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A Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition
Ernest Hemingway · 2009
🎙 Narrated by John Bedford Lloyd (Simon & Schuster Audio)
73/100
👍 Worth It
If you're only going to read one Moveable Feast, this restored edition gets you closer to what Hemingway actually wrote, with extra sketches the 1964 original left out. There's a real family dispute over whether this restoration is legitimate, which is worth knowing going in. John Bedford Lloyd's narration is excellent, capturing Hemingway's conviction and pain in a way that makes this edition genuinely worth the listen.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
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🎙 Narration: excellent AudioFile praised Lloyd for capturing conviction, passion, and alertness to pain -- what listeners imagine of Hemingway himself.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety72
Substance / usefulness75
Craft & writing76
Originality78
Evidence & accuracy55
Hype vs delivers68
Age-fit75
Human-eye read74
Penny’s verdict73
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