Curious, If True… And The BBC Radio Drama Collection - Elizabeth Gaskell torrent

Category: Adults, Classic, Historical Fiction, Radio Productions
Language: English
Keywords: Charles Dickens Charlotte Brontë

Written by Elizabeth Gaskell
Read by Full Cast
Format: Mixed
Bitrate: Variable
Dramatization

If you downloaded Ants261’s torrent earlier in the year, the only new content here is Curious, If True…

However the m4b are chaptered and higher bitrate so you may wish to upgrade…

Elizabeth Gaskell was one of Victorian England’s pre-eminent female novelists. Admired by Charles Dickens, who described her as his ‘dear Scheherazade’, she mingled storytelling and social realism to superb effect in her highly acclaimed fiction.

This is my collection of 6 full-cast dramas and 3 readings. About half of it was recorded by me from BBC Sounds and saved in 48kHz vbr m4b files.

All the rest came from Archive.org and are 128kbps 44.1kHz cbr mp3 sourced from Audible.

Exclusive to this torrent and therefore not avalible from Audible is “Curious, If True…” a collection of short stories with a twist.

Among the adaptations are her final, unfinished novel Wives and Daughters, her debut novel Mary Barton and her only historical novel, Sylvia’s Lovers; as well as the 1851 novella Mr Harrison’s Confession (a prequel to Cranford), and her great novel of industrialisation, female independence and identity, North and South. All feature star casts including Emerald O’Hanrahan, Sue Johnston, Jodie Comer, Emily Mortimer, Rod Hudd, David Threlfall and Julian Rhind-Tutt.

Also included are readings of Mrs Gaskell’s chilling supernatural tale ‘The Old Nurse’s Story’, her much-loved novel of life in a small town and its female inhabitants, Cranford and her festive short story ‘Christmas Storms and Sunshine’.

Based on true events, Stephen Wakelam’s detective drama Death at the Bed End, starring Kenneth Cranham, explores the controversy surrounding Elizabeth Gaskell’s biography of Charlotte Brontë and the libel threat that followed its publication. Also included is Great Lives: Elizabeth Gaskell, historian Amanda Vickery and biographer Jenny Uglow discuss Mrs Gaskell’s life, work and achievements with presenter Francine Stock.

Readings:-

Christmas Storms and Sunshine 1848 (Short Story)

The Old Nurse’s Story 1852 (Short Story)

Cranford 1853 (Novel)

Dramas:-

Mary Barton 1848 (Twenty 15-minute episodes)

Mr Harrison’s Confessions 1851 (1-hour)

North and South 1854 (Three 1-hour episodes)

Curious, If True 1861 (Five 45-minute episodes)

Sylvia’s Lovers 1863 (Two 1-hour episodes)

Wives and Daughters 1864 (Ten 15-minute episodes)

Bonus Content:-

Death at the Bed End by Stephen Wakelam

Great Lives: Elizabeth Gaskell