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Posted in Audiobooks, Fantasy, Historical on Apr 5th, 2007
by Susanna Clarke
reviewed by John Murphy
“Two magicians shall appear in England”
I tend to catch the tail-end of trends, like an enthusiastic gate-crasher at a party long since broken-up. When friends and family suggest—nay, insist—that I must, I absolutely must watch such-and-such a movie, listen to such-and-such a CD, or read such-and-such a book … well, […]
Posted in Anti-Catholic, Audiobooks, Classics, Romance on Feb 3rd, 2007
BBC Audiobooks, 2005, unabridged, read by James Wilby
reviewed by Rachel Murphy
Having been a devoted fan of Jane and Rochester since my mid-teens, I decided to give Bronte’s The Professor a try, on audiobook—though perhaps I was motivated even more by its narrator, the film actor James Wilby (Behind the Lines, A Tale of Two Cities).
The […]
Posted in Audiobooks, Classics, Historical on Dec 21st, 2006
read by Frank Muller
reviewed by Rachel Murphy
I first happened upon Frank Muller’s reading of A Tale of Two Cities (Recorded Books, 1986) from our local library last year, and it was clearly a well-used volume of cassettes. The sound quality of at least one of them made it nearly impossible to follow along, especially over […]