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Gulliver's Travels: A Signature Performance by David Hyde Pierce

Auteur(s): Jonathan Swift
Narrateur(s): David Hyde Pierce
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Four-time Emmy Award winner David Hyde Pierce is famous for playing the lovably self-important Dr. Niles Crane in the hit TV series Frasier. Now, he brings the same wit and charming arrogance to his Signature Classics performance of Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels.

More than just a mock travel book and fabulous adventure, Gulliver’s Travels is a character study and social satire that skewers politics, science, religion, philosophy, and pretentiousness with a bite and resonance that remains as fresh today as the day it was published. Maybe that’s why it hasn’t been out of print in nearly 300 years.

Set sail with David Hyde Pierce for a smart, fun, new Gulliver’s Travels experience that’s unlike any other. And stay tuned for more one-of-a-kind performances from actors Leelee Sobiesky, Casey Affleck, Tim Curry, and more, only from Audible Signature Classics.

Public Domain (P)2010 Audible, Inc. Classiques Littérature et fiction Comédie Spirituel

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"Despite Gulliver’s detailed, and sometimes cumbersome, descriptions of strange lands and their inhabitants, Pierce doesn’t miss a beat. His melodic voice wraps perfectly around Swift’s eighteenth-century language. His pronunciations of the imaginative languages are delightful, especially the neighing expressions of the Houyhnhnms, a utopian society of horses. In a book in which the author’s voice comes through on every page, Pierce’s consistently matter-of-fact tone fits Swift’s own. His reading highlights the author’s humor and sarcasm, pulling the listener into this fantastic journey." ( AudioFile)
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The reader is excellent want more classics read by him. Will be looking for more

Excellent reader

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The story is a classic work of both satire and adventure, still relavent today. The narrator delivers the work with ease, at a good pace, with flawless articulation of the text. I look forward to listening to more of his readings in the future.

A classic well delivered.

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A very unusual book, and one that I’m glad finally to have read - with an absolutely stellar performance by David Hyde Pierce. His narration was perfect, and truly very easy to follow despite the archaisms of the written text. And I hereby award 5 additional stars for his narration of the book’s final section, in which he incorporates a horse’s whinny into all Houyhnhnm pronunciations without so much as missing a beat in his droll narration.

Excellent narration!

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I understand this is satire. Just not my type. If you like hearing about lots of disgust poop and pee and other excrement then do read this long laborious book.

One of the greats about poop and pee

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I very much enjoyed David Hyde Pierce’s narration of Gulliver’s Travels. Not having read the book since childhood, I was thoroughly entertained, and at times was entranced.

Most entertaining

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Perfect narrator for an amazing novel. The prose is incredibly lucid and makes for very easy listening. This is the first time a book has ever made me laugh out loud. Highly recommended.

A masterpiece

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Boring, quit listening halfway thru, got too lengthy & didn't keep a person interested for long periods of time. No exciting storyline. The narrator did a very good job, but his talent was lost while narrating this book.

Meh

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Hart to listen to, sounds like stories you hear from toddlers . does not hold up to the test of time

don't waste your time

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