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The Good Soldier

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(3,905 Sterne; 21 Bewertungen)

The Good Soldier (1915) "... is set just before World War I and chronicles the tragedies of the lives of two seemingly perfect couples. The novel is told using a series of flashbacks in non-chronological order, a literary technique pioneered by Ford. It also makes use of the device of the unreliable narrator, as the main character gradually reveals a version of events that is quite different from what the introduction leads you to believe. The novel was loosely based on two incidents of adultery and on Ford's messy personal life.” (Summary by Wikipedia)

Music in sections 1-5 "Minuet in G flat major and Valse Bluette" by Beethoven. (7 hr 39 min)

Chapters

01 - Part 1, Section 1

17:11

Read by Richard Grove

02 - Part 1, Section 2

15:24

Read by Richard Grove

03 - Part 1, Section 3

25:08

Read by Richard Grove

04 - Part 1, Section 4

22:24

Read by Richard Grove

05 - Part 1, Section 5

37:35

Read by Richard Grove

06 - Part 1, Section 6

16:18

Read by John W. Michaels

07 - Part 2, Section 1

36:54

Read by Floyd Wilde

08 - Part 2, Section 2

9:30

Read by Floyd Wilde

09 - Part 3, Section 1a

18:03

Read by Denise Lacey

10 - Part 3, Section 1b

20:26

Read by John W. Michaels

11 - Part 3, Section 2

19:35

Read by Martina Hutchins

12 - Part 3, Section 3

32:56

Read by Martina Hutchins

13 - Part 3, Section 4a

24:47

Read by John W. Michaels

14 - Part 3, Section 4b

31:51

Read by John W. Michaels

15 - Part 4, Section 1

21:44

Read by Floyd Wilde

16 - Part 4, Section 2

37:50

Read by John W. Michaels

17 - Part 4, Section 3

23:18

Read by JimOCR

18 - Part 4, Section 4

10:41

Read by JimOCR

19 - Part 4, Section 5

16:32

Read by mailman61953

20 - Part 4, Section 6

21:28

Read by mailman61953

Bewertungen

what a mess

(2 Sterne)

A bit of a mishmash: constantly changing - not all particularly gifted - readers, very few of whom know how to pronounce any, even slightly, unusual words, including the names of the principal characters. One has spliced in any phrase containing the word ‘Nauheim’ - which is positively comical. It is an awful book but, even so, really does need re-recording.

(1,5 Sterne)

The reader of section 6, 10, 13, 14 and 16 has used a poor microphone and the sound quality is terrible. It echoes and is muffled and is hard work to listen too. All the readers did a great job, just a pity about the one microphone. Oh well, it’s free.

(3 Sterne)

Be forewarned, there are two different people reading this book. It changes hands at Section 1-6. I preferred the first reader.

one reader oer book please

(4 Sterne)

Reader Grove was excellent. Please, more from him.

(5 Sterne)

The first reader is absolutely perfect.