Decameron
A BBC Radio Drama Adaptation of the Renaissance Classic
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Prime members: New to Audible?Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Decameron
Buy for $13.07
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
About this listen
Terry Jones introduces ten dramatisations of choice Florentine Fancies, adapted from Giovanni Boccaccio's classic human comedy by the BBC
Monty Python star and medieval historian Terry Jones presents ten BBC Radio dramatisations of tales from Giovanni Boccaccio's humane and comic masterpiece.
Composed in the early 1350s, in the wake of the Black Death, The Decameron comprises 100 short stories from all over the world, reset by Boccaccio among the flourishing merchant classes of Renaissance Italy. Their universal themes - love, sex, religion, fate, morality - resonate with us to this day, and their witty, satirical, bawdy voice sounds utterly modern. Beautifully realised in vivid, vernacular prose, they have become a bedrock of our storytelling tradition, mined ever since by authors from Chaucer to Shakespeare, Keats, Molière and Thomas Mann.
The scene is the onset of the Black Death, Italy and a group of seven young women and three young men escape to the countryside to shelter in a secluded villa just outside of Florence in order to escape the Plague. There, they tell each other tales from all over the world.
These ten radio retellings are performed by a stellar cast, including John Finnemore, Ingrid Oliver, Geoffrey Streatfeild, Lydia Leonard, Tim McInnerny, Samuel Barnett, Neil Pearson, Louise Brealey, and Tameka Empson.
Cast and credits
Saint Ciappelletto
Ciappelletto - Colin McFarlane
Musciatto - Sam Dale
Holy Friar - Michael Bertenshaw
The Burgundians - Monty d'Inverno & Paul Heath
Doctor - Ian Conningham
Federigo and His Falcon
Federigo degli Alberighi - John Finnemore
Monna - Ingrid Oliver
Elena - Carrie Quinlan
Beppo - Shaun Mason
Niccolo - Adam Thomas Wright
How Elena Blew Hot and Cold
Elena - Lydia Leonard
Violante - Elaine Claxton
Rinieri - Cyril Nri
Pyrrhus - Paul Heath
How to Get It Off Your Chest
Zeppa - Ian Conningham
Mrs Zeppa - Hannah Genesius
Spinelloccio - Shaun Mason
Mrs Spinelloccio - Bettrys Jones
Narrator - Jude Akuwudike
Kind Hearts and Bayonets
Mithridanes - Samuel Barnett
Nathan - Sam Dale
Beggarmaid - Bettrys Jones
The Sweetest Young Man in Perugia
Pietro - Tim McInnerny
Madam - Hannah Genesius
Pandara - Jane Slavin
Masetto - Monty d'Inverno
Ercolano - David Acton
The Wager
Musciatto - Michael Bertenshaw
Ambrogiuolo - Geoffrey Streatfeild
Bernabo - Paul Ritter
Zinevra - Louise Brealey
Sultan - Jude Akuwudike
Captain - Shaun Mason
A Job for the Boys
Masetto - Neil Pearson
Sister Donna - Tameka Empson
Sister Lisa - Rhiannon Neads
Hildegard - Jane Slavin
Nuto - Sam Dale
Steward - Michael Bertenshaw
Love Lies Sleeping
Silvestra - Laura Molyneux
Beppo - Rudi Dharmalingam
Giovanni - Joseph Drake
Mother - Jane Slavin
Rinaldo - David Acton
A Quiet Night in Naples
Andreuccio - Gunnar Cauthery
Filomena - Roslyn Hill
Scarabone - Shaun Mason
Neighbour - David Acton
Ludo - Paul Heath
Bruno - Ian Conningham
Sister Lisa - Elaine Claxton
Sister Donna - Hannah Genesius
First broadcast BBC Radio 3, 1-12 December 2014
Written by Giovanni Boccaccio
Adapted by Robin Brooks
Music arranged and performed by Robert Hollingworth and Paula Chateauneuf
Translations by Silvia Reseghetti
Script consultant: Guyda Armstrong
Produced and directed by Jonquil Panting
©2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2022 BBC Studios Distribution LtdListeners also enjoyed...
-
The Decameron
- By: Giovanni Boccaccio
- Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale, Gunnar Cauthery, Alison Pettitt, and others
- Length: 28 hrs and 5 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 250
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 220
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 221
The Decameron is one of the greatest literary works of the Middle Ages. Ten young people have fled the terrible effects of the Black Death in Florence and, in an idyllic setting, tell a series of brilliant stories, by turns humorous, bawdy, tragic and provocative. This celebration of physical and sexual vitality is Boccaccio's answer to the sublime other-worldliness of Dante's Divine Comedy.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Not Up to the Usual Naxos Standard
- By Anonymous User on 11-15-17
-
The Red and the Black
- A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation
- By: Stendhal
- Narrated by: William Squire, Andrew Hall, Margo Gunn, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 1
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 1
Both a sweeping chronicle of 19th-century France and a coming-of-age story of a young, idealistic social climber, The Red and the Black is one of the great works in world literature, and widely considered to be the first psychological novel. It charts the misadventures and romantic escapades of Julien Sorel, a timber miller's son who idolises Napoleon and dreams of military glory. But post-Waterloo, the path to power does not lie with the army (the 'red'), but the Church (the 'black'), so he decides to study for the priesthood.
By: Stendhal
-
Terry Pratchett: BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Seven BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Terry Pratchett
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis, Sheila Hancock, Anton Lesser, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 13 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 984
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 851
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 846
Somewhere on the frontier between thought and reality exists the Discworld, a parallel time and place which might sound and smell very much like our own, but which looks completely different. Collected together for the first time are seven full-cast BBC Radio dramatisations of Terry Pratchett’s novels, with star-studded casts including Martin Jarvis, Sheila Hancock, Anton Lesser, Philip Jackson, Alex Jennings and Mark Heap.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Get the unabridged audiobooks, instead
- By Anonymous User on 11-09-18
By: Terry Pratchett
-
The Christopher Marlowe BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Seven Full-Cast Productions Including Doctor Faustus, Tamburlaine & The Jew of Malta
- By: Christopher Marlowe
- Narrated by: Conn O'Neill, Kenneth Cranham, Paterson Joseph, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 3
Christopher Marlowe was most celebrated writer of his generation, surpassing even William Shakespeare during his lifetime. A playwright, poet, hellraiser, rebel and spy, he lived fast and died young, stabbed to death in a Deptford lodging house aged only 29. This definitive collection comprises all six of his groundbreaking plays.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Marlowe wrote the plays - all of them
- By Anonymous User on 12-06-22
-
Don Quixote
- A BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisation
- By: Miguel de Cervantes
- Narrated by: full cast, Bernard Cribbins, Ronald Baddiley, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 43 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 2
Locked up in jail, Miguel de Cervantes is attempting to start a novel when he is visited by a priest, who tells him about an old man driven insane by chivalric romances and a vision of glory. Inspired, Cervantes takes up his pen and begins to write. His story begins in La Mancha, where an elderly country gentleman decides to emulate his knightly heroes, Sir Lancelot and El Cid, and embark on a quest to prove his valour. Renaming himself Don Quixote, he puts on his rusty armour and rides out with his loyal squire Sancho Panza.
-
Thomas Middleton: The Changeling, Women Beware Women & More
- 6 BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Productions
- By: Thomas Middleton
- Narrated by: Alan Rickman, John Rowe, Roy Marsden, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2
One of the most prolific playwrights of the Jacobean era, Thomas Middleton achieved great success with his cynically satirical comedies and bloodthirsty tragedies. Considered the only true rival to Shakespeare, Middleton is widely believed to have collaborated with the Bard on several plays, including Timon of Athens. This dazzling collection comprises dramatisations of his most famous works, including his two masterpieces, The Changeling and Women Beware Women.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
lots of fun
- By Anonymous User on 06-26-24
By: Thomas Middleton
-
The Decameron
- By: Giovanni Boccaccio
- Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale, Gunnar Cauthery, Alison Pettitt, and others
- Length: 28 hrs and 5 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 250
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 220
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 221
The Decameron is one of the greatest literary works of the Middle Ages. Ten young people have fled the terrible effects of the Black Death in Florence and, in an idyllic setting, tell a series of brilliant stories, by turns humorous, bawdy, tragic and provocative. This celebration of physical and sexual vitality is Boccaccio's answer to the sublime other-worldliness of Dante's Divine Comedy.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Not Up to the Usual Naxos Standard
- By Anonymous User on 11-15-17
-
The Red and the Black
- A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation
- By: Stendhal
- Narrated by: William Squire, Andrew Hall, Margo Gunn, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 1
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 1
Both a sweeping chronicle of 19th-century France and a coming-of-age story of a young, idealistic social climber, The Red and the Black is one of the great works in world literature, and widely considered to be the first psychological novel. It charts the misadventures and romantic escapades of Julien Sorel, a timber miller's son who idolises Napoleon and dreams of military glory. But post-Waterloo, the path to power does not lie with the army (the 'red'), but the Church (the 'black'), so he decides to study for the priesthood.
By: Stendhal
-
Terry Pratchett: BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Seven BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Terry Pratchett
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis, Sheila Hancock, Anton Lesser, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 13 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 984
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 851
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 846
Somewhere on the frontier between thought and reality exists the Discworld, a parallel time and place which might sound and smell very much like our own, but which looks completely different. Collected together for the first time are seven full-cast BBC Radio dramatisations of Terry Pratchett’s novels, with star-studded casts including Martin Jarvis, Sheila Hancock, Anton Lesser, Philip Jackson, Alex Jennings and Mark Heap.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Get the unabridged audiobooks, instead
- By Anonymous User on 11-09-18
By: Terry Pratchett
-
The Christopher Marlowe BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Seven Full-Cast Productions Including Doctor Faustus, Tamburlaine & The Jew of Malta
- By: Christopher Marlowe
- Narrated by: Conn O'Neill, Kenneth Cranham, Paterson Joseph, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 3
Christopher Marlowe was most celebrated writer of his generation, surpassing even William Shakespeare during his lifetime. A playwright, poet, hellraiser, rebel and spy, he lived fast and died young, stabbed to death in a Deptford lodging house aged only 29. This definitive collection comprises all six of his groundbreaking plays.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Marlowe wrote the plays - all of them
- By Anonymous User on 12-06-22
-
Don Quixote
- A BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisation
- By: Miguel de Cervantes
- Narrated by: full cast, Bernard Cribbins, Ronald Baddiley, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 43 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 2
Locked up in jail, Miguel de Cervantes is attempting to start a novel when he is visited by a priest, who tells him about an old man driven insane by chivalric romances and a vision of glory. Inspired, Cervantes takes up his pen and begins to write. His story begins in La Mancha, where an elderly country gentleman decides to emulate his knightly heroes, Sir Lancelot and El Cid, and embark on a quest to prove his valour. Renaming himself Don Quixote, he puts on his rusty armour and rides out with his loyal squire Sancho Panza.
-
Thomas Middleton: The Changeling, Women Beware Women & More
- 6 BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Productions
- By: Thomas Middleton
- Narrated by: Alan Rickman, John Rowe, Roy Marsden, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2
One of the most prolific playwrights of the Jacobean era, Thomas Middleton achieved great success with his cynically satirical comedies and bloodthirsty tragedies. Considered the only true rival to Shakespeare, Middleton is widely believed to have collaborated with the Bard on several plays, including Timon of Athens. This dazzling collection comprises dramatisations of his most famous works, including his two masterpieces, The Changeling and Women Beware Women.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
lots of fun
- By Anonymous User on 06-26-24
By: Thomas Middleton
-
Eleanor Rising: The Complete Series 1-3
- A BBC Radio Full-Cast Drama
- By: Shaun McKenna
- Narrated by: Rose Basista, Cecilia Appiah, Elinor Coleman, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 9 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 2
Wife and mother to a dynasty of kings, crusader, prisoner and formidable political operator, Eleanor of Aquitaine is a thoroughly modern woman, despite living almost 900 years ago. Intelligent, witty and independent, she is tough enough to forge her own destiny—and subtle enough to shape the world to her will.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Actors are better than the writing
- By Anonymous User on 05-11-23
By: Shaun McKenna
-
Don Quixote
- Translated by Edith Grossman
- By: Edith Grossman - translator, Miguel de Cervantes
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 39 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,290
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 5,686
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,667
Sixteenth-century Spanish gentleman Don Quixote, fed by his own delusional fantasies, takes to the road in search of chivalrous adventures. But his quest leads to more trouble than triumph. At once humorous, romantic, and sad, Don Quixote is a literary landmark. This fresh edition, by award-winning translator Edith Grossman, brings the tale to life as never before.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
My Fourth Try at an Audible Quixote
- By Anonymous User on 12-24-12
By: Edith Grossman - translator, and others
-
The Charles Dickens BBC Radio Drama Collection: The Later Years
- Eight BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Robert Glenister, Robert Lindsay, Ian Holm, and others
- Length: 36 hrs and 35 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 98
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 79
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 79
Enthralling radio dramatisations of eight of Charles Dickens' much-loved novels. Charles Dickens is one of the most renowned authors of all time, and this second digital volume of the dramatised canon of his work includes eight of his classic novels. This collection includes the epic masterpiece David Copperfield, described by Dickens as his 'favourite child'; suspenseful mystery Bleak House; Dickens' most openly political novel, Hard Times; and Little Dorrit.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Excellent!
- By Anonymous User on 11-24-18
By: Charles Dickens
-
Paradise Lost
- By: John Milton
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,658
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,412
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,409
John Milton's Paradise Lost is one of the greatest epic poems in the English language. It tells the story of the Fall of Man, a tale of immense drama and excitement, of rebellion and treachery, of innocence pitted against corruption, in which God and Satan fight a bitter battle for control of mankind's destiny.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
The most accessible reading of Paradise Lost
- By Anonymous User on 02-21-10
By: John Milton
-
The Count of Monte Cristo
- By: Alexandre Dumas
- Narrated by: David Clarke
- Length: 53 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 7
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 6
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
On the day of his wedding, Edmond Dantès is falsely accused of treason, arrested, and imprisoned without trial in a grim island fortress off Marseilles. A fellow prisoner inspires Dantès to escape and guides him to a fortune in treasure. Dantès returns home under the pseudonym of the mysterious Count of Monte Cristo, in order to avenge himself on the men who conspired to destroy him.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Poor audio quality
- By Anonymous User on 10-10-24
By: Alexandre Dumas
-
I, Claudius (Dramatised)
- By: Robert Graves
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi, Tom Goodman Hill
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 384
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 328
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 330
A full-cast dramatisation of Robert Graves' brilliant account of the madness and debauchery of ancient Rome, starring Tom Goodman Hill as Claudius and Derek Jacobi as Augustus. The wickedly entertaining inside story of the lives and deaths of the Imperial dynasty from Augustus to Caligula is told by their obscure relation, Claudius. In public, Claudius is a stammering, drooling weakling, whose reputation as an idiot keeps him safe from office and assassination.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
I, Claudius lover impressed with abridging
- By Anonymous User on 07-10-13
By: Robert Graves
-
The Divine Comedy
- By: Clive James - translator, Dante Alighieri
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 14 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,757
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,535
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,531
Renowned poet and critic Clive James presents the crowning achievement of his career: a monumental translation into English verse of Dante’s The Divine Comedy. The Divine Comedy is the precursor of modern literature, and this translation - decades in the making - gives us the entire epic as a single, coherent and compulsively listenable lyric poem. Written in the early 14th century and completed in 1321, the year of Dante’s death, The Divine Comedy is perhaps the greatest work of epic poetry ever composed.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Brilliant!
- By Tad Davis on 10-18-13
By: Clive James - translator, and others
-
That Mitchell and Webb Sound: The Complete Series 1-5
- The BBC Radio 4 Comedy Show
- By: David Mitchell, Robert Webb
- Narrated by: David Mitchell, Robert Webb, Olivia Colman, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 56 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 27
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 19
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 19
Welcome to the inside-out world of Mitchell and Webb, a strange and surreal place populated by misfits, eccentrics, talking animals and a few stray Radio 4 arts programme presenters. Included here are all five series of their fantastically skewed comedy show, packed with offbeat sketches and peculiar characters. Meet seedy snooker commentators Ted and Peter; poorly matched crime-fighting duo Angel Summoner and BMX Bandit; a cop who doesn't get results but, by God, he does things by the book; and some nervous Nazis who've just noticed their caps have skulls on them.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Better Than Fry and Laurie?
- By Anonymous User on 10-29-24
By: David Mitchell, and others
-
Joseph Conrad: The Secret Agent, Heart of Darkness & More
- A BBC Radio 4 Drama Collection
- By: Joseph Conrad
- Narrated by: Kris Marshall, Stephen Tompkinson, Ron Cook, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 4
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
Polish-born author and mariner Joseph Conrad is widely regarded as one of the greatest English novelists. His 16 years in the merchant navy profoundly shaped his fiction, giving him transformative experiences of adventure and exotic places, and a unique insight into the human psyche. Included here are adaptations of six of his best works, brought together for the first time and collected in chronological order, plus one fascinating bonus programmes exploring his life and art.
By: Joseph Conrad
-
The Fall of Númenor
- And Other Tales from the Second Age of Middle-Earth
- By: J.R.R. Tolkien, Brian Sibley - editor
- Narrated by: Samuel West, Brian Sibley
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 432
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 368
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 367
J.R.R. Tolkien famously described the Second Age of Middle-earth as a ‘dark age, and not very much of its history is (or need be) told’. And for many years readers would need to be content with the tantalizing glimpses of it found within the pages of The Lord of the Rings and its appendices, including the forging of the Rings of Power, the building of the Barad-dûr and the rise of Sauron.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
A dry compilation of old material, minus images
- By Anonymous User on 11-12-22
By: J.R.R. Tolkien, and others
-
BBC Classics: Ultimate Story Collection
- 90 Unmissable Tales
- By: Oscar Wilde, Arthur Conan Doyle, Virginia Woolf, and others
- Narrated by: Sam Dale, Joseph Ayre, Carolyn Pickles, and others
- Length: 26 hrs and 4 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 32
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 23
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 23
A treasure chest of timeless short stories by some of the world's greatest authors.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
These are not full cast audio dramas
- By Anonymous User on 03-25-23
By: Oscar Wilde, and others
-
Anton Chekhov: 6 Full-Cast BBC Radio Productions
- The Seagull, The Cherry Orchard, Uncle Vanya, Wild Honey & More
- By: Anton Chekhov
- Narrated by: Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, Helena Bonham-Carter, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 7
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 4
A master of Russian realism, Anton Chekhov is renowned for his meticulously observed plays and short stories exploring the human condition, in all its joys and sorrows. Included here are six of his best-known dramas, as well as Michael Frayn's adaptation of Wild Honey, drawn from an early, untitled Chekhov play; and one documentary exploring Chekhov's life and work.
By: Anton Chekhov
Related to this topic
-
Stranded
- By: Chris Bruno, David Howard Lee, Shukri R. Abdi
- Narrated by: Taraji P. Henson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Blake Griffin, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,247
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,229
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,229
Separated by 10 years, 3,000 miles, and the unrelenting stresses of adulthood, best friends Janet and Serena plan a 40th birthday girls’ trip to reconnect. But after a massive crash, they’re the only survivors to wash ashore on an uncharted Caribbean Island. Armed with only the clothes on their backs and zero survival skills, they fight to overcome hunger, thirst, deadly wildlife—and most terrifyingly—decades of accrued resentment. Can they find their way home, or will they kill each other first?
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Get ready to Laugh
- By Anonymous User on 11-08-24
By: Chris Bruno, and others
-
The Answer Is No
- A Short Story
- By: Fredrik Backman, Elizabeth DeNoma
- Narrated by: Stacy Gonzalez
- Length: 1 hr and 49 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 120
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 118
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 118
Lucas knows the perfect night entails just three things: video games, wine, and pad thai. Peanuts are a must! Other people? Not so much. Why complicate things when he’s happy alone? Then one day the apartment board, a vexing trio of authority, rings his doorbell. And Lucas’s solitude takes a startling hike. They demand to see his frying pan. Someone left one next to the recycling room overnight, and instead of removing the errant object, as Lucas suggests, they insist on finding the guilty party. But their plan backfires. Colossally.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Narrator doesn’t get Backman’s satire or rhythm
- By Anonymous User on 12-01-24
By: Fredrik Backman, and others
-
The True Story of The Coward Brothers
- By: Elvis Costello
- Narrated by: T Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello, Rhea Seehorn, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 43 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 52
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 51
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 51
The True Story of The Coward Brothers follows two musical brothers – one English, one American, both the illegitimate sons of dubious parentage who may, as they claim to be, "one and half-brothers" – perhaps a reference to the disparity in their height and relative talents.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Cute
- By Anonymous User on 11-26-24
By: Elvis Costello
-
Born a Crime
- Stories from a South African Childhood
- By: Trevor Noah
- Narrated by: Trevor Noah
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 215,262
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 194,741
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 193,772
In this award-winning Audible Studios production, Trevor Noah tells his wild coming-of-age tale during the twilight of apartheid in South Africa. It’s a story that begins with his mother throwing him from a moving van to save him from a potentially fatal dispute with gangsters, then follows the budding comedian’s path to self-discovery through episodes both poignant and comical.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Great book and perfect narration
- By Anonymous User on 12-15-16
By: Trevor Noah
-
The Best Man's Ghostwriter
- By: Matthew Starr
- Narrated by: Glen Powell, Nicholas Braun, Ashley Park, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 37 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,124
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,090
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,090
A bad best man’s speech can ruin a wedding. Why do we plan every detail of a perfect day and then give the groom’s idiot best friend five minutes of total power? Enter Nate (Glen Powell), a speechwriter-for-hire who helps people write incredible best man speeches. To keep the best man from embarrassing himself (and the newlyweds), Nate uses his list of don’ts: Don’t mention the exes, don’t be rated R, and don’t bum everyone out. Nate’s system never fails. That is, until he meets Dan (Nicholas Braun).
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
SO GOOD
- By Anonymous User on 09-23-24
By: Matthew Starr
-
Very Unbecoming
- By: Emily Kron, Kate Hopkins
- Narrated by: Zoë Chao, Esther Povitsky, Amy Sedaris
- Length: 4 hrs and 31 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 139
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 136
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 136
When two childhood best friends blow up their respective romantic relationships, they make a time-sensitive pact: serial-cheater Chuck cannot sleep with anyone as she attends a three-month-long recovery group for cheaters, while sex-deprived Sofia vows to hook up with as many people as possible before recommitting to monogamy and tying the knot with her long-time fiancé. To keep things interesting, Chuck and Sofia decide to revive a past tradition from their summer camp days—also known as the dawning of sluthood.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Hilarious
- By Anonymous User on 11-21-24
By: Emily Kron, and others
-
Stranded
- By: Chris Bruno, David Howard Lee, Shukri R. Abdi
- Narrated by: Taraji P. Henson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Blake Griffin, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,247
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,229
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,229
Separated by 10 years, 3,000 miles, and the unrelenting stresses of adulthood, best friends Janet and Serena plan a 40th birthday girls’ trip to reconnect. But after a massive crash, they’re the only survivors to wash ashore on an uncharted Caribbean Island. Armed with only the clothes on their backs and zero survival skills, they fight to overcome hunger, thirst, deadly wildlife—and most terrifyingly—decades of accrued resentment. Can they find their way home, or will they kill each other first?
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Get ready to Laugh
- By Anonymous User on 11-08-24
By: Chris Bruno, and others
-
The Answer Is No
- A Short Story
- By: Fredrik Backman, Elizabeth DeNoma
- Narrated by: Stacy Gonzalez
- Length: 1 hr and 49 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 120
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 118
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 118
Lucas knows the perfect night entails just three things: video games, wine, and pad thai. Peanuts are a must! Other people? Not so much. Why complicate things when he’s happy alone? Then one day the apartment board, a vexing trio of authority, rings his doorbell. And Lucas’s solitude takes a startling hike. They demand to see his frying pan. Someone left one next to the recycling room overnight, and instead of removing the errant object, as Lucas suggests, they insist on finding the guilty party. But their plan backfires. Colossally.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Narrator doesn’t get Backman’s satire or rhythm
- By Anonymous User on 12-01-24
By: Fredrik Backman, and others
-
The True Story of The Coward Brothers
- By: Elvis Costello
- Narrated by: T Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello, Rhea Seehorn, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 43 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 52
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 51
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 51
The True Story of The Coward Brothers follows two musical brothers – one English, one American, both the illegitimate sons of dubious parentage who may, as they claim to be, "one and half-brothers" – perhaps a reference to the disparity in their height and relative talents.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Cute
- By Anonymous User on 11-26-24
By: Elvis Costello
-
Born a Crime
- Stories from a South African Childhood
- By: Trevor Noah
- Narrated by: Trevor Noah
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 215,262
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 194,741
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 193,772
In this award-winning Audible Studios production, Trevor Noah tells his wild coming-of-age tale during the twilight of apartheid in South Africa. It’s a story that begins with his mother throwing him from a moving van to save him from a potentially fatal dispute with gangsters, then follows the budding comedian’s path to self-discovery through episodes both poignant and comical.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Great book and perfect narration
- By Anonymous User on 12-15-16
By: Trevor Noah
-
The Best Man's Ghostwriter
- By: Matthew Starr
- Narrated by: Glen Powell, Nicholas Braun, Ashley Park, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 37 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,124
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,090
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,090
A bad best man’s speech can ruin a wedding. Why do we plan every detail of a perfect day and then give the groom’s idiot best friend five minutes of total power? Enter Nate (Glen Powell), a speechwriter-for-hire who helps people write incredible best man speeches. To keep the best man from embarrassing himself (and the newlyweds), Nate uses his list of don’ts: Don’t mention the exes, don’t be rated R, and don’t bum everyone out. Nate’s system never fails. That is, until he meets Dan (Nicholas Braun).
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
SO GOOD
- By Anonymous User on 09-23-24
By: Matthew Starr
-
Very Unbecoming
- By: Emily Kron, Kate Hopkins
- Narrated by: Zoë Chao, Esther Povitsky, Amy Sedaris
- Length: 4 hrs and 31 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 139
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 136
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 136
When two childhood best friends blow up their respective romantic relationships, they make a time-sensitive pact: serial-cheater Chuck cannot sleep with anyone as she attends a three-month-long recovery group for cheaters, while sex-deprived Sofia vows to hook up with as many people as possible before recommitting to monogamy and tying the knot with her long-time fiancé. To keep things interesting, Chuck and Sofia decide to revive a past tradition from their summer camp days—also known as the dawning of sluthood.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Hilarious
- By Anonymous User on 11-21-24
By: Emily Kron, and others
People who viewed this also viewed...
-
The Decameron
- By: Giovanni Boccaccio
- Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale, Gunnar Cauthery, Alison Pettitt, and others
- Length: 28 hrs and 5 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 250
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 220
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 221
The Decameron is one of the greatest literary works of the Middle Ages. Ten young people have fled the terrible effects of the Black Death in Florence and, in an idyllic setting, tell a series of brilliant stories, by turns humorous, bawdy, tragic and provocative. This celebration of physical and sexual vitality is Boccaccio's answer to the sublime other-worldliness of Dante's Divine Comedy.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Not Up to the Usual Naxos Standard
- By Anonymous User on 11-15-17
-
The Decameron
- By: Giovanni Boccaccio
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 29 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 97
-
Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 61
-
Story3.5 out of 5 stars 61
Giovanni Boccaccio, Dante, and Petrarch were the leading lights in a century that is considered the beginning of the Italian Renaissance. The Decameron, or Ten Days' Entertainment, is his most famous work, a collection of stories considered representative of the Middle Ages, as well as a product of the Renaissance.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Everyone is dying: Let's bawdy!
- By Anonymous User on 08-13-14
-
Decameron
- By: Giovanni Boccaccio
- Narrated by: Moro Silo
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
- Abridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 2
Giovanni Boccaccio può essere considerato insieme con Dante e Petrarca, il più importante scrittore del XIV secolo sia in Italia che in tutta Europa...
-
John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme: 2023-2025
- The BBC Radio 4 Comedy Sketch Show
- By: John Finnemore
- Narrated by: John Finnemore, Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Simon Kane, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
-
Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
-
Story0 out of 5 stars 0
In 2023 John Finnemore and the Souvenir Programme team returned to Radio 4 with a new format – annual, one-off, 45-minute Specials. Some are in the style of Series 1-8, with sketches, jokes and songs, while others are more discursive and experimental, like Series 9. Collected together here, they all feature his trusty ensemble cast of Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Simon Kane, Lawry Lewin and Carrie Quinlan.
By: John Finnemore
-
Decameron
- By: Giovanni Boccaccio
- Narrated by: Serafino Balduzzi
- Length: 36 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
-
Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
-
Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Firenze, 1348. La peste nera infuria, e un gruppo di giovani sta cercando di fuggire da essa. Alla ricerca di un rifugio sicuro, si ritrovano in campagna. Nell'arco di dieci giorni, per passare il tempo, si raccontano un centinaio di storie fantastiche, tristi ed elaborate. Un ricco arazzo di tragedia e commedia, di farsa e di erotismo, "Il Decameron" è un capolavoro della prosa italiana. Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) è stato uno studioso, uno scrittore e un poeta italiano.
-
Selections from The Decameron
- By: Giovanni Boccaccio
- Narrated by: Teresa Gallagher, James Goode, Polly Hayes, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins
- Abridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 24
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 16
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 16
Here are 16 tales from one of the great works of the Middle Ages. Ten young people have fled for a while the terrible effects of the Black Death in Florence and, in an idyllic setting, tell a series of brilliant stories, by turns humorous, bawdy, tragic and provocative. This celebration of physical and sexual vitality is Boccaccio’s answer to the sublime other-worldliness of Dante’s Divine Comedy.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Fun, fun, fun
- By Anonymous User on 08-15-18
-
The Decameron
- By: Giovanni Boccaccio
- Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale, Gunnar Cauthery, Alison Pettitt, and others
- Length: 28 hrs and 5 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 250
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 220
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 221
The Decameron is one of the greatest literary works of the Middle Ages. Ten young people have fled the terrible effects of the Black Death in Florence and, in an idyllic setting, tell a series of brilliant stories, by turns humorous, bawdy, tragic and provocative. This celebration of physical and sexual vitality is Boccaccio's answer to the sublime other-worldliness of Dante's Divine Comedy.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Not Up to the Usual Naxos Standard
- By Anonymous User on 11-15-17
-
The Decameron
- By: Giovanni Boccaccio
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 29 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 97
-
Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 61
-
Story3.5 out of 5 stars 61
Giovanni Boccaccio, Dante, and Petrarch were the leading lights in a century that is considered the beginning of the Italian Renaissance. The Decameron, or Ten Days' Entertainment, is his most famous work, a collection of stories considered representative of the Middle Ages, as well as a product of the Renaissance.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Everyone is dying: Let's bawdy!
- By Anonymous User on 08-13-14
-
Decameron
- By: Giovanni Boccaccio
- Narrated by: Moro Silo
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
- Abridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 2
Giovanni Boccaccio può essere considerato insieme con Dante e Petrarca, il più importante scrittore del XIV secolo sia in Italia che in tutta Europa...
-
John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme: 2023-2025
- The BBC Radio 4 Comedy Sketch Show
- By: John Finnemore
- Narrated by: John Finnemore, Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Simon Kane, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
-
Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
-
Story0 out of 5 stars 0
In 2023 John Finnemore and the Souvenir Programme team returned to Radio 4 with a new format – annual, one-off, 45-minute Specials. Some are in the style of Series 1-8, with sketches, jokes and songs, while others are more discursive and experimental, like Series 9. Collected together here, they all feature his trusty ensemble cast of Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Simon Kane, Lawry Lewin and Carrie Quinlan.
By: John Finnemore
-
Decameron
- By: Giovanni Boccaccio
- Narrated by: Serafino Balduzzi
- Length: 36 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
-
Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
-
Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Firenze, 1348. La peste nera infuria, e un gruppo di giovani sta cercando di fuggire da essa. Alla ricerca di un rifugio sicuro, si ritrovano in campagna. Nell'arco di dieci giorni, per passare il tempo, si raccontano un centinaio di storie fantastiche, tristi ed elaborate. Un ricco arazzo di tragedia e commedia, di farsa e di erotismo, "Il Decameron" è un capolavoro della prosa italiana. Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) è stato uno studioso, uno scrittore e un poeta italiano.
-
Selections from The Decameron
- By: Giovanni Boccaccio
- Narrated by: Teresa Gallagher, James Goode, Polly Hayes, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins
- Abridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 24
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 16
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 16
Here are 16 tales from one of the great works of the Middle Ages. Ten young people have fled for a while the terrible effects of the Black Death in Florence and, in an idyllic setting, tell a series of brilliant stories, by turns humorous, bawdy, tragic and provocative. This celebration of physical and sexual vitality is Boccaccio’s answer to the sublime other-worldliness of Dante’s Divine Comedy.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Fun, fun, fun
- By Anonymous User on 08-15-18
-
The Oresteia
- Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers and The Furies
- By: Aeschylus
- Narrated by: Lesley Sharp, Hugo Speer, Will Howard, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 60
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 52
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 52
The classic trilogy about murder, revenge and justice, as heard on BBC Radio 3 – plus a bonus documentary exploring Aeschylus's seminal Greek tragedy. A chilling tale of homecoming, violent death and bloody vengeance, The Oresteia dates back to the fifth century BC, but its themes still resonate today. At once a family saga, morality tale and courtroom drama, it recounts how two generations of the cursed House of Atreus become locked into a deadly cycle of atrocities....
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Three adaptations, three writers
- By Anonymous User on 03-12-21
By: Aeschylus
-
The Decameron
- By: Giovanni Boccaccio
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
- Abridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 27
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 21
-
Story3.5 out of 5 stars 22
A group of Florentine youths escape to the mountain countryside during the time of the plague, only to regale each other with vignettes of sex, vice, temptation, and come-uppance. This is a strictly adult listen, which will bring a little colour to your cheeks and have you laughing out loud.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Medieval porn, pretty tame today
- By Anonymous User on 09-29-18
-
Fear and Trembling
- By: Søren Kierkegaard
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 337
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 281
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 279
From the perspective of an unbeliever, Fear and Trembling explores the paradox of faith, the nature of Christianity, and the complexity of human emotion. Kierkegaard examines the biblical story of Abraham, who was instructed to sacrifice his son Isaac, and forces us to consider Abraham's state of mind. What drove Abraham, and what made him carry out such an absurd and extreme request from God? Kierkegaard argues that Abraham's agreement to sacrifice Isaac, and his suspension of reason, elevated him to the highest level of faith.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Great book and Formidable Narration
- By Anonymous User on 03-06-20
-
The Medici: Bankers, Gangsters, Popes
- A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Drama
- By: Mike Walker
- Narrated by: full cast, Patrick Baladi, Sirine Saba, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2
-