I did this one as an audiobook (but *NOT* the version goodreads implies - they 'combined' editions and the audio version I listened to is gone. It's the version from librivox.org - if you haven't heard of it, but like audio books, I recommend the site - free versions of public domain books).

The version I listened to is downloadable at http://www.archive.org/details/lord_j...

Anyhoo, I listened to many sections twice, because my mind wandered, because Conrad can be like that for me, but I followed everything, and...

I don't think I get it. What's supposed to be the good part of this that makes it a classic? It's OK, I guess. I need someone to tell me what makes it good.

I added a star (would have been two instead of three), because of the reading. Stewart Wills' reading is perfect for an audio book - lots of good inflection...he keeps it just the right energy...but he doesn't try to make it into a one-man play starring Stewart Wills. It's still Conrad's writing that's front and center.

(As a cf., I tried Lord Jim as an audio book from my library, and that guy's voice was so affected - and constantly affected in different ways - that I couldn't finish it).