Literary Legends (Smithsonian Legendary Performers)

H.G. Wells; Charles Dickens; Thomas Hardy; Victor Hugo; Emily Bronte

ISBN 10: 1570198020 ISBN 13: 9781570198021

Publisher: Radio Spirits, 2004

Synopsis

This six hour compilation features the celebrated works of renowned European authors such as Dickens, Bronte and Hardy, as adapted for the airwaves during the golden age of radio. Experience radio's theater of the imagination with classics including A Take Of Two Cities, Wuthering Heights, Les Miserables and more. Includes two stories by H.G. Wells, the mastermind behind War of the Worlds

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Reviews

These are dramatized versions of nineteenth-century fiction from radio's heyday: A TALE OF TWO CITIES, two H.G. Wells stories, THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE, WUTHERING HEIGHTS, THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO, and LES MISERABLES. The listener should expect neither faithful renditions nor, despite some famous players, great performances. Rather, this anthology represents the mainstream of 1940s' American broadcasting, with its wonted nonthreatening, accessible, audience-pleasing sound. Though sometimes pretentious and dumbed-down, the productions never bore. As usual with Radio Spirits releases, great pains have been taken to restore the old recordings. Y.R. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Edition details

• Publisher: Radio Spirits
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1570198020
• ISBN 13: 9781570198021
• Binding: Audio CD