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Picnic at Hanging Rock [cd sound recording, unabridged] /

By: Contributor(s): Material type: SoundSoundPublisher: Tullamarine, Victoria : Bolinda Audio, [2018]Edition: UnabridgedDescription: 7 audio discs (8 hr., 41 min.) : CD audio, digital, stereo ; 12 cm ; in containerContent type:
  • spoken word
Media type:
  • audio
Carrier type:
  • audio disc
ISBN:
  • 9781489445896
  • 1489445897
  • 9781489451088
  • 1489451080
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 823/.914 23
LOC classification:
  • PR9619.3.L49 P53 2018ab
Read by Yael Stone.Summary: On Valentine's day, 1900 group of young women from an exclusive boarding school are treated to a picnic in the bush. It is a lovely day, and the girls are excited at the chance for a break from their daily routine. But, when four girls go for a walk for a closer look at Hanging Rock, tragedy strikes. Three of the four fail to return and Edith, the one who does, has no recollection of what befell her friends. At the same time one of the teachers accompanying the girls also disappears. In the days and weeks following the mystery surrounding their disappearance grows, and the subsequent effect ripple throughout the community.
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Standard Loan Coeur d'Alene Library Book on CD Coeur d'Alene Library Audio - Book on CD CD LINDSAY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 50610021745489
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

St Valentine's Day, in the midst of the hot summer of 1900, a party of schoolgirls went on a picnic to Hanging Rock. Some were never to return... An Australian classic, the disappearance of three girls and a schoolteacher at Hanging Rock has captivated and intrigued audiences for generations. Jacqueline McKenzie's interpretation of the best selling novel captures all of the beauty of the Rock and illustrates the eerie sense of the unknown for which the story is legendary. Picnic at Hanging Rock is a classic piece of Australian fiction, first published in 1967, and presenting a mystery which is so well known that many believe it to have some element of truth.

T.V. tie-in.

First published: 1967.

Read by Yael Stone.

On Valentine's day, 1900 group of young women from an exclusive boarding school are treated to a picnic in the bush. It is a lovely day, and the girls are excited at the chance for a break from their daily routine. But, when four girls go for a walk for a closer look at Hanging Rock, tragedy strikes. Three of the four fail to return and Edith, the one who does, has no recollection of what befell her friends. At the same time one of the teachers accompanying the girls also disappears. In the days and weeks following the mystery surrounding their disappearance grows, and the subsequent effect ripple throughout the community.

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