Little Women

5 04 2010

Traveling Classics is happy to present the delightful audiobook feature, Little Women, this week! A homey novel about a family of girls growing up in New England during the Civil War, Louisa May Alcott’s style as an author will leave you far from feeling the characters lead a “hum drum” life. A wonderful story of family and friendship, trials and joys, each of the four sisters have unique personalities and talents that spring to life from the page (or speakers in this case). They get into all sorts of scrapes, errors, and adventures while learning things about themselves and others. All this is accomplished with much charm and a flair for teaching valuable life lessons that feel as if a breath of fresh sweet air has swept through the house. By the end, we hope Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March have endeared themselves to you as much as they have to us.





Review – Emma

29 03 2010

Today we trade our tankards of ale and rambunctious adventures for cups of tea and a story of manners. This switch may seem quite dull to some rowdy folk, but Jane Austen’s novel, Emma, contains a most unlikely and most beloved heroine. Emma Woodhouse is a sheltered, sweet, witty, albeit slightly spoiled young lady who delights in matchmaking all her single friends. As the leader of her social sphere, she is in the perfect position to prepare parties and balls, encounters and frolics in order to carry out her schemes. But alas, Emma proves not as proficient in understanding human nature as she thinks and is so busy in everyone else’s love affairs that she almost misses her own! Whether you read it a hundred times as a girl or never before, Traveling Classics is pleased to present their audiobook version in the hope that it will while away tedious hours for you in a most pleasant fashion.





Review – Robin Hood

22 03 2010

While on this movie kick, we at Traveling Classics are getting excited about the new version of Robin Hood out in May and have decided to revisit the well-beloved classic with an audiobooks recording ofThe Merry Adventures of Robin Hood. Written as the first thorough compilation of many British ballads and legends, Howard Pyle’s 1883 novel on the hero sets the course for every future retelling. The tales introduce Robin Hood as a swashbuckling dashingly rugged knave who so cleverly “robs the rich to feed the poor”, thereby winning the hearts of the people, the fair damsel Maid Marion and a pardon for loyal service from King Richard the Lionheart on his return from a crusade in the Holy Land. Although all the familiar characters, Friar Tuck, Little John, Will Scarlet and the rest make their appearance, there are many unfamiliar tales in Pyle’s book and it closes with a little-known end. Thus, we hope you find as much new adventure in these old tales as we do. Keep listening!





Review – Alice in Wonderland

16 03 2010

Originally told as a story to the child, Alice Liddell, a family friend in Oxford, Lewis Carroll later expanded his fantastical story and published it as Alice’s Adventures in WonderlandAs this classic tale has never been out of print, its household title conjures images of a rabbit hole, talking animals, seemingly nonsensical conversations, riddles, rhymes, opposites, topsy turvy situations, and perhaps the most infamous of all, the Queen of Hearts, who chops off heads at the slightest provocation. Using wit, logic, and a vivid imagination, Carroll wrote a masterpiece in 1865 for a child that has been so beloved that it has been translated, made into several movies (including the most recent 2010 Tim Burton version), and read silently and aloud to the delight of many. We at Traveling Classics hope that you find new or rediscovered enjoyment in listening to our audio book version at home as you whip up some tasty tarts, or on the go as you follow a very late white rabbit.








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