Tales of the City Audio Collection

Tales of the City, Books 1-6

De: Armistead Maupin

Narrado por: Armistead Maupin

The original abridged recordings of the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Francisco saga, in one collection!

For almost four decades Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City has blazed its own trail through popular culture—from a groundbreaking newspaper serial to a classic novel, to a television event that entranced millions around the world.

Now the original abridged recordings, read by Armistead Maupin himself, are available in one audio collection. The first six stories about the denizens of the mythic apartment house at 28 Barbary Lane, are both a sparkling comedy of manners and an indelible portrait of an era that changed forever the way we live.

Found in this collection:

Tales of the City

More Tales of the City

Further Tales of the City

Babycakes

Significant Others

Sure of You

Tale of the City Five Volume Binge!

The first five volumes of the series are presented in one package, read by author. Although it is lightly abridged, all the important remain and makes for a wonderful binge. Follow the exploits of the residents of 28 Barbary Lane through the up and downs of San Francisco in the 1970's and 80's.
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We are all the same

A place and a time forever in my heart. Armistead is a beautiful voice of that song

Love the collection

It was a great experience, was able to imagine all the characters as they appear on the scene.

A lovely look back

Maupin's Tales of the City is a great collection of stories in 1970s San Francisco. The cast of characters is delightful!

Abridged without warning

What bigger treat could there be than to listen to Armie (can we call him that?) narrate this lively series of stories.

I'd previously only read some of the columns published in the Chronicle, and then watched the miniseries created from it (long live Olympia Dukakis as Mrs. Madrigal.

I was enjoying everything just fine till I noticed that each book was read in just a few hours, which seemed short for the size of the printed versions. Checking books out of the library, I then found that in fact, the version(s) here is abridged - with no indication about that in the posted information. While what's left is certainly enough to provide the gist of the stories, the parts cut out did add much flavor and texture to the books.

Also, while there are six books contained in this package, and the actual books have individual names with individual chapter titles, none of that information is conveyed in the Chapters listing. Everything just gets a sequential chapter number so that one doesn't really know what book and chapter is being read.

Possibly minor complaints for such a monumentally narrated work, but they do impact the understanding and enjoyment.