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Great Expectations
- The Audible Dickens Collection
- By: Charles Dickens, Howard Jacobson
- Narrated by: Matt Lucas, Howard Jacobson
- Length: 20 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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In this Audible Exclusive performance by Matt Lucas of Great Expectations, Charles Dickens demonstrates that conscience, loyalty and empathy are virtues far more valuable than intellect, wealth and social standing. First published in Dickens’ own periodical, All the Year Round, the novel was divided into nine monthly instalments, from December 1860 to August 1861. Unsurprisingly, it was an instant success and managed to sell over 100,000 copies per week. Though written at a challenging time in Dickens’ life, when the impending breakdown of his marriage loomed over him, Great Expectations proves to be one of his most optimistic, comical and romantic novels.
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Fabulous tale, beautifully read by Matt Lucas
- By Sue on 15-12-2019
- Great Expectations
- The Audible Dickens Collection
- By: Charles Dickens, Howard Jacobson
- Narrated by: Matt Lucas, Howard Jacobson
Fabulous tale, beautifully read by Matt Lucas
Reviewed: 15-12-2019
To quote the actress Miriam Margolyes , "Dickens is best read aloud". If you have ever struggled with reading Dickens in print form, rest assured that having the same novel read to you by someone of the caliber of Matt Lucas is a totally different and entirely wonderful experience. Highly recommended.
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Crazy Rich Asians
- By: Kevin Kwan
- Narrated by: Lynn Chen
- Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Crazy Rich Asians is the outrageously funny debut novel about three super-rich, pedigreed Chinese families and the gossip, backbiting, and scheming that occurs when the heir to one of the most massive fortunes in Asia brings home his ABC (American-born Chinese) girlfriend to the wedding of the season. When Rachel Chu agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend, Nicholas Young, she envisions a humble family home and quality time with the man she might one day marry.
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Surpassed my expectations!
- By Anonymous User on 29-07-2018
- Crazy Rich Asians
- By: Kevin Kwan
- Narrated by: Lynn Chen
A fun listen but not my taste in stories
Reviewed: 14-12-2019
Could not really get into this book. None of the characters really interested me that much. Not a bad book, just not to my taste.
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The Day of the Jackal
- By: Frederick Forsyth
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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One of the most celebrated thrillers ever written, The Day of the Jackal is the electrifying story of an anonymous Englishman who in, the spring of 1963, was hired by Colonel Marc Rodin, Operations Chief of the O. A. S., to assassinate General de Gaulle.
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Great story! Great narration!
- By Craig on 02-03-2020
- The Day of the Jackal
- By: Frederick Forsyth
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
An enthralling tale. Gripping to the last sentence
Reviewed: 14-12-2019
One of Forsyth's best novels and the perfect introduction to this fabulous author. Thoroughly enjoyed this book and would recommend it to everyone.
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The Lieutenant
- By: Kate Grenville
- Narrated by: Nicholas Bell
- Length: 7 hrs
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In 1787 Lieutenant Thomas Rooke sets sail from Portsmouth with the First Fleet and its cargo of convicts, destined for New South Wales. As a young officer and a man of science, the shy and quiet Rooke is full of anticipation about the natural wonders he might discover in this strange land on the other side of the world. After the fleet arrives in Port Jackson, Rooke sets up camp on a rocky and isolated point, and starts his work of astronomy and navigation.
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Slow start, but stick with it...
- By alison on 28-06-2015
- The Lieutenant
- By: Kate Grenville
- Narrated by: Nicholas Bell
Another great Kate Grenville tale
Reviewed: 14-12-2019
Grenville writes like she was there ! Her characters are so real and the atmosphere so well constructed that the listener is transported back to colonial Australia. A wonderful story. Highly recommended.
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Don't Leave Me This Way
- By: Joan Smith
- Narrated by: Pearl Hewitt
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Loretta Lawson, Joan Smith's lecturer sleuth, makes her third appearance in Don't Leave Me This Way. Thoughtful, humorous, vulnerable, full of real doubts and emotions, Loretta Lawson is one of the most fully-realized characters in crime fiction; and her milieu is thoroughly convincing. Smith is brilliant at pacing narrative, maintaining suspense while delivering the plot in a completely open-handed way. In the race to the finish, the reader is neck-and-neck with Loretta.
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Another enjoyable Loretta Lawson tale
- By Sue on 14-12-2019
- Don't Leave Me This Way
- By: Joan Smith
- Narrated by: Pearl Hewitt
Another enjoyable Loretta Lawson tale
Reviewed: 14-12-2019
Number three in the series of adventures of Loretta Lawson. Reading of the previous two books is not essential to enjoyment of this tale.
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The Suspect
- By: Michael Robotham
- Narrated by: Crispin Redman
- Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
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Joseph O'Loughlin appears to have the perfect life: a beautiful wife, a loving daughter, and a successful career as a clinical psychologist. But nothing can be taken for granted. Even the most flawless existence is only one loose thread away from unravelling. All it takes is a murdered girl, a troubled young patient - and the biggest lie of his life.
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Thrilling
- By Anonymous User on 19-09-2018
- The Suspect
- By: Michael Robotham
- Narrated by: Crispin Redman
Much more than just a crime novel
Reviewed: 14-12-2019
A very enjoyable crime novel that had so much more than expected. Keeps you intrigued until the end.
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The Rosie Project
- Don Tillman, Book 1
- By: Graeme Simsion
- Narrated by: Dan O'Grady
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
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The art of love is never a science.: Meet Don Tillman, a brilliant yet socially inept professor of genetics, who’s decided it’s time he found a wife. In the orderly, evidence-based manner with which Don approaches all things, he designs The Wife Project to find his perfect partner: a 16-page, scientifically valid survey to filter out the drinkers, the smokers, the late arrivers. Yet, Rosie Jarman possesses all these qualities and. Don easily disqualifies her as a suitable candidate (even if she is "quite intelligent for a barmaid").
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Great read
- By Steven on 21-01-2015
- The Rosie Project
- Don Tillman, Book 1
- By: Graeme Simsion
- Narrated by: Dan O'Grady
Everyone should read this book
Reviewed: 14-12-2019
What a great story. Enjoyed it from beginning to end. It gave me a more clear insight and understanding of Aspergers Syndrome. Written with great wit and humour and a brilliant insight into the human heart and mind.

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Full Stop
- By: Joan Smith
- Narrated by: Pearl Hewitt
- Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
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Loretta Lawson is spending this weekend in a borrowed flat in New York on one of the hottest weekends of the summer. She has hardly arrived in the city when she gets the first of a series of obscene phone calls, and the next day, in the Metropolitan Museum, she gets the feeling that someone is watching and following her. She tries to shrug it off, but then several disturbing incidents occur which are not easy to dimiss, and the one person who might be able to help.
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The Final Loretta Lawson story
- By Sue on 14-12-2019
- Full Stop
- By: Joan Smith
- Narrated by: Pearl Hewitt
The Final Loretta Lawson story
Reviewed: 14-12-2019
Enjoyable but did start to get a bit "same same" as some of the previous four books. If you have read the previous four books then this one is worth a listen if only to complete the set.

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What Men Say
- By: Joan Smith
- Narrated by: Pearl Hewitt
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
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When a woman's decomposed body is found in the aging barn of Oxford don Bridget Bennett's estate, Loretta knows her friend Bridget's shock is genuine. Unfortunately, the local constabulary are not so sure. And the tabloid press has a field day. But when the police try to identify the dead woman and any possible connection to Bridget and her devoted husband, only Bridget seems alarmed at what might surface. Loretta tries to piece the puzzle together herself-with little success.
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More adventures of Loretta Lawson
- By Sue on 14-12-2019
- What Men Say
- By: Joan Smith
- Narrated by: Pearl Hewitt
More adventures of Loretta Lawson
Reviewed: 14-12-2019
The forth installment in the Loretta Lawson series and Joan Smith does not disappoint. An enjoyable listen
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The Catalpa Rescue
- The Gripping Story of the Most Dramatic and Successful Prison Break in Australian History
- By: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrated by: Michael Carman
- Length: 16 hrs and 20 mins
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The incredible true story of one of the most extraordinary and inspirational prison breaks in history. Boston, 1869. Members of the Clan na Gael - agitators for an Irish republic - hatch a daring plan to free six Irish political prisoners from the most remote gaol on earth, Fremantle Prison in Western Australia. Under the guise of a whale hunt, Captain Anthony sets sail on the Catalpa, risking his life to rescue the men from the prison, known among the inmates as 'a living tomb'.
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Great Story, however
- By Niall Cunniffe on 22-05-2019
- The Catalpa Rescue
- The Gripping Story of the Most Dramatic and Successful Prison Break in Australian History
- By: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrated by: Michael Carman
Another fabulous window into Australian history
Reviewed: 14-12-2019
Peter FitzSimons has a way of bringing our history to life. This book is a bout a lesser known part of that history and is all the more important for that reason. The story is gripping and has the listener engrossed to the last line. Loved it !