Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice' is brought to life by Joanna Lumley's sensitive and expressive reading of this classic. Although abridged, it is an absolute joy to listen to. This CD forms part of the Orbis (DeAgostini) collection called 'Talking Classics' which came out a number of years ago. The series, as a whole, exposes the listener to a well-selected...
"When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I managed to survive at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood." So begins the luminous memoir of Frank McCourt, born in Depression-era Brooklyn to recent Irish immigrants and...