Which Voyage of the Dawn Treader recording should you buy?
Narnia is sold as two parallel sets — straight readings and BBC full-cast dramatisations — and the listings do not make it obvious which is which.
C.S. Lewis · 3 recordings on Audible UK
Short answer
Derek Jacobi for the book itself. The BBC dramatisation is genuinely good and worth having as well, but at just over two hours it is an adaptation, not the text.
Every recording, compared
| Narrator | Length | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Derek Jacobi Our pick | 5 hrs 51 mins | Unabridged | Part of the set where each Narnia book gets a different well-known reader. |
| Sir Michael Hordern | 2 hrs 22 mins | Abridged | A much older abridged reading. |
| Stephen Thorne, Sylvester McCoy and a full cast | 2 hrs 15 mins | Full-cast dramatisation | The BBC production. A different thing from the book, and good. |
