Title: The Red Badge of Courage
Author: Stephen Crane
Narrator: Frank Muller
Publisher: Recorded Books
Duration: 4 hours, 30 minutes
Copyright: 1999
Genres: military, literary, history
Filed in: Audiobook reviews
PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: Young Henry Fleming used to play soldier and dream of being a hero, but when he faces his first battle - the Battle of Chancellorsville - he finds that heroism is not at all what he had expected. Shells burst in front of him like strange flowers, gunfire ripped toward him in great crackling sheets of flame, and all around him, blue-coated figures lie still on the blood-drenched grass. Remarkably, Stephen Crane wrote this realistic tale of the terror of war without ever witnessing a battle.
(P)1981 by Recorded Books, Inc.
MY THOUGHTS: I’ll be honest with you, I found “The Red Badge of Courage” to be boring. I tried to listen to the audiobook on two separate occasions and just couldn’t stay awake. I’m not really sure why that is, I am generally interested in history, and I find war stories of particular interest. “The Red Badge of Courage” just didn’t do it for me.
NARRATOR: I have listened to many, many audiobooks narrated by Frank Muller and I know he is very good. In fact, Frank Muller is my second favorite narrator for adult fiction. So I know this audiobook didn’t bore me because of the narration, as often happens. Where audiobook narrators are concerned, you can’t do much better than Frank Muller.
FINAL WORD: Obviously, “The Red Badge of Courage” appeals to a lot of people, as it is considered a classic piece of American literature. It just so happens that I am not one of them.
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In all of your reviews, I've not once read such a blunt to the point review.
ReplyDeleteWow! Now I'm steering clear of this book.