Casino Royale 007 James Bond [Full Audiobook]

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  • Опубліковано 19 тра 2024
  • In the novel that introduced James Bond to the world, Ian Fleming’s agent 007 is dispatched to a French casino in Royale-les-Eaux. His mission? Bankrupt a ruthless Russian agent who’s been on a bad luck streak at the baccarat table.
    One of SMERSH’s most deadly operatives, the man known only as “Le Chiffre,” has been a prime target of the British Secret Service for years. If Bond can wipe out his bankroll, Le Chiffre will likely be “retired” by his paymasters in Moscow. But what if the cards won’t cooperate? After a brutal night at the gaming tables, Bond soon finds himself dodging would-be assassins, fighting off brutal torturers, and going all-in to save the life of his beautiful female counterpart, Vesper Lynd.
    Taut, tense, and effortlessly stylish, Ian Fleming’s inaugural James Bond adventure has all the hallmarks that made the series a touchstone for a generation of readers.
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  • @Toracube
    @Toracube Рік тому +63

    As someone with failing eyesight, audiobooks are invaluable. Thank you so much for posting this. Much appreciated. loved it.

    • @tommyequals
      @tommyequals Рік тому +2

      Praying for you brother. Hang in. The fight is worth it, yes.

    • @audiobookgold6717
      @audiobookgold6717  Рік тому +3

      Glad you enjoyed it.

    • @JDWatkins
      @JDWatkins 4 місяці тому

      I am right there with you. These audiobooks are a godsend

  • @NovaVortex193
    @NovaVortex193 2 місяці тому +7

    I love how fleming will describe something in a visceral way you've probably never thought of before but somehow it intuitively makes perfect sense.

  • @theprofessional9601
    @theprofessional9601 Рік тому +48

    Chapter 1 - The Secret Agent 0:08
    Chapter 2 - Dossier for M 12:14
    Chapter 3 - Number 007 26:58
    Chapter 4 - L'Ennemi Écoute 32:44
    Chapter 5 - The Girl from Headquarters 43:55
    Chapter 6 - Two Men in Straw Hats 56:00
    Chapter 7 - Rouge et Noir 1:02:43
    Chapter 8 - Pink Lights and Champagne 1:17:20
    Chapter 9 - The Game is Baccarat 1:27:00
    Chapter 10 - The High Table 1:39:41
    Chapter 11 - Moment of Truth 1:50:28
    Chapter 12 - The Deadly Tube 2:01:08
    Chapter 13 - 'A Whisper of Love, A Whisper of Hate' 2:11:45
    Chapter 14 - 'La Vie en Rose?' 2:25:21
    Chapter 15 - Black Hare and Gray Hound 2:32:18
    Chapter 16 - The Crawling of the Skin 2:39:17
    Chapter 17 - 'My Dear Boy' 2:50:19
    Chapter 18 - A Crag-like Face 3:08:40
    Chapter 19 - The White Tent 3:14:54
    Chapter 20 - The Nature of Evil 3:26:00
    Chapter 21 - Vesper 3:39:04
    Chapter 22 - The Hastening Saloon 3:51:05
    Chapter 23 - Tide of Passion 4:01:17
    Chapter 24 - Fruit Défendu 4:08:35
    Chapter 25 - 'Black-Patch' 4:15:22
    Chapter 26 - 'Sleep Well, My Darling' 4:24:23
    Chapter 27 - The Bleeding Heart 4:30:48

  • @EscenasDVA
    @EscenasDVA 5 днів тому

    What a superb rendition of Fleming's novel, bravo! ❤

  • @200wattstudio8
    @200wattstudio8 Рік тому +21

    I read the original Fleming novels all the way through every few years. Love them. Love the fact that Fleming teaches the reader the rule of Baccarat 1:37:00. The reading by Simon Vance is perfect

    • @audiobookgold6717
      @audiobookgold6717  Рік тому +2

      My favorites were Moonraker, From Russia w/ Love & Dr. No. My least favorite was The Spy Who Loved Me. I've only read through them once. That's awesome you revisit them

  • @gapotter2
    @gapotter2 9 місяців тому +7

    A huge thank you for all these audio books. I never tire of the stories or the writing style. These are timeless

  • @zachstolz6681
    @zachstolz6681 Рік тому +113

    The real James Bond is not Daniel Craig, Roger Moore, or even Sean Connery. It's the James Bond of the original Ian Fleming novels: the cold blooded, very plausible assassin with the dark rather cruel face, and black hair with the drooping strands over the eye...

    • @Ronald-wv1bz
      @Ronald-wv1bz Рік тому +11

      There is no "real" James Bond. Flemming's novels became extremely popular, made him tons of money. Sean Connery"s fictional James Bond made EON Productions a ton of money. Wonder how much Connery affected book sales. Fleming knew !!!!!

    • @terrymiller111
      @terrymiller111 Рік тому +23

      Ian Fleming said James Bond looked like Hoagy Carmichael. Timothy Dalton is almost the spitting image of Hoagy Carmichael. The others aren't even close.

    • @ethanbenfield2285
      @ethanbenfield2285 Рік тому +15

      and what you just described is why I always say Timothy Dalton is the closest bond to the one Fleming wrote.

    • @blackbirdriver
      @blackbirdriver Рік тому +9

      And yet... Ian Fleming came to appreciate
      Sean Connery as JB, to the degree that he gave him a Scottish heritage in on of the later novels.
      Sean Connery on the other hand was very complimentary towards Daniel Craig. He thought Craig got the danger aspect just right.

    • @ProjectFlashlight612
      @ProjectFlashlight612 Рік тому +3

      The real James Bond is George Lazenby.

  • @havan56
    @havan56 2 роки тому +36

    Chapter Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
    00:07 Chapter 01 - The Secret Agent
    12:13 Chapter 02 - Dossier for M
    26:56 Chapter 03 - Number 007
    32:40 Chapter 04 - L'Ennemi Ecoute
    Chapter 05 - The Girl from Headquarters
    Chapter 06 - Two Men in Straw Hats
    Chapter 07 - Rouge et Noir
    Chapter 08 - Pink Lights and Champagne

    • @adrianb8620
      @adrianb8620 Рік тому

      01:17:00 Chapter 8.
      02:25:20 Chapter 14.

  • @OldStreetDoc
    @OldStreetDoc 5 місяців тому +4

    Fleming gave us truly the quintessential ‘spy novel’. With a deeply flawed & complicated character in Bond. I wasn’t a fan of the decision when Daniel Craig was cast, but I was quite wrong. All of the actors brought different characteristics to their portrayal, but Craig in my opinion proved to be closer to the Bond I knew of the books than the others. Especially in terms of the darkness within Bond. Brosnan & of course Connery did as well only slightly lesser so.

  • @thewolfmanhulk2927
    @thewolfmanhulk2927 8 місяців тому +2

    Thank you for making these, reading and books the lifeblood of reality, so thank you for these, they are very much appreciated

  • @speedfinder1
    @speedfinder1 Рік тому +7

    Thank you for posting this audiobook. For me, as a person with an interest in the Author and his own clandestine work during WW2 it was interesting to get into the mind of the creator of JB through his storytelling.

    • @audiobookgold6717
      @audiobookgold6717  Рік тому

      Much of Bond's character is based off Fleming himself. His views on women, skiing, aquatics, Jamaica, smoking. Although Fleming was never on the battle, he took inspiration from real life spies during WWII.
      Fun fact: From Russia w/ Love the novel is based off a plan Fleming hatched during WWII to steal the Enigma Machine. A German plane was to crash in the sea with British soldiers inside, attract a U-boat, then the British were to overtake the U-boat and steal the code. This plan never made it to action. But you can certainly see the similarities w/ the novel

  • @RabiddRabitt1984
    @RabiddRabitt1984 6 місяців тому +1

    This is my first listen to any of these books. I'm hooked.

  • @michaelwilkins5841
    @michaelwilkins5841 Рік тому +3

    Bravo!!! Well Done!!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @CH-uk1il
    @CH-uk1il Рік тому +8

    1953 happened, the very first James Bond book is published, and the rest is history.

    • @audiobookgold6717
      @audiobookgold6717  Рік тому +1

      It's amazing to think the greatest film franchise ever got started right here

  • @blackbirdriver
    @blackbirdriver Рік тому +9

    I came here because after 3 days of covid bedrest I was getting tired of my other books and wanted an easy listening experience. Now I'm happy to find a very well written story, with a high level of intelligence in the observations. Except for the female Charakters. Eva Green's Vesper in the movie is so much more interesting.

    • @audiobookgold6717
      @audiobookgold6717  Рік тому +2

      It was cool watching the movie first. Then discovering the books & reading the source of Bond & where it all started

  • @rachelsatlas
    @rachelsatlas 2 роки тому +2

    Best of Fleming

  • @chrishayes2421
    @chrishayes2421 2 роки тому +6

    Enjoyed it 👍

  • @VidelxSpopovich
    @VidelxSpopovich 3 місяці тому

    Wow, never imagined the 007 books were this good. Glad I decided to do this on a whim. It’s oddly a lot more progressive than I had been led to believe.

  • @lolunknown9830
    @lolunknown9830 2 роки тому +16

    So very sad on how Bond realized for once, that he loved a woman- only to throw it all away because she had betrayed him, his country, and millions of other agents.
    His last words stuck a thorn in me

    • @matrix91234
      @matrix91234 2 роки тому +3

      Yeah.. i guess its the way of saying "life goes on". For example in Majesty Secret Service, it has sad credits and then suddently BAM BAM BAM BAAAM BAM BAM BAM. "James Bond theme". Its very Bond like

    • @ntnrocket1
      @ntnrocket1 Рік тому +2

      Oh man, this theme gets better in the Moonraker book. At the beginning, he's totally devoted to his role in his service to his country, having affairs with 3 married women at once and spending all his money because he doesn't see himself living past 45. But at the end, he's fallen in love with the women he faced death with and seems ready for a commitment, to really build something with her, but she was already engaged.

    • @audiobookgold6717
      @audiobookgold6717  Рік тому +2

      "Uuhh James I know you saved me at the beach cliff, from Drax and the Moonraker, but I have a boyfriend"

    • @VidelxSpopovich
      @VidelxSpopovich 3 місяці тому

      @@audiobookgold6717 Bond is now posting signs about how he needs a boyfriend free girl and he lives in Virginia.

  • @jameswilliams3241
    @jameswilliams3241 7 місяців тому +2

    I would like someone to make miniseries of the Bond books set in the original period using Ian Fleming stories as well as the VanLustbader and Gardner works.

  • @quelltech
    @quelltech 2 роки тому +10

    1:09:29 - Bond orders a martini

  • @mikemarley2389
    @mikemarley2389 6 місяців тому

    Yeah ,I figured this one out.Had my doubts on -----right off and knew the scenes before they happened .It was strange kinda.😮

  • @li-limandragon9287
    @li-limandragon9287 2 роки тому +13

    Kinda missed the parkour action scene in Madagascar but baccarat is fun too.
    Liked it thanks.

  • @cabngirl
    @cabngirl 2 роки тому +17

    Enjoyed very much, great narration and finessed vocabulary. I tried another audio book just previously- an American novel and reader- and it was painfully cardboard and linguistically shallow. Books so often have a great alternate appeal vs films. Pretty vivid testimonial on the rampant chauvinism though!

    • @JonathanRodriguez-nz9nw
      @JonathanRodriguez-nz9nw Рік тому +1

      It was a very different time

    • @2msvalkyrie529
      @2msvalkyrie529 Рік тому

      The Usual Brit literary snobbery .!
      Henry James / Herman Melville /
      Philip Roth / John Updike / Mark
      Twain / Edgar Allen Poe ??
      Never heard of any of them ? Or were they too " shallow " for your sophisticated taste ?

  • @ramencurry6672
    @ramencurry6672 2 роки тому +24

    Incredible voice. That how I sound when I talk

    • @xkai7546
      @xkai7546 2 роки тому

      Sweet. What's your favourite book and your favourite film, also your favourite game if you have one.

    • @ramencurry6672
      @ramencurry6672 2 роки тому

      @@xkai7546 Favorite book is How to Win Friends and Influence People…….Strongly recommend it. It’s a famous classic actually. Favorite film is Nobody Knows. It’s a Japanese masterpiece.

    • @xkai7546
      @xkai7546 2 роки тому

      @@ramencurry6672 I'll check them out. I read a book called influence, I heard the one you said but never read it, will do

    • @xkai7546
      @xkai7546 2 роки тому

      @@ramencurry6672 thanks for recommending the film, Japanese films are my favourite, I do love media and art from different countries regardless.

    • @galacticphoenix8121
      @galacticphoenix8121 2 роки тому

      Nice me too totally

  • @charlesshepherd2004
    @charlesshepherd2004 9 місяців тому +1

    This is good stuff.

  • @ulfnowotny01
    @ulfnowotny01 2 роки тому +3

    Great reading! Thanks!

  • @user-xg1qv6jl8p
    @user-xg1qv6jl8p 3 місяці тому

    While listening to this audiobook, i pictured Sean Connery as Bond (in his presence and style in Dr No) along with either Claire Bloom or Jean Simmons as Versper...
    Imagine Connery's Bond speaking on the phone with cold resolution after reading Vesper's goodbye letter...

  • @rphilipsgeekery4589
    @rphilipsgeekery4589 Рік тому +7

    Its interesting how in reality Bond is just a guy working at an office, being told precisely what to do , he only comes on his own in execution of his orders

    • @li-limandragon9287
      @li-limandragon9287 Рік тому +1

      He becomes cooler in later books.

    • @terrymiller111
      @terrymiller111 Рік тому +3

      "Wet work" AKA assassinations are far less common in reality. The countries don't want the retaliatory bloodshed. Most of the time is reading, writing, observing, presentations, etc.

    • @audiobookgold6717
      @audiobookgold6717  Рік тому +4

      If memory serves me right, I think it took Bond halfway through Live & Let Die to kill someone (not counting his 2 kills to get double 0). The novels have more espionage and less "action" than the films

    • @TheT3rr0rMask
      @TheT3rr0rMask 8 місяців тому +1

      It's part of why I love these stories. Bond is just a guy, there's relatability.

  • @edgarleiton649
    @edgarleiton649 2 роки тому

    Thxs, thumbs up

  • @Xswtyer
    @Xswtyer 10 місяців тому +1

    This made me want to watch the film

  • @badboydakiller
    @badboydakiller 7 місяців тому

    Never read the book before so is this the full book?

  • @abraxas9340
    @abraxas9340 2 місяці тому +1

    "inhales from benzedrine inhaler" oh boy this book is old

  • @arcadealchemist
    @arcadealchemist 2 роки тому +5

    2:54:00 THE CHAIR

    • @audiobookgold6717
      @audiobookgold6717  Рік тому +1

      This scene was very similar to the film. Both were brutal

  • @BrandonNinja
    @BrandonNinja 2 роки тому +3

    Chapter 1 0:07

  • @TyranyFighterPatriot
    @TyranyFighterPatriot Рік тому +4

    This is way better than those female voices on audible. It's so cringe they fail miserably.

  • @ProjectFlashlight612
    @ProjectFlashlight612 Рік тому +9

    A brilliant first flight into the world of 007, but nothing in the book suggests that the whole affair could not be instantly solved by just shooting Le Chiffre in the head.

    • @mattmcleay6950
      @mattmcleay6950 Рік тому +2

      yes it does, it says that otherwise he would become a martyr, but this way he is gambling away the funds of the trade union and if he loses it will cripple the organisation and uncover details about SMERSH

    • @ProjectFlashlight612
      @ProjectFlashlight612 Рік тому

      @@mattmcleay6950 Fair enough. Bit of a weak reason.

    • @fishfootface
      @fishfootface Рік тому +1

      That would make for a very short book.😂

  • @SunGodNika-bi2jr
    @SunGodNika-bi2jr Рік тому +2

    🎲♦️♥️Casino Royale ♣️♠️🎰

  • @ethanbenfield2285
    @ethanbenfield2285 Рік тому +4

    I dont know about yall, but I always picture Timothy Dalton in my head when reading (or in this case listening to) the novels.

    • @audiobookgold6717
      @audiobookgold6717  Рік тому +4

      Dalton apparently read all the novels before being on the big screen. You can certainly tell he tried to take this Bond from the novels and put it on film

    • @mohammedashian8094
      @mohammedashian8094 Рік тому +1

      @@audiobookgold6717 ok this puts him second on my list of favourite bonds first being Sean and it’s a damn shame he didn’t get more movies but at the same time I’m kinda thankful because they would’ve made a parody of him like they did of roger Moore I have nothing against the man but his version was AWFUL imo

    • @Welsh_Dragon756
      @Welsh_Dragon756 Рік тому +2

      ​@@mohammedashian8094 Dalton was actually first offered the role to play bond before they chose Lazenby for OHMSS. They approached him after seeing his performance in "The lion in winter" but he turned them down as he was only 21 at the time.
      They took a long time deciding before choosing Moore even though the producers were good friends with him as they didn't think he matched the character. When they did they chose to go down the more campy route because it suited his personality.
      So maybe if they had gone with Dalton earlier that probably wouldn't have happened.

    • @mohammedashian8094
      @mohammedashian8094 Рік тому +1

      @@Welsh_Dragon756 honestly at this point I kinda wish that the movies were never made in the first place as much as I enjoy some of them (Connery’s first 3, dalton’s 2 and goldeneye) to me they just didn’t have the same appeal as the books did

    • @thomsbooth4906
      @thomsbooth4906 5 місяців тому

      Timothy Dalton was one of my favorites too. He kinda got screwed in his tenure as Bond, There were some legal issues with the Bond series (nothing to do with Timothy Dalton)and there were no more Bond movies for six years. By that time Dalton's seven year contract had expired. Hello Pierce Brosnan.

  • @QTRBlackGarrett
    @QTRBlackGarrett 2 роки тому +2

    2:30:00

  • @bonghunezhou5051
    @bonghunezhou5051 Рік тому

    📽 April 2023: *70th* anniversary (much more significant milestone than, say, "October 2002" or any other film-centred anniversary) 😎

  • @judikingsman6132
    @judikingsman6132 3 місяці тому

    Only James Bond can play James Bond❣️
    (I prefer Sean Connery 💙)

  • @acwolf92
    @acwolf92 2 роки тому +1

    0:07

  • @daisy1431
    @daisy1431 2 роки тому +1

    1:39:42

  • @theprofessional9601
    @theprofessional9601 Рік тому

    3:39:21 why bond doesn't like flowers

  • @arthurkorff
    @arthurkorff 9 місяців тому

    2:23:46 bookmark

  • @louissmdo
    @louissmdo Місяць тому

    saving for myself 42:42

  • @grovecityhighschoolnewsand1646

    (Bookmark)
    Chapter 13 2:11:46

  • @Yungbeck
    @Yungbeck Місяць тому

    🎲 This die is my personal bookmark, don't mind me. (27:00)

  • @leopolitan1914
    @leopolitan1914 2 роки тому +1

    Is this Nicholas Witchell?

  • @ericrhodes5174
    @ericrhodes5174 Рік тому +5

    How does Bond remain in such great physical shape smoking 10+ packs a day?

    • @rphilipsgeekery4589
      @rphilipsgeekery4589 Рік тому +6

      He is fairly young , and is sometimes forced to a heath farm to dry out , as In Thunderball

    • @CKDStrider
      @CKDStrider Рік тому +1

      Three packs (60) as per his medical report in "Thunderball." But still...

    • @justjones5430
      @justjones5430 Рік тому +6

      Cigarettes were good for you in those days 😎

    • @audiobookgold6717
      @audiobookgold6717  Рік тому +4

      Great point, all this work does catch up w/ him at the start of Thunderball

    • @ayzworld
      @ayzworld Рік тому +2

      @@audiobookgold6717 connery was 90 when he died, and he smoked cigarettes his entire life. 90!! 😂

  • @houndsanddirewolves
    @houndsanddirewolves 2 місяці тому

    56:02 bookmark :)

  • @khongbiet1000
    @khongbiet1000 6 місяців тому

    1:57:00

  • @odtheman1
    @odtheman1 6 місяців тому

    3:51:11

  • @user-ti2cs6yo1l
    @user-ti2cs6yo1l 4 місяці тому

    So this is first one

  • @Voodoomaria
    @Voodoomaria Рік тому +4

    Publishers will now be putting out the bond Novels edited to make them more Politically correct [Can't wait to read the five pages of "Live and Let Die" that survive that culling].
    I have a complete set of first editions in hard copy, and the unexpurgated Audio books.
    Try as they might, the wokers will NEVER successfully erase history.
    All they will succeed in doing is make the original versions MORE popular.

  • @perniciouspete4986
    @perniciouspete4986 3 місяці тому

    2:23:17

  • @mugglesarecooltoo
    @mugglesarecooltoo 2 роки тому +1

    1:10:25

  • @angelabedford5342
    @angelabedford5342 4 місяці тому

    q

  • @knee_grow4892
    @knee_grow4892 Рік тому

    1:30:32
    2:02:54
    2:35:17
    3:07:31
    3:40:06
    4:15:13

  • @tommydurkin213
    @tommydurkin213 Рік тому

    Yeah idk bond really just sounds like a preppy British metro sexual

    • @co.1157
      @co.1157 6 місяців тому

      Someone who really likes choo choo trains?

  • @khongbiet1000
    @khongbiet1000 3 місяці тому

    3:15:00

  • @khongbiet1000
    @khongbiet1000 6 місяців тому

    1:45:00

  • @GeoffreyScott571
    @GeoffreyScott571 Рік тому

    2:50:00