https://poal.co/s/History/274679
The Gulag Archipelago ABRIDGED
Chapter 05 – First Cell, First Love: https://files.catbox.moe/xd1u3r.mp3
I give my apologies to the no doubt often mispronounced Russian names and places. Additional apologies for sometimes mispronounced English words…
Fun quotes from this chapter:
>"For a week or a month you had been an abandoned waif, alone among enemies, and you had already said good-bye to reason and to life; and you had already tried to kill yourself by “falling” from the radiator in such a way as to smash your brains against the iron cone of the valve. Then all of a sudden you were alive again, and were brought in to your friends. And reason returned to you. That’s what your first cell is! You waited for that cell. You dreamed of it almost as eagerly as of freedom."
>"One thing is absolutely definite: not everything that enters our ears penetrates our consciousness. Anything too far out of tune with our attitude is lost, either in the ears themselves or somewhere beyond, but it is lost."
Why you should listen
This book is 1984 before 1984 was written (it’s also nonfiction).
The powers perpetrating mass incarceration and murder throughout this book are still in power today.
Why Abridged?
If you don't have an intimate relationship with Russian history, you'll be lost most of the time.
The full audio version is about an 80 hour adventure of dry listening. I suspect this will be fewer than 40 when I am finished.
This was written for a western audience.
Previous Chapters:
Introduction: https://files.catbox.moe/73kxit.mp3
Chapter 01 - Arrest: https://files.catbox.moe/ep8du7.mp3
Chapter 02 - The History of Our Sewage Disposal System: https://files.catbox.moe/3y8hwv.mp3
Chapter 03 - The Interrogation: https://files.catbox.moe/agp3dl.mp3
Chapter 04 – The Bluecaps: https://files.catbox.moe/takv7w.mp3
The Gulag Archipelago ABRIDGED
Chapter 05 – First Cell, First Love: https://files.catbox.moe/xd1u3r.mp3
I give my apologies to the no doubt often mispronounced Russian names and places. Additional apologies for sometimes mispronounced English words…
Fun quotes from this chapter:
>>"For a week or a month you had been an abandoned waif, alone among enemies, and you had already said good-bye to reason and to life; and you had already tried to kill yourself by “falling” from the radiator in such a way as to smash your brains against the iron cone of the valve. Then all of a sudden you were alive again, and were brought in to your friends. And reason returned to you. That’s what your first cell is! You waited for that cell. You dreamed of it almost as eagerly as of freedom."
>>"One thing is absolutely definite: not everything that enters our ears penetrates our consciousness. Anything too far out of tune with our attitude is lost, either in the ears themselves or somewhere beyond, but it is lost."
Why you should listen
- This book is 1984 before 1984 was written (it’s also nonfiction).
- The powers perpetrating mass incarceration and murder throughout this book are still in power today.
Why Abridged?
- If you don't have an intimate relationship with Russian history, you'll be lost most of the time.
- The full audio version is about an 80 hour adventure of dry listening. I suspect this will be fewer than 40 when I am finished.
- This was written for a western audience.
**Previous Chapters:**
Introduction: https://files.catbox.moe/73kxit.mp3
Chapter 01 - Arrest: https://files.catbox.moe/ep8du7.mp3
Chapter 02 - The History of Our Sewage Disposal System: https://files.catbox.moe/3y8hwv.mp3
Chapter 03 - The Interrogation: https://files.catbox.moe/agp3dl.mp3
Chapter 04 – The Bluecaps: https://files.catbox.moe/takv7w.mp3
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