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    The American Experience: A Collection of Great American Stories
    The American Experience: A Collection of Great American Stories
    The American Experience: A Collection of Great American Stories
    Audiobook12 hours

    The American Experience: A Collection of Great American Stories

    Written by Edgar Allan Poe, Edith Wharton, F. Scott Fitzgerald and

    Narrated by Various Narrators

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    About this audiobook

    Ten superbly narrated stories that help explain America by America's best writers. Irving's incredible and amusing tale of the archetypal "Rip Van Winkle" relates the story of a man who slept through history. Stephen Crane's "The Red Badge of Courage" tells of a young soldier who must struggle with his conscience no matter what the consequences. "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is Mark Twain's hilarious story of a contest to end all contests in the rowdy days of the Forty-Niners. Edgar Allan Poe's "The Man of the Crowd" tells of one man's strange fascination with another. "The Ransom of Red Chief" is another of O. Henry's tales of a kidnapping that goes horribly, horribly, wrong.


    Including:


    "Rip Van Winkle"

    by Washington Irving,

    narrated by George Vafiadis


    "The Man of the Crowd"

    by Edgar Allan Poe,

    narrated by Ralph Cosham


    "The Red Badge of Courage"

    by Stephen Crane,

    narrated by Sean Pratt


    "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"

    by Mark Twain,

    narrated by Thomas Becker


    "The Ransom of Red Chief"

    by O'Henry,

    narrated by Michael Hanson


    "The Call of the Wild"

    by Jack London,

    narrated by Michael Kramer


    "Desiree's Baby"

    by Kate Chopin,

    narrated by Jacquilin Kinlow


    "Miss Tempy's Watchers"

    by Sarah Orne Jewett,

    narrated by Tana Hickens


    "The Eyes"

    by Edith Wharton,

    narrated by Ralph Cosham


    "Bernice Bobs Her Hair"

    by F. Scott Fitzgerald,

    narrated by Kimberly Schraf

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSpotify Audiobooks
    Release dateJan 1, 2003
    ISBN9781467610964
    The American Experience: A Collection of Great American Stories
    Author

    Edgar Allan Poe

    Edgar Allan Poe (1809–49) reigned unrivaled in his mastery of mystery during his lifetime and is now widely held to be a central figure of Romanticism and gothic horror in American literature. Born in Boston, he was orphaned at age three, was expelled from West Point for gambling, and later became a well-regarded literary critic and editor. The Raven, published in 1845, made Poe famous. He died in 1849 under what remain mysterious circumstances and is buried in Baltimore, Maryland.

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    • 4/5
      Some of the narrations are very quiet, or have poor quality. I'd say, 4/10 are one of those two things. However, I'd still recommend the book, as the narrators do a generally fine job, particularly for The Red Badge of Courage and The Call of the Wild, which constitute most (in time) of this collection. Worth listening. Quite liked the Fitzgerald, as well. Oh! The narration for the Twain story is fabulous. Again -- a recommended listen.

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