athomeontheprairie Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 So disappointed! My dh (who loves audio books) has the Narnia CD's. We are visiting Narnia this summer and imagine my disappointment when we turned on the tapes and they DON'T match up to the books. grrr. They are dramatized. They summarize passages, skip others, and completely leave off passages that tell thought or background. When someone speaks with excitement the tapes only say what the character says, with the infliction. I feel like we are missing out on the rich language of the book (is more like listening to a movie instead of reading a good work). the packaging didn't indicate it is am abridged version. I wonder what other books we've listened to and this has happened? Anyone else had this happen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trudence1 Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 I have learned to double and triple check that the audio books we get are unabridged. Dramatized versions drive me crazy. I feel they often take away waaay more than they add to a story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 I posted on FB once when there was a sale on Rob Inglis's Tolkien readings. One of my friends posted how the BBC version was free online and I should just get that. I responded that that was a *dramatization,* not a reading. She didn't see what the problem was. I was all aghast at the idea of thinking they were interchangeable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyforlatin Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Just in case you do need the full version, here is one for free: http://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/series/the_chronicles_of_narnia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teeniebeenie6 Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 This is free: http://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/series/the_chronicles_of_narnia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Ok, spill the beans... How do you visit Narnia?!?! :D And yes, the Harper Audio series is unabridged and wonderful, worth the money. :hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athomeontheprairie Posted May 31, 2014 Author Share Posted May 31, 2014 thanks for the links! when I get to a computer... I'm downloading! Ok, spill the beans... How do you visit Narnia?!?! :D And yes, the Harper Audio series is unabridged and wonderful, worth the money. :hurray: Quite easily. We found THE magic wardrobe at an auction last year... Little did the previous owners know what they had :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 So you're pulling my leg and you're not really going to Narnia?? Rats! I thought maybe someone had recreated it, sorta like that Parthenon in TN or something. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Do you have the Focus on the Family radio theater version? They are dramatizations, but quite lovely in my opinion. Not a substitute for the real thing though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsabelC Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Yep, be very cautious with anything that doesn't explicitly state "original and unabridged" or similar, because they don't always state that they have been abridged and/or dramatized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 I bought the full set where each (unabridged) book is read by a different British actor (including Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellan, and Derek Jacobi) They were wonderful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 I bought the full set where each (unabridged) book is read by a different British actor (including Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellan, and Derek Jacobi) They were wonderful. This is what I want - do you know if it's still available? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 This is what I want - do you know if it's still available? Yes. Here it is. Unfortunately, not free... (an apparently Ian McKellan isn't one of the narrators... getting mixed up with the Iliad/Odyssey audios! - but the full list of narrators is listed at that link.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsabelC Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 That's the version we have too. I love the way all of those actors read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nash_mom Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 We are listening to the Ancient Faith Radio ones now and LOVE them!! They are free as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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