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Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatization
- By: Thomas Hardy
- Narrated by: Clare Rushbrook, Adam Godley, James D'Arcy, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 45 mins
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John Durbeyfield (Keith Barron) learns that he is descended from the aristocratic Norman family of d'Urbervilles. He encourages his daughter, Tess (Claire Rushbrook), to befriend the family of Stoke d'Urbervilles where she meets Alec d'Urberville (Adam Godley). Tess is ultimately seduced by Alec and the effects of their affair creates dramatic ripples in Tess's life. In an attempt to make a fresh start, Tess begins work in Wessex at the Talbothay's farm where she encounters Angel Clare (James D'Arcy), the younger son of a parson, who asks her to marry him.
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Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatization
- Narrated by: Clare Rushbrook, Adam Godley, James D'Arcy, Keith Barron, full cast
- Length: 3 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 16-06-08
- Language: English
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Tess of the D'Urbervilles
- A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation
- By: Thomas Hardy
- Narrated by: Claire Rushbrook, Adam Godley, James D'Arcy, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 49 mins
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A bold new dramatisation of Thomas Hardy’s classic, giving his story a 21st-century resonance. Tess Durbeyfield is driven by poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urberville family. But meeting her cousin Alec proves to be her downfall. This classic criticism of social convention is given a new treatment in this full-cast adaptation which blows away the shepherd's pipe and heritage stereotype, foregrounding Hardy's social and sexual radicalism.
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Tess of the D'Urbervilles
- A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation
- Narrated by: Claire Rushbrook, Adam Godley, James D'Arcy, Keith Barron, Lyndsey Marshall, David Thorpe, Kenny Blyth, Janice Acquah, Clare Corbett, Full Cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 15-04-21
- Language: English
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The Christmas Collection (Unabridged Selections)
- By: Thomas Hardy, William Shakespeare, Clive Sansom
- Narrated by: Peter Jeffrey, John Moffatt
- Length: 4 hrs and 53 mins
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Christmas brings out the best and the worst in us, as can been seen in this evocative anthology. Among what Thomas Love Peacock calls the "many poetical charms in the heraldings of Christmas," there are eulogies by saints and diatribes from curmudgeons. Here, Christmas is expounded by divines, sung by rustics, deplored by philosophers, made mystical in stories and summed up in a line by the poet Elizabeth Jennings: "The hush, the star, the baby, people being kind again."
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Wonderful Christmas!
- By Andrew on 16-06-10
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The Christmas Collection (Unabridged Selections)
- Narrated by: Peter Jeffrey, John Moffatt
- Length: 4 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 26-12-99
- Language: English
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The Woodlanders
- By: Thomas Hardy
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
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The Woodlanders is vintage Hardy. The story revolves around the young woman Grace Melbury, who returns to the leafy world of Little Hintock and soon finds herself at the center of a number of tragic events. In penetrating, incisive and beautiful prose, Hardy tells a moving tale of unrequited love as fate and the constraints of society thwart the happiness of our heroine.
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Best reader
- By Mister Peridot on 18-01-21
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The Woodlanders
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 01-04-14
- Language: English
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Tess of the D'Urbervilles
- By: Thomas Hardy
- Narrated by: Kate Petrie
- Length: 14 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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The story of Tess, daughter of a poor peddler, is one of heartbreak and sorrow, deception and indecency. When sent to live with a wealthy family, the D'Urbervilles, who are not who they appear to be, Tess endures many hardships and abuse, while trying to make a fortune with the family to whom she believes she is related to. The abuse leads to her getting pregnant by a man named Alec.
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Tess of the D'Urbervilles
- Narrated by: Kate Petrie
- Length: 14 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 29-09-16
- Language: English
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Tess of the d'Urbervilles (Naxos)
- By: Thomas Hardy
- Narrated by: Anna Bentinck
- Length: 17 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Socially critical and emotionally complex, Tess of the d'Urbervilles is Hardy's masterpiece. It tells the story of Tess Durbeyfield, forced by her family's poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy d'Urbervilles. Violated by the son, Alec, her hopes of rebuilding her life with the gentle and bookish Angel Clare founder when he learns of her past.
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Tess of the D'Urbervilles
- By Ms. J. S. Shaw on 02-10-09
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Tess of the d'Urbervilles (Naxos)
- Narrated by: Anna Bentinck
- Length: 17 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 12-05-08
- Language: English
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The Trumpet-Major
- By: Thomas Hardy
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Against the larger-than-life backdrop of England's conflict with Napoleon, young Anne Garland is courted by three suitors: the trumpet-major John Loveday, his sailor-brother Bob, and Festus Derriman of the yeomanry cavalry. For Hardy, the loves and sorrows of ordinary characters are as much the material of history as any record of emperors and generals.
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Poor novel
- By Caroline on 04-10-18
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The Trumpet-Major
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 17-06-09
- Language: English
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The Mayor of Casterbridge (Dramatised)
- By: Thomas Hardy
- Narrated by: John Nettles, David Calder, Janet Dale
- Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins
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Drunk on rum at a country fair, Henchard sells his wife to a sailor for five guineas. Unable to find them and overcome with guilt and remorse he vows to be teetotal for 21 years. Many years later his wife seeks him out in Casterbridge, where he has gained both wealth and the well respected position of mayor.
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The Mayor of Casterbridge.
- By Lesley on 02-10-12
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The Mayor of Casterbridge (Dramatised)
- Narrated by: John Nettles, David Calder, Janet Dale
- Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 31-08-07
- Language: English
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The Mayor of Casterbridge
- By: Thomas Hardy
- Narrated by: Jenny Sterlin
- Length: 14 hrs and 1 min
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One of the great novelists of British literature, Thomas Hardy caused quite a stir when this powerful novel was first published. Michael Henchard, down on his luck and drunk, sells his wife and child to a sailor for five guineas. As time goes by, Henchard becomes Mayor of Casterbridge—but he cannot escape the tragedy of his past.
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A cracking Hardy read.
- By Manda N on 29-04-19
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The Mayor of Casterbridge
- Narrated by: Jenny Sterlin
- Length: 14 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 23-09-11
- Language: English
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Under the Greenwood Tree
- The Mellstock Choir - A Rural Painting of the Dutch School
- By: Thomas Hardy
- Narrated by: Jamie Parker
- Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
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Under the Greenwood Tree is an affectionate and youthful portrait of a world Hardy knew well - village life in 'Wessex' - in which a romantic tale is set against changing circumstances. The traditional feature of local music making performed by the village band and choir is challenged by the modern innovation of organ and organist providing music in the church.
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Jamie Parker's narration is one of the best ...
- By J. E. on 17-07-19
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Under the Greenwood Tree
- The Mellstock Choir - A Rural Painting of the Dutch School
- Narrated by: Jamie Parker
- Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 01-10-14
- Language: English
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Thomas Hardy
- The Short Stories
- By: Thomas Hardy
- Narrated by: Nigel Lambert, Eve Karpf
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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We begin with one of Hardy’s best regarded stories, 'The Fiddler of the Reels'. Here Hardy exposes a supernatural and demonic theme, against a realistic and historical background of the Great Exhibition of 1851 and the first trains. A typical Wessex girl is gripped by the power of music and dance when a lone fiddler casts his spell on her, causing her cloying but plain suitor to leave suddenly for London.
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ENJOYABLE BOOK - MISLEADING TITLE!
- By Em on 09-04-18
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Thomas Hardy
- The Short Stories
- Narrated by: Nigel Lambert, Eve Karpf
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
- Release date: 12-05-10
- Language: English
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The Woodlanders
- By: Thomas Hardy
- Narrated by: Peter Newcombe Joyce
- Length: 16 hrs and 23 mins
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Grace Melbury, the timber merchant's daughter, comes back to Little Hintock after some years at finishing school. She was the childhood sweetheart of Giles Winterborne, a compassionate, caring man who works in the village. Melbury senior has promised himself that Grace and Giles will be married to recompense for him taking Giles' father's betrothed many years before. However, Grace is a different woman now, a sophisticated creature, and the suave, knowledgeable local doctor Fitzpiers takes an interest in her.
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A good listen
- By Amazon Customer on 18-11-17
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The Woodlanders
- Narrated by: Peter Newcombe Joyce
- Length: 16 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 16-10-17
- Language: English
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Two On A Tower (Bbc Radio 4 Classic Serial)
- By: Thomas Hardy
- Narrated by: Maggie O'Neill, Blake Ritson
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
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Two on a Tower' is Hardy's ninth novel and contains perhaps his most complete treatment of the theme of love across the class and age divide, and also the fullest expression of his fascination with astronomy and science.
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Strange pacing
- By Cassie Tremblay on 21-08-18
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Two On A Tower (Bbc Radio 4 Classic Serial)
- Narrated by: Maggie O'Neill, Blake Ritson
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
- Release date: 17-11-10
- Language: English
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Under the Greenwood Tree
- By: Thomas Hardy
- Narrated by: Peter Joyce
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
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A wonderfully evocative tale of the courtship of Fancy Day, newly arrived schoolmistress, by Dick Dewy, carrier of goods, during the four seasons of one year in Wessex. Most of Hardy’s work had tragedy woven into the narrative but ‘Under the Greenwood Tree’ is full of whimsy and good humour. The story is not without its serious comment, however, as Hardy reflects on class division and the disappearance of heritage in the rural community.
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Hardys best.
- By stephen cleland on 18-06-19
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Under the Greenwood Tree
- Narrated by: Peter Joyce
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 21-01-11
- Language: English
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The Return of the Native
- By: Thomas Hardy
- Narrated by: Oliver Cotton
- Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins
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Eustacia Vye's great desire in life was to be loved to madness, and in this, one of Thomas Hardy's best-loved novels, one of his most superb female characters conducts her wild and lethal campaign against her rival - the innocent, rather conventional Thomas - against the backdrop of Egdon Heath, the equally wild and lethal Dorset moorland on which Hardy grew up.
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The Return of the Native
- Narrated by: Oliver Cotton
- Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 18-11-15
- Language: English
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Great Classic Crime Stories
- Tales of Murder, Robbery, Extortion, Blackmail, Forgery, and Worse
- By: Charles Dickens, O. Henry, Ambrose Bierce, and others
- Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
- Length: 20 hrs and 48 mins
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A grisly collection of despicable crimes told by some of the world's best writers.
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Great stories, terrible narrator
- By Marilyn Burn on 07-12-15
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Great Classic Crime Stories
- Tales of Murder, Robbery, Extortion, Blackmail, Forgery, and Worse
- Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
- Length: 20 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 09-09-14
- Language: English
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Far From the Madding Crowd
- By: Thomas Hardy
- Narrated by: Martin Shaw
- Length: 2 hrs and 53 mins
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An immediate success when it was first published in 1874, Thomas Hardy's "pastoral tale" of the wilful and capricious Bathsheba Everdene, her three suitors, the faithful shepherd Gabriel Oak, the lonely widower Farmer Boldwood, and the dashing but faithless Sergeant Troy, and the tragic consequence of her eventual choice remains one of the most enduring and popular English novels.
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Very good
- By Kelly A19 on 05-08-21
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Far From the Madding Crowd
- Narrated by: Martin Shaw
- Length: 2 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 01-07-05
- Language: English
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Comic and Curious Verse
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- By: A.E. Housman, J.K. Stephen, A.C. Swinburne, and others
- Narrated by: Benjamin Franklin King, Sir John Gielgud, Imogen Stubbs, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 52 mins
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A collection of the funny, curious verse written during the 19th and 20th centuries, read by some of Britain's most renowned actors. Humorous and whimsical verse are collated together in these timeless readings of poetry from our funniest writers. Performed by Sir John Gielgud; Imogen Stubbs; Tim Pigott-Smith; Peter Orr; Wendy Hillier.
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Comic and Curious Verse
- Argo Classics
- Narrated by: Benjamin Franklin King, Sir John Gielgud, Imogen Stubbs, Tim Pigott-Smith, Wendy Hillier
- Length: 1 hr and 52 mins
- Release date: 19-11-20
- Language: English
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Richard Burton Poetry Collection : Volume 2
- By: William Shakespeare, John Donne, Thomas Hardy
- Narrated by: Richard Burton
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
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Distinguished actor and six-time Academy Award nominee Richard Burton reads a selection of his favourite poetry. Volume 2 in this dramatic audiobook series includes selections from William Shakespeare, John Donne, and Thomas Hardy....
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Excellent Collection read by my favourite actor
- By flying_fin on 18-06-19
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Richard Burton Poetry Collection : Volume 2
- Narrated by: Richard Burton
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
- Release date: 29-03-12
- Language: English
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Two on a Tower
- By: Thomas Hardy
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
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Deep in the grounds of Welland House lies an ancient memorial tower, surrounded by a prehistoric wilderness that isolates it from the rest of the land. When one day Viviette Constantine, the wife of the estate's owner, investigates the tower, she there discovers Swithin St. Cleeve, a young astronomer who introduces her to the majesty and wonders of the night sky. Instantly drawn to Swithin, and with her husband abroad, Viviette offers him use of the tower and becomes a kind of apprentice to him, and then, eventually, a lover.
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Two on a Tower
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 08-11-19
- Language: English
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