The Red and the Black, Volume I
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Stendhal
(3,938 Sterne; 40 Bewertungen)
Stendhal - a German pen-name for a French writer who hated the English. Contemporary to some of the great names of French literature like Balzac and Flaubert, Stendhal is quite often considered a writer that doesn't seem to fit a defined genre. Some say he's a Romantic, others that he's a Modernist and that Le Rouge et Le Noir is the first modern novel. On one point they are all agreed: the novel is a masterpiece that shows a young theology student - Julien Sorel - intelligent, handsome and who is determined to rise above his humble peasant origins. Stendhal presents the reader with a satirical plot that will involve you in passions, intrigues, last-minute reversals and, mostly, the hypocrisy by which society operates. (Summary by sailormoon) (9 hr 12 min)
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Poor narration
PdxFox
(0,5 Sterne)
Very poor narration. I appreciate the narrator's attempt, but it was just too heavily accented. I wasn't able to focus on the story, for I was trying just to understand the words. If you can make it through 20 minutes, maybe it's for you. It's unfortunate, as it's one of my favorite books.
Lady Lymon
(3 Sterne)
the story is wonderful but the narration is very uneven. I realize there are multiple narrators but a basic requirement of treading a translated novel is that the reader can at least pronounce the original language proper names with a modicum of correctness. Some of the French names were absolutely massacred.
(1,5 Sterne)
The narration is stupendously poor at times and quite unbearable. But battle through the agonising passages and you'll be rewarded.
barely literate readers
(1 Sterne)
Why do you utterly destroy the experience of fine literature by allowing garbage readings? Just disgusting!
fantastic as always!
RonakEatsBooks
(5 Sterne)
Librivox never disappoints, thank you so much for the beautiful rendition of this amazing story.
Fascinating!
Unknown
(4 Sterne)
Great story marred by a few mediocre readers.
good stuff.
Adam
(5 Sterne)
Love it so far. Enthralling.