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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 918
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 536
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 548
'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
I'll want to go back and read it
Revisado: 05-19-16
The story is great and the performance is excellent. If you want to listen to A Tale of Two Cities, I'd recommend listening to this version. However, I had never read the book on paper, and now I think that I will. It's rather long and can be a bit convoluted. Not in a bad way at all, just that I would have liked to have been able to go back a few pages or chapters and refreshed myself on who a character was or what event the narrator was referencing. Of course, this is a trade-off for any audiobook. I just think AToTC is just worth going back over more than others sometimes are.
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The Blind Assassin
- De: Margaret Atwood
- Narrado por: Margot Dionne
- Duración: 18 h y 27 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 2,100
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 1,408
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,401
For the past twenty-five years, Margaret Atwood has written works of striking originality and imagination. In The Blind Assassin, she stretches the limits of her accomplishments as never before, creating a novel that is entertaining and profoundly serious. The novel opens with these simple, resonant words: "Ten days after the war ended, my sister drove a car off the bridge." They are spoken by Iris, whose terse account of her sister Laura's death in 1945 is followed by an inquest report proclaiming the death accidental.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Good book, TERRIBLE audio!
- De Whitney en 04-27-09
- The Blind Assassin
- De: Margaret Atwood
- Narrado por: Margot Dionne
Book is great.
Revisado: 03-28-16
The book itself is pretty slow burning, but absolutely enjoyable and captivating enough all the way though.
My main complaint with this audiobook is the horrid recording quality of the narrator. I'm by no means an audiophile, but the constant hiss and crackle of background noise had me ready to quit the book almost the whole time.
Which, I guess, is a testament to how good the story is anyway.
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A Clash of Kings
- A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 2
- De: George R.R. Martin
- Narrado por: Roy Dotrice
- Duración: 37 h y 12 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 90,690
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 78,076
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 77,887
A comet the color of blood and flame cuts across the sky. And from the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding shores of Winterfell, chaos reigns. Six factions struggle for control of a divided land and the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms, preparing to stake their claims through tempest, turmoil, and war.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Epic novel, terrible narration.
- De Nicholas en 05-30-12
- A Clash of Kings
- A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 2
- De: George R.R. Martin
- Narrado por: Roy Dotrice
Great expansion on first book, same narration problems
Revisado: 07-20-15
It took me awhile to get into the first book, but now I'm totally hooked. I can't wait to see what happens with all the myriad characters and plot lines Martin has weaved so far.
My only (very minor) complaint is that the narration is a bit weird at times - Dotrice seems to weave between accents at some points, and totally misses the intended inflection of some sentences. I can hardly blame him, given the hours and hours of narration he had to perform, and it doesn't take away from the book. Just kind of annoying and preventable.
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A Game of Thrones
- A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1
- De: George R.R. Martin
- Narrado por: Roy Dotrice
- Duración: 33 h y 46 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 147,157
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 127,810
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 127,560
Winter is coming. Such is the stern motto of House Stark, the northernmost of the fiefdoms that owe allegiance to King Robert Baratheon in far-off King's Landing. There Eddard Stark of Winterfell rules in Robert's name. Far to the north, behind the towering Wall, lie savage Wildings and worse - unnatural things relegated to myth during the centuries-long summer, but proving all too real and all too deadly in the turning of the season. Yet a more immediate threat lurks to the south, where Jon Arryn, the Hand of the King, has died under mysterious circumstances....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Terrible editing, though...
- De Kristie en 05-09-13
- A Game of Thrones
- A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1
- De: George R.R. Martin
- Narrado por: Roy Dotrice
Excellent story, weird narration
Revisado: 06-28-15
The more I think about the book, the more I like it. The writing is simple, but the scenes Martin creates... I can see how it would be an awesome TV show (I haven't watched it yet). The narration, however, was only "okay." There were multiple times were the inflection of a sentence would be totally off, or someone's voice would randomly transition from rough to feminine or narrator's voice to rough, etc. Overall, it was definitely worth the listen. But that doesn't mean it could not have been better.
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