Penguin Audiobooks – The Bell Bookshop

Selected Poems

Emma — Wed, 01 Oct 2098 00:00:00 +0000

One of the nation's most popular poets, Rudyard Kipling spoke with the voice of the underdog and defied the view of the poet as intellectual and elitist. This audiobook is a selection of his work including "If", "Gunga Din", "A School Song" and "Tommy".

Funny Side : 101 Comic Poems

Emma — Wed, 01 Oct 2098 00:00:00 +0000

In this anthology, Wendy Cope has selected 101 of her own favourite poems, from Lewis Carroll and W.S. Gilbert to Gavin Ewart, Kit Wright and Sophie Hannah.

Sign of Four

Emma — Sun, 01 Jun 2098 00:00:00 +0000

Since her father disappeared ten years ago, Mary has received annually and anonymously a pearl. When she is finally requested to meet the stranger she is accompanied by Holmes and Watson. The stranger relates to them a tale of secrecy, hidden treasure and sudden death.

Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Emma — Wed, 01 Jan 2098 00:00:00 +0000

This audiobook features four Sherlock Holmes stories: "The Engineer's Thumb"; "The Noble Batchelor"; "The Beryl Coronet"; and "The Copper Beeches".

Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Emma — Tue, 01 Oct 2097 00:00:00 +0000

This tape features stories originally published under the title of "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", and includes such tales as "The Five Orange Pips", "The Man with the Twisted Lip", The Adventures of the Blue Carbuncle", and "The Adventures of the Speckled Band".

North and South

Emma — Sun, 01 Sep 2097 00:00:00 +0000

When Margaret is compelled to leave her beloved Hampshire home and move North, she is brought face to face with the realities of urban life and her social conscience awakens. Her relationship with mill-owner John Thornton combines passionate attraction with fierce opposition.

Importance of Being Earnest

Emma — Thu, 01 Aug 2097 00:00:00 +0000

Jack is in pursuit of Algernon's cousin Gwendolen, while Algy pursues Jack's ward Cecily. Unknown to the women, both men lead double lives of deception and story-telling, but the truth which emerges at the end of the play is more surprising than any lies either of them could think up.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Emma — Mon, 01 Jul 2097 00:00:00 +0000

Mark Twain’s best-loved tale, often thought to epitomise the best of American Literature, is the story of a white boy, a black man, and a mighty river. Huck Finn, the urchin who won’t be beaten down by his drunken father or civilized by the wido Douglas, teams up with Jim, the runaway slave, and together they set sail on the Mississippi – on a journey to freedom.

Our Mutual Friend

Emma — Sat, 01 Jun 2097 00:00:00 +0000

A rich and complex pattern of theme, symbol, comic exuberance, sharp social comment and telling detail - these are all aspects of "our mutual friend". The book begins like "Little Dorrit", as a satire on wealth and its corrupting power, symbolized by the inheritance of a dust-heap and represented by the changing fortunes of Boffin, the golden dustman, and by the brilliant portrayal of the upstart veneerings and their circle. In this book, there is a new preoccupation with the Dickensian genius resulting in a greater inwardness and a fascination with extreme situations. In the last novel that he completed, Dickens seemed to be about to make yet another advance in the practice of his art.