Henry James COMPLETE CLASSICS RODERICK UNABRIDGED HUDSON Read by Adam Sims

Roderick Hudson and Rowland Mallet are like two sides of the same coin: while the whimsical and egotistical Roderick recklessly follows his passions in the name of art, altruistic Rowland lives with restraint and measure. The two are bound together almost immediately when Rowland is shown a striking bronze statuette in his cousin’s garden, which moves him to meet and support its creator, Roderick. They abandon their provincial New England lives for Rome, where the young sculptor perfects his craft and flourishes among Italy’s great masters, while Rowland lives vicariously through Roderick, patiently hoping that the artist’s fiancée, Mary Garland, might one day share his feelings.

Adam Sims trained at LAMDA. His recordings for radio include Total running time: 13:50:39 The World According to Humphrey and The Salamander Letter View our full range of titles at n-ab.com for the BBC. His screen and theatre credits include Band of Brothers (HBO), Lost in Space, The Madness of George III (West Yorkshire Playhouse), Alice in Wonderland (Royal Shakespeare Company), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Regent’s Park) and Snake in Fridge (Manchester Royal Exchange), for which he won the award for Best Actor at the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards. For Naxos AudioBooks, he has read Mowat’s Never Cry Wolf, and James’s Washington Square and The Aspern Papers, among other titles.

1 Roderick Hudson 9:17 21 When the two ladies withdrew… 9:57 2 ‘The only thing is,’ he said… 11:22 22 Chapter 4 12:59 3 When he was about fifteen… 10:31 23 There is an ancient terrace at Geneva… 8:44 4 In the evening, as he was smoking his cigar… 6:48 24 Rowland then remembered that one of the Baden… 9:23 5 Rowland, who was but a moderate talker… 9:08 25 Rowland offered several criticisms of detail… 10:15 6 This graceful young scoffer reappeared a couple… 14:15 26 Mrs Light, who through her long, gold-cased glass… 8:50 7 Chapter 2 9:13 27 ‘I have known the mamma for twenty years,’… 8:14 8 Before the two young men separated… 8:10 28 ‘And what does Christina say?’ 8:16 9 Having it much at heart to convince Mrs Hudson… 8:41 29 Chapter 5 10:23 10 But before Rowland could respond… 8:44 30 His extraordinary success in modeling the bust… 9:55 11 This theory was apparently very grateful to… 9:26 31 Rowland bowed in silence. Roderick declared… 11:03 12 He walked homeward, thinking of many things. 6:38 32 One morning, going into Roderick’s studio… 12:55 13 Roderick laughed uproariously… 8:26 33 Madame Grandoni had foretold the truth… 9:01 14 They had reached a point where the wood-path… 9:44 34 The Cavaliere turned a little paler than usual… 8:20 15 Chapter 3 11:36 35 She was silent a moment, looking at him. 8:46 16 They had gone almost immediately to Paris… 10:01 36 Chapter 6 9:18 17 They saw no more of the young girl… 8:29 37 Roderick pressed his hand to his forehead… 10:53 18 Certainly, among the young men of genius… 9:31 38 One morning, as the two young men were lounging… 14:04 19 Rowland’s second guest was also an artist… 10:17 39 The Cavaliere returned with zealous speed… 9:19 20 It seemed to Rowland a sort of foreshadowing… 13:48 40 The Cavaliere looked imperturbably grave. 7:48

1 41 ‘I don’t know whether you believe in presentiments,’… 11:16 64 ‘I heard it, too,’ said Rowland with brevity. 9:45 42 Chapter 7 8:26 65 Giacosa rose at her summons and advanced... 7:50 43 Roderick was sitting with his knees drawn up… 9:41 66 Rowland was puzzled, baffled, charmed, inspired… 11:13 44 Since his return from Frascati… 9:52 67 Chapter 11 10:50 45 Some days afterward it happened that Rowland… 9:38 68 This lady’s farther comments upon the event… 9:27 46 Rowland smiled. ‘What is your particular quarrel...’ 8:54 69 Mary Garland, on hearing this declaration… 10:29 47 Christina said nothing more… 8:44 70 The next day, while he was at home… 6:44 48 Chapter 8 11:46 71 Rowland had received a few days before a letter… 7:07 49 Shortly after sending his letter... 7:50 72 The Villa Pandolfini stood directly upon a small… 8:54 50 Roderick, for all answer, tossed the sheet back… 8:40 73 But Mary Garland had helped him before… 11:01 51 She looked at him a moment, hesitating... 9:06 74 The party at Villa Pandolfini used to sit in the garden… 11:55 52 One morning, in the midst of all this… 11:02 75 Chapter 12 8:52 53 Chapter 9 8:34 76 During their passage of the Saint Gothard… 9:32 54 Miss Garland looked at him, smiling intently… 7:17 77 Rowland, in Florence, as we know… 12:12 55 Rowland returned the next day… 12:57 78 He was careful not to tell her that he intended… 8:22 56 Roderick almost immediately demanded that his… 9:07 79 One morning, shortly after this… 7:25 57 Rowland tried at times to make her talk about herself... 12:55 80 Rowland looked at her mistrustfully, without answering. 8:36 58 Chapter 10 8:51 81 Chapter 13 8:31 59 Roderick’s bust of his mother… 14:00 82 Instantly it brought Rowland to terms. 7:41 60 This enlightened woman came the next day... 9:47 83 Roderick’s words seemed at first to Rowland like… 11:24 61 ‘Tell me about these people,’ she said to him. 10:11 84 Rowland passed the remainder of the day… 12:46 62 The opportunity presenting itself the next day… 9:45 85 He wandered about for several hours... 9:34 63 This time, unmistakably, the Cavaliere smiled… 9:22

Recorded at SNK Studios, London Produced by John Foley Edited and mastered by Ross Burman Executive Producer: Anthony Anderson ℗ 2019 Naxos AudioBooks. Artwork © 2019 Naxos AudioBooks Booklet and cover design: Hannah Whale, Fruition – Creative Concepts, using the image Portrait of the sculptor Giovanni Mayer by Umberto Veruda (1868–1904), courtesy of akg-images ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. UNAUTHORISED PUBLIC PERFORMANCE, BROADCASTING AND COPYING OF THIS RECORDING PROHIBITED

Total running time: 13:50:39 Catalogue no.: NA0404 ISBN: 978-1-78198-252-5

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