One of the earliest audiobooks has been discovered in Canada. A 1935 recording of Joseph Conrad's novella Typhoon has been discovered in Canada by Matthew Rubery, a professor of modern literature at London’s Queen Mary University.
Audiobooks,
as aids for visually impaired people, have been around since the 1930s, but
initially contained only short stories or poems. Typhoon
was one of three full-length books to be recorded as an audiobook, and the
first “literary” audiobook. The other
two longer works were Agatha Christie's The
Murder of Roger Ackroyd and the New Testament's Gospel According to St.
John.
As It Happens on CBC Radio had an interview with Professor
Rubery on Nov. 21; you can access it at http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-monday-edition-1.3860483/hear-what-may-be-the-first-full-length-audio-book-found-in-canada-1.3860492
and even hear part of the audiobook.
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