Reviews of Classic Audio Books

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

Charlie and The Chocolate Factory

Author: Roald Dahl

Reader: Eric Idle

Short Review: Dahl’s award-winning children’s book read wonderfully by Eric Idle.

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Beowulf, translated by Seamus Heaney

 Beowulf, translated by Seamus Heaney  Translator: Seamus Heaney  Reader: George Guidall  Short Review: Heaney’s excellent translation read well, though not perfectly, by Guidall.  Long Review: You know already whether or not you want to listed to Beowulf as an audiobook. There are those of us who perk right up at the thought of listening to [...]

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The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood

Short Review: Margaret Atwood’s retelling of a portion of The Odyssey in Penelope’s voice, her contribution to the Canongate Myth Series, read by Laurel Merlington.

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The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper

Author: James Fenimore Cooper
Read by: Robertson Dean

Short Review: A beautifully-read version of a book I don’t actually like very much.

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Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson

Housekeeping: A Novel

Author: Marilynne Robinson

Read by: Becket Royce

Short Review: Robinson’s prize-winning, gorgeous, intricate novel about women and the fragility of family, and of sanity, and the need to create and maintain a sense of home, no matter what happens. It is read well, if not perfectly, by Beckett Royce.

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Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Lolita
Author: Vladimir Nabokov
Read by: Jeremy Irons

Short Review: Nabokov’s beautifully-written, disturbing story of a pedophile’s love for a young girl, read by the inimitable Jeremy Irons.

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