Victoria Briault
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The Moonstone
- De : Wilkie Collins
- Lu par : Peter Jeffrey
- Durée : 18 h et 45 min
- Version intégrale
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Global5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars 4
Considered the first full-length detective novel in the English language, T.S. Eliot described The Moonstone as 'the first and greatest English detective novel'. The stone of the title is an enormous yellow diamond plundered from an Indian shrine after the Siege of Seringapatam. Given to Miss Verinder on her 18th birthday, it mysteriously disappears that very night. Suspicion falls on three Indian jugglers who have been seen in the neighbourhood. Sergeant Cuff is assigned to the case....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great narration but wonky chapter-marking
- Écrit par : Victoria Briault le 17/11/2020
- The Moonstone
- De : Wilkie Collins
- Lu par : Peter Jeffrey
Great narration but wonky chapter-marking
Rédigé le : 17/11/2020
A wonderful tale wonderfully told. Narrated by a highly gifted and competent narrator. He brought every character to life and drew all the drama, suspense, humour and irony out of the novel. I thoroughly enjoyed it. My only criticism is that the chapters indicated by Audible did not tally with the book's chapters as announced in the narrative making it impossible to find one's way around in the recording.
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Pachinko
- De : Min Jin Lee
- Lu par : Allison Hiroto
- Durée : 18 h et 16 min
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Global4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 15
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 15
Profoundly moving and gracefully told, Pachinko follows one Korean family through the generations, beginning in early 1900s Korea with Sunja, the prized daughter of a poor yet proud family, whose unplanned pregnancy threatens to shame them. Betrayed by her wealthy lover, Sunja finds unexpected salvation when a young tubercular minister offers to marry her and bring her to Japan to start a new life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Korean subaltern to Japanese colonisation
- Écrit par : Victoria Briault le 30/08/2020
- Pachinko
- De : Min Jin Lee
- Lu par : Allison Hiroto
The Korean subaltern to Japanese colonisation
Rédigé le : 30/08/2020
A well-constructed Korean family saga spanning the 20th century. Strong female characters carry the family through difficult times due to the social, religious and political upheavals they endure. Yet a woman's lot is a powerless one both in Korean society and in Japan as second-class citizens. The family's strong moral fibre means that even when as Korean immigrants they are forced to accept underpaid work or turn to the notorious pachinko parlours as the only means of getting rich, they remain honest and uphold the family's values. Thus inevitably attempts to come to terms with the injustices suffered lead to tragedy. Alice Hiroto's softly accented voice brings delicacy to the complex , often heart-rending narrative.
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Blindness
- De : Jose Saramago
- Lu par : Jonathan Davis
- Durée : 12 h et 33 min
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Global4 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 5
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Histoire3.5 out of 5 stars 5
A city is hit by a sudden and strange epidemic of "white blindness", which spares no one. Authorities confine the blind to an empty mental hospital, but there social conventions quickly crumble and the struggle for survival brings out the worst in people.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Bien écrit mais rasant
- Écrit par : Victoria Briault le 23/06/2020
- Blindness
- De : Jose Saramago
- Lu par : Jonathan Davis
Bien écrit mais rasant
Rédigé le : 23/06/2020
C'est une histoire bien imaginée et bien écrite mais lugubre, sans espoir, et finalement, rasant.
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La peste
- De : Albert Camus
- Lu par : Christian Gonon
- Durée : 8 h et 56 min
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Global4.5 out of 5 stars 525
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 424
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 420
Suite à une épidémie de peste, les autorités décident de fermer la ville d'Oran. Les habitants s'organisent pour survivre au siège de cette maladie mortelle et en particulier le docteur Rieux. Il est l'un des premiers à identifier les symptômes de la maladie et devient une figure centrale dans l'organisation sanitaire de la ville.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Vieilli!
- Écrit par : Pierre Gauthier le 12/04/2020
- La peste
- De : Albert Camus
- Lu par : Christian Gonon
Deuxième lecture 50 ans après la première !
Rédigé le : 11/05/2020
Camus écrit merveilleusement bien. Mais il manque de femmes et d'émotions dans ce récit blême.