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Germinal

Author : Emile Zola

Performed By : Frederick Davidson

Publisher : Blackstone Audio Inc

Runtime : 17 hours 30 minutes

Categories : Classic Literature

Our Price : $33.95

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"Few readers of audiobooks can match Frederick Davidson's remarkable skill.he's equal

to the task, rendering this complex, yet worthwhile, novel accessible to all listeners."--AudioFile

With flawless construction and impeccable detail, Zola chronicles the conflicts, lusts, and deprivation of life

in the coal fields of nineteenth-century France. A father and three of seven children work brutal hours, facing

hazards such as landslides, fire, and poisoned air, to scrape together enough money for food. When their

lodger, tienne, shares ideas of a workers' revolt, the family gradually embraces his plans. Soon the

settlement is aflame with resolve to strike for better wages and working conditions. Savage and horrifying

events ensue as miners clash with management and with each other.



Published in 1885, Germinal helped establish Emile Zola--an artist of unsparing candor--as the leading

figure in the French school of naturalistic fiction. Andr Gide chose this masterpiece as one of the ten best

novels in the French language.

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Alan Bennett at the BBC

Author : Alan Bennett

Performed By : Alan Bennett

Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd

Runtime : 2 hours 30 minutes

Categories : Biographical
Autobiography
British
Biographical

Our Price : $18.49

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'I tend to think of myself as a man of few words, but looking at this collection it seems to have been gab gab gab for the last thirty years.'

Admittedly not all the words are his own - but even the work of other writers can be transformed by Alan Bennett.

This unique anthology of Bennett's BBC radio and television work features extracts from his diaries and readings, as well as tributes to friends Russell Harty and Peter Cook.

He recollects his early memories of Leeds, reads his favourite children's stories (most of which he only discovered as an adult) and reveals his first and only true comedy performance. He talks about the business of being a writer and muses on language, television, the theatre and his abiding interest in art and architecture.

With an introduction and specially recorded links by Alan Bennett, this collection is essential listening for fans of one of Britain's best-loved authors and story-tellers.