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Notes from a Small Island
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
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After nearly two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson took the decision to move back to the States for a while but before leaving his much-loved home in North Yorkshire, Bryson insisted on taking one last trip around Britain. His aim was to take stock of the nation's public face and private parts (as it were), and to analyse what precisely it was he loved so much about a country that had produced Marmite, a military hero whose dying wish was to be kissed by a fellow named Hardy, place names like Farleigh Wallop and Shellow Bowells, people who said 'Mustn't grumble', and Gardeners' Question Time.
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- yana
- 06-02-18
Wonderful storytelling
I love the warmth of Bill Bryson's prose and the simple way he tells stories. He also has a great reading voice
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- Helen Hoffmann
- 20-03-15
superbly funny
I came back to this book after many years and it doesn't fail to delight.
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- Monty
- 19-02-21
Hilarious but the abridged version
Simply brilliant. However a very un-briliant idea to make this an abridged version. Love Bill, but wanted the full story.
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- Anonymous User
- 19-03-24
Britain as seen by an American
Britain in all its beauty and ugliness, its uniqueness and idiosyncrasy, all told with great perception and wonderful humour. Makes you think there’s so much you need to see and do back home,
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- Sam
- 10-10-15
Bill Bryson is fantastic
A candid piece about Bills travels around Britain. Excellent to hear so far from home
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- Mrs.
- 10-04-13
I think I love Bill
Fab as always, I think I've gone through everything that Bill's narrated and just adore it. Sad that there are lots he hasn't! Please Bill do some more x
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- James Ward-Berry
- 30-01-20
Notes From a small island!!
Fantastic and well written book and continuous story of travelling around British Isles!!
Just Bill hasn’t got the enthusiasm when reading his OWN book!! He sounds depressed and dreary...he is by far the best writer I’ve read but he needs to get Kerry Shailes and his belly laughing performance of the book and amazingly curious and enlightening voices!! Xx
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- Daniel Ashfield
- 09-02-23
glitches in audio
charming little book but audio glitches towards the end. from skipping to random music which increases and decreases over the narrators voice
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- Jim Gibson
- 25-05-19
Edited version
This is a very short version of the great book. Still enjoyable but the 10 hour version is the whole book. Not worth a whole credit.
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- Andrew King
- 28-05-19
Enjoyable and informative
Loved listening to the book - makes me want to explore my home country. The humour is likely my favourite aspect of this listen.
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