Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 4
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Charles Dickens
(4 Sterne; 2 Bewertungen)
2012 was the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth. This is the fourth volume; the first volume of short works - fiction, essays, poetry and speeches, previously unrecorded for LibriVox, was catalogued by Dickens' birthday on February 7th 2012. Further volumes were added during the anniversary year. (Summary by Ruth Golding) (7 hr 25 min)
Chapters
The Amusements of the People II, from Old lamps for new ones, and other sketche…
19:48
Read by Kevin Green
Romance from the Pen of Miss Nettie Ashford (Aged half- past six) from Holiday …
17:32
Read by Petra
Proposals for Amusing Posterity from Household Words, Vol. VI No. 151
12:05
Read by Thomas van Iersel
Letters from Dickens to his sub-editor, W. H. Wills, 1858 from Charles Dickens …
26:05
Read by Martin Geeson
Bewertungen
melanie. avid listener
(3 Sterne)
Sounds like Kristine bekere In first story . If so much improved and understandable English than the moonstone. But still couple if mispronunciations Eg parenthesis and steak. But well done great improvement. And if not her then mispronunciations similar but nit as many as the moonstone. .. which by the way was the first noted mystery book ever .. written, It so happens, by a pal of Charles dickens
Rare and Exceptional Mix
Caroline
(5 Sterne)
Each of the four volumes offer an excellent complement to the better known Dickens novels and stories. Much of their value is the mix-short stories from Household Words, essay such as “it is Not Generally Known”, Dickens’ letter remarking on the success of his reading tour. Standouts” and the endearing “‘Mrs Lirriper’s Lodgings, charmingly irr