Les Misérables, Volume 4

Wordy and Wise, fairly good narration

(3 étoiles)

distantshipdreams

Instead of focusing on one main character, Vol 4. narrates the story of the tenants of the Rue Plumet and its visitors. Not to mention several other passerbys. (The summary does not do it justice) The book itself has both moments of excitement, and slow meaningful transition. Its moments of suspense and mystery keep us on the edge of our seats. However its long tirades of language and relationships keep it from packing as large a punch as Vol 1. The majority of the narrators are very good. And they are all easy to understand. Although character and name prononciation are not consistent between readers Note on the translation: there are long sections of love songs and poems which remain untranslated. Each untranslated section is awkward and fairly useless. I skipped it; its all French to me.

exciting as events move along quickly

(5 étoiles)

jaded_grl

the first few chapters are horribly read and boring. but things get to moving along. there are other long chapters (like the ones about slang) that have nothing to do with the main characters and I ended up hitting ?15 a few times. but it gets really good and the reading of the final chapter is awesome (he sings lol). as good or better than volume one. thank u readers!

This volume continues Hugo's views on French history.

(5 étoiles)

Robert Cruthirds

The readers are very good, although sound quality can vary based on the device used for recording. And on a few occasions, there's some background noise you can detect.

(4 étoiles)

Ronald Newcombe

The work is of course everything it is renowned to be. The readers range from excellent to dismal, but fortunately favours the former.

Very well read

(5 étoiles)

A LibriVox Listener

In this book the action begins to unfold. Great job, Librivox Volunteers!

It's almost over...

(4.5 étoiles)

potuc

Such a great tale, Hugo never fails to surprise me with how consistently good Les Misérables is! The first couple chapters aren't read very well, but don't let the initial negative experience impact your listen, as this book is quite exciting and action-packed. The sections of untranslated stuff are unfortunate, but again, don't let that impact you. Just... listen.

well done

(5 étoiles)

Melissa Hedding

Well read by all. I can't say my heart is with the Republic, but it's an illuminating recounting of the struggle nonetheless.

(5 étoiles)

yoda

Slower then the first three. But great build up to the final fight !