Talking Classics: She, by H. Rider Haggard; read by Steven Pacey
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
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There's an excellent BBC dramatisation of this adventure story on the channel already, which I highly recommend. However, it's always good to back to the author's original words so here's an abridged reading of the novel.
I got this reading back in the mid-1990s from a fortnightly magazine called 'Talking Classics'. Each issue came with a cover-mounted double-CD with a reading of a classic novel. Frankly, some books survived abridgement a lot better than others, but more often than not the result was a very enjoyable representation of the original story - especially when read by a skilled actor...
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I agree with your comments on radio drama v reading......Both can be highly
enjoyable but the pleasure of hearing the author's own words in sinuous but
elegant Edwardian English adds immeasurably to the enjoyment . ?
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Wonderful story!
I've also got a BBC radio dramatisation of the story on the channel, which is very good. In retrospect the character of She Who Must Be Obeyed is very influential, though - apparently J.R.R. Tolkien partly based Galadriel on her...
Great stuff. Pacey is an amazing narrator.
He also stars in and narrates the play 'Black Bartlemy's Treasure' (and it's sequel) which I've got on the channel. That's an adventure story featuring pirates and swordfights etc, and Pacey does a great job as the hero.