Sunday, June 7, 2009

Audiobook



Alice's Adventures in Wonderland



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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland


Author : Lewis Carroll

Performed By : Various

Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd

Runtime : 1 hour 55 minutes

Categories : Classics
Classic Literature
Drama
British

Our Price : $13.49

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A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation, starring Roy Hudd, Sarah-Jane Holm and David Bamber.

 


These audio editions, especially dramatised for BBC Radio, are of timeless stories that have enchanted generations of readers both young and old. The wonder and excitement of these much-loved tales live on in these acclaimed full-cast dramatisations, complete with evocative music and sound effects.


'Oh my ears and whiskers, how late it's getting!'


When Alice sees the White Rabbit run by, it occurs to her that she's never seen a rabbit with a watch before. Burning with curiosity, she jumps up and follows him into a rabbit-hole. Then she falls down a long, long way.


Down into the world of the Mad Hatter and the March Hare, the Duchess, the Cheshire Cat and the Mock Turtle. Down into Wonderland, where an ordinary little girl can have the most extraordinary adventures. Lewis Carroll's classic tale has been translated into more languages than almost any other book, and remains a perennial favourite worldwide.


With David Bamber as the splendid White Rabbit, Roy Hudd as the Mad Hatter and Sarah-Jane Holm as Alice, the spellbinding and fantastic story sparkles with nonsensical life in this full-cast dramatisation.



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Le Morte D'Arthur Vol. 1
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Le Morte D'Arthur Vol. 1

Author : Sir Thomas Malory
Performed By : Frederick Davidson
Publisher : Blackstone Audio Inc
Runtime : 15 hours
Categories : Classic Literature
Our Price : $29.95
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"Le Morte d'Arthur remains an enchanted sea for the reader to swim about in, delighting at the random beauties of fifteenth-century prose."--Robert Graves

This monumental work made the Arthurian cycle available for the first time in English. Malory took a body of legends from Celtic folklore that had been adapted into French literature, gave them an English perspective, and produced a work which ever since has had tremendous
influence upon literature.

The story begins with King Uther Pendragon's use of enchantment to lay with Igraine, Duchess of Cornwall. Arthur is conceived and taken away in secret, returning as a young man to claim the throne by pulling the sword Excalibur from the stone. In retelling the story of Arthur's rule of Britain, Malory intertwines the romances of Guinevere and Launcelot, Tristram and Isolde, and Launcelot and Elaine. Sir Galahad's appearance at Camelot begins the quest for the Holy Grail.

Finally, Camelot is brought down by the conflict between King Arthur and his natural son, Mordred.

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