Classics Narrated

Scott Gadwa

4.8 (5)
BOOKS

Great stories from public domain: Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Christmas Carol, Kipling's Kim, Lorna Doone, A Room with a View, etc.

2012-08-09

Adam Bede, Chapters 3 and 4

Dinah declines Seth's proposal, which he bears meekly, and Adam finishes work his father, a drunk absent without explanation, has neglected.

55 min
2011-11-17

Adam Bede, Chapter 2

Dinah, a beautiful young Methodist woman, preaches an outdoor sermon to the villagers of Hayslope. Not ordained, but saintly, she speaks as one of them, about their commonplace struggles and temptations, and the solace of their redemption in Christ.

51 min
2011-10-04

Chapter 1: The Workshop

We meet Adam and Seth Bede, and the other carpenters in Mr. Burge's shop as their work day ends. The time is late 18th century, in the rural English Midlands. They tease and quarrel over a young female Methodist who will preach on the green that evening.

20 min
2010-11-16

The Cask of Amontillado

Anticipating the concept of "frenemy," Poe gives us vanity, self-righteousness, and terrible cruelty in revenge, as stone-hearted Montresor lures credulous Fortunato to his doom.

18 min
2010-06-24

The Black Cat, by Edgar Allan Poe

NOT recommended for children; Edgar Allan Poe's tale of increasing evil, alcoholism, and murder may haunt the listener as the cat haunted the protagonist.

27 min
2010-05-12

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapters 33-35

Tom learns how Injun Joe died, he and Huck search for treasure, and adjust to "respectability."

37 min
2010-03-19

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapters 31 and 32

Lost in gloom, almost without food, the only person Tom and Becky see after wandering many hours in the trackless cavern means death. Leaving the exhausted Becky, Tom at last sees sunlight through a passage to safety.

27 min
2010-03-12

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapters 29 and 30

The Thatchers return, so Becky and Tom with a large group go on a picnic and cave exploration. Huck spies on dangerous men and averts an attack against an innocent woman. The day following the picnic, Tom and Becky are missing!

36 min

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2008-02-27

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I've been listening to the chapters of "room with a view" and find them very entertaining. the quality of Mr Gadwa's recordings mean that you can listen to them comfortably on public transit or other places with background noise.