Bleak House (BBC Radio Collection) - Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

Public domain

Category: Full Cast

Narrator: Michael Kitchen

Tags: Full Cast, Adults, Historical Fiction, Literature

BBC Audiobooks Ltd 1999, 2006 Publisher: AudioGO Ltd Release date: October 4, 2006 Duration: 05:18:20, Michael Kitchen stars as John Jarndyce in a BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Dickens classic tale of London and the law., This full-cast dramatization is stunningly good at reproducing the ambience of nineteenth-century London and the emotional texture of Charles Dickenss novel. The musical score enhances the claustrophobic tension of the story. The sound effects are both impressively layered and well chosen to create emotional impact, simulate the passage of time, and, most challenging, give the sense of changing relationships. However, the novels twisting plot and numerous characters make the production hard to follow at times, so much so that despite its superior quality, this production is recommended primarily to those who already know the novel well. G.T.B. (c) AudioFile 2005,, BBC Audiobooks LLC, and AudioGo no longer exist. The BBC Radio Collection is now owned by Rando