Doris Lessing has 6 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 17 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4.4★ across 9 ratings. The most-rated is The Golden Notebook.
The Golden Notebook
Summary
One of the most important books of the growing feminist movement of the 1950s, The Golden Notebook was brought to the attention of a wider public by the Nobel Prize award to Doris Lessing in 2007. Author Anna Wulf attempts to overcome writer’s block by writing a comprehensive "golden notebook" that draws together the preoccupations of her life, each of which is examined in a different notebook: sources of her creative inspiration in a black book, communism in a red book, the breakdown of her marriage in a yellow book, and day-to-day emotions and dreams in a blue book. Anna’s struggle to unify the various strands of her life – emotional, political, and professional – amasses into a fascinating encyclopaedia of female experience in the ‘50s. In this authentic, taboo-breaking novel, Lessing brings the plight of women’s lives from obscurity behind closed doors into broad daylight. The Golden Notebook resonates with the concerns and experiences of a great many women and is a true modern classic, thoroughly deserving of its reputation as a feminist bible. A notoriously long and complex work, it is given a new life by this – its first unabridged recording. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
©1962 Doris Lessing (P)2010 Naxos Audiobook
Short Stories
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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.
Hoger & Hoger lesen
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Zwei großartige Schauspielerinnen lesen ihre Lieblingsgeschichten!
Hannelore und Nina Hoger erzählen vom Salz des Lebens: Freiheit, Sehnsucht, Neid und Schadenfreude; Mord, Verzweiflung, Begehren und tiefe Liebe. All das und viel mehr sind Themen der Erzählungen der herausragenden Autoren Tania Blixen ("Der Ring"), Amos Oz ("Zwei Frauen"), Zsófia Bán ("Armani und die Liebe"), Doris Lessing, Wolfgang Borchert, Ernest Hemingway u.a.
©2014 Random House Audio (P)2014 Random House Audio
The Good Terrorist
Summary
In contemporary London, a loose-knit group of political vagabonds drifts from one cause to the next, picketing and strategizing for hypothetical situations. But within this world, one particular small commune is moving inexorably toward active terrorism. At its center is Alice Mellings, a brilliant organizer who knows how to cope with almost anything, except the vacuum of her own life. Always reliable, she makes herself indispensable to the commune, earning a precious sense of belonging by denying her own sense of self. But now, suddenly, the stakes are rising. Some in the group appear to have ties to insurgents in Northern Ireland and even to Soviets who are "recruiting." A small bomb set off on a deserted street leads to ideas that are dangerously ambitious, and there is a "professional" who is eager to meet with Alice and discuss her future with his organization.
©1985 Doris Lessing (P)1998 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Doris Lessing
Summary
Dramatisations and readings of novels and short stories by Nobel laureate Doris Lessing - plus a bonus documentary, 'Open Book', examining her life and career. One of the most celebrated and important authors of the 20th century, Doris Lessing was awarded a Nobel Prize for the ‘visionary power’ of her fiction, which spans a variety of genres and explores themes such as racism, feminism and social and political upheaval. This collection includes the radio productions of three of her acclaimed novels and four short stories, as well as a fascinating discussion of her life and work. 'The Good Terrorist' - Olivia Vinall stars in this adaptation of Doris Lessing’s satire of incompetent revolutionaries in a London squat. 'Lucy Grange' - Exiled from the sophistication of her homeland, stylish Lucy seeks solace and comfort and learns 'to accept the second-rate'. Read by Estelle Kohler. 'The Grass Is Singing' - In this powerful exploration of racial politics in 1940s Rhodesia, adapted from Doris Lessing’s first novel, a white woman’s troubled relationship with her black houseboy comes to a violent end. Starring Alison Pettit and Tracy-Ann Oberman. 'Flight' - A laughing, teasing granddaughter and a dovecote full of strutting birds are an old man's only escape from his cold family home. Read by Jack Klaff. 'The Golden Notebook' - Susannah Harker stars in this dramatisation of Doris Lessing’s groundbreaking novel about marriage, motherhood, mental breakdown and communism. 'The Death of a Chair' - A lived-in chair is bought at auction, where it begins its final journey towards discovery and destruction. Read by Barbara Marten. 'Open Book: Doris Lessing' - Mariella Frostrup talks to Doris Lessing about her long and extraordinarily varied writing career.
©2019 BBC Worldwide Ltd (P)2019 BBC Worldwide Ltd
Introduction to Ecclesiastes, or The Preacher
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Doris Lessing reads from her introduction to Ecclesiastes, or The Preacher. Ancient tradition suggests that this world-weary lament is the work of Solomon in old age. Casting its eye over the transient nature of life, the book questions the story for wisdom and the truth, choosing instead to espouse the value of living for the moment. The introduction is preceded by a reading from the book by Richard Holloway, former Bishop of Edinburgh.
©1998 Doris Lessing (P)2010 Canongate Books