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The Shawshank Redemption

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Frank Muller
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 #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King’s beloved novella, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption—the basis for the Best Picture Academy Award–nominee The Shawshank Redemption—about an unjustly imprisoned convict who seeks a strangely satisfying revenge, is available as a standalone book.

Suspenseful, mysterious, and heart-wrenching, Stephen King’s extraordinary novella, populated by a cast of unforgettable characters, tells a powerful tale of crushing despair and liberating hope through the eyes of Ellis “Red” Redding. Red’s a guy who can get you whatever you want here in Maine’s corrupt and hard-edged Shawshank State Penitentiary (for a price, of course), but the one thing he doesn’t count on is an unexpected friendship forged with fellow inmate Andy Dufresne—an inscrutable one-time banker perhaps falsely convicted of brutal, calculated murder who will go on to transform everyone’s lives within these prison walls.

Originally published in the 1982 collection Different Seasons, it was adapted into the 1994 film The Shawshank Redemption starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman. Nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, this modern classic has become one of the most beloved films of all time. A mesmerizing work of unjust imprisonment and strangely satisfying revenge, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption remains one of Stephen King’s most beloved and iconic stories. Genre Fiction Horror Literary Fiction Movie, TV & Video Game Tie-Ins Suspense Thriller & Suspense Exciting
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As a huge fan of the author and the film, this book has been on my 'to read' list for ages and it didn't disappoint. In true S.King form, the story is conversational and easy to enjoy. The characters are beautifully developed and the pace is easy. Time to watch the movie again.

A classic

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A terrific narrator, a story we probably all know but the short story not the Movie.
Fantastic listen

Wonderful

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Why have so few people listened to this? Is is because the movie was so excellent? Is it because it only goes for 4 hours, and that seems like a poor return for a credit?

Well when I have sat through many a 20 hour story that bored me half to death, this is the polar opposite. Not a word wasted, not a moment I wasn’t engaged. 4 hours of some of the best listening I’ve ever engaged in. Could not recommend more highly

This book should have 10K 5⭐️ reviews!!

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