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Author: Leo Tolstoy
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Author Leo Tolstoy
Narrator Edward Petherbridge
Duration 4h 47m
Set against the epic backdrop of the Napoleonic wars and inspired by Tolstoy's own family history, War and Peace is expertly interpreted by Edward Petherbridge who brilliantly defines the varied and different characters that people this celebrated classic.
View BookAuthor: William Thackeray
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Author William Thackeray
Narrator Edward Petherbridge
Duration 2h 22m
Becky Sharpe will stop at nothing to increase her social standing, could anything get in her way? Becky Sharp is one of literature's most important and controversial characters; born into the lower classes, she must rely on her wit and guile and sexuality to master regent society. Neither friendship nor trust can even abate Becky's desire to climb...
View BookAuthor: L. P. Hartley
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Author L. P. Hartley
Narrator Edward Petherbridge
Duration 9h 40m
Leo's summer visit to a friend at Brandham Hall introduces him to the landed gentry, the privileges they have assumed, and the strict social behaviors which guide their everyday lives. Bored and wanting to be helpful when his friend falls ill, Leo agrees to be a messenger carrying letters between Marian, his host's sister, and Ted Burgess, her secr...
View BookAuthor: Jill Paton Walsh
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Author Jill Paton Walsh
Narrator Edward Petherbridge
Duration 9h 19m
'A Presumption of Death' tells the story of how the Second World War changed the lives of Peter, Harriet and their growing family. The story opens in 1940. Harriet Vane - now Lady Peter Wimsey - has taken her children to safety in the country. But the war has followed them: glamorous RAF pilots and even more glamorous land-girls scandalise the vill...
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