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4 out of 5 stars
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Ami
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01-19-11
Excellent reading, some recording goofs
I'm not here to review the novel but to review the reading and recording of it as it's presented here. The reader's English accent is delightful, though, if you're not reading along with the text version, he does slur some words together when he is reading a part quickly. He also doesn't read the text word-for-word at times (substitutions, word order inversions, skipped words) but, so far, not too much and not to affect meaning (much). There are several recording goofs, where the reader rereads words and sentences, but not often. Overall, I've enjoyed reading along with this reader/performer. He does a fine job bringing Cpt. Gulliver to life.
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4 out of 5 stars
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David Eggerschwiler
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05-06-08
Terrific Narration, Very interesting story
Written about 300 years ago this story has aged very well and Gulliver's adventures are event today very entertaining. Gulliver's Travels was meant to mock the hordes of books about adventurous travels released at the time which often exaggerated the dangers faced and the belitteled the intellect of the natives encountered. And so Gulliver meets giants, tiny people, horses which rule over men and people living on a floating island. In addition to the entertainment value these episodes hold it is also very interesting to see how critical Jonathan Swift was of English society and values. This criticism is never voiced by the main character directly, but surface through the discussions Gulliver has with the people he meets.
The Audiobook version published by Alcazar AudioWorks features a terrific Narrator which makes the story a joy to listen to.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Gregory Chick
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04-22-15
Lose the stupid music please
A marvelously fluent and captivating reading, by an English actor, of this historical book by. David Thorn brings the eighteenth century language alive. Marred only by the irritating amateur variations of a sea shanty played clumsily on a keyboard at the end of each chapter (and the occasional edit they've missed).
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