The Devil and Miss Prym

A Novel of Temptation

By: Paulo Coelho

Narrated by: Linda Emond

A community devoured by greed, cowardice, and fear. A man persecuted by his painful past. A woman searching for happiness. In one eventful week, each of them will face questions of life, death, and power, and each will choose their own path. Will they choose good or evil?

The remote village of Viscos is the setting for this extraordinary struggle. A stranger arrives, carrying with him a backpack containing a notebook and 11 gold bars. He comes searching for the answer to a question that torments him: Are human beings, in essence, good or evil? In welcoming the mysterious foreigner, the whole village becomes an accomplice to his sophisticated plot, which will forever mark their lives.

Paulo Coelho's stunning novel explores the timeless struggle between good and evil and its relevance to our everyday dilemmas: to dare to follow our dreams, to have the courage to be different, and to master the fear that prevents us from truly living.

©2006 Paulo Caelho (P)2006 HarperCollins Publishers

Critic reviews

"Philosophical questions are posed by Coehlo in the same mesmerizing, lyrical style he employed in The Alchemist." (Booklist)

A battle between goog and evil

Well read. However, it would have been better to have a male narrator as well. This book captures the timeless battle between good and evil. The author uses his right once more to delve into the mystic to illustrate his point. Enjoyable listen

A wonderful story

I love this author. He is always mysterious and insightful. He writes the kinds of stories that reverberate through my life for years after I read them.

Excellence

Unadulterated excellence! From start to finish, worth listening to more than once! Perfect reading ... Recommend

A story from the collective consciousness of man.

the Battle of Good and Evil. what happens when a man comes into town offering every person's hearts desire if they do the one thing that their soul could be destroyed for......

pretty good book

this was a decent book. people can be tempted to do anything but they still have to choose to give on 😉

Struggle of good & evil

This is the story of The Classic struggle of good and evil and which will prevail in the long run.

interesting, thought provoking revelation

the revelations of the human condition found on this story are poinient, we can all learn from this.

The music between chapters was distracting and annoying. Especially when it was played over the narration.

Ahhhh!!! Enough with the music!

I have just started this book and the music is incredibly distracting....want to pull your hair out distracting. In skipping to the start of other chapters and then fast forwarding through each, I discovered that the music is only at the beginning so you only have to be tortured for about two minutes for each chapter. Addendum: The book was very good and the story very well told. The ending though was lackluster and was as if after the author had made all the moral points needed, ended the book as quickly and easily as possible.

A wonderful book

A great book that I found to be developmental and maturative for a young man coming of age such as myself. I found this book to be relatable and generally worthwhile to get through. I found increasing relation to the protagonist and I further highly recommend this book.