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Narrated by:
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Jeff Woodman
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Written by:
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Daniel Keyes
About this listen
Flowers for Algernon was first published as a short story, but soon received wide acclaim as it appeared in anthologies, as a television special, and as an award-winning motion picture, Charly. In its final, expanded form, this haunting story won the Nebula Award for the Best Novel of the Year. Through Jeff Woodman's narration, it now becomes an unforgettable audio experience.
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What the critics say
- Nebula Award, Best Novel, 1966
"A tale that is convincing, suspectful and touching." ( The New York Times)
What listeners say about Flowers for Algernon
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- ThePiachu
- 2024-04-04
A good adaptation of an interesting scifi book
I was inspired to pick up the book after seeing Pantheon. This is a really solid audiobook version of it. The reader speaks clearly, has a good range of distinct voices for all the main characters and is good at conveying the emotions of the characters. The book itself is a very neat scifi story about a mentally challenged guy named Charlie being given an operation to turn him into a genius. You get to see the changes in his speaking patterns and behaviours in real time, as well as getting to explore repressed and forgotten memories from how he was treated in the past by his friends and family.
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- Douglas
- 2022-10-03
So good
this book makes you feel thing, good things, bad things, sad things, happy things
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- Michelle N.
- 2023-07-02
Loved it
It was an excellent book. Made me think. I really enjoyed reading it. Highly recommend it.
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- Darryl TADMI
- 2023-05-31
Flawed but very much worth reading
I take issue with the framing of every scientist as out of touch with feelings and emotions : this is a tired trope, I find. Same for the whole of humanity: hardly one to redeem the species from this picture of self -centered evil monsters. It took away from my enjoyment of it.
Still, it's a great story and it's quite well-written. Beside some obvious misunderstanding of the biology of the brain, it's a beautiful exploration of the concept of intelligence, high and low, and its interaction with sociology.
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- Gabriela L.
- 2021-04-21
Excellent narration
What kept me listening was the narrator’s amazing performance, engaging and full of emotion. I read the short story initally and rated it a 5/5 and decided to listen to the audible version of the novel. However, I preferred the short story for the quick and impactful plot development and felt like the novel was a more diluted version that did not necessarily add much to what the short story offered.
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- Ben T.
- 2024-05-04
The writing
10/10 made me cry loved following with the development of the main character.
Fifteen word minimum
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- Anonymous User
- 2018-09-19
Incredible
This book was incredible. The concept is very interesting, and watching the main character grow filled me with joy. What helps the book is that the author is knowledgable in this field, having a degree in psychology, and that the narrator effectively brings the characters to life, and pronounces his words at a level reflective of the intelligence of the main character at the time.
I strongly recommend this book to anyone even slightly interested in the concept.
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- Jen Bussey
- 2018-12-01
Great perspective!
loved the entire story, especially with it being told from Charlie's perspective. Enjoyed the performance as well.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2020-08-15
Really enjoyable book
I watched the movie Charlie many years ago and it is a good movie but this book is much better because it gives more details about the story. Charlie narrating the story from his perspective is the best idea for the book it helps you see the whole story from his perspective, Truly enjoyable the end however was abrupt and let wanting to hear more about it something that was hard to achieve because he is narrating it. Highly recommended
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- Jalik
- 2018-04-24
amazing story
heart felt and genuine, the character growth and fall brings you right along with it, just a good story
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