painting of the Dutch School
- Narrated by: Jamie Parker
- Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 01-10-14
- Language: English
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Richard Burton Reads the Poetry of Thomas Hardy
- By: Thomas Hardy
- Narrated by: Richard Burton
- Length: 40 mins
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Richard Burton, the multi-award winning actor, reads the finest work of Thomas Hardy.
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Applause, plus Names of Poems
- By Simon Jude on 02-01-20
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Richard Burton Reads the Poetry of Thomas Hardy
- Narrated by: Richard Burton
- Length: 40 mins
- Release date: 24-02-09
- Language: English
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Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatization
- By: Thomas Hardy
- Narrated by: Clare Rushbrook, Adam Godley, James D'Arcy, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 45 mins
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John Durbeyfield (Keith Barron) learns that he is descended from the aristocratic Norman family of d'Urbervilles. He encourages his daughter, Tess (Claire Rushbrook), to befriend the family of Stoke d'Urbervilles where she meets Alec d'Urberville (Adam Godley). Tess is ultimately seduced by Alec and the effects of their affair creates dramatic ripples in Tess's life. In an attempt to make a fresh start, Tess begins work in Wessex at the Talbothay's farm where she encounters Angel Clare (James D'Arcy), the younger son of a parson, who asks her to marry him.
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Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatization
- Narrated by: Clare Rushbrook, Adam Godley, James D'Arcy, Keith Barron, full cast
- Length: 3 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 16-06-08
- Language: English
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Favorite Poems for Children
- By: Lewis Carroll, James Reeves, Oliver Herford, and others
- Narrated by: Katinka Wolf
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
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Dance with a lobster, telephone an elephant or knock on a moonlit door - this collection includes magical, macabre, dramatic, funny, bizarre, absurd, delightful, moving and charming poems by Lewis Carroll, A.A. Milne, Edward Lear, Hilaire Belloc, Kenneth Grahame and many others. Readers such as Anton Lesser, Simon Russell-Beale and Timothy West bring the lines beautifully to life and make this an ideal introduction to some of the best-loved children's poetry.
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Poetry Revisited
- By Judy Corstjens on 23-08-12
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Favorite Poems for Children
- Narrated by: Katinka Wolf
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
- Release date: 28-10-10
- Language: English
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Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- By: Thomas Hardy
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
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Young Tess Durbeyfield attempts to restore her family's fortunes by claiming their connection with the aristocratic d'Urbervilles. But Alec d'Urberville is a rich wastrel who seduces her and makes her life miserable. When Tess meets Angel Clare, she is offered true love and happiness, but her past catches up with her and she faces an agonizing moral choice.
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classic
- By John on 25-01-09
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Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 28-07-08
- Language: English
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Far from the Madding Crowd
- By: Thomas Hardy
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 13 hrs and 47 mins
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Gabriel Oak is only one of three suitors for the hand of the beautiful and spirited Bathsheba Everdene. He must compete with the dashing young soldier Sergeant Troy and the respectable, middle-aged Farmer Boldwood. And while their fates depend upon the choice Bathsheba makes, she discovers the terrible consequences of an inconstant heart.
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A must for Thomas Hardy followers!!
- By Harriet Morris on 24-03-09
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Far from the Madding Crowd
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 13 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 29-07-08
- Language: English
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