Northanger Abbey (Naxos AudioBooks)
 Juliet Stevenson is brilliant!: It is believed that Jane Austen wrote many of her first works for the entertainment of her family and would read them aloud for their opinions and enjoyment. It is not hard to imagine that Northanger Abbey was presented to [... more]
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Lady Susan (Naxos AudioBooks)
Phyllis Ann Karr's little-read treasure: the excellent re-write of Austen's novella: Unlike most of the reviews below, this review discusses NOT Jane Austen's short epistolary novella "Lady Susan", but, rather, the product presented in this [... more]
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King Richard III (Naxos AudioBooks)
Book Description: John Dover Wilson's New Shakespeare, published between 1921 and 1966, became the classic Cambridge edition of Shakespeare's plays and poems until the 1980s. The series, long since out-of-print, is now reissued. Each work contains a [... more]
$22.98
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Moby Dick (Naxos AudioBooks)
very well read: If you're going to get an unabridged recording of Moby-Dick, you certainly can't go wrong with this one, by William Hootkins. I am a big Melville nut and was VERY, VERY PLEASED with this. Avoid at all costs the only other (as far as I [... more]
$107.98
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Pride and Prejudice (Naxos AudioBooks)
great reader: Emilia Fox is a great reader. The reader makes all the difference. I find this to be one of my most enjoyable cds. Very lively audio book: Emilia Fox is an absolutely amazing reader. She has really nice accent and voice and she creates [... more]
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Sense And Sensibility (Naxos AudioBooks)
Great Narrator: Juliet Stevenson is a great narrator she is able to give each of her characters a distinct voice and her intonations are perfect. She makes the emotions of the characters and the situations come alive. Author: Jane Austen Binding: Audio [... more]
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A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man (Naxos AudioBooks)
An Astonishing Reading: This review is of the Naxos unabridged audiobook of Joyce's "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man". Joyce is formidable, especially for those who think they should know and be familiar with his works but just can't [... more]
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Paradise Lost (Naxos AudioBooks)
Wonderful performance of this "classic": Mark Twain remarked that "a classic" is a book that people praise, but don't read. Prior to listening to this unabridged audio version, I was only dimly aware of PARADISE LOST. I knew it was an [... more]
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Macbeth (New Cambridge Shakespeare and Naxos Audiobooks)
Book Description: John Dover Wilson's New Shakespeare, published between 1921 and 1966, became the classic Cambridge edition of Shakespeare's plays and poems until the 1980s. The series, long since out-of-print, is now reissued. Each work contains a [... more]
$22.98
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A History of the World in 101/2 Chapters (Naxos Audiobooks)
Book Description: Cambridge Literature is a series of literary texts edited for study by students aged 14-18 in English-speaking classrooms. It will include novels, poetry, short stories, essays, travel-writing and other non-fiction. The series will be [... more]
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A Tale of Two Cities (Naxos AudioBooks)
Wonderful!: I really enjoyed this recording of A Tale of Two Cities. The reading is masterful. I will issue one warning--I bought this for a family car trip and quickly found that this recording (and maybe most Dickens) are not for the casual listener. [... more]
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King Lear (Naxos AudioBooks)
Lear: Although the liner notes describing portions of Act 4 in the boxed set I received were a little amiss, it would be hard to see how the performance itself could be improved. Paul Scofield is absolutely extraordinary as Lear as is Alec McGowen as [... more]
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