North and South
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Cranford
- By: Elizabeth Gaskell
- Narrated by: Prunella Scales
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,079
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Performance945
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Story939
A vivid and affectionate portrait of the residents of an English country town in the mid-19th century, Cranford describes a community dominated by its independent and refined women....
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Best Cranford Reading!
- By Sharon on 26-05-09
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Cranford
- Narrated by: Prunella Scales
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 20-11-07
- Language: English
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Ruth
- By: Elizabeth Gaskell
- Narrated by: Eve Matheson
- Length: 16 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall537
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Performance474
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Story472
Ruth, an orphaned heroine, is seduced and then abandoned by wealthy Henry Bellingham....
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Old fashioned morality tale
- By Kirstine on 09-02-09
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Ruth
- Narrated by: Eve Matheson
- Length: 16 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 30-01-08
- Language: English
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The Elizabeth Gaskell Collection
- A BBC Drama Collection Including North and South, Wives and Daughters & More
- By: Elizabeth Gaskell, Barry Campbell, Steve Wakelam, and others
- Narrated by: full cast, Jodie Comer, David Threlfall, and others
- Length: 23 hrs and 20 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall8
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Performance7
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Story7
Elizabeth Gaskell was one of Victorian England's pre-eminent female novelists. This comprehensive collection comprises dramas and readings of her finest works and some lesser-known pieces....
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Varied performances
- By Bibi Green on 01-04-22
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The Elizabeth Gaskell Collection
- A BBC Drama Collection Including North and South, Wives and Daughters & More
- Narrated by: full cast, Jodie Comer, David Threlfall, Emily Mortimer, Sue Johnston, Kenneth Cranham, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Paul Copley, Rebecca Front
- Length: 23 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 21-10-21
- Language: English
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Mary Barton
- A Tale of Manchester Life
- By: Elizabeth Gaskell
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 16 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall657
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Performance582
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Story582
Elizabeth Gaskell's remarkable first novel, Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life portrays a love that defies the rigid boundaries of class with tragic consequences....
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Moments of wonderful intensity
- By Anthony Saville on 11-08-14
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Mary Barton
- A Tale of Manchester Life
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 16 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 01-08-10
- Language: English
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North and South
- By: Elizabeth Gaskell
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 18 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3,110
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Performance2,777
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Story2,761
Written at the request of Charles Dickens, North and South is a book about rebellion that poses fundamental questions about the nature of social authority and obedience....
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an interesting novel made special by the reading
- By Margaret on 27-12-10
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North and South
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 18 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 18-09-09
- Language: English
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Wives and Daughters
- By: Elizabeth Gaskell
- Narrated by: Prunella Scales
- Length: 25 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,455
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Performance1,307
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Story1,293
Molly Gibson, the only daughter of a widowed doctor in the small provincial town of Hollingford, lost her mother when she was a child....
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Superb characterisation by a first class reader
- By Philadelphus on 01-06-07
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Wives and Daughters
- Narrated by: Prunella Scales
- Length: 25 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 19-09-06
- Language: English
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My Lady Ludlow
- By: Elizabeth Gaskell
- Narrated by: Susannah York
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall23
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Performance22
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Story22
Lady Ludlow's appalling snobbery, prejudice and bred-in-the-bone conviction as to the superiority of the English aristocracy and their feudal way of life are deliciously tested....
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A lost age
- By Anthony Saville on 26-04-19
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My Lady Ludlow
- Narrated by: Susannah York
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 17-11-15
- Language: English
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Wives and Daughters
- By: Elizabeth Gaskell
- Narrated by: Nadia May
- Length: 25 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall32
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Performance17
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Story17
Set in English society before the 1832 Reform Bill, Wives and Daughters centers on the story of youthful Molly Gibson, brought up from childhood by her father....
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Lovely novel; wonderful reader (Nadia May)
- By Jill on 10-10-06
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Wives and Daughters
- Narrated by: Nadia May
- Length: 25 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 17-06-05
- Language: English
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Cousin Phillis
- By: Elizabeth Gaskell
- Narrated by: Joe Marsh
- Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall15
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Performance14
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Story14
Cousin Phillis – a miniature masterpiece – is set in the 1840s, when the coming of the railway was changing the face of England....
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Sweet!😊
- By S. Reynolds on 26-09-19
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Cousin Phillis
- Narrated by: Joe Marsh
- Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 19-11-10
- Language: English
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The Victorian Ghost Story - A Compendium
- By: Elizabeth Gaskell, J Y Ackerman, Sheridan Le Fanu, and others
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley
- Length: 18 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance6
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Story6
Almost always when we think of Ghost Stories, we first think of those written by the Victorians.
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Terrible narration
- By Warren on 06-06-25
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The Victorian Ghost Story - A Compendium
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley
- Series: The Victorian Ghost Story
- Length: 18 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 12-08-24
- Language: English
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Wives and Daughters
- By: Elizabeth Gaskell
- Narrated by: Josephine Bailey
- Length: 26 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall31
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Performance17
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Story17
Wives and Daughters, Elizabeth Gaskell's last novel, is regarded by many as her masterpiece....
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Ripping yarn!
- By Nellig on 16-03-11
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Wives and Daughters
- Narrated by: Josephine Bailey
- Length: 26 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 14-02-11
- Language: English
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Wives and Daughters
- By: Elizabeth Gaskell
- Narrated by: Patience Tomlinson
- Length: 27 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall40
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Performance33
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Story33
When her father remarries, the honest, innocent Molly Gibson suddenly finds herself with a new stepsister, Cynthia, who is beautiful, worldly and impetuous....
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Good story, less than great narration
- By Mrs Mayer on 27-09-16
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Wives and Daughters
- Narrated by: Patience Tomlinson
- Length: 27 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 17-11-10
- Language: English
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Sylvia’s Lovers
- By: Elizabeth Gaskell
- Narrated by: Clare Wille
- Length: 19 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance5
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Story5
Life in an English seaside town in the 1790s is harsh, and ‘captious, capricious’ Sylvia has a dilemma when the dashing harpooner to whom she is secretly engaged disappears, and her dull cousin Philip (who has more information about his rival than he lets on) offers her love and security.
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too much of "amateur dramatics" in narration
- By Gorgona on 12-09-25
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Sylvia’s Lovers
- Narrated by: Clare Wille
- Length: 19 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 31-03-25
- Language: English
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BBC Classics
- Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre & Cranford
- By: Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, Elizabeth Gaskell
- Narrated by: Katherine Press, Carolyn Pickles, Clare Corbett
- Length: 38 hrs and 24 mins
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Overall2
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Performance2
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This timeless collection brings together three of the finest works in the literary canon, read in full by some of the very best audiobook narrators....
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An excellent completion
- By Ruth on 08-10-22
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BBC Classics
- Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre & Cranford
- Narrated by: Katherine Press, Carolyn Pickles, Clare Corbett
- Length: 38 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 03-06-21
- Language: English
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A BBC Christmas Collection
- 30 Festive Dramas and Stories
- By: Alexander McCall Smith, Rachel Joyce, Charles Dickens, and others
- Narrated by: Nikesh Patel, Meera Syal, Stephen Fry, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall17
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Performance16
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Story16
Christmas is the perfect time to curl up with a good story, and this cracking collection brings you 30 wonderfully diverse tales inspired by this most special of seasons....
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Aunty Beeb strikes again
- By Mark Rowley on 08-12-22
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A BBC Christmas Collection
- 30 Festive Dramas and Stories
- Narrated by: Nikesh Patel, Meera Syal, Stephen Fry, Rebecca Front, Stephanie Cole, Tamsin Grieg, Michelle Fairley, Niamh Cusack, Robert Lindsay, James Fleet, Nina Sosanya, Full Cast
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 01-12-22
- Language: English
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The Victorian Ghost Story - The Women
- By: Elizabeth Gaskell, Mrs Craik, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, and others
- Narrated by: Janet Fullerlove
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Story1
Almost always when we think of Ghost Stories, we first think of those written by the Victorians.
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Victorian ghosts are the best!
- By Lisa Adams on 16-05-25
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The Victorian Ghost Story - The Women
- Narrated by: Janet Fullerlove
- Series: The Victorian Ghost Story
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 12-08-24
- Language: English
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The Life of Charlotte Brontë
- By: Elizabeth Gaskell
- Narrated by: Penelope Rawlins, Lucy Scott, Sarah Lambie, and others
- Length: 19 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance7
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Story7
Elizabeth Gaskell’s biography of her friend Charlotte Brontë—the first full-length biography of a woman novelist by a woman novelist—is a true classic. It transports us with a deft hand straight into 19th-century Haworth, Yorkshire and crafts an extensive account of Brontë’s life.
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How hard life was in those days.
- By gill on 18-01-25
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The Life of Charlotte Brontë
- Narrated by: Penelope Rawlins, Lucy Scott, Sarah Lambie, Nigel Pilkington, Georgina Sutton, David Timson
- Length: 19 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 08-10-24
- Language: English
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North and South
- A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation
- By: Elizabeth Gaskell
- Narrated by: full cast, Patsy Ferran, James Cartwright
- Length: 3 hrs and 37 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4
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Performance4
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Story4
When Margaret Hale is forced to leave her home in the tranquil rural South of England for the industrial Northern town of Milton, she finds herself in a very different country run by men, like mill owner John Thornton, with very different beliefs to her own....
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North and South
- A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation
- Narrated by: full cast, Patsy Ferran, James Cartwright
- Length: 3 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 27-10-22
- Language: English
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Wives and Daughters
- Penguin Classics
- By: Elizabeth Gaskell
- Narrated by: Laura Aikman
- Length: 26 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3
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Performance3
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Story3
Set in English society before the 1832 Reform Bill, Wives and Daughters centres on the story of youthful Molly Gibson, brought up from childhood by her father....
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Wives and Daughters
- Penguin Classics
- Narrated by: Laura Aikman
- Length: 26 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 03-09-20
- Language: English
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North and South
- By: Elizabeth Gaskell
- Narrated by: Clare Wille
- Length: 18 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall36
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Performance28
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Story29
When Margaret Hale moves with her father from the comfort of the south of England to the industrial north, she is at first repulsed by what she sees....
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Change from country life to hard, industrial life
- By Jennifer Humphreys-Jones on 15-02-18
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North and South
- Narrated by: Clare Wille
- Length: 18 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 10-02-10
- Language: English
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