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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/531301 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Great Gatsby (Unabridged) Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald Narrator: John H Fehskens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 17 minutes Release date: July 6, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.53 of Total 36 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: Enter the glamour and decadence of the Jazz Age with 'The Great Gatsby (Unabridged Version)', F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic tale of love, aspiration, and disillusionment in 1920s America. Beautifully narrated, this audiobook presents a vivid and memorable picture of life during one of the most vibrant and tumultuous periods in American history. With exceptional clarity and precision, the narrator brings to life the novel's vibrant characters, each brimming with hopes, dreams, and haunting regrets. Every word is skillfully articulated, immersing you in the mysterious world of Jay Gatsby, a man who devoted everything to the pursuit of an ideal. The crisp, clear voice enhances Fitzgerald’s elegantly crafted prose, drawing you further into the glamorous, yet shallow world Gatsby inhabits. This unabridged version remains true to Fitzgerald's original text, allowing you to experience every twist and turn as it was meant to be. The exquisite narration gives a new depth to this timeless story, engaging listeners with its sincerity and authenticity. From the opulent parties on Long Island's North Shore to the desperate underbelly of New York City, this audio journey delivers the ultimate 'Great Gatsby' experience. Rediscover the novel that defined a generation, painting a scathing critique of the American dream and the relentless pursuit of wealth and status. Indulge in 'The Great Gatsby (Unabridged Version)' and explore the intoxicating allure of the American dream and its ultimate cost. This immersive audio experience is not just a journey into the past, but a mirror held up to our own time.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/531301 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Great Gatsby (Unabridged) Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald Narrator: John H Fehskens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 17 minutes Release date: July 6, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.53 of Total 36 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: Enter the glamour and decadence of the Jazz Age with 'The Great Gatsby (Unabridged Version)', F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic tale of love, aspiration, and disillusionment in 1920s America. Beautifully narrated, this audiobook presents a vivid and memorable picture of life during one of the most vibrant and tumultuous periods in American history. With exceptional clarity and precision, the narrator brings to life the novel's vibrant characters, each brimming with hopes, dreams, and haunting regrets. Every word is skillfully articulated, immersing you in the mysterious world of Jay Gatsby, a man who devoted everything to the pursuit of an ideal. The crisp, clear voice enhances Fitzgerald’s elegantly crafted prose, drawing you further into the glamorous, yet shallow world Gatsby inhabits. This unabridged version remains true to Fitzgerald's original text, allowing you to experience every twist and turn as it was meant to be. The exquisite narration gives a new depth to this timeless story, engaging listeners with its sincerity and authenticity. From the opulent parties on Long Island's North Shore to the desperate underbelly of New York City, this audio journey delivers the ultimate 'Great Gatsby' experience. Rediscover the novel that defined a generation, painting a scathing critique of the American dream and the relentless pursuit of wealth and status. Indulge in 'The Great Gatsby (Unabridged Version)' and explore the intoxicating allure of the American dream and its ultimate cost. This immersive audio experience is not just a journey into the past, but a mirror held up to our own time.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/533044 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Cuppa Tea and an Aspirin Author: Helen Forrester Narrator: Lizzie Hopley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 49 minutes Release date: November 10, 2022 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: Timeless family drama from the best-selling author of Tuppence to Cross the Mersey. With over 3 million copies sold around the world, Helen Forrester’s heart-warming and gripping fiction, set in Liverpool during the Depression, continues to move readers. Life in a Liverpool tenement block is a grim struggle for Martha Connelly, who works hard every day to protect her family from hunger and disease. When rumours of war reach the neighbourhood in 1938, it becomes clear that life will soon be changed forever. As tough as it is, this is the life that Martha knows and loves — she’ll fight not to lose it, but will she succeed? Despite their troubles, the community is full of warmth and support from friends and neighbours. Through hardships and small triumphs, they’ll strive to survive together.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/533044 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Cuppa Tea and an Aspirin Author: Helen Forrester Narrator: Lizzie Hopley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 49 minutes Release date: November 10, 2022 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: Timeless family drama from the best-selling author of Tuppence to Cross the Mersey. With over 3 million copies sold around the world, Helen Forrester’s heart-warming and gripping fiction, set in Liverpool during the Depression, continues to move readers. Life in a Liverpool tenement block is a grim struggle for Martha Connelly, who works hard every day to protect her family from hunger and disease. When rumours of war reach the neighbourhood in 1938, it becomes clear that life will soon be changed forever. As tough as it is, this is the life that Martha knows and loves — she’ll fight not to lose it, but will she succeed? Despite their troubles, the community is full of warmth and support from friends and neighbours. Through hardships and small triumphs, they’ll strive to survive together.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/533224 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blind Owl Author: Sadeq Hedayat Narrator: Sassan Tabatabai, Ramiz Monsef Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 25 minutes Release date: April 12, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: A new English translation of one of the most important, controversial Iranian novels of the twentieth century Winner of the 2023 Lois Roth Persian Translation Award A Penguin Classic Written by one of the greatest Iranian writers of the twentieth century, Blind Owl tells a two-part story of an isolated narrator with a fragile relationship with time and reality. In first person, the narrator offers a string of hazy, dreamlike recollections fueled by opium and alcohol. He spends time painting the exact same scene on the covers of pen cases: an old man wearing a cape and turban sitting under a cypress tree, separated by a small stream from a beautiful woman in black who offers him a water lily. In a one-page transition, the reader finds the narrator covered in blood and waiting for the police to arrest him. In part two, readers glimpse the grim realities that unlock the mysteries of the first part. In a new translation that reflects Hedayat’s conversational, confessional tone, Blind Owl joins the ranks of classics by Edgar Allan Poe, Franz Kafka, and Fyodor Dostoyevsky that explore the dark recesses of the human psyche.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/533226 to listen full audiobooks. Title: People from Bloomington Author: Budi Darma Narrator: Emiko Susilo, Reynaldo Piniella, Langston Darby, Eric Sharp, Nathan Agin, Tiffany Tsao, Chris Andrew Ciulla, Sunil Malhotra, Mark Bramhall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 28 minutes Release date: April 12, 2022 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: Winner of the 2023 PEN Translation Prize Winner of the 2023 NSW Premier’s Translation Prize An eerie, alienating, yet comic and profoundly sympathetic short story collection about Americans in America by one of Indonesia’s most prominent writers, now in an English translation for its fortieth anniversary, with a foreword by Intan Paramaditha A Penguin Classic In these seven stories of People from Bloomington, our peculiar narrators find themselves in the most peculiar of circumstances and encounter the most peculiar of people. Set in Bloomington, Indiana, where the author lived as a graduate student in the 1970s, this is far from the idyllic portrait of small-town America. Rather, sectioned into apartment units and rented rooms, and gridded by long empty streets and distances traversable only by car, it’s a place where the solitary can all too easily remain solitary; where people can at once be obsessively curious about others, yet fail to form genuine connections with anyone. The characters feel their loneliness acutely and yet deliberately estrange others. Budi Darma paints a realist world portrayed through an absurdist frame, morbid and funny at the same time. For decades, Budi Darma has influenced and inspired many writers, artists, filmmakers, and readers in Indonesia, yet his stories transcend time and place. With The People from Bloomington, Budi Darma draws us to a universality recognized by readers around the world—the cruelty of life and the difficulties that people face in relating to one another while negotiating their own identities. The stories are not about “strangeness” in the sense of culture, race, and nationality. Instead, they are a statement about how everyone, regardless of nationality or race, is strange, and subject to the same tortures, suspicions, yearnings, and peculiarities of the mind.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/533224 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blind Owl Author: Sadeq Hedayat Narrator: Sassan Tabatabai, Ramiz Monsef Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 25 minutes Release date: April 12, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: A new English translation of one of the most important, controversial Iranian novels of the twentieth century Winner of the 2023 Lois Roth Persian Translation Award A Penguin Classic Written by one of the greatest Iranian writers of the twentieth century, Blind Owl tells a two-part story of an isolated narrator with a fragile relationship with time and reality. In first person, the narrator offers a string of hazy, dreamlike recollections fueled by opium and alcohol. He spends time painting the exact same scene on the covers of pen cases: an old man wearing a cape and turban sitting under a cypress tree, separated by a small stream from a beautiful woman in black who offers him a water lily. In a one-page transition, the reader finds the narrator covered in blood and waiting for the police to arrest him. In part two, readers glimpse the grim realities that unlock the mysteries of the first part. In a new translation that reflects Hedayat’s conversational, confessional tone, Blind Owl joins the ranks of classics by Edgar Allan Poe, Franz Kafka, and Fyodor Dostoyevsky that explore the dark recesses of the human psyche.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/533226 to listen full audiobooks. Title: People from Bloomington Author: Budi Darma Narrator: Emiko Susilo, Reynaldo Piniella, Langston Darby, Eric Sharp, Nathan Agin, Tiffany Tsao, Chris Andrew Ciulla, Sunil Malhotra, Mark Bramhall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 28 minutes Release date: April 12, 2022 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: Winner of the 2023 PEN Translation Prize Winner of the 2023 NSW Premier’s Translation Prize An eerie, alienating, yet comic and profoundly sympathetic short story collection about Americans in America by one of Indonesia’s most prominent writers, now in an English translation for its fortieth anniversary, with a foreword by Intan Paramaditha A Penguin Classic In these seven stories of People from Bloomington, our peculiar narrators find themselves in the most peculiar of circumstances and encounter the most peculiar of people. Set in Bloomington, Indiana, where the author lived as a graduate student in the 1970s, this is far from the idyllic portrait of small-town America. Rather, sectioned into apartment units and rented rooms, and gridded by long empty streets and distances traversable only by car, it’s a place where the solitary can all too easily remain solitary; where people can at once be obsessively curious about others, yet fail to form genuine connections with anyone. The characters feel their loneliness acutely and yet deliberately estrange others. Budi Darma paints a realist world portrayed through an absurdist frame, morbid and funny at the same time. For decades, Budi Darma has influenced and inspired many writers, artists, filmmakers, and readers in Indonesia, yet his stories transcend time and place. With The People from Bloomington, Budi Darma draws us to a universality recognized by readers around the world—the cruelty of life and the difficulties that people face in relating to one another while negotiating their own identities. The stories are not about “strangeness” in the sense of culture, race, and nationality. Instead, they are a statement about how everyone, regardless of nationality or race, is strange, and subject to the same tortures, suspicions, yearnings, and peculiarities of the mind.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/533236 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gospel Singer Author: Harry Crews Narrator: Matt Godfrey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 26 minutes Release date: March 15, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: “Harry Crews is magnificently twisted and brutally funny.” - Carl Hiaasen A Penguin Classic   Golden-haired, with the voice of an angel and a reputation as a healer, the Gospel Singer appeared on the cover of LIFE and brought thousands to their knees in Carnegie Hall. But for all his fame, he is a man in mortal torment that drives him back to his obscure and wretched hometown of Enigma, Georgia. But by the time his Cadillac pulls into Enigma, he discovers an old friend is being held at tenuous bay from a lynch mob. As Harry Crews’s first novel unfolds, the Gospel Singer is forced to give way to his torment, and in doing so he reveals to the believers who have gathered at his feet just how little he is God’s man, and how much he has contributed to the corruption of each of them.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/533236 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gospel Singer Author: Harry Crews Narrator: Matt Godfrey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 26 minutes Release date: March 15, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: “Harry Crews is magnificently twisted and brutally funny.” - Carl Hiaasen A Penguin Classic   Golden-haired, with the voice of an angel and a reputation as a healer, the Gospel Singer appeared on the cover of LIFE and brought thousands to their knees in Carnegie Hall. But for all his fame, he is a man in mortal torment that drives him back to his obscure and wretched hometown of Enigma, Georgia. But by the time his Cadillac pulls into Enigma, he discovers an old friend is being held at tenuous bay from a lynch mob. As Harry Crews’s first novel unfolds, the Gospel Singer is forced to give way to his torment, and in doing so he reveals to the believers who have gathered at his feet just how little he is God’s man, and how much he has contributed to the corruption of each of them.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/531839 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Arsène Lupin Versus Herlock Sholmes Series: #2 of The Adventures of Arsène Lupin Author: Maurice Leblanc Narrator: Mark Meadows Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 1 minute Release date: March 8, 2022 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: Gentleman thief Arsène Lupin is noted as one of the most successful burglars in the world. What happens when he goes head to head with Herlock Sholmes—the world's greatest detective? A story of romance, humor, and true detective fiction, this novel begins with Arsène Lupin, a gentleman thief known for his strict moral code, forcing the French authorities to find an investigator who can put a stop to his dealings. In order to find a competitor keen enough, they must traverse the English Channel, where they find Herlock Sholmes and his assistant, Wilson—two of the most inquisitive and successful detectives in the world. Does Lupin stand a chance?

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/531839 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Arsène Lupin Versus Herlock Sholmes Series: #2 of The Adventures of Arsène Lupin Author: Maurice Leblanc Narrator: Mark Meadows Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 1 minute Release date: March 8, 2022 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: Gentleman thief Arsène Lupin is noted as one of the most successful burglars in the world. What happens when he goes head to head with Herlock Sholmes—the world's greatest detective? A story of romance, humor, and true detective fiction, this novel begins with Arsène Lupin, a gentleman thief known for his strict moral code, forcing the French authorities to find an investigator who can put a stop to his dealings. In order to find a competitor keen enough, they must traverse the English Channel, where they find Herlock Sholmes and his assistant, Wilson—two of the most inquisitive and successful detectives in the world. Does Lupin stand a chance?

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/533229 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dirty Bird Blues Author: Clarence Major Narrator: Dion Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 24 minutes Release date: February 8, 2022 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: A quietly influential force in African American literature and art, Clarence Major makes his Penguin Classics debut with the twenty-fifth-anniversary edition of Dirty Bird Blues   The PRH Audio book of Dirty Bird Blues by Clarence Major won a 2022 EARPHONE AWARD. Narrated by Dion Graham.   A Penguin Classic Set in post-World War II Chicago and Omaha, the novel features Manfred Banks, a young, harmonica-blowing blues singer who is always writing music in his head. Torn between his friendships with fellow musicians and nightclub life and his responsibilities to his wife and child, along with the pressures of dealing with a racist America that assaults him at every turn, Manfred seeks easy answers in 'Dirty Bird' (Old Crow whiskey) and in moving on. He moves to Omaha with hopes of better opportunities as a blue-collar worker, but the blues in his soul and the dreams in his mind keep bringing him back to face himself. After a nightmarish descent into his own depths, Manfred emerges with fresh awareness and possibility. Through Manfred, we witness and experience the process by which modern American English has been vitalized and strengthened by the poetry and the poignancy of the African-American experience. As Manfred struggles with the oppressive constraints of society and his private turmoil, his rich inner voice resonates with the blues.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/533229 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dirty Bird Blues Author: Clarence Major Narrator: Dion Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 24 minutes Release date: February 8, 2022 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: A quietly influential force in African American literature and art, Clarence Major makes his Penguin Classics debut with the twenty-fifth-anniversary edition of Dirty Bird Blues   The PRH Audio book of Dirty Bird Blues by Clarence Major won a 2022 EARPHONE AWARD. Narrated by Dion Graham.   A Penguin Classic Set in post-World War II Chicago and Omaha, the novel features Manfred Banks, a young, harmonica-blowing blues singer who is always writing music in his head. Torn between his friendships with fellow musicians and nightclub life and his responsibilities to his wife and child, along with the pressures of dealing with a racist America that assaults him at every turn, Manfred seeks easy answers in 'Dirty Bird' (Old Crow whiskey) and in moving on. He moves to Omaha with hopes of better opportunities as a blue-collar worker, but the blues in his soul and the dreams in his mind keep bringing him back to face himself. After a nightmarish descent into his own depths, Manfred emerges with fresh awareness and possibility. Through Manfred, we witness and experience the process by which modern American English has been vitalized and strengthened by the poetry and the poignancy of the African-American experience. As Manfred struggles with the oppressive constraints of society and his private turmoil, his rich inner voice resonates with the blues.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/531831 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Island of Thirty Coffins: An Arsène Lupin Novel Series: #5 of The Adventures of Arsène Lupin Author: Maurice Leblanc Narrator: Mark Meadows Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 12 minutes Release date: November 16, 2021 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: As revenge for marrying a man he didn't approve of, Véronique d'Hergemont's father, Professor Antoine d'Hergemont, kidnapped her baby and, while escaping, drowned with the baby at sea. Fourteen years later, in 1917, Véronique is watching a film and spots her quite unique signature written on the side of a hut in the background of a scene. The signature, V d'H, prompts her to visit the location where the movie was shot and launches her into a deep and ancient mystery that only one man can solve. Arsène Lupin, summoned to provide her with the answers she so desperately craves, discovers that this mission might bring him closer to solving some of the mysteries he has been chasing as well.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/531831 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Island of Thirty Coffins: An Arsène Lupin Novel Series: #5 of The Adventures of Arsène Lupin Author: Maurice Leblanc Narrator: Mark Meadows Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 12 minutes Release date: November 16, 2021 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: As revenge for marrying a man he didn't approve of, Véronique d'Hergemont's father, Professor Antoine d'Hergemont, kidnapped her baby and, while escaping, drowned with the baby at sea. Fourteen years later, in 1917, Véronique is watching a film and spots her quite unique signature written on the side of a hut in the background of a scene. The signature, V d'H, prompts her to visit the location where the movie was shot and launches her into a deep and ancient mystery that only one man can solve. Arsène Lupin, summoned to provide her with the answers she so desperately craves, discovers that this mission might bring him closer to solving some of the mysteries he has been chasing as well.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/523319 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Collector Author: John Fowles Narrator: Daniel Rigby, Hannah Murray Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 11 minutes Release date: November 4, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Withdrawn, uneducated and unloved, Frederick is a loner who collects butterflies and takes photographs. He is obsessed with a beautiful stranger, the art student Miranda, whom he watches from afar. When he wins the pools, he buys a remote Sussex country house and painstakingly works to make the cellar a comfortable prison. He then calmly abducts Miranda, believing that she will inevitably grow to love him in time if she just gets to know him. Alone and desperate, Miranda must struggle to overcome her own prejudices and contempt if she is understand her captor and gain her freedom. Taught and utterly compelling, Fowles' debut novel The Collector was an instant bestseller when it was published in 1963. It is regarded as one of the best thrillers of all time with one of the most terrifying villains to have ever been created on the page. © John Fowles 1963 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/523319 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Collector Author: John Fowles Narrator: Daniel Rigby, Hannah Murray Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 11 minutes Release date: November 4, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Withdrawn, uneducated and unloved, Frederick is a loner who collects butterflies and takes photographs. He is obsessed with a beautiful stranger, the art student Miranda, whom he watches from afar. When he wins the pools, he buys a remote Sussex country house and painstakingly works to make the cellar a comfortable prison. He then calmly abducts Miranda, believing that she will inevitably grow to love him in time if she just gets to know him. Alone and desperate, Miranda must struggle to overcome her own prejudices and contempt if she is understand her captor and gain her freedom. Taught and utterly compelling, Fowles' debut novel The Collector was an instant bestseller when it was published in 1963. It is regarded as one of the best thrillers of all time with one of the most terrifying villains to have ever been created on the page. © John Fowles 1963 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/523303 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Grimm Tales: For Young and Old Author: Philip Pullman Narrator: Sam West, Philip Pullman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 24 minutes Release date: October 14, 2021 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. In this beautiful book of classic fairy tales, award-winning author Philip Pullman has chosen his fifty favourite stories from the Brothers Grimm and presents them in a'clear as water' retelling, in his unique and brilliant voice. From the quests and romance of classics such as 'Rapunzel', 'Snow White' and 'Cinderella' to the danger and wit of such lesser-known tales as 'The Three Snake Leaves', 'Hans-my-Hedgehog' and 'Godfather Death', Pullman brings the heart of each timeless tale to the fore, following with a brief but fascinating commentary on the story's background and history. In his introduction, he discusses how these stories have lasted so long, and become part of our collective storytelling imagination. These new versions show the adventures at their most lucid and engaging yet. Pullman's Grimm Tales of wicked wives, brave children and villainous kings will have you reading, reading aloud and rereading them for many years to come. © Philip Pullman 2012 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/523303 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Grimm Tales: For Young and Old Author: Philip Pullman Narrator: Sam West, Philip Pullman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 24 minutes Release date: October 14, 2021 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. In this beautiful book of classic fairy tales, award-winning author Philip Pullman has chosen his fifty favourite stories from the Brothers Grimm and presents them in a'clear as water' retelling, in his unique and brilliant voice. From the quests and romance of classics such as 'Rapunzel', 'Snow White' and 'Cinderella' to the danger and wit of such lesser-known tales as 'The Three Snake Leaves', 'Hans-my-Hedgehog' and 'Godfather Death', Pullman brings the heart of each timeless tale to the fore, following with a brief but fascinating commentary on the story's background and history. In his introduction, he discusses how these stories have lasted so long, and become part of our collective storytelling imagination. These new versions show the adventures at their most lucid and engaging yet. Pullman's Grimm Tales of wicked wives, brave children and villainous kings will have you reading, reading aloud and rereading them for many years to come. © Philip Pullman 2012 (P) Penguin Audio 2021