a literary and historical masterpiece BUT

This work is one of the greatest literary masterpieces.
And this fact is precisely why you do not allow a terrible narrator loose on it.

After about 5 minutes this audio presentation begins to shut down the attention and replace it with rage. It's arguable a dyslexic 8 year could do a better job.

I had to return this production. A first time event for me. I mean could not the narrator realise his awful inability to convey the messages of this great literary work and immediately quit? Arguably worse, could not the producers recognise it went pear-shaped in the first 5 minutes and halted its continuation rather than letting it roll on for tens of hours.

A shameful act by producers and narrator. Avoid them. But do get the titles independently and listen to a sample first.

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earplugs required

oh my goodness the narration! this book has been ruined. the reading style, if you could call it that, is something like a child learning to read. the emphasis the pronunciation the punctuation everything is dreadful. I would have given it minus stars for overall and performance but the system requires me to put 1. the story would have been wonderful if I could listen to it properly 90hrs? I couldn't manage the 1st chapter. I had to get a refund but rather than do that make sure you have a good listen to the sample before buying

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Absolutely dreadful

I could only listen to 2 minutes of this. The reader was dreadful. I’d like my money back

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Awful narration

I was really looking forward to this audio book, I have struggled to read Dostoyevsky in the past, so thought that an audio version of his work would be easier to handle.

Unfortunately it became apparent after only a few minutes that this version wouldn't be the one to help me out. This is purely because of the narration. I have listened to quite a few audio books and thought that I had experienced the best and worse there is. but I was wrong. I just couldn't listen to this, it is so bad.

The narrator sounds rather like a very bad American football commentator, everything is delivered in a rather excited tone with no heed taken as to punctuation or content. I completely fail to see how anyone could think that this is acceptable narration of such classic literature.

I only listened to sufficient of this product to allow me to post a review, otherwise I would have abandoned it after about 3 minutes.

I am very disappointed and frustrated.

Horrible audio narration

The audio narrator is absolutely out of his depth and it makes Dostoyevsky a miserable experience. Better to read the books. Do not recommend this narrator, avoid!