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My Girls
- A Lifetime with Carrie and Debbie
- De: Todd Fisher
- Narrado por: Todd Fisher
- Duración: 13 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 669
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 597
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 593
In December 2016, the world was shaken by the sudden deaths of Carrie Fisher and her mother Debbie Reynolds, two unspeakable losses. The stunned public turned for solace to Debbie’s only remaining child, Todd Fisher. The son of "America’s Sweethearts" Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, Todd grew up amid the glamorous wealth and pretense of Hollywood. Thanks to his mother, Todd remained down to earth, his own man, but always close to his cherished mom, and to his sister through her meteoric rise to stardom and her struggle with demons that never diminished her humor, talent, or spirit.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Detailed & heartfelt tribute
- De Lili en 07-08-18
- My Girls
- A Lifetime with Carrie and Debbie
- De: Todd Fisher
- Narrado por: Todd Fisher
Humorless
Revisado: 10-19-20
Born again. Not a writer. Surprising how dull he is considering who he is related to.
But a lot of details about Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher’s lives.
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Notes from the Underground
- De: Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Narrado por: Walter Zimmerman
- Duración: 5 h y 8 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 120
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 35
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 35
By the time Dostoevsky was 40, he had spent four years in prison and a further four years in the army as punishment for his part in a political conspiracy. His health was broken. He was gaunt, fervid, anxiety-ridden, and close to bankruptcy. It was in this state he wrote Notes from the Underground, a masterpiece of the psychology of theoutsider.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant
- De jb en 05-28-05
- Notes from the Underground
- De: Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Narrado por: Walter Zimmerman
Nonsense
Revisado: 07-04-18
No idea why this is a famous book. No discernible story. A lot of meaningless blather.
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Buddhism
- De: Dr. Winston King
- Narrado por: Ben Kingsley
- Duración: 2 h y 59 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 172
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 120
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 120
Buddhism began with Gotama the Buddha in the sixth century BCE and has developed two chief forms: Theravada (or Hinayana) is found especially in Sri Lanka, Burma, and Thailand; Mahayana is found in Japan, China, Korea, and Indochina. Zen, a more recent form of Buddhism, is found throughout the world. Some believe Buddhism is not properly understood as a religion, though this presentation describes its religious qualities.
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4 out of 5 stars
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well written and well spoken
- De Master Yoda en 01-07-09
- Buddhism
- De: Dr. Winston King
- Narrado por: Ben Kingsley
Sexist
Revisado: 07-04-18
Had to stop listening when I learned about the history of excluding women. Not interested in this anymore.
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- De: Mark Twain
- Narrado por: Patrick Fraley
- Duración: 10 h y 42 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 768
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 254
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 259
One of the greatest treats in all world literature, this masterpiece from Mark Twain inspired a literary revolution. The novel offers both brilliant humor and tragedy as Huck and Jim explore the moral dilemmas of slavery and freedom. Huck, the narrator, is shrewd, ingenious, and literal; he reports on everything he sees, which allows the listener to experience the hypocrisy of "sivilization".
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5 out of 5 stars
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Terrific interpretion of an excellent story
- De Andrea en 01-12-03
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- De: Mark Twain
- Narrado por: Patrick Fraley
Patrick Fraley
Revisado: 03-24-07
This is the most satisfying purchase I have made from Audible (besides Persuasion read by Gretta Scacchi).
I kept checking the credits to make sure that only one narrator was reading, Patrick Fraley has such a supernatural way of changing his voice. The voice he does for Jim is so completely different from Huck's voice that it sounds like two different readers. All the voices are fantastic. Patrick Fraley made me laugh out loud. The whole thing was delightful and I was sorry when it was over.
The only small thing I can think of is that the music isn't dead on to my taste. They do short musical interludes in between chapters, just a few banjo lines or whatever, which I think is a good idea, but some of the composition wasn't exactly right for me.
Overall this was a great listening experience. There are so many Huck Finn choices on Audible that I was worried I would choose the wrong one, but this was a real prize and I would recommend it to anyone.
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Vanity Fair
- De: William Makepeace Thackeray
- Narrado por: Jill Masters
- Duración: 32 h y 10 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 89
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 8
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 11
Becky Sharp, a willful, resourceful, and charming pleasure-seeker, uses her finishing school credentials and connections to get a job as a governess. In her new position, she wins the hearts of the moneyed young and old and is soon living well beyond her means. Meanwhile, her boarding-school friend Amelia Sedley is honest but poor and must give her son into the care of his grandfather, who will have nothing to do with her. The two meet up again at the novel's ironic climax.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Don't Purchase
- De Callie en 06-25-04
- Vanity Fair
- De: William Makepeace Thackeray
- Narrado por: Jill Masters
Jill Masters
Revisado: 02-18-07
Jill Masters' main narration is steady, and although her characterizations are a little halting and undifferentiated, I enjoyed her voice and performance much more than Fredrick Davidson's in the other audiobook option.
The sound quality is only medium.
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Vanity Fair
- A Novel Without a Hero
- De: William Makepeace Thackeray
- Narrado por: Frederick Davidson
- Duración: 29 h y 51 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 344
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 270
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 267
Generally considered to be his masterpiece, Vanity Fair is Thackeray's resplendent social satire that exposes the greed and corruption raging in England during the turmoil of the Napoleonic wars. Subtitled "A Novel Without a Hero", it traces the changing fortunes of two unforgettable women: the scheming opportunist Becky Sharp, one of literature's most resourceful, engaging, and amoral heroines, and her foil, the faithful, naive Amelia Sedley.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Superb Version --- Highly Recommended
- De Charles en 09-04-06
- Vanity Fair
- A Novel Without a Hero
- De: William Makepeace Thackeray
- Narrado por: Frederick Davidson
Frederick Davidson
Revisado: 02-16-07
Although I love this book, I would never buy another audiobook read by Fredrick Davidson. His voice is extremely annoying to me. He inflects each sentence up at the end, as if each sentence were a question. I should have paid more attention to the reviewer who describes Fredrick Davidson's voice as "sarcastic" - his voice does sound sarcastic, in the worst most affected way, his sarcasm takes away from the great irony and humor of the book. Besides his performance, which I don't like, his voice has a naturally grating tone to it.
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Jane Eyre, Volume 1
- De: Charlotte Bronte
- Narrado por: Amanda Root
- Duración: 10 h y 30 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 157
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 39
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 41
One of the greatest love stories ever written, Jane Eyre is the tale of a young woman entangled with the powerful Mr. Rochester. What lurks in the attic at Thornfield, the ancestral home of the surly Mr. Rochester? Will the governess Jane Eyre discover his secret, and having discovered it, live to regret that knowledge? Battling inside Jane are passion and prudence; she struggles to survive the turmoil they cause.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best ever
- De Amy K. en 02-24-06
- Jane Eyre, Volume 1
- De: Charlotte Bronte
- Narrado por: Amanda Root
Amanda Root
Revisado: 02-07-07
Amanda Root's performance is spirited and very pleasing, she does all the voices better than I could imagine them, including male characters and the consumptive Helen Burns (I enjoy Amanda Root as much as Greta Scacchi, and much much more than Flo Gibson). The audio quality is high.
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Mansfield Park
- De: Jane Austen
- Narrado por: Maureen O'Brien
- Duración: 16 h y 28 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 215
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 80
Mansfield Park, the idyllic Bertram family estate, becomes home to a poor young relative, Fanny. In this wealthy world of social accomplishments and flirtations, the sensible Fanny finds herself out of place, yet secretly in love with her cousin, Edmund. Jane Austen employs her unerring wit to brilliantly capture the social and moral values of an English society at a time of great upheaval.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Narrator misses story's subtle tones
- De Hadley B Cabral en 08-30-07
- Mansfield Park
- De: Jane Austen
- Narrado por: Maureen O'Brien
This reading of Mansfield Park
Revisado: 02-02-07
I'm glad I bought this and I've enjoyed listening to it. However, the quality of the audio is medium. Also, although this performer has a much better voice, in my opinion, than Flo Gibson's (who sounds to me like she's been smoking unfiltered cigarettes for 50 years), she is not as good as Greta Sacchi's performance of Persuasion.
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