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Learn moreThe basis for Hitchcock's 1927 movie by the same name, as well as a more recent major motion picture from 2009, this award-winning audio of Marie Belloc Lowndes' classic thriller still packs a wallop.
An elderly couple living in Victorian London struggle against despair as their small resources dwindle. When an eccentric and mysterious gentleman answers their advertisement for a lodger, they celebrate. But as women begin dying at the hands of āThe Avengerā on the foggy streets of London, they start to suspect something too horrific for words. Could the timing just be mere coincidence?
While neither mentions their suspicions to the other, they each suffer horribly from dread when their beautiful young niece comes to stay with them and is terribly curious about their new lodger.
Marie Belloc Lowndes (1868ā1947) was a prolific English novelist and the sister of the celebrated writer Hilaire Belloc. Her most famous novel, The Lodger, based on the Jack the Ripper murders of 1888, was an immediate bestseller and became the basis for Alfred Hitchcockās first talking motion picture.
Lorna Raver, the recipient of numerousĀ AudioFileĀ magazine Earphones Awards, is a Los Angelesābased actor who has appeared on stage in New York, Los Angeles, and regional theatres around the country. Among her many television credits areĀ NYPD Blue,Ā Judging Amy,Ā Boston Legal,Ā ER,Ā andĀ Star Trek.
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āHer book is a splendid bit of work in the art that creates mystery in literature.ā
āDealing with not only the psychology of āThe Avengerāāher version of Jack the Ripperābut also with that of his landladyā¦Lowndes creates an atmosphere of suspense, fear, and horror.ā
“Matchless for excitement and artistry of writing, The Lodger…takes the reader into a tale of almost unbearable suspense.”
āLorna Raverās performance is a tour de force. Her dexterity shifting between accents is breathtaking. She creates the precise intensity, uncertainty, or sheer terror called for by each shocking situation. Raverās performance, combined with Lowndesās literate, suspenseful plot, makes this must listening. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award.ā
āRaverās voice has superb diction and range. She speaks for all characters, except for the lodger, in a strong cockney accent, and she sets the mood from start to finish.ā
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