FREE Audiobook: Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky @ Downpour.com

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A 2009 for Literary Fiction Audie® Award Finalist for Literary Fiction
One of the greatest works of fiction ever written, Crime and Punishment is at once an intense psychological study, a terrifying murder mystery, and a fascinating detective thriller instilled with philosophical, religious, and social commentary.
Dostoevsky studies the psychological impact upon a desperate and impoverished student when he murders a despicable pawnbroker, transgressing moral law to ultimately “benefit humanity.” After killing the old woman, haunted by guilt and terror, the young man must decide whether to assuage his conscience by confessing or attempt to get away with the perfect crime.
Crime and Punishment takes the listener on a journey into the darkest recesses of the criminal and depraved mind and exposes the soul of a man possessed by both good and evil who cannot escape his own conscience.
Originally Published in 1866

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  maxwellian on 03/01/2014 - 08:21

  Cheers,
  Anyone have suggestions for an android application to play this with similar functionality to that of the Audible app which I am used to?

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  morini on 03/01/2014 - 08:52

  +2

  Warning: this book may destroy your faith in humanity.

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    Maxxjet on 03/01/2014 - 10:08

    Or may instead restore your faith by comparsion ?

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  shaybisc on 03/01/2014 - 10:17

  Downloading at a fantastically slow rate for me.

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  harpie on 03/01/2014 - 12:07

  +1

  I use smart player
  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ak.alizandro.s…

  Mort Player is also good.

  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.stohelit.au…

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  ThisJustin on 03/01/2014 - 14:35

  Does work. Is slow.

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  Composure on 03/01/2014 - 14:44

  I had the files downloaded in 4-5 minutes. Your mileage may vary.

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  lonepine on 03/01/2014 - 15:52

  Great book. Good find OP.

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  RefusdClassification on 03/01/2014 - 17:51

  +2

  I am amazed to see to see "real literature" being upvoted. I read this book (in English) a long time ago for a university course on English & Russian 19th century literature. I generally preferred the Russian writers, as they generally have a certain intensity and eccentricity.

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    RefusdClassification on 04/01/2014 - 03:39

    I checked the file format. Downpour uses similar settings to me for encoding mono audiobooks to MP3s, 32 Khz at a low VBR (around 56 kb/s). Audiophiles will laugh at such low settings, but for a single narrator without music or SFX these settings are perfect. The standard for audiobooks used to be 64kb CBR (at least amongst pirates), but VBR is better. There will be people who winge and say VBR doesn't work, but it is part of the standard and everything should be able to play them perfectly. Digital music sellers like Amazon use VBR too (it used to be the -V2 preset, which gives average bitrates of around 195 kb/s).

    You need special programs to investigate VBR files properly.