Audiobooks narrated by Janet Maw

Wonder Of Women - Stories About Affairs Audiobook

Let’s be clear. We are all equal under the law. However, even in these more modern times that is not an absolute and still remains a distant ambition for many. In the days when Britain ruled the waves and bestrode the world as its policeman and plunderer in chief it also subjugated half of its own people to second class status. Women were chattel and property. There were some exceptions based on wealth and birthright but for the overwhelming majority your lot was to fall in with the rules and do as you were told. Many did.But whilst male society sought to place obstacles in the path to equality, it could not deny their literary talents, which many times they circumvented by using male pseudonyms. However, the soaring sales of magazines and periodicals during the Victorian Age meant they had voracious appetites for literature, whatever the sex of its gender.Dozens of authors appeared to fill the need. Narratives had new ideas. Characters were emboldened by societal changes and the female voice taking responsibility.The women included here are talents that dazzle. Put them up against anyone and they rise to the top. Whether they remain with an avid readership today or faded to obscurity with the passing of the times their quality remains undimmed. 1 - Women of Wonder - Affairs - An Introduction2 - The Storm by Kate Chopin3 - From the Dead by Edith Nesbit4 - Souls Belated by Edith Wharton5 - The Legacy by Virginia Woolf6 - The Pleasant Husband by Marjorie Bowen7 - Lucy Wren by Ada Radford8 - Lena Wrace by May Sinclair9 - The Difference by Ellen Glasgow10 - Behind the Curtain by Gertrude Barrows Bennett writing as Francis Stevens11 - The Kiss by Kate Chopin

Ada Radford, Edith Nesbit, Edith Wharton, Ellen Glasgow, Gertrude Barrows Bennett writing as Francis Stevens, Kate Chopin, Marjorie Bowen, May Sinclair, Virginia Woolf (Author), Janet Maw, Liza Ross, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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Unrequited Love - Short Stories

Love. Perhaps the one word solution for everything. An emotion, a state of mind that we strive for, search for. A wondrous force that binds, inspires, and a force that can spin out of control; unbalanced and fragile. Love reflects, changes and embraces us all. In this series we explore the many facets of love through literary talents that span both time and country. Love is perhaps the most difficult rejection of all. They are the one you want to be with. Its so obvious. You exist. But the reality is that for them, you are not the one. Every protestation, every effort, every act of love is rebuffed at worse, or kindly set aside at best. This union was clearly never meant to be.1 - Unrequited Love - Short Stories - An Introduction2 - Araby by James Joyce3 - Souls Belated by Edith Wharton4 - The Border Line by D H Lawrence5 - Her Lover by Maxim Gorky6 - Winter Dreams by F Scott Fitzgerald7 - An Imaginative Woman by Thomas Hardy8 - On the Gull's Road by Willa Cather9 - Psychology by Katherine Mansfield10 - The Daughter of Lilith by Anatole France11 - Apple Blossom in Brittany by Ernest Dowson12 - The Muse's Tragedy by Edith Wharton13 - A Painful Case by James Joyce14 - The Old Adam by D H Lawrence

Anatole France, F Scott Fitzgerald (Author), Janet Maw, Jim Norton (Narrator)

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The Somerset Maugham BBC Radio Collection: Eight full-cast dramatisations and readings

BBC Radio 4 dramatisations and readings of Somerset Maugham's fiction - plus bonus programme Replay: Somerset Maugham William Somerset Maugham was one of the most successful English writers of the 20th Century, and remains the most adapted for film and TV. This collection includes eight of his novels, plays and short stories, as heard on BBC radio, as well as an illuminating interview with the author himself. The Moon and Sixpence - Respectable stockbroker Charles Strickland abandons his wife and children to live as a painter in Paris and Tahiti. Starring Ronald Pickup and Patrick Allen. The Painted Veil - First published in 1925 to a storm of protest, this is a haunting, poignant tale of one woman's spiritual awakening. Starring Sarah Smart and Nicholas Farrell. The Sacred Flame- Invalided following an air crash, Maurice is determined to remain cheerful. But his condition affects all those who are close to him. Starring Julian Glover, Wendy Hiller, Hannah Gordon and Janet Maw. Ashenden, Gentleman Spy - Ashenden, a writer by profession, returns from the First World War and is offered a position in the Secret Service. Five short stories based on Maugham's own wartime experiences, read byAlex Jennings. For Services Rendered- In this incisive state-of-the nation play, it is 1932, and the progressive Ardsley family seem to be managing their lives very well. But in reality, each of them is fighting for survival. Starring David Calder, Sian Thomas and Louise Brealey. The Narrow Corner - Sailing home from the East Indies, a doctor and his two companions are forced to seek shelter on the island of Kanda - where they encounter the beautiful, sultry Louise... Starring Garard Green, Owen Scott, Douglas Blackwell and Cara Kelly. Christmas Holiday - 1938, and Charley is looking forward to spending Christmas in Paris with his old school friend, Simon. But they are both ignorant of the storm clouds lowering over Europe... Starring Peter Rumney and Anthony Daniels. The Razor's Edge - After the First World War, Larry Darrell returns to Chicago but finds it difficult to fit back into society. To the dismay of his fiancée, Isabel, he heads for Paris and embarks on a spiritual quest. StarringNicholas Le Prevost, John Light and Megan Dodds. Replay: Somerset Maugham - Philip French presents an archive interview with Somerset Maugham, recorded in 1954 on the occasion of his 80th birthday.

W. Somerset Maugham (Author), Alex Jennings, Dirk Bogarde, Janet Maw (Narrator)

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Souls Belated

Edith Newbold Jones was born in New York on January 24th, 1862 to wealthy parents. This background of privilege would allow her to concentrate, without distraction, on her literary career which would culminate in her becoming the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1921 with ‘The Age of Innocence’At age 25 she married Edward Robbins Wharton, who was 12 years her senior and together they travelled extensively. However, by the turn of the century her husband’s acute depression necessitated that their travels cease, and they retired to The Mount, their estate in Lenox, Massachusetts, which had been designed by Edith. By 1908 his state was said to be incurable and, prior to divorcing him in 1913, she began an affair, in 1908, with Morton Fullerton, a Times journalist, who was her intellectual equal and pushed her to create her literary legacy for which she is so well famed. As well as such other classics as ‘Ethan Frome’ and ‘The House of Mirth’, she also wrote many short stories and poetry.Edith Wharton died of a stroke August 11th, 1937 at Le Pavillon Colombe, her 18th-century house on Rue de Montmorency in Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt in Northern France.

Edith Wharton (Author), Janet Maw (Narrator)

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Edith Wharton: The Short Stories

Edith Wharton. Perhaps best known for her classic novel The Age of Innocence Wharton loved the short story form because its brevity allowed her to concentrate on telling the story. In these three powerful stories, Edith Wharton transports the listener to the turn of the century where she depicts (without turning to sensationalism) the shocking topics of the time. Often, she opens just after an incident allowing the listener to be immersed straight into the story. In Souls Belated we meet a couple on a train, digesting and reacting to that morning's event. In The Muse's Tragedy, a young man meets his favourite poet's muse and soon uncovers the truth about their much talked about relationship. Atypically Roman Fever starts with a seemingly normal day in Rome and soon reveals a lot more than expected when two middle aged women start recalling a past trip to the Italian capital. These stories are read by the accomplished actress Janet Maw

Edith Wharton (Author), Janet Maw (Narrator)

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Beatrix Potter Complete Tales

The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter are now available as a downloadable, digital audiobook, complete and unabridged! The twenty-three tales in this set have never lost their popularity, and sell in their millions all over the world. Meet again the famous characters that children love and adore... PETER RABBIT, SQUIRREL NUTKIN, THE FLOPSY BUNNIES, MRS TIGGY-WINKLE, TOM KITTEN, JEREMY FISHER, JEMIMA PUDDLE-DUCK and many more. These stories are beautifully brought to life by a talented cast of readers, including Gary Bond, Michael Hordern, Rosemary Leach, Janet Maw, Patricia Routledge and Timothy West.

Beatrix Potter (Author), Gary Bond, Janet Maw, Michael Hordern, Patricia Routledge, Rosemary Leach, Timothy West (Narrator)

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Winter Words

This selection of Hardy's poetry does full justice to its humanity, integrity, humour and evocative power, ranging from charming anthology pieces such as 'Weathers' to the great love poems he wrote after the death of his first wife and the meditations on war and philosophy. The poems - nearly eighty in total - are set in the context of his life and thought, including personal writings by him and those closest to him.

Thomas Hardy (Author), Bruce Alexander, Janet Maw (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Janet Maw