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Misery

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Lindsay Crouse
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Misery Chastain was dead. Paul Sheldon had just killed her - with relief, with joy. Misery had made him rich; she was the heroine of a string of best sellers. And now he wanted to get on to some real writing.

That's when the car accident happened, and he woke up in pain in a strange bed. But it wasn't the hospital.

Annie Wilkes had pulled him from the wreck, brought him to her remote mountain home, splinted and set his mangled legs. The good news was that Annie was a nurse and had painkilling drugs. The bad news was that she was Paul's Number One Fan. And when she found out what Paul had done to Misery, she didn't like it. She didn't like it at all. And now he had to bring Misery back to life. Or else....

©1986 Stephen King (P)1992 Penguin Highbridge Audio Contemporary Fiction Genre Fiction Fiction Scary

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had me on the edge of my seat narration was excellent never once was I bored

great narration and of course another king classic

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I'm going through the books that I read when I was much younger. I love this book, it's a freaky story for anyone who has a fan! Kathy Bates gave an excellent interpretation in the movie. Stephen King never fails to deliver suspense.

The only downside to this reading is the hilarious accents for the extracts from Misery's Return. For a novel set in Cornwall, there's an interesting mix of Welsh, Irish, northern...... rather cringe worthy!

Great Story, hilarious accents

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love it, so wonderfully read and executed. would recommend to anyone. Have read other Stephen King which I'd not enjoyed however this was outstanding.

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Lindsay Crouse narrates this brilliantly - you can SEE Kathy Bates as you listen!

Loved the novel

Brilliant!

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Really good performance by the narrator I thought she was perfect for this book I enjoyed the story but found it a bit slow in places and the ending was a bit anti climatic

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