THE MOONSTONE - Part 2 of The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins - Unabridged audiobook - FAB

Part 2 of 2 of The Moonstone by Wilkie COLLINS (1824 - 1889). Unabridged audiobook - FAB
The story concerns a young woman called Rachel Verinder who inherits a large Indian diamond, the Moonstone, on her eighteenth birthday.
The book is widely regarded as the precursor of the modern mystery and suspense novels. T. S. Eliot called it 'the first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels'. It contains a number of ideas which became common tropes of the genre: a large number of suspects, red herrings, a crime being investigated by talented amateurs who happen to be present when it is committed, and two police officers who exemplify respectively the 'local bungler' and the skilled, professional, Scotland Yard detective.
(Summary from Wikipedia)
Time Chapter Reader
0:00:00 Second Period: First Narrative V Kristine Bekere
0:21:52 Second Period: First Narrative VI & VII Kristine Bekere
0:51:42 Second Period: First Narrative VIII Kristine Bekere
1:26:01 Second Period: Second Narrative I Joel Poortenga
1:51:41 Second Period: Second Narrative II & III Joel Poortenga
2:25:44 Second Period: Third Narrative I & II Joel Poortenga
2:53:27 Second Period: Third Narrative III Joel Poortenga
3:13:28 Second Period: Third Narrative IV Joel Poortenga
3:47:37 Second Period: Third Narrative V Joel Poortenga
4:08:50 Second Period: Third Narrative VI Joel Poortenga
4:30:42 Second Period: Third Narrative VII Joel Poortenga
5:02:41 Second Period: Third Narrative VIII Joel Poortenga
5:33:54 Second Period: Third Narrative IX Joel Poortenga
6:09:52 Second Period: Third Narrative X Joel Poortenga
6:44:31 Second Period: Fourth Narrative Part 1 Graham Redman
7:15:00 Second Period: Fourth Narrative Part 2 Graham Redman
7:50:41 Second Period: Fourth Narrative Part 3 Graham Redman
8:28:32 Second Period: Fifth Narrative Joel Poortenga
9:10:42 Second Period: Sixth Narrative Joel Poortenga
9:37:44 Second Period: Seventh and Eighth Narratives; Epilogue Justin Brett
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[@Wrenny1958]

Going with the majority of the comments left......that the enjoyment of the story was somewhat spoiled by not being able to understand the last sections of part 1 due to the heavy accent and mispronunciation of so many words, I had to skip to the second narrative at around 1.26 for anyone else that wants to do the same.....looked up schmoop to fill me in the sections i had missed. ....otherwise thoroughly enjoyable.

[@alexaa1573]

Why this novel so long

[@simonclark7544]

Appears to mainly be read by people who are suspicious of reading out loud

[@TheSuperonion]

Thank you! Much enjoyed this recording.

[@FabAudioBooks]

Thank you The Superonion. Glad you enjoyed it. FAB

[@bradyandjodi1]

Many thanks. Well done!

[@lchen28]

This book deserves better reading.

[@CatBabbar]

thank you to all the readers, especially to Justin Brett whose reading I enjoyed most

[@FabAudioBooks]

Thank you for your comments, CatBabbar; much appreciated. Glad you enjoyed the audiobook. FAB

[@FabAudioBooks]

Chapter start times are listed in the "About" menu below the video. Enjoy. FAB

[@FrancesMarionz]

Excellent in all ways except I could not understand the lady with the Indian accent clearly. I simply skipped past her sections. All other narrations were supreme.

[@FabAudioBooks]

Thanks for the feedback. FAB

[@noahmosel9421]

Graham Redman was very great

[@FrancesMarionz]

@@Schwannie Humble Apologies

[@rubenshirinian3882]

I suggest that the reader Kristine should stay away fro reading aloud for other people. She mangles the beautiful language of this book!

[@NayNayNugget.]

6:44:31

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5:16:00

[@franzig.614]

2:53:30

[@sophiapoppy7942]

4:08:58 page 335

[@Lunabandit]

1:42:12

[@sophiapoppy7942]

7:02:54 page 403

[@NayNayNugget.]

4:12:02

[@sophiapoppy7942]

5:39:13 371

[@deanafaye1064]

2:00:27

[@deanafaye1064]

4:00:00

[@drcloudy]

People keep saying the first lady, Kristine, is Asian or Indian . . . She literally sounds like she's from Europe, like Poland, Germany, or Sweden or something. Which means she's closer to the UK than us Americans, and some of these readers speak American English. So like. If you don't understand her accent I'd say it's because you are uncultured, not because she is mispronouncing anything. I could be wrong, but I doubt it. Also, she's not a bad reader. She's not perfect, but this whole thing is FREE. So to the commenters on this part and part one who can't stand her and rudely say she should keep her voice to herself and other such uncalled for nonsense . . . Shut up.

[@waypay1]

She sounds German and she DOES mispronounce a few words. Yes, it's free, but it's still an English book by an English author read by a heavily-accented reader. It doesn't make the listener uncultured to observe that the accent takes away from the story. 🤦‍♀️

[@drcloudy]

@@waypay1 Actually it does, considering the way people talked when this was written is different from how they do now. If you want an accurate reading, go pay a historian to read it for you! This shit is free, so get over yourself! XD

[@lizlawley6680]

I am absolutely certain that Kristine is an excellent and sympathetic reader in her own language (I guess German, too) and for someone with fractured English, she does very well. Far better than we could in German.

[@ter2710]

Broken English is not English with accent