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  • The 101 Dalmatians

  • By: Dodie Smith
  • Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
  • Length: 4 hrs and 33 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (316 ratings)

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The 101 Dalmatians

By: Dodie Smith
Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
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Puppies and more puppies! How will they escape the evil Cruella de Vil?

When the Dearly's Dalmatians have their first litter of puppies (fifteen in all) everyone is delighted. But their joy is shattered when the pups are kidnapped! The humans don't have a clue as to who the culprit is, but the smartest dogs in London are on the case, and on the trail of fur-loving Cruella de Vil, who will stop at nothing to have a Dalmatian fur coat!

©1956, 1984 Dodie Smith (P)2002 Random House, Inc. and CSA Telltapes Ltd., Listening Library, An Imprint of Random House Audio Publishing Group
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Always Delightful

The original story, as is often the case, is so much more engaging and lovely than the movie. If you are considering this book for your children, they will find many characters to love that the film denied them. If you are an adult considering it for yourself, you will find simple joys that we often deny ourselves.

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Not the Disney version

Quite different from the Disney story, this original version of 101 Dalmations is entertaining for kids and adults alike. The narrator does a wonderful job of making each character distinct, and the story itself is terrific.

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Excellent story

It was so interesting to see the differences between the book and movie. Both are great and I highly recommend this book

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great book. if you love the movie, this is a must

we love the movie and love dogs so we thought this might be a fun car trip pick. we enjoyed it so much more than we thought we would. great book. better than the movie.

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Charming, and Slightly Different than the Movie

The story is delightful, and the narrator is quite good. There were some notable differences between the classic Disney animated movie and the book, though for 90 percent of the book the film was quite faithful.

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Amazing

The story is good and the reader is also very good and isn’t scary at all.

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Sweet.

I love the story so much. Not a compliment or concern or comment, just saying in most of the books your Mrs. was actually Pandita. I don't care though, the classic tale! I love this!

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Delightful

I have never read The 101 Dalmatians. Having watched the movies however, I was curious. I’m very glad I decided to listen to the story. It is very enjoyable.

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cute

I loved this original. had to read it after finding out this is where Disney got his movie. Some was a bit much Like the surrogate mother and extra dog relationship situations...a bit yucky actually. but over all an enjoyable read.

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A beautiful story with a warm heart

I read this book as a child decades ago and loved it then. I listened to it now and found that the story and style held strong. I still loved it. Yes, the story is a little dated, but it works well as is. I don't think it would work as well if it were modernized.

This book should be a childhood staple everywhere, even though it is EXTREMELY British. I strongly recommend this book for anyone with, or ever has been a child. It is very sweet.

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