• Bleak House (Dramatised)

  • By: Charles Dickens
  • Narrated by: full cast
  • Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (49 ratings)

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Bleak House (Dramatised)

By: Charles Dickens
Narrated by: full cast
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Publisher's summary

Michael Kitchen stars as John Jarndyce in a BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Dickens' classic tale of London and the law.
©1999, 2006 BBC Audiobooks LTD (P)1999, 2006 BBC Audiobooks LTD

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    4 out of 5 stars

Unusual radio dramatization

I didn't find the accents difficult to understand and the acting is extraordinarily good for an audio book. The challenge with this dramatization is that it sounds like the soundtrack to a television version: it's often difficult to figure out where we are and who's there. It's from BBC Radio 4 but seems as though it was minimally reedited from a TV version. If you know the story already, this is a very fun experience. If you don't, you may be lost.

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A Bleak Full House

Where does Bleak House (Dramatised) rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

It is a great adaptation of a classic story. Perhaps the best one I have heard!

What other book might you compare Bleak House (Dramatised) to and why?

It compares to some of the other great BBC adaptations that I have heard...I like the radio play elements of this.

Have you listened to any of Full Cast’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I have not heard this company do an adaptation of a book before. There were some great performances by great actors

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I did react to the dramatic/suspenseful moments. They made me react in a strong way. Loved driving in the city and being surprised by the events

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  • Overall
    1 out of 5 stars

British speaking

This might be just right for the English, but hard to understand for an American.

I had to give up, I suspect Dickens is better raw.

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great acting

for a classic though plots gard to follow eliza wyatt of Annabel langoni latest novel

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A great story but spoiled by intrusive sounds.

Sadly it was difficult quite often to establish which of the characters was speaking . Dramatic sounds should have helped to indicate where and where abouts the scene changed but they were often heavy handed and told us little.

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Great Read

Love the different players in this story. such a sad and hopeful story. Love stories from past.

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