Author(s): Dickens, Charles
Reader(s): Timson, David
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Classic Fiction
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: NA0092
Barcode: 9781843795988
Release Date: 05/2012

DICKENS, C.: Mystery of Edwin Drood (The) (Unabridged)

Tracklist

Disc 1
Dickens, Charles - Author
Timson, David (Reader)
1Chapter 1: The Dawn04:41
Timson, David (Reader)
2She blows at the pipe as she speaks…05:39
Timson, David (Reader)
3Chapter 2: A Dean, and a Chapter also07:00
Timson, David (Reader)
4'Sorry to hear from Tope that you had not been well, Jasper.'06:29
Timson, David (Reader)
5'I say, tell me Jack…'06:52
Timson, David (Reader)
6'I really was going to say something of the kind, Jack…'07:41
Timson, David (Reader)
7Chapter 3: The Nuns' House07:37
Timson, David (Reader)
8The pet pupil of the Nuns' House is Miss Rosa Bud07:59
Timson, David (Reader)
9'Perhaps we had better stop short, Rosa?'07:29
Timson, David (Reader)
10The two youthful figures, side by side…05:56
Timson, David (Reader)
Disc 2
1Chapter 4: Mr. Sapsea06:00
Timson, David (Reader)
2'If I have not gone to foreign countries, young man,' Mr. Sapsea…05:44
Timson, David (Reader)
3Mr. Jasper has closed his eyes as the auctioneer has deepened…05:23
Timson, David (Reader)
4With a two-foot rule always in his pocket…07:47
Timson, David (Reader)
5Chapter 5: Mr. Durdles' Friend06:52
Timson, David (Reader)
6'Is there anything new down in the crypt, Durdles?'…09:06
Timson, David (Reader)
7Chapter 6: Philanthropy in Minor Canon Corner06:00
Timson, David (Reader)
8'It's from Mr. Honeythunder, of course,' said the old lady…07:26
Timson, David (Reader)
9Some remote fragment of Main Line to somewhere else, there was…04:37
Timson, David (Reader)
10The rough mental notes made in the first five minutes…06:29
Timson, David (Reader)
11Chapter 7: More Confidences than One06:54
Timson, David (Reader)
Disc 3
1'In a last word of reference to my sister, Sir…'06:35
Timson, David (Reader)
2'Pussy's not used to an audience; that's the fact,' said Edwin Drood.08:16
Timson, David (Reader)
3Chapter 8: Daggers Drawn06:03
Timson, David (Reader)
4'Perhaps,' says Jasper, in a soothing manner…08:38
Timson, David (Reader)
5This insulting allusion to his dark skin infuriates Neville…07:38
Timson, David (Reader)
6Chapter 9: Birds in the Bush06:16
Timson, David (Reader)
7To Rosa direct, she brought a petition from her brother…07:40
Timson, David (Reader)
8Mr. Grewgious, with a sense of not having managed…06:45
Timson, David (Reader)
9Rosa sat still and silent.06:30
Timson, David (Reader)
10Rosa shook her head, with an almost plaintive air of hesitation…04:33
Timson, David (Reader)
11As he held it incumbent upon him to call on Mr. Jasper…06:48
Timson, David (Reader)
Disc 4
1Chapter 10: Smoothing the Way07:27
Timson, David (Reader)
2As, whenever the Reverend Septimus fell a-musing…05:40
Timson, David (Reader)
3The river at Cloisterham is sufficiently near the sea to throw up…06:53
Timson, David (Reader)
4Mr. Crisparkle, in utter amazement, looked at Helena…07:08
Timson, David (Reader)
5'I shall probably be asked to marry them,' he reflected…07:49
Timson, David (Reader)
6Chapter 11: A Picture and a Ring05:54
Timson, David (Reader)
7As Mr. Grewgious sat and wrote by his fire that afternoon…05:51
Timson, David (Reader)
8Mr. Grewgious had meant to be arch…07:18
Timson, David (Reader)
9Mr. Bazzard, with a frowning smile at the fire, put a hand into his…08:27
Timson, David (Reader)
10'And now, Mr. Edwin,' he proceeded…08:29
Timson, David (Reader)
Disc 5
1Chapter 12: A Night With Durdles07:34
Timson, David (Reader)
2'What friend o' yourn is dead?' asks Durdles.05:11
Timson, David (Reader)
3'Ware that there mound by the yard-gate, Mister Jarsper.'06:37
Timson, David (Reader)
4The taciturnity of Durdles is for the time overcome…07:26
Timson, David (Reader)
5The iron gate attained and locked…07:38
Timson, David (Reader)
6Chapter 13: Both at Their Best06:51
Timson, David (Reader)
7The hoarse High Street became musical with the cry…08:53
Timson, David (Reader)
8'Your guardian has spoken to me too, Rosa dear.'10:29
Timson, David (Reader)
9Chapter 14: When Shall These Three Meet Again?09:44
Timson, David (Reader)
Disc 6
1Helena thinks it over, and thinks well of it.06:48
Timson, David (Reader)
2As dusk draws on, he paces the Monks' Vineyard.06:35
Timson, David (Reader)
3John Jasper passes a more agreeable and cheerful…10:20
Timson, David (Reader)
4Chapter 15: Impeached05:23
Timson, David (Reader)
5When his face was cleansed, Neville recognised in the speaker, Joe…07:25
Timson, David (Reader)
6It would be difficult to determine which was the more oppressed…08:09
Timson, David (Reader)
7Chapter 16: Devoted06:10
Timson, David (Reader)
8Mr. Crisparkle came in at the moment.05:36
Timson, David (Reader)
9It was starlight.07:41
Timson, David (Reader)
10The more his case was looked into…06:00
Timson, David (Reader)
Disc 7
1Chapter 17: Philanthropy, Professional and Unprofessional06:45
Timson, David (Reader)
2'The Commandments say, no murder.'08:05
Timson, David (Reader)
3'These are strong words, sir!' exclaimed the philanthropist.09:58
Timson, David (Reader)
4'It is growing dark. Will you go my way with me…'10:49
Timson, David (Reader)
5Chapter 18: A Settler in Cloisterham06:27
Timson, David (Reader)
6Mr. Tope's official dwelling, communicating by an upper stair…06:34
Timson, David (Reader)
7'Might I ask His Honour,' said Mr. Datchery…06:46
Timson, David (Reader)
8Chapter 19: Shadow on the Sundial06:23
Timson, David (Reader)
9She is so conscious of his looking at her with a gloating admiration…05:05
Timson, David (Reader)
10Again Rosa quails before his threatening face, though innocent…06:55
Timson, David (Reader)
Disc 8
1Chapter 20: A Flight06:01
Timson, David (Reader)
2It was the first time she had ever been even in Cloisterham…06:31
Timson, David (Reader)
3'Your rest too must be provided for,' he went on…06:13
Timson, David (Reader)
4'How came you to be his master, sir?' asked Rosa.07:12
Timson, David (Reader)
5Chapter 21: A Recognition06:52
Timson, David (Reader)
6'Would you have the kindness to take seats?' said Mr. Grewgious.06:02
Timson, David (Reader)
7Chapter 22: A Gritty State of Things Comes On05:44
Timson, David (Reader)
8Helena's dark eyes looked very earnestly at the bright face…07:28
Timson, David (Reader)
9'And now, my dear,' said Mr. Grewgious…08:14
Timson, David (Reader)
Disc 9
1'Can we see these rooms marm?' inquired her guardian.07:31
Timson, David (Reader)
2'Cannot people get through life without gritty stages, I wonder?'06:05
Timson, David (Reader)
3'My information,' retorted the Billickin…09:40
Timson, David (Reader)
4Chapter 23: The Dawn Again08:59
Timson, David (Reader)
5He divests himself of his shoes, loosens his cravat…07:09
Timson, David (Reader)
6She gently lays him back again…06:12
Timson, David (Reader)
7At length what remains of the last candle is blown out…08:49
Timson, David (Reader)
8Mr. Datchery begins very slowly to count out the sum demanded…06:23
Timson, David (Reader)
9'I like,' says Mr. Datchery, 'the old tavern way of keeping scores…'05:08
Timson, David (Reader)
10Postscript04:28
Timson, David (Reader)

Total Playing Time: 10:31:17