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10 Essential Pieces of Literature

Written by: Robert Louis Stevenson,Jack London,Charles Dickens,Arthur Conan Doyle,Alexandre Dumas,Carlo Collodi,Daniel Defoe,Mark Twain,Khalil Gibrán,H. G. Wells
Narrated by: Matthew Taylor
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Publisher's Summary

This Audiobook contains the following works:

  • The prophet [Khalil Gibran],
  • Treasure Island [Robert Louis Stevenson],
  • White fang [Jack London],
  • The Time machine [H. G. Wells],
  • The Battle of Life [Charles Dickens],
  • The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes [Arthur Conan Doyle],
  • The Three Musketeers [Alexandre Dumas],
  • The adventures of Pinocchio [Carlo Collodi],
  • Robinson Crusoe [Daniel Defoe],
  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn [Mark Twain].
©2019 Khalil Gibran (P)2019 MustRead

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Very good collection of stories

The Prophet: Chapter 1 to Chapter 7
Treasure Island: Chapter 8 to Chapter 41
White Fang: Chapter 42 to Chapter 66
Time Machine: Chapter 67 to Chapter 78
The Battle of Life: Chapter 79 to Chapter 85
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes: Chapter 86 to Chapter 100
The Three Musketeers: Chapter 101 to Chapter 169
The Adventures of Pinocchio: Chapter 170 to Chapter 205
Robinson Crusoe: Chapter 206 to Chapter 227
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Chapter 228 to Chapter 270

My favorite stories were Treasure Island and The Adventures of Pinocchio.
You could feel that the narrator had a lot of fun making voices for the characters.

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Chapters should highlight Books Presentec

I love the essence of this recording. Ten great books to read. Someone in production should take more than two minutes to create chapters that do not coordinate with the book or books present. would it not make more sense in this instance to create chapters based on the books, such as ten chapters, one for each book. This is very frustrating when trying to find almost every book unless you read from start to finish. Dividing audio books based solely by numbers doesn't make sense. I am presently listening to lectures of Michael Singer. Would it not make more sense to base chapters by content, such as finding love or finding inner peace.I notice that some books use this concept but not a lot. Using chapter numbers that coincide with novel chapter numbers but not for non fiction books. With great non fiction books use chapter names such as the journey, based on the printed book. Lectures or recordings should be based on content or session. Content would be better and easier to find what you are looking for. The ten books here could be split by individual book or story. . I hope my comments find the people who can encourage chapters that highlight the content

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DULL DULL DULL READING

Listen to sample. I can't have this voice in my ears another minute. Plus, who says these readings are essential? Gibran? The purple prose meister. Metaphor as wisdom. First chapters of Rob. Crusoe--borrring.

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  • Mariusz Woznica
  • 2019-06-13

Table of content for who needs one ;-)

The prophet [Khalil Gibran] - part 1 - chapter 01 to 07
Treasure Island [Robert Louis Stevenson] - part 1 - chapter 08 to 34; part 2 - chapter 35 to 41
White fang [Jack London] - part 2 - chapter 42 to 66
The Time machine [H. G. Wells] - part 2 - chapter 67 to 68; part 3 - chapter 69 to 78
The Battle of Life [Charles Dickens] - part 3 - chapter 79 to 85
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes [Arthur Conan Doyle]:
part 3 - chapter 86 to 86 - A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA
part 3 - chapter 87 to 87 - THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
part 3 - chapter 88 to 88 - A CASE OF IDENTITY
part 3 - chapter 89 to 90 - THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
part 3 - chapter 91 to 91 - THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS
part 3 - chapter 92 to 92 - THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
part 3 - chapter 93 to 93 - THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
part 3 - chapter 94 to 95 - THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
part 3 - chapter 96 to 96 - THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER'S THUMB
part 3 - chapter 97 to 97 - THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR
part 3 - chapter 98 to 98 - THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
part 3 - chapter 99 to 100 - THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES
The Three Musketeers [Alexandre Dumas] - part 3 - chapter 101 to 102; part 4 - chapter 103 to 136; part 5 - chapter 137 to 169
The adventures of Pinocchio [Carlo Collodi] - part 5 - chapter 170 to 170; part 6 - chapter 171 to 204; part 7 - chapter 205 to 205
Robinson Crusoe [Daniel Defoe] - part 7 - chapter 206 to 227
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn [Mark Twain] - part 7 - chapter 228 to 237; part 8 - chapter 238 to 270

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  • Loren Robertson
  • 2019-04-15

No table of contents

Extremely hard to listen to any of the particular books within this collection. There is no way to find the beginning of a book or to continue listening to the story you are in the middle of when one of the separated bodies of literature ends. There is no cohesiveness between these separated works. I was in the last third of one of the books when the recording ended. The next book in line started with another book altogether. I ended up having to look up the audiobook on Youtube to finish listening to it. I am going to return this audiobook. It is a Librivox recording, and all the stories are easier to listen to elsewhere, or to order separately. I don't suggest this to anyone.

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  • Amazon Customer
  • 2019-11-21

SCAM

This is a joke. Do not buy!!! It is a trick. These are only small parts of the books listed.

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  • AMU BRASIL
  • 2019-12-07

difficulties with index

Index of collection shows chapters. Due to the fact that collection holds 10 titles it is impossible to locate wich book I am reading. please fix index, showing name of book in chapters. thanks

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  • Irish Raven
  • 2020-01-30

There is a reason this download is cheap

I've never heard worse narration. Its like listening to a half-illiterate relative try to sound out the story. Nope. Just Nope. Maybe if you are capable of tuning out the terrible narration in favor of trying to absorb some classics, but I'd recommend you go elsewhere - this will make you despise otherwise great tales.

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  • Elena
  • 2019-11-18

In German and only first chapter plays.

In German and only first chapter plays. Unfortunately, I do not speak German and - if I did - only the first chapter out of dozens plays any sound.

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  • L. Smith
  • 2020-01-15

10 Essential Pieces of Literature

I post this review because all the reviews were bad.
I find the Narrate good, ( I don't like high pitch voices ) but now it's not playing.
I've spent .66 cent on worse things.
Enjoy!!

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  • Jeremy E.
  • 2019-12-12

I cannot download this

I wasted 66 cents it would have been a fantastic deal had it worked I have tried 10 × download this and various ways and it will not download to my phone It is almost 90 hours long I don't know if that is why but I could not get this to work Save your money and buy the titles individually

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  • Chad Beckett
  • 2019-12-18

I want my money back. It will not download.

I want my money back. It will not download. Title file corrupted. Not very happy.

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  • Amazon Customer
  • 2019-12-14

Scam

It is a corrupt file. Do not download or purchase this. Save your credit and money on something else.

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