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Título: Memorias del subsuelo I [Notes from the Underground]

Autor: Feodor Dostoievski

Narrador: Miguel Ortíz

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 3 hrs and 28 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 10-22-10

Editor: NEAR, S.A.

Calificaciones: 3 de 5 de 2 votos

Categorías: Classics, World Literature

Resumen del editor:

Memorias del Subsuelo es una novela corta organizada en dos partes. La primera, que consta de once capítulos breves y es llamada "La Ratonera", es básicamente un monólogo interior en el que se nos presenta al protagonista, un miserable funcionario frustrado, como un antihéroe contradictorio, enfermizo y excitable, que dirige su charla a un público inexistente. La segunda parte, que nace a propósito de la "caída de nieve húmeda", consiste en el relato de una memoria del narrador, donde cuenta algo ocurrido en su juventud, relacionado con la despedida a Zvérkov, uno de sus antiguos compañeros de escuela. Memorias del Subsuelo tiene un importante trasfondo psicológico, y las cuestiones filosóficas que aborda son decisivas para comprender la obra posterior del escritor.

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Opiniones de los miembros:

Libro sobrevalorado para este siglo

La historia de este libro se trata de puras quejas, remilgos y pseudofilosofìa de un hombre que sólo es uno de tantos con baja autoestima, que se cree más individualista de lo que en realidad es y que se comporta como un adolescente eterno. Tal vez fue una buena historia en el Siglo XIX, pero hoy en día esos discursos están muy superados por otros escritores y son más entretenidos.

Por otra parte, les aviso que el narrador tiene acento de España, lo cual es muy molesto de escuchar por ser tan propenso a resaltar las eses, zetas y demás; hubiera sido mejor un narrador con un acento en español estandarizado o latino. Además, toda la historia tiene una innecesaria música de fondo que sólo distrae y cuyo sonido es demasiado alto, el audiolibro hubiera quedado mejor sin música de fondo de ningún tipo.

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Título: Las desventuras del joven Werther I [The Sorrows of Young Werther]

Autor: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Narrador: Alazne Erdocia

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 3 hrs and 20 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 10-22-10

Editor: NEAR, S.A.

Calificaciones: 2.5 de 5 de 2 votos

Categorías: Classics, World Literature

Resumen del editor:

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe nació el 28 de agosto de 1749 en Frankfurt am Main (Alemania), hijo de un oficial del gobierno alemán. Tras residir en su ciudad natal, se trasladó a Leipzig para estudiar derecho. Allí conoce a una de las personas de mayor significación en su vida, el filósofo Johann Gottfried Von Herder. Con Herder, que le introduce en la obra de William Shakespeare, crea un nuevo movimiento literario, de carácter rebelde con las apariencias tradicionales de la literatura de su país, que se denominará "Sturm und Drang", el cual sienta las bases del romanticismo alemán y abre nuevas perspectivas a la escritura germana. Un viaje por tierras italianas le empapará de cultura grecorromana, abandonando parte de los postulados del "Sturm und Drang" y adoptando una postura más clasicista. Johann Wofgang Von Goethe fallecería en Weimar, el 22 de marzo de 1832.

LAS DESVENTURAS DEL JOVEN WERTHER - Las desventuras del joven Werther (1774) es uno de los libros más populares y conocidos dentro de la amplia y extensa obra de Johann Wolfgang Goethe, uno de los grandes autores del romanticismo europeo. Partiendo de una experiencia amorosa personal, Goethe traspone la historia de un amor imposible -el sentimiento de Werther hacia Carlota- que acaba en un final trágico. El famoso suicidio de Werther impregna el romanticismo universal y establece la figura del héroe romántico capaz del máximo sacrificio -el de la vida por un sentimiento noble pero irrealizable como el del amor. Con Werther, novela epistolar, Goethe crea la figura del suicida romántico.

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Opiniones de los miembros:

Para adolescentes y adultos cursis

Aunque se trata de una historia clásica de la literatura, en realidad es como una telenovela y este tipo de temas han sido superados en muchas formas por autores contemporáneos.

Dado que los narradores del libro son principalmente hombres, no debieron grabar el audio con una mujer; además, el acento de la narradora llega a ser insoportable con tanto énfasis en las eses, zetas y demás... Hubiera sido mejor utilizar a un narrador con acento en español estandarizado o latino.

Y por último, todo el audiolibro tiene música de fondo y distrae demasiado. No era necesario agregarla, incluso aunque se trata de música de Beethoven.

Parece como si este audiolibro haya sido realizado por personas no profesionales o estudiantes.

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Title: The Case of Comrade Tulayev

Author: Victor Serge

Narrator: Gregory Linington

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15 hrs and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-07-10

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 30 votes

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Publisher's Summary:

A high government official is shot on the street, and the hunt for the killer begins. The search leads all over the world, netting a series of suspects whose only connection is their innocence - at least of this crime. But The Case of Comrade Tulayev, the best novel about the Stalinist purges, is also a classic tale of risk and adventure that stands beside For Whom the Bell Tolls. It is a masterpiece, now available again after 30 years.

Members Reviews:

Look behind stage at Russian "Trial"

I was referred to this story by Christopher Hitchens and gave it a shot. It was dark and well written but sad in its overall cold war conclusions. Hitchens was one of our true intellectuals and that's what sold me on the book. Historically, a must read if you are interested in Russian history and a nation based on lies. Lot's of history behind Victor Serge a revolutionary worth knowing about.

How Lenin DID NOT LEAD to Stalin

This fictional account of the events AFTER the Russian revolution provides an accurate account of what Stalin did to secure his wrong idea of "socialism in one country. "

A portrait of ideology spiraling into insanity

A must for anyone who wants to understand the heart of the Russian revolution and it's self destruction. A cautionary tale for anyone who believes in ideology over humanity. Brilliant portrait of delusion.

required reading

Beautifully written, thought provoking.Worth rereading many times. Clear in depth picture of Stalinist Russia, city and country, and the impact of the purges on the public.

Enthralling!

Finally, after thirty years, it is available and it is essential to anyone who wants to know about Stalin and what happened during that period. It is also an interesting book written very well, which keeps the listener enthralled, but what makes it even more exciting is knowing that you are reading about history at the same time.

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Titolo: I Promessi Sposi [The Betrothed]

Autore: Alessandro Manzoni

Narratore: Silvia Cecchini

Formato: Unabridged

Durata: 25 hrs

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 06-28-10

Editore: Collina d'oro

Valutazioni: 4 su 5 su 14 voti

Categoria: Classics, World Literature

Riepilogo Editore:

Il capolavoro della letteratura italiana e la base dell' italiano corretto. Lascolto ribalterà le cattive impressioni dovute al forzato apprendimento scolastico. Si apprezzerà un romanzo fresco, ironico, di grande spessore spirituale. Di grande attualità; una storia damoreAdatto a: tutti, iIn particolare a chi a scuola lha detestato e si è sempre chiesto se era un capolavoro oppure no; ai cultori del romanzo storico; a chi ha fede e a chi non ne ha, per un confronto con unopera dalle infinite sfaccettature.

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Recensioni dei membri:

Silvia ought to stop drinking coffee

What disappointed you about I Promessi Sposi [The Betrothed]?

Listening to the "train schedule"-esque monotonous ramming of the story ...was the biggest disappointed

Who was your favorite character and why?

I couldn't listen long enough to get into the characters...

How did the narrator detract from the book?

Monotonous and break-neck reading

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from I Promessi Sposi [The Betrothed]?

The details on clothing

Any additional comments?

I am reading the book not as if it were a formula 1 race, but a classic...unlike this rendering

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Titolo: La Divina Commedia [The Divine Comedy]

Autore: Dante Alighieri

Narratore: Silvia Cecchini

Formato: Unabridged

Durata: 20 hrs and 42 mins

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 04-02-10

Editore: Collina d'oro

Valutazioni: 4 su 5 su 16 voti

Categoria: Classics, World Literature

Riepilogo Editore:

Le tre cantiche inì un unico audiolibro, precedute da riassunti e seguiti da note storiche esplicative del testo.

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Recensioni dei membri:

Cecchini brings new life to an old master

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes - without hesitation.

What other book might you compare La Divina Commedia [The Divine Comedy] to and why?

The Divine Comedy is fascinating for many reasons. Linguistically it is an early form of Italian and very close to Latin. This great epic, in fact, was strongly influenced by the great Latin poet Virgil and his Roman epic, the Aeneid.

Which scene was your favorite?

The Inferno, with Virgil as Dante's guide, is impressive and had a significant influence on Christian and European culture.

Any additional comments?

Silvia Cecchini's narration is the clearest and most pleasant of all the many readings of this musical masterpiece.

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Title: The Middle Parts of Fortune

Author: Frederic Manning

Narrator: Stanley McGeagh

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-06-10

Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 18 votes

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Publisher's Summary:

First published anonymously in 1929 because its language was considered far too frank for the public circulation, The Middle Parts of Fortune was hailed by T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound, by Lawrence of Arabia and Ernest Hemingway, as an extraordinary novel. Its author was in fact Frederic Manning, an Australian writer who fought in the Battle of the Somme in 1916, and who told his story of men at war from the perspective of an ordinary soldier.

Never before published in Australia, The Middle Parts of Fortune is now recognized as a 20th-century classic.

Editorial Reviews:

Frederic Manning used his experience as a soldier in the British Army during World War I for this novel about life in the trenches, hailed as one of literature's most realistic depictions of war and a cult classic that would be celebrated by the likes of Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, T. E. Lawrence, and Ernest Hemingway. Stanley McGeagh performs Bourne, the author surrogate, as a man apart from fellow soldiers, giving his accent a tonier polish than that of his more working-class brethren, yet brings a warm, fraternal jocularity that showcases the camaraderie formed between soldiers during wartime.

Critic Reviews:

"The finest and noblest book of men in war." (Ernest Hemingway)

Members Reviews:

Bourne of WWI

This is about Bourne of the British Expeditionary Force in France during WWI and about his and his infantry comrades lives during a matter of months. This tells of the gritty, dirty, exhausting, anxious, scared, and courageous existence of these men. It is told in the third person that is a insightful, sensitive, and bold masterpiece of the genre. The dialogue is of the dialect and the narrator did a great job adapting all the characters in an authentic way. I have read a good many WWI memoirs and novels and would say this one is one of the grittiest, having the visceral feel creative nonfiction.

Difficult Read - I Liked it by the End

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

War as it really is, both the boredom and the horror of it.

Who might you have cast as narrator instead of Stanley McGeagh?

Somebody who knows French!

Great read - uncensored

Any additional comments?

Why weren't more books like this written? First hand accounts with genuine language and real (often gruesome) details.

In the book, the average soldier is concerned with small, petty things when not fighting, and then can be suddenly - matter-of-factly - ended when in the front line.

The writer - though the book is autobiographical - seems as detached as his main character is. There no sentimentality in the book - which came as quite a shock to me. I kept waiting for it, but it didn't come.

Excellent book.

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Titre: Lettre d'une inconnue

Auteur: Stefan Zweig

Narrateur: Léa Drucker

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 1 hr and 52 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 12-25-09

Éditeur: Audiolib

Evaluation: 5 sur 5 sur 5 votes

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Résumé de l'éditeur:

Un amour total, passionnel, désintéressé, tapi dans l'ombre, n'attendant rien en retour que de pouvoir le confesser. Une blessure vive, la perte d'un enfant, symbole de cet amour que le temps n'a su effacer ni entamer. L'être aimé objet d'une admiration infinie mais lucide. Une déclaration fanatique, fiévreuse, pleine de tendresse et de folie. La voix d'une femme qui se meurt doucement, sans s'apitoyer sur elle-même, tout entière tournée vers celui qu'elle admire plus que tout. La voix d'une femme qui s'est donnée tout entière à un homme, qui jamais ne l'a reconnue.

Avec Lettre d'une inconnue, Stefan Zweig pousse plus loin encore l'analyse du sentiment amoureux et de ses ravages, en nous offrant un cri déchirant d'une profonde humanité. Ici nulle confusion des sentiments : la passion est absolue, sans concession, si pure qu'elle touche au sublime.

Préface écrite et lue par Elsa Zylberstein.

"J'ai toujours été fascinée par la force de ce texte, par sa beauté désespérée, par sa profondeur et sa maturité."

Elsa Zylberstein

L'auteur

Né en Autriche en 1881, mort au Brésil en 1942, auteur de romans, de pièces de théâtre et de poèmes,

excelle dans l'essai, la biographie et la nouvelle. Comme dans la

ou

, on retrouve ici son génie de la psychologie, son art de suggérer par un geste, un regard, les tourments intérieurs, les arrières pensées, les abîmes de l'inconscient.

La narratrice

De formation théâtrale classique,

est nominée deux fois au Molière de la révélation théâtrale féminine ; elle poursuit depuis un brillant parcours au théâtre, à la télévision et au cinéma.

Editions Stock pour la traduction française. Traduit de l'allemand par Alzir Hella et Olivier Bournac et révisé par Françoise Toraille

© et (P) Audiolib 2009

Avis des membres:

Quelle lectrice extraordinaire!

Une oeuvre très émouvante lue par une lectrice absolument sublime. C'est elle qui fait la différence entre un bon achat sur audible et une écoute déchirante par la force des sentiments qu'on éprouve au déroulement des minutes. Fantastique!

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Title: Around the World in 80 Days

Author: Jules Verne

Narrator: Arte Johnson

Format: Abridged

Length: 4 hrs and 27 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-04-09

Publisher: Phoenix Books

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Publisher's Summary:

An abridged version of Jules Verne's classic tale of adventure.

Members Reviews:

An amazing story!

One of the greatest books ever, however some portions were edited. It's still worth reading and rereading many times. It never gets old.

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Title: The French Revolution, Volume 2

Subtitle: The Constitution

Author: Thomas Carlyle

Narrator: Robert Bethune

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-10-09

Publisher: Freshwater Seas

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Classics, World Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Thomas Carlyle's The French Revolution is a landmark of literary history. Conceived not as a dry recounting of facts, but as a personal, vivid, direct and dramatic encounter with the turbulent times of revolutionary France, it is in fact an extended dramatic monologue in which we meet not only the striking personalities and events of the time, but the equally striking personality and mind of Thomas Carlyle himself.

In this, the second volume of the series, we live out the course of the French Revolution from the aftermath of the fall of the Bastille to the insurrection of August 1792, which effectively brought the reign of Louis XVI to an end.

Thomas Carlyle's writing is a true challenge to the reader and the listener. He does not write in the calm, objective, matter-of-fact style of a modern historian; quite the contrary! He writes as if he were there, a witness to history, passionately involved with the events that he makes unfold before our eyes. He gives his rare mastery of the outer reaches of the English language full scope, challenging us to grasp not only his complex thoughts, but his intricate manner of expressing them. Grappling with his mind and with the events of the Revolution at the same time is a powerful challenge for any reader or listener.

Members Reviews:

A literary history treat

This book is a treat for the ears. It's like fine wine or anything else that needs intelligence, experience, and taste to be appreciated. I had to buy the hardbound copy so I would be able to read it over and over at leisure. The book is worth listening to for its rich range of expression and subtle humor even if you don't want to learn about the revolution, but having said that it is a first class description of those momentous events and renders them in a way that your dry dates-and-events histories could never rise to. A must for any student of history with a literary bent.

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Título: Novela de Rinconete y Cortadillo [The Novel of Rinconete and Cortadillo]

Autor: Miguel de Cervantes

Narrador: Victoria García

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 1 hr and 24 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 08-04-09

Editor: Eschucha Libros S.L.N.E.

Calificaciones: 4 de 5 de 6 votos

Categorías: Classics, World Literature

Resumen del editor:

This story is one of the short novels of the most famous Spanish author of all times, Miguel de Cervantes. The novel features the adventures of two young men who survive by telling lies and stealing, providing a good example of the 16th-century picaresque novel in Spain.

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