Rob Roy
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Sir Walter Scott
(3,63 Sterne; 46 Bewertungen)
Rob Roy is a historical novel by Walter Scott. It is narrated by Frank Osbaldistone, the son of an English merchant who travels first to the North of England, and subsequently to the Scottish Highlands to collect a debt stolen from his father. On the way he encounters the larger-than-life title character of Rob Roy MacGregor. Though Rob Roy is not the lead character (in fact the narrative does not move to Scotland until half way through the book) his personality and actions are key to the development of the novel. (Summary from Wikipedia) (21 hr 3 min)
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Rob Roy
Jim Cox
(3 Sterne)
Elliott Miller is by the best reader of this tale. His pronunciation of the Scottish accent it's by far the easiest for this American to understand. Though others were melodic and perhaps more accurate, I had to download the Kindle reader version to understand the conversations off the Scots characters. Despite this difficulty I still would recommend this to anyone desiring to listen to this tale.
accents
Rab
(2 Sterne)
I understand they are not scottish readers however attempts at the accents up until now have been terrible. they have made story difficult for me to understand as it sounds anything but scottish. I am grateful of this free service however maybe be better without the accents. I am scottish and lived in scotland all my life.
TOO MUCH GREEK (OR SOME LANGUAGE)
Avid Listener
(3,5 Sterne)
A good adventure, made tedious by the ill-serving use of poor dialect. I fail to see why the readers felt it incumbant to resort to the cheesy Scots accents.; it served no purpose other than to confuse the listener and diminish enjoyment of the story. When listening to stories from ancient Rome, I do not need Latin to remind me where we are; neither, then, do I require dialect to remind me that we are in Scotland. The readers otherwise did fine jobs and I presume that the use of dialects was suggested by some editor at Librivox. Listen to it, but be prepared to re-lisren to several sections.
john doe
(5 Sterne)
Are all Scotts' works great? again it takes 3-5 chapters to get into, while Scott paints a background. I can usually guess the mystery, but this book had me wrong til the end. As for accents, if you speak another language you can interpret in your head, and that's what I did although a few words kept me guessing and context gave the meaning. Also Collins dictionary. We've lost many words since the 1700s.
I quite liked it.
Wintergreen
(5 Sterne)
When I first began listening to this, I thought it was boring. I got further along in it, and I realized it most definitely was not! This has been a wonderful listen, even if the fake Scottish accents are a bit iffy to understand. The story was well written and really interesting. That one cousin (Rashleigh??) is a real character, I'll say! McGregor was awesome.
Chris C.
(3 Sterne)
Engaging adventure! Unfortunately for me, a person who speaks American English, much of the reading was very difficult if not impossible to understand but I still enjoyed the story and I appreciate the readers efforts and dedication. Listen to 40 : Vol 2 ch. 17 before you start. If you can understand it, then have no fear.
A lovely tale
shane miller
(5 Sterne)
A most fascinating and informative story. It taught me much about Scotland.
KGB
(2,5 Sterne)
Very hard to understand the Scottish accents used in some of the recordings