Unique copy of first full-length audio book found in Canada

Set of four LPs with full text of Joseph Conrad’s 1902 novella Typhoon was made by RNIB in 1935

A unique copy of the first full-length audio book ever made, a set of four LPs recorded in 1935 with the full text of Joseph Conrad’s 1902 novella Typhoon, has been rediscovered in Canada.

The hunt continues for surviving copies of others of the earliest titles, including The Gospel According to St John, and Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.

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