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Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde
- In Aid of the Royal Theatrical Fund
- Narrated by: Dame Judi Dench, Jeremy Irons, Joanna Lumley, Sir Derek Jacobi, Sinead Cusack, Robert Harris, Samantha Bond, Geoffrey Palmer, Sir Donald Sinden, Elaine Stritch
- Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins
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Summary
Here is a collection of the Oscar Wilde's famous fairy tales, read by a cast of leading British actors. Additional narrators include Geoffrey Palmer O.B.E., Sir Donald Sinden, and Elaine Stritch. Music: 'Reverie De Sebastian' by Steve Davies.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-01-21
Not for me
These fairytales are very repetitive in nature and many of them repeat themselves over and over. A common trend is something happening the exact same way. A bird lamenting for a rose, death punishing avarice, egoman pushing his friend around, birdhostage, soul nagging, etc.
I can't enjoy these, and I don't see how Oscar Wilde is anything unique in his writings. The morals are extremely on the nose and the writing drags.
The performance had varying audio levels. One performer I could barely hear with max volume, then proceeded by the loudest one yet making me hurt and rapidly lowering the volume.
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- Mr C
- 08-02-21
loved it
not your traditional happy ending fairy tales, I really enjoyed it. I will be buying the book to read to my children.
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- Tullia
- 03-09-20
Very satisfactory short listen
I had never read this quaint little work by Oscar Wilde before and I was not disappointed by it one bit. A collection of charming, blue-hued fairy tales brought to life by a stellar cast of readers.
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- Xandi
- 01-02-21
What a lovely surprise...
I downloaded this free offer with no great expectations, but what a lovely surprise I got. I was in one of those moods where I couldn’t settle to concentrate getting into a new book so decided to give this a go. Almost at once I was captivated, completely enraptured by these new to me tales read so beautifully. Until the last one - The Selfish Giant. As a young teacher of 5 year olds I was coerced into basing thematic work on this story and it was definitely not a resounding success. That’s very personal though! This was a thoroughly enjoyable listen.
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- Mike P
- 18-06-21
Good but not perfect
Some of the stories are better than others and are often sad (lots of broken hearts), but worth listening to, especially with all-star list of narrators.
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- juozas kasiulis
- 30-05-21
Enjoyable tales
It was lovely to hear these stories even though most of them had a sad note in them. Great narration I creased the enjoyment🙂
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- Rainbow Cool Stuff
- 26-12-22
Okay
Well this was (obviously) a book of fairy tales and all the elements were here, princesses, giants, talking animals and plants - even a conscious firework. Some read like parables with a message. Some are a bit dark. Most were fairly forgettable. I appreciate that at 59 I am maybe not the target market for these stories, but as I know Oscar Wilde as a witty and accomplished author I was expecting something more from this collection. If I had my time again I am not sure I would bother but …. It was okay
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- Dr A Wilcock
- 22-03-22
dated but interesting
dated but interesting to listen to from a historical perspective. narators are good, worth listening to them.
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- Ga
- 05-03-22
Some better than others
Lovely bunch of narrators made it sound good.
Some tales better than others. Worth the listen.
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- Nicholas M.
- 09-02-18
short Stories by Oscar Wilde
I loved these short stories. They were read beautifully. All the different voices added so much to them.
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