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, [...]
The Professor, by Charlotte Bronte
February 3, 2007 Leave a Comment
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 [...]
A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens
December 21, 2006 Leave a Comment
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, [...]
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