Talking Books
The best of the spoken word from RNIB's Talking Book Studios.
New episodes every Monday to Friday at 2pm and repeated every night at 10pm.
Enjoy an unabridged audiobook, serialised over a number of days and weeks, only on RNIB Connect Radio or listen again to every episode here. Our current book is Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy.
When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune, meeting her 'cousin' Alec proves to be her downfall. A very different man, Angel Clare, seems to offer her love and salvation, but Tess must choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent in the hope of a peaceful future.
Read by Stephen Jack, this book runs for 19 episodes until the 13th of October.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
19 episodes
