dated classic

time has moves on and only the wonderful description has survied the transition. too long and languishing for modem liseners.

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interesting

Listened and read in one day. Good performance and overall a good plot, however I found it confusing at times.

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Difficult to hear

What disappointed you about Heart of Darkness?

Alan Munro often seemed to mumble and there was an ironic tone to his voice that didn't fit with the text.

Who might you have cast as narrator instead of Alan Munro?

I see there's a Kenneth Brannagh version. I wish I'd listened to that instead.

You didn’t love this book--but did it have any redeeming qualities?

There's no problem with the book which is a classic.

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Good hard to follow

I think I would have enjoyed this alot more with a different voice actor. I found monotonous tone hard to follow which stopped me getting into the book.

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monotonous tones breed irritation

monotonous tones breed irritation. poorly read and difficult to follow due to this. 15 words.

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If your SatNav read you a book...

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

If the book had been read by almost anyone else

Would you be willing to try another book from Joseph Conrad? Why or why not?

Probably not, Conrad's writing style and subject matter didn't appeal to me.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

This was the most appalling reading of any audio book I've ever listened to, I mean it was really bad. I've genuinely listened to better readings from Librvox.

The narrators intonation was all over the place, he sounded like he was doing an incredibly bad impression of William Shatner with high's and low's all in the wrong place, pauses where there shouldn't be any and generally didn't pay attention to any of the punctuation in the text. It actually sounded like a computer programmed voice from the 80's as if Stephen Hawkin had decided to read us a story.

Normally I can live with a narrator even when they're not that great, but in this case, all I could focus on was how poorly the book was being read which completely detracted from the text. Poor job, spend a bit more money to get one of the better recordings if you want to stand a chance of enjoying this novella.

What character would you cut from Heart of Darkness?

Kurtz - he's hardly in it despite the fact that he's the main reason for the journey!

Any additional comments?

I feel cheated!

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Terrible narration

Great classic book but ruined by the very odd narration that sounds like it has been done by a computer rather than a person!

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Avoid Alan Munro

I really don't understand why this narrator is so regularly employed. This book is close to unlistenable. He sounds very much like he is reading the words without any sense of comprehension whatsoever.

It's like listening to a Korean pop singer mouth English lyrics they obviously do not understand.

Awful. Avoid anything narrated by Alan Munro. Sadly, he's been employed to read a large amount of classics.

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poor

too slow
little story
poor characterisation
politically motivated
reads like a bad dream that you just want to end

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A masterpiece on paper and on the silver screen

A priceless assessment of human nature and how absolute power corrupts absolutely. In particular, how war ultimately dehumanizes

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