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The Good Soldier Schweik

The Rollicking Humorous Ribald Story of Soldiers in World War 1 Carrying on and Living and Dying in War, Worthy of Catch 22 Fame

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The Good Soldier Schweik

By: Jaroslav Hasek
Narrated by: Deaver Brown
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The rollicking humorous ribald story of soldiers in World War I carrying on and living and dying in war, worthy of Catch-22 fame. Translated from German into modern American English with a simplification of place names, as well as people's names, to not distract the American listener from unfamiliar names and places and stay focused on the story itself.

Public Domain (P)2019 Deaver Brown Classics Witty
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Good story, horror to follow with this reading. Don't recommend it; buy the book or wait for a different version.

Horrible

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I’ve read the story several times previously and thoroughly enjoyed Hasek’s writing. The narrator for this is atrocious. He doesn’t know how to pronounce the Czech and German names, and he can’t read with fluency. He is constantly pausing as he prepares for the next part of the sentence, so there is no ‘flow’ to the narration.

Wonderful story ruined by poor narration

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Classic book butchered by eccentric narration. It's difficult to distinguish which character is speaking at any given time. Can't possibly listen to more than a few minutes at a time. To make it even worse there is an inane tinkling background tune which also contributes to this fingernails on the black board experience! Ugh!

Narrator sounds drunk

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great story but performance totally terrible. Read by someone who can’t read very well pauses in the middle of sentences sound really bad

great story but terrible performance

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