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Title: Hard Times
Author: Charles Dickens
Narrator: Anton Lesser
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
Language: English
Release date: 11-15-11
Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 97 votes
Genres: Classics, British Literature
Publisher's Summary:
Hard Times is Dickens's most political novel. Set in the industrial north of England, in Coketown, he examines the lives of working people, who are taught by the capitalists Gradgrind and Bounderby to think only of the facts of life and not to indulge in imagination. Gradgrinds own children have been so educated and as a result are dysfunctional and disconnected from their feelings. Only the travelling circus company of Sleary seems to offer any hope of humanity in Coketown. Hard Times is a deeply moving story written in anger to strike a blow for the victims of the dehumanising processes of industry.
Members Reviews:
Very glad I kept going!
Is there a Dickens narrator who can surpass Anton Lesser? Equal, yes, a very few, but surpass? I think this is my last Dickens novel to listen to (I'm going to have to go back and start again, otherwise it's just too depressing to contemplate), and I nearly didn't finish it. One of the qualities of audiobooks is that the writing (often dialogue, but not always) can be more difficult to listen to than to read. The beginning of the book, with its focus on Gradgrind's educational philosophy, was hard for me to listen to, and I left it for a few months. Thank heavens I came back to it. Lesser is a consummate actor, and his voicing of the characters is intense and immediate. He is excellent at voicing characters of all sexes; some otherwise wonderful male narrators have women characters who don't possess the fullness and breadth of their male characters, but not Lesser. His reading of Louisa's appeal to her father toward the end of the book nearly brought me to tears, it was so full of real and heartfelt emotion, but never overdone.
This is an interesting Dickens because it's so much shorter than most of his books. Only 10+ hours. At times I felt that the story and some of the characters weren't as fully fleshed out as usual, but who cares, it's Dickens, the writing is exquisite, and you simply cannot find better narration.
I also hadn't expected, from my first outing with the book, to be laughing out loud as much as I did. Mr. Bounderby's quality of constantly bringing up his rags-to-riches life story gets more and more hilarious as the book goes on.
A Dickens Classic
Wonderful story of the human nature while at the same time capturing the essence of what it means to love! The narrator is excellent!
Story improves about 1/3 way
Charles Dickens is an extraordinary writer! I just love his books. Great Expectations is my favorite, and I have read it many times.
This was my first time listening to Hard Times. It took me quite a while to warm up to the book. Its not like his other novels that draw you in immediately. I did come to love the characters in the story, but it was not until about 1/3 of the way into the novel.
I am very glad I read it and gave it a chance!
Anton Lesser is THE BEST Narrator ever!
Lesser makes sometimes difficult to read, Dickens, lively and engaging. I will look for the rest of his narrations.
Lesser novel in the Dickens canon enhanced by reader
This is not my favorite Dickens novel, but I stayed involved and entertained by the wonderful Anton Lesser's reading. What a joy to have a gifted character actor interpret all the characters in the book so well.
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Title: Hard Times
Author: Charles Dickens
Narrator: Anton Lesser
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
Language: English
Release date: 11-15-11
Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 97 votes
Genres: Classics, British Literature
Publisher's Summary:
Hard Times is Dickens's most political novel. Set in the industrial north of England, in Coketown, he examines the lives of working people, who are taught by the capitalists Gradgrind and Bounderby to think only of the facts of life and not to indulge in imagination. Gradgrinds own children have been so educated and as a result are dysfunctional and disconnected from their feelings. Only the travelling circus company of Sleary seems to offer any hope of humanity in Coketown. Hard Times is a deeply moving story written in anger to strike a blow for the victims of the dehumanising processes of industry.
Members Reviews:
Very glad I kept going!
Is there a Dickens narrator who can surpass Anton Lesser? Equal, yes, a very few, but surpass? I think this is my last Dickens novel to listen to (I'm going to have to go back and start again, otherwise it's just too depressing to contemplate), and I nearly didn't finish it. One of the qualities of audiobooks is that the writing (often dialogue, but not always) can be more difficult to listen to than to read. The beginning of the book, with its focus on Gradgrind's educational philosophy, was hard for me to listen to, and I left it for a few months. Thank heavens I came back to it. Lesser is a consummate actor, and his voicing of the characters is intense and immediate. He is excellent at voicing characters of all sexes; some otherwise wonderful male narrators have women characters who don't possess the fullness and breadth of their male characters, but not Lesser. His reading of Louisa's appeal to her father toward the end of the book nearly brought me to tears, it was so full of real and heartfelt emotion, but never overdone.
This is an interesting Dickens because it's so much shorter than most of his books. Only 10+ hours. At times I felt that the story and some of the characters weren't as fully fleshed out as usual, but who cares, it's Dickens, the writing is exquisite, and you simply cannot find better narration.
I also hadn't expected, from my first outing with the book, to be laughing out loud as much as I did. Mr. Bounderby's quality of constantly bringing up his rags-to-riches life story gets more and more hilarious as the book goes on.
A Dickens Classic
Wonderful story of the human nature while at the same time capturing the essence of what it means to love! The narrator is excellent!
Story improves about 1/3 way
Charles Dickens is an extraordinary writer! I just love his books. Great Expectations is my favorite, and I have read it many times.
This was my first time listening to Hard Times. It took me quite a while to warm up to the book. Its not like his other novels that draw you in immediately. I did come to love the characters in the story, but it was not until about 1/3 of the way into the novel.
I am very glad I read it and gave it a chance!
Anton Lesser is THE BEST Narrator ever!
Lesser makes sometimes difficult to read, Dickens, lively and engaging. I will look for the rest of his narrations.
Lesser novel in the Dickens canon enhanced by reader
This is not my favorite Dickens novel, but I stayed involved and entertained by the wonderful Anton Lesser's reading. What a joy to have a gifted character actor interpret all the characters in the book so well.