Benedict Cumberbatch - Metamorphosis (1)

[julietgn]

You think this is audio velvet... try listening to his Ode to a Nightingale (John Keats). Any Cumberbatch fan will be reduced to puddles. Splosh :o)

[Lyserg93]

I just read this for my literature class. It's unbelievable that Benedict did this, I'm so amazed.

[Bunnzilla]

HOLY FUCK I LOVED THIS BOOK.

[xYesix]

Can I marry with his voice??

[pchamney]

Oooooh, my. (BTW, does Gregor's father sound a bit like Alan Rickman to anyone else?) ;-)

[Jelloxox]

Omg this is absolutely fantastic! Thank you sooo much OP for uploading this,you're truly marvelous! Benny's voice is delicious,Its voiceporn! Baritone,husky yet velvety. Smooth and at times it sounds like a deep guttural growl.Pretty soon he'll be narrating everything imaginable! He's our generations Morgan Freeman lol He'll take his place when he passes on.

[AstridOlga]

I'm sooooo looking forward to him doing the voice of Smaug in The Hobbit!

[littleJenTower]

Why can't he read anything other than Kafka ??? I love his voice, but I hate this book!

[pchamney]

@littleJenTower He's done readings of a lot of things; I'm sure you can find something you'll like.  (Everything from The Little Red Hen to Keats)

[Elzibabble]

He's talking about being a bug, and yet I'm getting Goosebumps. What the frig? Benedict - your voice clearly defies all laws.

[mydoctorisdavid]

I hate this story... but my ovaries suddenly disagree!!

[clownoftheocean]

eargasm

[CyberOne666]

OHMYGOD "Just... Coming...!" MY OVARIES!!

[HeyDeeW]

You beautiful, beautiful man.

[TheAkelei]

@HeyDeeW Yes. Beautiful man with a beautiful voice. Sighing deeeeply now......

[nexussixpaula]

1:21 ?!!!! XDD

[LilianKyle]

at 1:21 "GOD" ... I just melted. <3

[SuperBlistering]

9:46 Alan Rickman impersonation? Oh Benedict..

[Lumis15]

ow my god!!!!

my ovaries just explode

[PastaaaaaProductions]

What? Sorry, I wasn't listening to the story. I was too busy listening to Benedict and cleaning up after my ovaroes exploded.

[Destiales]

Listening to things like this make me wonder if he's ever read something and I listened to it in class without noticing! (Probably not but STILL!)

[souleaterlover11]

@Destiales Oh my God, I had this exact thought a few days ago. XDD

[Octene11]

who needs ovaries anyway?

[LadyMustard1]

I think my ovaries actually trembled when he said 'GOD'. Beautiful, beautiful voice.

[MrsD3713]

The way he said, "GOD."

I ALMOST DIED.

I want to make him say that.

[camilla7503]

Voice Porn.. I can't deny it !! LOL

I adore Benedict !!

Among other reasons, one of the reasons is because his voice is so attractive.

He is so sexy.

[TheElynV]

Oh. my. god.

[TheCrayonAndTheTeddy]

I just read this book for English, this is beautiful! I went and grabed my book to follow along, only to find it's not the same verson. :(

[cctc11891]

wow,he is attractive with facial hair.

[Polunderpunk]

I´m not sure if even Cumberbatch voiceporn can convince me of listening to Kafka :shudder:

[ReijiAoeGirl666]

OMG!!! Benedict cumberbatch reading my favourite story of KAFKA!!! How awesome is that???? This makes this story even better than it already is!!

[Abena20]

THANK YOU!!! I heard this on the radio, but I didn't know who Cumberbatch was at the time. I'm so happy I can hear it again. Thank you!!

[makkasjakkas45]

fuck yeah benedict cumberbatch bed time stories!

[NivionScribble]

I am sooo happy that this story is read with enough humor. I liked the story a fairly bit when read in school but now I really enjoy it. Maybe it's also 'cause of the translation in english that it is not as dull as in german. But I really love this. Thanks for giving me the chance to listen to it!

[Barbarazing]

Just read this quite annoying book at school.

NOW I LOVE IT ♥

[drah22692]

The mother's voice!!!

[RozaliaJr]

Brilliant!



[StandingRoom]

In case anyone was wondering, the intro music was taken from Tom Waits' Swordfishtrombones album. Go ahead, give it a spin. 's A good album.

Also, good to hear Cumberbatch bringing out the black comedy in this piece. People tend to take Kafka far too seriously.

[akemi86]

this is my first time every hearing this. i've never heard of this story before. i like it.

[CaroDrago]

I can't understand English very well and in fact I missed almost every word he said. But I could not stop listening to him even if I don't understand a shit. The entonation is just magical.

[genygeny]

this is the only book I have ever bought then read ...and then burned  ... SO.HORRIBLE.... I was in 11th grade ... // but honestly... if he had read it to me back then- I would have framed the friggin thing!

[BabelTofPlanetS]

Good thing I had read the Metamorphisis before. I can't bring myself to understand words' meaning, when they're pronounced by such a voice.

Am I listening to porn?

[MsSheeep]

This is not fair. I HATE Kafka (being German I was forced to read The Process in school) but I love Benedict and his voice. What should I do?!

[jophido]

He said "cumbersome". When he started saying it I was genuinely surprised it didn't end in "batch".

Also, this man should read every audio book ever made from now on.

But he should also carry on screen acting because, his face.

[GirRocks8]

@jophido Me too. I read this comment immediately when he said cumbersome and I was a little confused myself for a moment.

[samanthaakaate]

OMG YES. My english teacher has been telling us to read this FOREVER. Now I don't have to! This is just SO much better!!

[Daphnegirl93]

YES. Voice porn. I will now put this on my iPod so I can secretly listen to this in public... Yes, I know. I am quite kinky indeed. I'm a wild one.

[MsBooda77]

@Daphnegirl93 nooooo noooooo.......not kinky at all.....and you are not alone........hehehehe...it is def audio sex isnt it?

[GirRocks8]

@Daphnegirl93 Oh that's nothing. I have a whole playlist on my ipod of Benedict.

[Daphnegirl93]

@GirRocks8 Haha, brilliant :D

[Eyebee2468]

@Daphnegirl93 Welcome to the club...

[ellanoranayru]

Not to cheapen the perfection of this reading, but I swear there are SO many moments in this which can be chopped and edited and turned into extreme dirty talk;D

[JVoH4god]

ahhhhhhh! I'm dying just now! I HATED this book with a passion when I read it in class, but Benedict makes me forget about all that

[Flaumball]

When I heard him for the first time some months ago I was like "I will need this awesome man to read books for me!!" And... and this is what he does.

Please never stop doing this.

[Twihard12LostForever]

Not even listening to the plot. Too busy masturbating to the sound of a jaguar hiding in a cello.

[905118]

I love Benedict's voice and thought I'd enjoy anything he read but..let's say Kafka is not my cup of tea..we were forced to read him on high school 'cause he was one of our few worldwide known authors and reading his work is like a nightmare to me-don't get me wrong I love reading and enjoy a wide range of different gendres and authors but I never really understood why Kafka is so admired..but perhaps I'll listen to this and turn my brain off so I will only get Benedict's voice and not the sense

[GoldenSunset17]

@905118 that's exactly what I think about Kafka :) People in Germany and - probably - elsewhere seem to love him - a fact I will never understand, although I am from Germany. I just think he was a crazy and insane wimp who could never bear up against his father. Anyway, great voice, Ben!

[905118]

@GoldenSunset17 I'm so glad that at least somebody shares my opinion:) (if not my teacher of literature)

[maskarafrosch]

I'm just getting cumberbatched. Over and over again!. Kafka was the greatest author ever, combined with the greatest voice = I'm gonna die.

[billandrocks]

Love it when Benedict reads aloud. His voice is extraordinary, really.

[cottoncandyowl]

Oh. My. Goodness.

Benedict Cumberbatch AND Kafka? Already, now I am absolutely sure that I have died and gone to heaven. Now he'll only have to learn German and read the original, but I guess I'd die from a heart attack then ... again. ♥

[AlleeKhat]

This genuinely relaxes me in moments.

[eBooeBoo]

Benny's voice is absolutely DYNAMIC!! I love how he can change his voice at the drop of a pin and do such smooth transitions/pauses. He is a master at this and I bet he'd be a kickass father reading bedtime stories to his children! :)

[CHARICHCH]

Thank you very much for uploading, I love listening to that voice, is wonderful.

[obithecat]

This has been great. Thanks for taking your time to upload all these plays.