The Whole Five Feet Audiobook By Christopher R. Beha cover art

The Whole Five Feet

What the Great Books Taught Me About Life, Death, and Pretty Much Everything Else

 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 Whole Five Feet

By: Christopher R. Beha
Narrated by: Jay Aaseng
Try for $0.00

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

Buy for $19.95

Buy for $19.95

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

In The Whole Five Feet, Christopher Beha turns to the great books for answers after undergoing a series of personal and family crises and learning that his grandmother had used the Harvard Classics to educate herself during the Great Depression. The result is a smart, big-hearted, and inspirational mix of memoir and intellectual excursion that "deftly illustrates how books can save one's life" (Helen Schulman).

©2009 Christopher R. Beha. Recorded by arrangement with Grove Atlantic, Inc. (P)2014 Audible Inc. Literary History & Criticism United States World Literature Heartfelt
All stars
Most relevant  
This reader commits a shocking number of mispronunciations, particularly egregious considering the subject matter. How did this stunningly inaccurate audio make it to the public? Pronouncing “Kant” like “can’t,” for example; “Aeschylus” as “Usk EE Lus;” “Blaise Pascal” as “blaze Pascal.” These come quickly to mind. These were many others. Clearly no research done. Clearly a person unfamiliar with the material producing. Christopher Beha much be mortified. He surely knows the correct pronunciations. So, story? Great. The performance? Shockingly poor. Btw, I never write reviews but this was too appalling to ignore. I’m embarrassed for Audible.

Mispronunciations by the reader are many...

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
this turned out to be more of a meandering memoir of a year on the life of the author...

don't expect too much and you'll be OK

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.