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Tales from the Folly
- Narrated by: Alex Kingston, Ben Aaronovitch, Ben Elliot, Felix Grainger, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Penelope Rawlins, Sam Peter Jackson, Shvorne Marks
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Anthologies & Short Stories
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Publisher's Summary
Return to the world of Rivers of London in this first short-story collection from number one Sunday Times best-selling author Ben Aaronovitch. Tales from the Folly is a carefully curated collection that gathers together previously published stories and brand new tales in the same place for the first time.
Each tale features a new introduction from the author, filled with insight and anecdote offering the listener a deeper exploration into this absorbing fictional world. This is a must-listen for any Rivers of London fan.
Join Peter, Nightingale, Abigail, Agent Reynolds and Tobias Winter for a series of perfectly portioned tales. Discover what's haunting a lonely motorway service station, who still wanders the shelves of a popular London bookshop and what exactly happened to the River Lugg.
With an introduction from internationally best-selling author of the Sookie Stackhouse series, Charlaine Harris.
This collection includes:
- 'The Home Crowd Advantage'
- 'The Domestic'
- 'The Cockpit'
- 'The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Granny'
- 'King of the Rats'
- 'A Rare Book of Cunning Device'
- 'A Dedicated Follower of Fashion'
- 'Favourite Uncle'
- 'Vanessa Sommer's Other Christmas List'
- 'Three Rivers, Two Husbands and a Baby'
- 'Moments One, Two and Three'
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- 1000Ballons
- 08-26-21
the vanessa narrator is unbearable
The stories are mostly fun. But what really bugged ne was the terrible narrator for the Vanessa storx. Her accent is just hideous!! And don’t tell me it has to sound like that because it‘s set in Germany. I‘m German and I‘ll rather die than have that accent. She also mispronounces all the magical terms. Absolutely unbearable!!
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- Elisabeth Adelsøn
- 03-31-21
Stories from The Folly.
Liked it, but... They are teasers. To short to satisfy. Give us some more. 😊
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- Mr. R. Henry
- 11-21-20
A marvellous read
I loved the way it took me back to the past stories in the series. It was great to get to know some of the characters better
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- ton
- 10-02-20
to short
as i could listen to these all day. a lovely mix of tidbit s from the peter grant universe with some tobias sommer also.
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- Jonathan Musgrove
- 08-31-20
Good Stories, Variable Narration
Hi
All would be well if Kobna had narrated it. However he just did a bit and it was mostly others. As such the voices were not the usual characterisations and I didn’t really feel at home.
Love you Ben. Stick with Kobna!
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- cindy
- 09-06-20
Saddened
I love the folly series and can’t wait for the next one to come out so was quite disappointed at this mish mash of regurgitated story lines... I felt that my credit was wasted and that the publishers are just trying to make more from less....
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- AF
- 09-09-20
Disappointed.
Disappointed. Great to learn more about the universe but in my opinion, Ben Aaronovitch needs to stick with the longer form.
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- Roobarb
- 08-27-20
Thoroughly enjoyed this
Probably not a good place to start if you've never read the main books, go start with book one and know that I'm jealous of your journey into the unknown. Rereading is never quite the same as those first steps.
These stories just add so much more to our knowledge and understanding. As I've listened I've gone back immediately and relistened again to be sure I'd got all the hints and nuances.
This won't be the last time I listen or read these, next time will be in chronological order, now that will be fun.
10 people found this helpful
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- IcarusAbides
- 09-13-20
Lovely little collection of short stories
Read this a few months back when it came out as an ebook and really enjoyed it so reread the audio version. It's a nice collection of short stories and snippets from various books and more across the wider Rivers series. Some of these were previously only available in certain editions of the Rivers books so it was great to finally get them collected like this.
The audio version is particularly well done though thanks to the talented cast of narrators.
8 people found this helpful
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- paul sparks
- 10-16-20
A book of two parts most definitely
The first part is the Peter Grant short stories and on the whole are very enjoyable the second part is the others and for me was tedium personified, if I want to listen educated ramblings I generally put on the news not purchase a book, the most annoying factor was the insist of the author to perform the introductions... ye gods man stop please! Stick to novels and don’t do voice work
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- John P. Allum
- 09-01-20
Wonderful
It’s like having an old friend back. Loved the stories and the narration is top notch, as usual. Ready for the next one when you are Mr. A. & Mr. H-S.
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- Christopher Enblom
- 09-01-20
A perfect short stories for a cup of tea
It was everything I wanted from a collection of short stories. Filled in some gaps from the main story arcs and was a nice little bite-sized goodness to wait for the next novel.
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- louisavamp
- 09-01-20
A must have it you love the rivers of London
It all the extra stuff you have wanted to know about the characters and the world they inhabit
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- GRAHAM RAYSON
- 09-01-20
a wonderful collection
a wonderful collection of stories from Ben that only leaves you wanting to hear more.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-29-21
Great short stories!
I loved hearing about some of the minor characters, and little moments around the Rivers of London world! Great range of readers!
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- Bob H.
- 01-14-21
losing his appeal
disappointing. mr aaronovitch forgets the people that made him readable. his characters are less interesting.
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- Phoebe
- 11-29-20
Entertaining snippets from behind the scenes
Just a bit of fun between the main Rivers of London books. I particularly enjoyed Abigail's perspective so will look forward to the next novella What Abigail did last Summer.
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- Freddy
- 10-07-20
Not what I expected
For the cost at $14.95 ,this short books I purchased wasnt for me, sadly disappointing.
It was like reading Nursery Rhymes ,with no ending .
The rest of Bens books have ben more than Fantastic...., 100% Ben.
I just find short books annoying .
Bens past books had some great story lines with Kobna doing an awesome job with the narrations.
Come on Mr Aaronovitch, a lengthy book next time with some of the same characters (maybe introducing a few new characters ) ?
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- Bernadette Aitken
- 09-26-20
A joy and delight
What a joy it was to drop back into the world of the Folly and all of the wonderful characters there. The introduction matches my thoughts exactly. Ahh, wonderful!
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- Anonymous User
- 08-31-20
not enough and over too soon..
A lovely collection as always but Mollys pov can we get that..please Mr Aaronovitch and perhaps a recipie...
