• Ten Days That Shook the World

  • By: John Reed
  • Narrated by: George Backman
  • Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (109 ratings)

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Ten Days That Shook the World

By: John Reed
Narrated by: George Backman
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Ten Days That Shook the World is John Reed's eyewitness account of the Russian Revolution. A contemporary journalist writing in the first flush of revolutionary enthusiasm, he gives a gripping record of the events in Petrograd in November 1917, when Lenin and the Bolsheviks finally seized power. Containing verbatim reports both of speeches by leaders and the chance comments of bystanders, set against an idealized backcloth of the proletariat, soldiers, sailors, and peasants uniting to throw off oppression, Reed's account is the product of passionate involvement and remains an unsurpassed classic of reporting.

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  • Categories: History

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Interesting but difficult to follow

It's an interesting book because it is full of first hand data. Nonetheless, as it doesn't introduce the reader to certain names and to the different parties involved in this historic passage, it tends to get difficult to follow. In addition, sometimes it gets tedious and boring.

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Hard to Listen to

The performing voice does well enough with the Russian words. His meter and cadence is too measured and over punctuated. Over enunciation just sounds pedantic. That might be something to overlook, though coupled with the offputting writing style, it is just not pleasant to listen to. The author writes in almost an unedited cinema verite style. The listener does not get the chance to really figure out who the players are, other than the names you already know like Lenin or Trotsky. There is no explanation of what each of the many political groups stand for. I suppose that this story embodies the chaos going on at the time, it just translates poorly to an audio book.

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Just a riveting story. One for the ages.

Great, in the moment story of the Russian Revolution and a first person account of 10 amazing days that shook the world. Told without CIA bias.

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Awful writing

Interesting content but it’s just one long and drawn out story. It’s so unconnected and discombobulated it’s impossible to follow. The author doesn’t stop for more than a brief second to actually explain what’s going on

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idealism at its worst

listen to it if u want the socialist dreamers experience of the Russian revolution. it's shocking an full of pie in the sky ideals. the whole property rights being taken away features prominently

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read this book following the release of the movie Reds in 1981. Hearing was the way of reading, why? I heard the correct pronunciation of the characters names and that made all the difference.

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Firsthand account of a significant point in histor

Author provided a lively, and enthusiastic, account of the establishment of the Soviet government. The appendices are a bit tedidious. But an important part of understanding the historical events

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