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Jack Davenport
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Voltaire
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Candide, published simultaneously in five European capitals in 1759, became an instant best seller and is now regarded as one of the key texts of the Enlightenment. Voltaire’s preoccupations with evil and with various kinds of human folly and intolerance found a perfect vehicle in the philosophical tale. A master storyteller, he combined often wildly entertaining action with profoundly serious sense, parodying the traditional chivalric and oriental tales with which his public was more familiar to create a witty allegory of a young man whose optimism gives way to disillusionment after a series of terrible misfortunes.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Narrator turned me around on this story
- De Kindle Customer en 11-10-24
De: Francois Voltaire, y otros
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Candide
- In an American Voice
- De: Voltaire
- Narrado por: Deaver Brown
- Duración: 3 h y 45 m
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The legendary ironic insightful classic by Voltaire, considered the greatest artistic genius of his era. Introducing the legendary, best-of-all-possible-worlds Pangloss. A whirlwind trip around the globe with irony, wit, insight, genius, and more at each stop.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The narrator is nice so far
- De 400 en 09-15-24
De: Voltaire
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Candide (AmazonClassics Edition)
- De: Voltaire
- Narrado por: James Langton
- Duración: 3 h y 54 m
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Candide, the illegitimate nephew of a German baron and student of eternal optimist Pangloss, is living a simple and sheltered life in "the best of all possible worlds." But when Candide falls in love with the wrong woman, his uncle's young daughter, he is exiled from the baron's castle and suffers great tragedy and catastrophe, which leaves him disillusioned and questioning the goodness of the universe.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I never saw or expected anything close to this.
- De Mossias en 10-07-18
De: Voltaire
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The Chekhov Collection of Short Stories
- De: Anton Chekhov
- Narrado por: Richard Armitage
- Duración: 6 h y 50 m
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In this exclusive collection, Audible presents six of his most-celebrated short stories, chosen and performed by Richard Armitage. Richard, whose interest in the work of Chekhov was sparked by his appearance as Astrov in a stage production of Uncle Vanya, also introduces the collection with a brief overview of each of the stories and his thoughts on why Chekhov’s short stories are not to be missed.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great short collection
- De Tad Davis en 09-07-20
De: Anton Chekhov
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The Screwtape Letters
- De: C. S. Lewis
- Narrado por: Joss Ackland
- Duración: 3 h y 59 m
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A masterpiece of satire, this classic has entertained and enlightened readers the world over with its sly and ironic portrayal of human life from the vantage point of Screwtape, a highly placed assistant to "Our Father Below". At once wildly comic, deadly serious, and strikingly original, C. S. Lewis gives us the correspondence of the worldly-wise old devil to his nephew Wormwood, a novice demon in charge of securing the damnation of an ordinary young man. The Screwtape Letters is the most engaging and humorous account of temptation - and triumph over it - ever written.
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This is the Best Audio Screwtape, a Masterpiece
- De James en 08-22-12
De: C. S. Lewis
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The Metamorphosis
- A New Translation by Susan Bernofsky
- De: Franz Kafka, Susan Bernofsky - translator
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini, Victor Bevine, Christa Lewis
- Duración: 2 h y 33 m
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Franz Kafka's 1915 novella of unexplained horror and nightmarish transformation became a worldwide classic and remains a century later one of the most widely read works of fiction in the world. It is the story of traveling salesman Gregor Samsa, who wakes one morning to find himself transformed into a monstrous insect. This hugely influential work inspired George Orwell, Albert Camus, Jorge Louis Borges, and Ray Bradbury, while continuing to unsettle millions of readers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Mysterious and beautiful
- De Tad Davis en 05-02-15
De: Franz Kafka, y otros
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The Turn of the Screw
- De: Henry James
- Narrado por: Emma Thompson, Richard Armitage - introduction
- Duración: 4 h y 40 m
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Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Emmy winner Emma Thompson lends her immense talent and experienced voice to Henry James' Gothic ghost tale, The Turn of the Screw. When a governess is hired to care for two children at a British country estate, she begins to sense an otherworldly presence around the grounds. Are they really ghosts she's seeing? Or is something far more sinister at work?
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Great, but Mightn't be the Best on Audible
- De Gillian en 03-16-16
De: Henry James
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Ulysses
- De: James Joyce
- Narrado por: Jim Norton
- Duración: 27 h y 16 m
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Ulysses is regarded by many as the single most important novel of the 20th century. It tells the story of one day in Dublin, June 16th 1904, largely through the eyes of Stephen Dedalus (Joyce's alter ego from Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man) and Leopold Bloom, an advertising salesman. Both begin a normal day, and both set off on a journey around the streets of Dublin, which eventually brings them into contact with one another.
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Ulysses (Unabridged)
- De Peter Deane en 01-22-09
De: James Joyce
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
- An American Slave
- De: Frederick Douglass
- Narrado por: Raymond Hearn
- Duración: 4 h y 12 m
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This classic of American literature, a dramatic autobiography of the early life of an American slave, was first published in 1845, when its author had just achieved his freedom. It is a story that shocked the world with its first-hand account of the horrors of slavery. The book was an incredible success. It sold over 30,000 copies and was an international best seller.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Appropriate Audio
- De Gigi P en 05-23-16
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Gulliver's Travels: A Signature Performance by David Hyde Pierce
- De: Jonathan Swift
- Narrado por: David Hyde Pierce
- Duración: 9 h y 52 m
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A Signature Performance: Four-time Emmy Award winner David Hyde Pierce delivers an air of lovable self-importance in his rendition of the classic social satire that remains as fresh today as the day it was published.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved every minute
- De Rose en 01-16-11
De: Jonathan Swift
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Candide and Zadig
- De: Voltaire
- Narrado por: Clive Chafer
- Duración: 6 h y 24 m
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These two classic coming-of-age stories by Voltaire parody the romanticism of his day with the ruthless wit that has made him the undisputed master of social commentary.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Two Beautifully-read Masterpieces
- De Marje en 06-17-11
De: Voltaire
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Beowulf
- De: Seamus Heaney - translator
- Narrado por: George Guidall
- Duración: 4 h y 8 m
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Composed toward the end of the first millennium, Beowulf is the elegiac narrative of the adventures of Beowulf, a Scandinavian hero who saves the Danes from the seemingly invincible monster Grendel and, later, from Grendel's mother. He then returns to his own country and dies in old age in a vivid fight against a dragon. The poem is about encountering the monstrous, defeating it, and then having to live on in the exhausted aftermath.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Almost perfect
- De Tad Davis en 01-28-13
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Candide (Gildan Media Edition)
- De: Voltaire
- Narrado por: Don Hagen
- Duración: 3 h y 42 m
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Candide, is a French satire written in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. One of the finest satires ever written, this lively tale follows the absurdly melodramatic adventures of the youthful Candide, who is forced into the army, flogged, shipwrecked, betrayed, robbed, separated from his beloved Cunégonde, and tortured by the Inquisition. As Candide witnesses calamity upon calamity, he becomes disillusioned and discovers that all is not always for the best....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amusing, a favorite, well read
- De Philo en 02-24-12
De: Voltaire
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Crime and Punishment
- De: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Constance Garnett - translator
- Narrado por: Anthony Heald
- Duración: 20 h y 28 m
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In this intense detective thriller instilled with philosophical, religious, and social commentary, Dostoevsky studies the psychological impact upon a desperate and impoverished student when he murders a despicable pawnbroker, transgressing moral law to ultimately "benefit humanity".
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful reading, disturbing book
- De Tad Davis en 11-03-08
De: Fyodor Dostoevsky, y otros
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Frankenstein
- De: Mary Shelley
- Narrado por: Dan Stevens
- Duración: 8 h y 35 m
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Narrator Dan Stevens ( Downton Abbey) presents an uncanny performance of Mary Shelley's timeless gothic novel, an epic battle between man and monster at its greatest literary pitch. In trying to create life, the young student Victor Frankenstein unleashes forces beyond his control, setting into motion a long and tragic chain of events that brings Victor to the very brink of madness. How he tries to destroy his creation, as it destroys everything Victor loves, is a powerful story of love, friendship, scientific hubris, and horror.
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3 out of 5 stars
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ARE WE ALWAYS TO BE UNHAPPY?
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 01-28-16
De: Mary Shelley
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- 50th Anniversary Edition
- De: Ken Kesey, Robert Faggen - introduction
- Narrado por: John C. Reilly
- Duración: 10 h y 32 m
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Boisterous, ribald, and ultimately shattering, Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest has left an indelible mark on the literature of our time. Turning conventional notions of sanity and insanity on their heads, the novel tells the unforgettable story of a mental ward and its inhabitants, especially tyrannical Big Nurse Ratched and Randle Patrick McMurphy, the brawling, fun-loving new inmate who resolves to oppose her.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic
- De Scott en 08-03-12
De: Ken Kesey, y otros
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Candide (AudioGO Edition)
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- Sarah
- 02-27-13
amusing and witty
this classic is amusing and witty, and the droll performance sets exactly the right tone for it. there were definitely some snigger-inducing moments. after a couple of hours it became a bit much of a muchness. there's only so much insanely unlikely misfortune (and the inevitable complaining and sighing the comes with it) that one can stand. happily, the punchline at the end was very satisfying, so I came away feeling quite content with the story.
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- Neil Game Geek
- 02-01-17
Superb Reading
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The narrator couldn't possibly have been any better. I read it in two chunks and loved every minute. What a versatile voice actor. Loved him in Coupling and wasn't remotely disappointed here. A surprisingly fun frolic for such an old book. So frantic the action and so colourful the characters you might think you were reading a comic book at times. Very highly recommended. Will buy anything Davenport reads from now on.
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- Brandon
- 04-30-15
Great narration
Honestly the best narrator I've come across on Audible. Great inflections, accents, and pace. Made the storytelling almost as enjoyable as the plot itself!
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- Marco Berry
- 01-05-17
Hilarious, Satirical, Fast.
Wow. What a great story. A lot of philosophical talk, travel, adventure... you'd think it was written today what with it's split second changes of location.
A fine read.
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- Paul
- 05-12-21
What a pleasant surprise. At 19, Candide was boring. Five decades later ...
Voltaire is the Tarantino of the Enlightenment. Very funny stuff. And thankfully the violence is on the page rather than the screen.
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- John Haley
- 12-30-22
Masterful and hilarious
A great work that has a wit and hilarity while heavily satirizing the idea that everything is always for the best and part of a benevolent plan. A truly enjoyable experience!
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- Kindle Customer
- 01-15-23
classic
love this classic and one would think that this story is taking place in the present. excellent classic story!
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- MWS
- 08-06-23
A Classic -- But Who is the Translator?!
Candide is considered a classic for a reason: its biting satire has held up for nearly 3 centuries. My criticism is reserved for Audible/Amazon, for not indicating who translated this edition. This is becoming a pet peeve of mine, and is a problem not only for many audio books, but for Amazon's Kindle books as well. Some of us do care about such things!
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- Mike F
- 03-03-24
Hilarious
The fact that this is nearly 300 years old and still made me laugh really hard constantly is testament to Voltaires genius.
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- Tobius
- 05-30-15
A good listen
Always good to read the classics. An interesting tale that helps one appreciate the journey in which life takes us. The good and the bad got us to where we find ourselves today.
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