Jack Kerouac - On the Road Audiobook

[@betsyotoole6115]

1:18:44 part 1 chap 8 1:26:12 part 1 chap 9 1:36:05 part 1 chap 10 1:41:00 part 1 chap 11 2:19:54 part 1 chap 12 2:30:57 part 1 chap 13 3:05:13 part 1 chap 14 3:15:52 part 2 chap 1 3:27:55 part 2 chap 2 3:31:13 part 2 chap 3 3:41:04 part 2 chap 4 3:53:37 part 2 chap 5 4:02:26 part 2 chap 6 4:33:23 part 2 chap 7 4:47:41 part 2 chap 8 5:09:53 part 2 chap 9 5:17:10 part 2 chap 10 5:24:14 part 2 chap 11 5:31:59 part 3 chap 1 6:48:00 part 3 chap 7 6:56:42 part 3 chap 8 7:08:59 part 3 chap 9 7:24:38 part 3 chap 10 7:34:19 part 3 chap 11 7:43:26 part 4 chap 1 7:53:47 part 4 chap 2 8:02:16 part 4 chap 3 8:17:49 part 4 chap 4 8:31:29 part 4 chap 5 9:05:55 part 4 chap 6 9:27:36 part 5

[@LuciferianUK]

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[@LuisaJoanJimenez]

Thankyouuu😭😭

[@ShaySupreme]

Yes Sirrrrrrrrrr 🙌🏼

[@dalecourville6571]

I gave a 👍to everyone on this thread, very considerate of you, thanks.

[@johnreed3405]

5:37:45 part 3 chap 2 5:53:34 part 3 chap 3

[@pfaria3556]

PART 1 Chapter 1: 0:33 Chapter 2: 15:20 Chapter 3: 20:02 Chapter 4: 39:25 Chapter 5: 56:33 Chapter 6: 1:03:29 Chapter 7: 1:08:48 Chapter 8: 1:18:45 Chapter 9: 1:26:12 Chapter 10: 1:36:07 Chapter 11: 1:41:03 Chapter 12: 2:19:55 Chapter 13: 2:30:56 Chapter 14: 3:05:14 PART 2 Chapter 1: 3:15:50 Chapter 2: 3:27:58 Chapter 3: 3:31:16 Chapter 4: 3:41:06 Chapter 5: 3:53:37 Chapter 6: 4:02:06 Chapter 7: 4:33:27 Chapter 8: 4:47:43 Chapter 9: 5:09:56 Chapter 10: 5:17:12 Chapter 11: 5:24:12 PART 3 Chapter 1: 5:31:50 Chapter 2: 5:37:48 Chapter 3: 5:53:36 Chapter 4: 6:04:21 Chapter 5: 6:23:51 Chapter 6: 6:35:52 Chapter 7: 6:48:01 Chapter 8: 6:56:36 Chapter 9: 7:09:01 Chapter 10: 7:24:41 Chapter 11: 7:34:16 PART 4 Chapter 1: 7:43:29 Chapter 2: 7:53:43 Chapter 3: 8:02:09 Chapter 4: 8:17:43 Chapter 5: 8:31:25 Chapter 6: 9:05:55 PART 5: 9:27:32

[@showerhourplaylists1370]

Good work!

[@francoiss1106]

thenk you so much its very usefu

[@milkywaymatt345]

Thank u so much. Extremely helpful

[@morganstraw9990]

You are a lifesaver, thank you!❤

[@delphkim3806]

😊

[@shark2s8]

Sitting in my office as an accountant listening to this for the second time in 3 years - I think back to a younger me on holiday running around the streets of Thailand, getting my first tattoo, meeting a beautiful nurse from Seattle, never sure if I was coming or going, living in the moment, lonely sad and happy all at the same time. Man, that guy lived.

[@tomwegener-art]

What a great comment :) i wish you the best for your future and hopefully you‘ll experience this kind of freedom again :)

[@thomaskeown6897]

I shed a tear each time at the last few lines because I've known a Dean Moriarty, and because I am Dean Moriarty in the lives of others.

[@tristanblackford7903]

Im 25 years old, just split with my girlfriend. Driving from sacramento to nyc with a car that will *probably* make it, some camping gear, little bit of cash, tiny bit of grass, and a lifelong friend. Plan is to drop in on our good friend who moved to delaware a couple years back. We're close enough and hes mad enough that we already know hes gonna be just as excited as we are. I dont have much but I'm grateful that my life is even a tiny bit like my favorite book. Gonna listen to this and drive south to sandiego, then just try to take it all in, all the way east. All I can hope for is that I find the kicks I'm looking for. All I wish for is that I had Dean Moriarty to drive me cus' my friend dont drive too good! If you happen to read this, thank you for caring about On the Road, and I hope you find all the things you're looking for in this thing called life.

[@aldenscoconut8785]

Good luck on your journey man!

[@travisthornton1792]

Happy trails

[@gravytopic]

Keep goin', man. I'm sending encouragement from Sacramento...

[@robinwitting2023]

Do you want a 67 year-old Limey on the back seat? Robin Witting, England

[@jonathanhenderson4852]

Safe travels, God Speed and I hope we all get an adventure like that in our time 🙏

[@VetaVeterv]

I read this book twice and now im listening it for the third time. My fav book, perfect audio. God bless you.

[@dansooner1687]

Been listening to this audiobook Over and over again on and off for like 2 years and I absolutely love this narrator

[@3niknicholson]

Tom Parker, he does a great job of The Dharma Bums, as well

[@Jmcsj02]

Thanks! I was dying to know who narrator was. Tom Parker is a Pseudonym. his real name is Grover Gardner. He did a great Moriarty!

[@intoxicatingmooneyes9150]

Me too! Love this book I want to be a beatnic

[@likeabatouttahell431]

So much yes

[@Templarkommando]

I just recently finished listening to his recording of "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" by William Shirer. It's really bizarre to know that the same guy recorded both works.

[@gabrielagemstone9092]

Starting my second round of the nomad life, this time really committing to being in my car and camping rather than staying places. I was gifted this book the day I left. Haven’t read it since 19 but I’m listening to it on the way to California from Texas now. Blessup.

[@johnsandovaliii5312]

Be safe. I just made that trip last. Week that desert is beautiful but hot as hell!

[@Jmcsj02]

Christmas eve 2023. Anyone else listening tonight? Love listening to the description of Christmas Eve nights and New Year's Eve parties from almost 80 yrs ago..

[@BilltheButcher1855]

Great narration. Very fast and to the point. Most audiobook narrators are dull and just drone on. I finished this book in half a day thanks to this gentleman

[@leonevergreen]

Here is the book divided into 5 parts: Part 1 0:30 Part 2 3:15:48 Part 3 5:31:48 Part 4 7:43:24 Part 5 9:27:30

[@Thetruthisstrangerthanfiction]

Give credit where it is due. Its a highly articulate and evocative recounting of two friends on the edge of madness journeying through the American landscape of the 1950s , seeking "IT" The ultimate experience, and never finding IT or more like just not recognizing they had already found IT , only to burn out and die young . Its a vicarious journey . Dont judge it just enjoy the ride!

[@marmaladesky]

The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn,burn like fabulous yellow Roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!"

[@carolhaney7965]

I always quote this too....!

[@ValerioSimoncini]

Me too, in Italian and Spanish! Hahahha

[@danielb.5089]

Better to sleep in an uncomfortable bed free, than sleep in a comfortable bed unfree." "If you own a rug you own too much." "Avoid the world, it's just a lot of dust and drag and means nothing in the end."

[@johnsandovaliii5312]

I work on a drilling barge in Louisiana but I live in West Texas. I could easily find a rig closer to home but I love driving those 8 hours with Kerouac, Miller and Bukowski. It's not the same America as in those stories, but boy do I love that drive.

[@realMaverickBuckley]

What's changed the most? I'm not from the US

[@robertbentzel6881]

Three great passenger seat companions

[@CreachterZ]

@@realMaverickBuckley Huge interstate highways that bypass the small towns, fear, cell phones, etc.

[@starryeyes2067]

Please take me with you! I'm small, don't eat much, have a good sense of humor, and don't square dance.

[@johnsandovaliii5312]

@@starryeyes2067 come on Donna! Passenger seat is empty!

[@dmf2475]

The narrator is incredible, absolutely brings it to life!

[@stephenselstad3568]

2:46

[@Pulchism]

Grover Gardner I think, he’s a genius

[@AndrewCordescordsfam]

@@Pulchism it says Tom Parker

[@Pulchism]

@@AndrewCordescordsfam are you sure? Have a listen kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJ6TfnuDmaZpnLM

[@AndrewCordescordsfam]

@@Pulchism he literally says it at the end of the video

[@brianboldt9745]

I read this 30 years ago and it inspired me to go on the road and travel the nation with some buddies meeting new people and seeing sites I'd never dream of. Those are some good memories. There was a definite romantisiscm to traveling the road. It is nice to listen to this book for a change, brings back so many great feelings.

[@chadparsons9954]

I circumnavigated the globe, wouldn't trade it for anything.

[@collinmc90]

That's awesome! A life well lived. This is where I'm at now. Really looking forward to the adventure. I just spent two weeks on the road but still in my home state. Can't wait to branch out!

[@eddievance4196]

Since the age of sixteen and traveling from the coast of Oregon to the Midwest to meet my real father I have traveled all over the country and wouldn't trade the experiences I had for anything. My mother told me about this book and it's one of my favorites. I just always wish that I could have traveled the road back in Jack's time instead of the late 90s but we don't get any choice in that, do we?

[@rectumspectrum8804]

Part1 1:18:47 Chap 8 1:26:12 Chap 9 1:36:06 Chap 10 1:41:00 Chap 11 2:19:51 Chap 12 2:30:57 Chap 13 3:05:12 Chap 14 Part2 3:15:50 Chap 1

[@marcelocampbell1679]

3:27:55 Chap 2 3:31:13 Chap 3 3:41:03 Chap 4 3:53:33 Chap 5 4:02:22 Chap 6 4:33:24 Chap 7 4:47:42 Chap 8 5:09:53 Chap 9 5:17:15 Chap 10 5:24:10 Chap 11 Part Three 5:31:47 Chap 1

[@marcelchamby3068]

existential stuff !!! jack understood that, there is honor in non-conformist ways ...trust your heart and not the malicious thoughts of others about what you should do or not follow your own path!!!

[@Zizzyrae]

I cannot throughly explain how much this book has changed my life

[@katiebargh2750]

PART ONE chapter 2 - 15:19 chapter 3 - 20:00 chapter 4 - 39:25 chapter 5 - 56:33 chapter 6 - 1:03:28 chapter 7 - 1:08:48 chapter 8 - 1:18:46 chapter 9 - 1:26:12 chapter 10 - 1:36:06 chapter 11 - 1:41:00 chapter 12 - 2:19:55 chapter 13 - 2:30:57 chapter 14 - 3:05:12 PART TWO chapter 1 - 3:15:50 chapter 2 - 3:27:56 chapter 3 - 3:31:15 chapter 4 - 3:41:05 chapter 5 - 3:53:34 chapter 6 - 4:02:24 chapter 7 - 4:33:25 chapter 8 - 4:47:42 chapter 9 - 5:09:55 chapter 10 - 5:17:13 chapter 11 - 5:24:11 PART THREE chapter 1 - 5:31:48 chapter 2 - 5:37:47 chapter 3 - 5:53:35 chapter 4 - 6:04:22 chapter 5 - 6:23:50 chapter 6 - 6:35:50 chapter 7 - 6:47:58 chapter 8 - 6:56:36 chapter 9 - 7:09:00 chapter 10 - 7:24:41 chapter 11 - 7:34:15 PART FOUR chapter 1 - 7:43:24 chapter 2 - 7:53:41 chapter 3 - 8:02:08 chapter 4 - 8:17:44 chapter 5 - 8:31:24 chapter 6 - 9:05:54 PART FIVE - 9:27:30

[@animeholic928]

Almost finished this book and I can tell there’ll be a long time where I’ll miss Sal and Dean’s amazing journeys. I only hope I can someday travel that great magical road of America and feel those great unconventional wonders of life in my own time with the ghost of old dean riding along side me.

[@dmac7406]

You missed the story if you haven't already felt like you been on the road 🛣️ we all been on it since the day we were born bud.

[@aarongressett1241]

The hobo life is surreal, breathtaking, and sad. Dean I think was the prime example of a hobo's fate. To read it is one thing, to be out there going truly mad is another. Take your pick. Red pill or blue pill

[@clothbound.connoisseur]

Dharma Bums, Big Sur.. so on.

[@amandabhandhel1388]

Come, but bring a better book.

[@djdarq6311]

Read Desolation Angels etc etc there’s much better ones than this

[@philipparker8307]

this is a book i first read at age 18. it was highly recommended. i was not overly impressed with it, as it seemed at the time, just like a celebration of a lot of irresponsible, self-indulgent, frat boy like pranks and hijinks. A lot of energy, a lot of adventures.....but, where’s the SUBSTANCE? all about a bunch of young men (and a few women) who completely lacked any sense of self-discipline... .... and then there’s the “style” of the book, something supposedly known as “spontaneous prose” which Truman Capote characterized as “mere typing, not writing” (perhaps unfairly). having said that much, it is amazing- astounding actually- how many people know of this book and have actually read it. They’re still reading it 60+ years later... which i doubt anybody would have expected. I do think Kerouac had a big heart and tried to convey as best he could his experiences and empathetic thoughts and feelings. He is not a first rate writer by any means... and yet it is a good STORY On listening to this audio version, I realize that’s how i like it, and how this work comes across best: as a verbal story to be told (as if sitting in the front seat on a long distance car journey next to the talkative driver)... whoever did this audio book version did it a real service. I can listen 👂 to this book far easier and with more attention than i could ever re-read it 🤷‍♀️ P.S. the book is still of interest as a self-styled work of sociology. it is sociological study of what the USA was like circa 1948-1955, the Truman era, Korean war era, and Eisenhower “grey” 50s

[@Jmcsj02]

I agree with what you said about this being the ultimate forum for this book. He wrote all of his books in kind of a screenplay format. Like he was writing the movie of his life. But i have to disagree with the lack of substance remark. There are pleanty of hidden jewels in this book. I guess you didnt want or need to see tham.

[@sarahfarrington157]

I agree it's a great insight to USA at the time I'm doing inspired me to write a novel

[@JimmyHendricks-pu9lg]

He really takes his readers on the road. Not many have been able to make words so interesting. Like Huckleberry Finn.

[@marcelchamby3068]

THE GENIUS WHO READS THIS GREAT STUFF IS PERFECT FOR THIS THING... AND THE DHARMA BUMS SOO WELL DONE.. A REAL ARTIST, WORKING WITH REAL ART ...

[@jacobloving6765]

Couldn’t you say his life was art?

[@jeremyharris5710]

Read the book several times as a young cat but listened to this audio crossing the country from Memphis to Los Angeles last week and it kept me amped and going. Great narration.

[@tommyd.743]

I gave my youngest son a copy of this book when he was 16 to read on the long flight and month long journey throughout Europe he and his girlfriend took. To this day (he's now 36) he thanks me for helping him grow up.

[@AnnaLVajda]

I read it at 20.

[@stuartmcgill6800]

Good stuff. First read this at 16 too. Bought a copy for£5 In Fopp Aberdeen Scotland. Didn't help me grow up though. In fact quite the opposite! :) Good day to you though.

[@StornowayCG]

@@stuartmcgill6800 all the hipsters in my high school were reading it

[@catdaddy3302]

I first read it in high school. I’m 67 now.

[@richardkelbie5362]

Lol

[@EricaDiebold]

Amazing narration and story. I found myself finishing the whole thing in 24 hours! It was a pleasure to listen to

[@BlueBeeMCMLXI]

You're cool. Push the whole thing called Life til it snaps for you, Erica.

[@tattoofthesunn795]

you did a marathon read, just like Mad Man Neal would drive marathon across the country. Or should I say Dean

[@jackedkerouac4414]

On The Road and The Dharma Bums changed my life.

[@dharmaofdog7676]

Impressive Narrator - cadence, rhythm, intonation, and easy on the ear tone. Wow. He made it easy to distinguish the different Characters (the MANY different ...) that paraded through this Novel. Thanks to JP above for posting!

[@bobnodzo535]

What an excellent narration Mr Parker! You definitely put me in the story! Thank you

[@abw48]

I, a 32 year old Scotsman drove an Oldsmobile from Times Square NYC, to Palm Springs California in 1984, A Drive-A-Away and though I tried to find a Cadillac but an Olds is a baby Caddy, it had to do as I had to go, and I had read that Book when I was a kid in the slums of Glasgow Scotland in the 1950s, dont know how or where I found that book, and on the way I was in wonder of the wonderfulness of America, stayed in CA for the rest of the 1980s, after living in NYC for the previous two years. Im now a proud American Citizen since 1998.. Also I lived on Route 66 in Flagstaff Arizona, I worked for a Tucking Company outta Joplin Missouri, one block off Route 66, I learned how to drive Big Rigs in Victorville CA on Route 66, though On the Road is not about Route 66 but I have driven that Road from Chicago to LA.

[@tedmccarron]

What's a tucking company?

[@abw48]

@@tedmccarron : THATS what you noticed, a small missed letter... Get a life mate.

[@colleenlynch9657]

In the 1970's in Australia there was a trading paper called The Trading Post. They would print a couple of pages from this book on every edition. I went to live in the USA and first read it in its entirety on the trains to and from work. On the train, day and night, I couldn't help but feel the soul of Kerouac's work come to life. Scratching out a living trying to save up on the east coast to make it out to the four corners in the South West. I was able to make it out there a few times... When I watched the sun set over Colorado and the Rockies, with its deep oranges and yellows with midnight blue skies; the words bastion and expanse and Dean Moriarty slip into my mind. Dean Moriarty!!!

[@jonnykiernan5373]

Well said. It makes me glad to know it's still possible to live it. Happy for you in your pilgrimage. 🙏🏻

[@robinwitting2023]

WOW! Robin Witting, England

[@carolhaney7965]

On the Road means to BE ALIVE....

[@michaeless882]

Same with me, Collen. Lived and breathed the Beats and their Lit, as a broke student in my "Young Ones" days under Sir Joh. Finally worked in the States 2002 & 2005. Two Appalachian winters working outdoors. Must've drove 20-plus states in two weeks and slept under the stars in Big Sur Nat. Forest. On the Road was on my mind I stared at the stars all night didn't sleep a wink.

[@dmac7403]

@@carolhaney7965 lol bunch of hipsters thinking this book is something it's not .

[@rolandoart_work]

The great and fantastic KEROUAC, always incredible, always near. Jack, thanks very much.....Gracias por darnos tanto....Abrazos.

[@melissah.5319]

My inspiration. My all. At age 16 I had got into a fight with my best friend. She decided to jump on a bus to Hollywood. I knew she was just riding out the trip so I sat and waited at the bus stop. I had my old paperback copy of On the Road and sat at that bus stop and read the whole book. I knew it was then I was to be a writer and mad to live.

[@mrheem44]

nice

[@robinwitting2023]

Wow! It reads like the beginning of a novel. Robin Witting, England

[@ErsatzMcGuffin]

@@robinwitting2023 I didn't know who Robin Witting was so I googled her. It appears that she has written books expanding on Bob Dylans music. Which is interesting seeing that Dylan (IMO) has absorbed Kerouac and re-formed it into his own. I plan on looking for some of Witting's literary efforts to see for myself what it's all about. I usually do not agree with or...trust non-Americans POV on art such as this but I have an open mind and try to expand & exercise it as much as possible. It's nice to know how the rest of the world perceives American art. I'm happy I ran across this, thank you.

[@scaredfolks5923]

Man, I’ve been falling in love with literature because of people like Kerouac. I really dislike short form media since. Nothing creates nostalgia like a long book, audio or not.

[@steveboismier1123]

You alll gotta read A CLOCKWORK oRANGE

[@pmtwarrior]

Bless your soul for posting this audiobook :) I finished it in one sitting and it kept me entertained the whole time! I’m on my journey to travel and stories like this give me inspiration and hope for a bright future

[@BilgePump]

To the east lies my youth and the west my future.

[@unibuzzer]

We all know someone with a little Dean in them. Mine was called Willie. Love the narrators voices, especially Dean.

[@long_strange_trip5959]

This book changed my life...

[@Shadow-be1xy]

I believe each book we read is a change in our life. Some may affect us greatly, some otherwise. But I'd like to ask, in what way does this book change your life?

[@TheMonteCarlo]

@@Shadow-be1xy I now have a crippling drug addiction

[@dmac7403]

Your weak minded then.

[@Alex_BF]

Thank you very much for this. I read the book listening to this. As a non-native speaker of English I find this book pretty complex, but interesting.

[@divine_potato]

part 2 chapter 1 3:15:46 part 2 chapter 2 3:27:55 part 2 chapter 3 3:31:15 part 2 chapter 4 3:41:03 part 2 chapter 5 3:53:39 part 2 chapter 6 4:02:26 part 2 chapter 7 4:33:27 part 2 chapter 8 4:47:41 part 2 chapter 9 5:09:54 part 2 chapter 10 5:17:12 part 2 chapter 11 5:24:11 part 3 chapter 1 5:31:47 part 3 chapter 2 5:37:46 part 3 chapter 3 5:53:33 part 3 chapter 4 6:04:20 part 3 chapter 5 6:23:49 part 3 chapter 6 6:35:49 part 3 chapter 7 6:47:58 part 3 chapter 8 6:56:36 part 3 chapter 9 7:09:00 part 3 chapter 10 7:24:40 part 3 chapter 11 7:34:15 part 4 chapter 1 7:43:24 part 4 chapter 2 7:53:40 part 4 chapter 3 8:02:06 part 4 chapter 4 8:17:43 part 4 chapter 5 8:31:23 part 4 chapter 6 9:05:53 part 5 (last chapter) 9:27:30

[@danzilification]

One of my favorites from the Beatniks!! Hard to beat Bukowski but this is a great book!!

[@countdown2xstacy]

“So I drifted down to New Orleans Where I was lucky to be employed Working for a while on a fishing boat Right outside of Delacroix But all the while I was alone The past was close behind I seen a lot of women But she never escaped my mind”

[@_.bnc260._8]

AP Literature is making me read but i’m dyslexic thanks for the upload ❤️

[@johnbel2992]

A change of attitude is in need. You have the PRIVILEGE to be taking AP English, you’d do well to make the most of it. The advantage always goes to those who seize the moment!

[@Zizzyrae]

Your AP English teacher must be cool as hell to have this be assigned reading

[@alredacted1734]

@@johnbel2992 the privilege to pay a hundred dollars, yeah

[@JimmyHendricks-pu9lg]

The best American novel since Huckleberry Finn. To read over and over for a lifetime. Both journeys of their centuries.

[@robinwitting2023]

The prose really captures the pulse-beat of everyday life. Robin Witting

[@ExistentialNights]

Thanks for uploading this. Absolutely magical!

[@dorian6970]

I adore how autobiographical this novel is. Kerouac wrote himself as Sal, and fellow writer Neal Cassady as Dean - one of Allen Ginsberg's lovers, who in the novel is Carlo Marx (Kerouac's wink at the fact Ginsberg's mother was a communist) - Old Bull Lee was really William Burroughs, and Damion was Lucien Carr ( Carr's murder of David Kammerer led to Kerouac to be arrested, and his parents-in-law paid the bail on condition that he married their daughter - Kerouac had to go live with her in Michigan and divorced her soon after to embark on a long trip that inspired the whole novel !) In fact the majority of Kerouac's novels are more or less autobiographical, or at least autoficion - he inserted most of his close friends into them, and some were so close to the truth that his friends prevented him from publishing them. Infamously, his novel "And The Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks" , co-written with Burroughs about the Kammerer murder, was published in 2008, over fifty years after it was originally written in 1945 - All because both writers were discouraged to publish it as to not further damage Lucien Carr's reputation. It was only when Carr died in 2005 that Penguin Books started the process to publish the novel ! ( Sorry for the long infodump, the Beat Generation is very dear to me haha)

[@HiTherePalHowAreYou]

…. Neal Cassady wasn’t much of a writer but yes, I agree

[@stephengundry6990]

No Omion

[@stephengundry6990]

Jonkooinokmmmooo

[@stephengundry6990]

OmkJim O

[@michaelmata9891]

Snap snap

[@rubberduckyconvoy2723]

I am the Ukrainian -American. I am US Owner Operator of Truck. Very good voice of reader. Also, I am recommend listening to this reader. He's the American language.

[@Max-tr4wu]

this stuff is beautifull. sharing this is beautifull. thankyou so much. People should share more of this stuff :)

[@marcelchamby3068]

wow.. you are so nice looking say hi

[@poetryjones7946]

Great narrator. Thank you so much for posting this. 🌹 5:22:57

[@sadikhseck7704]

Sirius Metta good morning

[@clairejensen4859]

Thanks for posting Joseph - Brilliant classic book xx

[@ssnino]

It's a real pleasure to hear it. Thanks for the uploading !

[@apurvaisnotcool]

1:03:28 chapter 6 1:41:00 chapter 11 2:30:56 chapter 13 3:15:47 part 2 chapter 1 4:02:23 chapter 6

[@tylermitchell1990]

Almost finished with this one! Shoutout to the fantastic narrator. I thought at 8:07:04 he finally made his first mispronunciation of "durability," and when I checked on page 250, it's written wonky! Absolutely fantastic skill

[@NightDriver1999]

“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time. The ones that never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles.”

[@stephenbinion6348]

I drive a semi. The air conditioning has broken and I am sweltering. Suddenly I’m in a 37 Ford rolling down the Panamericano.

[@jacquesreilly1850]

Grover Gardner okay here. He's brilliant reading THE SOUND AND THE FURY. Listen to Will Patton read ON THE ROAD, it's exceptional.

[@anastasiasafronova]

Absolutely incredible narration! Did not find the name of who did it, but if you ever read this - thank you so much! This was stunning! The book is great, no doubt, but this audio made the melody of the text alive and true!

[@raetzlaw]

Also did The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow (1953) also on KZbin

[@JamesPark0168]

His name is Grover Gardner, he also read Stephen King's The Stand among many others.

[@plusbonus1165]

​@@JamesPark0168Apparently it was read by Tom Parker. Unless the verbal credits at the very very end are wrong.

[@hurricanekingsandsomebodyn7799]

This is a must listen I have heard at least twenty song titles or parts from them so far influential indeed

[@patrickguy]

First read book in 1972 and it lead me to backpack Europe for a year😱.

[@ersatzmcguffin4969]

This is a decent audiobook. Thank You very much for sharing it. The narrator is the best I've heard to date, aside from Jack. Stay away from the guy with the British accent. :)

[@estebanb7166]

The Matt Dillon reading is great imo

[@montsemajanmartinez9824]

Edward E. French is probably America's greatest living narrator. (voice actor) Yet Voice is best tailored to the work. Too much polish would do disservice to Kerouac. Can't think of a living voice which would be optimal. Ken Nordine, alas, is no more. [R.I.P.]

[@RobMacKendrick]

@@montsemajanmartinez9824 I wouldn't mind hearing Woody Harrelson give it a shot.

[@metronomeblues1028]

I'm listening to it along with Thelonious Monk...feels like I'm there ...

[@DanielaHernandez-ns8ez]

Wow.. Julio Cortazar love it

[@treborgray]

I think you where there and I hope your still there.

[@tamiobannon]

This is an awesome version. Thank you!

[@fasteddylove-muffin6415]

Jack liked his apple pie & ice cream. He was still eating apple pie & ice cream several books later. Bacon & beans, milk, eggs & toast, Jack very much part of several generations ago, not of tofu, "impossible" & broccoli sprouts. We might say Jack--Jean had a All-American appetite.

[@yidingliu8663]

The performance is marvelous.

[@evanstrother9137]

Great narration...awesome Spanish accent and good job of mixing up the conversational dialects.

[@masoCooks]

We’re all just trying to unlock our inner Dean

[@MikeGreenwood51]

I do not think so.

[@JacobSW.]

Nah man I feel more like a Sal and it isnt something I would ever abandon

[@masoCooks]

@@JacobSW. touché my brother

[@MrFartboy79]

I think the fantasy of Dean is what we want. Just like Sal... he wanted to be more like Dean but he just couldn’t. Sal/Jack cares too much... Dean/Neal didn’t care at all, but he tried. The reality is not so pretty in terms of his effect on his loved ones and friends. The con man... the holy goof. Have you read Off The Road by Carolyn Cassady? Highly recommended. Neal Cassady lived an incredible life but it was painful to his family and his body. He truly burned bright and burned out young. I wanted to be Dean/Neal when I was a kid. Now? Well... shit, I’d still like to be him, without leaving my family and dying at age 41 which, coincidentally is my age now... wow.

[@masoCooks]

@@MrFartboy79 very insightful, I definitely agree with you. That careless attitude has some benefits, but with every blessing comes a curse

[@CarsonDuca]

Part Two - 3:15:49

[@mcpaplus]

There were a couple of points in my life where choices presented themselves. At any of these intersections I could have become Dean Moriarty. By grace I didn't. I think of Dean Moriarty and weep....and breath a sigh of relief.

[@gringoanon4550]

Wow what a great rendition.

[@dmac7403]

🤡

[@RumoursOfFamine]

I use to be in a metal band back 20 years ago. I lived many of these stories out there on the road, staying at flop houses and couches in bars. Couple of pool tables, abandoned semi truck. abandoned semi truck trailor. So forth

[@Hvamp]

I remember reading this but it’s been a long time. Great to be able to hear the story again. :)

[@MultikLego]

This book changed my life

[@keiranoelle]

4:33:26 part 2 chapter 7 6:04:22 part 3 chapter 4 8:17:48 part 4 chapter 4

[@tommyd.743]

Required reading for every young man upon entering "life".

[@sasimadugula5872]

wow... you can read??? dipshit

[@lastnamefirst4035]

Only for a "real man" Women not allowed to read it. They just wouldnt "get it" eh? Lol...when you think like that all I can say is

[@AnnaLVajda]

@@lastnamefirst4035 chill out I read it at 20 and I liked it not all girls will.

[@jessejames9155]

Thanks for putting this. Really enjoyed it..

[@sasimadugula5872]

...in the butt?

[@AiurMedia]

thanks for the upload!

[@YTPGOD]

Put this on whenever you are trying to catch a fly, they love it.

[@danizanzibar4344]

Loll wtf does that even mean

[@ClaytonLivsey]

@@danizanzibar4344 I think they're saying the book is shit.

[@YTPGOD]

Oh no flies love 20th century American beat literature

[@scoon2117]

Best way to spend a work shift. What an adventure.

[@johncalley4494]

That's it, I'm going west

[@CarsonDuca]

Part Three, Chapter 1 - 5:31:48

[@echohotel7975]

Im guessing the character of Bull at 4hrs 27 min was inspired by William Burroughs?

[@jacobrengen]

All I can imagine is if Matthew McConaughey and Owen Wilson read this out loud

[@Jmcsj02]

McConaughey as Dean and Owen as Sal?

[@dancer1]

Una bomber looking ass

[@jacobrengen]

@@Jmcsj02 yes

[@gerardmehlmann765]

Penn State Fall 2020 - on the balcony. Wonder where she is now. On the road. Memories .

[@markcollins3418]

Loved that Holden Caufield character.😏

[@carolhaney7965]

MY FAVORITE BOOK OF ALL TIME...

[@RobertColianni]

Great job, Tom!

[@daviddefranco5218]

Pluto is a planet some would say.

[@SubconsciousGatherer]

Thank you!

[@benadrylcabbagepatch2527]

After reading this I came to the realization that I myself have used part of route 6 as a cycling route several times in the past. I had no idea it ran all the way across the country. I guess I know what my next road trip will be. Thanks for the upload!

[@amandabhandhel1388]

I could have listened to "King of the Road" a couple times and and got the gist.

[@ryanharrison8412]

This is my favorite I miss The Roaf

[@susanharris2890]

Thank You For Posting!!!

[@bielaliados]

And I came back again to meet Sal and Dean

[@orhankoc3063]

1:03:30 -chap six part 1

[@simonebaronchelli]

1.03.28 part one chapter 6 1.08.47 part one chapter 7

[@standziobek7108]

Back on the road again

[@grantdickey]

Bookmark @ 48:48

[@rickartdefoix1298]

Want to read Hard Rain Falling of Don Carpenter and Northline of Vlautin. Have charged them both. I've got to the conclusion of thinking the Carpenter book may be better than the Kerouac one. A bit about the same, though the DC harder into reality than On the Road. The Northline being a nomad odissey told by a woman may be also another interesting turn of the screw about nomads. Though both of them are about tougher realities than the ones Kerouac described. Perhaps better written, too, for JK was careless in his writing, as well known. The Times of Hard Rain Is Falling were the thirties, so during the Depression years, so that might also explain the seriousness of the novel. About the Vlautin one, think it happens during the eighties, but it doesn't matter, it's nomad cult novels am interested now. They're in the Craig Davidson, or Thom Jones and Kevin Hardcastle line. So, it's of my interest in Contemporary or recent American good authors. 💙👍🏻

[@soumiatulip]

can anyone suggest a map for this trip?