The Road To Mandalay


Lu par LibriVox Volunteers

(4.3 stars; 5 reviews)

Sophy Leigh and Douglas Shafto come to Burma on the same ship in 1912. They come for different reasons. Through them, we learn about British India in the time between 1912 and 1914, just before WWI.
Academics view Bithia Mary Croker as one of the best authors who wrote about British India.
Note: This book is a product of its times. Therefore, some of the views which are expressed are different from today's. (Summary by Stav Nisser) (10 hr 2 min)

Chapitres

Chapter 1: Blinds Down 20:00 Lu par Lynda Marie Neilson
Chapter 2: What Hannah Said 15:02 Lu par Audralle Gomez
Chapter 3: The Closed House 7:55 Lu par Lynda Marie Neilson
Chapter 4: Kicks and Halfpence 30:50 Lu par Mary Ann Hadley
Chapter 5: Clouds 17:33 Lu par SmilingJade
Chapter 6: An Empty Offer 21:29 Lu par SmilingJade
Chapter 7: ''The Monster'' 10:26 Lu par Lynda Marie Neilson
Chapter 8: Bound for Burma 13:37 Lu par abbysunb
Chapter 9: The ''Blankshire'' 15:18 Lu par abbysunb
Chapter 10: The Land of Promise 20:57 Lu par abbysunb
Chapter 11: A Burmese Hostess 22:41 Lu par abbysunb
Chapter 12: East And West 10:44 Lu par Mary Ann Hadley
Chapter 13: ''Keep an Eye Upon Her'' 12:58 Lu par Mary Ann Hadley
Chapter 14: The Mantle of Fernanda 33:41 Lu par Mary Ann Hadley
Chapter 15: The Chummery 21:17 Lu par Mary Ann Hadley
Chapter 16: Mr. And Mrs. Abel Salter 12:00 Lu par Lynda Marie Neilson
Chapter 17: At the Play 25:39 Lu par Mary Ann Hadley
Chapter 18: The Chinese Shop 12:15 Lu par Mary Ann Hadley
Chapter 19: Chaff 10:29 Lu par Mary Ann Hadley
Chapter 20: The Pongye 15:42 Lu par Mary Ann Hadley
Chapter 21: The Cocaine Den 13:14 Lu par Mary Ann Hadley
Chapter 22: The Approaching Dread 14:28 Lu par Mary Ann Hadley
Chapter 23: Mystery and Suspicion 11:52 Lu par Mary Ann Hadley
Chapter 24: Sentence of Death 22:02 Lu par Mary Ann Hadley
Chapter 25: The Late Richard Roscoe 6:14 Lu par Lynda Marie Neilson
Chapter 26: Fitzgerald Imparts Information 11:52 Lu par Lynda Marie Neilson
Chapter 27: A Rope Trick 8:51 Lu par Mary Ann Hadley
Chapter 28: Ma Chit 6:31 Lu par Lynda Marie Neilson
Chapter 29: Mung Baw 14:56 Lu par Mary Ann Hadley
Chapter 30: Enlightenment 17:21 Lu par Mary Ann Hadley
Chapter 31: Seeing Is Believing 8:17 Lu par Mary Ann Hadley
Chapter 32: On Duty 15:48 Lu par Mary Ann Hadley
Chapter 33: Sophy 20:02 Lu par Lynda Marie Neilson
Chapter 34: All Is Over 7:31 Lu par Lynda Marie Neilson
Chapter 35: Mung Baw Lies Low 19:45 Lu par Mary Ann Hadley
Chapter 36: The Bombshell 24:28 Lu par Mary Ann Hadley
Chapter 37: The Tug of War 17:11 Lu par Mary Ann Hadley
Chapter 38: Sergeant-Major Ryan 11:45 Lu par Lynda Marie Neilson

Critiques

mediocre story mediocre readers


(5 stars)

I’m glad folks volunteer to read. However, they need to look up the pronunciation of unfamiliar words. Some words were unrecognizable. The readers need to be told how to pronounce the characters’ names, especially if it’s the main character. The story might have been interesting, but I spent much of my listening time cringing at mangled pronunciation.