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Excellent Women
- De: Barbara Pym
- Narrado por: Jayne Entwistle
- Duración: 8 h y 41 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,413
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,268
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,266
Mildred Lathbury is a clergyman's daughter and a mild-mannered spinster in 1950s England. She is one of those excellent women - the smart, supportive, repressed women whom men take for granted. As Mildred gets embroiled in the lives of her new neighbors - anthropologist Helena Napier; Helen's handsome, dashing husband, Rocky; and Julian Malory, the vicar next door - the novel presents a series of snapshots of human life as actually, and pluckily, lived.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Still Waters Run Deep
- De Sara en 04-13-16
- Excellent Women
- De: Barbara Pym
- Narrado por: Jayne Entwistle
sublime!
Revisado: 08-29-17
Barbara Pym is a writer with a very special worldview and a distinctive sense of humor. Jayne Entwistle as narrator proves to be a perfect match. I recommend this recording both to those who already know and love Pym and to those discovering her for the first time (as long as they realize that the charms on offer here are of the most delicate variety -- BP is not for those who want a lot of upheavals in their plots!).
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The Secret of Chimneys
- The Official Authorized Edition
- De: Agatha Christie
- Narrado por: Hugh Fraser
- Duración: 7 h y 48 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,455
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,315
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,316
Little did Anthony Cade suspect that an errand for a friend would place him at the center of a deadly conspiracy. Drawn into a web of intrigue, he begins to realize that the simple favor has placed him in serious danger.
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5 out of 5 stars
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My favorite Agatha Christie novel
- De G. Allen en 08-03-14
- The Secret of Chimneys
- The Official Authorized Edition
- De: Agatha Christie
- Narrado por: Hugh Fraser
Great character voices
Revisado: 07-03-16
Would you listen to The Secret of Chimneys again? Why?
Hugh Fraser does an excellent job with the character voices and the pacing. This book's plot is quite convoluted and a bit silly, but he brings out the suspense that makes it work.
If you’ve listened to books by Agatha Christie before, how does this one compare?
Instead of either of her famous detectives (Hercule Poirot or Miss Marple), it has a main character/amateur detective who is himself a bit of a mystery.
Any additional comments?
As with many early Christie novels, beware of derogatory ethnic stereotypes and out-and-out anti-Semitism.
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How to Live
- Or a Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
- De: Sarah Bakewell
- Narrado por: Davina Porter
- Duración: 13 h y 26 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 635
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 541
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 542
This question obsessed Renaissance writers, none more than Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, perhaps the first recognizably modern individual. A nobleman, public official, and winegrower, he wrote free-roaming explorations of his thought and experience, unlike anything written before. He called them essays, meaning “attempts” or “tries.” He put whatever was in his head into them: his tastes in wine and food, his childhood memories, the way his dog’s ears twitched when it was dreaming, as well as the religious wars....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting and in parts Inspired.
- De Darwin8u en 05-21-12
- How to Live
- Or a Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
- De: Sarah Bakewell
- Narrado por: Davina Porter
entertaining and thought-provoking
Revisado: 04-06-15
If you could sum up How to Live in three words, what would they be?
surprisingly fun philosophy
What did you like best about this story?
It covers many aspects of Montaigne's life, writings and after-life (his reception by other thinkers) and yet manages to feel light and entertaining. It would be absurd to say that this book is as good as the Essais themselves, but it does convey something of Montaigne's idiosyncratic charm.
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Good Omens
- De: Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett
- Narrado por: Martin Jarvis
- Duración: 12 h y 32 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 40,759
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 35,584
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 35,562
The world will end on Saturday. Next Saturday. Just before dinner, according to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, the world's only completely accurate book of prophecies, written in 1655. The armies of Good and Evil are amassing and everything appears to be going according to Divine Plan. Except that a somewhat fussy angel and a fast-living demon are not actually looking forward to the coming Rapture. And someone seems to have misplaced the Antichrist.
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5 out of 5 stars
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At long last!!
- De Mike From Mesa en 11-21-09
- Good Omens
- De: Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett
- Narrado por: Martin Jarvis
Lively performance of an entertaining book
Revisado: 06-19-13
What did you like best about this story?
The premise sounds gimmicky, but it is developed in a smart funny way with several separate story lines, each with its own set of vivid characters.
What about Martin Jarvis’s performance did you like?
Great character voices, wonderful timing -- his performance really makes an already funny book come alive.
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Appleby at Allington
- An Inspector Appleby Mystery
- De: Michael Innes
- Narrado por: Gordon Dulieu
- Duración: 5 h y 45 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 111
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 51
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 50
Available to download for the very first time, the fantastic Inspector Appleby series by celebrated crime writer Michael Innes. Sir John Appleby dines one evening at Allington Park, the Georgian home of his acquaintance Owain Allington, who is new to the area. The evening comes to an end but just as Appleby is leaving, they find a dead man - electrocuted in the son et lumihre box which had been installed in the grounds.
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4 out of 5 stars
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quiet satire
- De Kathleen en 01-30-11
- Appleby at Allington
- An Inspector Appleby Mystery
- De: Michael Innes
- Narrado por: Gordon Dulieu
quiet satire
Revisado: 01-30-11
As a mystery, this may not be the most exciting book or the most exciting narration. But this is more like a gentle satire of English class in the countryside (more like Barbara Pym than Agatha Christie). At first I thought the narrator was a little ponderous, but as I readjusted my expectations to the kind of book this is, I really enjoyed his deadpan humor.
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