Those of you who like audiobooks but have had to make do with abridged versions of Samuel Pepys’ diary will be pleased to hear about a new release from Naxos of the entire diary. Quite an undertaking!
Narrated by Leighton Pugh, the diary has been split into three volumes with the first, 1660-63, due to be released on 5 January 2015, according to Naxos’s page for the release.
Buried in a long blog post that’s currently on the front page of the Naxos Blog is confirmation of the source of the text:
Leighton Pugh has read The Diary of Samuel Pepys in the complete authoritative Latham and Matthews version – it comes out next year in three volumes (some 90 CDs). A major undertaking!
The 34-CD Volume I is currently available to pre-order on Amazon.co.uk or on Amazon.com.
Amazon.com also lists Volume III, due out on 30 April 2015, so presumably Volume II will also be released early next year.
If you have a listen, do come back here to post your thoughts… does Pugh sound like Pepys to you?
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Volume two out in March, volume three in May. Volumes two and three will each consist of 29 CDs. The recording will also be available on Audible.