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The African Queen
- Narrated by: Michael Kitchen
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
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Summary
Upon her brother's death, missionary Rose Sayer and Charles Allnutt, disreputable skipper of the African Queen, become allies as, marooned in German Central Africa during World War I, they fight their old launch downriver 'to strike a blow for England'.
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- Anna
- 08-12-12
Great narration of a poignant story
I bought this audio book because Michael Kitchen was the narrator, as I think he is one of the best actors around, I was quietly confident that his narrating skills would be just as wonderful, and indeed they are. He is very much an actor who understands the importance of the voice and dialect when creating a character and because of this he really brings the characters and the sense of time and place to life. From listening to the book it seems that C.S Forester is a details author, taking great care in describing the difficult journey Rose and Allnut take, so it was probably best that I listened to the audio book rather than reading it.
The story itself is actually a rather tragic. Rose and Allnut are two characters who seem to have always been somewhat - inconsequential in world and with the outbreak of the First World War nothing has changed. Their attempt to strike a blow for England comes across as a desperate need for purpose than an heroic grand scheme and needless to say the tone of the book suggests early on that things may not go quite to plan.
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- Brian
- 11-03-12
Great Story
A great story, well written but for the ending which is very poor. The ending in the flim was better.
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- Chrissy
- 26-06-21
A gem!
I loved this book with it’s innocence and almost childlike story telling. All the time I had in mind Katherine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart from the film watched long ago with my parents. I was unsure about Michael Kitchen’s clipped voice at first but then decided he suited the story well and captured the voice of Charlie Allnutt perfectly for me.
I loved this gentle book (although the racist sentiment especially a phrase at the end spoke of it is time).
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- M. Price
- 13-09-18
A Perfect Pleasure!
I found this classic tale an absolute delight, it really has everything - adventure, romance, gentle humour a d perfect narration by Michael Kitchen. Highly recommended *****
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- TeePee
- 07-07-21
Great little story
Like most people I have seen the movie many times so it was nice to hear the book.
Obviously slightly different to the movie but still very enjoyable.
As for the narration, Michael Kitchen is sublime, in fact it should be mandatory for this kind of reading
Thoroughly enjoyed it
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- gary hicken
- 27-03-20
Stunning
There was nothing to dislike at all , riveting from start too finish , the ending was different to the film
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- A. M. Agnew
- 22-10-19
very good in every way
this was very exciting to listen to.
I would like to say however that it was made for me so exciting by the quality of the narration. Wonderful.
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- Graham Taylor
- 11-04-19
GOOD fead
good read look forward to further work A .just perfect night time work to relax
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- S MCC
- 27-01-24
Enjoyable
I enjoyed this story with it’s highs and lows as the main characters battle the challenges of Africa’s rivers.
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- Karen Rex
- 03-10-23
Easy to listen too
Listening to Michael Kitchen’s narration brought the characters to life.
Shame the way the book ended but I guess it leaves us to imagine what happened.
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