The Fall Audiobook By Albert Camus cover art

The Fall

 Preview
LIMITED TIME OFFER

3 months free
Try for $0.00
Offer ends July 31, 2025 at 11:59PM PT.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for $14.95/mo after 3 months. Cancel anytime.

The Fall

By: Albert Camus
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
Try for $0.00

$0.00/mo. after 3 months. Offer ends July 31, 2025 at 11:59PM PT. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $9.45

Buy for $9.45

Confirm purchase
Pay using card ending in
Switch payment method
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use, License, and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.
Cancel

Elegantly styled, Camus' profoundly disturbing novel of a Parisian lawyer's confessions is a searing study of modern amorality.

Born in Algeria in 1913, Albert Camus published The Stranger - now one of the most widely read novels of this century - in 1942. Celebrated in intellectual circles, Camus was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957.

©1956, 1984 Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (P)2018 Recorded Books Classics Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Psychological Thought-Provoking
Masterful Storytelling • Philosophical Depth • Powerful Voice • Accessible Narrative • Thought-provoking Content
Highly rated for:
All stars
Most relevant  
The narrative starts with such a passion and speed that I had to rewind and listen again and to fully grasp the mood. The initial impact results in a disorientation at first. Yet, one starts to see everyday people, city dwellers, as well as movers and shakers with such an intimate portrait that it is impossible to end this book without being mesmerized with a strong sense of spiritual enlightenment. A must to understand humanity and for those who question the purpose of life, with this audio edition of The Fall, Camus finds its meaning with Ballerini's powerful voice.

existentialism at its best

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
How can a Three Hour Monologue be so completely mesmerizing and enthralling that the Listener cannot tear himself away? That is the question that I posed to myself after finishing this Performance in one sitting.

I guess the answer is the confluence of Camus’ incredibly dramatic prose and Ballerini’s powerfully emotional narration. We hang on every syllable of Clamence’s confessional spiral from successful Bourgeois Lawyer down to a rambling Barfly who self-identifies as a "judge-penitent". He preaches a doctrine of surrendering freedom as a technique to endure a life of suffering in a world meaningless without a God or objective truth. Clamence, through his confession, sits in permanent judgment of himself and others,

This tragically sad account somehow has the power, at least to me, to actually thrill and inspire the Reader to stand up and confront the Realities of Existence, rather than seek solace in suicide.

Five Stars for the Book and Ten for the Narration. *****

Amazingly immersive experience!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
The view point is enjoyable and it's a fun book as a person trys to justify he is a good person.

Fun book

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
An amazing work that masterfully combines philosophy and literature. I enjoyed it so much that I listened to it twice back to back.

Thought provoking masterpiece

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This is a one-sided conversation in Amsterdam between two practicers of law. It's a short, wonderful summary of the vanity of moral superiority and all shapes it can take.

Great essay on moral superiority

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I really don't dislike anything and I like how it moves along... as a note I listened to it at 1.2 speed because it is closer to the speed most people speak... imitating that he is actually putting me in as the other silent conversationalist.

his self awareness and the willingness to explain it with enthusiasm.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
What an outstanding read of such an intricate and thought provoking narrative. An ongoing monologue acted out perfectly. Really makes you feel and think and it’s a classic.

Wonderful!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Good book to get yo know the classic author. beautiful prose. I think it would have been easier to follow the story reading rather than listening as there are underlying philosophical truths. However it is read well and it is a monologue of someone telling another his story.

Thought provoking

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This superbly written novel is a sophisticated introspection, setting a mirror in front of the reader. It is not monsieur Clamence who is hiding moral degeneracy under the facade of the good and proper, it is us.

what is morality?

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Camus’s philosophy, his narrator’s inner-turmoil, are told to near perfection in his use of second-person POV. The work is short and to the point, and while contemplating a great many of the world’s concerns, does so in an accessible manner other such writer’s lack. (The POV and repetition utilized in such a device benefit the reader/listener greatly).

And simply put, Eduardo Ballerini is perhaps the very best audiobook narrator working today (yes there are others in his league, but he still scores extra points for helping to make ‘War & Peace’ one of my favorite novels). Seek him out - he makes better every novel he reads.

Camus at his most brilliant - Ballerini, the best narrator in the business - perfect mix

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews