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Treasure Island

By: Robert Louis Stevenson
Narrated by: Alan Munro
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Publisher's summary

Jim Hawkins, a young cabin boy battles the pirate Long John Silver for a buried treasure. One of the most frequently dramatized novels of all time. The influence of Treasure Island on popular perceptions of pirates is enormous, including treasure maps marked with an "X", schooners, the Black Spot, tropical islands, and one-legged seamen carrying parrots on their shoulders.

Public Domain (P)2013 Trout Lake Media

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Unfortunate

This reader did not do the book justice. Boring and lifeless. Not what you want at all in an Audubon book!

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Boring

The story is a classic but the narration is anything but. The monotone delivery put me to sleep.

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The narration is so dry!! Might be a good book.

Horrible narration!!! 5 of us and nobody could handle the narrator! try and different version.

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decent story

decent story narrator is monotone and lacks pizazz was often confused when he switched characters

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The narrator is simply not good

The story is classic and great as always but the reader makes sudden pauses in midsentence.

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Had to stop due to the narrator

I love the book but I couldn't listen to this narrator. I had to stop after an hour of listening. just terrible very sad.

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A classic for kids

Well I just don't enjoy the story or the narration very much and would say that it's most likely suited for a 12 yr old from the 50's to try enjoy. I could be wrong perhaps adults would still enjoy if they came from a simpler time.

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Stilted narration

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I'm sad to say that I was unable to listen to this audiobook. The story is a classic, so there are no surprises there.

My problem is with the narration. The narrator has a wonderful voice, and in dialog passages his character voices are good, but most of the time his reading is painfully stilted. Instead of smoothly delivered exposition, the delivery stutters and jerks, with odd pauses everywhere.

I'll have to try again, find another version with better narration.

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You get what you pay for

I had to read this book for a class, and I figured I'd splurge and buy the audio book since it was so cheap. While this version gets the job done, it has to be listened to sped up because of the slowness and monotone of the narrator. He was also inconsistent in his reading speed. He does do really great pirate voices though, so that's a plus.

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Enjoyable

This was an enjoyable telling of this classic. I most enjoyed the reader's ability to change his voice and inflection when representing the different characters.

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