• Rosemary's Baby

  • By: Ira Levin
  • Narrated by: Mia Farrow
  • Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (2,018 ratings)

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Rosemary's Baby

By: Ira Levin
Narrated by: Mia Farrow
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She is a housewife: young, healthy, blissfully happy. He is an actor: charismatic and ambitious. The spacious, sun-filled apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side is their dream home, a dream that turns into an unspeakable nightmare.

Enter the chilling world of Ira Levin, where terror is as near as your new neighbors and where evil wears the most innocent face of all.

©1967 Ira Levin (P)2005 HarperCollinsPublishers, Inc.

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Mia Darrow did an outstanding job

Wow! Mia Darrow did an outstanding job narrating this story. I prefer this audiobook over the movie--which I loved.

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Falling in love all over again

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Having practically memorized the film from so many viewings, and finally reading the physical novel last Halloween, it did admittedly strike me as mildly redundant to re-re-revisit Rosemary's Baby in the audio form. But with the promise of Mia Farrow--Rosemary herself!--narrating, the woman whose lovely vulnerability made me fall in love with the film in the first place, I couldn't pass it up! And I was not disappointed.

Levin's book is truly gorgeous in its simple, precise writing filled with small pockets of darkness and peculiar shadows on the wall--he leaves clues scattered all over the book, and even though I've watched/read this story countless times, it is marvelous to revisit a master of suspense and slowly discover all the ways he's tipping us off from the beginning.

I adore Mia Farrow's narration. Her voice is naturally soothing and lovely, and she's a natural with creating characters. Rosemary's words replicate the sweet, slightly squeaky timbre heard in the film; meanwhile Minnie Castavet speaks in a raspy, amusingly accented whine without copying Ruth Gordon's performance (with a few exceptions---my personal favorite is her pronunciation of "preg-a-nent"). In this narration, Mia gets to really encompass Rosemary's entire little life, inside her head and out of it--her dreamy excitement for the baby, her insecurity with her wifely duties, her nostalgia for religion, and at some points, contempt for her husband. Levin's writing is just so damn good (and the film so damn close) that while I listen I feel like I'm watching a new, more in-depth version of the film I know and love.

I'm so thrilled to have this in my library, and I'll probably be listening to it over and over again.
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great book

amazing book and perfectly read by Mia Farrow ! I Definitely recommend it for anyone in the mood for a good horror book!

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Excellent story; masterful reading!

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This audiobook just HAD to be narrated by Mia Farrow. Ira Levin's story plot is so well developed and the characters are remarkable.

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Horror Done Right ❤

This is the first Ira Levin book that I've read. I was impressed. The story feels very simple, yet the pacing and the effortless way it unfolds shows it to be the work of a highly skilled storyteller. A creepy story with a tense climax that doesn't go off on long tangents or suffer from a tedious "marathon of the middle" as do many novels of the genre.

Was excited to see that Mia Farrow was reading the story. Thought her performance was great, as it was in the film. I will have to go back and re-watch the movie after this. Looking forward to reading/ hearing more Ira Levin stories.

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love this book

Love this book but not a fan of Mia Farrow narrating the entire thing alone.

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Great mystery and thriller

A great story overall, many clues were spread out throughout the story. A story for the night.

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Here Be Witches

Mia Farrow does a fine job of narrating this novel, as well as putting her own spin on the various characters' voices. Her performance of Minnie Castevet is a highlight--she manages to make her sound simultaneously comical and frightening. Despite having seen the film many times, it was great fun to listen to this audiobook and to picture oneself in poor Rosemary's shoes: Is she suffering from a pregnancy-induced paranoia, or are these neighbors of hers part of a witch's coven?

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Mia Farrow is excellent

I loved this book. It’s almost exactly like the movie but with a little more detail. It’s a really fun and easy read. Kept me interested the whole time. I would definitely recommend this.

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YES, QUEEN!

Mia Farrow narrates this EXACTLY how it should be narrated. I loved every bit of it.

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