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The Lady Vanishes

By: Ethel Lina White
Narrated by: Kim Hartman
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Summary

Iris Carr is tired and exhausted. Travelling by train from Switzerland to England she is surrounded by alien languages and situations which she finds difficult to comprehend. She is relieved therefore when talkative old English governess Miss Froy becomes her impromptu travelling companion. But when Iris wakes from a short sleep Miss Froy has vanished - and none of the passengers will acknowledge her existence. Is Iris mad? Or is there some more sinister reason for the woman's vanishing?

Ethel Lina White was born in Abergavenny Wales in 1876. She wrote from an early age, progressing from essays and poems on to short stories. She eventually left her government job in the Ministry of Pensions to pursue a full time career in writing. White became one of the best known crime writers of the 1930s and '40s, thanks to a string of successful titles, the most famous of which were Some Must Watch (filmed as The Spiral Staircase) and The Wheel Spins (filmed as The Lady Vanishes, including a 1938 production by Alfred Hitchcock.)

©2016 Fantom Publishing (P)2016 Spokenworld Audio & Ladbroke Audio Ltd/Fantom Publishing

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A classic brilliant story

One of the best stories ever written. No wonder Hitchcock chose this book as the basis for one of his best films.

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Much better than the film

Finished listening to this literally 2 days before watching the Hitchcock film version on TV ... the plot of the book is much more plausible than the film's and although all the characters (apart from Soc and the aged parents) are flawed and/or unpleasant, they are still interesting and even strangely likeable, and I wanted to know what would become of them ... excellent and unobtrusive narration and although the book was written 80+ years ago the language sounds contemporary.

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Was this a shaggy dog story?? Socks the dog?

Ok- this was a tad confusing, so I'm glad I've got the book and I can read it and get things clear.
Firstly, its a great story and the performance was fine - even though the main character's voice was irritating, but then I think that is true to the story, because the girl WAS irritating...
Secondly, What??
Why was Ms Froy on the train, being looked at by the Baroness?
Who was the young man who was so ungallant as to drug the heroine... and... why did she then decide that he was "the chap for her?" I know there is such a thing as being a bad picker, but honestly...
What was going on with the DOG at the end... ? And was Ms Froy meant to be the young girl, but she was making up a story instead... so that the young girl wasn't real.
Is the DOG ok?
Socks the DOG was the main thing.
I think this is for people who like a challenge....

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