The Red and the Black, Volume I


Leído por LibriVox Volunteers

(3.9 stars; 41 reviews)

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)

Capítulos

00 - Introduction 23:22 Leído por Sandra Luna
01 - A Small Town 8:54 Leído por Nadine Eckert-Boulet
02 - A Mayor 7:55 Leído por Nadine Eckert-Boulet
03 - The Poor Fund 11:38 Leído por Derrick Coetzee
04- A Father and a Son 8:51 Leído por Derrick Coetzee
05 - A Negotiation 18:56 Leído por Kirsty Leishman
06 - Ennui 17:42 Leído por sganatra81
07 - The Effective Affinities 26:52 Leído por Nicole Lee
08 - Little Episodes 19:21 Leído por Kirsty Leishman
09 - An Evening in the Country 19:26 Leído por Kirsty Leishman
10 - A Great Heart and a Small Fortune 7:55 Leído por Nadine Eckert-Boulet
11 - An Evening 13:02 Leído por Nicole Lee
12 - A Journey 14:56 Leído por sganatra81
13 - The Open Work Stocking 12:32 Leído por Nicole Lee
14 - The English Scissors 7:14 Leído por sganatra81
15 - The Cock's Song 9:05 Leído por Kirsty Leishman
16 - The day After 11:42 Leído por Nicole Lee
17 - The First Deputy 10:52 Leído por sganatra81
18 - A King at Verrieres 30:05 Leído por sganatra81
19 - Thinking Produces Suffering 20:38 Leído por Kirsty Leishman
20 - Anonymous Letters 8:41 Leído por sganatra81
21 - Dialogue with a Master 29:36 Leído por sganatra81
22 - Manners of Procedure 29:37 Leído por Kirsty Leishman
23 - Sorrows of an Official 31:08 Leído por Kirsty Leishman
24 - A Capital 15:05 Leído por Gail Timmerman Vaughan
25 - The Seminary 16:51 Leído por Gail Timmerman Vaughan
26 - The World, or what the rich lack 23:32 Leído por Nicole Lee
27 - First Experience of Life 11:59 Leído por Martin Geeson
28 - A Procession 15:49 Leído por Nicole Lee
29 - The First Promotion 31:28 Leído por Nicole Lee
30 - An Ambitious Man 37:23 Leído por Gail Timmerman Vaughan

Reseñas

Poor narration


(0.5 stars)

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.


(3 stars)

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 stars)

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 stars)

Why do you utterly destroy the experience of fine literature by allowing garbage readings? Just disgusting!

fantastic as always!


(5 stars)

Librivox never disappoints, thank you so much for the beautiful rendition of this amazing story.

Fascinating!


(4 stars)

Great story marred by a few mediocre readers.

good stuff.


(5 stars)

Love it so far. Enthralling.