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Christmas Stories
- Author
- Charles Dickens
- Narrator
- David Timson
- Publisher
- Naxos AudioBooks
- Publish Date
- 1 November 2016
- Run Time
- 14 hours 11 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Critics Review
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A delightful collection, and the perfect companion to whichever performance of A Christmas Carol you prefer. Two of the stories here – The Chimes and The Cricket on the Hearth – are readily available elsewhere; but the other two, The Battle of Life and The Haunted Man, are harder to come by. And David Timson is the Dickens narrator nonpareil, and even if you have other versions of the stories, his interpretations are always a treat.
Customer Review, Audible
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Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award Dickens’s four Christmas-themed novellas display the author’s strengths and weaknesses; David Timson enhances the strengths and strengthens the weaknesses, such as sentimentality and overplayed emotions. When Dickens is excessive, Timson is, too, but he manages to carry it off. He alone is an entire cast, with only female characters occasionally not fully convincing. He not only provides varied and excellent voices, but he also matches voice to character with intelligence and discernment, always seeming to provide the perfect voice for any particular character. His narration is consistently genial and smart but varies sensitively with the text – sober, amused, merry. These minor works won’t please everyone, but those who appreciate them may find listening to Timson more entertaining than reading.
W.M., AudioFile
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Details
- Author
- Charles Dickens
- Narrator
- David Timson
- Duration
- 14 hours 11 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 November 2016
- ISBN
- 9781843799856
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Naxos AudioBooks
- Genre
- Fiction: general and literary
Synopsis
Charles Dickens was a major contributor to the Victorian romantic revival of Christmas traditions. With their heart, humour and good morals, Dickens’s Christmas stories have made the author’s name synonymous with the season. Here we present four charming novellas to complete his series that began with A Christmas Carol, with echoes of sleigh bells throughout. The stories include The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Battle of Life and The Haunted Man.
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