BATES, H.E.: Oh! To Be in England (Unabridged)

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Bates, H. E. (Herbert Ernest), 1905-1974, Author.

Contributor:

Naxos Digital Services US.

Series:

Naxos Spoken Word Library.

Naxos Spoken Word Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spoken Word.

Local Subjects:

Spoken Word.

Genre:

Video recordings.

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Naxos Digital Services US Incorporated, 2016.

System Details:

Mode of access: Available online.

Contents:

Oh! To Be in England ( 04 min., 29 sec. )

Lady Violet turned and led the way into the cramped spaces... ( 04 min., 03 sec. )

It was like seeing another bit of England go. ( 04 min., 14 sec. )

Chapter 2: After quenching his thirst... ( 05 min., 05 sec. )

While Pop had gone into the house... ( 05 min., 09 sec. )

Accustomed as he was to living in the Larkin household... ( 04 min., 47 sec. )

Crushingly defeated by this blank, simple statement... ( 05 min., 36 sec. )

Chapter 3: Two days later the morning was so beautiful... ( 05 min., 49 sec. )

Miss Brown was unforgettable. ( 06 min., 18 sec. )

Chapter 4: Late that evening... ( 05 min., 08 sec. )

When Pop finally went upstairs ten minutes later... ( 05 min., 04 sec. )

After Pop had apologized for the absence of Mr. Charlton... ( 07 min., 22 sec. )

In a daze, the sudden victim of open feminine entreaty... ( 05 min., 47 sec. )

Ten minutes later Mr. Candy was sitting in the buggy... ( 07 min., 09 sec. )

Chapter 5: Over-smartly dressed in a light blue suit... ( 04 min., 38 sec. )

The Captain, in the middle of the stiffest of bows... ( 05 min., 23 sec. )

The Captain was confused. ( 05 min., 03 sec. )

The Captain, though greatly flattered... ( 05 min., 18 sec. )

The Captain hesitated about the woods. ( 05 min., 19 sec. )

Ma's casual suggestion about telephoning the Captain's wife... ( 07 min., 39 sec. )

Chapter 6: On a damp dull afternoon in mid-July... ( 04 min., 57 sec. )

Something like an alarmed sigh instantly answered him... ( 05 min., 14 sec. )

Pop, pump-handling with friendly vigour... ( 05 min., 32 sec. )

The horror of seeing a loaded gun pointed at someone... ( 05 min., 18 sec. )

Edith, coming out of a sort of mad trance... ( 04 min., 53 sec. )

'Edith's looking a bit pale round the gills an' all too today'... ( 05 min., 14 sec. )

Chapter 7: Mademoiselle Dupont stood in the sunshine... ( 04 min., 44 sec. )

The Brigadier, bowing with a certain military stiffness... ( 05 min., 07 sec. )

Oats were turning to a beautiful pinkish yellow in some fields... ( 04 min., 49 sec. )

Chapter 8: While Mademoiselle Dupont, overwhelmed... ( 04 min., 53 sec. )

By no means tranquil yet... ( 05 min., 10 sec. )

The Rev. Candy and Mademoiselle Dupont shook hands... ( 05 min., 02 sec. )

The twins were dreadfully, dangerously alike... ( 05 min., 19 sec. )

'And what, please, are your names?' ( 04 min., 09 sec. )

He seized one of the proffered sandwiches with alacrity... ( 04 min., 44 sec. )

Chapter 9: Ma woke in the night, disturbed... ( 05 min. )

Some few seconds later he heard the sound that Ma had heard... ( 04 min., 27 sec. )

By the time he reached the meadow all trace of mist had cleared. ( 05 min., 10 sec. )

'Does Mr. Candy disturb you?' she suddenly said. ( 05 min., 07 sec. )

Pop felt himself recoil under the sheer brilliant weight... ( 06 min., 01 sec. )

Chapter 10: On Sunday morning, while the Larkins... ( 04 min., 55 sec. )

Little Oscar was sitting in a chair at the table... ( 05 min., 13 sec. )

To the collective allurements of the Larkin family... ( 05 min., 04 sec. )

Instantly Oscar, rudely deprived of the pleasure... ( 05 min., 14 sec. )

'Are you two wearing the right ribbons?' Ma said. ( 04 min., 35 sec. )

Chapter 11: By mid afternoon the sun was shining brilliantly... ( 04 min., 57 sec. )

'I think you have visitors, Mr. Larkin,' he said. ( 08 minutes, 39 sec. )

Participant:

Franks, Philip, Reader -- Bates, Herbert Ernest, Author

Notes:

Naxos Digital Services electronic collection.

Streaming audio.

Publisher Number:

9781781980057

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.