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  • The Marriage Plot | [Jeffrey Eugenides]
    The Marriage Plot
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    The Marriage Plot

    • UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 35 mins)
    • By Jeffrey Eugenides
    • Narrated By David Pittu
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (1441)
    Performance
    (1194)
    Story
    (1175)

    It’s the early 1980s—the country is in a deep recession, and life after college is harder than ever. In the cafés on College Hill, the wised-up kids are inhaling Derrida and listening to Talking Heads. But Madeleine Hanna, dutiful English major, is writing her senior thesis on Jane Austen and George Eliot, purveyors of the marriage plot that lies at the heart of the greatest English novels.

    Kay says: "I Think I'm in Love"
    "Excellent"
    Overall
    Performance
    Story

    The characters were interesting, and learning about views of literary analysis added to the story.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • A Dance to the Music of Time: First Movement | [Anthony Powell]
    A Dance to the Music of Time: First Movement
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    A Dance to the Music of Time: First Movement

    • UNABRIDGED (20 hrs and 47 mins)
    • By Anthony Powell
    • Narrated By Simon Vance
    Overall
    (406)
    Performance
    (219)
    Story
    (210)

    Anthony Powell's universally acclaimed epic encompasses a four-volume panorama of twentieth century London. Hailed by Time as "brilliant literary comedy as well as a brilliant sketch of the times," A Dance to the Music of Time opens just after World War I. Amid the fever of the 1920s and the first chill of the 1930s, Nick Jenkins and his friends confront sex, society, business, and art.

    jennifer says: "A Masterpiece on All Counts"
    "dud"
    Overall
    Performance
    Story

    I gave up after an hour of listening since I did not find anything interesting in any character nor in the story.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • Brother Fish | [Bryce Courtenay]
    Brother Fish
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    Brother Fish

    • UNABRIDGED (31 hrs and 49 mins)
    • By Bryce Courtenay
    • Narrated By Humphrey Bower
    Overall
    (1077)
    Performance
    (416)
    Story
    (413)

    From the author of The Power of One comes an inspiring human drama of three lives brought together and changed forever by the extraordinary events of recent history. Inspired by real events, Bryce Courtenay's new novel tells the story of three people from vastly differing backgrounds. All they have in common is a tough beginning in life.

    Mimi Routh says: "And a Cast of Thousands!"
    "Wonderful story"
    Overall
    Performance
    Story

    I discovered Bryce Courtnay through Audible and have now listed both to The Persimmon Tree and Brother Fish. Both are excellent stories with memorable characters. In Brother Fish I learned more about the Korean War than I had known previously.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet | [David Mitchell]
    The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
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    The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet

    • UNABRIDGED (18 hrs and 59 mins)
    • By David Mitchell
    • Narrated By Jonathan Aris, Paula Wilcox
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (1201)
    Performance
    (458)
    Story
    (453)

    In 1799, the artificial island of Dejima lies in Nagasaki Harbor as Japan’s outpost for the Dutch East Indies Company. There, Jacob de Zoet has come to make a fortune large enough to return to Holland and marry the woman he loves.

    Darwin8u says: "A NEAR Perfect Novel."
    "Good moments"
    Overall
    Performance
    Story

    There were excellent scenes that were done well, but the book is overlong. Keeping up with the Japanese names was difficult.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold | [Evelyn Waugh]
    The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
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    The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold

    • UNABRIDGED (4 hrs and 57 mins)
    • By Evelyn Waugh
    • Narrated By Michael Cochrane
    Overall
    (35)
    Performance
    (17)
    Story
    (18)

    The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold is a semi-autobiographical story, which tells of the mental breakdown of an ageing writer. Gilbert Pinfold takes a cruise to try to rebuild his shattered life, but what should his life be, and is he important to the world, anyway?

    Erez says: "What a gem"
    "boring"
    Overall
    Performance
    Story
    This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

    This book was a type of British humor I found uninteresting.


    What was most disappointing about Evelyn Waugh’s story?

    The main character was not in a muddle, and unfortunately I as listener did not care.


    What about Michael Cochrane’s performance did you like?

    He performed well, but the story did not hold together.


    You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

    Not that I can think of.


    0 of 0 people found this review helpful

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