Hear Madeleine read A WRINKLE IN TIME, A WIND IN THE DOOR, and A SWIFTLY TILTING PLANET
Dear Ones,
Listening to Madeleine L’Engle read A Wrinkle in Time is nothing short of captivating.
Hear for yourself: It was a dark and stormy night, she begins, with not an ounce of sentimentality. Hooking the listener with her passionate cadence in this opening scene, the audio narration continues: In her attic bedroom Margaret Murry, wrapped in an old patchwork quilt, sat on the foot of her bed and watched the trees tossing in the frenzied lashing of the wind. When Meg shakes, I shook, sensing the storm that opens A Wrinkle in Time.
Listening to the audio in the author’s voice is a gift, available now thanks to restored recordings Penguin Random House Audio. Penguin Listening Library’s versions come from recordings done from 1993 to 1996 of A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, and A Swiftly Tilting Planet. Sample and purchase the recordings here:
A Wrinkle in Time, or listen on Audible;
A Wind in the Door, or listen on Audible;
A Swiftly Tilting Planet, or listen on Audible.
Happy listening!
— Erin F. Wasinger, for madeleinelengle.com.
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Charlotte Jones Voiklis is Madeleine L’Engle’s granddaughter and executor of her estate. She is a lead producer of the musical adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time. She is also the co-author with Jennifer Adams of A Book, Too, Can Be a Star (October 2022), a picture book biography illustrated by Adelina Lirius; and, with her sister, Léna Roy, of Becoming Madeleine (2018), a biography for middle grade readers.
She wrote the afterword to the 50th Anniversary edition of A Wrinkle in Time, and the introduction to The Moment of Tenderness (2020), a collection of short stories. Charlotte has also written and spoken extensively about her grandmother’s work to a variety of audiences.
With a PhD in Comparative Literature, Charlotte’s professional experience spans teaching, fundraising, communications, and grant making. She has also volunteered as a mediator in the New York City court system, and coached police officers on mediation skills. Charlotte lives in New York and Connecticut with her husband and has two grown children.