Audiobooks narrated by Garrick Hagon

Herman Melville: A BBC Radio Drama Collection: Three Full-Cast Dramatisations including Moby-Dick

"BBC adaptations of three works by Herman Melville, plus bonus biographical programmes about his life and work Born in 1819, Herman Melville spent his early twenties at sea. He wrote four successful novels based on his experiences, but his subsequent fiction failed to sell, and he spent the rest of his life in literary obscurity. It was not until 100 years after his birth that his works were rediscovered, and Moby-Dick is now recognised as one of the great American novels. Adapted for BBC radio, it is included here, alongside dramatisations of Bartleby the Scrivener; Billy Budd, Sailor and two bonus documentaries. Moby Dick – Now in middle age, Ishmael looks back on his younger self and recalls the voyage that has haunted him for half his life. Setting sail aboard the Pequod, he is caught up in Captain Ahab’s obsessive pursuit of the great white whale – a chase that will end in tragedy. Trevor White and Garrick Hagon star in this compelling dramatisation of Melville’s masterpiece, adapted by award-winning author Stef Penney. Bartleby the Scrivener – Hired as a copyist in a firm of lawyers, Bartleby is a model employee – until the day he announces that he would ‘prefer not to’ undertake a certain job. Then the list of tasks he’d rather avoid doing becomes longer and more sinister…This famous tale of resistance and alienation stars Ian Holm and Adrian Scarborough. Billy Budd, Sailor – Press-ganged into service on a Royal Navy warship, handsome young Billy Budd is falsely accused of mutiny by the cruel master-at-arms John Claggart. Outraged by this unfair allegation, Billy lashes out and kills Claggart – only to find himself charged with treason… Paul Scofield, Charles Simpson and Matthew Morgan star in this adaptation of Melville’s final prose work, left unfinished on his death in 1891, published posthumously in 1924 and later adapted into an opera by Benjamin Britten. The Strange Journey of Herman Melville – With contributions from Melville scholars and critics, this fascinating profile explores the forgotten author of Moby-Dick, who fell out of favour during his lifetime and whose reputation was only re-established after his death. There She Blows!: The Legacy of Moby Dick – Fraser Harrison traces the origins of Melville’s magnum opus and looks at the contemporary image of the whale as described by poets, musicians and artists. First published 1851 (Moby-Dick; or, The Whale), 1853 (Bartleby, the Scrivener), 1924 (Billy Budd, Sailor) © 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd"

Herman Melville (Author), Adrian Scarborough, Charles Simpson, Full Cast, Garrick Hagon, Ian Holm, P J Brennan, Paul Scofield, Trevor White (Narrator)

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Short Stories Set in New England

"From the very earliest days New England, first as a colony then as many of the founding states of America, has seemed genteel, almost reserved in its ambitions and the way it presents itself to the world. This volume will disavow you of that notion in short order. The imaginations and pens of such luminaries as Washington Irving, Willa Cather, H P Lovecraft, Sarah Orne Jewett and others bring many views and experiences from this small region of the United States. 1 - Stories Set in New England - An Introduction 2 - Herbert West - Re-Animator - Part 1 by H P Lovecraft 3 - Herbert West - Re-Animator - Part 2 by H P Lovecraft 4 - The Devil and Tom Walker by Washington Irving 5 - In Dark New England Days by Sarah Orne Jewett 6 - How I Killed a Bear by Charles Dudley Warner 7 - A Far Away Melody by Mary E Wilkins Freeman 8 - A Wagner Matinee by Willa Catha 9 - The Romance of Certain Old Clothes by Henry James 10 - David Swan by Nathaniel Hawthorne 11 - A New England Nun by Mary E Wilkins Freeman 12 - Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne 13 - The Gray Man by Sarah Orne Jewett 14 - Pickman's Model by H P Lovecraft 15 - Peter Rugg, The Missing Man - Part 1 by William Austin 16 - Peter Rugg, The Missing Man - Part 2 by William Austin"

Charles Dudley Warner, H.P. Lovecraft, Henry James, Mary E Wilkins Freeman, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Sarah Orne Jewett, Washington Irving, Willa Catha, William Austin (Author), Christopher Ragland, Garrick Hagon, Laurel Lefkow (Narrator)

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A Leopard’s Kiss

"Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s novel The Leopard (Il Gattopardo) is one of the world’s most loved modern classics. A Leopard’s Kiss entwines the story of Tomasi di Lampedusa writing his famous novel with that of a young couple who say farewell to their Sicilian homeland to settle in far-off Australia. The novella moves from the mountains of an ancient Sicilian village to the ornate cafes and lounges of 1950s Palermo. And from the humid Queensland cane-fields in the north of Australia to a Catholic convent school in the south. This multi-voiced audio book of A Leopard’s Kiss sparkles from beginning to end."

Marisa Fazio (Author), Alexandra Fisher, Carolanne Lyme, Fabrizio Tullio, Garrick Hagon, John Guerrasio, Octavia De Clare, Rupert Farley, William Roberts (Narrator)

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[German] - Langenscheidt Komplett-Trainer Business English: Englisch für den Beruf (B1-B2)

"7 Stunden intensives Hör- und Sprechtraining in allen wichtigen Bereichen der englischen Geschäftssprache - Praxisnahe Dialoge vermitteln die wichtigsten Redewendungen und Sätze für Vorstellungsgespräche, Telefonate, Small Talk und Meetings sowie Verhandlungen und Präsentationen. - Sowohl britisches als auch amerikanisches Englisch wird berücksichtigt. Damit die Kommunikation im beruflichen Umfeld auch wirklich gelingt, sind im Audiotraining außerdem Tipps zur interkulturellen Business-Etikette enthalten. - Im umfangreichen Begleitheft können alle Dialoge in deutscher Übersetzung nachgelesen werden. Es enthält darüber hinaus noch ergänzenden Zusatzwortschatz. - Für Lernende mit Vorkenntnissen (Niveau B1-B2) Dieses Paket enthält die Einzeltitel: - Langenscheidt Business English Small Talk - Langenscheidt Business English Telefonieren - Langenscheidt Business English Vorstellungsgespräche - Langenscheidt Business English Präsentationen - Langenscheidt Business English Verhandlungen - Langenscheidt Business English Meetings"

Eleanor Halsall, Georgina Hodge, Gerry Williams, Helga Williams, Joëlle Murray, Langenscheidt-Redaktion, Lynn Weston, O'brien Browne, Victoria Gröning (Author), Amanda Weston, Bill Roberts, Christopher Scott, David Jarvis, Denica Fairman, Gareth Armstrong, Garrick Hagon, James Goode, Jane Whittenshaw, Jenny Funnell, Laurel Lekow, Liza Ross, Nicolas Boulton, Nigel Greaves, Sean Barrett, Tyler Butterworth, William Roberts (Narrator)

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[German] - Langenscheidt Business English Präsentationen: Kommunikationstraining

"Business English – schnell fit für den Job - Über 70 Minuten Hör- und Sprechtraining, um berufliche Verhandlungen zu meistern - Zehn hörspielartige Dialogszenen mit den wichtigsten Gesprächssituationen in Verhandlungen - Abwechslungsreiche Übungen zum Vertiefen der gebräuchlichen Wendungen und Ausdrücke - Alle Hörtexte mit deutscher Übersetzung und Business-Wortschatz im Begleitheft (PDF) - Britisches und amerikanisches Englisch - Für Lerner:innen mit Vorkenntnissen (Niveau B1)"

Langenscheidt-Redaktion, Michael O'brien Browne (Author), Denica Fairman, Gareth Armstrong, Garrick Hagon, Jane Whittenshaw, Laurel Lekow, Sean Barrett, William Roberts (Narrator)

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The Top Ten - H P Lovecraft

"The second month adds tiny dashes of colour. Nature begins to gently rouse herself for the coming season. Winter begins to withdraw its raw and elemental fingers in soft remembered surrender to the natural cycle that welcomes Spring. Our classic poets, in 50 poems of inky verse, reveal all manner of events, sights and sounds. Among their ranks are Longfellow, Coleridge, Dickinson, Teasdale, Clare and a wealth of many others, who, with their thoughts and desires express the world in lines of revelation.1 - Fifty Shades of February - An Introduction2 - February by John Clare3 - Lines on Observing a Blossom on the First of February 1796 by Samuel Taylor Coleridge4 - February by Dollie Radford5 - On the Death of Ms Burnite Who Died February the 2nd 1878 by David John Scott6 - The Snowdrop by Henry James Pye7 - February 3rd, 1830 by Henry Alford8 - February by Arthur Christopher Benson9 - February by Edward Ward10 - February by Louisa Sarah Bevington11 - February 10th, 1840 by Henry Alford12 - A Calendar of Sonnets by Helen Hunt Jackson13 - Hymn Written Sunday February 11th, 1798 by Robert Anderson14 - In February by Alice Meynell15 - A Valentine's Song by Robert Louis Stevenson16 - A Valentine by Matilda Betham Edwards17 - February by Edwin Arnold18 - Meeting in Winter by William Morris19 - Valentine by Elinor Wylie20 - Sonnet I - Go Valentine and Tell That Lovely Maid by Robert Southey21 - A Valentine by Lewis Carroll22 - St Valentine's Day by Edith Nesbit23 - The February Hush by Thomas Wentworth Higginson24 - Snow Flakes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow25 - In February by John Addington Symonds26 - London Snow by Robert Seymour Bridges27 - The Snow Storm by Ralph Waldo Emerson28 - Snow Beneath Whose Chilly Softness by Emily Dickinson29 - The Snow Man by Wallace Stevens30 - Woods in Winter by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow31 - The Brook in February by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts32 - Before You Thought of Spring by Emily Dickinson33 - Winter - My Secret by Christina Georgina Rossetti34 - Winter Calls by Daniel Sheehan35 - February by George Walter Thornbury36 - To Susanna, February 1824 by Eliza Acton37 - To A Primrose by Samuel Taylor Coleridge38 - To Primroses Filled With Morning Dew by Robert Herrick39 - February by Sara Teasdale40 - February by James Berry Bensel41 - February Morning by Laurence Binyon42 - The Thrush in February by George Meredith43 - February Twilight by Sara Teasdale44 - Evening in February by Francis Ledwidge45 - Rainy Midnight by Ivor Gurney46 - The Rain and the Wind by William Ernest Henley47 - February by Edith Nesbit48 - To a Locomotive in Winter by Walt Whitman49 - Ode to France, February 1848 by James Russell Lowell50 - To H W L on His Birthday 27th February, 1867 by James Russell Lowell51 - February. An Elegy by Thomas Chatterton"

H.P. Lovecraft (Author), Christopher Ragland, Garrick Hagon, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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The Top Ten - H P Lovecraft

"His name is a byword for unspeakable horror and dread. Across ten stories this dark master holds a fascinating lure for all of us. Word by word, line by line we are drip-fed stomach-churning terror of a mesmerizing kind…1 - The Top Ten - H P Lovecraft2 - Re Animator3 - The Call of Cthulu4 - The Color Out of Space5 - The Lurking Fear6 - The Thing On the Doorstep7 - Pickman's Model8 - The Cats of Ulthar9 - The Picture in the House10 - Polaris11 - The Rats in the Walls"

H.P. Lovecraft (Author), Christopher Ragland, Garrick Hagon, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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Turbulent Wake

"Ethan Scofield returns to the place of his birth to bury his father. Hidden in one of the upstairs rooms of the old man's house, he finds a strange manuscript, a collection of stories that seems to cover the whole of his father's turbulent life. As his own starts to unravel, Ethan works his way through the manuscript, trying to find answers to the mysteries that have plagued him since he was a child. What happened to his little brother? Why was his mother taken from him? And why, in the end, when there was no one else left, did his own father push him away? Swinging from the coral cays of the Caribbean to the dangerous deserts of Yemen, this is a story of the indelible damage we do to those closest to us – and of the power of redemption."

Paul E. Hardisty (Author), Garrick Hagon, Peter Noble (Narrator)

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The F Scott Fitzgerald BBC Radio Collection: The Great Gatsby and other BBC Radio readings

"A collection of radio readings of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s fiction – plus two bonus programmes Over the years the BBC has broadcast readings of many of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novels, novellas and short stories. This collection includes some of his most famous works alongside various lesser-known tales, including three ‘lost stories’ (first published in 2017 and with an introduction written by editor Anne Margaret Daniel). Contents and track listing: Track 1-10 - The Great Gatsby - read by Sam Robards Track 11 - The Diamond as Big as the Ritz - read by Garrick Hagon Track 12-31 - Tender is the Night - read by Kenneth Haigh Track 32-34 - Babylon Revisited - read by Stuart Milligan Track 35-36 - The Sensible Thing - read by Stuart Milligan Track 37 - Bernice Bobs Her Hair - read by Laurel Lefkow Track 38 - Financing Finnegan - read by John Sharian Track 39 - The Smilers - read by John Sharian Track 40 - An Alcoholic Case - read by John Sharian Track 41 - Three Hours Between Planes - read by John Sharian Track 42 - Pat Hobby’s Secret - read by Ed Bishop Track 43 - Pat Hobby: Teamed with Genius - read by Ed Bishop Track 44 - Pat Hobby and Orson Welles - read by Ed Bishop Track 45 - Pat Hobby: The Homes of the Stars - read by Ed Bishop Track 46-47 - Thank You for the Light - read by Karen Bartke, with an introduction read by Laurel Lefkow Track 48 - The Couple - read by Finn den Hertog Track 49 - Salute to Lucy and Elsie - read by Stuart Milligan Also included are The Great Gatsby Letters(Track 50), in which F. Scott Fitzgerald tells his editor about his hopes and fears for his new novel, and The Beautiful and the Damned: A Portrait of F. Scott Fitzgerald(Track 51), featuring Ed Bishop and Sarah Keller as Fitzgerald and Zelda. Please note: some of the language in this recording reflects the era in which it was first broadcast."

F. Scott Fitzgerald (Author), Ed Bishop, Finn Den Hertog, Garrick Hagon, John Sharian, Karen Bartke, Laurel Lefkow, Sam Robards, Sarah Keller, Stuart Milligan, William Hope (Narrator)

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Gothic Tales of Terror - Volume 6

"Gothic Tales of Terror - VOLUME 6. This collection of short stories contains several gothic tales to bear macabre and chilling witness to writers as diverse as Charles Dickens, HP Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe and Jerome K Jerome. These tales are designed to unsettle you, just a little, as you sit back, and take in their words as they lead you on a walk to places you'd perhaps rather not visit on your own. Our stories are The Signalman by Charles Dickens, The Call of Cthulhu by HP Lovecraft, The Pit & The Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe and The Wisdom Of Uncle Podger by Jerome K Jerome. These stories are read for you by many readers including Ian Holm, Garrick Hagan and Richard Mitchley"

Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Jerome K. Jerome (Author), Bill Wallis, Garrick Hagon, Hubert Gregg, Ian Holm (Narrator)

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Gothic Tales of Terror - Volume 4

"Gothic Tales Of Terror - Volume4. This collection of short stories contains several gothic tales to bear macabre and chilling witness to writers as diverse as HP Lovecraft, Rudyard Kipling and Edith Nesbit. These tales are designed to unsettle you, just a little, as you sit back, and take in their words as they lead you on a walk to places you'd perhaps rather not visit on your own. Our stories are Reanimator by HP Lovecraft, The End of the Passage by Rudyard Kipling and From The Dead by Edith Nesbit. These stories are read for you by many readers including Garrick Hagan and Richard Mitchley."

Edith Nesbit, H.P. Lovecraft, Rudyard Kipling (Author), Garrick Hagon, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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The Great Poets - Walt Whitman

"Seer, prophet, visionary, preacher, Walt Whitman stands out as one of poetry's towering anomalies: in celebrating the trees, water, sky and air, the bear, the eagle, the buffalo and the lion, Whitman expressed a uniquely democratic vision that engulfs not only the American continent but the entire universe. His passionate vehemence, his faith in the common man, and his unflinching pursuit of the truth gave form to an arsenal of ideas, inspiring and motivating generations of writers to come."

Walt Whitman (Author), Garrick Hagon (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Garrick Hagon