Wuthering Heights (Educational Edition)
About this audiobook
Contains the unabridged audiobook and an educational audio guide.
The ‘Educational Editions’ from Naxos AudioBooks allow listeners to enjoy important works of fiction and learn about their key elements. Each ‘Educational Edition’ combines the unabridged audiobook with an indispensable audio guide that gives background and author detail and explores the book’s themes, structure, key passages and critical perspectives – stimulating content for students and keen listeners wishing to discover more.
When Mr Earnshaw brings a black-haired foundling child into his home on the Yorkshire moors, he little imagines the dramatic events which will follow. The passionate relationship between Cathy Earnshaw and the foundling, Heathcliff, is a story of love, hate, pity, and retribution: the effects of which reverberate throughout the succeeding generations.
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About the author
Janet McTeer is one of Britain’s leading actresses. She has made her principal impact in theatre, playing many classical roles (including Rosalind in As You Like It in the UK, Nora in Ibsen’s A Doll’s House on Broadway and Chekhov); her performance of the title role in Schiller’s Mary Stuart was especially memorable. She grew up in York and has a distinct ear for accents which made her an ideal reader for Wuthering Heights. Her film credits include Tumbleweed where she played a Southerner from North Carolina.
David Timson has made over 1,000 broadcasts for BBC Radio Drama. For Naxos AudioBooks he has written The History of Theatre, an award-winning production read by Derek Jacobi, and directed four Shakespeare plays including King Richard III (with Kenneth Branagh). He has also read the entire Sherlock Holmes canon and Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
Nicholas Boulton graduated from The Guildhall School of Music and Drama, winning the BBC Carleton Hobbs Award for Radio. He has since featured in countless BBC radio dramas, narrated a plethora of award-winning audiobooks, and died a thousand deaths in various video games. Film, TV and theatre appearances include Shakespeare in Love, Game of Thrones and Wolf Hall (RSC).
