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| The Return of the Native | 
| Author: Thomas Hardy
Creator: Alan Rickman
Publisher: BBC Audiobooks America
Category: Book
List Price: $39.95
Buy New: $21.27
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 108934
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 13
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 5.9 x 5.1 x 1.7
ISBN: 1572705701
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781572705708
ASIN: 1572705701
Publication Date: January 28, 2007
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Classic worth listening to February 24, 2007
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
This is the third time I've listened to this audio book, something I have never done before. I must admit, it gets better ever time. The description of the characters is incredible - when have you read a whole chapter describing an individual? Or the landscape? Certainly way more verbose than modern style, but the observations stand the test of time, and paint pictures that linger. None of the characters is flawless, and the errors of omission in their acts toward each other results in no end of misery. But the view of life in another time, with all its physical differences and all its emotional similarities to ours is intrigueing. And Rickman is fabulous, capturing accents and personalities that reading myself in my cozy chair in Phoenix Arizona would never have known.
Amazing February 12, 2007
The CD audio book of the Return of the Native actually deserves to be described as amazing. The lyrical prose of Hardy, combines with the incomparable voice and performance of Alan Rickman, to make this a genuine treasure.
Rickman, in his limited interviews, has repeatedly referred to himself as an instrument. In this product, the only part of that instrument he could utilize was his voice. It is more than enough: the pictures and action spring vividly to life. Listening to his performance is sheer joy, and it rapidly makes you realize how little his capability has been tapped by film - where the whole "instrument" is utilized.
I would give this product the highest recommendation.
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