Susannah Harker has narrated 2 audiobooks on Listento.it by 2 authors. The most-rated is Doris Lessing.
4.50 from Paddington (Dramatised)
Summary
A Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation starring June Whitfield as the deceptively mild Miss Marple with Ian Lavender, Joan Sims and Susannah Harker.
Elspeth McGillicuddy is down from Scotland for a holiday and boards the 4:50 train from Paddington station to visit her friend, Miss Marple.
During the journey, another train pulls alongside, and through the window Mrs McGillicuddy witnesses a tall, dark man strangling a blonde woman. She reports what she has seen, yet no one takes any notice. There is no report of any murder, no dead woman found on any train, and the police have no record of any persons reported missing that matches the description.
Only Miss Marple believes her account, and realising that the body must have been thrown off the train, with the help of maps and train timetables she pinpoints the exact spot where the body must be. With the help of her young friend Lucy Eyelesbarrow, she goes about the tricky task of uncovering a murder - and a cunning murderer.
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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.
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