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Karna's Wife
- The Outcast's Queen
- Narrated by: Shaheen Khan
- Length: 13 hrs and 9 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Karna's Wife: The Outcast's Queen tells the extraordinary story of Karna, the unsung hero of the Mahabharata, through the eyes of his wife, Uruvi, bringing his story to the listener from a unique perspective. An accomplished Kshatriya princess who falls in love with and dares to choose the sutaputra over Arjun, Uruvi must come to terms with the social implications of her marriage and learn to use her love and intelligence to be accepted by Karna and his family. Though she becomes his mainstay, counselling and guiding him, his blind allegiance to Duryodhana is beyond her power to change.
The story of Uruvi and Karna unfolds against the backdrop of the struggle between the Pandavas and the Kauravas. As events build up leading to the great war of the Mahabharata, Uruvi is a witness to the twists and turns of Karna's fate and how it is inextricably linked to divine design. A splendid saga from the pages of the Mahabharata, Karna's Wife: The Outcast's Queen brings its characters alive in all their majesty.
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- Chirag
- 12-06-19
Worth a read
Only lag was incorrect pronunciations. Overall, I enjoyed thoroughly while listening to urvi's side of story.
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- srajan vishwakarma
- 10-09-20
Loved it
Loved the book, got to know about Karna from a different angle. The narration could have been better, sometimes it even takes u out of the story. But nevertheless story was well written and simply awesome. Enjoyed it a lot.
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- Raj Aich
- 01-09-20
Good story, poor narrator.
Narrator should learn to pronounce the names correctly. Not sure if it was intentional or just shear ignorance.
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- once_upon.a.read
- 27-02-23
Not satisfying
This book is about Karna's wife Uruvi. The story is told from her point of view. How she is a princess and chooses to marry Karna, a Suta Putra, even though everyone was against it. And how she travels on the waves of joys and sorrows after marrying him.
I read this in audiobook format and the narration was bad. A lot of names was mispronounced and it was not a pleasant listening journey. The story was to the point in most cases but some chapters were too long with unnecessary confessions and sad discussions. Overall, it is an okay book, it's worth reading if you are a Mahabharata fan.
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- deepti agrawal
- 23-03-24
Poignant and enlightening
Mahabharat from the perspective of the 'other side' of mighty Pandavas. Refreshing, thought provoking. Always felt Karan was very wronged. He was unlucky too, despite everything he had. Sad.
Shaheen Khan has been criticised for her narration. While her pronunciations are somewhat cringing, her emotions narrating Uruvi balances it out.
Thoroughly enjoyable read !
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- Apoorva Shah
- 21-09-20
Loved the book and it came to life with the vibrant voice.
The voice was so beautiful and depicted Urvis feelings so well. It felt like I was watching a real time play. Excellent narration by Shaheen Khan!
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- anna alexader
- 14-05-23
worth ready.. liked it !
being a Amish Fan, I always wanted to read Karna story from him. but for my surprise, This book is so satisfying .. liked it alot, This is story of Karna as much as Karna's wife.. There was time, when I felt story is dragged a bit and have repeating statements. Otherwise every chapter was very interesting and I enjoyed it alot. I didn't like the the way it which many familiar words like Kshatriya, Kurukshetra , Bhishma pitamah are pronounced. this story should have been narrated by someone who know the actual pronunciation of these words..
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- Mugdha Manasa
- 10-02-24
terrible narrator
I could not enjoy the book. I finally left it after the 3rd chapter as the terrible pronounciation kept jarring. I had to constantly pause and skip back to listen again just to make sense.
the story seemed interesting, but i cud not bear the narrator any more.
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- Twisted Fate
- 20-12-18
A nice narration overall
The book is good. Narration is also spot on with intonations and voice reflections for various personalities. The narration takes care of emotions portrayed in the book.
Some downsides are the pronunciations that will pinch you at the wrong moments.
Sut-A-Putra, K-Shatriya, etc will bring you out of context many times.
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- Hari Prasad AS
- 12-09-23
A Very Good Book!
All the time, I hear the 'Mahabharatha', from a male protagonist's view. First time (for me), this book narrates the incidences in the 'Epic', from a female protagonist's view. The writer aptly chosen Uruvi, wife of unsung hero 'Karna' for these narrations. Not only she, other female characters like Kunthi, Draupadi, Bhanumati also add their side of story. The Author, not only, researched well, but also, in her mind, thoroughly dwelt on all these characters, before putting her thoughts in the beautiful book.
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