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The Wheels of Chance

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(4,238 Sterne; 42 Bewertungen)

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

Bewertungen

PeterMills1966

(1,5 Sterne)

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

(3 Sterne)

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 …

(3,5 Sterne)

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.

(4,5 Sterne)

Remarkably insightful, sweet tale of youth bravely struggling toward maturity.

(3,5 Sterne)

Its amusing listening to Americans pronounce English names ;)

(5 Sterne)

Great story. all readers did their best

well read

(5 Sterne)

Not the most satisfying story but the readers were good.