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The Copper Peacock and Other Stories

By: Ruth Rendell
Narrated by: Penelope Keith
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With deceptive economy in these nine short stories, Ruth Rendell indicates hidden depths in ordinary events and creates a sense of profound unease. The stories are: 'A Pair of Yellow Lilies', 'Paperwork', 'Mother’s Hel'p, 'Long Live the Queen', 'Dying Happy', 'The Copper Peacock', 'Weeds', 'The Fish-Sitter', and 'An Unwanted Woman'.

©1991 Kingsmarkham Enterprises Ltd (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Suspense Thriller & Suspense
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Penelope Keith has the most beautiful voice, it’s a joy to listen to her, and reading Ruth Randell’s stories is perfection. Highly recommended

Wonderful listen

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This really is a brilliant collection of short stories. really enjoyed all of them alot

A great listen

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I liked the stories even though a couple were predictable. Ruth Rendell is an expert at her craft.
I didn’t like the way the chapter endings often didn’t relate to the endings of the stories. This was confusing and also difficult to find a story beginning if you fell asleep or didn’t notice that one story had ended and another started.
The relative lack of variety in the reader’s voice made this more likely and vice-versa, and flattened the tone of the stories.

Stories OK chapter divisions strange

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I enjoyed this although some of the stories were a little predictable. They were mostly short enough to listen to at one sitting - however I wish the narrator had paused for a little longer between each story and given each new title a little more emphasis - sometimes she began a new story so quickly that I hardly realised the last one had finished!

Easy listening

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Loved the twists and turns
loved the fact of the short story
Very well read

Good plot

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