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Leave It to Psmith
- De: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrado por: Jonathan Cecil
- Duración: 8 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 564
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 510
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 504
The idyll of Blandings Castle is about to be disturbed, for the Hon. Freddie Threepwood is poised to make his debut as a jewel thief. Freddie, however, is not alone: Blandings is simply brimming with criminals and impostors all intent on stealing Aunt Constance's 20,000 pound diamond necklace. It is left to the debonair Psmith, with his usual aplomb, to unscramble the passion, problems, and identities, of one and all.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Cry Goes ‘Round the Clubs…Perfection.
- De John en 08-22-13
- Leave It to Psmith
- De: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrado por: Jonathan Cecil
Five stars
Revisado: 06-23-23
Absolutely love the Psmith stories and Jonathan Cecil is the only one that should be listened to when reading the book. He gets everything just right
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Manalive
- De: Gilbert Keith Chesterton
- Narrado por: Ray Clare
- Duración: 6 h y 5 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Narración:2 out of 5 stars 12
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 13
"Manalive" (1912) is a book by G. K. Chesterton detailing a popular theme both in his own philosophy, and in Christianity, of the "holy fool", such as in Dostoevsky's "The Idiot" and Cervantes' "Don Quixote".
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1 out of 5 stars
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Amateur Reader, Poor Quality, Paying for Librivox
- De R. Eric Tippin en 04-13-17
- Manalive
- De: Gilbert Keith Chesterton
- Narrado por: Ray Clare
Amateur Reader, Poor Quality, Paying for Librivox
Revisado: 04-13-17
Would you try another book from Gilbert Keith Chesterton and/or Ray Clare?
This story in another reader's mouth (say, David Timson's or Martin Jarvis's) would earn three or four stars, but Clare's performance taints it.
How could the performance have been better?
Ray Clare is not a professional audiobook reader, and even among amateurs he is particularly bad. His rendering of 'Manalive' works against the buoyancy of the text he reads. He may have a deep appreciation for Chesterton, but, I'm afraid he has almost no talent as a reader of Chesterton. More importantly, this audiobook was merely taken from Librivox, a website dedicated to providing free audio of books in the public domain. One can download this same audiobook for free on the Librivox website; however, because of the painful performance of it by Clare, I would avoid this rendering of 'Manalive' altogether. Even professional readers like Simon Vance have difficulty striking the right tone with Chesterton's work, and Clare's version is almost antithetical to Chesterton's whole project.
Any additional comments?
This is a highly dubious, unprofessional, poorly executed version of Chesterton's book that puts itself forward as something more polished and professionally produced. Please do not buy it or any of the other Chesterton books this publisher offers.
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