The Hippopotamus
11 hrs. 32 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Stephen Fry
Author
Stephen Fry
Narrator
Irina Yerisanova
Narrator
Irina Yerisanova
Description
Ned Maddstone is the favorite of fate. He is handsome, smart, rich, and even noble. He has a loving father and a beloved girl. But he has enemies. And one day a cruel schoolboy prank turns Ned’s life upside down—deprives him of everything: freedom, love, his father, his fortune. From now on, instead of all that, he has madness and a fierce desire for revenge.
“Sky-Tennis Balls” is an elaborate parody and modern reworking of “The Count of Monte Cristo”—a funny, energetic, and intelligent book worthy of the original. Stephen Fry is not exploiting Dumas’s famous novel, but rather fills it with new meanings and nuances, managing to add just as much entertainment. It’s a sort of “adult” version of “Monte Cristo,” a real gift for everyone who in childhood, holding their breath, turned the pages of Dumas’s book.
“Sky-Tennis Balls” is an elaborate parody and modern reworking of “The Count of Monte Cristo”—a funny, energetic, and intelligent book worthy of the original. Stephen Fry is not exploiting Dumas’s famous novel, but rather fills it with new meanings and nuances, managing to add just as much entertainment. It’s a sort of “adult” version of “Monte Cristo,” a real gift for everyone who in childhood, holding their breath, turned the pages of Dumas’s book.
