Books with author dodie-smith

This stunning audio production brings to life everyone's favourite canine cast. Featuring Martin Jarvis as the voices of Pongo, Missus Pongo, Perdita, the Sheepdog Colonel, Lucky, Patch, Cadpig and Roly Poly, plus many, many more! "The Hundred and One Dalmatians" is one of the best-known and most-loved children's stories of all time. Dodie Smith's magical book is presented here complete and unabridged for a great family listening experience. The story follows Mr and Mrs Dearly, who are surprised but happy when Missus Pongo produces an extremely large brood! However, the nasty and intimidating Cruella de Vil is fast onto their scent, as her lust for a beautiful Dalmatian coast drives her to attempt to steal the puppies, with the help of her side-kicks the Baddun Brothers. A story as full of love and kindness as it is of adventure and excitement, "The Hundred and One Dalmatians" is a lovely listen, and a rewarding one.

'I write this sitting at the kitchen sink' is the first line of a novel about love, sibling rivalry and a bohemian existence in a crumbling castle in the middle of nowhere. Cassandra Mortmin's journal records her fadingly glamorous stepmother, her beautiful, wistful older sister and the man to whom they owe both their isolation and poverty - Father. The author of one experimental novel, and a minor cause celebre, he has since suffered from writer's block and is determined to drag his family down with him. But if the iron has entered Father's soul it hasn't penetrated Cassandra's.