BBC Radio - A Tale of Two Cities (2012 AudioGO Ltd UK) - Charles Dickens Audiobook

Written by Charles Dickens
Read by Robert Lindsay, Alison Steadman, Jonathan Coy, Andrew Scott, Paul Ready and Karl Johnson
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 256 Kbps
Dramatization

BBC Radio - Charles Dickens - A Tale of Two Cities (2012 AudioGO Ltd UK)

Robert Lindsay stars in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of the classic novel by Charles Dickens

From the echo of the first line ‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times’ to the final ‘It is a far far better thing that I do than I have ever done’, Dickens’ classic novel of the French revolution tells a story of the redemptive powers of love in the face of cruelty, violence and neglect.

Set in London and Paris, it shows the plight of the French people under the brutal oppression of the aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, and the corresponding savage brutality of the revolutionaries towards the former aristocrats in the years immediately following. Among the memorable characters are Charles Darnay, a French former aristocrat who falls victim to the indiscriminate wrath of the revolution, and Sydney Carton, a dissipated English barrister who tries to redeem his ill-spent life out of love for Darnay’s wife, Lucie Manette. In this moving, intricate tale spanning eight tumultuous years, Dickens orchestrates the wider political picture behind the story of Lucie, Darnay and Carton with his customary brilliance.

This epic production, dramatised by Mike Walker, stars Robert Lindsay as Dickens, with Alison Steadman, Jonathan Coy, Andrew Scott, Paul Ready, and Karl Johnson.

Originally broadcast:
BBC Radio 4
December 26, 2011 - December 30, 2011.

TRACKS:

01 - Episode 1 - Recalled to Life
02 - Episode 2 - The Old Order
03 - Episode 3 - Two Promises
04 - Episode 4 - The Grindstone
05 - Episode 5 - The Substance of the Shadow

Ripped from the original CD’s using Exact Audio Copy (secure mode) and converted to MP3 256kp’s using dBpoweramp (slow/high quality mode).