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The Far Pavilions
- Narrated by: Vikas Adam
- Length: 48 hrs and 45 mins
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Summary
When The Far Pavilions was first published 19 years ago, it moved the critic Edmund Fuller to write this: "Were Miss Kaye to produce no other book, The Far Pavilions might stand as a lasting accomplishment in a single work comparable to Margaret Mitchell's achievement in Gond With the Wind." From its beginning in the foothills of the towering Himalayas, M. M. Kaye's masterwork is a vast, rich, and vibrant tapestry of love and war that ranks with the greatest panoramic sagas of modern fiction.
The Far Pavilions is itself a Himalayan achievement, a book we hate to see come to an end. it is a passionate, triumphant story that excites us, fills us with joy, move us to tears, satisfies us deeply, and helps us remember just what it is we want most from a novel.
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- B. A. McFadyen
- 24-07-20
Awful narration
The Narrator was American and suffers from the compulsion to pronounce ever syllable that seem to be inbred in our U.S. cousins. Not only did he mispronounced words, his attempt at a British accent grated and sounded like some one from the subcontinent. It spoiled what is a wonderful story. This recording may be acceptable in the US but not in the UK. Divided by a common language!
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- Amazon Customer
- 16-11-19
Disappointing pronunciation of English.
It was good to have the Indian dialects spoken, I assume, correctly, but very many English words were either Americanised or incorrectly pronounced. I found this detracted from my enjoyment of the performance.
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- Taichivandamm
- 05-02-23
Absorbing
Interesting tale of Indian history and culture and how one man makes his way through the hurly burly of life. Well read and atmospheric.
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- Dawn Grimwood
- 10-02-23
Fabulous book
Fabulous book. Read many times. A wonderful story resonant with the vibrant colours of India
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- Amazon Customer
- 17-05-23
Epic!
A wonderful wide ranging story of nineteenth century India through the lens of a likeable hero. The narrator is American which doesn’t suit it at all, he mispronounces many English words and his character accents are painful particularly the Irish Wally which is appalling! However if you can put that to one side this is a fabulous tale and highly recommended
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- Mrs H J Morrow
- 18-01-15
Brilliant book
I read this book many years ago and was delighted to find it in the Audible collection. Really couldn't bare to stop listening and feel bereft now it is finished.
My only tiny gripe is the accents the American narrator tried poorly to emulate - his Irish accent was almost funny at times. I did get used to it though and it didn't spoil this fantastic story!
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- Jockette61
- 28-08-14
Hours of listening pleasure
I read this originally when it was published, so was happy to find it here, especially given its length and my upcoming holidays! It not only lasted over two weeks, but for another couple of weeks of commuting. The narrator did a pretty good job - although as others have commented, he did make a meal of some of the pronunciations, and his Wally accent was just cringe-worthy.
Its a great story, although if I am honest, I did find myself wishing for some shortening in places. It did prompt me to do some online reading about the region and the history though, to find out how much was true and how much was artistic license.
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- Freda Lowe
- 24-12-20
A long ‘read’, but worth it.
Such a detailed story...now I understand why it was made into a tv series. Thank you. 🙏😊
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- susanne H
- 15-07-18
Patchy
The beginning was marvellous with wonderful descriptions of India and the story was enthralling. The midsection to me could have been reduced by about ten hours, it was turgid filler, then there was a decent end section.
The narrator should stick to American books because putting American pronunciations into the mouths of middle class English characters is very irritating. His strength however is portraying male and female voices equally well
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- heather
- 17-06-14
An Epic Tale
A wonderful story of India during the Raj the politics the backstabbing and intrigue all rolled into a tale of innocence danger love lost, love found, and love forbidden.Well read apart from a few misprenunciations eg Himalayas pronounced Him-Are-Lee-Has,but easily forgiven as you can think of the narrator as Ash himself.
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