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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

By: Laurence Sterne
Narrated by: John Keating
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Summary

Laurence Sterne's beloved comic novel, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, is the "biography" of Tristram Shandy - a wonderfully humorous and eccentric narrator who guides the listener from his conception to his birth and on to his life as an adult. The twists and turns of Tristram's life expose him to such memorable characters as Uncle Toby, Corporal Trim, Parson Yorick, Dr. Slop, and the Widow Wadman - whose own stories enrich the central narrative of Tristram's life.

Published in nine separate volumes from 1759 to 1767, Tristram Shandy is recognized today as one of the first modern novels in English literature.

Public Domain (P)2016 Recorded Books Classics Witty Comedy
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I have previously found a few audible narrators mildly annoying but this one's style is so unbelievably irritating that I can't listen to the rest of the book, sad to say. He seems to ignore all the rules of punctuation, completely altering the meaning of sentences by putting in pauses where there should be none. It seems that he has to concentrate on putting on strange voices and can't read coherently at the same time. If it were not for his style I might be enjoying this strange and disjointed tale! How do you request a refund on a Audible book?

Sack the narrator and put him out of our misery!

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It sounds like the narrator was reading cold and had never seen the text before. In fact I doubt if he had ever seen any written words before. He seems unaware of what spaces, commas and full stops are. After less than ten minutes I had to stop listening and only let the player run overnight so the book would complete and Audible would let me write a review. I'm thankful that the book was free in the Plus Catalogue, so all I've lost is some battery charge on my player. Even free on the Plus Catalogue I ought to get my money back. HOWEVER, it is plain that the book is funny, witty and I will certainly find a proper version and buy it.

A great book, ruined by the narrator

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did not enjoy narrator whose voice was high pitced and lacked nuance or sufficient variation

voice not well modulated

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