"A selection of William Shakespeare's much-loved sonnets, read by some of the world's finest actors, together with musical settings of passages from his sonnets and plays."
Kenneth Branagh, Ralph Fiennes, and Alan Rickman reading Shakespeare's sonnets...need I say more?
Enter Jeeves: 15 Early Stories by P.G. Wodehouse
Our family banter, the secret code of our inner circle, is filled with more and more Wodehouse. This instantly became the read-aloud of choice.
My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
"When the unconventional Durrell family can no longer endure the damp, gray English climate, they do what any sensible family would do: sell their house and relocate to the sunny Greek isle of Corfu. My Family and Other Animals was intended to embrace the natural history of the island but ended up as a delightful account of Durrell’s family’s experiences, from the many eccentric hangers-on to the ceaseless procession of puppies, toads, scorpions, geckoes, ladybugs, glowworms, octopuses, bats, and butterflies into their home.
Thanks to Wittingshire for this recommendation.
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