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Nostromo
- Narrated by: Nigel Anthony
- Length: 18 hrs and 8 mins
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Summary
Set in the fictional South American country of Costaguana, Nostromo explores the volatile politics and crippling greed surrounding the San Tomé silver mine. The story of power, love, revolutions, loyalty, and reward is told with richly evocative description and brilliantly realised characters. But Nostromo is more than an adventure story; it is also a profoundly dark moral fable. Its language is as compellingly resonant as the sea itself; the characters absorbing and complex. It was Conrad’s masterwork, a forerunner of Modernism, and one of the greatest novels of the 20th century.
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- Stevie
- 29-10-17
A great story well told
I absolutely loved this. Conrad is a magnificent writer. The narration was excellent. I may listen again
Definitely one of the best I've listened to
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- Kindle Customer
- 05-07-23
great moments of truth, brilliant narration
I was more amazed by the penetration into the inner workings of the characters and the eternal truths captured indirectly in the development of background and scene than by the arc of the story itself, but this is certainly a superb novel. The audacious variation from character to character in the highly skilled narration impressed. Wonderful.
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- I D WATT
- 04-05-15
A MASTERPIECE
Audiobooks made this classic come alive. I could both sense and see the time and place, a masterful production -brilliant.
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- keira oram
- 26-02-22
The Master of Language
Conrad's masterful use of the English language is wonderfully interpreted by Nigel Anthony in his reading of Nostromo.
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- Dr S Bhatt
- 13-06-17
Rarely do you find a book of this quality and dept
This is a book of such depth, grace and passion. Despite being written in 1904, Nostromo still presents a fresh thought provoking story. The story starts slow but you will be rewarded by sticking with it and will come to the point where will not be able to put it down. The characters are of incredible depth and complexity and the story is timeless.
The narration is ideal for the story and is superb.
There is a reason this book is in the top 100 modern library choices, and this performance brings out the story in its fullness.
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- Kiwi
- 19-03-18
a good reading, but I was distracted by the accent
I already knew the book well. Although this reading is highly praised, I did tire of the foreign accents after a while. I also found Mrs Gould's voice annoyingly weak. but these are minor matters in a good overall reading.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-06-20
Disappointment
Walter Allen in ‘The English Novel’ says, “. . . . a good case could be made out for considering it the greatest novel in English of this century”. Arnold Bennett regarded it as ‘one of the greatest novels of any age”, Conrad’s biographer compared it to ‘War and Peace’ and F.R.Leavis admired it greatly, but I just don’t see it, I have to say. Of course, it is well written, but it would definitely not be in my ‘Top 10’.
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- Anonymous User
- 16-09-23
Not for everyone
I will be honest - I can appreciate how picturesquely and richly the story is told, and the performance of the reading was stellar. The plot in itself was great. But I struggled harder than with any other book to finish it. To a literary pleb like myself, it just felt so boring and bloated. How many times do we really need the same adjectives listed to describe the same person?
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- Oli
- 14-02-19
Very difficult to engage with
Nigel Anthony's performance is average, not his best but far from poor. The story itself however is very hard to engage with. There's something lacking in the characters and story that was so evident and enrapturing in other Conrad books.
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