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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

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBooks

    Also available as: eBooks

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    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

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Scoop

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

    Unabridged

    6 hours 37 min

    Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of the century, Scoop is a "thoroughly enjoyable, uproariously funny" satire of the journalism business (New York Times).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 ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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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

    $6.99 USD

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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

    $21.99 USD

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    A Handful of Dust

    by Evelyn Waugh ...
    Narrated by Andrew Sachs ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 43 min

    Selected by Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of the century, this "absolutely delightful" novel (New York Times) movingly and comically chronicles the breakdown of a marriage and the disintegration of English society in the years after World War I.After seven years of marriage, the beautiful Lady Brenda Last has grown bored with life at Hetton Abbey, the Gothic mansion that is the ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Put Out More Flags

    by Evelyn Waugh ...
    Narrated by Michael Maloney ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 59 min

    Upper-class scoundrel Basil Seal, mad, bad, and dangerous to know, creates havoc wherever he goes, much to the despair of the three women in his life-his sister, his mother, and his mistress. When Neville Chamberlain declares war on Germany, it seems the perfect opportunity for more action and adventure. So Basil follows the call to arms and sets forth to enjoy his finest hour-as a war hero. Basil ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    A Modest Proposal and Other Writings

    by Jonathan Swift ...
    Narrated by Norman Dietz ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 30 min

    In "A Modest Proposal," first published in 1729, Jonathan Swift heaps scorn on then-current political theory and reveals the appalling suffering taking place in Ireland - not through direct reporting, but through mock suggestions on what to do with the poor; they should sell their children for food. "The chief end I propose to myself in all my labors is to vex the world rather than divert it," ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    The Loved One

    by Evelyn Waugh ...
    Narrated by Simon Prebble ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 24 min

    "A work of art as rich and subtle and unnerving as anything its author has ever done" (New Yorker), The Loved One is Evelyn Waugh's cutting satire of 1940s California and the Anglo-American cultural divide.Following the death of a friend, the poet and pets' mortician Dennis Barlow finds himself entering the artificial Hollywood paradise of the Whispering Glades Memorial Park. Within its golden ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    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

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    The Complete Stories

    by Evelyn Waugh ...
    Narrated by Simon Prebble ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 18 min

    A "lavishly entertaining" (Publishers Weekly) distillation of Waugh's genius--abundant evidence that one of the twentieth century's most admired and enjoyed English novelists was also a master of the short form.Evelyn Waugh's short fiction reveals in miniaturized perfection the elements that made him the greatest satirist of the twentieth century. The stories collected here range from delightfully ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold

    by Evelyn Waugh ...
    Narrated by Simon Prebble ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 40 min

    "The very model of the modern paranoid novel" (New York Times) and an ambitious work of semi-autobiographical fiction from one of England's greatest novelists.Gilbert Pinfold is a reclusive Catholic novelist suffering from acute inertia. In an attempt to defeat insomnia he has been imbibing an unappetizing cocktail of bromide, chloral, and creme de menthe. He books a passage on the SS Caliban and, ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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    Also available as: eBook