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EDITOR'S PICK OF THE MONTH

Each month, this column will highlight an audiobook that has the content and the quality of performance to provide an outstanding audiobook experience.

Charles and Emma Darwin by Deborah Heiligman

Charles and Emma Darwin by Deborah Heiligman

by Jean Palmer

Sat, Feb 21, 2009

Deborah Heiligman has written more than twenty books for children, most of them nonfiction, including three other biographies. She is married to Jonathan Weiner, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1994 for The Beak of the Finch.

The Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales

by Francine Levitov

Sat, Feb 21, 2009

Both Blackstone Audiobook and BBC Audiobooks America have released unabridged editions of Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. Blackstone's is performed by Martin Jarvis and a full cast and was translated by J.U. Nicholson. BBC Audiobooks America's features Bill Wallis and a full cast and was translated by Burton Raffel. Both have been reviewed together for purposes of comparison.