Benson  Audio Books and Miscellaneous.
Several of Fred's novels and short stories have been recorded in both abridged and unabridged forms.
Isis have produced unabridged sets of all 6 'Lucia' novels on cassette; there is even a CD set of "Mapp & Lucia"!
Other publishers have produced recordings of some of Fred's 'Spook' stories, including Penguin.
If you know of any commercially available audio recordings that do not appear on this page, please
email us with details!  A scan of the cover would be nice!

ISIS 'LUCIA' series.

Left to Right -

• "Miss Mapp" - 8 cassettes - Read by Prunella Scales - IAB 90113
• "Mapp and Lucia" - 10 cassettes - Read by Prunella Scales - IAB 90084
• "Lucia's Progress" - 8 Cassettes - Read by Prunella Scales - IAB 92072

• "Horror Stories" - Selected and abridged by J.A.Cuddon - includes "The Room In The Tower" by E.F.Benson, read by Andrew Sachs.  Publisher - Penguin Classics PEN154 (Cover illustration; "Mad Kate who lost her reason when her lover failed to return from a sea voyage" by Henry Fuseli)
• "The Monkey's Paw & Other Tales of Terror" - Read by Victor Gerber - includes "Caterpillars" by E.F.Benson.  Publisher - Durkin Hayes Publishing (Distributed by Tring International PLC) TAB022
• "Queen Lucia" Dramatised and narrated by Aubrey Woods.  Publisher - BBC Enterprises ZBBC 1120  (This was a dramtisation made for BBC Radio 4, starring Barbara Jefford as Lucia, Jonathan Cecil as Georgie, Jane Wenham as Daisy Quantock and June Tobin as Olga Bracely.  The pianist was John Owen Edwards and the production was directed by John Cardy.  Cover illustration, which is not credited on the Cassette cover, is by Lynda Reiss, and is a cropped version of the Black Swan paperback.
• "Mapp and Lucia" Abridged version read by Prunella Scales.  Publisher: Harper Collins.

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