Craig Caulfield
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The Blue Hotel
- A Stephen Crane Story
- By: Stephen Crane
- Narrated by: Deaver Brown
- Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance2 out of 5 stars 8
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 6
The story starts with the hotel owner trolling for guests at the train station and finding three: the Swede, the Cowboy, and the Easterner. As with many stories the personalities are known by their titles not their names; the two known by their names are the hotel keeper, Scully, and his son Johnny. The first major event is in a play for fun (no money) card game in which the Swede accuses Johnny of cheating. Johnny skillfully defends himself by saying he won't put up with the accusation, while side stepping the truth of the matter.
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3 out of 5 stars
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An American classic but best read than listened to
- By Craig Caulfield on 04-25-16
- The Blue Hotel
- A Stephen Crane Story
- By: Stephen Crane
- Narrated by: Deaver Brown
An American classic but best read than listened to
Reviewed: 04-25-16
What did you like best about The Blue Hotel? What did you like least?
This story is classic of American fiction.
But, the dead-pan narration style makes it hard to follow and the story is best read rather than listened to. In a forward to the story, the narrator notes that the turgid style of prose and the sometimes fragmented and intermingled conversations of the characters makes narration particularly difficult, leading to pauses and gaps. Having a copy of the text is essential
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White Nights
- A Fyodor Dostoyevsky Short Story
- By: Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Narrated by: Deaver Brown
- Length: 1 hr and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Performance2 out of 5 stars 31
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Story4 out of 5 stars 30
"White Nights" is the third major Dostoyevsky short story that everyone should read or listen to, along with "A Faint Heart" and "The Christmas Tree and Wedding". The story contains a series of Winesburg, Ohio-like moments: a woman and man meet on the First Night; proceed to meet again on the Second and Third, almost fall in love, and at the last minute the former lover of the woman returns to take her away. But the point is that the man had a glorious moment....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Terrible narrator
- By Caleb Richard Huff on 02-04-18
- White Nights
- A Fyodor Dostoyevsky Short Story
- By: Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Narrated by: Deaver Brown
Narration spoils of classic story
Reviewed: 01-26-13
What disappointed you about White Nights?
What ruins this audio book is the narration, which is delivered in a flat, nasal New York accent, totally inappropriate for a Russian love story. No effort is made to distinguish between the voices of the characters or convey something of their emotions, which makes this dialogue heavy story almost impossible to follow. The words are simply being read off the page.
What was one of the most memorable moments of White Nights?
After the narrator delivered Natasha's plea "How can I live without you?" in a bored monotone with an awkward pause for breath in the middle, I gave up and read the hard copy.
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