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An American Tragedy

UNABRIDGED
- by Theodore Dreiser
- Narrated by Dan John Miller
An American Tragedy

UNABRIDGED (34 hrs and 16 mins)

By Theodore Dreiser

Narrated By Dan John Miller

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(119)
Performance
(99)
Story
(102)

An American Tragedy is the story of Clyde Griffiths, who spends his life in the desperate pursuit of success. On a deeper, more profound level, it is the masterful portrayal of the society whose values both shape Clyde's ambitions and seal his fate; it is an unsurpassed depiction of the harsh realities of American life and of the dark side of the American dream.
beatrice says: "a period piece, still resonant"
"Very Good Narration but"

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I really enjoyed Dan John Miller's narration but found Theodore Dreiser to be too long-winded for the audiobook format.

1 of 2 people found this review helpful
Fahrenheit 451

UNABRIDGED
- by Ray Bradbury
- Narrated by Christopher Hurt
Fahrenheit 451

UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 8 mins)

By Ray Bradbury

Narrated By Christopher Hurt

Overall
(1732)
Performance
(737)
Story
(738)

The system was simple. Everyone understood it. Books were for burning, along with the houses in which they were hidden. Guy Montag was a fireman whose job it was to start fires, and he enjoyed his job. He had been a fireman for 10 years, and never questioned the pleasure of the midnight runs, nor the joy of watching pages consumed by flames. He never questioned anything, until he met a 17-year-old girl who told him of a past when people were not afraid, and a professor who told him of a future in which people could think. Guy Montag suddenly realized what he had to do.
Casey says: "Still Relevant"
"Quite Good"

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Enjoyed both the story and the narrator. Hadn't read this since high school and was surprised by how much I still enjoyed it.

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass

UNABRIDGED
- by Lewis Carroll
- Narrated by Michael Page
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass

UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 54 mins)

By Lewis Carroll

Narrated By Michael Page

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(410)
Performance
(199)
Story
(205)

First published in 1865, these endearing tales of an imaginative child's dream world by Lewis Carroll, pen name for Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, are written with charming simplicity. While delighting children with a heroine who represents their own thoughts and feelings about growing up, the tale is appreciated by adults as a gentle satire on education, politics, literature, and Victorian life in general.
Darwin8u says: "Falling Down the Rabbit Hole"
"Very Good"

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Obviously a wonderful story and narrator Michael Page does a wonderful job with the Carroll's rhythmic prose and whimsical characters.

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
The Road

UNABRIDGED
- by Cormac McCarthy
- Narrated by Tom Stechschulte
The Road

UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 39 mins)

By Cormac McCarthy

Narrated By Tom Stechschulte

Overall
(4558)
Performance
(1271)
Story
(1287)

America is a barren landscape of smoldering ashes, devoid of life except for those people still struggling to scratch out some type of existence. Amidst this destruction, a father and his young son walk, always toward the coast, but with no real understanding that circumstances will improve once they arrive. Still, they persevere, and their relationship comes to represent goodness in a world of utter devastation.
Charles says: "Oh my goodness"
"Wonderful"

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I was surprised by how much I enjoyed The Road. Cormac McCarthy is wonderful at writing suspenseful action scenes and Tom Stechschulte's voice has the necessary gravitas.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Murder on the Orient Express: A Hercule Poirot Mystery

UNABRIDGED
- by Agatha Christie
- Narrated by David Suchet
Murder on the Orient Express: A Hercule Poirot Mystery

UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 49 mins)

By Agatha Christie

Narrated By David Suchet

Overall
(900)
Performance
(500)
Story
(493)

Savor one of the most clever of Christie's suspenseful classics. An American businessman is stabbed to death aboard a luxury train, the Orient Express, snowbound in the middle of Europe. Nothing escapes the eagle eye and quick intelligence of the great Hercule Poirot, and clues abound. Sorting through a dozen perfectly respectable passengers, all suspects, Poirot is tenacious in his pursuit of the truth.
Glenda Fuller says: "Great Story and Well Read"
"Spectacular"

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David Suchet is the perfect narrator and Agatha Christie is never disappointing. Highly recommended.

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Dr. No

UNABRIDGED
- by Ian Fleming
- Narrated by Simon Vance
Dr. No

UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 13 mins)

By Ian Fleming

Narrated By Simon Vance

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(820)
Performance
(496)
Story
(498)

M calls this case a "soft option". He sends Bond to Jamaica to investigate the disappearance of the head of the Kingston station. Jamaica is luxurious, and the seductive Honey Rider is beautiful and willing, but they are both part of the empire of Dr. No.
Doug says: "A classic James Bond thriller"
"Enjoyable"

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Ian Fleming's novels lend themselves particularly well to the format of audiobooks. The only criticism I have of this audiobook is that the narrator's Jamaican and Chinese accents weren't particularly accurate and occasionally veered into the realm of caricature. Other than that his reading was excellent.

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Justine: The Alexandria Quartet

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- by Lawrence Durrell
- Narrated by Jack Klaff
Justine: The Alexandria Quartet

UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 55 mins)

By Lawrence Durrell

Narrated By Jack Klaff

Overall
(5)
Performance
(3)
Story
(3)

Set amid the corrupt glamour and multiplying intrigues of Alexandria, Egypt, in the 1930s and 1940s, the novels of Durrell's Alexandria Quartet (of which this is the first) follow the shifting alliances - sexual, cultural and political - of a group of quite varied characters. In Justine, an English schoolmaster and struggling writer falls in love with a beautiful and mysterious Jewish woman who is married to a wealthy Egyptian.
alan says: "wonderful book meets terrific narrator"
"Really disliked the narration"

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Hard to comment on the book because I was so put off by the narration. The narrator's normal voice was great but all his other voices sounded like a horribly constipated Gollum from the Lord of the Rings movies.

5 of 7 people found this review helpful