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Tess of the d'Urbervilles (Naxos)
- De: Thomas Hardy
- Narrado por: Anna Bentinck
- Duración: 17 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 242
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 120
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 120
Socially critical and emotionally complex, Tess of the d'Urbervilles is Hardy's masterpiece. It tells the story of Tess Durbeyfield, forced by her family's poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy d'Urbervilles. Violated by the son, Alec, her hopes of rebuilding her life with the gentle and bookish Angel Clare founder when he learns of her past.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Reader
- De Kelly en 01-28-09
- Tess of the d'Urbervilles (Naxos)
- De: Thomas Hardy
- Narrado por: Anna Bentinck
Very well done, but a dark story
Revisado: 07-06-19
Mr Hardy paints stories so well that you invest in them, but his stories are not fairytales.
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Jane Eyre
- De: Charlotte Brontë
- Narrado por: Juliet Stevenson
- Duración: 19 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,989
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,686
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,700
The work tells the story of Jane's early life, her experience at Lowood School and as a governess. Her refusal to accept Rochester's love on any but her own strictly moral terms is a passionate cry for independence.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent, but second best...
- De R. David Mintz en 02-15-10
- Jane Eyre
- De: Charlotte Brontë
- Narrado por: Juliet Stevenson
BRILLIANT
Revisado: 07-06-19
I have listened to this story over and over. I love everything about Jane Eyre, this story has everything. And Juliet reads it perfectly. I imagine I will be listening to this story for the rest of my days.
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The Spire
- De: Richard North Patterson
- Narrado por: Holter Graham
- Duración: 11 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 371
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 133
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 136
Mark Darrow grew up in a small Ohio town with no real advantages beyond his intelligence and athletic ability. But thanks to the intervention of Lionel Farr—a professor at Caldwell, the local college—Darrow became an excellent student and, later, a superb trial lawyer. Now Farr asks his still-youthful protégé for a life-altering favor. An embezzlement scandal has threatened Caldwell's very existence—would Darrow consider becoming its new president? Darrow accepts, but returning to his alma mater opens old wounds.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- De J. Eoos en 09-15-09
- The Spire
- De: Richard North Patterson
- Narrado por: Holter Graham
Very entertaining
Revisado: 07-06-19
Time spent listening to this book is time well spent. I enjoyed this story. It was gripping.
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Body Surfing
- De: Anita Shreve
- Narrado por: Laurence Bouvard
- Duración: 8 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 4
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 4
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 4
Aiming to make a fresh start in life, Sydney agrees to tutor the teenage daughter of an affluent couple during a summer spent in their New Hampshire cottage. But when the Edwards' two grown sons arrive, Sydney finds herself caught up in a web of old tensions and bitter divisions. As the brothers vie for her affections, the fragile existence Sydney has rebuilt is threatened.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful entertainment
- De Suzanne en 07-06-19
- Body Surfing
- De: Anita Shreve
- Narrado por: Laurence Bouvard
Beautiful entertainment
Revisado: 07-06-19
I found this book to be wonderfully entertaining. I may even return to it again one day.
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Just a Child
- De: Sammy Woodhouse
- Narrado por: Katy Sobey
- Duración: 8 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 3
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2
Sammy Woodhouse was just 14 when she met Arshid Hussain. Ten years older, he promised to take care of her. Sammy thought she was in love, but in reality she was being groomed by a ringleader of Britain's most notorious child sex ring. Just A Child tells the heartbreaking story of how a young girl from Rotherham was abused by her drug-dealing 'boyfriend', eventually giving birth to his baby, right under the nose of the very authorities who were meant to protect her. When reality dawned, Sammy realised she was one of countless vulnerable child victims - many of whom were trafficked around the north of England.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Heartbreaking story
- De Suzanne en 07-06-19
- Just a Child
- De: Sammy Woodhouse
- Narrado por: Katy Sobey
Heartbreaking story
Revisado: 07-06-19
I didn't understand grooming until I listened to this story. You can hardly believe the scale of this situation - the number of people affected over such an insane period of time! Surely, the more people who have a real understanding of grooming, the better armed we are to protect our children moving forward. Thank you for sharing your story Sammy.
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Stephen Fry’s Victorian Secrets
- An Audible Original
- De: John Woolf, Nick Baker
- Narrado por: Stephen Fry
- Duración: 7 h y 33 m
- Grabación Original
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General4 out of 5 stars 18,635
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 16,887
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 16,824
On the surface, the Victorian age is one of propriety, industry, prudishness and piety. But scratch the surface and you’ll find scandal, sadism, sex, madness, malice and murder. Presented by Stephen Fry, this series delves deep into a period of time we think we know, to discover an altogether darker reality. The stories we’re told offer a different perspective on an era which underwent massive social change. As education, trade, technology and culture blossomed, why was there an undercurrent of the ‘forbidden’ festering beneath Victorian society?
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2 out of 5 stars
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Why the background noises?
- De Candace Russell en 11-04-18
- Stephen Fry’s Victorian Secrets
- An Audible Original
- De: John Woolf, Nick Baker
- Narrado por: Stephen Fry
Hilariously educational
Revisado: 07-06-19
This was so interesting and it had me raising my eyebrow and giggling all the way through it. And now, after I've listened to it, I keep thinking about some of the things I have learnt. Thank you Stephen!
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Life After Life
- De: Kate Atkinson
- Narrado por: Fenella Woolgar
- Duración: 15 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 157
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 138
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 139
What if you had the chance to live your life again and again, until you finally got it right? During a snowstorm in England in 1910, a baby is born and dies before she can take her first breath. During a snowstorm in England in 1910, the same baby is born and lives to tell the tale. What if there were second chances? And third chances? In fact an infinite number of chances to live your life? Would you eventually be able to save the world from its own inevitable destiny? And would you even want to?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Intriguing and fascinating
- De Julie en 05-25-13
- Life After Life
- De: Kate Atkinson
- Narrado por: Fenella Woolgar
I REALLY enjoyed this
Revisado: 07-13-14
What did you love best about Life After Life?
It's such a creative story! The characters were so easy to attach to and the reader has such talent for telling the story, not just reading.
What other book might you compare Life After Life to and why?
It's such a creative story. I can't compare it to anything because I've never read/listened to another story quite like it.
Have you listened to any of Fenella Woolgar’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
I had not listened to Fenella before but her voice is so fantastic for audio books that I will definately be looking out for more of her books.
If you could take any character from Life After Life out to dinner, who would it be and why?
This is a hard one. I'm tossing up between Ursula and Izzy. Izzy would be highly entertaining, but Ursula would the character I would be most interested in chatting to.
Any additional comments?
Thank you to the author for such an entertaining story.
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The Day Of The Triffids
- De: John Wyndham
- Narrado por: Samuel West
- Duración: 8 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 40
The Triffids are a monstrous species of stinging plant; they walk, they talk, they dominate the world. The narrator of this novel wakes up in hospital to find that, by missing the end of the world as he knew it, he has survived to witness a new one. But the new world that awaits him is fantastic, horrific - and entirely plausible.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Classic British sci-fi, well read and engrossing
- De Emily en 05-07-14
- The Day Of The Triffids
- De: John Wyndham
- Narrado por: Samuel West
I was thoroughly entertained from beginning to end
Revisado: 02-20-13
What did you love best about The Day Of The Triffids?
This story was like putting on a special pair of lenses which showed you the world you currently live in, after humanity implodes on itself.
Through this story you also view yourself differently - how capable and resilient are you when it's important? And when significant pressure is applied what kind of human being would you be?
Curiously, although written in the 50's, Wyndham has told a story which really hasn't aged, in fact it seems potently relevant for recent times. Our collective ingenuity has a seedy underbelly which could adversely affect our very existence if not managed correctly.
What did you like best about this story?
Wyndham grabbed me from the get-go and I was in this story, alongside Bill, all the way.
What does Samuel West bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
What a fabulous voice! I can't imagine Bill sounding any other way. I was 100% satisfied with his intonation/pace/sound. Loved listening to him.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
Who will survive.. and how???
Any additional comments?
This story has a place in my personal top 5!
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