Anthony Burgess has 6 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 7 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4.6★ across 147 ratings. The most-rated is A Clockwork Orange.
A Clockwork Orange
Summary
A vicious 15-year-old "droog" is the central character of this 1963 classic. In Anthony Burgess' nightmare vision of the future, where the criminals take over after dark, the story is told by the central character, Alex, who talks in a brutal, invented slang that brilliantly renders his and his friends' social pathology. A Clockwork Orange is a frightening fable about good and evil, and the meaning of human freedom. When the state undertakes to reform Alex to "redeem" him, the novel asks, "At what cost?" This edition includes the controversial last chapter not published in the first edition, as well as Burgess' introduction, "A Clockwork Orange Resucked".
©1962, 1986 The Estate of Anthony Burgess (P)2007 HarperCollins Publishers
The Last Threshold
Summary
In the final book of the number-four New York Times best-selling Neverwinter saga, Drizzt Do’Urden navigates a winding path littered with secrets and lies. Tangled up in his companion Dahlia’s dark secrets, the ties that once held her close to Drizzt threaten to tear as her bonds to his former foe, Artemis Entreri, continue to grow. Meanwhile, in the caverns of Gauntlgrym, the drow Tiago Baenre enlists the help of Bregan D’aerthe in his quest to destroy Drizzt. While making promises they may not keep, the agents of the elite drow mercenary group hide plans of their own. Determined to stand for what’s right in the Realms once again, Drizzt forges a new road north - toward Icewind Dale. Will his new companions follow? Can he fight the darkness alone? Either way, he knows now where he’s headed - back to the only place that’s ever felt like home.
©2013 Wizards of the Coast, LLC (P)2013 Audible, Inc.
Plaidoyer pour l'altruisme
Summary
Abreuvés d'images violentes, confrontés à une société en crise, on sous-estime la force de la bienveillance, la banalité du bien et le pouvoir de transformation qu'une attitude altruiste peut avoir sur nos vies au plan individuel et, partant, sur la société tout entière. Plaidoyer pour l'altruisme est la somme de cinq années de recherches, de rencontres, d'expériences, d'observation et de réflexion. Ainsi, pour l'auteur, l'homme est d'abord un "coopérateur". Rétablir la pratique de l'altruisme et de la bienveillance au niveau individuel et social changerait la face du monde, libérant des forces créatrices bien plus efficaces que celles générées par la compétition. Ces morceaux choisis ont pour dessein d'offrir à l'auditeur une première approche de cet ouvrage passionnant, fondé sur l'observation et les sciences du comportement ; ainsi que les outils lui permettant de restaurer la pratique de l'altruisme. Et surtout ils redonnent à l'altruisme la place éminente qu'il occupe au sein d'une humanité dont il assure l'épanouissement. Une interprétation maîtrisée qui décuple la force d'un texte refondateur de valeurs essentielles à l'humanité.
©2013 NiL éditions, Paris (P)2013 Audiolib
Earthly Powers
Summary
Kenneth Toomey is an eminent novelist of dubious talent; Don Carlo Campanati is a man of God, a shrewd manipulator who rises through the Vatican to become the architect of church revolution and a candidate for sainthood. These two men are linked not only by family ties but by a common understanding of mankind's frailties. In this epic masterpiece, Anthony Burgess plumbs the depths of the essence of power and the lengths men will go for it.
©1980 Anthony Burgess (P)2014 Audible Studios
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A Clockwork Orange [Dramatisation]
Summary
A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Anthony Burgess' novel which became a controversial film in the 1970s. In a nightmare world of the near future, packs of teenagers run wild, beyond the control of their families or the police. Alex is a gang leader, addicted to drug-fuelled assault, torture, and rape.
©1997 Anthony Burgess (P)2012 AudioGO Ltd
A Clockwork Orange
Summary
Der Jugendliche Alex zieht mit drei anderen Rowdys durch die Straßen. Zum Spaß verprügeln sie hilflose Passanten, rauben Geschäfte aus und vergewaltigen Frauen. Nach einem missglückten Raubüberfall auf eine alte Frau, die dabei stirbt, wird Alex festgenommen und zu 14 Jahren Haft verurteilt. Um vorzeitig freizukommen, stimmt er einer besonderen Resozialisierung zu.
©2000 Heyne (P)2012 Random House Audio