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Title details for Short Stories by Roland Huntford - Available

Short Stories

The Timeless Collection

by Roland Huntford
Tim Pigott-Smith
Audiobook
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92 of 92 copies available
This collection contains: "Idle Thoughts on Babies" - Written by Jerome K. Jerome, read by Hugh Laurie; "The Schartz-Meterklume Method" - Written by Saki, read by Maimie McCoy; "A Photographer's Day Out" - Written by Lewis Carroll, read by Nigel Hawthorne; "Gentlemen and Players" - Written by E.W. Hornung - read by Nigel Planer; "Mrs. Amworth" - Written by E.F. Benson, read by Richard Pasco; "Timber" - Written by John Galsworthy, read by Patrick Malahide; "Into The Sun" - Written by Robert Duncan Milne, read by Nicky Henson"; and much more.

  • Creators

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    March 27, 2023

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781907416576
      • File size: 222070 KB
      • Duration: 07:42:38

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Text Difficulty: 6-12

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      August 31, 2009
      Huntford's chronicle of the rivalry between the United Kingdom's Robert Scott and Norway's Roald Amundsen to become the first explorer to reach the South Pole, poses a substantial challenge for adaptation into the audio format. The narrative presents events in a third-person expository fashion, offering precious few opportunities for dialogue among the real-life characters. American listeners may consider Tim Pigott-Smith's British accent distracting, while others might enjoy it as a relevant bit of flair. The story contains plenty of inherent drama, but the abridgment seems to veer off course in the concluding sections, as the long-term legacies of the two polar pioneers is rather rushed. A Modern Library paperback.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Text Difficulty:6-12

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