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The Count of Monte Cristo
- De: Alexandre Dumas
- Narrado por: Bill Homewood
- Duración: 52 h y 41 m
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On the eve of his marriage to the beautiful Mercedes, having that very day been made captain of his ship, the young sailor Edmond Dantès is arrested on a charge of treason, trumped up by jealous rivals. Incarcerated for many lonely years in the isolated and terrifying Chateau d'If near Marseille, he meticulously plans his brilliant escape and extraordinary revenge.
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This is the one to spend 50 hours listening to!
- De james en 03-05-13
- The Count of Monte Cristo
- De: Alexandre Dumas
- Narrado por: Bill Homewood
This should be in everyone's Top 10 Books
Revisado: 11-25-22
This is an epic story that quickly engages you emotionally and doesn't let up for 50+ hours. You empathize with and admire Edmond to such an extent he becomes almost an allegory. I can't wait until it's been long enough since listening to this that I get the urge to do so again.
Sometimes the narrator almost has a lateral lisp (slushy lisp) and you wish he'd take a sip of water, but it's never so bad you don't want to listen. Also, there were a few points during the book that the narrator's voice suddenly sounds very different than the preceding chapters. It's not a deterrent, just remarkable.
You really should listen to this book. It's amazing. You'll be looking forward to the next chapter the whole time, and it'll be a looong time! Enjoy!
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Doyle: The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard
- De: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrado por: Rupert Degas
- Duración: 7 h y 12 m
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With a horse between his thighs and a weapon in his grip, the dashing Brigadier Etienne Gerard, Colonel of the Hussars of Conflans, gallops through the Napoleonic campaigns on secret missions for his beloved Emperor and his country. He encounters danger and hair-breadth escapes but never loses his bravado, his eye for a pretty girl, his boastfulness or his enormous vanity.
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Conan Doyle writing style of 1890 - 1910 ish
- De Paul McMahon en 04-02-14
- Doyle: The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard
- De: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrado por: Rupert Degas
awesome adventure, great narrator
Revisado: 06-28-22
At first, I thought it would be annoying to listen to a French accent for 18 hours, but it really grew on me and made the story seem more authentic. The narrator did an awesome job and at the very end, when the most important character in the book congratulates the titular character, the voice he uses for the congratulatory words is so sincere and heartfelt, you can't help but smile knowing how proud the fictional character to whom the words were directed would have been. I hit the rewind button many times, because certain sections were so well written and well performed that they deserved to be memorized. I often listen to books to fall asleep, and will have to rewind to a point where I was still awake. With this book, when I would rewind back to the points I had already heard, they had left such an impression on me that I could sometimes recite them word for word, after only having heard them one time while half asleep. This is definitely a good book, and I'll be purchasing another Doyle title to continue with this sense of adventure I've had for the last week.
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The Werewolf's 15 Minutes
- De: Jonathan Maberry
- Narrado por: Ray Porter, Dina Pearlman
- Duración: 1 h y 42 m
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Gary Bruce is a slacker of epic loserness. Can’t keep a job. His friends are as bad as he is. No girlfriend. No direction. Gary Bruce is also a werewolf. Desperate for any kind of success, Gary decides to out himself on YouTube. The moment this ordinary guy goes full-on fur, fangs, and claws, the world can’t get enough of him. He’s the biggest thing on social media, he’s on every talk show, book and movie deals fall in his lap, and for the first time in his life he gets invited to all the best parties. But celebrity is a special kind of voracious monster.
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Halloween Fun!
- De LLG en 10-28-21
- The Werewolf's 15 Minutes
- De: Jonathan Maberry
- Narrado por: Ray Porter, Dina Pearlman
Lycan? More like Lycan't.
Revisado: 11-12-21
I could have written this shitty book in three trips to the bathroom. Maybe it would have taken four if I had been eating a high fiber diet immediately prior, but no more.
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The Brothers Karamazov
- De: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Constance Garnett - translator
- Narrado por: Frederick Davidson
- Duración: 34 h y 52 m
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The Brothers Karamazov tells the stirring tale of four brothers: the pleasure-seeking, impatient Dmitri; the brilliant and morose Ivan; the gentle, loving, and honest Alyosha; and the illegitimate Smerdyakov: shy, silent, and cruel. The four unite in the murder of one of literature's most despicable characters - their father. This was Dostoevsky's final and best work.
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A long work and a great work, but boy is it long
- De David en 03-01-11
I lasted ten minutes and quit due to the narrator
Revisado: 10-19-21
This narrator talks like the caricature of an English fop. it's hard to understand and annoying and I can't imagine taking to someone so ridiculous in real life.
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A Land So Strange
- The Epic Journey of Cabeza de Vaca
- De: Andres Resendez
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 7 h y 13 m
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In 1528, a mission set out from Spain to colonize Florida. But the expedition went horribly wrong: Delayed by a hurricane, knocked off course by a colossal error of navigation, and ultimately doomed by a disastrous decision to separate the men from their ships, the mission quickly became a desperate journey of survival. Of the 300 men who had embarked on the journey, only four survived - three Spaniards and an African slave.
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A worthwhile listen
- De Blake en 07-10-13
- A Land So Strange
- The Epic Journey of Cabeza de Vaca
- De: Andres Resendez
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
Narrator Sucksssss
Revisado: 09-21-21
I can barely listen to thisss because of the annoying way he dragsss out his S's. In the future, I will make sure to avoid anything he narratesss.
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Caribbean
- A Novel
- De: James A. Michener
- Narrado por: Alexander Adams
- Duración: 32 h y 8 m
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Caribbean packs 700 dramatic years into a tale teeming with revolution and romance, authentic characters and thunderous destinies. Through absorbing, magnificent prose, Michener captures the essence of the islands in all of their awe-inspiring scope and wonder.
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The last paragraph!
- De Tim Wilson en 01-21-17
- Caribbean
- A Novel
- De: James A. Michener
- Narrado por: Alexander Adams
Typical Michener...
Revisado: 04-22-21
as usual, James Michener writes a fictional story that seems anything but. he gets you involved and emotional about probably a dozen different eras with distinct circumstances, and ties them all together to the present day. in the last chapter, when the main character of that particular segment makes a big decision based on the things she learned that Michener narrates to us, you can't help but feel some of what she's going through. like he does so often, he biographises lives you would love to have lived, and lives you feel pity for hundreds of years later. The first book of his that I read was Poland, and it made me super interested in all things Polish. then, Hawaii. same result. A few books later, I just finished Caribbean, and I feel I have to travel back to the Caribbean and pay attention to the things I've learned about in this book that you don't hear on tours. I would give this book 500 stars if it was possible. enjoy it!
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