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Author(s): Haggard, Henry Rider
Reader(s): Homewood, Bill
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Classic Fiction
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: NA0007
Barcode: 9781843794127
Release Date: 01/2010
HAGGARD, H.R.: She (Unabridged)
Tracklist
Disc 1
Haggard, Henry Rider - Author
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
|  | 1 | Introduction | 04:57 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 2 | That same evening my visit came to an end… | 05:22 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 3 | This letter, as may be imagined… | 04:39 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 4 | I - My Visitor | 05:10 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 5 | A tall man of about thirty… | 07:59 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 6 | He paused a while, his head sunk upon his hand… | 05:07 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 7 | 'There,' he said, 'I must go…' | 04:39 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 8 | II - The Years Roll By | 04:44 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 9 | I put down the letter… | 05:05 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 10 | In a very little while… | 05:21 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 11 | III - The Sherd of Amenartas | 04:42 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 12 | Job and Leo bent forward in breathless silence. | 05:12 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 13 | 'That is all,' I said. | 05:11 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 14 | 'Of the adventures that befell me…' | 05:00 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 15 | 'Well, let's see what the potsherd has to say…' | 05:04 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
Disc 2
| | 1 | Besides the uncial writing on the convex side… | 05:17 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 2 | A few of the Roman names… | 04:47 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 3 | Then came the last entry… | 04:42 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 4 | 'How do you account for what my father saw…' | 05:16 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 5 | IV - The Squall | 05:55 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 6 | 'Well, Job,' I said… | 06:00 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 7 | 'Bail out! bail out!' shouted Job… | 05:55 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 8 | Another minute, and with a sort of howl… | 05:35 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 9 | V - The Head of the Ethiopian | 05:19 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 10 | The river mouth which we were entering… | 06:22 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 11 | 'Well, what is to be done now?' I asked… | 05:38 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 12 | He lifted the rifle… | 05:17 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 13 | I do not quite know what it is that made me… | 05:03 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 14 | VI - An Early Christian Ceremony | 07:41 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
Disc 3
| | 1 | I do not know that there is any necessity… | 06:00 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 2 | The man advanced, and the tall shadowy form… | 05:47 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 3 | 'Art thou awake, stranger?' he said… | 05:50 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 4 | On looking round we discovered… | 05:59 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 5 | VII - Ustane Sings | 05:32 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 6 | When he had gone we discussed the situation… | 05:52 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 7 | Taking the hint, we got up and went down to the stream… | 06:04 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 8 | They had a Queen, however. She was their Queen… | 04:49 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 9 | We three and Ustane were sitting round a fire… | 06:47 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 10 | VIII - The Feast, and After! | 06:27 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 11 | This is a digression at a critical moment… | 05:48 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 12 | I sprang to my feet with a yell of horror… | 05:48 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 13 | Then it was that the two others sprang upon me. | 05:26 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
Disc 4
| | 1 | IX - A Little Foot | 05:19 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 2 | 'Ah,' he went on, 'it was a gallant fight that ye fought…' | 05:21 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 3 | The morning came at last… | 06:34 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 4 | I looked up doubtfully… | 06:12 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 5 | X - Speculations | 07:55 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 6 | On we went through it all, till at last the sun sank… | 04:50 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 7 | Above me, as I lay, shone the eternal stars… | 03:58 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 8 | Then I fell to reflecting upon the undertaking… | 06:16 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 9 | Presently, as we blundered and floundered along… | 04:59 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 10 | XI - The Plain of Kor | 04:21 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 11 | 'Behold the house of "She-who-must-be-obeyed"!' | 04:42 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 12 | By now we were well on to the great plain… | 05:23 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 13 | At last we reached the face of the precipice itself… | 05:03 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 14 | As I anticipated, we had passed… | 07:13 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
Disc 5
| | 1 | XII - 'She' | 05:36 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 2 | The first picture represented his death. | 06:34 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 3 | We passed down the passage… | 05:30 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 4 | Painfully and slowly old Billali crept up… | 06:51 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 5 | 'Why art thou so frightened, stranger?' | 07:13 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 6 | XIII - Ayesha Unveils | 06:58 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 7 | 'So! The Hebrews, are they yet at Jerusalem?…' | 06:07 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 8 | 'Oh man!' she said at last… | 07:33 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 9 | 'Dost thou wonder how I knew that ye were coming…' | 07:22 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 10 | 'Hast thou aught to ask me before thou goest…' | 03:49 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 11 | She lifted her white and rounded arms… | 04:25 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 12 | Drawn by some magnetic force which I could not resist… | 05:27 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
Disc 6
| | 1 | XIV - A Soul in Hell | 06:12 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 2 | Next I bethought me that I had not been… | 05:59 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 3 | I was at the curtains, and they did not hang close… | 07:04 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 4 | But at length she seemed to wear herself out… | 06:15 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 5 | XV - Ayesha Gives Judgment | 06:08 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 6 | After I had dressed myself… | 06:21 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 7 | Then came a silence. | 06:15 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 8 | 'Dogs and serpents,' She began in a low voice… | 07:39 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 9 | XVI - The Tombs of Kor | 06:28 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 10 | 'I, Junis, a priest of the Great Temple of Kor…' | 06:26 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 11 | Accordingly I followed her to a side passage… | 06:40 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 12 | We left the place and entered others. | 07:05 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
Disc 7
| | 1 | 'Behold the lot of man,' said the veiled Ayesha… | 06:12 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 2 | XVII - The Balance Turns | 05:59 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 3 | 'So, my Holly, sit there where thou canst see me…' | 07:04 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 4 | I rose, and sank on the cushioned couch beside her… | 06:15 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 5 | 'Well, my Holly,' she continued… | 06:08 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 6 | 'Thou comest in a good time, Ayesha,' I said… | 06:21 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 7 | One thing, however, was certain… | 06:15 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 8 | XVIII - 'Go, Woman!' | 07:39 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 9 | I felt it was hopeless to argue… | 06:28 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 10 | 'Who is this man?' she said, pointing… | 06:26 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 11 | That night I passed in Leo's room… | 06:40 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 12 | On the following day Leo got up… | 07:05 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
Disc 8
| | 1 | XIX - 'Give me a Black Goat!' | 07:24 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 2 | After about an hour of this amusement… | 06:14 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 3 | 'I promised thee a strange sight, my Holly,' laughed Ayesha… | 05:34 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 4 | I thought that the entertainment was now over… | 05:20 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 5 | XX - Triumph | 07:09 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 6 | Here Ayesha half rose from her couch… | 06:45 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 7 | 'I am not Kallikrates, and, as for being thy lord…' | 06:52 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 8 | Suddenly, with a snake-like motion… | 05:15 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 9 | Then, turning to Leo, and laying her hand… | 03:08 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 10 | She paused in her strange and most thrilling allegorical chant… | 06:46 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 11 | XXI - The Dead and Living Meet | 07:34 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 12 | I turned to see what effect was produced upon Leo… | 07:20 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
Disc 9
| | 1 | As we passed to our own apartment… | 04:28 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 2 | No doubt she was a wicked person… | 04:20 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 3 | XXII - Job has a Presentiment | 06:13 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 4 | 'Come, come, Job,' I said seriously… | 06:41 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 5 | 'And thou, too, oh Holly…' | 06:31 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 6 | 'Thou lookest high,' answered Ayesha… | 06:40 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 7 | 'Rise, Ayesha,' he said sadly… | 07:13 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 8 | XXIII - The Temple of Truth | 06:59 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 9 | In connection with the extraordinary state of preservation… | 04:54 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 10 | 'There was a spot here, Kallikrates,' she said to Leo… | 07:16 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 11 | 'Come,' said Ayesha, after we had gazed and gazed… | 07:12 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 12 | XXIV - Walking the Plank | 07:30 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
Disc 10
| | 1 | 'Goodness me, Leo,' I said… | 05:24 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 2 | 'Here must we pass,' said Ayesha. | 04:41 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 3 | 'We must wait awhile,' called Ayesha… | 05:07 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 4 | This settled me… | 04:58 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 5 | XXV - The Spirit of Life | 06:57 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 6 | 'And I returned, having learned from him…' | 07:01 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 7 | 'Such is the tale, my love…' | 07:14 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 8 | 'I swear, even in this most holy hour…' | 07:36 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 9 | For a long period we travelled on thus… | 05:59 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 10 | We reached the head of the cave… | 07:31 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
Disc 11
| | 1 | XXVI - What We Saw | 06:59 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 2 | 'Oh, look! - look! - look!' shrieked Job… | 06:33 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 3 | But who can tell what had happened? | 06:39 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 4 | 'Let's see it come once more,' said Leo… | 07:50 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 5 | XXVII - We Leap | 07:39 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 6 | Shortly after this, suddenly… | 07:04 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 7 | Clearly all that we could do was to trust… | 06:31 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 8 | XXVIII - Over the Mountain | 05:11 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 9 | 'Billali,' I said, 'once, thou knowest, I did save thy life…' | 06:36 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
| | 10 | 'Farewell, my son the Baboon,' he said… | 07:51 |
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
Total Playing Time: 13:44:22