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Walden
- Life in the Woods
- Letto da: Alec Sand
- Durata: 10 ore e 5 min
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Walden
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Generale5 out of 5 stars
- Kindle Customer
- 14/06/2011
Excellent book and narration
With only 1 minute of the preview available and with a couple 1 star reviews I was a little hesitant to buy this version. But with the Summer Sale a book like this for under $5 was too tempting to resist. So I bought it and I am very glad I did.
Firstly I could not tell you if the narrator embodies Thoreau's nature or persona. Nor could anyone else for that matter. He died in 1862. It is silly to say what they were.
Furthermore, I don't hear the choppiness, blank verse type reading mentioned. Neither have I yet noticed any mispronunciations or repeats. That doesn't mean there aren't any, it just means that it is not riddled with them.
What I do hear is a very natural way of telling a story. For the first time listening to an audiobook I feel like I am in a room with the author who is telling me the story instead of line being read from a book. It is this conversational interpretation that makes this reading so intimate, so natural, so engaging. And isn't that the feeling one should get by listening to Walden? For me it works. Highly recommended.
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- David K.
- 10/04/2013
Substandard Narration
The narration is simply terrible to say the very least!
The narrator pauses after every 5 or 6 words, when he should be flowing, producing a very choppy read; he mispronounces words; he re-reads in an attempt to correct himself and emphasises content at the wrong times.
I cannot comment objectively on the content itself, as the substandard narration is so overwhelming that everything else falls by the wayside.
I stopped halfway through as I just could not stand listening to more!!!
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34 persone l'hanno trovata utile
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- Darwin8u
- 21/05/2012
SHAKES the Ground, Sun & the Wilderness within.
I rarely read books twice, but I already feel the need to come sit by the shores of this book again and again. Expansive and infinitely quotable, Walden is one of those books that shakes not just the ground you are standing on, but seems to shake the Sun as well. Certainly there are parts of this book that are unrealistic, a little bit crankish, and even a little too self-aware. However, it is also beautiful, magnificent, and compelling in Thoreau's desire to see man seek the greater, more compelling wilderness within.
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Generale4 out of 5 stars
- Dan Jensen
- 17/03/2010
Energetic but choppy presentation
I found the reading choppy, read as though the text were arranged in blank verse, such that the reader had to break the flow of the reading every so many syllables, regardless of whatever punctuation marks or grammatical context were provided by the author. There were also a couple of repetitions and a number of mispronunciations. All this did not stop me from enjoying the reading, it is such a great book.
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Generale3 out of 5 stars
- Daniel P Fitzgerald
- 29/06/2010
Great book, awful narration
Great, inspiring book, but the narration was rife with mispronunciations, which was pretty annoying.
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Generale1 out of 5 stars
- Avid Audibler
- 13/02/2011
Poor Performance...
While Thoreau's writings fascinate me, the narrator in this case is a very poor match for the content. I simply can't get through the book because the narrators pensive pace, tone, and anxious inflection simply transforms what is meant to be peacefully, contemplative content into a delivery that does not complement Thoreau's nature/persona well at all.
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- Dennis Fitch
- 26/05/2016
Did not enjoy the reading
Over the past 15 years I have listened to a couple hundred audiobooks. This reading is in the top five least enjoyable. First of all the reader's voice is thin and dry and not inviting. Secondly, the reading is rife with mispronunciation. Thirdly, the reader is reading the author's words as if reading an instruction manual for the first time... using the reader's rhythm, rather than the author's. Instead of clarifying and illuminating the author's thoughts, the oddly placed pauses and improper word emphasis interferes with the listener's understanding. Considering the money I spent on this, I expected a more professional production.
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7 persone l'hanno trovata utile
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Generale3 out of 5 stars
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- Amazon Customer
- 23/12/2017
James T Kirk reads Thoreau
I’m sorry I know this narrator has done several books but this read is so choppy it is difficult to get fully into the book. I still have three hours to go and I find myself longing for this to be over. Like it were required reading for a class or something. In three years with Audible I have only returned one book, but.
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Generale1 out of 5 stars
- Mimi Routh
- 26/01/2011
Great Classic -- Too Many Mispronunciations!
This narrator just might be trying to sound like Thoreau himself back in those days. I would rather hear smooth, standard modern English. I am educated and grew up in California with some travel experience -- and I was saying, "Huh???" every few minutes in trying to listen to this. Then it became a game. Then I lost count. And I laid aside the notebook with the list, but it was a long list! I wanted to put the reading to CD's along with the text for my ESL student to follow. I could not do that with Alec Sand's reading. Sand has a way of chopping off Thoreau's long sentences into little chunks that sound sort of cute or backwoods. If this is his "take" on Thoreau, I don't like it. Sorry!
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6 persone l'hanno trovata utile
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- Allyne
- 12/10/2016
home remedy for existential angst
Home remedy for existential angst -- that pretty much covers it. Highly recommended for times like the present (2016 election season), or after reading Nietzche.
The narration glitched/repeated a few times, but the repeating sections were less than a minute and didn't disrupt the flow.
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5 persone l'hanno trovata utile
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- Amazon Customer
- 29/12/2018
Give it a try
I was almost put off buying this narration because of some negative reviews but I wanted to leave a positive one for those unsure which narrator they want to listen to.
I was attracted to this narrator because they have a story teller way about them. For quite a dense, heavy and sometimes dry novel I didn't want a monotone voice reading to me as I'd just zone out.
Others have commented that the narration is a bit stop/start. I think this would be the case listening at a faster pace but I found it to have a good cadence and rhythm.
The actual novel is great, I mentioned it cab be quite dry which is true - there are a lot of lists and the first chapter is the hardest to get through. But the story and experience is fantastic, I'd highly recommend it.
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- Sam
- 30/11/2020
Finally a way to read this epic
The physical book has been on my bedside table for years and every time I read it I love it BUT it's such a tough slow read and it takes rereading for it to fully sink in. The first chapter is slow but has so many thought-provoking concepts. It really feels like Thoreau was ahead of his time.
Through this audiobook, I've been able to have the 'pace set' as I read the book while listening to it at the same time. I pause it at times for what I've just read to sink in as this masterpiece is not to be rushed.
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- Wadey
- 10/12/2019
Book of metaphors
A few people have moaned about the reader of the book, and in the beginning I found this too as it was a little too fast. But I reduced the speed to 0.90x and it made for great listening. So many great metaphors and quotes. A must read for anyone interested in the connection of man and nature, man and man. Highly recommend.
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3 persone l'hanno trovata utile
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- Colton Roche
- 18/10/2022
Horrible narration
Such a masterpiece ruined by its attempt to provide your ears with terminal illness.
Help Henry.
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- John A.
- 13/08/2020
Everyone should read this book
brilliant narration, fantastic insights into the way we should live. 150 years before his time. going for my second listen. I want to make sure I heard it all.
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- Amazon Customer
- 10/11/2021
interesting listen
There's a lot that can be gained from this book but some of it is a little difficult to get through, if you stick with it you might look at things with a slightly different perspective.
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- Elizabeth
- 14/10/2021
Appalling narration
Twice I tried to listen to this book but the narrator's staccato yet monotonous style of reading made the whole thing really difficult to listen to. I shall most definitely avoid any books narrated by Alec Sand in future! At the same time I was both irritated by the style of reading whilst making it all seem terribly boring. Possibly, just possibly, the book may be more palatable if read from the page myself, though I doubt it. I had bought this having seen it recommended on a book review series a few years ago - "life-changing" "deeply inspirational" and such accolades, but it just seemed to be a tediously detailed account of living off the land, presented in a pious and pretentious preaching manner. In the end, despite my determination to somehow get to the end, I just could not face any more hours of this oral discomfort and abandoned with still over 3 hours left.
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- Anonymous User
- 01/04/2021
A little monotonous
A good story but the performance lets it down a bit. Had to change the speed of the narration which came out quite monotonous and deadpan for me. Maybe just not a great translation to audio. Some good imagery from the tales of a solitary life in the wilderness.
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- Anonymous User
- 26/02/2021
not as profound as some people let on
if you want to hear about a fairly unremarkable 19th cebtury man and how much he loves the nature around a fairly unremarkable pond then this is your book. Some poignancy in his words on occasions but I wouldn't necessarily call it profound . I'd be more interested in the account of a hunter gatherer lifestyle change than of a guy just setting up a farm in the woods a few miles away from where he lived. Was that really thay uncommon back then? Some moments of "oh yea we are slaves to the wage" and "yea coveting all that is a bit silly" but meh. I suppose into the wild is a modern version of this, and I found that more relatable due to the more modern setting. interesting nonetheless so I'd recommend you read if you want to say you have.
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- Rhys
- 24/05/2020
Great Classic with some complexity
Well read on the whole. An interesting book but there's some confusing language at times
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