Composer(s): Heilmann, Harald
Artist(s): Bentinck, Anna
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Orchestral
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: NA0167
Barcode: 9781843798118
Release Date: 04/2014

ELIOT, G.: Silas Marner (Unabridged)

Here is a tale straight from the fireside. We are compelled to follow the humble and mysterious figure of the linen weaver Silas Marner on his journey from solitude and exile to the warmth and joy of family life. His path is a strange one; when he loses his hoard of hard-earned coins all seems to be lost, but in place of the golden guineas come the golden curls of a child—and from desolate misery comes triumphant joy.

Tracklist

Disc 1
Heilmann, Harald
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
1 Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe 08:39
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
2 It was fifteen years since Silas Marner had first come to Raveloe… 08:32
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
3 Among the members of his church there was one young man… 08:09
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
4 The search was made, and it ended… 06:11
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
5 Chapter II 08:16
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
6 About this time an incident happened… 07:52
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
7 So, year after year, Silas Marner had lived in this solitude… 05:57
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
8 Chapter III 07:53
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
9 The door opened… 07:49
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
10 Godfrey stood, still with his back to the fire… 09:46
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
Disc 2
1 That, at least, was the condition of Godfrey Cass… 06:31
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
2 Chapter IV 04:43
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
3 Keating rode up now… 06:29
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
4 But now the mist, helped by the evening darkness… 08:30
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
5 Chapter V 06:07
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
6 As soon as he was warm he began to think… 07:42
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
7 Chapter VI 06:45
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
8 Mr. Tookey, the deputy-clerk… 07:32
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
9 Here Mr. Macey paused… 09:55
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
10 Mr. Dowlas was the negative spirit in the company… 05:00
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
Disc 3
1 Chapter VII 06:34
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
2 The slight suspicion with which his hearers at first listened… 07:48
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
3 Chapter VIII 08:27
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
4 Some disappointment was felt… 07:36
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
5 Godfrey rode along slowly… 06:36
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
6 Chapter IX 06:25
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
7 The Squire had laid down his knife and fork… 05:01
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
8 Godfrey was silent. 07:44
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
9 Chapter X 09:05
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
10 I suppose one reason… 09:55
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
Disc 4
1 This good wholesome woman could hardly fail… 08:16
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
2 Dolly's exhortation, which was an unusually long effort of speech… 07:31
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
3 The Christmas carol, with its hammer-like rhythm… 08:34
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
4 Chapter XI 07:09
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
5 These dutiful questions and answers were continued… 06:18
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
6 The anxiety about sister Priscilla… 09:37
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
7 'Ha, Miss Nancy,'… 05:43
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
8 'Did you speak to me, my dear?' 05:59
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
9 Solomon Macey, a small hale old man… 08:28
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
10 Mr. Macey screwed up his mouth… 08:54
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
Disc 5
1 Chapter XII 09:15
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
2 This morning he had been told by some of his neighbours… 08:49
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
3 Chapter XIII 07:04
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
4 The proposition to take the child from him… 06:58
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
5 He turned immediately towards the hearth… 06:19
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
6 Chapter XIV 10:02
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
7 'But she'll be my little un,'… 09:20
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
8 And when the sunshine grew strong and lasting… 08:27
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
9 Here was clearly a case of aberration in a christened child… 09:56
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
10 Chapter XV 03:03
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
Disc 6
1 Part Two 06:41
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
2 'I can dig it for you, Master Marner,'… 09:13
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
3 Silas ate his dinner more silently than usual… 07:25
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
4 Dolly was too useful a woman… 05:28
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
5 This dialogue took place in Eppie's earlier years… 08:42
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
6 'Father,' said Eppie, very gently… 06:01
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
7 Chapter XVII 08:29
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
8 It was Godfrey's custom on a Sunday afternoon… 05:03
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
9 Perhaps it was this very severity… 06:17
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
10 Godfrey had from the first specified Eppie… 09:30
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
Disc 7
1 Chapter XVIII 10:12
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
2 Chapter XIX 05:49
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
3 Godfrey checked himself. 07:13
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
4 Eppie took her hand from her father's head… 06:50
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
5 It would be difficult to say whether it were Silas or Eppie… 08:28
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
6 Chapter XX 06:28
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
7 Chapter XXI 09:46
Bentinck, Anna (reader)
8 Conclusion 06:45
Bentinck, Anna (reader)

Total Playing Time: 08:33:31