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William's Happy Days
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
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- Nancy
- 15-12-20
Wonderful
Loved all these William books as a child and as an adult. Martin Jarvis brings the scamp to life!!!!
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- Anonymous User
- 30-11-22
Excellent all round…
Martin Jarvis’s narration is superb and the stories are laugh aloud. Looking forward to the next volume. Thoroughly enjoyable.
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- Kindle Customer
- 12-09-20
Fun stories excellently narrated
Another heart-warming William book - great fun for adults and children alike as I can attest.
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- MB
- 02-03-24
Beautifully read and such a joy to listen to
The stories are always uproariously hilarious and Martin Jarvis has the perfect cadence in delivering them.
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- Alex Sayers
- 19-02-24
it was so funny and it's amazing for adults and kids alike!!
I liked how the author wrote it in (the language) I thought it was hilarious and Martin Jarvis is definitely a brilliant reader!!!
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- Mrs K.
- 23-12-23
Funny, simple and timeless.
I loved this book and it brings back childhood memories. William is very much like my son and these stories hold him spellbound.
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- Zip
- 06-01-24
The best I every way
Martin Jarvis brings the characters to life. I listen to these stories at bedtime and fall asleep with a smile. Thank you Martin. Thank you Richmal.
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- Chris Rayner
- 07-04-13
The antidote to Enid Blyton
Martin Jarvis has made a nice little sideline of reading Richmal Crompton's William books on the BBC for ages. Then they appeared on tapes and CDs, and now they are available here. If you haven't heard them before, then you are in for a big treat, just so long as you can accept the conventions of early to mid-twentieth century British middle-class life. My own early life was a generation after William's, although I did go to school wearing grey flannel shorts, a school cap, blazer and tie, we had no servants at home, and the increase in road traffic curtailed my generation's capacity to roam widely.
Once you have projected yourself into this prelapsarian age then the antics of William and the Outlaws become compulsive. In much the same way that P. G. Wodehouse's books appeal to those who cannot have been acquainted with realities on which they draw, Richmal Crompton's stories set eternal themes and their inevitable conclusions in a way which often leads the reader, or in this case listener, to collapse in fits of uncontrollable mirth. This was proved by my grand-daughter, who is still eight, becoming a hopeless devotee of the stories. Her background could not be more different from that of William and his chums, but she will sit quietly for hours listening to Martin Jarvis's voice on her iPod.
And there, of course, is a major part of the appeal. Through many years of narrating the books Martin Jarvis has developed a capacity to inhabit the world and to animate the characters which adds considerably to the pleasure of the books. His sense of timing and delivery has been honed to a razor sharp edge, and the personalities and scenes come to life in a vividly entertaining way.
Of course, if your preferred children's book character is Rastamouse then you may find William unsatisfactory.
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- Barbara
- 03-01-23
Really enjoyable
I love the way Martin Jarvis makes the stories come to life. How nice to find out that William has a really kind heart despite all the mayhem he creates.
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- Amazon Customer
- 28-05-22
Brilliant as usual
As a child I loved William stories and then enjoyed reading them again and listening to the abridged BBC readings by Martin Jarvis with my own children. These timeless full-length stories are a real treat and Martin Jarvis is the perfect reader.
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