The Gadfly


Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

(4 stars; 10 reviews)

An adventure thriller set in 1840s Italy under the dominance of Austria, a time of revolt and uprisings. The story of faith, disillusionment, revolution, romance, and heroism centres on the life of the protagonist, Arthur Burton, member of the Youth movement; his antagonist, Padre Montanelli; and his love Gemma. - Summary by Wikipedia and Mark Chulsky (11 hr 8 min)

Kapitel

Part I, Chapter I 21:20 Gelesen von Gloria Begemann
Part I, Chapter II 22:23 Gelesen von SaraHale
Part I, Chapter III 14:30 Gelesen von Kathleen Moore
Part I, Chapter IV 20:25 Gelesen von SaraHale
Part I, Chapter V 17:39 Gelesen von Gloria Begemann
Part I, Chapter VI 32:36 Gelesen von Gloria Begemann
Part I, Chapter VII 35:23 Gelesen von SaraHale
Part II, Chapter I 22:15 Gelesen von Sam Isaacson
Part II, Chapter II 26:34 Gelesen von Sam Isaacson
Part II, Chapter III 26:37 Gelesen von SaraHale
Part II, Chapter IV 23:57 Gelesen von SaraHale
Part II, Chapter V 25:12 Gelesen von Gloria Begemann
Part II, Chapter VI 21:18 Gelesen von Gloria Begemann
Part II, Chapter VII 18:23 Gelesen von Gloria Begemann
Part II, Chapter VIII 39:46 Gelesen von Gloria Begemann
Part II, Chapter IX 32:49 Gelesen von Gloria Begemann
Part II, Chapter X 16:19 Gelesen von Daria
Part II, Chapter XI 31:26 Gelesen von Daria
Part III, Chapter I 24:11 Gelesen von Daria
Part III, Chapter II 24:26 Gelesen von Gloria Begemann
Part III, Chapter III 25:18 Gelesen von Gloria Begemann
Part III, Chapter IV 32:23 Gelesen von Gloria Begemann
Part III, Chapter V 16:41 Gelesen von Deon Gines
Part III, Chapter VI 35:11 Gelesen von Daria
Part III, Chapter VII 20:20 Gelesen von Deon Gines
Part III, Chapter VIII 30:29 Gelesen von Deon Gines
Epilogue 10:27 Gelesen von Deon Gines

Bewertungen


(5 stars)

If you can make it past the first couple chapters' reading, this is actually a powerful, tragic story and definitely worth the listen. Most of the readers did a good enough job.

An okay title.


(2 stars)

Good enough prose, but overly melodramatic story with some unrealistic characters. Inconsistent or contradictory themes plague interactions. Narrator and audio quality vary wildly.