Hard Times (version 2 dramatic reading)
Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers
Charles Dickens
(4,49 Sterne; 50 Bewertungen)
Charles Dickens' 1854 novel opens with the philosophy of education espoused by the eminently practical Mr. Gradgrind, who prizes "facts and calculations." He raises his children, most prominently Louisa and Tom, to eschew imagination and emotion and embrace order and reason. The results are disastrous: Louisa marries out of duty to the supposed self-made man Mr. Bounderby, while Tom grows up dissolute, ultimately commits theft and blames it on an unfortunate laborer, Stephen Blackpool. Set in the fictional Coketown, a mill town in the north of England, Dickens' novel satirizes capitalism, social mobility, class stratification, and Utilitarianism. This dramatic reading of the novel features a full cast of LibriVox volunteers, who lend their voices to Dickens' vibrant comic characters. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)
Cast
Narrator: Bob Neufeld
Mr. Gradgrind: Marty Kris
Sissy Jupe: J L Raimundo
Bitzer: mb
Gentleman: Tom Crawford
Louisa Gradgrind: Arielle Lipshaw
Mr. Bounderby: Andy Minter
Mrs. Gradgrind: Beth Thomas
Tom Gradgrind: Max Korlinge
Mr. E. W. B. Childers: David Lawrence
Master Kidderminster: Elizabeth Klett
Mr. Sleary: Ron Altman
Mrs. Sparsit: Elizabeth Klett
Stephen Blackpool: Nigel Boydell
Rachael: Karen Savage
Mrs. Blackpool: Bev J. Stevens
Mrs. Pegler: Sally McConnell
James Harthouse: Algy Pug
Slackbridge: John Steigerwald
Voice 1: sylly
Voice 2: J L Raimundo
Jane Gradgrind: Goldfish
Waiter: Nigel Boydell
Man: Algy Pug
Clown: Bev J. Stevens
Text prepared by Arielle Lipshaw and Elizabeth Klett
Audio edited by Elizabeth Klett (12 hr 0 min)
Chapters
Bewertungen
Great cast
Hospitable Georgian
(4 Sterne)
Great cast! Well told! There was only one reader whose accent I struggled to understand. Interesting Dickens tale. Not one of my favorites.
Not Bad!
Rach
(3 Sterne)
It's really good with all the different voices and all. Great job with the compilation of all the voices. Kudos! However, some chapters were incomplete (not too much but still! ) and also they could increase their pace a little bit. But, all in all as the title might suggest not bad, acceptable.
Beautiful Audiobook
Jon7
(5 Sterne)
Well read and very good. If one was reading the book it can be quite hard to get the accent and the lisp but it was beautifully done in this audiobook. Book 3, Chapter 9 has a couple of paragraphs missing at the very end though
Gabby Wright
(3 Sterne)
Not my favorite Dickens. The dramatic reading was interesting, but you can really tell from the audio that the actors were in different locations on different equipment. It would have been awesome had the mixing matched the sound better.
Awesome. Still true today!
James
(5 Sterne)
great book . i wrote a similar story in College. People are still robbed of common sense and ignorant of soul. ...tge true meaning of salvation.
just a girl
(4 Sterne)
Pretty Good! Bitzers voice was extremely annoying though. I love the rest of the voices who are really good voice actors. They made the book very intriguing.
(4 Sterne)
The dramatic reading format was mostly good. It created a strange combination of scents, though. Mr. Gradgrind sounded American and his wife sounded Australian.
fantastic
Belinda Searle
(5 Sterne)
Readers were all excellent, very clear and concise. Great story a well!