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Very Well Read Indeed. Unlike many Librovox Recordings, this was loud & clear. Read with clarity, resonance & distinction. And without goofiness, monotony, pomposity or histrionics. Volume, clarity, control. Pleasant. Masculine. Well done. Thank you 👍

@shuaigege12345

9 ай бұрын

Librovox are unlistenable most of the time

I am Egyptians and i could relate to Tolstoy’s novel. Mr Blackwood, your voiceover is of high caliber, affective and indeed effective. Thanks a lot and waiting for more

Man ... my dad died when I was in my teens and it's crazy how much of this story is spot on to what I witnessed watching my dad slowly die, Tolstoy definitely knew what he was writing

Wonderful reading! The inflection in your voice captured Ivan's pain and suffering dreadfully perfect. It made me appreciate my health and my life. Thanks so much.

Thank you for offering this great literature free of charge. This is a great work

A beautiful reading of a most poignant piece of literature. I am so pleased that I found Ralston College. I look forward to devouring all the content provided by your establishment. Thank you,a million times over, thank you!

Your intro on the importance of memory, especially of both our individual & collective memory, is excellent.

06:20 starts

Death is the central problem of our human condition. We know our existence will end. As evident by this novel the transition to death, if it is slow , will be THE defining moment of our lives. That transition will reveal who we really are and we may meet ourselves for the very first time.

@geoffsmith673

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed.

@MVR4444

Жыл бұрын

How do we know for sure that our existence will ever end instead of live continuo forever as time continuity. It depends on what kind of existence do we define.

@deze4life

Жыл бұрын

As Humans death is our destiny, it just in a matter of time, since Adam fell from sin we were conceived with sin in our loins as much as much as bared by him. but Jesus did promise a second birth and everlasting life. A quickning of the spirit, in absolution of a spiritually dead life. The secret is death starts first in the spirit, as the spiritual predominates the physical, leaving all D.O.A we share this curse together on one does on the cross to lift this curse on whosever will call on Jesus. For all who may believe "for whosever shall call on him shall be saved" "If you profess with your mouth and believe with your heart then you shall be saved"

Thank you so much for reading this as a person and not using a machine to read it.

Thank you for doing this. My son is reading this in high school and you gave Mediability to read along with him while. Going about my busy day. I loved it and I'm looking forward to listening to the lecture about it. Thank you.

Oh, Tolstoy bring up old memories. Thanks for providing it for us to hear, and thanks for the clear reading.

These short stories and novellas are exceptionally edifying lessons for us. Tolstoy has a very deep spirituality.

I enjoyed hearing this wonderful book by Tolstoy, one of the very best authors and philosophers! It is not easy to read a great book and not sound pretentious but you’ve read this well.

Thank you for this wonderful reading!!Truly a classic, timeless piece!

Thank you for sharing this time with us Dr. Blackwood. Like you I hadn't read this story for quite a while, but hearing it again after everything I've experienced in the years between catalyzed a process of remembering that has gone through me like thread through a needle, and stitched my past few days with its color.

I'm 30 and have suffered from existential dread since I was about 12. It's nice to have something that acknowledges we should prepare for death by living our lives well.

While Stephen still reads still so beautifully let him read as many classical pieces as possible, PLEASE.

It was special. This is priceless work. Thank you so much!

Captivating piece of literature, presented most suitably. Young people in India and such other countries could, additionally, improve their spoken English. Congrats to especially the reader.

@carolbell8008

2 жыл бұрын

That is an excellent way to learn to speak English with a nice accent!

I would like to thank you for having this on KZread. I am an auditory learner and have a test on this tomorrow in class. This video is a lifesaver

This is a great direction for this podcast: classic literature! You read the story well; looking forward to the discussion.

Definitely looking forward to this new series.

I enjoyed it thoroughly, hopefully there are more videos of this kind to come.

Just found this. Wonderful! Thank you!

Thank you very much! Amazing and seems like all good literature, forever timely. Excellent performance too!

thank you for your cc subtitles

A great experience. Have recommended it to many Thank you

Excellent reading .. amazing! I look forward to the discussion. Thank you.

Can't dismiss the impression that great writers generally despise lawyers. Kafka especially :)

@2Hot2

2 жыл бұрын

Kafka worked in an insurance company so he spent all day reading the "fine print" of insurance policies that basically say: We will cover all your loss and damage except whatever happens in your specific case! That is what liars, I mean lawyers are all about.

Wow! What a beautiful story. Thank you for this!

It is awesome effort dear all.your efforts in promoting russian literature is unique sir..love n best wishes from India

Thank you so much for this, all the other audiobooks available here either suffered bad microphone quality or were mispronouncing the names which really took me out of it.

Excellent work, Stephen. I hope that you'll speak more on your knowledge of Boethius, a topic you've spoken about a few times but not extensively.

Only sound can take our thoughts along beautiful places ,where our attention was very needed.

Thank you Mr Stephen Blackwood.

Thank you. This timeless piece has been beautifully read.

Excellent. Thank you.

Fine reading of this- have shared with several folks via the podcast. The subsequent interview on the story is also very good, and driven by a very ‘determined’ Tolstoy scholar.

Thank you for providing this audio book. Well done the reader / speaker, it was very pleasant voice to listen too.

This was absolutely marvellous to listen to! Thank you dearest, listener from Sweden.

Thank you so much! Made my homework loads easier, and more fun.

Beautifully read. Thank you.

Thank you, I listen this till I fall asleep at times. The voice is amazing. And this novel is my favorite. I find it amusing, even the irony that he was so worried about other people's opinions and his goal was to have a house full of stuff to resamble other houses with the same style, in an attempt of fitting in. But his disease started thanks to the drapes.

Thank you for this. Excellent reading. I look forward to the discussion part and to listening to future episodes. It would be great if you make episodes on longer works as well, which would probably require you to skip reading the whole thing since it would be too time consuming from production point of view.

Thank you! 🙏

Nice reading!!

Thank you for the wonderful reading. I currently have to read this book for a class and I’ve been trying to sort out the characters names. After listening to this, I think I understand what is happening much better now lol.

Afternoon listening to this story, i realize that life is actually a death in progression.

Man, this is a really great book. I didn't even know one of my favorite movies was loosely based on it but once I found out I had to check it out.

Very well done . , Tolstoy + superb narration . What more could a mortal need . . S.B. for President .............

Thank you!

Thank you so so so muchhhhhhhh!!!!

Thank you

this for me is the best book ever written by a human

thank you

Thank you for the read, I'm never disappointed when finished with a piece of good or in this case great writing, of course, I find this story to be a little morbid but then again I have been sick for almost a year and am hoping for recovery and the sooner the better.

A lesson on why being present and honest is so necessary and why forgiveness and having a heart full Of love instead of anger is better. My dad is like Ivan and he will probably die this way, thinking of his childhood and full of pain and terror. Is a cowardly, dishonest person obsessed with validation and pretence. As sinister as it sounds is comforting knowing such wretched power obsessed people don’t win in the end.

Thanks, Dr. Blackwood!

Everyone needs to read this book!

@Frisbinator

3 жыл бұрын

No thanks! Too depressing.

@elvisparker4691

3 жыл бұрын

Cutie Pie, Erika ... 🙂

You're no less than a tolstoyan, thank you so much for this wonderful reading.

@Zaya2499

9 ай бұрын

1:060:21 lmao something about this passage perfectly sums up the point of Tolstoys commentary on living life on autopilot

@6:20 A marvelous intro tho

Could you please tell me who is playing the Bach toccata and fuge?

спасибо за видео.

That was wonderful. Thank you so much for this. One thing comes to mind. I would so like to share this with my spanish speaking friend, and italian acquaintances, they would enjoy it greatly. Is there no way to add subtitles so that many other people, not anglophones, could enjoy it as well ?

What's the name of the music piece at the start?

... it starts at 6:20... 👈🏼🚀🥇

@garymusisko8998

2 жыл бұрын

My friend!

6:27 . Start .

Starts 6:20

@pickititllneverheal9016

5 ай бұрын

Thank you.

His wife wished him death sooner, but shed lose his salary. A man is only loved for what he can provide.

Can someone please tell me the intro musical piece ?

What was that sample in the intro?? Please someone

What is the title of the opening classical music

@nishantpatil1847

2 жыл бұрын

"Bach toccata and fugue in d minor" is the title. And that was the fugue part

does anyone know the painting in the thumbnail?

Deep

Are there any other recorded books on this channel?

what's the opening music?

Someone please tell me what is that intro music

Can anyone tell me what is the name of the intro music?plz ! :)

@nishantpatil1847

2 жыл бұрын

Bach fugue in d minor from toccata and fugue in d minor

@gregorymoats4007

Жыл бұрын

@@nishantpatil1847 who is the pianist? I’ve forgotten

@ganeshv4100

Жыл бұрын

@@gregorymoats4007 Jacques Loussier

@gregorymoats4007

Жыл бұрын

@@ganeshv4100 I like his jazz take on it, but I don’t think this is that.

Dear Stephen Blackwood, can I reupload this narration on my channel?

29:56 I can't decide if he's talking about bullying, cheating or homosexuality

@shipperbee9020

Жыл бұрын

probably bullying or having mean attitude

رواية جميلة

I would extremely appreciate if everybody here would share their insights after reading/listening to this book. Please share what you think about the story, how it made you feel, why you enjoyed it? I keep wondering what Ivan Ilych concluded on what was the right living he couldve lived. What was the alternative he couldve chose. Different wife? Different career? What was the thing he lost when growing up that devoured all joy from his life?

@kylevorton

Жыл бұрын

my take away is that Ilych's regret, his "right" life would have been one where he did not suppress "those scarcely noticeable impulses", which illuminate the truth of his mind that he put aside so as to seem "right" by the measure of society. It's not to say that his wife, or his job or his standing were "wrong" but that he had done himself a greater disservice by suppressing his inner truth

@Rotceev

Жыл бұрын

@@kylevorton Thanks for sharing, mate. That is an interesting perspective.

@stephencirving

Жыл бұрын

This was a very simple book with a very simple lesson for me. I know people like Ivan and his ‘friends’. I am not like them, I am honest, well at least try to be and they don’t. My dad is very similar to Ivan, a very dishonest pleasure seeking person. Drinks coffee every morning and ice cream, beer or whatever at night. Because he’s so dishonest and committed to ‘feeling’ good and ‘feeling’ powerful. When any ailment comes he defaults into being a child, crying whinging etc. The opposite of Ivan is Jordan Peterson, someone committed to truth, as truth is the ‘light’, which is referred to a few times and when he is in the presence of people who are honest, for example the strong peasant boy holding up his legs, he feels better because this is the ‘right’ way to be. But as he never reached enlightenment in life, i.e. a life of pure love, truth and enjoyment of the present moment, as he came closer to death the present moment became harder and harder to avoid as he couldn’t do all the pleasure seeking things that sustained his life: 1. Feel powerful sentencing people. 2. Drinking and playing useless games of cards. 3. Having drugs: nicotine, caffeine etc. So all he was left with was his thoughts, of the future, which was just death, and of the past, which although so much better, is now torturous because he can’t live it again. I know lots of people like this and I still suffer from it. Less now, then before as I try to be as present as possible and try to do less pleasure seeking things, but it is still a source of pain as you can never go back to the past and the future can just bring on anxiety or disappointment. So as he gets closer to death he sees (very mildly) that the truth is ‘right’ and the falsehood and lying is ‘Wrong’, but as he doesn’t have the information, belief or means to forgive or understand this realisation as it goes against everything he believes and his friends believe he gets angry instead at all the people who are being dishonest with him, the same as before, but now it is intolerable as he is present. It was interesting to see what these peoples lives are like and why these guys who have wives who completely despise them, like why do they stay etc. I’ve always wandered that and this book cleared it up a bit. It was like ahhhhh okay, once she’s ‘got’ him and they’re married he could never leave because social standing is the most Important thing to him. So he won’t divorce her so she’s free to be as horrible as she likes. They are horrible people btw. So if you ‘felt’ for them. You probably need to forgive and be more honest. Forgiveness frees up your anger and allows love in your life and honesty frees you from shitty fake people like this and allows you to be around people and life that is true. The darker side of myself felt satisfied knowing that such a useless person died in pain. I had very little sympathy for him and I don’t think we are supposed to, that was the whole point of the first chapter with his wife trying to get more money from the government and his friends jostling over the new positions which would open up like rats. If there is a lesson, it is that being present and honest is good. Pleasure seeking, status seeking and seeking powers where you have control over peoples fate (power) in of itself is bad. If there was a modern summary, it would be: “ngl , people who are fake are not lit. Lesson: stop the cap. Chase presence, not clout. Delete TikTok, Facebook and KZread and go outside bro.”

I listened to this on 1.5x speed

37:45

красота звучала в начале видео.

The captions at 23:59 holy shit lmao

@yaydeniguess6208

Жыл бұрын

Bruh

59:19

1:05:13

1:49:34

40:00

18:32

What is this book even

@rullvard8245

Жыл бұрын

???

комментарий в поддержку продвижения ролика.

Me or merry waif aam kha rhe hn to Kia aAm us dor men nhi the

Citizen Ivan

Can you tell the easiest way to understand philosophy

I'm sure there are many listeners who appreciated the astute, professorial introductory essay. I did not. It was totally unnecessary. Tolstoy is complete on his own.

I'm reminded of David Mitchell "Butter the toast, eat the toast, shit the toast.... God! Life is relentless" tehehe sorry not sorry :p