The Rover

The unabridged classic on MP3 audio, narrated by Anais 9000. Three playback speeds on one disk; etext edition included. Running time: 8.2 hours (slow), 7.5 hours (medium), 6.8 hours (fast). Conrad's final novel has been disparaged as "an adventure story for boys" -- but also championed as a well-wrought fantasy of a seaman's heroic homecoming, a "meditation on the bonds and ethics of sea comraderie," and (beginning in 1796 and covering more than 8 years) is filled with fascinating details of the psychology of post-Revolutionary France.