The Fyodor Dostoevsky BBC Radio Drama Collection
Including Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, Devils & The Brothers Karamazov
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Buy for $23.24
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
About this listen
BBC radio productions of Dostoevsky's masterpieces, plus selected shorter fiction and bonus programmes exploring his life and work.
One of the most important and influential Russian writers of the 19th century, Fyodor Dostoevsky is admired worldwide for his great realist novels, exploring questions of morality, philosophy and the nature of existence. This compilation contains the BBC radio productions of his four most famous novels - as well as three lesser-known works and two bonus documentaries - collected together for the first time.
Crime and Punishment - When he tests out a horrific theory, young Raskolnikov finds himself pursued by the cunning Investigator Porfiry Petrovich. This thrilling tale of guilt and redemption stars Barnaby Kay and Jim Norton.
The Idiot - Arriving back in Russia after years spent abroad treating his epilepsy, Prince Mishkin learns the story of the woman who will dominate his life - the spoilt but captivating Nastasya.... Dostoevsky's most personal novel stars Paul Rhys, Roger Allam and Lia Williams.
Devils - Idealism curdles into murderous anarchy in this fresh, contemporary three-part adaptation of Dostoevsky's terrifying masterpiece, starring Gary Lilburn, Jane Whittenshaw, Joseph Arkley and Jonathan Forbes.
The Brothers Karamazov - The Karamazov family reunite for a meeting with their father to discuss Dmitry's inheritance. But the unpredictable Fyodor seems unwilling to play the game.... Stars Roy Marsden, Paul Hilton and Nicholas Boulton.
The Friend of the Family - Russia, 1859 and the manor of Stephanchikovo is thrown into chaos when a former sergeant sets himself up as an arbiter of morals and taste. David Suchet and Clive Merrison star in this farcical comedy.
'Bobok' - Loitering in the cemetery after a funeral, a drunken writer overhears the conversations of the recently deceased corpses.... This blackly comic short story is performed by Boris Isarov.
'The Dream of a Ridiculous Man' - A study in music and words of Dostoevsky's vision of an idyllic, prelapsarian world. Read by Ronald Pickup.
Dostoevsky and Dangerous Ideas - John Gray reflects on the lessons Dostoevsky's novels teach us about the perils of misguided idealism.
Dr Rowan Williams on Dostoevsky - The onetime Archbishop of Canterbury joins Susan Hitch to consider conflicting ideas about spiritual regeneration and existentialism, as embodied in Dostoevsky's characters.
First published 1859 (The Friend of the Family), 1866 (Crime and Punishment), 1869 (The Idiot), 1872 (Demons), 1873 ('Bobok'), 1877 ('The Dream of a Ridiculous Man'), 1880 (The Brothers Karamazov).
©2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2021 BBC Studios Distribution LtdListeners also enjoyed...
-
The Leo Tolstoy BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Full-Cast Dramatisations of War and Peace, Anna Karenina & More
- By: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale, Amanda Redman, Emily Mortimer, and others
- Length: 18 hrs and 35 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
One of the greatest novelists of all time, Leo Tolstoy is famed worldwide for his masterpieces of realist fiction, War and Peace and Anna Karenina. This comprehensive collection contains both those iconic works, as well as his final novel, Resurrection, his autobiographical essay 'A Confession', Stephen Wakelam's dramatic account of his tempestuous marriage, Mrs Tolstoy, and In Our Time: Tolstoy.
-
-
Excellent adaptation..No chapter titles
- By Anna B. on 01-07-22
By: Leo Tolstoy
-
Anton Chekhov: 6 Full-Cast BBC Radio Productions
- The Seagull, The Cherry Orchard, Uncle Vanya, Wild Honey & More
- By: Anton Chekhov
- Narrated by: Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, Helena Bonham-Carter, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A master of Russian realism, Anton Chekhov is renowned for his meticulously observed plays and short stories exploring the human condition, in all its joys and sorrows. Included here are six of his best-known dramas, as well as Michael Frayn's adaptation of Wild Honey, drawn from an early, untitled Chekhov play; and one documentary exploring Chekhov's life and work.
By: Anton Chekhov
-
The Brontë BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Seven Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Anne Brontë, Rachel Joyce, Charlotte Brontë, and others
- Narrated by: Anna Maxwell-Martin, Ella Kendrick, Emma Fielding, and others
- Length: 15 hrs and 40 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A stunning collection of the Bronte sisters' novels, adapted by the best-selling author Rachel Joyce. The collection includes Agnes Grey, Jane Eyre, Shirley, The Professor, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Villette and Wuthering Heights.
-
-
Great introduction to the Brontes
- By Suzie on 12-03-18
By: Anne Brontë, and others
-
The Charles Dickens BBC Radio Drama Collection: The Later Years
- Eight BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Robert Glenister, Robert Lindsay, Ian Holm, and others
- Length: 36 hrs and 35 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Enthralling radio dramatisations of eight of Charles Dickens' much-loved novels. Charles Dickens is one of the most renowned authors of all time, and this second digital volume of the dramatised canon of his work includes eight of his classic novels. This collection includes the epic masterpiece David Copperfield, described by Dickens as his 'favourite child'; suspenseful mystery Bleak House; Dickens' most openly political novel, Hard Times; and Little Dorrit.
-
-
Excellent!
- By Christine on 11-24-18
By: Charles Dickens
-
George Bernard Shaw
- A BBC Radio Drama Collection
- By: George Bernard Shaw
- Narrated by: full cast, Judi Dench, Ralph Fiennes, and others
- Length: 25 hrs and 48 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
George Bernard Shaw - or Bernard Shaw, as he preferred to be known - was one of Ireland's foremost dramatists and thinkers. His plays range from contemporary satires to historical allegories, and are infused with ideas, insight, wit and wisdom. Included here are some of his best works, adapted for radio and brought together in reverse chronological order in one statement collection.
-
-
King Magnus and Prime Minister Proteus
- By SS on 07-06-23
-
BBC Classics: Ultimate Story Collection
- 90 Unmissable Tales
- By: Oscar Wilde, Arthur Conan Doyle, Virginia Woolf, and others
- Narrated by: Sam Dale, Joseph Ayre, Carolyn Pickles, and others
- Length: 26 hrs and 4 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A treasure chest of timeless short stories by some of the world's greatest authors.
-
-
These are not full cast audio dramas
- By Mollie on 03-25-23
By: Oscar Wilde, and others
-
The Leo Tolstoy BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Full-Cast Dramatisations of War and Peace, Anna Karenina & More
- By: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale, Amanda Redman, Emily Mortimer, and others
- Length: 18 hrs and 35 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
One of the greatest novelists of all time, Leo Tolstoy is famed worldwide for his masterpieces of realist fiction, War and Peace and Anna Karenina. This comprehensive collection contains both those iconic works, as well as his final novel, Resurrection, his autobiographical essay 'A Confession', Stephen Wakelam's dramatic account of his tempestuous marriage, Mrs Tolstoy, and In Our Time: Tolstoy.
-
-
Excellent adaptation..No chapter titles
- By Anna B. on 01-07-22
By: Leo Tolstoy
-
Anton Chekhov: 6 Full-Cast BBC Radio Productions
- The Seagull, The Cherry Orchard, Uncle Vanya, Wild Honey & More
- By: Anton Chekhov
- Narrated by: Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, Helena Bonham-Carter, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A master of Russian realism, Anton Chekhov is renowned for his meticulously observed plays and short stories exploring the human condition, in all its joys and sorrows. Included here are six of his best-known dramas, as well as Michael Frayn's adaptation of Wild Honey, drawn from an early, untitled Chekhov play; and one documentary exploring Chekhov's life and work.
By: Anton Chekhov
-
The Brontë BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Seven Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Anne Brontë, Rachel Joyce, Charlotte Brontë, and others
- Narrated by: Anna Maxwell-Martin, Ella Kendrick, Emma Fielding, and others
- Length: 15 hrs and 40 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A stunning collection of the Bronte sisters' novels, adapted by the best-selling author Rachel Joyce. The collection includes Agnes Grey, Jane Eyre, Shirley, The Professor, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Villette and Wuthering Heights.
-
-
Great introduction to the Brontes
- By Suzie on 12-03-18
By: Anne Brontë, and others
-
The Charles Dickens BBC Radio Drama Collection: The Later Years
- Eight BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Robert Glenister, Robert Lindsay, Ian Holm, and others
- Length: 36 hrs and 35 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Enthralling radio dramatisations of eight of Charles Dickens' much-loved novels. Charles Dickens is one of the most renowned authors of all time, and this second digital volume of the dramatised canon of his work includes eight of his classic novels. This collection includes the epic masterpiece David Copperfield, described by Dickens as his 'favourite child'; suspenseful mystery Bleak House; Dickens' most openly political novel, Hard Times; and Little Dorrit.
-
-
Excellent!
- By Christine on 11-24-18
By: Charles Dickens
-
George Bernard Shaw
- A BBC Radio Drama Collection
- By: George Bernard Shaw
- Narrated by: full cast, Judi Dench, Ralph Fiennes, and others
- Length: 25 hrs and 48 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
George Bernard Shaw - or Bernard Shaw, as he preferred to be known - was one of Ireland's foremost dramatists and thinkers. His plays range from contemporary satires to historical allegories, and are infused with ideas, insight, wit and wisdom. Included here are some of his best works, adapted for radio and brought together in reverse chronological order in one statement collection.
-
-
King Magnus and Prime Minister Proteus
- By SS on 07-06-23
-
BBC Classics: Ultimate Story Collection
- 90 Unmissable Tales
- By: Oscar Wilde, Arthur Conan Doyle, Virginia Woolf, and others
- Narrated by: Sam Dale, Joseph Ayre, Carolyn Pickles, and others
- Length: 26 hrs and 4 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A treasure chest of timeless short stories by some of the world's greatest authors.
-
-
These are not full cast audio dramas
- By Mollie on 03-25-23
By: Oscar Wilde, and others
-
Classic Dystopias: A BBC Radio Drama Collection
- The Time Machine, We, The Trial, Brave New World, Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Chrysalids
- By: H. G. Wells, Yevgeni Zamyatin, Franz Kafka, and others
- Narrated by: Robert Glenister, Anton Lesser, Don Warrington, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Full-cast dramatisations of six masterpieces from the founding fathers of dystopian fiction. Dark and disturbing, provocative and prescient, dystopian literature has long captured our imagination with its nightmarish visions of forbidding future worlds. Included here are six classic novels of time-travel, totalitarianism and terror, written by some of the masters of speculative fiction and adapted for radio with all-star casts.
-
-
The BBC DRAMA NEVER FAILS
- By Nati Yakobovich on 10-01-23
By: H. G. Wells, and others
-
The Charles Dickens BBC Radio Drama Collection: The Early Years
- Seven BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings, Anna Massey, Bill Nighy, and others
- Length: 35 hrs and 7 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Captivating radio dramatisations of seven of Charles Dickens' most famous novels. Charles Dickens is one of the most renowned authors of all time, and this first digital volume of the dramatised canon of his work includes seven of his most popular novels.
-
-
Love Dickens! Books/Chapters/Length below...
- By Hethmarie75 on 10-10-20
By: Charles Dickens
-
Goethe: A BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Six Full-Cast Dramatisations Including Faust, The Sorrows of Young Werther and More
- By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Narrated by: Simon Callow, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jack Farthing, and others
- Length: 17 hrs and 5 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Johann Wolfgang Goethe was a colossus of German literature and a true Renaissance man. A novelist, dramatist, poet, humanist, scientist and philosopher, he wrote the first international bestseller, The Sorrows of Young Werther, and his epic masterpiece Faust is one of the most famous and celebrated dramas of all time.
-
The George Eliot BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Five Full-Cast Dramatisations Including Middlemarch, The Mill on the Floss and Silas Marner
- By: George Eliot
- Narrated by: Anna Chancellor, Caroline Martin, Deborah Findlay, and others
- Length: 17 hrs and 18 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The collected BBC radio adaptations of George Eliot’s pioneering Victorian novels, known for their realism and psychological insight. Includes Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Middlemarch and Daniel Deronda.
By: George Eliot
-
BBC Radio Shakespeare: A Collection of Six Tragedies
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Bill Wallis, Corin Redgrave, full cast, and others
- Length: 16 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A collection of BBC Radio 3's iconic Shakespeare productions: six tragedies with all star casts including Michael Sheen, Juliet Stevenson, Kenneth Cranham, Corin Redgrave, Ken Stott, Geraldine James, Bill Wallis, Siân Phillips and Sophie Dahl.
-
-
missing important parts
- By raphael turra sprenger on 11-10-21
-
The Complete George Smiley Radio Dramas
- BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation
- By: John le Carré
- Narrated by: full cast, Simon Russell Beale
- Length: 18 hrs and 59 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The complete collection of acclaimed BBC Radio dramas based on John le Carré's best-selling novels, starring Simon Russell Beale as George Smiley. With a star cast including Kenneth Cranham, Eleanor Bron, Brian Cox, Ian MacDiarmid, Anna Chancellor, Hugh Bonneville and Lindsay Duncan, these enthralling dramatisations perfectly capture the atmosphere of le Carré's taut, thrilling spy novels.
-
-
good reading but can't navigate
- By RB Vancouver on 01-07-17
By: John le Carré
-
The Oscar Wilde BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Five Full-Cast Productions
- By: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: Miriam Margolyes, Judi Dench, Diana Rigg, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 58 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A sparkling collection of the major works of the ever-adored Oscar Wilde, with incredible casts including Judi Dench, Martin Clunes, Michael Sheen, Miriam Margolyes, Ian McDiarmid, Joely Richardson, Penelope Keith, Martin Jarvis, Diana Rigg, Simon Russell Beale, Sheila Hancock, Ian McKellen and Stephen Fry.
-
-
No chapter titles?
- By Eric Feigenbaum on 02-24-21
By: Oscar Wilde
-
The Wilkie Collins BBC Radio Collection
- Dramatisations and Readings of His Sensational Stories Including The Woman in White & The Moonstone
- By: Wilkie Collins
- Narrated by: Harry Lloyd, John Sharp, full cast, and others
- Length: 24 hrs and 36 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Wilkie Collins was one of Victorian England's best-loved and best-selling authors, and a crime-fiction pioneer. His enthralling 'sensation novels' such as The Woman in White paved the way for today's thrillers and his tour de force The Moonstone is one of the first, and greatest, modern-detective stories. This collection features dramatisations of these two masterpieces, with star casts including Toby Stephens (The Woman in White) and John Sharp (The Moonstone). Also included are adaptations of three of Collins' other major novels.
-
-
Bit of a mixed bag
- By Chantal Noordeloos on 08-13-21
By: Wilkie Collins
-
More of Poirot's Finest Cases
- Seven Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisations
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: full cast, John Moffatt
- Length: 13 hrs and 27 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
John Moffat stars as the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in seven more BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations. The stories in this volume are: Evil Under the Sun, Sad Cypress, Murder in Mesopotamia, Lord Edgware Dies, Halloween Party, Murder on the Links and Five Little Pigs. Based on the original novels by Agatha Christie, these superb adaptations feature a cast of outstanding actors playing an array of likely suspects.
-
-
All Great Performances
- By Dylan on 08-06-18
By: Agatha Christie
-
Mark Twain: A BBC Radio Drama Collection
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Million Pound Bank Note & More
- By: Mark Twain
- Narrated by: full cast, Jason Isaacs, Kelsey Grammer, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Mark Twain (real name Samuel Langhorne Clemens), was one of the foremost writers and humourists to come out of the United States. Hailed by William Faulkner as 'the father of American literature', he is renowned worldwide for his classic novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This wide-ranging collection comprises dramatisations and readings of a host of his much-loved stories, from well-known works to less familiar gems.
-
-
Delightful
- By Amanda on 06-28-22
By: Mark Twain
-
The Diary of a Madman and Other Stories
- By: Nikolai Gogol
- Narrated by: Nicholas Boulton
- Length: 17 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The Diary of a Madman and Other Stories is a bizarre and colorful collection containing the finest short stories by the iconic Russian writer Nikolai Gogol. From the witty and Kafkaesque "The Nose", where a civil servant wakes up one day to find his nose missing, to the moving and evocative "The Overcoat", about a reclusive man whose only ambition is to replace his old, threadbare coat, Gogol gives us a unique take on the absurd.
-
-
Brilliant writer, fantastic narration, plus TOC
- By Reader on 04-01-22
By: Nikolai Gogol
-
The Divine Comedy
- Inferno; Purgatorio; Paradiso
- By: Dante Alighieri, Stephen Wyatt
- Narrated by: Blake Ritson, John Hurt, David Warner, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Blake Ritson, David Warner, Hattie Morahan and John Hurt star in this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Dante's epic poem. Inferno: Thirty-five year old Dante finds himself in the middle of a dark wood, in extreme personal and spiritual crisis. Hope of rescue appears in the form of the venerable poet Virgil, now a shade himself, who offers to lead Dante on an odyssey through the afterlife, beginning in the terrifying depths of Hell.
-
-
Revisiting the land of the dead
- By Adeliese Baumann on 10-21-16
By: Dante Alighieri, and others
People who viewed this also viewed...
-
The Leo Tolstoy BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Full-Cast Dramatisations of War and Peace, Anna Karenina & More
- By: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale, Amanda Redman, Emily Mortimer, and others
- Length: 18 hrs and 35 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
One of the greatest novelists of all time, Leo Tolstoy is famed worldwide for his masterpieces of realist fiction, War and Peace and Anna Karenina. This comprehensive collection contains both those iconic works, as well as his final novel, Resurrection, his autobiographical essay 'A Confession', Stephen Wakelam's dramatic account of his tempestuous marriage, Mrs Tolstoy, and In Our Time: Tolstoy.
-
-
Excellent adaptation..No chapter titles
- By Anna B. on 01-07-22
By: Leo Tolstoy
-
BBC Classics: Ultimate Story Collection
- 90 Unmissable Tales
- By: Oscar Wilde, Arthur Conan Doyle, Virginia Woolf, and others
- Narrated by: Sam Dale, Joseph Ayre, Carolyn Pickles, and others
- Length: 26 hrs and 4 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A treasure chest of timeless short stories by some of the world's greatest authors.
-
-
These are not full cast audio dramas
- By Mollie on 03-25-23
By: Oscar Wilde, and others
-
Classic Dystopias: A BBC Radio Drama Collection
- The Time Machine, We, The Trial, Brave New World, Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Chrysalids
- By: H. G. Wells, Yevgeni Zamyatin, Franz Kafka, and others
- Narrated by: Robert Glenister, Anton Lesser, Don Warrington, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Full-cast dramatisations of six masterpieces from the founding fathers of dystopian fiction. Dark and disturbing, provocative and prescient, dystopian literature has long captured our imagination with its nightmarish visions of forbidding future worlds. Included here are six classic novels of time-travel, totalitarianism and terror, written by some of the masters of speculative fiction and adapted for radio with all-star casts.
-
-
The BBC DRAMA NEVER FAILS
- By Nati Yakobovich on 10-01-23
By: H. G. Wells, and others
-
The Charles Dickens BBC Radio Drama Collection: The Later Years
- Eight BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Robert Glenister, Robert Lindsay, Ian Holm, and others
- Length: 36 hrs and 35 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Enthralling radio dramatisations of eight of Charles Dickens' much-loved novels. Charles Dickens is one of the most renowned authors of all time, and this second digital volume of the dramatised canon of his work includes eight of his classic novels. This collection includes the epic masterpiece David Copperfield, described by Dickens as his 'favourite child'; suspenseful mystery Bleak House; Dickens' most openly political novel, Hard Times; and Little Dorrit.
-
-
Excellent!
- By Christine on 11-24-18
By: Charles Dickens
-
The Charles Dickens BBC Radio Drama Collection: The Early Years
- Seven BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings, Anna Massey, Bill Nighy, and others
- Length: 35 hrs and 7 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Captivating radio dramatisations of seven of Charles Dickens' most famous novels. Charles Dickens is one of the most renowned authors of all time, and this first digital volume of the dramatised canon of his work includes seven of his most popular novels.
-
-
Love Dickens! Books/Chapters/Length below...
- By Hethmarie75 on 10-10-20
By: Charles Dickens
-
Anton Chekhov: 6 Full-Cast BBC Radio Productions
- The Seagull, The Cherry Orchard, Uncle Vanya, Wild Honey & More
- By: Anton Chekhov
- Narrated by: Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, Helena Bonham-Carter, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A master of Russian realism, Anton Chekhov is renowned for his meticulously observed plays and short stories exploring the human condition, in all its joys and sorrows. Included here are six of his best-known dramas, as well as Michael Frayn's adaptation of Wild Honey, drawn from an early, untitled Chekhov play; and one documentary exploring Chekhov's life and work.
By: Anton Chekhov
-
The Leo Tolstoy BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Full-Cast Dramatisations of War and Peace, Anna Karenina & More
- By: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale, Amanda Redman, Emily Mortimer, and others
- Length: 18 hrs and 35 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
One of the greatest novelists of all time, Leo Tolstoy is famed worldwide for his masterpieces of realist fiction, War and Peace and Anna Karenina. This comprehensive collection contains both those iconic works, as well as his final novel, Resurrection, his autobiographical essay 'A Confession', Stephen Wakelam's dramatic account of his tempestuous marriage, Mrs Tolstoy, and In Our Time: Tolstoy.
-
-
Excellent adaptation..No chapter titles
- By Anna B. on 01-07-22
By: Leo Tolstoy
-
BBC Classics: Ultimate Story Collection
- 90 Unmissable Tales
- By: Oscar Wilde, Arthur Conan Doyle, Virginia Woolf, and others
- Narrated by: Sam Dale, Joseph Ayre, Carolyn Pickles, and others
- Length: 26 hrs and 4 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A treasure chest of timeless short stories by some of the world's greatest authors.
-
-
These are not full cast audio dramas
- By Mollie on 03-25-23
By: Oscar Wilde, and others
-
Classic Dystopias: A BBC Radio Drama Collection
- The Time Machine, We, The Trial, Brave New World, Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Chrysalids
- By: H. G. Wells, Yevgeni Zamyatin, Franz Kafka, and others
- Narrated by: Robert Glenister, Anton Lesser, Don Warrington, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Full-cast dramatisations of six masterpieces from the founding fathers of dystopian fiction. Dark and disturbing, provocative and prescient, dystopian literature has long captured our imagination with its nightmarish visions of forbidding future worlds. Included here are six classic novels of time-travel, totalitarianism and terror, written by some of the masters of speculative fiction and adapted for radio with all-star casts.
-
-
The BBC DRAMA NEVER FAILS
- By Nati Yakobovich on 10-01-23
By: H. G. Wells, and others
-
The Charles Dickens BBC Radio Drama Collection: The Later Years
- Eight BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Robert Glenister, Robert Lindsay, Ian Holm, and others
- Length: 36 hrs and 35 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Enthralling radio dramatisations of eight of Charles Dickens' much-loved novels. Charles Dickens is one of the most renowned authors of all time, and this second digital volume of the dramatised canon of his work includes eight of his classic novels. This collection includes the epic masterpiece David Copperfield, described by Dickens as his 'favourite child'; suspenseful mystery Bleak House; Dickens' most openly political novel, Hard Times; and Little Dorrit.
-
-
Excellent!
- By Christine on 11-24-18
By: Charles Dickens
-
The Charles Dickens BBC Radio Drama Collection: The Early Years
- Seven BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings, Anna Massey, Bill Nighy, and others
- Length: 35 hrs and 7 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Captivating radio dramatisations of seven of Charles Dickens' most famous novels. Charles Dickens is one of the most renowned authors of all time, and this first digital volume of the dramatised canon of his work includes seven of his most popular novels.
-
-
Love Dickens! Books/Chapters/Length below...
- By Hethmarie75 on 10-10-20
By: Charles Dickens
-
Anton Chekhov: 6 Full-Cast BBC Radio Productions
- The Seagull, The Cherry Orchard, Uncle Vanya, Wild Honey & More
- By: Anton Chekhov
- Narrated by: Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, Helena Bonham-Carter, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A master of Russian realism, Anton Chekhov is renowned for his meticulously observed plays and short stories exploring the human condition, in all its joys and sorrows. Included here are six of his best-known dramas, as well as Michael Frayn's adaptation of Wild Honey, drawn from an early, untitled Chekhov play; and one documentary exploring Chekhov's life and work.
By: Anton Chekhov
-
The Henry James BBC Radio Drama Collection
- 10 Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Henry James
- Narrated by: full cast, Henry Goodman, Jodie Comer, and others
- Length: 20 hrs and 24 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The definitive collection of full-cast BBC radio dramatisations of Henry James’ classic novels - plus a bonus documentary about his life and work. One of the greatest and most influential American novelists, Henry James is loved for his compelling storytelling, vividly realised characters and perceptive exploration of the shifting relationships between Europeans and Americans. But he also possessed extraordinary insights into the secrets of the human heart, as shown in the 10 dramas in this collection.
By: Henry James
-
The Fyodor Dostoyevsky Complete Collection
- The Brothers Karamazov; Crime and Punishment; The Idiot; Notes from the Underground; The Demons; Novellas; Complete Short Stories; Essays; and Letters
- By: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Narrated by: David Rintoul, Jonathan Keeble, Malk Williams, and others
- Length: 264 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
This audiobook, read by Audie award-winning narrators, includes unabridged recordings of all Fyodor Dostoyevky's greatest works: 15 novels and novellas, 18 short stories, a short study of Dostoyevsky by Virginia Woolf, and two books of non-fiction - his Letters and European travel journal.
-
-
A Crucial Human Journey
- By O. on 04-07-24
-
The Brothers Karamazov (Dramatized)
- By: Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Narrated by: John de Lancie, Sharron Gless, Arye Gross, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 15 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The passionate Karamazov brothers spring to life, led by their lecherous father, who entertains himself by drinking, womanizing, and pitting his three sons against each other. The men have plenty to fight over, including the alluring Grushenka.
-
-
A dramatization of the original novel
- By Wayne M. Riggs on 07-16-17
-
Goethe: A BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Six Full-Cast Dramatisations Including Faust, The Sorrows of Young Werther and More
- By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Narrated by: Simon Callow, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jack Farthing, and others
- Length: 17 hrs and 5 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Johann Wolfgang Goethe was a colossus of German literature and a true Renaissance man. A novelist, dramatist, poet, humanist, scientist and philosopher, he wrote the first international bestseller, The Sorrows of Young Werther, and his epic masterpiece Faust is one of the most famous and celebrated dramas of all time.
-
Robert Louis Stevenson: A BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Treasure Island, Kidnapped, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and More
- By: Robert Louis Stevenson
- Narrated by: David Tennant, Wally K. Daly, Jack Lowden, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Robert Louis Stevenson was a novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer, and created some of the most famous and influential characters in modern literature. From Long John Silver and David Balfour to Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, his figures swiftly became the shorthand for piracy, monstrous medicine, and the slave trade in America. A master of atmosphere and an enthusiast of foreign travel, Stevenson wrote countless stories which have been enjoyed in film, television and theatre adaptations throughout the years.
-
The Possessed
- By: Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Constance Garnett - translator
- Narrated by: Constantine Gregory
- Length: 27 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Also known as Demons, The Possessed is a powerful socio-political novel about revolutionary ideas and the radicals behind them. It follows the career of Pyotr Stepanovich Verkhovensky, a political terrorist who leads a group of nihilists on a demonic quest for societal breakdown. They are consumed by their desires and ideals, and have surrendered themselves fully to the darkness of their "demons". This possession leads them to engulf a quiet provincial town and subject it to a storm of violence.
-
-
Womderful
- By Tad Davis on 12-07-17
By: Fyodor Dostoyevsky, and others
-
George Bernard Shaw
- A BBC Radio Drama Collection
- By: George Bernard Shaw
- Narrated by: full cast, Judi Dench, Ralph Fiennes, and others
- Length: 25 hrs and 48 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
George Bernard Shaw - or Bernard Shaw, as he preferred to be known - was one of Ireland's foremost dramatists and thinkers. His plays range from contemporary satires to historical allegories, and are infused with ideas, insight, wit and wisdom. Included here are some of his best works, adapted for radio and brought together in reverse chronological order in one statement collection.
-
-
King Magnus and Prime Minister Proteus
- By SS on 07-06-23
-
Terry Pratchett: BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Seven BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Terry Pratchett
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis, Sheila Hancock, Anton Lesser, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 13 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Somewhere on the frontier between thought and reality exists the Discworld, a parallel time and place which might sound and smell very much like our own, but which looks completely different. Collected together for the first time are seven full-cast BBC Radio dramatisations of Terry Pratchett’s novels, with star-studded casts including Martin Jarvis, Sheila Hancock, Anton Lesser, Philip Jackson, Alex Jennings and Mark Heap.
-
-
Get the unabridged audiobooks, instead
- By sph on 11-09-18
By: Terry Pratchett
-
War and Peace
- BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation
- By: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrated by: Paterson Joseph, John Hurt, Simon Russell Beale, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Paterson Joseph, John Hurt, Lesley Manville and Harriet Walter are among the cast of BBC Radio 4's epic full-cast dramatisation. Adapted for radio by Timberlake Wertenbaker, Leo Tolstoy's epic story follows the fortunes of three Russian aristocratic families during the Napoleonic War. First broadcast on New Year's Day 2015, the drama also features Alun Armstrong, Natasha Little, David Calder, Phoebe Fox, Sam Reid and Joanna David. Duration: 10 hours approx.
-
-
Engrossing
- By linda on 09-22-17
By: Leo Tolstoy
-
Demons
- By: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Narrated by: Malk Williams
- Length: 28 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Inspired by the true story of a political murder that horrified Russians in 1869, Dostoevsky conceived of Demons as a "novel-pamphlet" in which he would say everything about the plague of materialist ideology that he saw infecting his native land. What emerged was a prophetic and ferociously funny masterpiece of ideology and murder in pre-revolutionary Russia.
-
-
A Masterful Critique of Atheism and Nihilism
- By Zach on 07-21-24
-
The Virginia Woolf BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Seven Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Virginia Woolf
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson, Vanessa Redgrave, Robert Glenister, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The collected BBC dramatisations of the fiction of Virginia Woolf, with star casts including Kristin Scott-Thomas, Vanessa Redgrave, Juliet Stevenson, Laura Fraser, Robert Glenister and Fenella Woolgar....
-
-
Updated with Chapter Titles!
- By Vickie Wang on 05-16-19
By: Virginia Woolf
-
Honoré de Balzac: Pere Goriot, The Black Sheep & More
- Four BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry, Douglas Hodge, David Ross, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
This brilliant collection of France’s foremost nineteenth-century novelist and playwright delivers four of his most fascinating works - stories of love, rivalry, horror and adventure - all brought to life by a stellar cast included Stephen Fry and Alex Kingston. A huge influence on many of the most famous writers from Proust to Kerouac to Dickens, Balzac delivers beautifully observed and complex characters with an unsurpassed attention to the details of society at the time, making him an exemplary of realism in European literature.
By: Honoré de Balzac
What listeners say about The Fyodor Dostoevsky BBC Radio Drama Collection
Average customer ratingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Nati Yakobovich
- 09-20-23
Best Versions for all these books
My best audiobook buy yet, perfect 10/10
all the rest of dostoevsky books on this platform are not listenable due to bad quality sound recording, thank you bbc radio
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Cherokee Rose Thomas
- 09-06-22
Excellent
After reading the review, I started not to purchase this audiobook by Dostoyevsky. However, I am happy to have made this purchase. I haven’t finished listening to the entire audiobook, but I listen to crime and punishment and was spellbound. I felt like I was guided through a journey listening to the story and that I was there watching what was going on I was drawn in to the story and how well done it was by the actors. I do recommend purchasing this book. I don’t expect a dramatization to be the same as a whole book but after listening to the story, I do plan on reading the book because I know I must’ve missed some fascinating facets of a story; just like the title says: it was excellent!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
3 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- wahwah
- 05-02-22
Awful. Just read/listen to the actual books
As far as I can tell, the people who dramatized these never actually read any of the books. I'm guessing they read Cliff's Notes or something. For example, the opening scene of the Idiot is just so inaccurate. It portrays Rogozhin and Lebedyev as totally different characters than they are in the books. Having Rogozhin not only apparently friends with Lebedyev but having Lebedyev speaking to him like an equal is utterly ridiculous.
Also, the way they have the first person POV just exposition dumping is pure cringe. The opening of Crime and Punishment made me laugh out loud. Rakolnivok literally says something like, "For people with a vision, there is no crime or punishment." That might be the worst writing I've ever encountered.
I had to return it because it was so bad.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
7 people found this helpful