A. S. Byatt has 6 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 5 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4.5★ across 19 ratings. The most-rated is Possession.
Possession
Summary
Winner of the Booker Prize 1990 Possession is an exhilarating novel of wit and romance, at once a literary detective novel and a triumphant love story. It is the tale of a pair of young scholars investigating the lives of two Victorian poets. Following a trail of letters, journals and poems they uncover a web of passion, deceit and tragedy, and their quest becomes a battle against time. Cover illustration © Aitch.
©1991 A. S. Byatt (P)2019 Audible, Ltd
Short Stories
Summary
23 stories, all unabridged, from a diverse group of star writers and readers. A truly memorable collection with a wide appeal. The stories in this superb collection are as follows: Mothers and Fathers - Angela Huth, Read by Janet McTeerShared Credit - Frederic Raphael, Read by Martin Jarvis The Year?s Midnight - Helen Simpson, Read by Harriet WalterA Place for Everything - Barry Unsworth, Read by Janet McTeerThe Ghost of the Rain Forest - Barry Unsworth, Read by Rosalind AyresA Feeling for Birds - Lisa St Aubin de Teran, Read by Janet McTeer Battlefields - Alan Sillitoe, Read by Janet McTeer Who? - Fay Weldon, Read by Julie Christie Mrs Alcott Dances Naked in the Rain - Rosie Thomas, Read by Janet McTeer Presto Barbaro - Ronald Frame, Read by Janet McTeer Sea Lion - Douglas Hurd, Read by Martin Jarvis The Sons of Upland Farm - George Mackay Brown, Read by Martin Jarvis Dressing Up - Angela Huth, Read by Rosalind Ayres Twenty Years - Doris Lessing, Read by Rosalind Ayres Humphrey's Mother - Penelope Mortimer, Read by Martin Jarvis The Hero - Joanna Trollope, Read by Martin Jarvis Shreds and Slivers - Ruth Rendell, Read by Martin Jarvis Brut Millésimé - Ludovic Kennedy, Read by Rosalind Ayres On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning - Haruki Murakami, Read by Walter Lewis Baglady - A.S. Byatt, Read by Rosalind Ayres Hotel des Voyageurs - William Boyd, Read by Martin Jarvis Toy Boy - Edwina Currie, Read by Rosalind Ayres Simon - Patrick O?Brian, Read by Martin Jarvis
Public Domain (P)2006 CSA Telltapes Ltd.
The Virgin in the Garden
Summary
In Yorkshire, the Potter family are preparing to celebrate Elizabeth II’s arrival on the throne. Its three youngest members, however, are preoccupied with other matters. Stephanie has grown tired of their overbearing father and resolves to marry the local curate. Anxious teenager Marcus gains a new teacher and suffers increasingly disturbing visions. Then there is Frederica. On the brink of adulthood, a love affair with a young playwright may offer the freedom she desperately desires. The first Frederica Potter Novel.
©1994 A. S. Byatt (P)2018 Audible, Ltd
Still Life
Summary
Frederica Potter arrives at Cambridge University greedy for knowledge, sex and love. It isn’t long before she becomes infatuated with a mysterious and controlling poet. Back in Yorkshire, her sister Stephanie abandons academia and is confronted with the boredom and frustrations of motherhood. Meanwhile, their younger brother Marcus begins to recover from a nervous breakdown. Each sibling is desperate to shape their own future, but a horrifying event will soon change their lives forever.
©1995 A. S. Byatt (P)2019 Audible, Ltd
A Whistling Woman
Summary
It is 1968, and Frederica Potter is surprised to find herself embarking on a new career in television. While she endeavours to navigate this fast-paced and occasionally bewildering industry, her lover John takes up a post working with a pair of unusual scientists. Yet in Frederica’s home county of Yorkshire, tumultuous events are unfolding. Soon her future, and that of the people closest to her, begins to look rather different. The fourth Frederica Potter novel. Cover illustration © Aitch
©2019 A. S. Byatt (P)2019 Audible, Ltd
Babel Tower
Summary
After her husband becomes violent, Frederica Potter flees with her young son to London. There, she secures a teaching position in an art school and finds herself surrounded by painters and poets with dreams of rebellion. Then Frederica meets Jude Mason, the strange and charismatic author of a wildly controversial novel. When her husband files for divorce and Jude becomes the target of a high-profile court case, Frederica’s life threatens to spiral out of control. The third Frederica Potter novel.
©1997 A. S. Byatt (P)2019 Audible, Ltd