The Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag cover art

The Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag

 Preview
Free with 30-day trial
Prime logo New to Audible Prime Member exclusive:
2 credits with free trial
1 credit a month to use on any title to download and keep
Listen to anything from the Plus Catalogue—thousands of Audible Originals, podcasts and audiobooks
Download titles to your library and listen offline
₹199 per month after 30-day trial. Cancel anytime.

The Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag

Written by: Jim Corbett
Narrated by: Adnan Kapadia
Free with 30-day trial

₹199 per month after 30-day trial. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for ₹238.00

Buy Now for ₹238.00

About this listen

Most of Jim Corbett's books contain collections of stories that recount adventures tracking and shooting man-eaters in the Indian Himalayas. This volume, however, consists of a single story, often considered the most exciting of all Corbett's jungle tales. He gives a carefully detailed account of a notorious leopard that terrorized life in the hills of the colonial United Provinces. This story represents Corbett's most sustained and unique effort.

©2016 Edition Copyright Rupa Publications India (P)2016 Audible, Inc. Biological Sciences Hunting Hunting & Fishing Outdoors & Nature Science
All stars
Most relevant
A brilliant tale brought alive by the author’s amazing ability to weave even the smallest fact or detail (like the rustling of leaves with the wind blowing, distinct chirp of one bird from the other, description of winding roads along the forest, open glades of land, thornbush or scrubwood.... and many more) seemlessly into the narrative. To engaged readers/listeners, it’s a journey through the woods alongwith the man himself ! ...... such a great piece of work is accompanied with narration that is in one word ‘shoddy, and appalling’. The monotone misses to capture the tense moments, which come interspersed with the lighter ones when Corbett is taking in the sights and sounds of Garhwal. The pronunciation makes it difficult to catch some words, and is awful at places (by audiobook standards). The mimicry of the local people speaking (in a tone and pace different to Corbett) only makes the audio sound funny in those moments, and does not contribute to the listening experience. Much more care is expected while handling such timeless pieces of classic ! Hence the 4 stars for overall experience (in two minds whether should downgrade to 3 because of the narration), else the standalone tale always deserves a 5.

Brilliant book, very poor narration

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Having been a fan of the genre for long, I was looking forward to listening to this book.
Corbett paints vivid pictures of an India , steering clear of the politics and subjugation by the Raj, instead sticking to the bountiful richness of the Garhwal region's natural beauty, its fauna and most of all its lovable people. His encounter with the leopard is more of the leopard's numerous encounters with the people , much like a serial killer tale told through the eyes of the cop tailing him/her. Only, the bleakness of the serial killer genre is replaced with the verdant beauty of the region and mountainous courage shown by all the people involved (given that it is 'based on a true story'), most of all Corbett himself!

Rivetting journey to a century old tale

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This is one of my favorite books which is filled with exciting adventures. But the narration is so dull, it changes the flavour of this book.

Superb book, narration is dull!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
excellent writer. looking for more audible audio books from Jim Corbett. do let me know.

looking for more

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Enjoyed the experience of listening to Corbett. Performed very well. The experience from so back from the Himalayan states is amazing.

Enjoyed this Corbett story

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews