General Information
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 Title:                  Misery
 Author:                 Stephen King
 Read By:                Lindsey Crouse
 Copyright:              1987
 Audiobook Copyright:    1995
 Genre:                  Horror
 Publisher:              Penguin Highbridge Audio
 Abridged:               No

Original Media Information
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 Source:                 Tape
 Condition:              New

File Information
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 Number of MP3s:         16
 Total Duration:         12:11:04
 Total MP3 Size:         336.75
 Parity Archive:         10%
 Encoded With:           LAME
 Encoded At:             CBR 64 kbit/s 44100 Hz Mono
 ID3 Tags:               Set, v1.1, v2.3

Book Description
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Paul Sheldon, a writer of historical romances, is in a car accident; 
rescued by nurse Annie Wilkes, he slowly realizes that salvation can 
be worse than death. Sheldon has killed off Misery Chastain, the popular 
protagonist of his Misery series and Annie, who has a murderous past, 
wants her back. Keeping the paralyzed Sheldon prisoner, she forces him 
to revive the character in a continuation of the series, and she reads 
each page as it comes out of the typewriter; there is a joyously Dickensian 
novel within a novel here, and it appears in faded typescript. Studded 
among the frightening moments are sparkling reflections on the writer 
and his audience, on the difficulties, joys and responsibilities of 
being a storyteller, on the nature of the muse, on the differences between 
"serious" and "popular" writing. 

Sheldon is a revealingly autobiographical figure; Annie is not merely 
a monster but is subtly and often touchingly portrayed, allowing hostage 
and keeper a believable, if twisted, relationship. The best parts of 
this novel demand that we take King seriously as a writer with a deeply 
felt understanding of human psychology.

