Skip to main content.

The Pharaoh and the Priest

Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

(4,833 Sterne; 3 Bewertungen)

The Pharaoh and the Priest (Polish: Faraon) is the fourth and last major novel by the Polish writer Bolesław Prus. It was the sole historical novel by an author who had earlier disapproved of historical novels on the ground that they inevitably distort history. Pharaoh has been described by Czesław Miłosz as a "novel on mechanisms of state power and, as such, probably unique in world literature of the nineteenth century.... Prus, in selecting the reign of 'Pharaoh Ramses XIII' in the eleventh century BCE, sought a perspective that was detached from pressures of topicality and censorship. Pharaoh is set in the Egypt of 1087–85 BCE as that country experiences internal stresses and external threats that will culminate in the fall of its Twentieth Dynasty and New Kingdom. The young protagonist Ramses learns that those who would challenge the powers that be are vulnerable to co-option, seduction, subornation, defamation, intimidation and assassination. Perhaps the chief lesson, belatedly absorbed by Ramses as pharaoh, is the importance, to power, of knowledge. Prus' vision of the fall of an ancient civilization derives some of its power from the author's intimate awareness of the final demise of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1795, a century before the completion of the novel. (Summary by Wikipedia) (26 hr 23 min)

Chapters

Prefatory Remarks and Introduction

19:17

Read by Piotr Nater

Chapter I

25:34

Read by MaryAnn

Chapter II

9:18

Read by Piotr Nater

Chapter III

15:01

Read by MaryAnn

Chapter IV

16:01

Read by ToddHW

Chapter V

13:02

Read by ToddHW

Chapter VI

18:50

Read by Alan Williams

Chapter VII

12:21

Read by Nadine Eckert-Boulet

Chapter VIII

13:50

Read by Rapunzelina

Chapter IX

13:23

Read by Rapunzelina

Chapter X

13:24

Read by Rapunzelina

Chapter XI

23:14

Read by DJRickyV

Chapter XII

21:27

Read by KHand

Chapter XIII

13:40

Read by Rapunzelina

Chapter XIV

25:42

Read by Saethon

Chapter XV

13:26

Read by Saethon

Chapter XVI

16:57

Read by Rapunzelina

Chapter XVII

18:56

Read by Rapunzelina

Chapter XVIII

26:25

Read by Rapunzelina

Chapter XIX

25:23

Read by Lynne T

Chapter XX

30:39

Read by Lynne T

Chapter XXI

23:23

Read by Deon Gines

Chapter XXII

14:47

Read by Arnie Horton

Chapter XXIII

16:45

Read by ReadAllDay

Chapter XXIV

33:08

Read by ReadAllDay

Chapter XXV

27:03

Read by ReadAllDay

Chapter XXVI

20:13

Read by ReadAllDay

Chapter XXVII

23:36

Read by ReadAllDay

Chapter XXVIII

29:51

Read by ReadAllDay

Chapter XXIX

15:40

Read by ReadAllDay

Chapter XXX

20:38

Read by Deon Gines

Chapter XXXI

29:55

Read by Deon Gines

Chapter XXXII

21:56

Read by Deon Gines

Chapter XXXIII

25:19

Read by Lynne T

Chapter XXXIV

27:21

Read by Deon Gines

Chapter XXXV

27:13

Read by Deon Gines

Chapter XXXVI

19:36

Read by Deon Gines

Chapter XXXVII

25:23

Read by Deon Gines

Chapter XXXVIII

24:31

Read by Deon Gines

Chapter XXXIX

26:06

Read by Deon Gines

Chapter XL

29:43

Read by Deon Gines

Chapter XLI, part 1

18:38

Read by Deon Gines

Chapter XLI, part 2

22:51

Read by Deon Gines

Chapter XLII

17:16

Read by Deon Gines

Chapter XLIII

33:46

Read by Deon Gines

Chapter XLIV

33:09

Read by Deon Gines

Chapter XLV

19:53

Read by Deon Gines

Chapter XLVI

18:05

Read by Deon Gines

Chapter XLVII

19:44

Read by Deon Gines

Chapter XLVIII

31:46

Read by Deon Gines

Chapter XLIX

25:20

Read by Deon Gines

Chapter L

16:15

Read by ReadAllDay

Chapter LI

16:57

Read by ReadAllDay

Chapter LII

21:57

Read by ReadAllDay

Chapter LIII

29:58

Read by ReadAllDay

Chapter LIV

18:08

Read by ReadAllDay

Chapter LV, part 1

28:25

Read by ReadAllDay

Chapter LV, part 2

17:40

Read by ReadAllDay

Chapter LVI

28:19

Read by ReadAllDay

Chapter LVII, part 1

19:21

Read by ReadAllDay

Chapter LVII, part 2

20:45

Read by ReadAllDay

Chapter LVIII

34:53

Read by Deon Gines

Chapter LIX

17:32

Read by Lynne T

Chapter LX

24:47

Read by KHand

Chapter LXI, part 1

19:58

Read by KHand

Chapter LXI, part 2

17:50

Read by KHand

Chapter LXII

25:02

Read by Deon Gines

Chapter LXIII

28:52

Read by Deon Gines

Chapter LXIV

19:06

Read by Lynne T

Chapter LXV, part 1

21:17

Read by Deon Gines

Chapter LXV, part 2

18:55

Read by Deon Gines

Chapter LXVI

20:12

Read by rookieblue

Chapter LXVII

8:39

Read by Deon Gines

Bewertungen

Epic!

(5 Sterne)

I'm almost finished listening to this scholarly,absorbing tale, but am so impressed, that I won't wait to give it five stars. This is despite there being patches of poor sound quality and inexperienced readers. The tale is amazing. Thanks to all involved.