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The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
Talking Classics Part 23 - Magazine and CD Edition
Launched by Orbis Publishing in 1994 and running for a total of 75 parts / issues.
These audio books represent some of the greatest works of fiction ever written (or translated) in the English language. Each expertly abridged novel has been selected for its narrative power, range of characters and its place in our literary heritage. Two CDs hold an abridged version of each novel, average running time 2 hours 25 minutes. All recordings feature music that has been sensitively chosen to enrich the story. “Talking Classics” assembled a star cast to read the world’s great novels to you including Martin Shaw, Hannah Gordon, Jenny Agutter, Martin Jarvis, and James Fox. Voice acting legends who had previously lent their vocal talents to the great Story Teller series from Marshall Cavendish a decade earlier also star - Carole Boyd, Steven Pacey, Robert Powell, Joanna Lumley, Michael Jayston and Christopher Timothy.
Each magazine includes a Foreward, Commentary, Background, a Listener's Guide, Life and Times and a Who's Who (character breakdown).