Audio Books
An often asked Question
Many years ago I found the White Witch in a thrift shop. I have read it many times. I am reading it right now.
I love the Dean’s Watch, Gentian Hill, Tower’s in the Mist, and the Scent of Water. I own 11 of her books.
They are treasures. I enjoy older books, that have real heartfelt stories. Books that can be read that leave a person feeling clean and blessed.
I have recently found The Rosemary Tree on tape. Haven’t had time to listen to it yet. I am interested to know of the availability of audio books by E G.
Sincerely Nancy
This is a question I am frequently asked but as yet only The Little White Horse read by Miriam Margoles, produced by the BBC has been released.
I am searching for an audio book or “The Dean’s Watch”. Can anyone help me?? Charlie Vail
it looks like there are no audio books of her works, what a shame!
i had several on tape and beautifully read. recordings exist but for some reason are not available in new formats.
Me too! I wish they would release recordings of her books!
I have been a follower of Elizabeth Goudge for years. I think I have most of her books, but now I am older I would love to have audio versions.
Me too! I wish they’d bring out more.
I have been reading her books for over 50 years and love them all. I would dearly love to have audio books, especially the ones about the Eliot family – I want to hear Damerosehay pronounced properly – but really all of them. The Scent of Water has always been my favorite – probably because it was the first one I read. Then The Middle Window. Then….well, ALL of them. (except the children’s books, most of which I have not read)
I re-read her books regularly, but having audibooks would make it easier because I could listen even when tending to chores!
Sadly still waiting for this to happen. I would love to be the one who reads and distributes her work. But I would have to get permission from her estate and then find the time and equipment to do them justice.
Please let us know if you do find them. Best wishes Deborah
Does anyone know why they are not on audio? Or who one would make that request to?
Thanks!
I believe some of her hooks may have been recorded on cassettes trying to find them or any audio versions
I accessed a couple of her books in audio format through Tape Aids for the Blind in South Africa. Libraries for the blind would be a good place to start looking for them, and after that, one could apply for permission from her estate to make the recordings available to more people.
There are audio versions of many of her books in the UK’s RNIB library ( available without charge for people who are sight impaired or otherwise unable to read the written word).
Thank you. Are the readers good and can we get them in the US?
I would love to have the Audiobooks to listen to while I work.
I’ve just finished re-reading ‘The Heart of the Family’ and would like to be able to suggest it to a 94-year-old friend who can no longer hold books for any length of time, so she listens every day to audiobooks from the local library. I grew up on ‘The Little White Horse’ and ‘Green Dolphin Country’ but didn’t come across the Eliot Chronicles until a few years ago. I read them to my Mum (who would also have been 94 by now if she hadn’t died in 2019). My brothers and I learned to read long before we went to school because she sat us in turn on her lap and ran her finger along the words as she read to us. But in her last few years she too couldn’t manage to read for herself, despite being an avid reader all her life, so my Dad and her children took over and took it in turns to read to her. After Dad died she often couldn’t take in more than a chapter or two at a time, but we enjoyed many bedtime chapters from many books over the last few years.
It seems that Audible claim to have done some Elizabeth Goudge audiobooks. https://www.audible.co.uk/author/Elizabeth-Goudge/B000APM9OA
The trouble is that Audible are part of the Amazon empire, so paying to hear the books would mean giving money to multibillionaire Jeff Bezos, and encouraging him to carry on exploiting the staff whose work has made him so obscenely rich. I don’t think that would fit with Elizabeth Goudge’s ethics! Also you can’t ask your public library to provide them – it’s really a private paying matter.
Very frustrating. If only the decent (or relatively decent) publishing companies had cottoned much sooner to the need for audiobooks and produced them.
Thanks to Lynn Ball’s comment on 22 June 2021 (‘There are audio versions of many of her books in the UK’s RNIB library ( available without charge for people who are sight impaired or otherwise unable to read the written word).’ I’ve just checked out https://www.rniblibrary.com/ and sure enough they still have audio books by Elizabeth Goudge!
Thanks Lynn!
I checked whether people who aren’t blind or visually impaired can borrow them, and if so how… But it seems not, which is fair enough, since they must give priority to those who needs them most.
‘Can I join the RNIB Library?
The services that RNIB Library provide are open to a wide range of people who might have sight loss or print impairment issues.
Those who are eligible to join the library include, people who are:
• blind;
• or partially sighted;
• or having an impairment that prevents or limits the individual from reading standard print.
The books borrowed from these services remain the property of RNIB and are returned after reading or listening.
The content provided should only be for personal use and we ask library users not to distribute, permanently store electronic copies, broadcast or publicly perform audio content, borrowed from RNIB.
When you join the library we ask you to sign a statement covering the above points. If you are under 16, we ask for the signature of a responsible adult authorised to act on your behalf.
The Registration Form for the RNIB Library Service is a Word document (although we can provide alternative formats should you need them).
To fill in the form yourself, download it to your computer, complete it using Microsoft Word, then either email it to helpline@rnib.org.uk OR print it out to sign, before sending on to us.
Please send your completed form to the following address:
RNIB Library Services
Northminster House
Northminster
Peterborough
PE1 1YN
If you’d like us to fill in the form for you, you can call our Helpline on 0303 123 9999.’