New Leaf Vote for June 2018 • I'll be There for You: Best Friends

[Catlady]

Originally Posted by astrangerhere

I will admit, I'm going to have to power through this somehow. I wasn't super keen on Monte Cristo, which I just finished a few weeks ago. I never would have tackled it if I had known I was just going to have to turn around and read him again.

I was hoping Librivox would have a good audio version, but no dice there. No joy with Lit2Go either. I'm still hoping I can find a good, free audio version. If anyone out there stumbles on one, I'd appreciate a link!

Hoopla and Overdrive both have several unabridged versions. Also, there are a number of readings at YouTube.

[Bookworm_Girl]

Originally Posted by astrangerhere

I will admit, I'm going to have to power through this somehow. I wasn't super keen on Monte Cristo, which I just finished a few weeks ago. I never would have tackled it if I had known I was just going to have to turn around and read him again.

I was hoping Librivox would have a good audio version, but no dice there. No joy with Lit2Go either. I'm still hoping I can find a good, free audio version. If anyone out there stumbles on one, I'd appreciate a link!

I got a free version of the ebook through Amazon and then got the John Lee narrated audiobook through Whispersync for $0.99.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004TP8ZZE
https://www.amazon.com/The-Three-Mus.../dp/B001UL7NXU

[astrangerhere]

Originally Posted by Catlady

Hoopla and Overdrive both have several unabridged versions. Also, there are a number of readings at YouTube.

Hoopla isn't an option for me and Overdrive has a long waitlist, alas. The YouTube versions seem to be the librivox version. I will investigate that option further though.

[Catlady]

Originally Posted by astrangerhere

Hoopla isn't an option for me and Overdrive has a long waitlist, alas. The YouTube versions seem to be the librivox version. I will investigate that option further though.

Oh, too bad.

Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl

I got a free version of the ebook through Amazon and then got the John Lee narrated audiobook through Whispersync for $0.99.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004TP8ZZE
https://www.amazon.com/The-Three-Mus.../dp/B001UL7NXU

This was going to be my next suggestion--picking up free Kindle versions. Many times the Whispersync price will apply to many of the Audible books, not just the one shown at Amazon.

[BenG]

I bought The Red Sphinx a while back, but I haven't read it yet, so I think I'll go with Lawrence Ellsworth's translation.
And maybe dig out my DVDs of the Richard Lester Musketeer movies from the 70s.

I haven't read Twenty Years Later so maybe I'll give that one a go also.

[orlok]

Was just about to "buy" the Kindle edition from Amazon (free with Prime), with the accompanying audiobook for an additional £2.18. Good job I paused for a second. The audiobook is in Slovenian! WTF????

[CRussel]

Originally Posted by orlok

Was just about to "buy" the Kindle edition from Amazon (free with Prime), with the accompanying audiobook for an additional £2.18. Good job I paused for a second. The audiobook is in Slovenian! WTF????

Try this combination: AmazonUK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00CWR4J9M (£0.88), plus AudibleUK: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Classic...ook/B004FUFS08, £2.49

No, not free for the book, and a shade more for the matching audiobook, but the best combination I saw. And still quite inexpensive.

[orlok]

Originally Posted by CRussel

Try this combination: AmazonUK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00CWR4J9M (£0.88), plus AudibleUK: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Classic...ook/B004FUFS08, £2.49

No, not free for the book, and a shade more for the matching audiobook, but the best combination I saw. And still quite inexpensive.

Thanks Charlie. I managed to sort it by going via Audible, taking the option there to buying the Kindle version first, which took me back to Amazon and a proper copy of the additional narration. As with your example, it wasn't free, but £1.40 was an acceptable price for the book.

[CRussel]

Originally Posted by orlok

Thanks Charlie. I managed to sort it by going via Audible, taking the option there to buying the Kindle version first, which took me back to Amazon and a proper copy of the additional narration. As with your example, it wasn't free, but £1.40 was an acceptable price for the book.

Yes, that's how I do it as well, to ensure that I get the right match. Pick the Audible version, and click back to Amazon, and then I know I have the correct matching book. Sometimes annoying, but it works.

[issybird]

Originally Posted by CRussel

Yes, that's how I do it as well, to ensure that I get the right match. Pick the Audible version, and click back to Amazon, and then I know I have the correct matching book. Sometimes annoying, but it works.

And sometimes an Audible version matches more than one Kindle book. I think it's always worthwhile to pick up any free public domain Kindle versions; sometimes it will unlock one or more Audible versions that only link back to a different (and more expensive) Kindle book. It's particularly annoying as it's a trick that probably works with cheaper Kindle books also, but you can't start buying up all the cheap books just to see what might match.

[Bookpossum]

I have been reading reviews of the various translations, and the Richard Pevear gets a lot of praise. One review made me laugh out loud: it described Milady as a cross between Marilyn Monroe and Myra Hindley, with a dash of Margaret Thatcher.

It certainly sounds as if all the steamy bits are there, issybird. (Having read one of the bowdlerised versions in my distant youth, I thought when I read your post "Naughty bits? I didn't know there were any!")

[CRussel]

For those who might be interested in a further book by Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo, is available today only on AudibleUK for £2.99. Good price(~$4 USD), and a decent narrator. A massive book, but an all time favourite.

[orlok]

Originally Posted by CRussel

A massive book, but an all time favourite.

Hear, hear! 1400+ pages of pure bliss.

[Catlady]

I've started the audiobook of The Three Musketeers four times now, and can't get past the first chapter. I keep realizing that I have no idea what I'm listening to, and starting over. Eeek!

[issybird]

Originally Posted by Catlady

I've started the audiobook of The Three Musketeers four times now, and can't get past the first chapter. I keep realizing that I have no idea what I'm listening to, and starting over. Eeek!

I gave up on the audiobook and went with the text and then I could concentrate and enjoy it; I found the fun. I always like John Lee as a narrator and I think he was fine, but it wasn't working for me. I know at least one other here ended up doing the same thing.