Casino Royale 007 James Bond [Full Audiobook]

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  • Опубликовано: 30 июл 2024
  • In the novel that introduced James Bond to the world, Ian Fleming’s agent 007 is dispatched to a French casino in Royale-les-Eaux. His mission? Bankrupt a ruthless Russian agent who’s been on a bad luck streak at the baccarat table.
    One of SMERSH’s most deadly operatives, the man known only as “Le Chiffre,” has been a prime target of the British Secret Service for years. If Bond can wipe out his bankroll, Le Chiffre will likely be “retired” by his paymasters in Moscow. But what if the cards won’t cooperate? After a brutal night at the gaming tables, Bond soon finds himself dodging would-be assassins, fighting off brutal torturers, and going all-in to save the life of his beautiful female counterpart, Vesper Lynd.
    Taut, tense, and effortlessly stylish, Ian Fleming’s inaugural James Bond adventure has all the hallmarks that made the series a touchstone for a generation of readers.
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  • @Toracube
    @Toracube Год назад +70

    As someone with failing eyesight, audiobooks are invaluable. Thank you so much for posting this. Much appreciated. loved it.

    • @tommyequals
      @tommyequals Год назад +2

      Praying for you brother. Hang in. The fight is worth it, yes.

    • @audiobookgold6717
      @audiobookgold6717  Год назад +3

      Glad you enjoyed it.

    • @JDWatkins
      @JDWatkins 6 месяцев назад

      I am right there with you. These audiobooks are a godsend

  • @theprofessional9601
    @theprofessional9601 Год назад +54

    Chapter 1 - The Secret Agent 0:08
    Chapter 2 - Dossier for M 12:14
    Chapter 3 - Number 007 26:58
    Chapter 4 - L'Ennemi Écoute 32:44
    Chapter 5 - The Girl from Headquarters 43:55
    Chapter 6 - Two Men in Straw Hats 56:00
    Chapter 7 - Rouge et Noir 1:02:43
    Chapter 8 - Pink Lights and Champagne 1:17:20
    Chapter 9 - The Game is Baccarat 1:27:00
    Chapter 10 - The High Table 1:39:41
    Chapter 11 - Moment of Truth 1:50:28
    Chapter 12 - The Deadly Tube 2:01:08
    Chapter 13 - 'A Whisper of Love, A Whisper of Hate' 2:11:45
    Chapter 14 - 'La Vie en Rose?' 2:25:21
    Chapter 15 - Black Hare and Gray Hound 2:32:18
    Chapter 16 - The Crawling of the Skin 2:39:17
    Chapter 17 - 'My Dear Boy' 2:50:19
    Chapter 18 - A Crag-like Face 3:08:40
    Chapter 19 - The White Tent 3:14:54
    Chapter 20 - The Nature of Evil 3:26:00
    Chapter 21 - Vesper 3:39:04
    Chapter 22 - The Hastening Saloon 3:51:05
    Chapter 23 - Tide of Passion 4:01:17
    Chapter 24 - Fruit Défendu 4:08:35
    Chapter 25 - 'Black-Patch' 4:15:22
    Chapter 26 - 'Sleep Well, My Darling' 4:24:23
    Chapter 27 - The Bleeding Heart 4:30:48

  • @NovaVortex193
    @NovaVortex193 4 месяца назад +9

    I love how fleming will describe something in a visceral way you've probably never thought of before but somehow it intuitively makes perfect sense.

    • @usedscar
      @usedscar 11 дней назад

      Nova...I was astounded at Flemming's adjectives! I was never taught this when I studied English Lit. I would certainly teach it.

  • @gapotter2
    @gapotter2 11 месяцев назад +8

    A huge thank you for all these audio books. I never tire of the stories or the writing style. These are timeless

  • @200wattstudio8
    @200wattstudio8 Год назад +21

    I read the original Fleming novels all the way through every few years. Love them. Love the fact that Fleming teaches the reader the rule of Baccarat 1:37:00. The reading by Simon Vance is perfect

    • @audiobookgold6717
      @audiobookgold6717  Год назад +2

      My favorites were Moonraker, From Russia w/ Love & Dr. No. My least favorite was The Spy Who Loved Me. I've only read through them once. That's awesome you revisit them

  • @zachstolz6681
    @zachstolz6681 2 года назад +120

    The real James Bond is not Daniel Craig, Roger Moore, or even Sean Connery. It's the James Bond of the original Ian Fleming novels: the cold blooded, very plausible assassin with the dark rather cruel face, and black hair with the drooping strands over the eye...

    • @Ronald-wv1bz
      @Ronald-wv1bz Год назад +11

      There is no "real" James Bond. Flemming's novels became extremely popular, made him tons of money. Sean Connery"s fictional James Bond made EON Productions a ton of money. Wonder how much Connery affected book sales. Fleming knew !!!!!

    • @terrymiller111
      @terrymiller111 Год назад +23

      Ian Fleming said James Bond looked like Hoagy Carmichael. Timothy Dalton is almost the spitting image of Hoagy Carmichael. The others aren't even close.

    • @ethanbenfield2285
      @ethanbenfield2285 Год назад +15

      and what you just described is why I always say Timothy Dalton is the closest bond to the one Fleming wrote.

    • @blackbirdriver
      @blackbirdriver Год назад +9

      And yet... Ian Fleming came to appreciate
      Sean Connery as JB, to the degree that he gave him a Scottish heritage in on of the later novels.
      Sean Connery on the other hand was very complimentary towards Daniel Craig. He thought Craig got the danger aspect just right.

    • @ProjectFlashlight612
      @ProjectFlashlight612 Год назад +3

      The real James Bond is George Lazenby.

  • @havan56
    @havan56 2 года назад +36

    Chapter Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
    00:07 Chapter 01 - The Secret Agent
    12:13 Chapter 02 - Dossier for M
    26:56 Chapter 03 - Number 007
    32:40 Chapter 04 - L'Ennemi Ecoute
    Chapter 05 - The Girl from Headquarters
    Chapter 06 - Two Men in Straw Hats
    Chapter 07 - Rouge et Noir
    Chapter 08 - Pink Lights and Champagne

    • @adrianb8620
      @adrianb8620 Год назад

      01:17:00 Chapter 8.
      02:25:20 Chapter 14.

  • @speedfinder1
    @speedfinder1 Год назад +8

    Thank you for posting this audiobook. For me, as a person with an interest in the Author and his own clandestine work during WW2 it was interesting to get into the mind of the creator of JB through his storytelling.

    • @audiobookgold6717
      @audiobookgold6717  Год назад

      Much of Bond's character is based off Fleming himself. His views on women, skiing, aquatics, Jamaica, smoking. Although Fleming was never on the battle, he took inspiration from real life spies during WWII.
      Fun fact: From Russia w/ Love the novel is based off a plan Fleming hatched during WWII to steal the Enigma Machine. A German plane was to crash in the sea with British soldiers inside, attract a U-boat, then the British were to overtake the U-boat and steal the code. This plan never made it to action. But you can certainly see the similarities w/ the novel

  • @thewolfmanhulk2927
    @thewolfmanhulk2927 10 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you for making these, reading and books the lifeblood of reality, so thank you for these, they are very much appreciated

  • @OldStreetDoc
    @OldStreetDoc 8 месяцев назад +4

    Fleming gave us truly the quintessential ‘spy novel’. With a deeply flawed & complicated character in Bond. I wasn’t a fan of the decision when Daniel Craig was cast, but I was quite wrong. All of the actors brought different characteristics to their portrayal, but Craig in my opinion proved to be closer to the Bond I knew of the books than the others. Especially in terms of the darkness within Bond. Brosnan & of course Connery did as well only slightly lesser so.

  • @EscenasDVA
    @EscenasDVA 2 месяца назад

    What a superb rendition of Fleming's novel, bravo! ❤

  • @RabiddRabitt1984
    @RabiddRabitt1984 8 месяцев назад +1

    This is my first listen to any of these books. I'm hooked.

  • @CH-uk1il
    @CH-uk1il Год назад +8

    1953 happened, the very first James Bond book is published, and the rest is history.

    • @audiobookgold6717
      @audiobookgold6717  Год назад +1

      It's amazing to think the greatest film franchise ever got started right here

  • @michaelwilkins5841
    @michaelwilkins5841 2 года назад +3

    Bravo!!! Well Done!!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @blackbirdriver
    @blackbirdriver Год назад +9

    I came here because after 3 days of covid bedrest I was getting tired of my other books and wanted an easy listening experience. Now I'm happy to find a very well written story, with a high level of intelligence in the observations. Except for the female Charakters. Eva Green's Vesper in the movie is so much more interesting.

    • @audiobookgold6717
      @audiobookgold6717  Год назад +2

      It was cool watching the movie first. Then discovering the books & reading the source of Bond & where it all started

  • @chrishayes2421
    @chrishayes2421 2 года назад +6

    Enjoyed it 👍

  • @ramencurry6672
    @ramencurry6672 2 года назад +25

    Incredible voice. That how I sound when I talk

    • @xkai7546
      @xkai7546 2 года назад

      Sweet. What's your favourite book and your favourite film, also your favourite game if you have one.

    • @ramencurry6672
      @ramencurry6672 2 года назад

      @@xkai7546 Favorite book is How to Win Friends and Influence People…….Strongly recommend it. It’s a famous classic actually. Favorite film is Nobody Knows. It’s a Japanese masterpiece.

    • @xkai7546
      @xkai7546 2 года назад

      @@ramencurry6672 I'll check them out. I read a book called influence, I heard the one you said but never read it, will do

    • @xkai7546
      @xkai7546 2 года назад

      @@ramencurry6672 thanks for recommending the film, Japanese films are my favourite, I do love media and art from different countries regardless.

    • @galacticphoenix8121
      @galacticphoenix8121 2 года назад

      Nice me too totally

  • @VidelxSpopovich
    @VidelxSpopovich 5 месяцев назад

    Wow, never imagined the 007 books were this good. Glad I decided to do this on a whim. It’s oddly a lot more progressive than I had been led to believe.

  • @lolunknown9830
    @lolunknown9830 2 года назад +16

    So very sad on how Bond realized for once, that he loved a woman- only to throw it all away because she had betrayed him, his country, and millions of other agents.
    His last words stuck a thorn in me

    • @matrix91234
      @matrix91234 2 года назад +3

      Yeah.. i guess its the way of saying "life goes on". For example in Majesty Secret Service, it has sad credits and then suddently BAM BAM BAM BAAAM BAM BAM BAM. "James Bond theme". Its very Bond like

    • @ntnrocket1
      @ntnrocket1 2 года назад +2

      Oh man, this theme gets better in the Moonraker book. At the beginning, he's totally devoted to his role in his service to his country, having affairs with 3 married women at once and spending all his money because he doesn't see himself living past 45. But at the end, he's fallen in love with the women he faced death with and seems ready for a commitment, to really build something with her, but she was already engaged.

    • @audiobookgold6717
      @audiobookgold6717  Год назад +2

      "Uuhh James I know you saved me at the beach cliff, from Drax and the Moonraker, but I have a boyfriend"

    • @VidelxSpopovich
      @VidelxSpopovich 5 месяцев назад

      @@audiobookgold6717 Bond is now posting signs about how he needs a boyfriend free girl and he lives in Virginia.

  • @rachelsatlas
    @rachelsatlas 2 года назад +2

    Best of Fleming

  • @cabngirl
    @cabngirl 2 года назад +17

    Enjoyed very much, great narration and finessed vocabulary. I tried another audio book just previously- an American novel and reader- and it was painfully cardboard and linguistically shallow. Books so often have a great alternate appeal vs films. Pretty vivid testimonial on the rampant chauvinism though!

    • @JonathanRodriguez-nz9nw
      @JonathanRodriguez-nz9nw 2 года назад +1

      It was a very different time

    • @2msvalkyrie529
      @2msvalkyrie529 Год назад

      The Usual Brit literary snobbery .!
      Henry James / Herman Melville /
      Philip Roth / John Updike / Mark
      Twain / Edgar Allen Poe ??
      Never heard of any of them ? Or were they too " shallow " for your sophisticated taste ?

  • @charlesshepherd2004
    @charlesshepherd2004 Год назад +1

    This is good stuff.

  • @fawzigramajo
    @fawzigramajo 10 дней назад

    Thank you for posting this, however, I believe that you are missing three books on your playlist. Anyway, thanks again.

  • @li-limandragon9287
    @li-limandragon9287 2 года назад +13

    Kinda missed the parkour action scene in Madagascar but baccarat is fun too.
    Liked it thanks.

  • @edgarleiton649
    @edgarleiton649 2 года назад

    Thxs, thumbs up

  • @quelltech
    @quelltech 2 года назад +10

    1:09:29 - Bond orders a martini

  • @mikemarley2389
    @mikemarley2389 9 месяцев назад

    Yeah ,I figured this one out.Had my doubts on -----right off and knew the scenes before they happened .It was strange kinda.😮

  • @jameswilliams3241
    @jameswilliams3241 10 месяцев назад +2

    I would like someone to make miniseries of the Bond books set in the original period using Ian Fleming stories as well as the VanLustbader and Gardner works.

  • @ulfnowotny01
    @ulfnowotny01 2 года назад +3

    Great reading! Thanks!

  • @arcadealchemist
    @arcadealchemist 2 года назад +5

    2:54:00 THE CHAIR

    • @audiobookgold6717
      @audiobookgold6717  Год назад +1

      This scene was very similar to the film. Both were brutal

  • @RichardPhillips1066
    @RichardPhillips1066 Год назад +7

    Its interesting how in reality Bond is just a guy working at an office, being told precisely what to do , he only comes on his own in execution of his orders

    • @li-limandragon9287
      @li-limandragon9287 Год назад +1

      He becomes cooler in later books.

    • @terrymiller111
      @terrymiller111 Год назад +3

      "Wet work" AKA assassinations are far less common in reality. The countries don't want the retaliatory bloodshed. Most of the time is reading, writing, observing, presentations, etc.

    • @audiobookgold6717
      @audiobookgold6717  Год назад +4

      If memory serves me right, I think it took Bond halfway through Live & Let Die to kill someone (not counting his 2 kills to get double 0). The novels have more espionage and less "action" than the films

    • @TheT3rr0rMask
      @TheT3rr0rMask 11 месяцев назад +1

      It's part of why I love these stories. Bond is just a guy, there's relatability.

  • @Xswtyer
    @Xswtyer Год назад +1

    This made me want to watch the film

    • @wheelblack35
      @wheelblack35 8 месяцев назад

      The book is much better

  • @user-xg1qv6jl8p
    @user-xg1qv6jl8p 5 месяцев назад

    While listening to this audiobook, i pictured Sean Connery as Bond (in his presence and style in Dr No) along with either Claire Bloom or Jean Simmons as Versper...
    Imagine Connery's Bond speaking on the phone with cold resolution after reading Vesper's goodbye letter...

  • @TyranyFighterPatriot
    @TyranyFighterPatriot Год назад +5

    This is way better than those female voices on audible. It's so cringe they fail miserably.

  • @BrandonNinja
    @BrandonNinja 2 года назад +3

    Chapter 1 0:07

  • @abraxas9340
    @abraxas9340 5 месяцев назад +1

    "inhales from benzedrine inhaler" oh boy this book is old

  • @QTRBlackGarrett
    @QTRBlackGarrett 2 года назад +2

    2:30:00

  • @ProjectFlashlight612
    @ProjectFlashlight612 Год назад +9

    A brilliant first flight into the world of 007, but nothing in the book suggests that the whole affair could not be instantly solved by just shooting Le Chiffre in the head.

    • @mattmcleay6950
      @mattmcleay6950 Год назад +2

      yes it does, it says that otherwise he would become a martyr, but this way he is gambling away the funds of the trade union and if he loses it will cripple the organisation and uncover details about SMERSH

    • @ProjectFlashlight612
      @ProjectFlashlight612 Год назад

      @@mattmcleay6950 Fair enough. Bit of a weak reason.

    • @fishfootface
      @fishfootface Год назад +1

      That would make for a very short book.😂

  • @SunGodNika-bi2jr
    @SunGodNika-bi2jr 2 года назад +2

    🎲♦️♥️Casino Royale ♣️♠️🎰

  • @daisy1431
    @daisy1431 2 года назад +1

    1:39:42

  • @ethanbenfield2285
    @ethanbenfield2285 Год назад +4

    I dont know about yall, but I always picture Timothy Dalton in my head when reading (or in this case listening to) the novels.

    • @audiobookgold6717
      @audiobookgold6717  Год назад +4

      Dalton apparently read all the novels before being on the big screen. You can certainly tell he tried to take this Bond from the novels and put it on film

    • @mohammedashian8094
      @mohammedashian8094 Год назад +1

      @@audiobookgold6717 ok this puts him second on my list of favourite bonds first being Sean and it’s a damn shame he didn’t get more movies but at the same time I’m kinda thankful because they would’ve made a parody of him like they did of roger Moore I have nothing against the man but his version was AWFUL imo

    • @Welsh_Dragon756
      @Welsh_Dragon756 Год назад +2

      ​@@mohammedashian8094 Dalton was actually first offered the role to play bond before they chose Lazenby for OHMSS. They approached him after seeing his performance in "The lion in winter" but he turned them down as he was only 21 at the time.
      They took a long time deciding before choosing Moore even though the producers were good friends with him as they didn't think he matched the character. When they did they chose to go down the more campy route because it suited his personality.
      So maybe if they had gone with Dalton earlier that probably wouldn't have happened.

    • @mohammedashian8094
      @mohammedashian8094 Год назад +1

      @@Welsh_Dragon756 honestly at this point I kinda wish that the movies were never made in the first place as much as I enjoy some of them (Connery’s first 3, dalton’s 2 and goldeneye) to me they just didn’t have the same appeal as the books did

    • @thomsbooth4906
      @thomsbooth4906 8 месяцев назад

      Timothy Dalton was one of my favorites too. He kinda got screwed in his tenure as Bond, There were some legal issues with the Bond series (nothing to do with Timothy Dalton)and there were no more Bond movies for six years. By that time Dalton's seven year contract had expired. Hello Pierce Brosnan.

  • @arthurkorff
    @arthurkorff 11 месяцев назад

    2:23:46 bookmark

  • @badboydakiller
    @badboydakiller 10 месяцев назад

    Never read the book before so is this the full book?

  • @grovecityhighschoolnewsand1646
    @grovecityhighschoolnewsand1646 Год назад +1

    (Bookmark)
    Chapter 13 2:11:46

  • @judikingsman6132
    @judikingsman6132 5 месяцев назад

    Only James Bond can play James Bond❣️
    (I prefer Sean Connery 💙)

  • @bonghunezhou5051
    @bonghunezhou5051 Год назад

    📽 April 2023: *70th* anniversary (much more significant milestone than, say, "October 2002" or any other film-centred anniversary) 😎

  • @mikespitzer007
    @mikespitzer007 Месяц назад

    thats Simon Vance narrating

  • @acwolf92
    @acwolf92 2 года назад +1

    0:07

  • @khongbiet1000
    @khongbiet1000 9 месяцев назад

    1:57:00

  • @redplanetstudio7192
    @redplanetstudio7192 Месяц назад

    2:34:30 bookmark

  • @theprofessional9601
    @theprofessional9601 Год назад

    3:39:21 why bond doesn't like flowers

  • @odtheman1
    @odtheman1 8 месяцев назад

    3:51:11

  • @kingsomido
    @kingsomido 4 месяца назад

    saving for myself 42:42

  • @ericrhodes5174
    @ericrhodes5174 Год назад +5

    How does Bond remain in such great physical shape smoking 10+ packs a day?

    • @RichardPhillips1066
      @RichardPhillips1066 Год назад +6

      He is fairly young , and is sometimes forced to a heath farm to dry out , as In Thunderball

    • @CKDStrider
      @CKDStrider Год назад +1

      Three packs (60) as per his medical report in "Thunderball." But still...

    • @justjones5430
      @justjones5430 Год назад +6

      Cigarettes were good for you in those days 😎

    • @audiobookgold6717
      @audiobookgold6717  Год назад +4

      Great point, all this work does catch up w/ him at the start of Thunderball

    • @ayzworld
      @ayzworld Год назад +2

      @@audiobookgold6717 connery was 90 when he died, and he smoked cigarettes his entire life. 90!! 😂

  • @perniciouspete4986
    @perniciouspete4986 5 месяцев назад

    2:23:17

  • @Voodoomaria
    @Voodoomaria Год назад +4

    Publishers will now be putting out the bond Novels edited to make them more Politically correct [Can't wait to read the five pages of "Live and Let Die" that survive that culling].
    I have a complete set of first editions in hard copy, and the unexpurgated Audio books.
    Try as they might, the wokers will NEVER successfully erase history.
    All they will succeed in doing is make the original versions MORE popular.

  • @leopolitan1914
    @leopolitan1914 2 года назад +1

    Is this Nicholas Witchell?

  • @user-ti2cs6yo1l
    @user-ti2cs6yo1l 6 месяцев назад

    So this is first one

  • @houndsanddirewolves
    @houndsanddirewolves 5 месяцев назад

    56:02 bookmark :)

  • @mugglesarecooltoo
    @mugglesarecooltoo 2 года назад +1

    1:10:25

  • @Yungbeck
    @Yungbeck 4 месяца назад

    🎲 This die is my personal bookmark, don't mind me. (2:11:50)

  • @angelabedford5342
    @angelabedford5342 6 месяцев назад

    q

  • @sebastiandoblado6349
    @sebastiandoblado6349 Месяц назад

    3:26:00

  • @knee_grow4892
    @knee_grow4892 Год назад

    1:30:32
    2:02:54
    2:35:17
    3:07:31
    3:40:06
    4:15:13

  • @tommydurkin213
    @tommydurkin213 Год назад

    Yeah idk bond really just sounds like a preppy British metro sexual

    • @co.1157
      @co.1157 9 месяцев назад

      Someone who really likes choo choo trains?

  • @khongbiet1000
    @khongbiet1000 9 месяцев назад

    1:45:00

  • @khongbiet1000
    @khongbiet1000 5 месяцев назад

    3:15:00

  • @GeoffreyScott571
    @GeoffreyScott571 Год назад

    2:50:00