Letters from a Stoic: Complete (Letters 1 - 124) Adapted for the Contemporary Reader (Seneca)

By: Lucius Seneca, James Harris

Narrated by: Greg Douras

Length: 16 hrs and 32 mins

Publisher's summary

Letters from a Stoic is collection of 124 letters which were written by Seneca at the end of his life, during his retirement, and written after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for 15 years. They are addressed to Lucilius, the then procurator of Sicily.

The letters highlight many moral and ethical ways to live, and address many of the issues known to man, about life and death.

Each letter has been carefully adapted into modern English to allow for easy listening and understanding.

This is the complete volume containing all 124 letters.

Enjoy!

©2017 James Harris (P)2017 James Harris

I love seneca

What a smart man, what a good narrator, everything here is good, 10/10 book, a must read by all.

Wisdom across time.

Would you consider the audio edition of Letters from a Stoic: Complete (Letters 1 - 124) Adapted for the Contemporary Reader (Seneca) to be better than the print version?

Do not know have only listened to the Audio edition.

Who was your favorite character and why?

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What about Greg Douras’s performance did you like?

He helped to amplify the existing material so that the listener could have a better understanding.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

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Any additional comments?

This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.

Skips in recording

Chapter 20 has some short skips, a word or two sporadically not being spoken. Looking to get a replacement.

The reading is utterly monotonous

I'm sorry I bought this Audible-recommended version of 'Letters'. It sounds as if the reader was being paid to speed read something in a language he didn'tunderstand. He's saying words monotonously, with no indication that he cares about what he's reading. And on top of that, the recording skips for no apparent reason. Don't bother with this version of 'Letters'.

If perfect exist

How can it be more eloquent when learning the perfect soul.

especially chapter 32&21 Thanks,

Subpar Performance

This book offered thoughtful insight to human behavior however, it was poorly performed to the extent where I stopped listening. I will likely read the book myself.

seneca good....narrator bad.

very monotone..seems like narrator doesnt understand punctuation. felt like there were no pauses for punctuation

Wow

This should be mandatory listening for everyone over the age of about 15.

The narrator gets the job done admirably, even though the material has the potential to be extremely dry.

Letters from a stoic

A compilation of letters on stoicism.I enjoyed listening to these.Greg Douras was a fine narrator.
I was given this book by the narrator,author or publisher free for an honest review.

Terrible Oration of a Great Writing

How could the performance have been better?

The content is fantastic. 10 stars. Which makes the audio all the more unbearable. The reader drones on, misses key punctuation, does not enunciate, and in no way conveys the import of the words he reads.
The words require thought and reflection, but the pace of the reading leaves barely enough time for basic comprehension.
There is also an early chapter that has more than a dozen editing errors where whole passages of text cut out mid-word. I thought at first it was a data streaming issue, but i played it several times and the skips happened at the exact same words every time.

Buy the book and read it, but don't waste your time with this audio-book.