The Hundred and One Dalmatians
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Narrated by:
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Martin Jarvis
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By:
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Dodie Smith
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Pongo and Missis Pongo are a pair of Dalmatians who live with the newly married Mr. and Mrs. Dearly and their two nannies. Mr. Dearly is a "financial wizard" who has been granted life-long tax exemption and lent a house on the Outer Circle in Regent's Park in return for wiping out the government debt. The dogs consider the humans their pets, but allow the humans to think that they are the owners.
Missis gives birth to a litter of 15 puppies. Concerned that Missis will not be able to feed them all, Mrs. Dearly looks for a wet nurse, and finds an abandoned Dalmatian mother in the middle of the road in the pouring rain. She has the dog treated by a vet and names her Perdita.
Mr. and Mrs. Dearly attend a dinner party hosted by Cruella de Vil, an intimidating and very wealthy woman fixated with fur. The Dearlys are disconcerted by her belief that all animals are worthless and should be drowned. Shortly after the dinner party, the puppies disappear. The humans fail to trace them, but through the "Twilight Barking", a forum of communication in which dogs can relay messages to each other across the country, the dogs manage to track them down to "Hell Hall", the ancestral home of the de Vil family in Suffolk.
Pongo and Missis decide to run away from home and find them, leaving Perdita to look after the Dearlys. After a journey across the countryside, they learn that there are 97 puppies in Hell Hall, including their own 15.
Thus commences a determined attempt to rescue the Dalmatian puppies quickly before they end up as fur for one of Cruella de Vil’s famous black and white fur coats.
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- Freddi
- 13-04-13
101 Dalmatians
A beautiful book beautifully read. It kept both adults and children happily entertained all the way down to Cornwall recently. Although the rough plot line will be familiar to most families from the Disney film the book is subtler and more carefully plotted. There are wider range of characters, both canine and human, and the dogs' final revenge upon Cruella de Vil is both viscerally exciting and absolutely fitting to her planned crime. My 7 year old son said it was 'fantastic' and we are now reading the book itself. A great way to introduce children to the stories behind the simplified Disney films.
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- Franliz
- 20-12-17
Great
I really like it its not even that bad. The performances were very good also.
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- Ben
- 23-03-23
101 dalmatians
the performance was OK i liked the story it was painting a perfect picture in my mind.
overall i give it 10 out of 10.
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- Anonymous User
- 31-03-21
Just the best thing ever
You wanna relax? Go for this
Big up Pongo and Missus
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Martin Jarvis
🥴 😁
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- fenderstrat
- 23-09-20
dogs and more dogs
one of the best story's there is great listen for young and old adndog lovers alike.magic
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- tracey
- 22-02-16
beautiful tale read by Martin Jarvis so well!<br />
took me right back to my childhood and the first time I ever heard the story loved it.
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- Katherine
- 14-11-18
Brilliant, a classic
My 7 year old loved this, as did I, much better than the film! Brilliant all round.
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- KLM
- 02-07-17
wonderful telling of a much loved story
I have loved this story for at least 30 years and had never wanted to hear a recording of it. Until now, that is.
Characterization was thoughtful and added to the story. Martin Jarvis did an excellent job.
I'd highly recommend this!
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- E J K
- 05-04-21
ITS EPIC!!!!
I love it ❤️
I liked the story telling and disliked nothing!
Listen/to/this/NOW!
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- Malcolm Wood 24
- 16-11-19
Favourite Book Ever
A great story with each part well written. Even cat lovers like myself can enjoy it.
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