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What's a classic book, public domain, for me to listen to on crosscountry drive?
« on: August 12, 2013, 11:47:08 PM »
A couple of years ago when I drove to Texas and back, I listened to "Dracula", downloaded from archive.org  I don't remember how many hours it ran, but I think it was over 15.  I'm looking for a title for doing that again; something entertaining that I should have read in high school or college.  And did I mention, free?

What about Moby Dick?  (or is that horribly boring?)  Any other suggestions?  Part of this is to try jump-starting my attention span, which has gotten incredibly short and flabby in the past 10 or so years of Internet surfing instead of reading. 
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Re: What's a classic book, public domain, for me to listen to on crosscountry drive?
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Re: What's a classic book, public domain, for me to listen to on crosscountry drive?
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2013, 12:09:10 AM »
Thanks.  The Dracula recording I listened to was by Librivox.

Didn't Dumás also write The Three Musketeers?  (we knew a hippy-ish couple a few years ago who named their son D'Artagnan.  He had the cutest little mullet haircut)
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Re: What's a classic book, public domain, for me to listen to on crosscountry drive?
« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2013, 12:09:22 AM »
Moby Dick is awesome, purely because the descriptions of whaling are so fascinating.

Gulliver's Travels is good too.
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Re: What's a classic book, public domain, for me to listen to on crosscountry drive?
« Reply #4 on: August 13, 2013, 12:12:35 AM »
https://catalog.librivox.org/search.php?title=&author=Alexandre+Dumas&action=Search

A list of some of his books, the man in the iron mask was another good one.
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Re: What's a classic book, public domain, for me to listen to on crosscountry drive?
« Reply #5 on: August 13, 2013, 08:44:17 AM »
Quote from: Gowen on August 12, 2013, 11:57:03 PM
http://librivox.org/  my favorite.  

http://librivox.org/the-count-of-monte-cristo-version-3-by-alexandre-dumas/

Don't do version 1.

Better yet:  http://librivox.org/captain-blood-by-rafael-sabatini/

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I'll second the suggestion of The Count of Monte Cristo. One of the greatest books ever written.

(Edit: It will have the added benefit of filling many hours to get through it.)
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Re: What's a classic book, public domain, for me to listen to on crosscountry drive?
« Reply #6 on: August 13, 2013, 09:09:28 AM »
Jules Verne.
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Re: What's a classic book, public domain, for me to listen to on crosscountry drive?
« Reply #8 on: August 13, 2013, 10:16:26 AM »
Quote from: charby on August 13, 2013, 09:37:45 AM
Which one?

The one who wrote "Journey to the Center of the Earth" and "Around the World in Eighty Days"
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Re: What's a classic book, public domain, for me to listen to on crosscountry drive?
« Reply #9 on: August 13, 2013, 10:40:25 AM »
Quote from: makattak on August 13, 2013, 08:44:17 AM
I'll second the suggestion of The Count of Monte Cristo. One of the greatest books ever written.

I'd add the suggestion to get the newer Buss translation. It's a far superior translation to the older, more widespread one. The Buss translation reads like the book was originally written in English as opposed to the more awkward text from the older translation. Unfortunately the Project Gutenberg text is the older translation, so any audiobooks will likely use that one.

. . .

Yeah, a brief search shows nobody has yet done an audiobook with the updated translation that I can see. Still makes for good reading listening with the old one, though.
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Re: What's a classic book, public domain, for me to listen to on crosscountry drive?
« Reply #10 on: August 13, 2013, 11:04:01 AM »
Quote from: zxcvbob on August 13, 2013, 10:16:26 AM
The one who wrote "Journey to the Center of the Earth" and "Around the World in Eighty Days"

As sarcasm doesn't translate into text well, I'll assume you are serious and point out that he's meaning which Jules Verne book, not which Jules Verne.
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Re: What's a classic book, public domain, for me to listen to on crosscountry drive?
« Reply #11 on: August 13, 2013, 11:11:36 AM »
Quote from: zxcvbob on August 13, 2013, 10:16:26 AM
The one who wrote "Journey to the Center of the Earth" and "Around the World in Eighty Days"

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Re: What's a classic book, public domain, for me to listen to on crosscountry drive?
« Reply #12 on: August 13, 2013, 11:12:40 AM »
Quote from: zxcvbob on August 13, 2013, 10:16:26 AM
The one who wrote "Journey to the Center of the Earth" and "Around the World in Eighty Days"

That was pretty funny.
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Re: What's a classic book, public domain, for me to listen to on crosscountry drive?
« Reply #13 on: August 13, 2013, 12:30:09 PM »
Quote from: makattak on August 13, 2013, 11:04:01 AM
As sarcasm doesn't translate into text well, I'll assume you are serious and point out that he's meaning which Jules Verne book, not which Jules Verne.

Only a real *ahole* would be snarky and sarcastic in a thread where he was asking for advice.  I was being snarky and sarcastic. :D
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Re: What's a classic book, public domain, for me to listen to on crosscountry drive?
« Reply #14 on: August 13, 2013, 12:45:33 PM »
Quote from: makattak on August 13, 2013, 11:04:01 AM
As sarcasm doesn't translate into text well, I'll assume you are serious and point out that he's meaning which Jules Verne book, not which Jules Verne.

Dood, the "Serious" knob doesn't have to be on 11 all the time...

And another vote for Count of Monte Cristo because he makes a great sammich.

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Re: What's a classic book, public domain, for me to listen to on crosscountry drive?
« Reply #15 on: August 13, 2013, 01:32:07 PM »
Atlas Shrugged.
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Re: What's a classic book, public domain, for me to listen to on crosscountry drive?
« Reply #17 on: August 13, 2013, 03:23:14 PM »
Anything by Cormac McCarthy or Charles Portis
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Re: What's a classic book, public domain, for me to listen to on crosscountry drive?
« Reply #18 on: August 13, 2013, 03:29:45 PM »
Quote from: Jocassee on August 13, 2013, 03:23:14 PM
Anything by Cormac McCarthy or Charles Portis

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What's a classic book, public domain, for me to listen to on crosscountry drive?

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And did I mention, free?

Though they might be good writers, none of their works are in the public domain...
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Re: What's a classic book, public domain, for me to listen to on crosscountry drive?
« Reply #19 on: August 13, 2013, 03:39:01 PM »
Reading comprehension failure.

I would enjoy a reading of Beowulf in the original Old English. Understanding it would be a different problem...
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Re: What's a classic book, public domain, for me to listen to on crosscountry drive?
« Reply #20 on: August 13, 2013, 03:44:56 PM »
Quote from: scout26 on August 13, 2013, 01:32:07 PM
Atlas Shrugged.

Jeez, it isn't a round trip drive to the moon...
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« Reply #21 on: August 13, 2013, 03:56:51 PM »
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Jeez, it isn't a round trip drive to the moon...

or cause one to fall asleep at the wheel and drive over a cliff

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Re: What's a classic book, public domain, for me to listen to on crosscountry drive?
« Reply #22 on: August 13, 2013, 04:20:09 PM »
Quote from: charby on August 13, 2013, 03:56:51 PM
or cause one to fall asleep at the wheel and drive over a cliff


Hey, when it gets into one of the several chapter-long speeches, I might not even need to be asleep to drive off the cliff.
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Re: What's a classic book, public domain, for me to listen to on crosscountry drive?
« Reply #23 on: August 13, 2013, 07:27:07 PM »
Quote from: charby on August 13, 2013, 03:56:51 PM
or cause one to fall asleep at the wheel and drive over a cliff



Is that Big Sur?
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Re: What's a classic book, public domain, for me to listen to on crosscountry drive?
« Reply #24 on: August 13, 2013, 07:32:13 PM »
Certain parts of the Bible would not induce sleepiness.
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