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The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (AmazonClassics Edition)
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Publisher's Summary
In the Gothic towers of the cathedral of Notre-Dame - which has been subjected to decades of degradation and neglect - lives its bell ringer, Quasimodo. Persecuted as wicked and pilloried for his broken appearance, he’s shown kindness only by the alluring Esmeralda, an outsider herself, who fills Quasimodo’s heart with a hope and devotion beyond reason. When she falls victim to the lies of the vengeful and lustful Archdeacon Claude Frollo, only Quasimodo can save her from the gallows. In sanctuary, looming high above Paris, their fates entwine.
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame stands as a tribute to the medieval city Victor Hugo loved and to a vulnerable monument he feared would crumble to dust.
Revised edition: Previously published as The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, this edition of The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions.
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- David
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amazing. great narrator, great story.
I loved this audiobook. It had a great narrator and it was a fantastic, heart-wrenching story.
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- Anna Steele
- 03-03-22
Víctor Hugo is exceptional
All parts of this grand novel provide the reader with visual, cultural, historical perspective on an era as seen from another era. plausible and understandable for XXIst readers who take the time and have the patience to let their cognition discover and reconstruct previos time. It's a transcendent work that points out how humanity has not changed throughout the centuries: ethics and truth symbolized by the disadvantaged, whether beautiful or monstrous. The politicians, royals, clergy and advantaged showing deplorable behaviour bringing death and destruction. The unreasoning populace bringing about rebellion without an ethical cause. Arquitectura and Literature are the observers and recorders of historical testimonials, which the Present wants to abolish and erase, replace with something new and inexperienced.
exciting, emotional, cinematographic
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- LMcA
- 09-11-20
A bit too much for me!
I wanted to catch up with some classics but the story of Quasimodo is lost in Hugo's discussion of, amongst other things, the death of architecture on the birth of printing, the history of Paris etc, etc, etc. Some of the text was interesting but I'm afraid that I became disengaged because I just wanted to listen to the story not the "fluff". The narration, however, was superb.
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- Jacquelyn
- 05-03-21
A true classic
While one could possibly rename Victor Hugo's classic drama "The innocent young girl from a vulnerable background who is lusted over by 3 men and hanged as a result", there is no doubting that it is a great literary work.
I have taken to listening to classics as I often find the long chapters describing culture, architecture etc to be effective soporifics and so difficult to get past when reading. However, I actually really enjoyed Hugo's commentary on architecture as 'the great handwriting of mankind' especially before the advent of the printing press. One look through my travel photos shows how fascinated I am by old buildings. I have often reflected with others on the change in architecture even over the last 100yrs and the impact on the atmosphere of an area as well as what it reflects about the community. Needless to say, Hugo puts it all much more eloquently.
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- By: Victor Hugo
- Narrated by: Bill Homewood
- Length: 67 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 649
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 586
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 592
Les Misérables is set in Paris after the French Revolution. In the sewers and backstreets, we encounter "the wolf-like tread of crime", and assassination for a few sous is all in a day's work. We weep with the unlucky and heart-broken Fantine, and we exult with the heroic revolutionaries of the barricades; but above all we thrill to the steadfast courage and nobility of soul of ex-convict Jean Valjean, always in danger from the relentless pursuit of the diabolical Inspector Javert.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Use earphones that are light on bass
- By Tad Davis on 11-08-15
By: Victor Hugo
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Les Miserables
- By: Victor Hugo
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 57 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,941
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,289
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,302
Set in the Parisian underworld and plotted like a detective story, Les Miserables follows Jean Valjean, originally an honest peasant, who has been imprisoned for 19 years for stealing a loaf of bread to feed his sister's starving family. A hardened criminal upon his release, he eventually reforms, becoming a successful industrialist and town mayor. Despite this, he is haunted by an impulsive former crime and is pursued relentlessly by the police inspector Javert.
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4 out of 5 stars
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one happy insomniac
- By Kathryn on 01-27-05
By: Victor Hugo
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Les Misérables
- Penguin Classics
- By: Christine Donougher, Victor Hugo, Robert Tombs
- Narrated by: Adeel Akhtar, Natalie Simpson, Adrian Scarborough, and others
- Length: 65 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 112
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 98
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Story5 out of 5 stars 96
Victor Hugo's tale of injustice, heroism and love follows the fortunes of Jean Valjean, an escaped convict determined to put his criminal past behind him. But his attempts to become a respected member of the community are constantly put under threat: by his own conscience and by the relentless investigations of the dogged Policeman, Javert. It is not simply for himself that Valjean must stay free, however, for he has sworn to protect the baby daughter of Fantine, driven to prostitution by poverty.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Book, Great Translation, 5 Great Narrators
- By Rain Wiegartner on 06-07-20
By: Christine Donougher, and others
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Trumpeter of Krakow
- By: Eric P. Kelly
- Narrated by: Ron Keith
- Length: 7 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 88
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Story4 out of 5 stars 70
It is late July in 1461 when young Joseph Charnetski and his family arrive in the great city of Krakow, with its glorious church towers and lively marketplace. The Charnetskis have come to Krakow to seek refuge with their relatives. What they find is more danger and adventure than a simple farm boy like Joseph could ever have imagined. First, a menacing stranger tries to take their pumpkin at sword point. Then a beautiful girl and her black-robed uncle befriend Joseph. Soon he and his family are caught up in the plots of alchemists, hypnotists, and a dark messenger of evil. This distinguished contribution to children's literature carries listeners to a medieval Poland shimmering with folklore and fantasy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful Story
- By Richard on 10-30-17
By: Eric P. Kelly
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HorrorBabble's Classic Horror: Volume 2
- By: H. P. Lovecraft, Ambrose Bierce, Helena Blavatsky, and others
- Narrated by: Ian Gordon, Jennifer Gill
- Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 45
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 43
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Story5 out of 5 stars 43
Ten more extraordinary tales of terror, penned by the prolific horror masters of old. From Lovecraft's take on the Yuletide and the Black Veil of Nathaniel Hawthorne, to the tragedy of Bierce's Owl Creek Bridge and Sheridan Le Fanu's authentic narrative of a Haunted House.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another most worthy offering
- By Robert H. on 12-01-17
By: H. P. Lovecraft, and others
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The Travel and Adventures of Little Baron Trump
- By: Ingersoll Lockwood
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 36
Ingersoll Lockwood invented the fictional character Baron Trump in 1890 for a two-part sci-fi/fantasy series about a privileged German heir who undertakes a sequence of fantastic voyages. The style of the Baron Trump series - a mix of fantasy and young-reader-oriented science fiction - anticipated and may have influenced L. Frank Baum's Oz series. The Travel and Adventures of Little Baron Trump describes Baron's trip around the world with his little dog, meeting new races like the Wind Eaters, Man Hoppers, and Melodious Sneezers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A lot of fun, and a sensitive study of a boy and his dog
- By ReadToLive on 03-04-20
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The Iron King
- The Accursed Kings, Book 1
- By: Maurice Druon
- Narrated by: Peter Joyce
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 630
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 584
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 583
From the publishers that brought you A Game of Thrones comes the series that inspired George R.R. Martin’s epic work. France became a great nation under Philip the Fair - but it was a greatness achieved at the expense of her people, for his was a reign characterised by violence, the scandalous adulteries of his daughters-in-law, and the triumph of royal authority.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Historical Goodie
- By Syd Young on 08-03-13
By: Maurice Druon
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Vittorio the Vampire
- By: Anne Rice
- Narrated by: Jonathan Marosz
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 278
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 263
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Story4 out of 5 stars 261
With Pandora, Anne Rice began a magnificent new series of vampire novels. Now, in the second of her New Tales of the Vampires, she tells the mesmerizing story of Vittorio, a vampire in the Italian Age of Gold. Also available abridged.
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3 out of 5 stars
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great book, terrible recording
- By matthew on 03-30-15
By: Anne Rice
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Phantastes
- By: George MacDonald
- Narrated by: Brad Powers
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 175
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 162
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 158
A young man named Anodos experiences dream like adventures in Fairy Land, where he meets tree spirits, endures the presence of the overwhelming shadow, journeys to the palace of the fairy queen, and searches for the spirit of the earth. The story conveys a profound sadness and a poignant longing for death.
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1 out of 5 stars
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THIS IS LIBRIVOX'S FREE RECORDING
- By C. M. W. on 12-24-18
By: George MacDonald
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A Hero of Our Time
- By: Mikhail Lermontov
- Narrated by: Clive Chafer
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 142
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 130
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 130
In A Hero of Our Time, Grigory Pechorin is a bored, self-centered, and cynical young army officer who believes in nothing. With impunity he toys with the love of women and the goodwill of men. He is brave, determined, and willful, but his wasted energy and potential ultimately result in tragedy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Genius Presentation of Ywtsaxt fas
- By Brad Isaak on 11-06-16
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Collected Stories
- By: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: Frank Muller
- Length: 4 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 127
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 112
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 111
Whether it's a 300-year-old ghost who's scared out of his wits, a tenderhearted statue with a mission of mercy, or the suave Lord Savile who cannot commit a crime, the characters in these stories by witty Oscar Wilde make the tales priceless delights. Absurd, ironic, poignant, or scathing, these small gems of the storyteller's art are sure to become favorites. This collection, narrated by Frank Muller, includes "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime," "The Model Millionaire," "The Nightingale and the Rose," and more.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Very Poor Recording
- By Anne in State College on 09-09-07
By: Oscar Wilde
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Orlando
- By: Virginia Woolf
- Narrated by: Clare Higgins
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 882
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 732
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Story4 out of 5 stars 737
Fantasy, love and an exuberant celebration of English life and literature, Orlando is a uniquely entertaining story. Originally conceived by Virginia Woolf as a playful tribute to the family of her friend and lover, Vita Sackville-West, Orlando's central character, a fictional embodiment of Sackville-West, changes sex from a man to a woman and lives throughout the centuries, whilst meeting historical figures of English literature.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Magical
- By Mayca on 05-31-05
By: Virginia Woolf
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The Diary of a Madman and Other Stories
- By: Nikolai Gogol
- Narrated by: Nicholas Boulton
- Length: 17 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 58
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 58
The Diary of a Madman and Other Stories is a bizarre and colorful collection containing the finest short stories by the iconic Russian writer Nikolai Gogol. From the witty and Kafkaesque "The Nose", where a civil servant wakes up one day to find his nose missing, to the moving and evocative "The Overcoat", about a reclusive man whose only ambition is to replace his old, threadbare coat, Gogol gives us a unique take on the absurd.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Delightful start to finish
- By Tad Davis on 08-21-18
By: Nikolai Gogol
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Dear and Glorious Physician
- A Novel About Saint Luke
- By: Taylor Caldwell
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 31 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 231
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 206
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 204
Lucanus grew up in the household of his stepfather, the Roman governor of Antioch. After studying medicine in Alexandria, he became one of the greatest physicians of the ancient world and traveled far and wide through the Mediterranean region healing the sick. As time went on, he learned of the life and death of Christ and saw in him the God he was seeking. To find out all he could about the life and teachings of Jesus, whom he never saw, Lucanus visited all the places where Jesus had been.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Childhood favorite
- By susan on 04-06-19
By: Taylor Caldwell
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The Princess and Curdie
- By: George MacDonald
- Narrated by: Ian Whitcomb
- Length: 6 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 312
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 234
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