-
Billy Budd, Foretopman
- Narrado por: Frank Muller
- Duración: 3 h y 12 m
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Error al Agregar a Lista de Deseos.
Error al eliminar de la lista de deseos.
Error al añadir a tu biblioteca
Error al seguir el podcast
Error al dejar de seguir el podcast
Billy Budd, Foretopman
Compra ahora por US$9.45
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Los oyentes también disfrutaron...
-
Moby Dick
- De: Herman Melville
- Narrado por: William Hootkins
- Duración: 24 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,511
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 4,015
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,997
"Call me Ishmael." Thus starts the greatest American novel. Melville said himself that he wanted to write "a mighty book about a mighty theme" and so he did. It is a story of one man's obsessive revenge-journey against the white whale, Moby-Dick, who injured him in an earlier meeting. Woven into the story of the last journey of The Pequod is a mesh of philosophy, rumination, religion, history, and a mass of information about whaling through the ages.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Excellent, EXCELLENT reading!
- De Jessica en 02-18-09
De: Herman Melville
-
A Christmas Carol (Simon & Schuster Edition)
- De: Charles Dickens
- Narrado por: Patrick Stewart
- Duración: 1 h y 47 m
- Versión resumida
-
General5 out of 5 stars 2,426
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2,083
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 2,065
Tiny Tim, Bob Cratchit, and Ebenezer Scrooge come to marvelous life in Patrick Stewart's critically-acclaimed solo interpretation of A Christmas Carol. The star of X-Men and The Royal Shakespeare Company, Stewart has performed his one-man stage production of this holiday classic to sell-out audiences.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
It's not Christmas without this (audio)book
- De Christina en 12-11-07
De: Charles Dickens
-
The Red Badge of Courage
- De: Stephen Crane
- Narrado por: Frank Muller
- Duración: 4 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 172
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 127
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars 125
Young Henry Fleming used to play soldier and dream of being a hero, but when he faces his first battle - the Battle of Chancellorsville - he finds that heroism is not at all what he had expected. Shells burst in front of him like strange flowers, gunfire ripped toward him in great crackling sheets of flame, and all around him, blue-coated figures lie still on the blood-drenched grass. Remarkably, Stephen Crane wrote this realistic tale of the terror of war without ever witnessing a battle.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
A Classic
- De Sher from Provo en 06-06-16
De: Stephen Crane
-
Alison Larkin Presents: Moby Dick and Two Poems by Herman Melville
- De: Herman Melville
- Narrado por: Jonathan Epstein
- Duración: 25 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 42
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 35
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 35
Melville’s epic tale of one man versus a great white whale will delight Melville devotees as well as those who have yet to sail on this adventure in this mesmerizing new recording read by Jonathan Epstein. The mountain whose whale-like shape first gave Melville the idea of writing Moby Dick rests in the Berkshire Hills, Massachusetts, a short drive away from The Alison Larkin Presents recording studio. At the end of the recording, Larkin interviews Jonathan Epstein and recording engineer Galen Wade about the experience recording the great novel.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Absolutely outstanding
- De Mary Katherine Worth en 03-05-21
De: Herman Melville
-
Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street
- De: Herman Melville
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 1 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 548
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 495
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 495
Herman Melville’s tale of corporate discontent, Bartleby, the Scrivener, tells the story of a quiet, hardworking legal copyist who works in an office in the Wall Street area of New York City. The business where he works handles the official financial paperwork of wealthy men. One day, Bartleby’s employer requests he proofread one of the documents he has copied. Bartleby declines the assignment with the inscrutable “I would prefer not,” the first of what will become many refusals.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Very strange, very haunting
- De Tad Davis en 11-24-11
De: Herman Melville
-
Benito Cereno
- De: Herman Melville
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 3 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 274
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 239
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars 237
This is the epic sea adventure, a harrowing tale of slavery and revolt aboard a Spanish ship, is often regarded as Melville's finest short story. The balance of forces is complete, the atmosphere one of epic significance, the light cast upon the hero intense to the highest degree, the realization of the human soul profound, and the telling of the story orchestrated like a great symphony.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
The literary equivalent of a caste painting from the same time
- De Auggie en 09-10-20
De: Herman Melville
-
Moby Dick
- De: Herman Melville
- Narrado por: William Hootkins
- Duración: 24 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,511
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 4,015
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,997
"Call me Ishmael." Thus starts the greatest American novel. Melville said himself that he wanted to write "a mighty book about a mighty theme" and so he did. It is a story of one man's obsessive revenge-journey against the white whale, Moby-Dick, who injured him in an earlier meeting. Woven into the story of the last journey of The Pequod is a mesh of philosophy, rumination, religion, history, and a mass of information about whaling through the ages.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Excellent, EXCELLENT reading!
- De Jessica en 02-18-09
De: Herman Melville
-
A Christmas Carol (Simon & Schuster Edition)
- De: Charles Dickens
- Narrado por: Patrick Stewart
- Duración: 1 h y 47 m
- Versión resumida
-
General5 out of 5 stars 2,426
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2,083
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 2,065
Tiny Tim, Bob Cratchit, and Ebenezer Scrooge come to marvelous life in Patrick Stewart's critically-acclaimed solo interpretation of A Christmas Carol. The star of X-Men and The Royal Shakespeare Company, Stewart has performed his one-man stage production of this holiday classic to sell-out audiences.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
It's not Christmas without this (audio)book
- De Christina en 12-11-07
De: Charles Dickens
-
The Red Badge of Courage
- De: Stephen Crane
- Narrado por: Frank Muller
- Duración: 4 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 172
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 127
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars 125
Young Henry Fleming used to play soldier and dream of being a hero, but when he faces his first battle - the Battle of Chancellorsville - he finds that heroism is not at all what he had expected. Shells burst in front of him like strange flowers, gunfire ripped toward him in great crackling sheets of flame, and all around him, blue-coated figures lie still on the blood-drenched grass. Remarkably, Stephen Crane wrote this realistic tale of the terror of war without ever witnessing a battle.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
A Classic
- De Sher from Provo en 06-06-16
De: Stephen Crane
-
Alison Larkin Presents: Moby Dick and Two Poems by Herman Melville
- De: Herman Melville
- Narrado por: Jonathan Epstein
- Duración: 25 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 42
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 35
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 35
Melville’s epic tale of one man versus a great white whale will delight Melville devotees as well as those who have yet to sail on this adventure in this mesmerizing new recording read by Jonathan Epstein. The mountain whose whale-like shape first gave Melville the idea of writing Moby Dick rests in the Berkshire Hills, Massachusetts, a short drive away from The Alison Larkin Presents recording studio. At the end of the recording, Larkin interviews Jonathan Epstein and recording engineer Galen Wade about the experience recording the great novel.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Absolutely outstanding
- De Mary Katherine Worth en 03-05-21
De: Herman Melville
-
Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street
- De: Herman Melville
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 1 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 548
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 495
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 495
Herman Melville’s tale of corporate discontent, Bartleby, the Scrivener, tells the story of a quiet, hardworking legal copyist who works in an office in the Wall Street area of New York City. The business where he works handles the official financial paperwork of wealthy men. One day, Bartleby’s employer requests he proofread one of the documents he has copied. Bartleby declines the assignment with the inscrutable “I would prefer not,” the first of what will become many refusals.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Very strange, very haunting
- De Tad Davis en 11-24-11
De: Herman Melville
-
Benito Cereno
- De: Herman Melville
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 3 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 274
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 239
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars 237
This is the epic sea adventure, a harrowing tale of slavery and revolt aboard a Spanish ship, is often regarded as Melville's finest short story. The balance of forces is complete, the atmosphere one of epic significance, the light cast upon the hero intense to the highest degree, the realization of the human soul profound, and the telling of the story orchestrated like a great symphony.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
The literary equivalent of a caste painting from the same time
- De Auggie en 09-10-20
De: Herman Melville
-
Billy Budd
- De: Herman Melville
- Narrado por: Peter Joyce
- Duración: 3 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 57
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 52
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars 51
On one level...Melville’s tale is an historical adventure telling the story of life aboard ship shortly after the mutiny at Spithead in 1797. Billy is taken from a homeward bound merchantman to serve on the ‘Seventy Four’ HMS Indomitable. He falls foul of Claggart, the ‘Master at Arms’, and the final confrontation results in death. Billy becomes an unwilling martyr - what passes for justice must be implemented because of the rebellious climate of the time.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Well done, a pleasure to listen to!
- De Kindle Customer en 10-17-18
De: Herman Melville
-
The Piazza Tales (AmazonClassics Edition)
- De: Herman Melville
- Narrado por: David deVries
- Duración: 9 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 20
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 17
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 16
With disparate settings such as a Massachusetts farmhouse and the strange volcanic clime of the Enchanted Isles, this six-story anthology features some of Herman Melville’s most exceptional works. Included here is “Bartleby,” the dark tale of a Wall Street clerk who possesses a confounding and disarmingly passive insubordination; and “Benito Cereno,” in which the captain of a whaler boards a tattered Spanish slave ship in South America only to be drawn into an intricately plotted mutiny.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
A Melville sampler
- De Tad Davis en 08-14-19
De: Herman Melville
-
Great Expectations
- De: Charles Dickens
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 18 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,675
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 5,064
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 5,052
One of the most revered works in English literature, Great Expectations traces the coming of age of a young orphan, Pip, from a boy of shallow aspirations into a man of maturity. From the chilling opening confrontation with an escaped convict to the grand but eerily disheveled estate of bitter old Miss Havisham, all is not what it seems in Dickens’ dark tale of false illusions and thwarted desire.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
The narrator!!
- De Dana en 06-13-13
De: Charles Dickens
-
The Sun Also Rises
- De: Ernest Hemingway, Colm Toibin
- Narrado por: William Hurt
- Duración: 7 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 5,934
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 5,048
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars 5,041
A poignant look at the disillusionment and angst of the post-World War I generation, The Sun Also Rises introduces two of Hemingway’s most unforgettable characters: Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley. The story follows the flamboyant Brett and the hapless Jake as they journey from the wild nightlife of 1920s Paris to the brutal bullfighting rings of Spain with a motley group of expatriates. In his first great literary masterpiece, Hemingway portrays an age of moral bankruptcy, spiritual dissolution, unrealized love, and vanishing illusions.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
Great actor, terrible reader, kills classic
- De Kerry en 09-14-14
De: Ernest Hemingway, y otros
-
The Iliad & The Odyssey
- De: Homer
- Narrado por: John Lescault
- Duración: 28 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 911
-
Narración:4 out of 5 stars 530
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars 531
Little is known about the Ancient Greek oral poet Homer, the supposed 8th century BC author of the world-read Iliad and his later masterpiece, The Odyssey. These classic epics provided the basis for Greek education and culture throughout the classical age and formed the backbone of humane education through the birth of the Roman Empire and the spread of Christianity.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Worth the price, worth the time
- De Sam en 12-31-04
De: Homer
-
The Divine Comedy
- Inferno; Purgatorio; Paradiso
- De: Dante Alighieri, Stephen Wyatt
- Narrado por: Blake Ritson, John Hurt, David Warner, y otros
- Duración: 2 h y 50 m
- Grabación Original
-
General5 out of 5 stars 2,281
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2,026
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 2,013
Blake Ritson, David Warner, Hattie Morahan and John Hurt star in this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Dante's epic poem. Inferno: Thirty-five year old Dante finds himself in the middle of a dark wood, in extreme personal and spiritual crisis. Hope of rescue appears in the form of the venerable poet Virgil, now a shade himself, who offers to lead Dante on an odyssey through the afterlife, beginning in the terrifying depths of Hell.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Revisiting the land of the dead
- De Adeliese Baumann en 10-21-16
De: Dante Alighieri, y otros
![A Tale of Two Cities [Tantor] Audiolibro Por Charles Dickens arte de portada](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51Ecc++n0tL._SL320_.jpg)
-
A Tale of Two Cities [Tantor]
- De: Charles Dickens
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 13 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 7,436
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 6,483
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 6,526
A Tale of Two Cities is one of Charles Dickens's most exciting novels. Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, it tells the story of a family threatened by the terrible events of the past. Doctor Manette was wrongly imprisoned in the Bastille for 18 years without trial by the aristocratic authorities.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
it's the singer not the song*
- De Maynard en 11-09-13
De: Charles Dickens
-
For Whom the Bell Tolls
- De: Ernest Hemingway
- Narrado por: Campbell Scott
- Duración: 16 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 9,307
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 7,745
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 7,744
In 1937, Ernest Hemingway traveled to Spain to cover the civil war there for the North American Newspaper Alliance. Three years later he completed the greatest novel to emerge from "the good fight", For Whom the Bell Tolls.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
Don't "Clean Up" Hemingway
- De John W. Aldis, MD en 08-13-09
De: Ernest Hemingway
-
A Clockwork Orange
- De: Anthony Burgess
- Narrado por: Tom Hollander
- Duración: 7 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,620
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,914
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,908
A vicious 15-year-old droog is the central character of this 1963 classic, a frightening fable about good and evil, and the meaning of human freedom. In Anthony Burgess' nightmare vision of the future, where the criminals take over after dark, the story is told by the central character, Alex, who talks in a brutal invented slang that brilliantly renders his and his friends' social pathology.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Great book, great narration, but not for everyone
- De Steve en 06-28-09
De: Anthony Burgess
-
One Hundred Years of Solitude
- De: Gabriel García Márquez, Gregory Rabassa - translator
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 14 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 6,133
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 5,370
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars 5,372
One of the 20th century's enduring works, One Hundred Years of Solitude is a widely beloved and acclaimed novel known throughout the world and the ultimate achievement in a Nobel Prize-winning career. The novel tells the story of the rise and fall of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendía family. Rich and brilliant, it is a chronicle of life, death, and the tragicomedy of humankind. In the beautiful, ridiculous, and tawdry story of the Buendía family, one sees all of humanity, just as in the history, myths, growth, and decay of Macondo, one sees all of Latin America.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
What in the heck happened?????
- De Melinda en 02-05-14
De: Gabriel García Márquez, y otros
-
The Merchant of Venice
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- De: William Shakespeare
- Narrado por: Trevor Peacock, Bill Nighy, Haydn Gwynne, y otros
- Duración: 2 h y 16 m
- Grabación Original
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 347
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 296
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 294
In Shakespeare's most controversial play, the opposing values of justice and mercy must be resolved. Antonio promises money to help his friend Bassanio woo Portia. He borrows the sum needed from the cruel Shylock, but there will be a dreadful penalty if the loan is not repaid. The golden world of Portia's Belmont calls forth some of Shakespeare's most lyrical love poetry. But the dark shadow of Shylock is never far from the heart of this brilliant comedy as it moves toward its courtroom climax.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
One Of Shakespeare's Best
- De M. J. Christensen en 06-07-15
-
Through Gates of Splendor
- De: Elisabeth Elliot
- Narrado por: Marguerite Gavin
- Duración: 6 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,005
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 856
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 863
In January 1956, a tragic story flooded headlines around the world. Five men, spurred by a passion to share the good news of Jesus Christ, ventured deep into the jungles of Ecuador. Their goal: to make contact with an isolated tribe whose previous response to the outside world had been to attack all strangers. Through Gates of Splendor, the story of Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Pete Fleming, and Jim Elliot, was first recorded in 1956 by Jim's widow, Elisabeth.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Compelling and Authentic
- De Kent en 02-06-09
De: Elisabeth Elliot
Reseñas editoriales
Among the greatest literary discoveries of all time, this story of handsome, budding young Billy Budd was found among Herman Melville’s meager possessions after his death, and was not published until 1924. Now an unquestioned classic, it is here performed admirably and in a polished American voice by Frank Muller.
Set on the high seas just after the Americans gained their independence, Billy Buddy, Foretopman is the story of an optimistic young innocent who is preyed upon by a jealous older seaman, and a Captain who must act as judge and diviner of truth. Like Melville’s Moby-Dick - but considerably shorter - this superb audiobook begins with a simple premise and veers into the rich, sin-dark seas of the great religious and moral questions of humankind.
Resumen del Editor
It's 1791. Friendly, handsome, and popular Billy Budd is a sailor on board the British warship HMS Indomitable. Britain is at war with France, and because of the famous Nore and Spithead mutinies that occurred earlier in the year, every captain is alert for signs of mutiny and rebellion. The master-at-arms, John Claggatt, a vicious bully, is insanely jealous of Billy's good looks and popularity. Claggatt sets about to entrap Billy in a charge of fomenting mutiny, and as events unfold - violently - Captain Vere is forced to mete out justice in a situation where the very nature of innocence is called into question.
Reseñas de la Crítica
"Melville's late 19th-century masterpiece...draws us back to the late 1700s with the British Royal Navy fighting the French....Frank Muller's enunciation is crisp, his accent well suited to person and place, and his tones are most expressive." (Media Review)
Más títulos del mismo
Related to this topic
-
Billy Budd, Sailor
- De: Herman Melville
- Narrado por: William Roberts
- Duración: 3 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
-
General3.5 out of 5 stars 488
-
Narración:4 out of 5 stars 407
-
Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 411
Written some 40 years after Moby Dick, Melville's Billy Budd is a moving tale of good versus evil. Set aboard a British navy ship at the end of the eighteenth century, a young, innocent sailor's charm and good nature put the men around him at ease. Ship life agreed with Billy. He made friends quickly and was well liked, which infuriated John Claggart, the ship's cold-blooded superior officer.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
A good reading of a classic story
- De Johnny en 06-11-07
De: Herman Melville
-
Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street
- De: Herman Melville
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 1 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 548
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 495
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 495
Herman Melville’s tale of corporate discontent, Bartleby, the Scrivener, tells the story of a quiet, hardworking legal copyist who works in an office in the Wall Street area of New York City. The business where he works handles the official financial paperwork of wealthy men. One day, Bartleby’s employer requests he proofread one of the documents he has copied. Bartleby declines the assignment with the inscrutable “I would prefer not,” the first of what will become many refusals.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Very strange, very haunting
- De Tad Davis en 11-24-11
De: Herman Melville
-
Heart of Darkness (Unabridged)
- De: Joseph Conrad
- Narrado por: Charles Constant
- Duración: 4 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 58
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 49
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars 49
Long hailed as one of the greatest novels of the 20th century, Joseph Conrad's tale of one man's descent into the mysterious and deadly Congo jungle to find a messianic ivory trader is a journey into the depths of man's own greed and quest for power. Marlow, our narrator, relates his story of his slow upriver quest to meet the strange and enigmatic Kurtz, who lives isolated in the jungle and is revered by the natives he exploits.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Great Narrator!
- De BOA en 09-25-20
De: Joseph Conrad
-
Nostromo
- De: Joseph Conrad
- Narrado por: Frank Muller
- Duración: 16 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 117
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 52
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 56
One of the great adventure novels of our language creates a most engaging central character, Nostromo. A picturesque man of action and popular hero, Nostromo lives to be "well-spoken of" by the citizens of Costaguana, the mythical South American banana republic where the story takes place. Around this figure, Conrad spins a story of revolution, politics, and racial conflict as complex as Nostromo, the man whose greatest enemy is himself.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Wow!
- De Amazon Customer en 07-11-03
De: Joseph Conrad
-
Edgar Allan Poe - The Complete Short Stories
- De: Edgar Allan Poe
- Narrado por: Bob Thomley
- Duración: 16 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 1,309
-
Narración:4 out of 5 stars 1,157
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,164
All of Edgar Allan Poe’s great short stories in one 16-hour collection.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
NEVERMORE
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 11-23-15
De: Edgar Allan Poe
-
By the Mast Divided
- John Pearce, Book 1
- De: David Donachie
- Narrado por: Peter Wickham
- Duración: 15 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 167
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 108
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars 108
London: 1793. Young firebrand John Pearce, on the run from the authorities, is illegally press-ganged from the Pelican tavern into brutal life aboard HMS Brilliant, a frigate on her way to war. In the first few days, Pearce discovers the Navy is a world in which he can prosper. And he is not alone; he is drawn to a group of men who eventually form an exclusive gun crew, the Pelicans, with Pearce their elected leader.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
Didn't work for me
- De Michael E en 07-23-08
De: David Donachie
-
Billy Budd, Sailor
- De: Herman Melville
- Narrado por: William Roberts
- Duración: 3 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
-
General3.5 out of 5 stars 488
-
Narración:4 out of 5 stars 407
-
Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 411
Written some 40 years after Moby Dick, Melville's Billy Budd is a moving tale of good versus evil. Set aboard a British navy ship at the end of the eighteenth century, a young, innocent sailor's charm and good nature put the men around him at ease. Ship life agreed with Billy. He made friends quickly and was well liked, which infuriated John Claggart, the ship's cold-blooded superior officer.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
A good reading of a classic story
- De Johnny en 06-11-07
De: Herman Melville
-
Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street
- De: Herman Melville
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 1 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 548
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 495
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 495
Herman Melville’s tale of corporate discontent, Bartleby, the Scrivener, tells the story of a quiet, hardworking legal copyist who works in an office in the Wall Street area of New York City. The business where he works handles the official financial paperwork of wealthy men. One day, Bartleby’s employer requests he proofread one of the documents he has copied. Bartleby declines the assignment with the inscrutable “I would prefer not,” the first of what will become many refusals.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Very strange, very haunting
- De Tad Davis en 11-24-11
De: Herman Melville
-
Heart of Darkness (Unabridged)
- De: Joseph Conrad
- Narrado por: Charles Constant
- Duración: 4 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 58
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 49
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars 49
Long hailed as one of the greatest novels of the 20th century, Joseph Conrad's tale of one man's descent into the mysterious and deadly Congo jungle to find a messianic ivory trader is a journey into the depths of man's own greed and quest for power. Marlow, our narrator, relates his story of his slow upriver quest to meet the strange and enigmatic Kurtz, who lives isolated in the jungle and is revered by the natives he exploits.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Great Narrator!
- De BOA en 09-25-20
De: Joseph Conrad
-
Nostromo
- De: Joseph Conrad
- Narrado por: Frank Muller
- Duración: 16 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 117
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 52
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 56
One of the great adventure novels of our language creates a most engaging central character, Nostromo. A picturesque man of action and popular hero, Nostromo lives to be "well-spoken of" by the citizens of Costaguana, the mythical South American banana republic where the story takes place. Around this figure, Conrad spins a story of revolution, politics, and racial conflict as complex as Nostromo, the man whose greatest enemy is himself.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Wow!
- De Amazon Customer en 07-11-03
De: Joseph Conrad
-
Edgar Allan Poe - The Complete Short Stories
- De: Edgar Allan Poe
- Narrado por: Bob Thomley
- Duración: 16 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 1,309
-
Narración:4 out of 5 stars 1,157
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,164
All of Edgar Allan Poe’s great short stories in one 16-hour collection.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
NEVERMORE
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 11-23-15
De: Edgar Allan Poe
-
By the Mast Divided
- John Pearce, Book 1
- De: David Donachie
- Narrado por: Peter Wickham
- Duración: 15 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 167
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 108
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars 108
London: 1793. Young firebrand John Pearce, on the run from the authorities, is illegally press-ganged from the Pelican tavern into brutal life aboard HMS Brilliant, a frigate on her way to war. In the first few days, Pearce discovers the Navy is a world in which he can prosper. And he is not alone; he is drawn to a group of men who eventually form an exclusive gun crew, the Pelicans, with Pearce their elected leader.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
Didn't work for me
- De Michael E en 07-23-08
De: David Donachie
-
The Happy Prince and other Tales
- De: Oscar Wilde
- Narrado por: B.J. Harrison
- Duración: 51 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 68
-
Narración:4 out of 5 stars 56
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars 58
In "The Model Millionaire", the destiny of a young, ambitious, brilliant pauper changes with an act of his misplaced generosity. "The Happy Prince" is one of Oscar Wilde’s renowned fairy tales. From his vantage point, high above the city, the statue of The Happy Prince gives of himself in a way most astonishing. In "The Sphinx Without a Secret", we learn of an enigmatic woman who holds a secret so close, no suitor can win her.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
"Curiouser & Curiouser"
- De Jade Dragon en 09-14-16
De: Oscar Wilde
-
Captain Blood
- De: Rafael Sabatini
- Narrado por: Robert Whitfield
- Duración: 10 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 997
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 804
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 807
George MacDonald Fraser, author of the Flashman novels, praises this hearty saga as "one of the great unrecognized novels of the 20th century." Doctor Peter Blood's quiet life is shattered when he is convicted of treason for helping a wounded nobleman in the 1685 rebellion against King James II.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Outstanding rendition of classic swashbuckler
- De Gary en 03-27-04
De: Rafael Sabatini
-
Sons of the Waves
- The Common Seaman in the Heroic Age of Sail
- De: Stephen Taylor
- Narrado por: Matthew Waterson
- Duración: 13 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 59
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 54
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 53
British maritime history in the age of sail is full of the deeds of officers like Nelson but has given little voice to plain, "illiterate" seamen. Now, Stephen Taylor draws on published and unpublished memoirs, letters, and naval records, including court-martials and petitions, to present these men in their own words. In this exhilarating account, ordinary seamen are far from the hapless sufferers of the press gangs.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Navy Guy Recommends this Title
- De Lexcast en 06-17-20
De: Stephen Taylor
-
Seize the Fire
- Heroism, Duty, and the Battle of Trafalgar
- De: Adam Nicolson
- Narrado por: Adam Nicolson
- Duración: 6 h y 26 m
- Versión resumida
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 121
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 89
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 90
Adam Nicolson takes the great naval battle of Trafalgar, fought between the British and Franco-Spanish fleets in October 1805, and uses it to examine our idea of heroism and the heroic. A story rich with modern resonance, Seize the Fire reveals the economic impact of the battle as a victorious Great Britain emerged as a global commercial empire. Nicolson not only vividly describes the brutal realities of battle but enters the hearts and minds of the men who were there.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
great narration
- De Tito en 12-06-17
De: Adam Nicolson
-
The Captain of the Pole Star
- De: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrado por: B. J. Harrison
- Duración: 1 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 334
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 284
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars 281
Word goes among the crew of the Pole Star that the captain is haunted by demons. And after the days turn into weeks in the frigid Arctic Ocean, stories begin to circulate of ghosts and midnight hauntings.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Conan Doyle wrote more than Mr. Holmes.
- De Kristi R. en 11-14-11
-
Master and Commander
- Aubrey/Maturin Series, Book 1
- De: Patrick O'Brian
- Narrado por: Patrick Tull
- Duración: 16 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 7,158
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 5,593
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 5,563
This, the first in the splendid series of Jack Aubrey novels, establishes the friendship between Captain Aubrey, Royal Navy, and Stephen Maturin, ship's surgeon and intelligence agent, against the thrilling backdrop of the Napoleonic wars. Details of life aboard a man-of-war in Nelson's navy are faultlessly rendered: the conversational idiom of the officers in the ward room and the men on the lower deck, the food, the floggings, the mysteries of the wind and the rigging, and the road of broadsides as the great ships close in battle.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Choice of Narrators
- De Frank R. Adams en 04-23-10
De: Patrick O'Brian
-
The Deerslayer
- De: James Fenimore Cooper
- Narrado por: Peter Berkrot
- Duración: 21 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 87
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 77
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars 76
Natty Bumppo , one of the greatest heroes in American literature, is the rugged frontiersman of James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales, a series of five novels that includes The Last of the Mohicans and The Deerslayer. Although it was the final volume to be written, The Deerslayer is the first in the chronology of Natty Bumppo’s life, depicting the character as a young man testing himself in the wilderness and against enemies for the first time.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
A careful writing but uncareful reading
- De reball01 en 02-03-13
-
The Catalpa Rescue
- The Gripping Story of the Most Dramatic and Successful Prison Break in Australian History
- De: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrado por: Michael Carman
- Duración: 16 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 106
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 93
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 93
The incredible true story of one of the most extraordinary and inspirational prison breaks in history. Boston, 1869. Members of the Clan na Gael - agitators for an Irish republic - hatch a daring plan to free six Irish political prisoners from the most remote gaol on earth, Fremantle Prison in Western Australia. Under the guise of a whale hunt, Captain Anthony sets sail on the Catalpa, risking his life to rescue the men from the prison, known among the inmates as 'a living tomb'.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Terrific yarn
- De Garrett en 05-13-19
De: Peter FitzSimons
-
Edgar Allan Poe - The Complete Works Collection
- De: Edgar Allan Poe
- Narrado por: Philippe Duquenoy
- Duración: 48 h y 26 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 464
-
Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 389
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars 381
Edgar Allan Poe was one of the most prolific authors of his time, eventually gaining recognition for his tales of horror and his uncanny ability to paint a macabre picture with words. The Complete Works Collection of Edgar Allan Poe contains over 150 stories and poems, separated into individual chapters, including all of Poe's most notorious works such as The Raven, Annabel Lee, A Dream Within a Dream, Lenore, The Tell-Tale Heart, and many more.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Would recommend to anyone!!!
- De Gail Blackwell en 03-14-18
De: Edgar Allan Poe
-
The Sea Wolf
- De: Jack London
- Narrado por: Frank Muller
- Duración: 9 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 784
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 668
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 674
Wealthy ne'er-do-well Humphrey Van Weyden is a castaway who is put to work on the schooner Ghost, run by brutal Wolf Larsen. Toughened by life at sea, Humphrey develops the strength to protect another castaway, Maud Brewster, and stand up to the increasingly deranged Larsen. Experience the crashing, relentless power of the sea through this compelling story, made hauntingly immediate by author London's vivid prose.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Great entertainment
- De Ross en 05-31-03
De: Jack London
-
Mr Midshipman Hornblower
- De: C. S. Forester
- Narrado por: Christian Rodska
- Duración: 8 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 1,834
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,642
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,626
Shaking off this label, a shy and lonely 17-year-old, Horatio Hornblower, embarks on a memorable career in Nelson's navy on HMS Justinian. In action, adventure, and battle he is forged into one of the most formidable junior officers in the service.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
First rate historical fiction
- De Jason en 04-30-17
De: C. S. Forester
-
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African
- De: Olaudah Equiano
- Narrado por: Duncan Brownlehe
- Duración: 6 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 33
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 26
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 27
First published in 1789, this autobiography of Olaudah Equiano comprises a variety of styles, such as a slavery narrative, travel tale, and spiritual journey. It recounts Equiano's time as a slave, and chronicles his attempts at becoming an independent man through his study of the Bible, and his eventual success in gaining his freedom.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
brilliant work.
- De ugonna en 10-16-20
De: Olaudah Equiano
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Billy Budd, Foretopman
Calificaciones medias de los clientesReseñas - Selecciona las pestañas a continuación para cambiar el origen de las reseñas.
-
Total1 out of 5 stars
- Turner
- 04-12-07
Poor quality
The audio quality of this book is truly terrible. This may be a great book, but I will not be able to find out based on this very subpar recording. You've been warned.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
esto le resultó útil a 6 personas
-
Total2 out of 5 stars
-
Ejecución5 out of 5 stars
-
Historia2 out of 5 stars
- Christopher
- 09-02-21
Frank Muller is the Greatest Narrator
Story is ok but Frank makes it so much better. I could listen to a laundry list if read by Frank Muller
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña