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Books narrated by Simon Cadell

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    Gulliver's Travels

    by Jonathan Swift ...
    Narrated by Simon Cadell ...

    Abridged

    2 hours 39 min

    This classic book of English literature is an insightful satire on human nature, probing the corruption of man. It's also a parody on traveller's tales, as Jonathan Swift chronicles the voyages to Lilliput, Brobingnag, and other fantastical destinations in this powerful 18th-century masterpiece. Simon Cadell reads with a sure touch and great understanding of his subject. ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBooks

    Also available as: eBooks

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    Pygmalion (Classic Radio Theatre)

    by Bernard Shaw ...
    Narrated by Full Cast, Imelda Staunton, Simon Cadell ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 26 min

    When phonetics tutor and linguist Henry Higgins meets Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle, he makes a bet with his friend Colonel Pickering that he can teach her to speak so well that she will be able to pass herself off as a Duchess at a society ball. Eliza agrees, seduced by promises of chocolates and taxi rides - but her transformation from caterpillar to butterfly will not be easy, and the ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

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    Scoop

    by Evelyn Waugh ...
    Narrated by Simon Cadell ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 34 min

    Lord Copper, newspaper magnate and proprietor of the Daily Beast, has always prided himself on his intuitive flair for spotting ace reporters. That is not to say he has not made the odd blunder, however, and may in a moment of weakness make another. Acting on a dinner party tip from Mrs. Algernon Stitch, Lord Copper feels convinced that he has hit on just the chap to cover a promising war in the ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    Graham Greene - Childrens Stories

    by Graham Greene ...
    Narrated by Simon Cadell ...

    Unabridged

    26 min

    Change is in the air for the inhabitants of Little Snoring, some are responding with reluctance while others actively seek hold new directions. This cassette features the exciting adventures of two Little Snoring locals as they rise to the challenge brought by change. In the village of Little Snoring, Graham Greene has crafted a world that is sure to captivate listeners of all ages with its ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Charles Dickens: The BBC Radio Drama Collection: Volume Two

    Barnaby Rudge, Martin Chuzzlewit & Dombey and Son

    by Charles Dickens ...
    Narrated by Alex Jennings, Full Cast, Robert Glenister, Simon Cadell ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 58 min

    Thrilling full-cast radio dramatisations of three of Charles Dickens' classic novels. Charles Dickens is one of the most renowned novelists of all time, and this second volume of the dramatised canon of his work includes the gripping historical novel Barnaby Rudge, picaresque comedy Martin Chuzzlewit and bittersweet tale of family relationships Dombey and Son.Barnaby Rudge Against the background ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

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    Brideshead Revisited

    by Evelyn Waugh ...
    Narrated by Jeremy Irons ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 31 min

    The wellsprings of desire and the impediments to love come brilliantly into focus in Evelyn Waugh's masterpiece-a novel that immerses us in the glittering and seductive world of English aristocracy in the waning days of the empire.Through the story of Charles Ryder's entanglement with the Flytes, a great Catholic family, Evelyn Waugh charts the passing of the privileged world he knew in his own ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

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    About Love and Other Stories

    by Anton Chekhov ...
    Narrated by Adam Grupper, T. Ryder Smith, Henry Strozier ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 9 min

    Raymond Carver called Anton Chekhov 'the greatest short story writer who has ever lived.' This unequivocal verdict on Chekhov's genius has been echoed many times by writers as diverse as Katherine Mansfield, Somerset Maugham, John Cheever and Tobias Wolf. While his popularity as a playwright has sometimes overshadowed his achievements in prose, the importance of Chekhov's stories is now recognized ... Read more

    $28.84 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    King Lear

    by William Shakespeare ...
    Narrated by Aplicazona Estudios ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 18 min

    King Lear is widely held as the greatest of Shakespeare's tragedies; to some, it is the greatest play ever written. King Lear abdicates the British throne, to divide his kingdom among his three daughters in proportion to their professed love of him. His plan misfires when Cordelia, his youngest and favourite daughter, refuses to flatter her father; she is disinherited and banished. ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBooks

    Also available as: eBooks

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    Martin Chuzzlewit

    by Charles Dickens ...
    Narrated by John Wells ...

    Abridged

    5 hours 24 min

    Penguin Classics presents the audiobook adaptation of Martin Chuzzlewit, a tale of inheritiance and destiny and the story Dickens considered his best. Read by John Wells.The greed of his family has led wealthy old Martin Chuzzlewit to become suspicious and misanthropic, leaving his grandson and namesake to make his own way in the world. And so young Martin sets out from the Wiltshire home of his ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBooks

    Also available as: eBooks

  • Audiobook

    Great Expectations

    Booktrack Edition

    by Charles Dickens ...
    Narrated by Mil Nicholson ...

    Unabridged

    20 hours 12 min

    Listen to Great Expectations with a movie-style soundtrack and amplify your audiobook experience. In this unflaggingly suspenseful story of aspirations and moral redemption, humble, orphaned Pip, a ward of his short-tempered older sister and her husband, Joe, is apprenticed to the dirty work of the forge but dares to dream of becoming a gentleman. And, indeed, it seems as though that dream is ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    The Time Machine

    by H.G. Wells ...
    Narrated by Geoffrey Giuliano and The Icon Players ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 44 min

    The Time Machine is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, published in 1895 and written as a frame narrative. The work is generally credited with the popularization of the concept of time travel by using a vehicle or device to travel purposely and selectively forward or backward through time. The term "time machine", coined by Wells, is now almost universally used to refer to such a vehicle or ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBooks

    Also available as: eBooks

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    Oliver Twist

    by Charles Dickens ...
    Narrated by Paul Scofield ...

    Abridged

    3 hours 4 min

    The classic Victorian tale of the little orphan who dared to ask for ‘more’ retains its heartwarming charm and relevance in our era.Oliver’s story is full of pathos and excitement, from abandonment in a workhouse to falling in with Fagin’s gang in London’s murky underworld and his eventual rescue by the kindly Mr Brownlow, who is able to reveal Oliver’s true parentage. ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBooks

    Also available as: eBooks