Charles Dickens the Later Years

Next Audible for Charles Dicken, by BBC radio. It’s got Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations, and Little Dorrit, lots of good stuff. Ian McKellen narrates as Charles Dickens! Woot!

Enthralling radio dramatisations of eight of Charles Dickens’ much-loved novels.

Charles Dickens is one of the most renowned authors of all time, and this second digital volume of the dramatised canon of his work includes eight of his classic novels.

This collection includes the epic masterpieceย David Copperfield, described by Dickens as his โ€˜favourite childโ€™; suspenseful mysteryย Bleak House; Dickensโ€™ most openly political novel,ย Hard Timesย andย Little Dorrit, a sweeping tale of imprisonment, poverty and riches. Also included areย A Tale of Two Cities, set during the French Revolution; coming-of-age novelย Great Expectations; sweeping satire of wealth and corruptionย Our Mutual Friendย and Dickensโ€™ final, unfinished storyย The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

With a star cast includingย Robert Glenister,ย Robert Lindsay, Honeysuckle Weeks,ย Kenneth Cranham, Sir Ian McKellen, Alison Steadman, Geraldine McEwan,ย Andrew Scottย andย Ian Holm, these radio adaptations bring Dickensโ€™ imaginative world to colourful, captivating life.

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