I shall be singling out the 60's and spending over 100 hrs in it for the rest of September
The 1860s of course that is!! Superb narration in all of them,ever since reading some reviews on No Name that it was a part of his greatest decade of novel writing, i've set up apartof my mind to devote to just those ones, and Naxos is the way to go,as they are for Anthony Trollope too,which I shall begin to dive in in November after October's spooky listens, on the last day of September I shall post about my spooky listens!! Below shall be some sound accompaniments,and perhaps also visual accompaniments to these sublime tales of intrigue,suspense and mystery .... PLUS i'mfollowing along in my Kobo,in dark mode and the text is in a smooth dark pumpkin color.
1. The Woman in White -- 1860 -- 27:56:44
Wilkie Collins is a master of suspense, but his transfer to audiobook requires a cast of readers to faithfully reflect the eleven different characters who tell the story. Walter Hartright, a drawing teacher to two sisters, wants to marry Laura, though she is betrothed to another. But who is the mysterious woman in white who he encounters? Naxos AudioBooks brings together a strong cast to bring alive the mystery and suspense of The Woman in White.
2. No Name -- 1862 -- 27:20:34
Magdalen and Norah Vanstone have known only comfort and affluence for their entire lives. Orphaned suddenly following the unexpected deaths of their parents, the illegitimate sisters find themselves flung into the other extreme of living: their father had neglected to amend his will following their parents’ recent marriage, leaving them with nothing, and their bitter, estranged uncle, the legal inheritor of the family fortune, mercilessly refuses them support. They have no money, no rights and no name. Norah, the elder of the two, looks for work as a governess and accepts her fate. Fiery and headstrong Magdalen, however, does not. She vows revenge and schemes a series of traps to recover the fortune, no matter the cost…
3. Armadale -- 1866 -- 30:00:28
Two young men linked by a familial murder mystery, a beautiful yet wicked governess who spins a web of deceit, and five individuals named Allan Armadale: Wilkie Collins’s follow-up to The Woman in White and No Name is an innovative take on mistaken identity, the nature of evil and the dark underbelly of Victorian England. The story concerns two distant cousins, both named Allan Armadale, and the impact of a family tragedy, which makes one of them a target of the murderous Lydia Gwilt, a vicious and malevolent charmer determined to get her hands on the Armadale fortune. Will the real Allan Armadale be revealed, and will he survive the plot against his life?
4. The Moonstone -- 1868 -- 22:26:23
Upon inheriting the Moonstone, a huge and priceless diamond, Rachel Verinder’s delight turns to dismay when the gem suddenly disappears. But this is no ordinary theft. Sergeant Cuff of Scotland Yard is called in and immediately suspects an intricate plot. However, not even his powers of detection can penetrate fully the mysteries surrounding the diamond. And as we listen to each character’s version of the events, layer upon layer of drama and suspense build to the final and astonishing denouement of this magnificent, classic English detective novel.
Sound/visual log, if you see it,it marks time spent listening to the above
