Shortly after, an outbreak of the bubonic plague erupts and envelops the human population. The Plague Audible Audiobook – Unabridged Albert Camus (Author), James Jenner (Narrator), Recorded Books (Publisher) & 0 more 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,413 ratings It is an exploration of human nature under stress. His delivery was good, with acceptable variations of intonation, emotion and tone. After several striking scenes in the beginning, the book settles down into a glacial pace. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Texte intégral lu par Albert Camus en Avril 1954 en accord avec Gallimard et l'Institut national de l'Audiovisuel. By: Firdous Bamji, By: I'm not asking for crisp English RP: that would be excruciating in itself. Cancel anytime. Although its differences, there are so many parallels with the current events. Michael Prichard, Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance, By: By: yet its preoccupation with life's meaning and purpose does move and comfort. $14.95 a month after 30 days. In the small coastal city of Oran, Algeria, rats begin rising up from the filth only to die as bloody heaps in the streets. By: Nicholas Rowe, His tools are the logic of Aristotle, the theology of Aquinas, the empirical insights of Roger Bacon-- all sharpened to a glistening edge by his wry humor and ferocious curiosity. Why we think it’s a great listen: Among the great literary achievements of the 20th century, Lolita soars in audio thanks to the incomparable Jeremy Irons, bringing to life Nabokov’s ability to shock and enthrall more than 50 years after publication. Now, in Understanding Power, Peter Mitchell and John Schoeffel have assembled the best of Chomsky's recent talks on the past, present, and future of the politics of power. Brilliant. Jonathan Davis, By: The person who had asked me to select my top five novels had found out that he no longer felt the same way about many of his favorite novels he had read as a young adult. Narration is good and complements the material. Jeremy Irons, By: After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Albert Camus' The Stranger is one of the most widely read novels in the world, with millions of copies sold. Camus is amazing I don’t think that is anything people did not know already. This is not to everyone's taste but I found it penetrating and moving as well as profoundly insightful. John Milton. Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2014. John Lee, By: Tom Hollander, By: An apocalyptic tale of this planet's ultimate fate, it features a little person as the protagonist; a complete, original theology created by a calypso singer; and a vision of the future that is at once blackly fatalistic and hilariously funny. One of the 20th century's enduring works, One Hundred Years of Solitude is a widely beloved and acclaimed novel known throughout the world and the ultimate achievement in a Nobel Prize-winning career. The reader's voice is easy to understand, distinguishes well between most (but not all) characters, and goes just the right speed for my taste. There are a number of key characters in the story, and their viewpoints are effectively represented, but there's no real conflict. Perfect Camus. The menacing cloud is a more urgent and visible version of the "white noise" engulfing the Gladneys - radio transmissions, sirens, microwaves, ultrasonic appliances, and TV murmurings - pulsing with life yet suggesting something ominous. Shortly after, an outbreak of the bubonic plague erupts and envelops the human population. By: Please try again. and others. John Schoeffel (editor), Narrated by: By one of the most profoundly influential thinkers of our century, The Rebel is a classic essay on revolution. and others. In the small coastal city of Oran, Algeria, rats begin rising up from the filth only to die as bloody heaps in These two factors spoiled to book for me as an English listener. The author makes detailed descriptions of the environment, mood and characters. Cart All. Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2017. William Faulkner. Cancel anytime. The Plague, is a novel by Albert Camus, published in 1947, that tells the story of a plague sweeping the French Algerian city of Oran.It asks a number of questions relating to the nature of destiny, and the human condition. Everybody works together to get through the terrible calamity of bubonic plague — evolving later into the far more deadly and contagious pneumonic plague. Listen to "The Plague Translated by Stuart Gilbert" by Albert Camus available from Rakuten Kobo. Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2020. Please try again. Nothing is omitted: the attacks on locked gates by those frantic to escape, the looting of houses set ablaze, imposition of curfews, fear of prison sentences because of the high death rates there, the rapid burials with minimal funeral rites. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet and iOS and Android devices. In the beautiful, ridiculous, and tawdry story of the Buendía family, one sees all of humanity, just as in the history, myths, growth, and decay of Macondo, one sees all of Latin America. Beautifully narrated. The city is blocked off from the outside world in an effort to contain the epidemic. Shortly after, an outbreak of the bubonic plague erupts and envelops the human population. In the small coastal city of Oran, Algeria, rats begin rising up from the filth only to die as bloody heaps in the streets. Great and genuine pathos whilst celebrating the joy of life. Many of these similarities of the plague dreamt up in theory by Camus helps make sense of the times that we are currently living through right now. The Kindle version of The Plague is so horrible I suspect it was translated by a machine and never proofread by an English-speaking human. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. This is on my short list of all time favorite books. Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2018. And an excellent narrator. Some of his characters sound like they would feel at home in a Dashiell Hammett story. Simon Vance, By: Shortly after, an outbreak of the bubonic plague erupts and envelops the human population. Jason Zenobia, Narrated by: This is not action, horror, mystery, or suspense. Robin Bloodworth, By: I missed the boat on this one. John Milton's Paradise Lost is one of the greatest epic poems in the English language. Rich and brilliant, it is a chronicle of life, death, and the tragicomedy of humankind. Don DeLillo, Narrated by: The Plague: International Edition Audible Audiobook – Unabridged Albert Camus (Author), James Jenner (Narrator), Recorded Books, Inc. (Publisher) & 0 More 4.5 out of 5 stars 938 ratings This was one of the best reads I have had in a long time. In the small coastal city of Oran, Algeria, rats begin rising up from the filth, only to die as bloody heaps in the streets. However, there were some unforgivable mis-pronunciations of French names, including "Rioo" for "Rieux"; "Tooroo" for "Tarrou". The Plague, is a novel by Albert Camus, published in 1947, that tells the story of a plague sweeping the French Algerian city of Oran.It asks a number of questions relating to the nature of destiny, and the human condition. Not an easy book and not "fun" but extremely worthwhile. Epidemics deal will so much tragedy, yet Camus points out no matter how dismal it may seem, there is always more to admire in humans rather than despise. An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. This is an amazing book. $14.95 a month after 30 day trial. La peste [The Plague] Audible Audiobook – Unabridged Albert Camus (Author), Carlos Di Blasi (Narrator), Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial (Publisher) & 0 more 4.3 out of 5 stars 1,945 ratings $14.95/month after 30 days. To put out narration of this (sub-)standard is insulting and patronising. The year is 1327. Narrated by James Jenner. Though completely British myself, I loved the accent of this narration and ignored the mispronunciations. The narration is excellent, capturing the subtleties of the various characters and situations. Against the background of an age that saw the rebirth of ancient and classical learning, Paul Strathern explores the intensely dramatic rise and fall of the Medici family in Florence as well as the Italian Renaissance, which they did so much to sponsor and encourage. However, the entire book in Kindle is different from the sample. was being misled into thinking Grand had entered into a gay marriage, being partnered with "Jean" (rather than "Jeanne"). Albert Camus', ©1947 Librairie Gallimard (P)2006 Recorded Books, The Plague by Albert Camus- Summary & Analysis, By: By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible’s Conditions of Use. It is about plague itself, a topic of great interest in the Ebola, West Nile, and SARS era. Gift audiobook memberships. Listen online or offline with Android, iOS, web, Chromecast, and Google Assistant. Am in awe that Camus anticipated so accurately how people would behave and react in the face of pandemic, lockdown, confinement. Fear, isolation and claustrophobia follow as they are forced into quarantine. Gregory Rabassa - translator, Narrated by: 1 online resource Chaos prevails when the bubonic plague strikes the Algerian coastal city of Oran. and others. By: and I doubt I could have picked a better one to start with than "The Plague, Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2018. *** That said, I will warn you that this is not a story about a plague, it is a story about people reacting to a plague. But would that still hold true if I read the book today? Tony Roberts, By: Umberto Eco, Some "scenes" are memorable and may add to the reader: how do people behave and react? I had held that opinion about the book since I read it nearly forty years ago. (It takes place in North Africa, but it's a French colony, and virtually everyone in the novel is French.) Lolita became a cause celebre because of the erotic predilections of its protagonist. William Faulkner, Narrated by: The message of the novel was not lost on me. Grover Gardner, By: The death toll rises; every man — and they are all men — sucks it up and keeps working stoically. By: It is hard to make a choice without this knowledge. The Plague is considered an existentialist classic, despite Camus' objection to the label. Also, perhaps more fundementally, the story is quite dull. However, it has its moments if the reader can "hang in there" long enough to find them. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 17, 2020. Thankfully, I have decided to start reading his works, once again, and I doubt I could have picked a better one to start with than "The Plague." And eventually the plague dies down, goes back into hibernation, and the city is reopened. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in, Switch between reading the Kindle book & listening to the Audible narration with, Get the Audible audiobook for the reduced price of $7.49 after you. It works on so many levels. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read The Plague. Short, concise, and well written just like most of his novels. Think about it: a good proportion of listeners will have an interest in the French language, if not a decent knowledge of it. From the emergence of the rats as the early signal of what is to come and the somewhat inside nature of the initial response, Camus could have been writing about the current Vivid 19 outbreak. Horrible translation or perhaps I should say horrible formatting and translation. It just didn't work for me. There are many errors in formatting such that some sentences and interactions do not make sense. There is a chapter that describes the inner life of people who have experienced lockdown for the first time. as Joseph Grand would say. This could be because of his existential leanings. In Anthony Burgess' nightmare vision of the future, where the criminals take over after dark, the story is told by the central character, Alex, who talks in a brutal invented slang that brilliantly renders his and his friends' social pathology. I’m reading – over and over – Albert Camus’s classic and astonishingly brilliant book The Plague from 1947. Download or stream The Plague: Translated by Stuart Gilbert by Albert Camus. By: If someone puts themselves out as a reader of (translated) French literature, I would expect them, as a minimum, to research and practice the pronunciation of names in French, which are usually exempt from translation; they are pronounced in the original French. Umberto Eco, Get 50% off this audiobook at the AudiobooksNow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. I found James Jenner's narration extremely moving. Thought provoking and a study of human nature this is a novel that is on par with the Stranger in my opinion. Shortly after, an outbreak of the bubonic plague erupts and envelops the human population. Anthony Burgess, Narrated by: Gabriel García Márquez, There was a problem loading your book clubs. Camus pulls no punches when it comes to describing the night train transporting bodies for mass burial, or characters fighting for their lives. One of the most influential works of this century, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays is a crucial exposition of existentialist thought. Traci Kato-Kiriyama. By: Albert Camus', ©1947 Librairie Gallimard (P)2006 Recorded Books. If you like when an author paints a vivid portrait of people with words, this book may be for you. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, Psychological Fiction (Audible Books & Originals), Classic Literature (Audible Books & Originals), Psychological Thrillers (Audible Books & Originals), © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. In the small coastal city of Oran, Algeria, rats begin rising up from the filth, only to die as bloody heaps in the streets. The prose is well written to the point that I was sometimes concentrating less on the story and more on the author's choice of words, how he strung the words together, and his use of metaphors and similes. I know many people who admire this novel, and one member of my family was profoundly moved by it. Narrated by James Jenner. Cat's Cradle is Vonnegut's satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. Shortly after, an outbreak of the bubonic plague erupts and envelops the human population. and others. You will get an email reminder before your trial ends. It has been one of my favorites for decades. Check out this great listen on Audible.com. By: Albert Camus – The Stranger Audio Book Download. In this case it is Stuart Gilbert, done in 1947 just as it was released in French. The plots goes around and around a plague that suddenly ravages the city. I kept losing the plot all the time, not an easy listen. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. He is intensely unsentimental. Who did the translation and when makes an enormous difference in what we are reading! A timeless triumph. When a charge is levied, however, as here, the reader has a right to expect accuracy, and this text doesn't deliver. In the small coastal city of Oran, Algeria, rats begin rising up from the filth only to die as bloody heaps in the streets. Gabriel García Márquez, Shortly after, an outbreak of the bubonic plague erupts and envelops the human population. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Read this first 30 odd years ago and circumstances have made me want to revisit again now. the tone of the plaque is somewhat surreal and fable-like on its own. Really timeless themes that still resonate today. Interwoven into the narrative are the lives of many of the great Renaissance artists with whom the Medici had dealings, including Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Donatello as well as scientists like Galileo and Pico della Mirandola. Paul Strathern, Narrated by: Most of the island's inhabitants are oblivious to these changes, while those few imbued with the power to recall the lost objects live in fear of the draconian Memory Police, who are committed to ensuring that what has disappeared remains forgotten. But Nabokov's masterpiece owes its stature not to the controversy its material aroused but to its author's use of that material to tell a love story that is shocking in its beauty and tenderness. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. Stream or download thousands of included titles. For example, there are huge spaces between each paragraph and sentences that just break off so you have to read sentences vertically. Yoko Ogawa, Get instant access to all your favorite books. It is about personal courage and duty. Noam Chomsky is universally accepted as one of the preeminent public intellectuals of the modern era. By: Camus writes with a sparse but pungent style. Account & Lists Account Returns & Orders. Such a well written, narrated and relevant story in today's Corona time. Vladimir Nabokov, Narrated by: It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. This work has come to the forefront again due to the current pandemic but speaks of how we are all constantly living with the plague but that we cannot deal with it so we push it away and avoid it but that times like our current situation make it unavoidable. Unable to add item to List. It stands as perhaps the greatest existentialist tale ever conceived, and is certainly one of the most important and influential books ever produced. Worth a read at any time! If the prose were not so well written, I would have grown bored of the entire story - I did, in fact, get bored and distracted on occasion, but I was pulled back in when the author moved on to another character or another day's events. Shortly after, an outbreak of the bubonic plague erupts and envelops the human population. I enjoyed the similarities to our current situation, although please be warned it's not for those who are suffering during our present ordeal due to graphic descriptions of death and illness. Shared by:lipurly Written by Albert Camus Read by BBC,Full-Cast Format: M4A Bitrate: 320 Kbps Dramatization The Plague was adapted from the globally renowned novel La Peste by Albert Camus, and directed for radio by Neil Bartlett, based on his 2017 Arcola Theatre production and script. Sadly few parallels for our Covid ridden times, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 26, 2019. It addresses the nature of fate and individual response. The translation is in very idiomatic American english. In the small coastal city of Oran, Algeria, rats begin rising up from the filth only to die as bloody heaps in the streets. I have not read a Camus book since I read the "Stranger" over thirty years ago. It came suddenly in the presence of a deadly disease. By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's. and others. When an industrial accident unleashes an "airborne toxic event", a lethal black chemical cloud floats over the Gladneys' lives. 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