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Odyssey
- Stephen Fry’s Greek Myths, Book 4
- By: Stephen Fry
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 883
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 845
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Story5 out of 5 stars 845
Follow Odysseus after he leaves the fallen city of Troy and takes ten long dramatic years - battling monsters, the temptations of goddesses and suffering the curse of Poseidon - to voyage home to his wife Penelope on the island of Ithaca.
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5 out of 5 stars
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another stunning book
- By Sarah on 03-10-24
- Odyssey
- Stephen Fry’s Greek Myths, Book 4
- By: Stephen Fry
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
Wonderful
Reviewed: 11-01-25
Just as fabulous as I hoped it would be. A great re-telling of The Odyssey. Stephen Fry brings the Greek heroes and interfering gods to life. Well worth a listen.
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Mrs. Zant and the Ghost
- By: Wilkie Collins
- Narrated by: Gillian Anderson
- Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 541
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 468
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 472
Mrs Zant has recently lost her beloved husband, and while walking in the Kensington Gardens, the spot where she and her deceased husband declared their love for each other, she feels his presence trying to warn her of some coming danger. Mr Rayburn witnesses it all, and he'll have to fight his own incredulity regarding the supernatural and his gut feeling that the disturbed young woman is telling the truth.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A ghost story made bewitching by the narrator
- By Kaggy on 31-12-15
- Mrs. Zant and the Ghost
- By: Wilkie Collins
- Narrated by: Gillian Anderson
Great narration!
Reviewed: 25-04-24
Good story, but ended a bit too abruptly for me. Loved Gillian Anderson's narration.
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More Fool Me
- By: Stephen Fry
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,578
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,323
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,311
Following on from his hugely successful books, Moab Is My Washpot and The Fry Chronicles, comes the third chapter in Stephen Fry's life. This unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of More Fool Me is performed by Stephen Fry himself.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A defense of More Fool Me
- By Ben Waddams on 10-10-14
- More Fool Me
- By: Stephen Fry
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
Lovely Stephen Fry
Reviewed: 30-11-23
I thoroughly enjoyed this instalment of memoirs having read the first two. Took me to the end of 1993. Hope there's more!
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven
- By: Mitch Albom
- Narrated by: Mitch Albom
- Length: 4 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 567
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 453
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 450
The Five People You Meet in Heaven is a wonderfully moving fable that addresses the meaning of life, and life after death, in the poignant way that made Tuesdays with Morrie such an astonishing book.
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4 out of 5 stars
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5 People you meet in Heaven
- By Holophyte on 29-11-09
- The Five People You Meet in Heaven
- By: Mitch Albom
- Narrated by: Mitch Albom
A beautiful story, beautifully told
Reviewed: 09-01-23
I read this book many years ago and loved it, so I thought I'd give it a listen. I really enjoyed it being read by Mitch Albom himself. He has a lovely voice! I liked the interview with him at the end too - an unexpected bonus!
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Troy
- The Siege of Troy Retold
- By: Stephen Fry
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 7,303
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6,393
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Story5 out of 5 stars 6,363
The story of Troy speaks to all of us - the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty, sees the Greeks launch a thousand ships against the city of Troy, to which they will lay siege for 10 whole and very bloody years. It is Zeus, the king of the gods, who triggers the war when he asks the Trojan prince Paris to judge the fairest goddess of them all. Aphrodite bribes Paris with the heart of Helen, wife of King Menelaus of the Greeks, and naturally, nature takes its course.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Chapters?
- By Jason on 03-11-20
- Troy
- The Siege of Troy Retold
- By: Stephen Fry
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
Brings the events of the Illiad to life
Reviewed: 07-10-22
Wonderful re-telling of the stories of the Trojan War...I'll be listening to the others by Stephen Fry in this series for sure.
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Watership Down
- By: Richard Adams
- Narrated by: Peter Capaldi
- Length: 17 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 597
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 530
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Story5 out of 5 stars 530
Fiver could sense danger. Something terrible was going to happen to the warren; he felt sure of it. They had to leave immediately. So begins a long and perilous journey of survival for a small band of rabbits. As the rabbits skirt danger at every turn, we become acquainted with the band, its humorous characters, and its compelling culture, complete with its own folk history and mythos. Fiver’s vision finally leads them to Watership Down, an upland meadow. But here they face their most difficult challenges of all.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Breathtakingly narrated wonderful story!
- By Treehugger on 13-12-19
- Watership Down
- By: Richard Adams
- Narrated by: Peter Capaldi
A beautiful story, beautifully told.
Reviewed: 20-09-22
I thought I'd listen to Watership Down after reading it twice myself. It's one of my favourites. Peter Capaldi does a brilliant job of breathing life and personality into every single rabbit; he maintains those accents with such skill. I'm full of admiration. The narrative made my journeys to and from work enjoyable, but I'm glad I was at home to hear the end, which always makes me cry.
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Windswept & Interesting
- My Autobiography
- By: Billy Connolly
- Narrated by: Billy Connolly
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 12,431
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 11,123
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Story5 out of 5 stars 11,061
In his first full-length autobiography, comedy legend and national treasure Billy Connolly reveals the truth behind his windswept and interesting life. Born in a tenement flat in Glasgow in 1942, orphaned by the age of fourth and a survivor of appalling abuse at the hands of his own family, Billy's life is a remarkable story of success against all the odds.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Marvellous
- By john donoghue on 14-10-21
- Windswept & Interesting
- My Autobiography
- By: Billy Connolly
- Narrated by: Billy Connolly
Wonderful Billy Connolly
Reviewed: 28-07-22
I absolutely love Billy Connolly, and listening to him read his autobiography is so much better than reading it myself. Wonderful man.
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The Ode Less Travelled
- Unlocking the Poet Within
- By: Stephen Fry
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 95
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 78
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 75
Stephen Fry believes that if you can speak and read English, you can write poetry. But it is no fun if you don't know where to start or have been led to believe that anything goes. Stephen, who has long written poems, and indeed has written long poems, for his own private pleasure, invites you to discover the incomparable delights of metre, rhyme and verse forms.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Rendition, Memorable and Simple
- By Angel Grove Studio on 01-10-18
- The Ode Less Travelled
- Unlocking the Poet Within
- By: Stephen Fry
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
Wonderful Stephen Fry
Reviewed: 21-06-22
I could listen all day to Stephen Fry's beautiful voice reading just about anything, but this book about poetry is particularly special. I shall listen to it again I'm sure.
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The Water-Babies
- By: Charles Kingsley
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 60
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Story4 out of 5 stars 51
A classic since its first publication in 1863, The Water-Babies is the story of a little chimney sweep named Tom and his magical adventures beneath the waves. The ill-treated Tom flees his dangerous toil and his cruel master, Grimes. When he jumps into a cool stream to clean the soot off himself, he becomes a water-baby, cleaner and happier than he has ever been, in a hidden fairy world. There, Tom meets haughty dragonflies, makes friends with a slow-witted lobster, and dodges hungry otters.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Perfect fairytale to escape to.
- By Deborah OK on 10-03-23
- The Water-Babies
- By: Charles Kingsley
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
Beautiful reading - loved the accents!
Reviewed: 21-05-22
I've always wanted to read/listen to this after being mesmorised as a child by the film version, starring Bernard Cribbins. This is very different from that, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. I like its mix of serious/not serious/supernatural/scientific/moral/social protest/satire, and the underlying humour.
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The Chrysalids
- By: John Wyndham
- Narrated by: Noah Reid
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,367
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,244
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,241
David Strorm's father doesn't approve of Angus Morton's unusually large horses, calling them blasphemies against nature. Little does he realise that his own son, his niece Rosalind and their friends have their own secret aberration which would label them as mutants. But as David and Rosalind grow older it becomes more difficult to conceal their differences from the village elders. Soon they face a choice: wait for eventual discovery or flee to the terrifying and mutable Badland.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Enthralling Tale of Celebrating Difference
- By littlemisspee on 27-11-21
- The Chrysalids
- By: John Wyndham
- Narrated by: Noah Reid
Brilliant
Reviewed: 01-05-22
I'd read Chocky, another of Wyndham's novels, twice before listening to this (after being utterly absorbed by the kids TV series as a child) and loved it. The Chrysalids doesn't disappoint either. It's hard to believe it was originally published in 1955! It has a timeless quality to it.
It's a captivating story, with universal themes, such as the controlling nature of religion, and a wonderful speculation of the futurist capabilities of man.
Well worth a listen/read...Then if you've not already read Chocky, pop it on your list!
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