LibriVox and Charles Dickens
I may be a day late as Dickens’s birthday was yesterday, but we at LibriVox will be working away throughout the 200th anniversary year to bring you as many of Dickens’s lesser-known works as possible.
Already, there are LibriVox recordings of all his great novels – many have a choice of recordings. Now, we are working our way through his other works, including short stories, magazine articles, letters, speeches and poetry.
Volume 1 of our Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection was released yesterday on the great man’s birthday, and we have several more volumes in progress.
This volume has short stories, articles, speeches and poetry. If you have never managed to get to grips with one of his vast novels, do try listening to some of his shorter stories, or one of his rants about the many things that he disagreed with. He is remarkably funny at times.
http://librivox.org/charles-dickens-200th-anniversary-collection-vol-1-by-charles-dickens/
You may also be interested in the short Dickens-flavoured podcast that I hosted this week. Lucy Perry, Martin Geeson and Andy Minter tell us why they have come to like Dickens, and there are short excerpts of some recordings too, to give you an idea of what there is to enjoy.
http://librivox.org/2012/02/02/librivox-community-podcast-123/
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February 15, 2012 at 9:59 pm
Just commented on the thread asking to read a section, can’t wait to start!
February 16, 2012 at 1:33 am
Excellent, Thomas! We’re now on to Volume 4 of the 200th Anniversary Collection, and I am finding it hard to keep up with all the readers who are volunteering.
February 29, 2012 at 7:35 pm
I just listened to “The Chimes” by Charles Dickens and enjoyed
your wonderful recording ………… Thank you so much!