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The Charles Dickens BBC Radio Drama Collection: The Later Years

Eight BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisations

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The Charles Dickens BBC Radio Drama Collection: The Later Years

By: Charles Dickens
Narrated by: Robert Glenister, Robert Lindsay, Ian Holm, Kenneth Cranham, Sir Ian McKellen, Alison Steadman, Geraldine McEwan, Andrew Scott
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Enthralling radio dramatisations of eight of Charles Dickens' much-loved novels.

Charles Dickens is one of the most renowned authors of all time, and this second digital volume of the dramatised canon of his work includes eight of his classic novels.

This collection includes the epic masterpiece David Copperfield, described by Dickens as his 'favourite child'; suspenseful mystery Bleak House; Dickens' most openly political novel, Hard Times; and Little Dorrit, a sweeping tale of imprisonment, poverty and riches. Also included are A Tale of Two Cities, set during the French Revolution; coming-of-age novel Great Expectations; sweeping satire of wealth and corruption Our Mutual Friend; and Dickens' final, unfinished story, The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

With a star cast including Robert Glenister, Robert Lindsay, Honeysuckle Weeks, Kenneth Cranham, Sir Ian McKellen, Alison Steadman, Geraldine McEwan, Andrew Scott and Ian Holm, these radio adaptations bring Dickens' imaginative world to colourful, captivating life.

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All the adaptations are really superbly done, extremely enjoyable and a great access point for Dickens. The indexing ous non existent but dont let this put you off, the performances far outweigh any minor index niggles.

Superb

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Drama, humour, tragedy and romance. Executed to a high standard by a great, classical cast.

A Great, Traditional Listen

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Probably the best way to experience the novels of Charles Dickens.
I have always found Dickens difficult to read, some of his books are overly long and tedious in my opinion, so the dramatisations are much better for me personally.
Superb performances from all of the cast. I especially enjoyed David Copperfield, Little Dorrit, Great Expectations, and Our Mutual Friend. The others were alright and passed the time satisfactorily enough.

Classic Dickens.

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The first book i enjoyed. The next book carries on as if it's the same story. There are no introductions this got a little confusing but I did enjoy listening to this collection

It is such a great pity that there is no proper separation between the books.

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very enjoyable but the lack of index and proper/ consistent use of chapters spoilt it.

very good but for the indexing or lack of

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Bliss for ears over a couple days listening
The cast reading are professional, all our best actors who enjoy the words
Warm witty clever
Dickens words acted beautifully

Absolute ear candy

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I have a free A-Z address book on my kindle and have noted the chapter numbers so that when I want to listen to a particular book again, I know exactly where to go. A previous reviewer has completed this for me as I am only half way through.

Excellent listening

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Consistently high production values, excellent editing, slick casting. Edwin Drood stood out particularly; menace, texture and suspense plus an swaggering, intense performance by Holm. Special mention also for a roistering turn by Alison Steadman in 'A tale of two cities' all that is good about the BBC is showcased herein.

Polish and flair

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Great audiobook, great performances that I enjoyed very much.

That being said, the lack of an index is hugely confusing. There is no way of knowing which chapter relates to which book. I've taken the liberty to outline it below:

1-20 David Copperfield
21-25 Bleak House
26-30 Hard Times
31 -34 Little Dorrit
35-39 A Tale of Two Cities
40-45 Great Expectations
46-65 Our Mutual Friend
66-70 The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Great audiobook, needs an index!

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Great actors reading the various parts. The characters are so much more enjoyable in the radio performances.

Brilliant!!

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