Witches Abroad

(Discworld Novel 12)

De: Terry Pratchett

Narrado por: Tony Robinson

Brought to you by Penguin.


'No one mixes the fantastical and mundane to better comic effect or offers sharper insights into the absurdities of modern endeavour' Daily Mail

The Discworld is very much like our own - if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is . . .

Fairy godmothers develop a very deep understanding about human nature, which makes the good ones kind and the bad ones powerful.

Inheriting a fairy godmother role seemed an easy job . . . After all, how difficult could it be to make sure that a servant girl doesn't marry a prince?

Quite hard, actually, even for the witches Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick. That's the problem with real life - it tends to get in the way of a good story, and a good story is hard to resist.

Servant girls have to marry the prince, whether they want to or not. You can't fight a Happy Ending, especially when it comes with glass slippers and a rival Fairy Godmother who has made Destiny an offer it can't refuse.
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The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Witches Abroad is the third book in the Witches series.



© Terry Pratchett 1991 (P) Penguin Audio 2007

©Terry and Lyn Pratchett; (P)Corgi Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

'A true orginal among contemporary writers'

'His jokes are the best thing since Wodehouse. His comic footnotes are still glorious'

'Pratchett's writing is a constant delight. No-one mixes the fantastical and mundane to better comic effect or offers sharper insights into the absurdities of modern endeavour'

Excellent Story Overcomes Crummy Audio

I listened to this in the car while driving across the USA, so there was much merriment getting to travel with the witches! My only issue with the audio book was that sometimes the reader would whisper and then talk, and the volume was never leveled out. It hurt my ears on more than one occasion. The reader either needed to ditch hissing voices (for Death, The Swamp Witch, and Lilith) or the engineer needed to make it so you don't need to blow out your speakers cranking up the volume to hear!

The witches return

A great “story”, as you should expect from Terry Pratchett. The story is fun, and worth reading

Tony is no Steven Briggs

Took several tries to get into the narration. With Mr. Briggs, that wasn’t a problem. I enjoyed that the was no music between chapters that would either drown out the narrative or so loud that it startled you out of the tempo of the narration.

Why can't Robinson read all the books?

The unabridged is better story-wise, but if you've once read it, this is very entertaining. Laughed out loud frequently.

this is very abridged. you miss 3/4 of the story

I wish I had noticed it was only 3 hours long. the full story is so funny and worth getting

Volume issues & abriged

It really sucks that Audible cannot get the Discworld novels unabridged. I got this hoping I wouldn’t be able to tell that large portions of the story are missing - but it’s just not the case. It feels disjointed and jumpy. Additionally in the second half of the book, the reader varies his volume so much you have to crank it up to hear his whispering and than rush to lower it as he’s screaming in your ear. They’ve also changed Deaths voice from a boom to a whisper and it’s awful.

Short and sweet

One of Terry Pratchett's shorter stories, he still has done a masterful job. Tony Robinson is a great voice actor, but he gets too quiet during some of the narrative. All in all, though, this is another great story. Just do not try to listen to it in a busy and/or loud location!

Delightful dialogue

Loved the story and the dialogue. The reader did an excellent job with voices for the various characters. Very, very clever and humorous, especially if you know your fairy tales.

Wonderful characters brought to life

The fact I can find very little if anything that I disliked should speak better to my thoughts than anything else I can currently think to say. I could have easily enjoyed another many chapters of this story, and I give big thumbs up to the humor to be found in the narration of the text.

Can’t stand his voice

He talks through his nose. He also thinks witch’s need to sounds like they can’t speak properly. They sound like Donald Duck. I love terry Pratchett and his stories but this guy just messes it all up. I can’t stand his voice. I’m so glad he doesn’t do all the books. I will not be buying another with this guy tony narrating.