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The P.G. Wodehouse Collection
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Ring for Jeeves
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
- Length: 5 hrs and 4 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Story4 out of 5 stars 58
We find ourselves in the austerity of the 1950s, when England's aristocracy was feeling the pinch. Bertie Wooster has gone to a residential self-help school to learn how to darn his socks. Until he re-emerges, Jeeves has signed up with Bill Rowcester (pronounced Roaster), an earl who is failing to make ends meet in trade, and yearning to sell his stately home, which has charm and damp in equal measure. In his new environment Jeeves is required to exert his mammoth brain to what would be breaking point for any normal intellect.
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5 out of 5 stars
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fantastic
- By Brieanna on 04-09-15
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My Man Jeeves
- The Jeeves and Wooster Series
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cecil
- Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9
My Man Jeeves, first published in 1919, introduced the world to affable, indolent Bertie Wooster and his precise, capable valet, Jeeves. Some of the finest examples of humorous writing found in English literature are woven around the relationship between these two men of very different classes and temperaments. Where Bertie is impetuous and feeble, Jeeves is coolheaded and poised.
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Something Fresh
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cecil
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 406
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 368
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 368
The one thing that could be expected to disturb the peace of life at Blandings is the incursion of imposters. Blandings has imposters like other houses have mice. On this occasion there are two of them--both intent on a dangerous enterprise.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Story. Well Read. but. . .
- By Heather on 10-29-13
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Heavy Weather
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
- Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 94
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 65
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 64
Galahad Threepwood is causing scandal again...this time by deciding to NOT publish his potentially humiliating high-society memoirs. His decision causes rifts in the ranks at castle Blandings and all involved split into three camps: those who want the book suppressed, those who want it published, and those, who for some reason or another, that have been sent to steal it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hilarious - and this is a really good reading, too
- By Sarah on 01-30-09
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Jack London - The Collection
- By: Jack London
- Narrated by: Josh Smith, Brian Kelly, Sean Murphy, and others
- Length: 77 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance2.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2
In this collection you will find: White Fang, The Call of the Wild, The Valley of the Moon, The Scarlet Plague, Martin Eden, Before Adam, The Iron Heel, The Sea Wolf, The Game, The Faith of Men.
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4 out of 5 stars
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This is a great buy
- By Stanley Lippman on 02-20-19
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A Pelican at Blandings
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 43
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 32
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 30
The usual suspects, including Lord Emsworth and his prize pig, the Empress, line up at Blandings Castle for a Wodehousian caper that sees members of the upper-classes getting hot and bothered over a nude painting they all want to get their hands on. This is wit at its very finest, read by one of our superlative actors, who reads Wodehouse with the requisite style and panache.
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5 out of 5 stars
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P G Wodehouse is always delightful
- By Christopher J. Albertyn on 12-05-11
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Ring for Jeeves
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
- Length: 5 hrs and 4 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Story4 out of 5 stars 58
We find ourselves in the austerity of the 1950s, when England's aristocracy was feeling the pinch. Bertie Wooster has gone to a residential self-help school to learn how to darn his socks. Until he re-emerges, Jeeves has signed up with Bill Rowcester (pronounced Roaster), an earl who is failing to make ends meet in trade, and yearning to sell his stately home, which has charm and damp in equal measure. In his new environment Jeeves is required to exert his mammoth brain to what would be breaking point for any normal intellect.
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5 out of 5 stars
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fantastic
- By Brieanna on 04-09-15
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My Man Jeeves
- The Jeeves and Wooster Series
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cecil
- Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9
My Man Jeeves, first published in 1919, introduced the world to affable, indolent Bertie Wooster and his precise, capable valet, Jeeves. Some of the finest examples of humorous writing found in English literature are woven around the relationship between these two men of very different classes and temperaments. Where Bertie is impetuous and feeble, Jeeves is coolheaded and poised.
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Something Fresh
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cecil
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 406
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 368
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 368
The one thing that could be expected to disturb the peace of life at Blandings is the incursion of imposters. Blandings has imposters like other houses have mice. On this occasion there are two of them--both intent on a dangerous enterprise.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Story. Well Read. but. . .
- By Heather on 10-29-13
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Heavy Weather
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
- Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 94
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 65
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 64
Galahad Threepwood is causing scandal again...this time by deciding to NOT publish his potentially humiliating high-society memoirs. His decision causes rifts in the ranks at castle Blandings and all involved split into three camps: those who want the book suppressed, those who want it published, and those, who for some reason or another, that have been sent to steal it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hilarious - and this is a really good reading, too
- By Sarah on 01-30-09
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Jack London - The Collection
- By: Jack London
- Narrated by: Josh Smith, Brian Kelly, Sean Murphy, and others
- Length: 77 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance2.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2
In this collection you will find: White Fang, The Call of the Wild, The Valley of the Moon, The Scarlet Plague, Martin Eden, Before Adam, The Iron Heel, The Sea Wolf, The Game, The Faith of Men.
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4 out of 5 stars
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This is a great buy
- By Stanley Lippman on 02-20-19
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A Pelican at Blandings
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 43
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 32
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 30
The usual suspects, including Lord Emsworth and his prize pig, the Empress, line up at Blandings Castle for a Wodehousian caper that sees members of the upper-classes getting hot and bothered over a nude painting they all want to get their hands on. This is wit at its very finest, read by one of our superlative actors, who reads Wodehouse with the requisite style and panache.
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5 out of 5 stars
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P G Wodehouse is always delightful
- By Christopher J. Albertyn on 12-05-11
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The People of the Abyss
- By: Jack London
- Narrated by: Sean Murphy
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Jack London lived for a time within the grim and grimy world of the East End of London, where half a million people scraped together hardly enough on which to survive. Even if they were able to work, they were paid only enough to allow them a pitiful existence. He grew to know and empathise with these forgotten (or ignored) people as he spoke with them and tasted the workhouse, life on the streets, and the food, which was cheap, barely nutritious, and foul.
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A Damsel in Distress
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cecil
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 34
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Story5 out of 5 stars 34
When Maud Marsh flings herself into George Bevan's cab in Piccadilly, he starts believing in damsels in distress. George traces his mysterious traveling companion to Belpher Castle, home of Lord Marshmoreton, where things become severely muddled. Maud's aunt, Lady Caroline Byng, wants Maud to marry Reggie, her stepson. Maud, meanwhile, is known to be in love with an unknown American she met in Wales. So when George turns up speaking American, a nasty case of mistaken identity breaks out.
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5 out of 5 stars
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frothy fun<br />
- By Christopher E. Reid on 06-22-18
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The House of the Dead
- By: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Narrated by: James O'Connell
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
"The House of the Dead" is a novel published in 1861 by Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky, which portrays the life of convicts in a Siberian prison camp. Dostoyevsky himself spent four years in exile in such a camp following his conviction for involvement in the Petrashevsky Circle. This experience allowed him to describe with great authenticity the conditions of prison life and the characters of the convicts.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing non fiction
- By Ashraf Abaza on 02-08-19
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Stephen Fry’s Victorian Secrets
- An Audible Original
- By: John Woolf, Nick Baker
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11,995
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 11,041
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Story4 out of 5 stars 10,994
On the surface, the Victorian age is one of propriety, industry, prudishness and piety. But scratch the surface and you’ll find scandal, sadism, sex, madness, malice and murder. Presented by Stephen Fry, this series delves deep into a period of time we think we know, to discover an altogether darker reality. The stories we’re told offer a different perspective on an era which underwent massive social change. As education, trade, technology and culture blossomed, why was there an undercurrent of the ‘forbidden’ festering beneath Victorian society?
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3 out of 5 stars
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Please, have mercy and cut out the sound effects
- By Areader on 11-29-18
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Service with a Smile
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
- Length: 4 hrs and 53 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 18
The debonair Uncle Fred makes a welcome return to Blandings, where plotting and confusion is rife. Blackmail, sabotage, jilted lovers and pigs under threat of kidnap all feature largely, making this hilarious instalment in the Blandings series irresistible to fans and newcomers alike. The story sees lovely debutante Myra Schoonmaker unhappily ensconced in Blandings at the insistence of Lady Constance Keeble, who objects to Myra’s entanglement with curate Bill Bailey.
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Galahad at Blandings
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
- Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 52
A major mix-up at Blandings Castle, in which Galahad introduces yet another imposter to Lord Emsworth's residence and the Empress of Blandings gets sloshed in her sty. Formidable comic characters designed to interrupt Lord Emsworth's peace include his overbearing sister Lady Hermione Wedge who comes complete her own meddling secretary, and Dame Daphne Winkworth who has her eye on becoming the next Countess. As ever the stage is set for Gally to try and restore order to the ensuing chaos!
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Corker
- By Fraser Pearce on 02-11-13
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The Canterville Ghost [Classic Tales Edition]
- By: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: B. J. Harrison
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 465
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 408
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 407
The ghost that haunts Canterville Chase has built a marvelous career of midnight haunting. But when an American family moves in, they simply have no respect for permanent bloodstains, nightmarish chains, or ancient legends. They even throw pillows at him.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Oscar Wilde's Humor Deserves to be Lingered Over
- By Amazon Customer on 04-22-17
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The Making of a Marchioness
- By: Frances Hodgson-Burnett
- Narrated by: Lucy Scott
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 287
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 256
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Story4 out of 5 stars 260
Frances Hodgson Burnett published The Making of a Marchioness in 1901. She had written Little Lord Fauntleroy 15 years before and would write The Secret Garden in 10 years' time; it is these two books for which she is best known. Yet Marchioness was one of Nancy Mitford's favourite books, was considered 'the best novel Mrs Hodgson Burnett wrote' by Marghanita Laski, and is taught on a university course in America together with novels such as Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, and Daisy Miller.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Sweet Romantic Tale
- By Curatina on 11-23-11
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The Man Who Would Be King [Classic Tales Edition]
- By: Rudyard Kipling
- Narrated by: B. J. Harrison
- Length: 1 hr and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 144
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 129
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Story4 out of 5 stars 128
Through the sands of the scalding deserts of India, two loafing vagabonds follow a half-scribbled map, heading for a land they hope to conquer.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good classic listen.
- By M. E. Donnelly on 03-20-17
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An Outcast of the Islands
- By: Joseph Conrad
- Narrated by: Mark Mcnamara
- Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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"An Outcast of the Islands" is the second novel by Joseph Conrad, published in 1896, inspired by Conrad's experience as mate of a steamer, the Vigar. The novel details the undoing of Peter Willems, a disreputable, immoral man who, on the run from a scandal in Makassar, finds refuge in a hidden native village, only to betray his benefactors over lust for the tribal chief's daughter. The story features Conrad's recurring character Tom Lingard, who also appears in Almayer's Folly (1895) and The Rescue (1920), in addition to sharing other characters with those novels.
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The Wisdom of Father Brown
- By: G. K. Chesterton
- Narrated by: Josh Smith
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance1.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story2 out of 5 stars 3
"The Wisdom of Father Brown" is the second book in the series of cases involving the eccentric yet competent detective. Invented by renowned author, essayist and journalist G. K. Chesterton, Father Brown is an amateur sleuth whose day job involves preaching to his congregation at church. Chesterton himself was a committed Christian who wrote volumes of essays and fiction surrounding faith and spirituality, and would base his Father Brown stories upon a priest - Father John O'Connor - he himself knew.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Don't buy the audible. Get the book.... I think
- By GrandmaRoot on 01-13-19
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Martin Eden
- By: Jack London
- Narrated by: Sean Murphy
- Length: 14 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Smitten with a beautiful and cultivated young woman, a bright but uncultured sailor determines to better himself intellectually and socially. Martin Eden turns his attention and energy from drinking and brawling to an aggressive pursuit of self-education through reading. Martin's determined striving leads to a resolve to become a writer himself, but his success comes at the price of disillusionment, leaving him stranded between his proletariat origins and the bourgeois world.
Publisher's Summary
This title includes not only the entire audiobook of Right Ho, Jeeves, but also all of the P.G. Wodehouse titles in the current Classic Tales library. It also includes a Jeeves short story only available in the collection: "Extricating Young Gussie". The complete running time is over 15 hours. Here is a list of the titles: "Leave It To Jeeves", "Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest", "The Aunt and the Sluggard", "Death at the Excelsior", "Jeeves and the Hard-Boiled Egg", "Jeeves in the Springtime", "The Man Upstairs", "Jeeves and the Chump Cyril", "Jeeves Takes Charge", "Deep Waters", "The Man Who Disliked Cats", "Extricating Young Gussie", and Right Ho, Jeeves (the unabridged novel - seven hours in length). All titles have been remastered, and have never sounded better!
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- Chris
- 11-28-16
No good to English ears
Can't tell whether the narrator is American or Scottish or what but the English accent is nowhere near right for these characters.
Why Audible can't make British performances of British books available is beyond me.
32 of 33 people found this review helpful
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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- K Bell
- 11-05-16
Don't buy this version of the wonderful Wodehouse stories
These are wonderful stories but this is the worst ever reading of them. The accent I'd ask wrong... Surely Bertie had to have an upper class London accent. And as for Jeeves, somehow his witty, ironic lines have become stiff and humourless. I love these stories and tried hard to persevere but had to abandon this recording a third of the way through. Just dreadful. Probably spoiled by the wonderful reasons by Martin Jarvis, but even without that comparison, this reading is just all wrong. Horrible.
35 of 37 people found this review helpful
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-28-16
Frustrating and distracting, the confused accents!
I'm a huge Wodehouse fan, but it is torture listening to this narration. B. J. Harrison can't seem to make up his mind about the accents, and his Jeeves is a flat, monotonous attempt at copying Stephen Fry's Jeeves from the t.v. series with Hugh Laurie.
I find myself so distracted by the ever changing accents, especially the random American pronunciations that keep appearing, that I can't focus on the stories. I am not sure I'll be able to stomach fifteen hours of this.
Don't waste your credits or your time with this one!
21 of 22 people found this review helpful
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- scrapper
- 12-30-16
Reader gets a LOT of words wrong
this is an OK selection, not a great one, and the reader leaves a great deal to be desired.
9 of 9 people found this review helpful
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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- Helena
- 10-25-16
Disappointing
American narrator!! Dreadful fake accent. P.G. Warehouse fans look away! What a waste of money.
13 of 14 people found this review helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Julia
- 05-06-14
I Love P.G. Wodehouse
This is a funny collection of stories by British writer P.G. Wodehouse. Many of them deal with a ridiculous English aristocrat and his "man" called Jeeves. This is where the statement "Ask Jeeves" must have come from. There are additional stories, but I found the humor mounting higher and higher in the Jeeves stories particularly.
The stories are hilarious and the reader does them justice. All in all, a great group of stories.
12 of 15 people found this review helpful
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- Katharine
- 08-27-14
Just What the Doctor Ordered
Any additional comments?
I love P. G. Wodehouse's writing so much that I didn't think it possible to enjoy it more. B.J. Harrison proved me wrong. His narration and voice acting increased my enjoyment of of these stories exponentially. He brought them to life in such an engaging and realistic way I that felt as if I were a fly on the wall of Bertie Wooster's flat. This was the first audio book I downloaded during a horrible migraine in which I could not read or watch T.V. and had to ensconce myself in a darkened room. P. G. Wodehouse and B. J. Harrison somehow managed to make me laugh through the pain. Literally a lifesaver.
6 of 8 people found this review helpful
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- Robert Mahowald
- 12-20-18
Great place to start
If you’re not sure where to start with Wodehouse, look no further. This well read and thoroughly entertaining audiobook is perfect light reading that has held up for almost a hundred years. If there’s still a doubt in your mind, just ask Jeeves.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
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- Kathi
- 06-05-14
Great narration of PG Wodehouse!
It is hard to think of the tradition of British Manners without imagining the delightful fun of Bertie Wooster and his man Jeeves. I think I've read or heard them all (as well as enjoyed Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie doing their hilarious TV rendition) but like most classic comedy, they don't ever get old. This offering of a collection of their stories is very well read by BJ Harrison, and I like that it could be listened to here and there, without necessarily having to hear each story in order. They are each funny alone, or if you go from start to finish.
If you somehow don't know the author and the characters, Wodehouse is having a bit of fun at the expense of the aristocracy during the time when British social rules directed every action, sometimes to the point of absurdity. Wodehouse must have loved creating Bertie Wooster, a young man with too much money and almost no common sense, who lives (with all his friends) within this system, and is such a social nitwit, that he cannot rely on his own resources to see him through any escapade he gets himself into. So it is Jeeves, his valet, who is the intelligent, wise and ultimately clever enough person to extricate him from his pickles (from behind the scenes).
To me all these stories are laugh out loud funny (I mean in general) and BJ Harrison does the two main characters beautifully. He reads Jeeves with subtle, drole restraint and does Wooster with just enough inflection to portray him as perpetually muddle-minded, though by no means stupid. It can be easy to overdo either of them, but Harrison is pitch-perfect. If you are seeking the silly side of "Downton Abbey," give Wodehouse a try. This particular collection opens with their America visit, but includes a variety of the classic characters and situations. Highly recommend.
12 of 18 people found this review helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Ken Brosky
- 03-23-15
Awesome
Fantastic series. The narration of the Jeeves stories is perfect for the character of Bertie Wooster. I didn't get into the other stories not about Jeeves but I refuse to let that lower the score. I bought this for the Jeeves stories and I wasn't disappointed.
3 of 5 people found this review helpful
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- Lorraine
- 02-02-14
Terrible narration
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
Bertie Wooster is as English as they come but this is narrated with an American accent! Extremely disappointing and a waste of money.
What didn’t you like about B. J. Harrison’s performance?
This book should not be read with an American accent!
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
Disappointment
17 of 18 people found this review helpful
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- P. S. Young
- 01-09-15
Really bad.
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
I couldn't get past the first 3 minutes. I know the stories are great - I've read them before. But this reading is dreadful.
What didn’t you like about B. J. Harrison’s performance?
The reader is clearly an american trying to put on an English accent and failing miserably - rather like Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins.
Any additional comments?
Don't buy it. Look for a reading by an natural English voice.
If there was any way I could get my money back I would ask for it.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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- M. Cooney
- 02-11-17
Ignore this collection
Would you try another book written by P. G. Wodehouse or narrated by B. J. Harrison?
Not at all... if the author was english. BJ Harrison does not understand the English language written by an English Author. It is so annoying that I had to stop playing this as I kept getting angry at the inability to pronounce names of people. Take Chiswick.... an american will say... Chis Wick which is NOT right... Chisick is how this is pronounced. There are many errors like this and also... an american trying to do the english accent is just not pleasant to my ears. An american person probably would not know the difference. If there is an american author that BJ Harrison has done I would be interested... just not an english one.
Who was your favorite character and why?
Jeeves and Wooster
What didn’t you like about B. J. Harrison’s performance?
trying to do an English accent and mis pronounce the English names and places.
If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from The P.G. Wodehouse Collection?
the whole book unless it was done by a native english speaker
Any additional comments?
unhappy i have bought it. I was on a long 12 hour drive and had it on for some time and it just made me more and more upset.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
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- Robyn
- 06-16-18
Funny stuff
Exceptionally well written. Great stories that are very witty. Well read. Great use of the English language.
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- Jaswant Jonnada
- 06-15-18
Awesome comedy
Liked it a lot. You will have a hearty laugh. Harrison also did a great job.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 04-04-18
Reader's British accent awful
can I have my money back? Most disappointed at narration. in the cemetery where Wodehouse is buried his fellow residents must be calling him spinning Wodehouse as he surely must be spinning in his grave if he's heard this narration.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Marzena J
- 08-19-17
Love Bertie Wooster!
A mix of stories from P.G. Wodehouse including some fun Jeeves ones of course. Read beautifully and lots of laughs to be had.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Alison
- 06-14-16
Excellent
I started with misgivings on hearing an American accent (albeit slight) but soon became totally enthralled and have since searched for more books narrated by Mr Harrison. Love his work.