One of my favourite books as a young reader. At boarding school in rural West Yorkshire this book set my imagination racing and helped me escape. Loved reading ever since. Thank you.
My favourite book of all time. We had it read to us in junior school, l never forgot it and have read it again many times since. How fantastic to find it in audio. Really enjoying listening to it 👌
As a child I used to cycle from Macclesfield to Alderly edge playing in the caves knicking apples from farmers trees and the summers were hot .. when I eventually found this book it made me want to read it at any moment that was free. Thank you for this audio book 😊👊👊
Oh!!! You lucky thing you! 😍 We were so smitten with the book we looked at driving from Dorset to Cheshire to visit in our little van, but when we looked it up we were really put off by descriptions of the traffic, lack of parking and huge visitor numbers. We wanted to experience it as you did! How special ❤️
Couldn't agree more! We bought this on cd about 5 years ago just before all the CDs stopped being sold! We had a campervan then. Driving around the Somerset levels in the dark, that first time of listening, looking for somewhere to park ...brrrr! Listening to the terrifying bits when they're lost underground! Shall never forget the feeling 😂 Although as I'm listening to more I'm wondering if it is the same version, it's the same narrator, but it's much more abridged than our version. He reads so well though 😊 such a shame that we don't bring English children up to speak nicely anymore.
@@ArrowOdenn Even when I was a kid I don't think there was a book that scared me, but when I was about six my dad (he was a head librarian) got me the unexpurgated Grimm's Tales For Young & Old (it was the Victorians who didn't know what to make of them so they sanitised them & classified them as fairy tales) for my birthday. There were a few stories in there that I found. . . disconcerting. That being said, if you find a copy it's well worth a look.
Oh! That's the version we have on CD Luckily we had a bit of a spree buying story CDs just before they flogged all their content to audible. The narrator's voice is very similar! When men spoke nicely and could develop that rich, fruity voice with authority as they matured 😉 wish I'd known they were going to flog it all off. We can't afford audible now and the children didn't look after the CDs like they should have. We lost some true favourites by them not being put back carefully in the box in the van😢
One of the most fantastic books I’ve ever read. Rich and deep. This abridged version does the original a great tribute. This is mighty!
One of my favourite books as a young reader. At boarding school in rural West Yorkshire this book set my imagination racing and helped me escape. Loved reading ever since. Thank you.
Yes written about Alderley Edge. 💋
Where Wizards and Witches. 💝
Did meet in olden days of Yonder. 💆
My favourite book of all time. We had it read to us in junior school, l never forgot it and have read it again many times since. How fantastic to find it in audio. Really enjoying listening to it 👌
As a child I used to cycle from Macclesfield to Alderly edge playing in the caves knicking apples from farmers trees and the summers were hot .. when I eventually found this book it made me want to read it at any moment that was free. Thank you for this audio book 😊👊👊
Oh!!! You lucky thing you! 😍 We were so smitten with the book we looked at driving from Dorset to Cheshire to visit in our little van, but when we looked it up we were really put off by descriptions of the traffic, lack of parking and huge visitor numbers. We wanted to experience it as you did! How special ❤️
Yes stay away, we don't want to spoil the quiet and all the free parking. :)
Very nicely done. Alan Garner, Susan Cooper, leagues ahead of J. K. Rowling's clumsy prose.
Susan Cooper's books have recently been brought to life brilliantly by the BBC in a dramatisation.
Couldn't agree more! We bought this on cd about 5 years ago just before all the CDs stopped being sold! We had a campervan then. Driving around the Somerset levels in the dark, that first time of listening, looking for somewhere to park ...brrrr! Listening to the terrifying bits when they're lost underground! Shall never forget the feeling 😂 Although as I'm listening to more I'm wondering if it is the same version, it's the same narrator, but it's much more abridged than our version. He reads so well though 😊 such a shame that we don't bring English children up to speak nicely anymore.
I love them both 🙌🏻
I agree
Great choice fantastic story
The narrator was excellent
Thankyou for uploading this 🇦🇺🐨🦘
So well written. The audio does it justace. Read this 40 years ago. A joy to hear XXX
This was the first fantasy book I ever read! Thank you!
Me too. Love this story 😊
Yes read This when I was around 6 I think. Just remembered it. 💝. Thanks for sharing. 💋
Thank you so much for this. One of my favourite books and beautifully done
Remember reading this in Year Five ( 1990/91 ).
How can this gem be out of print?
Its not ;)
It was written in a different time for different children . No competition
Oh the books are wonderful ..
Do you have The Hounds Of The Morrigan (by Pat O'Shea) please? Haven't been able to find it anywhere.
I had the novel as a child (it scared me) but I don't know if there was ever an audio version released
@@ArrowOdenn What a shame, thanks for looking though 👍.
@@ArrowOdenn Even when I was a kid I don't think there was a book that scared me, but when I was about six my dad (he was a head librarian) got me the unexpurgated Grimm's Tales For Young & Old (it was the Victorians who didn't know what to make of them so they sanitised them & classified them as fairy tales) for my birthday. There were a few stories in there that I found. . . disconcerting. That being said, if you find a copy it's well worth a look.
@@ArrowOdenn Do u have a little princess if u can find it? I would like it.
@@shaanparwani which version? What narrator?
is this the complete audibook? I see that it is 6 hours 19 mins on audible, but with a different narrator, Philip Madoc.
This is the abridged version narrated by Robert Powell, which is now out of print :)
@@ArrowOdenn thank you!
Oh! That's the version we have on CD
Luckily we had a bit of a spree buying story CDs just before they flogged all their content to audible. The narrator's voice is very similar! When men spoke nicely and could develop that rich, fruity voice with authority as they matured 😉 wish I'd known they were going to flog it all off. We can't afford audible now and the children didn't look after the CDs like they should have. We lost some true favourites by them not being put back carefully in the box in the van😢
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It's an odd mixture of Stoke & Yorkshire accents, but enjoyable nonetheless
I'm doin 100 audiobook challange this helped so much 😊
Soz everyone. 💝
Will try to tone it down. 💋
Got exploding brain. 💥
It wasn't my idea. 💡
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British Sing Amen,
It's not out of print! Just saying.
No? Have the publishers re-released this edition in the UK, then? I'll take this down.
The book isn't out of print. This channel is for out of production audio recordings. Isn't that right? But only if they're not on audible.