The Wheels of Chance
H. G. Wells
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
The Wheels of Chance - A Bicycling Idyll follows the adventures of a draper's assistant who, having brought an ancient bicycle, sets off on a 2 week tour of the countryside. And his world will never be the same again.(Summary by annise) (6 hr 0 min)
Chapters
01 - Chapters 01 to 03 | 16:47 | Read by Nick Gallant |
02 - Chapters 04 & 05 | 26:55 | Read by Patti Cunningham |
03 - Chapters 06 to 08 | 19:11 | Read by Nick Gallant |
04 - Chapters 09 to 12 | 26:05 | Read by MaryAnn |
05 - Chapters 13 to 15 | 24:15 | Read by MaryAnn |
06 - Chapters 16 to 19 | 24:47 | Read by MaryAnn |
07 - Chapters 20 to 23 | 25:20 | Read by Nick Gallant |
08 - Chapters 23 to 25 | 17:08 | Read by Nick Gallant |
09 - Chapters 26 & 27 | 20:16 | Read by Neeru Iyer |
10 - Chapters 28 & 29 | 25:20 | Read by Nick Gallant |
11 - Chapters 30 & 31 | 26:08 | Read by Nick Gallant |
12 - Chapters 32 | 37:27 | Read by valli |
13 - Chapters 33 to 36 | 25:24 | Read by Patti Cunningham |
14 - Chapters 37 | 19:18 | Read by Tom Watts |
15 - Chapters 38 to 41 | 25:51 | Read by Tom Watts |
Reviews
PeterMills1966
PeterMills1966
Story well below average which could have been easily a short story instead. Mixed narrators mostly good. Chapter 26 was excruciatingly agonizing to listen to with the vioce of "Charlie says adverts from 1970's". I would advise before embarking on listening to a huge novel to quickly proof check each chapters voice as audio books should be enjoyed not endured. July 2013.
Let down by some of the readers
Eric S.
I rather like the novel which sets off from an interesting premise. Some of the readers here, eg that for ch 20-23 (who reads “turn ... out of doors” as “turn ... out of the doors”, substitutes “Viguana” for “Vicuna” , and other changes that suggests lack of familiarity with idioms?) let down the side some, so maybe best listened to and read simultaneously …
Trooper25
An interesting and quaint tale, a little different from Wells' more well known fiction. The regular change of reader however is irritating as is the constant mispronunciation of some words by certain readers and in particular of place names. Worth a listen all the same if you have exhausted Wells' other offerings on here.
Bert
Remarkably insightful, sweet tale of youth bravely struggling toward maturity.
Rseventy8
Its amusing listening to Americans pronounce English names ;)
David Kantor
Great story. all readers did their best
well read
Mark S
Not the most satisfying story but the readers were good.