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Título: San Manuel Bueno Martir

Autor: Miguel de Unamuno

Narrador: Jesus Rois Frey

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 1 hr and 18 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 02-10-11

Editor: Audiomol

Calificaciones: 4 de 5 de 5 votos

Categorías: Classics, European Literature

Resumen del editor:

Ángela Carballino escribe la historia de don Manuel Bueno, párroco de su pueblecito, Valverde de Lucerna. Múltiples hechos lo muestran como un santo vivo, de carne y hueso, un dechado de amor a los hombres, especialmente a los más desgraciados, y entregado a consolar a los amargados y atediados, y ayudar a todos a bien morir. Sin embargo, algunos indicios hacen adivinar a Ángela que algo lo tortura interiormente: su actividad desbordante parece encubrir una infinita y eterna tristeza que con heroica santidad recataba a los ojos y los oídos de los demás.

Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.

Opiniones de los miembros:

La inmortalidad del alma desde la óptica de Unamuno

Excelente libro. Muestra indiscutible de que se puede hacer buena literatura con pocas páginas. En síntesis, la obra trata de exponer apretadamente la mayoría de premisas religiosas que tenia Unamuno. En este sentido, se puede notar la profunda angustia en que vive el personaje principal (San Manuel Bueno), la cual tiene como causa sus dudas sobre la resurrección y la vida venidera; dudas que a su vez eran compartidas por el autor.

Pienso que el libro está diseñado más que nada para reflexionar sobre esta temática; no obstante, llama poderosamente la atención la resolución que toma San Manuel Bueno, él cual, a pesar de haber perdido su fe, parece optar por seguir el engaño... así, Unamuno nos deja con una obra abierta, en dónde es posible dar múltiples interpretaciones sobre la resolución de éste último.

Muy recomendable; sin embargo, aconsejo al lector interesado en la obra de Unamuno que intente adentrarse a este pensador por medio de otros libros, ya que si empieza por este, pudiera caer en el error de que el autor pretende adoctrinar a los lectores en el ateismo, cuando en realidad me parece que solo expone sus dudas sobre la inmortalidad del alma, pero sin en sí ofrecer una respuesta a esta interrogante.

A good high school edition, but not perfect

Pay close attention to the label--if you're in a high school AP Spanish class or the equivalent, this is a great resource. The famous, highly allegorical Unamuno story, about a priest beloved by his flock yet who doubts the possibility of an afterlife, is of course a classic, and should be read regardless; and this edition provides a good way to read it. It includes helpful biographical and literary introductions, as well as thorough footnotes on vocabulary and some basic footnotes on literary or cultural allusions. Furthermore, all of this is in (reasonably sophisticated) Spanish, which is really important for learners of all levels.

Nonetheless, there were problems. Sometimes the literary/cultural footnotes were too basic for someone with a decent knowledge of Catholicism, history, or Spain; and sometimes there was no footnote where there should have been, for something unclear or obscure.

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Title: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Author: James Joyce

Narrator: Frederick Davidson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-25-11

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Classics, European Literature

Publisher's Summary:

In this largely autobiographical coming-of-age story, James Joyce describes the awakening young mind of a middle-class Irish Catholic boy named Stephen Dedalus. The story follows Stephens development from his early troubled boyhood through an adolescent crisis of faithpartially inspired by the famous hellfire sermon preached by Father Arnall, and partly by the guilt of his own precocious sexual adventuresto his discovery of his ultimate destiny as a poet.

Written in a unique voice that reflects the age and emotional state of its protagonist, the novel explores questions of origin and source, authority and authorship, and the relationship of an artist to his family, culture, and race. With richly symbolic language and a boldly original style, this most personal of Joyces works confirms his place as one of the worlds greatest writers.

Critic Reviews:

So profound and beautiful and convincing a book is part of the lasting literature of our ageIn it is the promise of that new literaturenew both in form and contentthat will be the classics of tomorrow. (Herbert Gorman)

"By far the most living and convincing picture that exists of an Irish Catholic upbringing. The technique is startling...A most memorable novel." (H. G. Wells)

Members Reviews:

Tough one to absorb in audio form

The language is a crucial part and there's not much of a narrative, so this one is tough to do as an audio book.

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Title: The Voyage Out

Author: Virginia Woolf

Narrator: Wanda McCaddon

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-11-11

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 25 votes

Genres: Classics, European Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Rachel Vinrace, Virginia Woolf's first heroine, is a motherless young woman who, at 24, embarks on a sea voyage with a party of other English folk to South America. Guileless, and with only a smattering of education, Rachel is taken under the wing of her aunt Helen, who wishes to teach Rachel "how to live." Arriving in Santa Marina, a village on the South American coast, Rachel and Helen are introduced to a group of English expatriates. Among them is the young, sensitive Terence Hewet, an aspiring writer, with whom Rachel falls in love. But theirs is ultimately a tale of doomed love, set against a chorus of other stories and other points of view, as the narrative shifts focus between its central and peripheral characters.

Less formally experimental than her later novels, The Voyage Out nonetheless clearly lays bare the poetic style and innovative technique---with its multiple figures of consciousness, its detailed portraits of characters' inner lives, and its constant shifting between the quotidian and the profound---that are the signature of Woolf's fiction.

Members Reviews:

Perceptive, sensitive, well performed

Perceptively and sensitively performed as there are many characters and dialogue propels the novel forward. A very satisfactory reading and listening experience, observant, detailed, crafted masterly. This is a novel readers should read, put on their reading list, whether one is going through the classic or not. Read beyond Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse and Mrs. Dalloway. I'm going now to Jacob's Room.

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Title: The Gambler

Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky, C. J. Hogarth (translator)

Narrator: Michael Kramer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-10-11

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 20 votes

Genres: Classics, European Literature

Publisher's Summary:

The Gambler is a psychologically probing novel concerning the gambling episodes, tangled love affairs, and complicated lives of Alexis Ivanovitch, a young gambling addict; Polina Alexandrovna, the woman he loves; a pair of French adventurers; and other characters. Narrated by Alexis, this short novel is based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's own experiences as a compulsive gambler.

Like so many characters in Dostoevsky's novels, Alexis is trying to break through the wall of the established order and the human condition itself, but instead he is drawn into the vortex of the roulette wheel. This version of The Gambler is the translation by C. J. Hogarth.

Members Reviews:

Great book, great narration, proper pronunciation

This is the 6th or 7th Dostoevsky audio book that I've listened to on Audible and Michael Kramer is the first narrator I have found that pronounces the names correctly. This is important because the names are repeated so often in Dostoevsky book... Nastasia PhiliPOVNA, Nastasia PhiliPOVNA, Nastasia PhiliPOVNA... No! Stop it! It is Nastasia PhiLIPovna!

Michael Kramer did a great job. I hope he narrates more Dostoevsky books.

Didn't like the story

Boring plot I expected much more....

I enjoyed a few of his other books and I might try another one

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Title: A Journey to the Centre of the Earth

Author: Jules Verne

Narrator: Noel Gibilaro

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-19-10

Publisher: Alpha DVD LLC

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 12 votes

Genres: Classics, European Literature

Publisher's Summary:

A Journey to the Centre of the Earth is a classic 1864 science-fiction novel written by Jules Verne. The main character is Professor Von Hardwigg who believes there are volcanic tubes going toward the center of the Earth. Professor Von Hardwigg, his nephew Axel, and their guide Hans encounter many adventures, including prehistoric animals and natural hazards, eventually coming to the surface again in southern Italy.

The living organisms they meet reflect geological time; just as the rock layers become older and older the deeper they travel, the animals become more and more ancient the closer they come to the center of the Earth.

Members Reviews:

Not for sci-fi fans

Is there anything you would change about this book?

This book reads like a technical journal from a field of study I have no clue about. So much technical jargon I didn't understand, I found it hard to follow the story. I'm sure geologists would enjoy this much more than I did.

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Title: The Idiot (Dramatized)

Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Narrator: Edward Asner, Kate Asner, Angela Bettis, Arye Gross, John Kapelos, Robert Machray, Jon Matthews

Format: Original Recording

Length: 1 hr and 42 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-22-10

Publisher: L.A. Theatre Works

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 9 votes

Genres: Classics, European Literature

Publisher's Summary:

David Fishelson has transformed Dostoyevskys The Idiot into a spellbinding drama that illuminates the titanic novel. In The Idiot, meet the kindly, childlike Prince Myshkin, as he returns to the decadent social whirl of 1860s St. Petersburg. The two most beautiful, sought-after women in the town compete for his affections, in a duel that grows increasingly dangerous.

Editorial Reviews:

In L.A. Theatre Works' compelling production of Dostoyevsky's classic The Idiot, two beautiful women compete for the affections of a naïve young man, Prince Myshkin, who has recently returned to St. Petersburg's decadent social scene after a stint in a Swiss sanatorium. Recorded in front of a live audience, this stage production features a cast of notable Hollywood actors including Edward Asner, Kate Asner, and Angela Bettis, whose captivating performances will draw listeners into the story. With its crisp acting and clear acoustics, this production of The Idiot brings a modern edge to one of the most important novels of the Golden Age of Russian literature.

Members Reviews:

Five Stars

Excellent

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Title: The Count of Monte Cristo

Author: Alexandre Dumas

Narrator: Orson Welles

Format: Original Recording

Length: 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-11-10

Publisher: Saland Publishing

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Classics, European Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Orson Welles stars in this full-cast performance of Dumas' classic novel.

Public Domain (P)2009 Saland Publishing

Members Reviews:

Very Short

The performance of Orson Wells is very well. However this is very short version. I would love to get the real full book.

It is only the FIRST Chapter

You didnt love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

This is an amazing story, this audio,however is ONLY THE FIRST CHAPTER! What's with that?

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Title: The Last Cavalier

Subtitle: Being the Adventures of Count Sainte-Hermine in the Age of Napoleon

Author: Alexandre Dumas

Narrator: Simon Prebble

Format: Unabridged

Length: 35 hrs and 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-29-09

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 92 votes

Genres: Classics, European Literature

Publisher's Summary:

The last cavalier is Count de Sainte-Hermine, Hector, whose elder brothers and father have fought and died for the Royalist cause during the French Revolution. For three years Hector has been languishing in prison when, in 1804, on the eve of Napoleon's coronation as emperor of France, he learns what is to be his due. Stripped of his title, denied the honour of his family name as well as the hand of the woman he loves, he is freed by Napoleon on the condition that he serve in the imperial forces. So it is in profound despair that Hector embarks on a succession of daring escapades as he courts death fearlessly. Yet again and again he wins glory, against brigands, bandits, the British, boa constrictors, sharks, tigers and crocodiles. At the Battle of Trafalgar, it is Hector's bullet that fells Nelson. But however far his adventures take him, from Burma's jungles to the wilds of Ireland, his destiny lies always with his father's enemy, Napoleon.

Critic Reviews:

It is rousing, big spirited, its action sweeping across oceans and continents, its hero gloriously indomitable. This newly discovered last novel of Alexandre Dumas, lost for 125 years in the archives of the National Library in Paris, completes the Dumas oeuvre.

"Absolutely wonderful....Alexandre Dumas remains, now as ever, the Napoleon of storytellers." - (Washington Post)

"James Bond, Indiana Jones, and many others owe a deep debt to Dumas, who stuffs his tales with thrilling exploits and exotic locales. No one with a pulse will be able to resist Dumas's lost classic." (Christian Science Monitor)

Members Reviews:

Dumas' uncompleted novel

What is it about many 19th century novelists that they could write such gripping and well researched historical novels? The fascinating thing about this recently rediscovered novel of Alexandre Dumas set in the Napoleonic period, is its attention to historical detail and every chapter gives insights into the political and social tensions of that turbulent period. An excellent history lesson and a great story-line superbly narrated by Simon Prebble. And what a brilliant touch of Dumas to portray the hero as the french-man responsible for killing Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar. Pity that Dumas died without completing the novel, but even without an end worth every one of the 35+ hours in the car spent listening. This audio-book has motivated me to now go back and listen to the other Dumas novels that I first encountered as a teenager nearly 60 years ago.

a word of warning

My warning is: This book begins with about a two hour and fifteen minute introduction in which the author justifies the historical accuracy of his writings and especially in defense of The Last Cavalier. During this portion many aspects of the story will be shared before hand and for those who want a surprise you may want to skip the introduction. They do attempt to warn you about the disclosure, but do not give you any indication of how long it takes to skip it. Also, due to the fact that in many instances the author is reading from letters dealing with the story, it is not always obvious when the introduction ends and the novel begin.

Additionally, this novel is not finished by Alexandre Dumas because he dies before it is completed.

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Titre: Les contes de la Bécasse

Auteur: Guy de Maupassant

Narrateur: Fabienne Prost

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 3 hrs and 38 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 04-28-09

Éditeur: CaracoLivres

Genres: Classics, European Literature

Résumé de l'éditeur:

Les contes de la Bécasse sont un recueil de dix-sept nouvelles, où l'auteur met en scène ses contemporains avec humour et férocité. Du cochon de Morin au Menuet, jouant sur différents registres, d'un milieu à un autre, Guy de Maupassant pose un regard parfois tendre, parfois ironique sur les grandeurs et les misères de son temps.

L'auteur

Né en Normandie en 1850,

vit ses jeunes années, seul avec sa mère séparée de son mari. De 1871 à 1880, il occupe de petits emplois dans différents ministères, tout en apprenant le métier d'écrivain auprès de Flaubert, ami d'enfance de sa mère. C'est une nouvelle,

, qui lui vaut ses premiers succès. Il s'élève tout d'un coup au premier plan de l'actualité littéraire. De 1880 à 1891, il publie environ trois cents nouvelles et contes réunis en dix-huit volumes, ainsi que six romans. Il meurt fou en 1893, âgé de quarante-trois ans.

La narratrice

En ayant commencé le théâtre dans la troupe de Didier George Gabily, auteur-metteur en scène,

s'est très vite intéressée à la petite musique des voix. Puis elle a animé un magazine de société pendant deux ans sur la station de radio Aligre fm. Bricoleuse, touche à tout, assez tôt son parcours l'a fait se frotter aux mots, et à la voix, à travers ses expériences théâtrales et radiophoniques. Actuellement, à la tête de Caracolivres, elle souhaite mettre en avant des classiques étrangers, mais aussi des classiques français et des ouvrages jeunesse.

© Caracolivres 2008

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Title: The Double

Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky

Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-23-09

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 37 votes

Genres: Classics, European Literature

Publisher's Summary:

The Double illustrates Dostoevsky's uncanny ability at capturing the complexity of human emotion, especially the darker side of the human psyche.

Critic Reviews:

"Not one of the author's better-known works, this 1846 novel introduces Golyadkin, a man who one day meets his exact double....Golyadkin's happy life spirals downward into paranoia and neurosis as his friends begin to abandon him for the doppelganger." (

Library Journal)

Members Reviews:

Takeover of One's Self

BOOK REVIEW: The Double by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Takeover of Ones Self

Jean A. Vachon

WICKENBURG, AZ - Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin is a government clerk. In this poignant novel by one of the greatest Russian writers, Fyodo Dostoevsky, Golyadkin finds out to his dismay that a fellow clerk has taken over his identity.

Before he discovers that he has a double, we are familiarized with Golyadkin, his habits, his dreams, his everyday actions.

The novel is slow and reminds the reader of daily life. But the end result is poetic in that the author reflects on ordinary life and aspirations.

The main character is approaching the end of his working life. He is getting old. What are his future prospects?

And then appears this younger copy of himself.

The comparison is severe and brings Golyadkin close to insanity.

The psychological analysis in this short novel is fantastic!

I was familiarized with the literary merit of Dostoevsky in the course of my university studies through the study of Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, and The Brothers Karamazov, a long time ago. These fantastic novels have enriched my understanding of life.

The emotions, fears and difficulties of life that they describe are so real and haunting in their psychological analysis motivate me in strongly recommending the listening or reading of The Double, the story of the takeover of ones self.

A nightmare

A nightmare: Mr Goliadkin, a Russian bureaucrat, finds his life falling apart, and to make matters worse, someone who looks exactly like him, and has the same name, shows up and appears to be conspiring against him. Things do not end well for Mr Goliadkin.

I can't think of anything else I've read by Dostoevsky where the narrator had such a loose grip on reality. The action is presented from Goliadkin's point of view, and it's hard to tell when he's seeing something for real and when he's hallucinating. The prose itself, with its repetitions of key words, especially proper names, begins to have a hallucinatory quality. Goliadkin slides into full-blown paranoia, and at times he takes us with him.

Richard Pevar, in the introduction to his translation of the book - not the one used here - says two things about it that seem wrong to me.