The Interpretation of Dreams

By: Sigmund Freud

Narrated by: Simon Vance

The Interpretation of Dreams is the book that Sigmund Freud considered his most important and that forever changed the way we think about our dreams. Here, Freud explained his discoveries about why we dream, what we dream, and what our dreams mean.

In this groundbreaking work, Freud further demonstrated that it is in the treatment of abnormal mental states that dream analysis is the most valuable. He claimed that dreams not only reveal to us the cryptic mechanisms of phobias, obsessions, and delusions but also are the most potent weapon in the healing of them.

This book is indispensable to anyone interested in dreams and dream analysis.

Public Domain (P)2001 Blackstone Audio Inc.

Can't speak french, would be cool to have a translation of all the french notes he says

there is a lot of french parts without any translation, makes it imposible to follow in some parts and super annoying

Booooooooring

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

No. It blows

What was most disappointing about Sigmund Freud’s story?

The extensive passages in French and Latin.

Did Robert Whitfield do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?

Well, he reads Latin and French like nobody's business.

Do you think The Interpretation of Dreams needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

Probably not by the author, since he's busy being dead.

Any additional comments?

Back to crotch novels for me.

Hard to Follow

Freud's book was one of the hardest to follow I've ever heard. He moves back and forth in his concepts losing you in the reading. Part 1 and 3 really have more interesting ideas and concepts to hear.

Speedy dreams

The narration seems a little quick and a lot of concentration. I listen to quite a few audiobooks and this is the fastest read I've heard so far. Definitely not a relaxing experience by any means. Freud's other book " Dreams" is somewhat easier to listen to. Still, waddya going to do? Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

A better way

This is my first encounter with audio books at least as an adult. I rented a Star Wars audio book from Mr. Paperback, a chain book store in my area, when I was a child which I could not recount for you. I think I was intrigued by the idea of listening to text. Analyze if you will. This book is simply too much for me to read in between the countless other books I have on the waiting list and the simply dreadful labor I perform daily for the largest retailer in the world, guess who. I find the readers voice nice, as the British have a way with good narrative both on paper and in voice. I have not yet listened to the whole thing because I desire the content to stick. This book is like a friendly piece of scientific research that can at times miss my memory, so I like to listen to it more than once. If you plan on having a profession in the world of the social sciences (I know that is broad, but true), have an interest in psychology and/or psychoanalysis, or simply wish to peer into the masked world of the “dream picture.”