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A Tale of Two Cities
- De: Charles Dickens
- Narrado por: Martin Jarvis
- Duración: 14 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 921
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 539
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 551
'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times'; so the recording begins and ends with some of Dickens's best-known words, and between those lines is every Briton's view of the worst excesses of the French Revolution. Set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution, the audiobook tells the story of a French doctor who is imprisoned for 18 years in the Bastille in Paris. Upon his release, he moves to London with his daughter, Lucie, whom he had never met.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Rediscovery of an Old Friend
- De MissJaneJetson en 09-01-07
- A Tale of Two Cities
- De: Charles Dickens
- Narrado por: Martin Jarvis
Best book I've ever listened to. Wow!
Revisado: 12-02-11
I had never read or listened to any works by Dickens before this. I would honestly say this is the best book I've experienced, ever, and I am no youngster (52 years old) and a fairly avid reader. Simply outstanding story!
The narrator of this version is also incredible! The voices are distinctly different for each character, and his voice pleasing. This adds more to the story than you can imagine. He is top-notch.
You simply MUST get this audio. I literally could not put it down. I think anything else I listen to is going to be a comedown, after this.
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The Road to Wigan Pier
- De: George Orwell
- Narrado por: Frederick Davidson
- Duración: 7 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,681
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,424
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,417
When Orwell went to England in the 30's to find out how industrial workers lived, he not only observed but shared in their experiences. He stayed in cramped, dreary lodgings and subsisted on the scant, cheerless diet of the poor. He went down into the coal mines and walked crouching, as the miners did, through a one- to three-mile passage too low to stand up in. He watched the back-breaking, dangerous labor of men whose net pay then averaged $575 a year.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Frederick Davidson's a Great Reader
- De Debali en 01-11-09
- The Road to Wigan Pier
- De: George Orwell
- Narrado por: Frederick Davidson
Very interesting book by a socialist in the 1930s!
Revisado: 10-21-11
This book is an interesting and detailed insight into the life of the working class in England in the 1930s, as well as into the thinking life of the intellectual socialists of that time. Mind you, most of the predictions Orwell made about the bleakness of the future of industrialization, and the inevitablility of socialism's adoption were way off-target, but then he didn't have the historical record of socialism's abject economic failures to draw upon as we do today, since it was almost all in the future at that time.
Nevertheless the way he analyzes from every angle, the thinking of socialists and non-socialists alike, is fascinating. What an intelligent man he was (I know, I know, if he was so intelligent, why did he get the future and the workability of socialism as an economic model so wrong? But I already addressed that in the last paragraph). Also, the details he describes in the everyday are a testimony to his incredible way with words.
The narrator's snobbish-sounding upper-class British dialect adds a lot to the reading, capturing the spirit of condescencion that Orwell clearly had for all sorts of groups he describes, whether socialists or non-socialists.
A first-class listen. I almost couldn't put it down.
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Learn in Your Car: German, Level 1
- De: Henry N. Raymond
- Narrado por: Henry N. Raymond
- Duración: 3 h y 31 m
- Grabación Original
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General2.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 7
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 9
The Learn in Your Car language series is the first system ever designed to teach a language in your car...or anywhere...without a textbook. Simple and effective, you can learn to converse in another language while driving, walking, or doing tasks around the house. Each course is organized the way you learn best - by learning words and phrases - and building these into sentences and clear conversations. Arrange hotel accommodations, order in restaurants, change money, and feel more at home next time you travel!
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great for brushing up
- De Dan en 01-14-03
- Learn in Your Car: German, Level 1
- De: Henry N. Raymond
- Narrado por: Henry N. Raymond
Narrated by Elves in Santa's Workshop?
Revisado: 12-13-10
When I started listening to this, I could not believe the voices of the people they chose to narrate this - especially the male voice. He literally sounds like an Elf or a Munchkin. The audio is not clear, also.
If you want to learn German from a castrato cartoon character, this is for you!
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White Fang
- De: Jack London
- Narrado por: Pat Bottino
- Duración: 7 h y 55 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 5
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 2
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2
White Fang, written by Jack London, tells the story of a half-wolf, half-dog nearly destroyed by the vicious cruelty of men. Near death, White Fang is rescued by Weeden Scott, who takes him home to California. White Fang learns to love his new master, and repays his kindness by saving Scott's father from a criminal who tries to kill him.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Good book - but TERRIBLE narrator!
- De Braden en 07-07-10
- White Fang
- De: Jack London
- Narrado por: Pat Bottino
Good book - but TERRIBLE narrator!
Revisado: 07-07-10
I chose this book without first listening to an audio sample - big mistake on my part. Nothing against the book itself, but the narrator is a near-monotone.
Beware - do not buy without first listening to the audio sample to be sure you can endure this expressionless voice for 8 hours. I did, but it distracted greatly from my enjoyment of the book.
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