The Mabinogion

by Lady Charlotte Guest (Translator)

Overview

The Mabinogion is one of the masterpieces of world literature, and a must-read for anyone who wants to have an understanding of Celtic lore.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781731701596
Publisher:	Simon & Brown
Publication date:	10/30/2018
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

Matt Addis is a highly regarded audiobook narrator, and has voiced a wealth of work. His unabridged recording of The Stone Man was nominated by Audible as one of twelve finalists for Audiobook of the Year 2015, among such august company as Stephen Fry reading Harry Potter and Maggie Gyllenhaal reading The Bell Jar.

Editorial Reviews

Narrator Matt Addis brings care, talent, and skill to these stories from twelfth- and thirteenth-century Wales, but he could have exercised more restraint. He takes his cue from the stories themselves—fantastic, fanciful, somewhere between myth, legend, and fairy tale—and from the archaic tone of the mid-nineteenth-century translation by Charlotte Guest. Addis’s phrases, imbued with a “once upon a time” feel, have a singsong lilt. While generally appropriate, this manner quickly cloys. There are ample opportunities to use a plainer tone, providing more variety, but Addis doesn’t take them. Still, he is expressive and sensitive to the text while providing a thoughtful diversity of voices. Listeners with patience and sympathy for this type of literature should find this, perhaps in short segments, a satisfying performance. W.M. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine

JULY 2019 - AudioFile

Narrator Matt Addis brings care, talent, and skill to these stories from twelfth- and thirteenth-century Wales, but he could have exercised more restraint. He takes his cue from the stories themselves—fantastic, fanciful, somewhere between myth, legend, and fairy tale—and from the archaic tone of the mid-nineteenth-century translation by Charlotte Guest. Addis’s phrases, imbued with a “once upon a time” feel, have a singsong lilt. While generally appropriate, this manner quickly cloys. There are ample opportunities to use a plainer tone, providing more variety, but Addis doesn’t take them. Still, he is expressive and sensitive to the text while providing a thoughtful diversity of voices. Listeners with patience and sympathy for this type of literature should find this, perhaps in short segments, a satisfying performance. W.M. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine

JULY 2019 - AudioFile