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Monkey

By: Wu Ch’êng-ên, Arthur Waley - translator
Narrated by: Kenneth Williams
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Considered one of China's great classical novels, Wu Ch'êng-ên's Journey to the West was translated by Arthur Waley in abridged form as Monkey in 1942 and has delighted English readers ever since. It is a riveting adventure story about a priest's quest to obtain holy Buddhist scriptures for the Tang emperor; joining him on this rollicking journey: Sandy, Pigsy, and the mischievous monkey king, Sun Wukong, whose flying cloud and magic cudgel are never far from his infamous deeds. Waley's accessible rendition of Wu Ch'êng-ên's novel has become a classic in its own right: Gods, demons, and disobedient monkey spirits all come alive in this entertaining work.

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©1981 Nimbus Records Ltd. (P)2015 Naxos AudioBooks Classics China
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I use to watch this show as a kid and it was fun to listen to the stories of Monkey. Read well by Kenneth Williams from the ‘Carry On’ films.

Great fun

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It is a brilliant story .A touch of ancient Buddist mythology and a glimpse into the distant past rings through the tails into the modern day.

this story has been told many times It is one of the more modern telling with the more annoying striations from the narrator

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This version is not unabridged. The poems and passages are missing.
Does anyone know of any real unabridged version of this piece?

Abridged

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