Auntie Mame

An Irreverent Escapade

By: Patrick Dennis

Narrated by: Christopher Lane

Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins

Publisher's summary

Wildly successful when it was first published in 1955, Patrick Dennis' Auntie Mame sold over two million copies and stayed put on the New York Times bestseller list for 112 weeks. It was made into a play, a Broadway as well as a Hollywood musical, and a fabulous movie starring Rosalind Russell. Since then, Mame has taken her rightful place in the pantheon of Great and Important People as the world's most beloved, madcap, devastatingly sophisticated, and glamorous aunt. She is impossible to resist, and this hilarious story of an orphaned ten-year-old boy sent to live with his aunt is as delicious a listen in the twenty-first century as it was in the 1950s.

©1955 Patrick Dennis, renewed in 1983 by the Tanner family. (P)2015 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved. Introduction © 2001 by Paul Rudnick. Afterword © 2001 by Michael Tanner. Auntie Mame was originally published by the Vanguard Press in 1955.

Excellent Book

Best book I have read in years .. Very well written ann narrated ...will check his other books .

Excellent narration saved story in places

Maybe I really am too much of a curmudgeon? While parts of the story were, indeed, very funny, I detested some sections as well (Alice Gooch for one). Then again, I really liked the nasty little boy in Georgia a lot. Patrick wasn't very likeable to me, nor particularly bright, but a rich kid with limited common sense. Right off the bat, I had trouble swallowing disbelief that Mame didn't attend Patrick's dad's funeral in Chicago, which would've minimized the boy's unexpected appearance in New York later I suppose. Another point where I had trouble concerned Patrick's trip to visit Mame in Maine. I inferred that she knew the truth about the sisters, yet she let Patrick have his pursuit? Again, reality set aside for the sake of the (comedic) plot. I recommend the audiobook, which really helped carry the parts with which I had trouble; narrator did a great job handling all the voices, especially Mame!

WOW!!

This was even better than I remembered it when I first read it in 1958!! I was fortunate enough to have seen it on stage many times, first with Roz Russell, and in subsequent tours with Constance Bennett, Eve Arden, and Gypsy Rose Lee!! My only Broadway first night was the musical with Angela Landsbury. The film version with Russell is a timeless classic! The less said about Lucy Ball's musical film the batter!

Top Drawer, Dawling, Top Drawer

The passage of time never faded Auntie Mame or this book. Read it now. What have you got to lose but your humdrum existence!

Perfection

It is no wonder that this subject matter has been turned in to plays movies and musicals It is hilarious and heart warming

Darling, I'm your Auntie Mame!

And we're off on a wild ride. I love this book. I wish I had an Auntie Mame

Fun book!

Very entertaining. Great narrator. I hope to see it as a theater production some day.

Just Marvelous!

Christopher Lane gives a captivating narration of this timeless novel drawing forth laughter and sometimes tears. I truly didn't want the story to end.

Still holds up!

Grew up with the film and thought I'd give this a try. I was not disappointed. I'll definitely listen to the sequel.

A CLASSIC!

The story of Auntie Mame has long been a classic for good reason. Of course it will make you laugh…out loud! Likewise will it make you cry, too. It does me, every time I read it.
She believed life was a banquet. And it was about living to the fullest and not putting up with pretentious snobbery. You’re going to have so much fun with Auntie Mame! Dive right in!