The Spoken Word: British Writers, 3-CD Set (British Library - British Library Sound Archive)

The Spoken Word: British Writers, 3-CD Set (British Library - British Library Sound Archive)
by The British Library

The Spoken Word: British Writers, 3-CD Set (British Library - British Library Sound Archive)
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Book Summary Information

Author: The British Library
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Format: Abridged, Audiobook, CD
Published: 2008-12-15
ISBN: 0712305416
Publisher: British Library

Book Reviews of The Spoken Word: British Writers, 3-CD Set (British Library - British Library Sound Archive)

Book Review: The Spoken Word - a collection of authors
Summary: 5 Stars

For the benefit of those who'd like to order this, here's the lineup:

The Spoken Word: British Writers

Disc One
1. Arthur Conan Doyle
2. Arthur Machen
3. Baroness Emmuska (`Emma') Orczy
4. Rudyard Kipling
5. Algernon Blackwood
6. W Somerset Maugham
7. G K Chesterton
8. E M Forster
9. P G Wodehouse
10. Virginia Woolf

Disc Two
1. J R R Tolkien
2. Rebecca West
3. Aldous Huxley
4. J B Priestley
5. Noel Coward
6. Evelyn Waugh
7. Graham Greene
8. Nancy Mitford
9. C P Snow

Disc Three
1. Daphne du Maurier
2. Ian Fleming
3. William Golding
4. Angus Wilson
5. Anthony Burgess
6. Muriel Spark
7. Doris Lessing
8. Harold Pinter
9. J G Ballard
10. John le Carré
11. Joe Orton

Summary of The Spoken Word: British Writers, 3-CD Set (British Library - British Library Sound Archive)

This three-CD boxed set of recordings documents some of the twentieth-century?s most emulated and admired literary figures and continues the traditions of excellence evidenced by the American edition. Now devoted readers can hear extremely rare clips of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle speaking; Rudyard Kipling giving a speech; Virginia Woolf speaking on craftsmanship; John le Carré being interviewed; W. Somerset Maugham reading from A Writer?s Notebook; William Golding discussing his novels; and E. M. Forster, Evelyn Waugh, Graham Greene, and J. R. R. Tolkien, among others, delivering prepared talks. Comprising largely previously unavailable material, this collection provides an unparalleled opportunity to listen to some of the greatest figures of modern British literature, all brought to you in one definitive audio collection.

 

Details: Three CDs plus booklet, running time approximately 214 minutes.

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