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Candide, or Optimism
- De: Francois Voltaire, Michael Wood, Theo Cuffe
- Narrado por: Ben Lloyd Hughes
- Duración: 4 h y 17 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 34
Brought up in the household of a powerful Baron, Candide is an open-minded young man whose tutor, Pangloss, has instilled in him the belief that 'all is for the best'. But when his love for the baron's rosy-cheeked daughter is discovered, Candide is cast out to make his own way in the world. And so he and his various companions begin a breathless tour of Europe, South America and Asia, as an outrageous series of disasters befall them - earthquakes, syphilis, a brush with the Inquisition, murder - sorely testing the young hero's optimism.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Narrator turned me around on this story
- De Kindle Customer en 11-10-24
- Candide, or Optimism
- De: Francois Voltaire, Michael Wood, Theo Cuffe
- Narrado por: Ben Lloyd Hughes
Narrator turned me around on this story
Revisado: 11-10-24
This is probably the sixth time I've read Candide in my life but the first I actually enjoyed it. This narrator does excellent voices, and the mouth full of marbles voice for Martin was brilliant.
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The Book of Margery Kempe
- De: Margery Kempe
- Narrado por: Lucy Scott
- Duración: 9 h y 19 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 12
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 12
The Book of Margery Kempe is the extraordinary account of a medieval wife, mother, and mystic from Norfolk. Having married in c. 1393, given birth to 14 children, and pursued unsuccessful ventures in brewing and milling, Kempe made a vow of chastity and embarked on a life of prayer, penance, and pilgrimage.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Memoirs of a 14th Century Christian
- De S. Cremona en 03-15-23
- The Book of Margery Kempe
- De: Margery Kempe
- Narrado por: Lucy Scott
Medieval Outsider
Revisado: 08-11-24
Sad and fascinating, this is by far one of the most interesting listens from the Middle Ages. Whatever was different about Margery Kempe's neurological wiring, I'm so glad she wrote it all down. I love the way God speaks to her, telling her repeatedly what a fantastic woman she is. There are many details about life in the early 15th century and what it would be like to be an outsider.
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Republic
- De: Plato, Christopher Rowe - translator
- Narrado por: Jim Barclay
- Duración: 16 h y 25 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 16
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 16
The Republic, Plato's masterwork, was first enjoyed 2,400 years ago and remains one of the most widely read books in the world. Presented as a dialogue between Plato's teacher Socrates and various interlocutors, it is an exhortation to philosophy, inviting its listeners to reflect on the choices to be made if we are to live the best life available to us. This complex, dynamic work creates a picture of an ideal society governed not by the desire for money, power or fame, but by philosophy, wisdom and justice.
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5 out of 5 stars
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arguably the best philosophy book on audible
- De Anonymous en 05-21-21
- Republic
- De: Plato, Christopher Rowe - translator
- Narrado por: Jim Barclay
What was needed!
Revisado: 04-12-21
Admittedly, some of this was difficult but I hadn't realized I need philosophy in my life until now. The performance was very good.
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Germinal
- Penguin Classics
- De: Émile Zola, Roger Pearson - translator
- Narrado por: Josh Dylan
- Duración: 21 h y 13 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 30
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 24
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 24
Considered by André Gide to be one of the 10 greatest novels in the French language, Germinal is a brutal depiction of the poverty and wretchedness of a mining community in Northern France under the second empire. At the centre of the novel is Etienne Lantier, a handsome 21-year-old mechanic, intelligent but with little education and a dangerous predisposition to murderous, alcoholic rage.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Favorite
- De Kindle Customer en 05-17-20
- Germinal
- Penguin Classics
- De: Émile Zola, Roger Pearson - translator
- Narrado por: Josh Dylan
A Favorite
Revisado: 05-17-20
So glad to have a modern translation expertly and movingly read. I will listen to this again.
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