The Wheels of Chance


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(4.2 stars; 28 reviews)

The Wheels of Chance - A Bicycling Idyll follows the adventures of a Drapers 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

Reviews

PeterMills1966

(1.5 stars)

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 stars)

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 stars)

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 stars)

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

(3.5 stars)

Its amusing listening to Americans pronounce English names ;)